The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-02

shorter than Queen Mary. The Ger
man empress is trifie taller than the
kaiser who always insists on the en-
press sitting down when they are pho
tographed together. Car Nicholas II
looks quite small by the side of the
czarina. Alfonso of Spain is head
shorter than Queen Victoria Eugene,
and the king of Italy hardly reaches
to the shoulder of Queen Helena The
queen of Denmark, too, is a good deal
taller than her husband Exceptions
to the rule are the king of Norway
and the new king of the Belgians. The
latter is six feet two inches in height,
and the tallest king in Europe
Peoria, Archbishop John L.
Spalding received a message from
Spalding Slevin from oyster Bay, L.
l., announcing that Theodore Roose-
welt had accepted an invitation sent
him by the archbishop to visit Peoria
Of Columbus. October II is the date
Of his visit.
Vienna.-The complete overthrow
of the Hungarian Separists in the last
general election has not only been one
OF the most remarkable, but the most
gratifying development in the politics
OF the empire of recent years. Count
Khuen-HedervaFy, the Hungarian pre-
mler. will have behind him fully two
thirds OF the new Hungarian diet It
is doubtful, In fact, if the Kossuth-
Justh combination will be able to mus
ter 100 votes out of the 453 members.
Vienna.-Despite the dismay of the
court officials, the emperor, in the
Il 1111n nfaV~r ffa fc-
the Jubilant crowds and speaks with
the people without the least cere-
mony. AS may be imagined. their
enthusiasm has been doubled there
py. A touching incident is related of
the emperor's visit to the monument
OF V1soko, erected to the memory of
the soldiers who fell in the Bosnian
war of 1878. He spent some minutes
before the monument with uncovered
head in silent prayer. Then he stopped
and plucked a single wild flower and
laid 1t on the stone which covers the
last resting place of so many brave
soldiers.
Berlin.-Oficially the kaiser has
recovered from the disability caused
py the bite of an insect and is in
normal health. In we'll informed cir
or the kaiSer's return TO health is |
taken with a good deal of allowance
Despite the popular belief to the con-
trary the kaiser has never enioye5 |
ROBUST health, and he has always had
20 take the greatest care of himself |
Inc strain of the funeral of King Ed
Ward told rather severely upon the
emperor, since he had not been in tbe
pest of health for some little time
previously. The utmost care is +alyan
% prevent the true state of affairs he
coming known to the outside world |
out those few personages who have
seen the KAISER since his return to
rs rs, capiIal nave been greatly struck
IN MS careWorn expression and the
extreme irritability that he disnIavs
Several consultations of tbe co1,I,t ~, .
lclans have taken place, but tha rae1
nature of his majesty's COMPLAINT ie
'ery carefully concealed. Under tbasa
it is not surprising that
ne most dlsquleting rumors are afIoat
II Berlln at the present moment II
, not peheVed that there is anv inn
nedlate danger of his majesty havira
o give up public duties, but that his
'ondltlon is giving his physicians AMI
us famlly much concern NAV ha 90
epted as true.
Berlin.-An entertaining variation
N the methods usually EMPLOYED 'ton for
ne collection of subscriptions has
een introduced by the acrobatic brr9
,2i1li or mayor, of Posen, Herr
Wins. Meeting at an evenine reoer
ION a rich merchant, who was no+
salis articuiariy distinguished for his gen.
roslty to good works, the burgomas-
sr Fl approached him with the remark;
4 want you to give me S1.25O for
ur town charities" With a rasn oe !
ssgonisnment $40 the merchant replied. !
You can stand on your head before {
ou get any money out of me- No !
ooner were the words out of HE 1
louth than, to his bewi1derment- '
men was shared by the other guests
the crowded room-the burgomas-
u ,.,,a. carefully placed his hands on the |
arpet and, with the mayoral legs s
racefully elevated in the air, passes6 !
an inverted attitude out of the 8
oom Returning moment later he !
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