Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1910-05-18
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Moving picture shows al present
form the most sought for amusement
by all classes In Siam.
Rents of working class dwellings
are about % per cent lower in Bel
gium than in England.
The most expensive publication in
New York. with the least income. is
the City Record, which costs yearly
S1,1s0.Qp0.
The government of Victoria. Austria
liza. is promoting an immigration
scheme to secure 10000 settlers with
In two years.
A flexible rubber mouthpiece for
telephones is a novelty, the idea being
to prevent breakage should n desk in
strument be upset.
The total number Of patents issued
in all countries which thus protect
their inventors from the earliest time
to Dec. l. 1900. was 2,999.433.
The smallpox epidemic at Santiago
last winter cost that city more than
100000 United States gold for treat
/ ment in pesthouses. vaccination. etc.
The acute raisin crisis in Spain has
led to the uprooting Of many acres of
muscatel vines and the planting Of
almonds as the most promising substi-
tute crop.
Though the accidents i'm the streets
Of New York are increasing in num-
Der. the proportion OF fatalities is
growing less. Out Of the last 1900
accidents 1900 were classified as seri-
Gus.
| The Cunard line steamship Umbria
has been sold to ship breakers for
/ 100000 and win now go to the scrap
heap. The Umbria was built twenty
five years ago and at the time was the
crack OF the Cunard feet
A woman in Chicago society says
that it would be an excellent thing for
the men of that city and New York
to spend q little time reading Lord
Chesterfeld's letters. She thinks it
would improve their manners.
The FIRST trust in the United States
to pass the S100.O00O00 mark in capt
talization was the United States Leath-
er company. organized in 1893. Its
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of bonds amounted to $13s.OO0O00.
German Southwest Africa produces
not only diamonds. but copper, tin.
lead. asbestus and graphite. More
over, it is said that gold has been
found in the northern parts of the ter
ritory. notably in the Karribb vicinity
Canada viii pay a subsidy of Sl2O
eco year for a monthly steamshi
service on the Atlantic between Cana
da. Australia and New Zealand by
way of the Cape Of Good Hope. The
ships may return by any route they
choose.
The slow progress in French Guiana
with only 10000 inhabitants. on ter
I ritory more than one-fifth the area Of
France. is tontrasted with the success
S full work of the Dutch and the Eng
e lish in their respective portions o.
/, Guiana.
A silk handkerchief was sold tn;
other day in Berlin for the equivalen
n Of $3.50. On It was printed a poem
< preceded by these words. TO Frauleil
: Minna Planer on her marriage TO MI
$ sicai Director Richard Wagner, 10
e nigsberg. Nov. IA. 1896"
I There are only half as many opium
o dens in China as there were eighteen
g opium. except by license. which per
mits a smoker 10 buy at one time fv
drains. Each license costs 10 cent
and is good for three months.
Professor Frances Squire Potter an,
Professor Mary Gray Peck are to b
at the head OF the work of organizin.
I suffrage settlements throughout tn,
/ country. The settlements are to b.
! under the auspices If not the actua
control Of the National Woman's SUI
frage association.
Ground has been broken for the
great library building at the Universi
ty OF Chicago. which is 10 serve as q
memorial TO the late president VII
liam Rainey Harper The contract
price is 100000. and the building is
: TO be completed by the summer OF
1911. The structure will be 27G by 50
feet, fronting on the Midway Plat
sance.
; A bill viii be brought before the
British parliament calling for steps TO
be taken TO prevent the high mortality
from tuberculosis in ireland. The bin
will demand the compulsory notihca-
ton and registration of tuberculosis
cases. the establishment Of special in
stitutions for consumptive patients,
the instruction of the public about this
disease and improved control over the
meat and milk supplies.
A German genealogist. Professor
p Otto FOrst. leading authority on me
diaeval lines OF descent. has tried to
demonstrate that two emperors. the
| German emperor and the car Of Rus
STA. and four kings-those Of Spain.
/ Portugal. Italy and Saxony; also Arch
duke Ferdinand of Austrfa-are de
scended from a fifteenth century bar
Der named Babou. who was born about
1850 and who earned his living as a
barber in Paris. where he was skill
ed beard trainer.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of
Hapsburg Is nephew of the aged
emperor If Austria and heir prcsump-
tive to the imperial throne He is a
son Of the late Archduke Karl Ludwig
and Is married to the Princess OF Ho-
henberg. As. however, his wife was
not OF a royal family. their children
cannot ascend the Austrian throne
and the archduke was forced TO form
ally renounce the throne on behalf of
any of his descendants before he could
obtain permission TO marry.
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