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New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
t HOLMAN HUNTS FUNERAL
Ashes To Be Laid Near the
Grave of Sir John Millais.
IBv CabIe ID The Tribune. ]

London Sept 10.-Archdeacon Wilber-
force read the burial office over the ashes
of Holman Hunt at Golders' Green to-
day before a small company OF the
painters friends. The main service will
be conducted at St. Pauls Cathedral on
Monday, when the urn will be deposited
near the grave of Sir John NIiIlais.
William Michael Rossetti is now the
sole survivor of the Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood. He has been an art critic
for sixty years, and is a sturdy veteran
in his eighty year, who has for
gotten the years OF drudgery passed at
Somerset House, and likes to talk about
Ruskin Browning, Millais and William
Morris
The American Ambassador was at
Euston station to-day when Mrs. Reid
started for America for a brief visit
Lord Granard was also a passenger by
the Mauretania
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
THF = TRIRINF'S FOREIGN NEWS
A NEW COMEDY IN PARIS
Mile. Provost Wins Success In
Bright Present Day Play.
IBy Cable to The Tribune. ]


Paris Sept. 1O.-The theatrical season
opened last night with bright, witty
comedy in four acts by Adolphe Aderer
and Armand Ephraim, produced at the
Theatre Francais ard admirably played
by NJ. Duminie, Mile. Pierat and Mile.
Provost, young actress, who for the
first time has had a leading part, and
now becomes q foremost favorite Of the
public
The play Is called "Comme lis Sont
Tous'' ("Just Like All Of Them'o, and
deals with young married cavalry
captain, who loves his wife, but in q
moment of weakness and under excep-
tional stress Of temptation yields to the
demon of infidelity. his partner being
the beautiful and impressionable Bar
oness de Chanceney. a Republican Dep
uty's wife, with whom he once had
youthful naison.
The cavalry captains wife discovers
the truth, and in despair exclaims. "Oh,
he is just like all the rest Of them but
owing to the noble outburst of repent
ance and self-sacriflce on the part OF the
Baroness Chanceney (Mlle. ProyosO the
dashing, impulsive cavalry captain and
his wife, who at heart love each other,
become reconciled as they kiss their in
FAINT son, and so the play ends happily.
This comedy paints in vivid colors the
brilliant and wealthy official society of
ministers Senators, projects and army
officers as they really are during the
present phase of the Third Republic, and
portrays them with delicious irony.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
STUDENT EXPENSES AT OXFORD
A Minimum of e2OO Year Said To
Be Reauirement

London, Sept. 3.-I.ord CurZun'S, scheme
for q poor mans oxford will send back
the minds OF many oxford men tn their
terms bills. 1t is often said that a man
requires "a minimum OF f2uO 10 get through
ccptional poverty Cecil Phodes who in
CURED not little into oxford expenses.
allotted the Rhodes scholars $3.50 year. In
this sum vacation expenses were reckoued
The 200 covers a period of rather less
than half The year
There are besides capital expenses after
ward returned The freshman is allotted
. room. with the first glimpse of which he
j. probably charmed. To the poorer the
charm vanishes a little when he finds on
the table a valuation of s1o or so; that *
paid on entering foc the furniture At
every turn expenses that were not expected
appear. The scout must have a minimum,
of IL Il term and the scouts boy los.
All meals are the more expensive for The
pe-quisites pf the scouts. His batteIs or
weekly bills for food are with difficulty
kept below = Il week. What with rem rnr
rooms, tutors fees and the rest a terms
bill very rapidly approaches $50 and may
easily exceed Il by II considerable sum.
This sum does not, OF course. include very
large items ii tie general daily outlay
1t is unquestiorable that Cambrifa,, i
on the whole very much less dear than
oxford. IL would be interesting In SEQ
comparative tables of a years expenditure
at Oxfcrd and Cambridge and at any good
Scottish university.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
FRENCH STOCKS STRONG
Large Buying Expected in Octo
ber-The Wine Output.
IBy Gable to The Tribune. 7

Paris, Sept. 10.-Firm prices, with an
upward tendency IN government bonds,
are the leading features of the Bourse.
Business is mostly professional. but the
investing public is already taking inter-
est in United States and Russian Sc
curities, and with vast reserves of I'M
invested capital the outlook is very en-
couraging for October when the holiday
season closes.
The outstanding stocks OF wine in the
Bordeaux district are being exhausted,
and the vintage there this year Will not
exceed 100000 hectolitres. This condi-
ton, coming after two successive in
ferior vfntages, is disastrous The last
abundant year for Bordeaux wines was
in 1867, when the vintage yielded $500, =
coo hectolitres. Moreover. certain Bor-
deaux dealers cannot remedy the def
cheney by importing foreign wines and
substituting them for the home grown
article, as they used to do some years
ago, because the new laws now make
such subStitutions impossible
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
NO SLIGHT TO U. S. EMBASSY
Representatives to Mexican Centenary
Given Precedence in Order of Arrival.

washington, Sept. 10.-Expressing himself
as earnestly desiroUs of avoiding the
slightest impairment Of the friendly re-
la1ions between the United States ana the
republic Of Mexico, Mr. Ricoy. charge OF
the Mexican Embassy in this city, to-day
strongly deprecated current report or
plot to snub the American special embassy
TO the Mexican centenary. through e rec
ognition Of the precedence Of the japanese
Embassy.
Mr.. Ricoy declared that the story was
founded upon complete misunderstanding
Of the facts, which he said were these:
With the exact purpose OF avoiding any
show Of partially IN the reception of the
foreign embassies and commissions, the
Mexican government notified all through
their respective governments, some time
before the first Of them appeared In
Mexico. that they would be given pre-
cedence in the precise order OF their ar
rival in the City OF Mexico That condition
automatically swept away all differences
OF rank between the various embassies.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
ISABEY ROOM OPENED
Notable Collection at the Louvre
Miniatures Found.
by Gable to The Tribune. ]

Paris, Sept. ION. Homolle, curator
Of the Louvre Museum, has made col
lection Of upward OF fifty miniature
drawings and water colors by Isabey
which he found in the lumber rooms of
the Louvre Palace, where they had re-
mained since the Revolution Of 1S4S.
The new room, called the Isabey room,
opened to-day in the Louvre, contains
some of the finest works of the mas
ter, including his portraits of the En-
press Josephine, the Empress Marie
Louise, Emperor Paul / of Russia, the
Due de Reichstadt, Louis XVIII, Nine.
de Stael, Talleyrand, and portraits of
Isabey himself and of his son. There
are also drawings in sepia for a dress
rehearsal OF the coronation of Napoleon
[ and of the Vienna Congress executed
for Talleyrand. This new room in the
Louvre is small, but every work in it is
gem,
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
KING REWARDS GOATHERD
Manuel Sends Money to Boy Who
Prayed for His Father.

Lisbon, Sept. During a recent motor
car excursion in the neighDorhood of
Busaco, where he j. taking the waters.
King Manuel met a youthful goatherd
tending his flock.
His majesty chatted with the boy ques-
tiOning him about his native village The
goatherd answered, quite unaware of the
identity OF the quostioner.
The King asked If he knew how TO read
and the boy replied No but said. AZ
night when I go TO bed my mother always
tells me to say two Ave Marias. one for
the soul OF my father and the other for the
soul of our King, who was killed in Lis
bon
His majests-. greatly moved. tore a page
from his notebook and wrote some words
on ii. Give your mother this paper" he
said, and tell her to take it to th, priest
ana ask him TO read K - her"
The boy did so. and the priest read the
following words: May happiness fall on
those who thus bring up their children
Manuel Rex" TO add u the poor wcman's
astonishmclt and delight, the priest handed
TO her q sum of money sent 10 him for her
DN the king
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
DIAZ OPENS Y. Nj. c. 4. HOME
Its Dedication Days Feature Of
Mexican Centennial.

Mexico City, Sept. 1o.-With silver key
presented to him by q committee on the
steps Of the building, President Portrio
Diaz to-day unlocked the new home Of
the Young Mems Christian Association. the
dedica ton Of which was the chief feature
of the days centennial programme. The
building is a FIVE story stone structure, oc-
rupying q corner and extending half
block on both streets
Accompanied by the members of the
Cabinet, high Mexican officials and visitors
TO the celebration, the chief executive
passed through the building and opened
each department, the reading room and the
assembly halls. He rolled the first ball
down the bowling alley and shot the hrst
ball across the billiard table. At the close
of these ceremonies open house was OBJ
served for the rest Of the day
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
SELLING HIGH POWER AUTOS
New English License Law Puts Many
Machines on Market.

London. Sept. 3-With the Issue OF the
new forms OF license for motor cars on a
scale OF horsepower units. the day OF the
high power fast a favorfte type will
be over for high horsepower means In
future a high tax. tax out OF proportion
upon the general evidence OF motor
authorities-to the benefit derived from the
power
There is not the slightest doubt that
owing to the new duties the most popular
cars are those of smaller horsepower" said
an Official of the Automobile Association
Where firms make several typos OF cars
they are finding those Of about fifteen horse
power selling best. 1t is very difficult to
find purchasers for the high power cars
Those which only few years ago cost
over 1900 are now in some cases offered
fnr sale at from $500 to fiQ4.''
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
THE INVEsTITURE OF WALES
Ex Mayor Of Carnarvon Says $4,000
Nav Witness Ceremony,

London, Sept. 3-Wales is 5usily com
pleting It's projects for the public investi-
ture of the Prince of Wales. Mr.. GWyened-
don Davies, ex-Mayor of Carnarvon says:
BY utilizing existing towers and tiers of
passages around the internal walls-ali
open TO and commanding an unrestricted
view of the interlor-and supplementins
these with temporary structures, we can,
at low estimate. accommodate from 10000
to 1900 spectators, all having an excellent
view Of the proceedings.
THE historic Queen Eleanor's Gateway
and the adjoining slate quarry would be
brought into use, providing accommodation
for $1,000 additional! spectators.
THE young prince, Immediately after the
formal investiture Within the castle. may
go through Queen Eleanors Gateway to
the prepared platform. where he would ad-
dress and receive the homage OF 5000
Welsh subjects" ="
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
AIRSHIPS FOR FRENCH NAVY
Rattleships and Scout Cruisers To Be
Equipped with Aeroplanes.

as the French army, viii soon have its
fleet OF airships The commission of naval
experts, under the presidency of Admiral
lie Pord, which was appointed by the
Minister OF Marine to study the question
OF the employment Of aeroplanes an
auxiliary arm OF the naval service, has
presented the first OF its reports
Although the details are Kept secret Il
IL known tnat tho commission unhesita-
tingly recommends tho creation and equip
ment OF an aerial fleet for naval warfare
1t Is purposed that certain hattleships
ana cruiser scouts in each division shall
carry the lctest type of aeroplane, which
shall be ready at all times for instant use.
They would be piloted by officers from the
warships So equipped. Many officers ala
already qualifying In aerial navigation.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
ENGLAND'S MANGUVRES
War Secretary's Demonstration
of Army Reorganization.
OVER 10000 MEN IN FIELD
Operations in -Four Counties
Cost, s1,250,o00-Airships
To Be Used in Mimic War.
by Cable 20 The Tr1eune.I

London. Sept I0-The autumn army
naanoauyres now in progress are Mr.. Hal
danes convincing defence Of the efh-
cheney Of his system Of reoTga anization.
These have opened with the operations
CT two divisions and a cavalry brigade
rnassed in two camps and numbering ~
600 men, in mimic warfare. The theatre
Of war viii be enlarged next week until
1t comprises an area Of 100 by 30 miles
in four counties-Hants. Wits, Dorset
and Somerset-with 710o0 troops under
arms. These nanmuvres. while rivalled
annually IN Germany and France. have
never been approached In England in
time Of peace
The reserves have rejoined their bat
talions in order to make up one division
10 its absolute war strength, and four
divisions with cavalry brigades will be
commanded by veteran officers. Three
Erigades of the territorial army will be
mustered With the regulars, and all
branches Of the service will be brought
into the field as though an actual cam
patgn were going on.
It is a thorough training for the regu-
lars and home guards, and It is costly.
Not less than 81, ,250.000 VIII be the extra
expense Of these man@uvres- Full use
VIII be made Of the resources Of inven-
ton and science. Aeroplanes will be
employed for carrying dispatches. and
airships VIII be tested, medical and gen
eral stores will be moved by motor
transport and field telegraphs will be
sled out with wireless messages.
The General staff has been allowed full
play for proving that II is not behind
the times. The Canadian regiment,
after fortnight Of training at Alder
shot, will take an active part in the
lnanpuvres. and viii represent with fine
Tnettle the quality of the soldiers OF the
empire beyond the seas.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
ILLITERATE VOTERS IN BRITAIN
Returns Show ALTO in Election of
1910-Ireland Leads,

London, Sept IA return has been is-
sued by the Home Office showing the num-
ber Of persons who voted as illiterates in
each constituency OF the United Kingdom
at the general election Of 1910 and the total
number Of votes polled in each constitu-
ency IN England and Wales. out OF a
total OF 5.77o.243 votes p0lled. the number
Of illiterates was I7.l5l, while in Scotland
literates out of a total poll Of go 432. Ire
land had at once the largest number of IL
iiterates and the smallest total number OF
voters. The total poll WAS 220.529 and the
number OF persons who voted as iliterates
was 22,5lk
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
GERMAN MANGUVRES END
Red Invader, theoretically Rus
slams. Win-Emperor Present.

Preussich-H Cliaud. Prussia, Sept 1a-ihe
imperial nanauVres ended to-day with q
grand exhibition of powder burning by the
artillery. machine guns and infantry, which
continued for three hours along a sixteen
mile area. The Red invaders, theoretically
the Russian army, with slightly inferior
forces, won cutting off one division Of the
Blue army. the German defenders. When
the firing ceased Emperor William assem-
l1ed two hundred OF the higher officers and
gave them d y-f7ve-minute criticism Of
Tie operations.
Il was q fine autumn morning, and the
final battle afforded q strange and brilliant
spectacle for the people Of the country
side and automobile parties from two
,rrqvinces. The foreign observers expressed
auazement Al the marching endurance OF
the troops. some OF whom did upward Of
forty miles ia twelve hours, being re-
Iiey.d Of their knapsacks, which We're car
lIed IN wagons.
\ portion Of the troops were uniformed
IN the new service gray and blue, which
has much the same neutral blend as the
sheets IN which the hin tribesmen Of
Northwest India wrap themselves for their
night raids. The caValTymen, leading their
horses through the morning mist were
i1visibIe but the animals could be plainly
disCerned as a detachment passed the gray
hillside in the half light and disappeared
Field cooking wagons, each with two
compartments holding ninety quarts #
soup and sixty quarts OF coffee, We're sta
ticned near the firing line, and al these
The troops were frequently refreshed dur
ing the action. The Emperor moved from
place 10 place during a part of one day
I,E 11
diers.
The commanders Of both armies reported
officially thai they were greatly assisted
on the first day Of the mimic warfare by
the observations made by the crews OF the
,lf-frihle balloons
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
BRITISH LINERS BRING 5000
Americans Pay Premiums for
Steerage Accommodations.

London. Sept. 10.-The several steamers
which left British ports for the United
States to-day carried between six thou
sand and seven. thousand passengers The
rush was so great that many well-to-do
Americans were obliged to content them
selves with third-class or even steerage
berths. and gladly paid emigrants hand
some premiums TO surrender their accom-
modatiOnS.
The Mauretania had a number Of such
unusual occupants Of the steerage among
her 2,016 passengers. Sir Evelyn John Rug
giles Brise and other delegates to the In
ternational Prison Congress, to be held
81 Washington October TO s, are on the
Cunard liner
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
GEN. RVAS SURRENDERS
Last Armed Opposition to the
Estrada Regime Ends.
LIBERTY IS GUARANTEED
Difficulty with Turtle Fishermen
of the Cayman Islands
Settled.

Managua. Nicaragua. Sept 1o.-The
last armed opposition to the new regime
under General Estrada, the provisional
President, he's ceased with the surrender
of General Fernando Maria Rivas with
one thousand men and eleven cannon.
Rivas occupied Bluefelds Bluff for the
Madriz government, and after the fali
of the latter proceeded to GreytOWn,
where he offered to surrender on condi-
ton that the life and liberty Of htmsef
and his troops were guaranteed. TO
this the government agreed.
The rate Of exchange, owing to conf
dence in the appointment Of Manuel La
cayo as Minister of Finance. dropped to-
day from Is to ] to 12 to L, making
twelve Nicaraguan dollars equal to one
dollar OF United States currency.
David Arellano, who was arrested and
imprisoned by ex-President Zelaya for
having led street demonstration at
Granada, in celebration Of the election Of
President Taft, will start for the United
States on September II.
The decree issued on August % by the
acting President permitting the I'M
portation, free of duty, Of corn, beans
rice. sugar. flour. oils and various other
products, has been revoked.
President Estrada on Monday will
make public his programme. and will
rame the constitutional delegates to
supervise the election of Congressman,
and subsequently amend the constitu-
ton. revise the Judiciary and amplify
the personal guarantees.
The schools throughout the country
will reopen en- October l. according to
the present arrangements Business Is
reviving in all towns and cities. All
the employees of the former government
have been discharged.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 10.-The
British cruiser Scylla arrived here last
night from Bluefields, Nicaragua, the
difficulty between the Nicaraguan gov
ernment and the Cayman Islands turtle
fishermen having been settled. The tur
tie industry, which is the mainstay Of
the Cayman Islands, recently was re-
ported to be threatened with extinction
because of the action of the Nicara guam
government, which, according to repre-
sentations made to the government by
the commodore Of the fishing fleet. was
said to have granted q turtle concession
to an American named Landburg. The
government of Jamaica took up the mat
ter on behalf of the islanders, and the
Scylla was dispatched to NicaragUan
waters in connection with the case.
The Cayman turtle fishermen were
warned that they must not enter into
negotiations with any party for the use
of the territorial waters of Nicaragua.
If the fishermen observe these directions
the British government, 1t is declared by
officials here, will assist any claim put
forward on their behalf on account OF
any unjust treatment by the Nicaraguan
authorities
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
HELIGOLAND TO BE CLOSED
Recent Arrests Of Alleged Spies May
Ruin Summer Resort.

Berlin, Sept. 2.-The ''Morgenpost'' states
that the German authorities have come to
the conclusion that Messrs Brandon and
Trench. the two Engishmen arrested while
taking photographs in the Island of Bor-
KUN. are really British officers.
II is announced that the German govern
ment has decided to close the plateau of
the island of Helgoland to the general pub
lie. Visitors will be permitted only on the
narrow strip of beach running around the
elevated plateau which forms the island.
The new restrictions will ruin Heligoland
as a summer resort, and are sure to be
keenly resented by the inhabitants.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
WILL NOT INSURE AERoNAUTs
French Companies Consider the Risks
in Air Too Great.

Berlin. Sept. 2.-The French Insurance
companies. after a private meeting of their
directors, have definitely decided not 10
insure flying men against accidents. at any
rate for the present. in consequence of the
enormous risks.
The only proposal they will entertain is
an insurance against loss or injury caused
by an aeronaut to other people.
An insurance company director says that
a Spanish company has had heavy losses
on its policies for aeronautS whom il had
insured at FOO II year premium for - 900. 1t
had 10 pay the widows Of thrc" aVlators
f2.G00 apiece in less than wear. This
company is now refusing fresh policies,
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
FIGHT OVER GREEK at OXFORD

Loncon. Sept. 5.-The Proposals for the
Internal reconFtTUction II Oxford univer-
sity. put forward bv Lord Curzon and the
I{ebdomadal Council tave already met
with considerable as criticism at OK
ford ard elsewhere II vas learned. az the
result Of Inquiries yesterday, that the main
body OF criticism centred around the pro
posals to make Greek optional. and to sub
stitute for Responsions an entrance eXami-
nation. II IS already evident that the cGuI-
eli viii have considerable difficulty in pass
tng the former proposal
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
PREMIER DENIES INTERVIEW
Canalejas Quoted as Speaking
Flippantly Of Vatican Reply.

Madrid, Sept. l0,-Prernier Canalejas to-
day denied the interview attributed to him
on Wednesday, in which he was quoted as
making a rather fiippant reference to the
most recent communication received by the
Spanish government from the Vatican.
In the published interview the Premier
was said TO have described Spain's reply
10 the communication from the Holy See
as containing little beyond generalities and
assurances that the question OF Church
dogma was not involved, 'or, in other
words, exactly like the Vatican note"
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
sWINDLED HIS WoULD-BE WIVES
German Advertised for Partner Who
Would Build Airship.

Berlin. Sept. 9.-Recently man atver-
tlsed that he had invented splendid new
acroplnne, but he was unable To build il
for lack OF money He therefore offered
his hand in marriage to a wealthy woman
VINO would lend him the necessary capital.
lie was overwhelmed with replies. and in
many eases manased TO swlndle his would
be wives of all their money
iho aeroplane was never built but the
t"So came TO iishl. and tho man IS now
III prl5o.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
THE CHOLERA vlRULENT
Eight Deaths Out of Eleven New
Cases ih italy.

Rome, Sept 10-The virulency OF the
cholera in the southeastern section of
Italy continues marked There were eight
deaths IN eleven new cases reported in the
last tWenty-four hours at Barletta, Mel
fetta ana Trinitapoh
Sebastopol, Sept 10.--In accordance with
orders received from the Turkish govern
ment steamers from Russia bound for Con-
stantinople, will hereafter be, submitted to
a five days quarantine at Sinope.
Dresden. Saxony. Sept. 1.-Two cases of
cholera at Heidenau, near Pirna. were re-
ported to-day.
New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
EIGHTEEN MEN KILLED
Thirty two Wounded on the Vic
toria Before Surrender.

San Juan Del Sur, Sept. lot is re
ported here that the Madriz Lake steam
toria refused to haul down her colors on
September / and was fired on by the
government steamers PrOgreso and No
ventures. According to the advices, the
Madriz followers on the steamer suffered
severely from the government fire,
eighteen being killed and thirty two