The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-04-23
BRIEF TELEGRAMS

Paris.-A fortune of over $4,000 has
been discovered in the lodgings of Miss
! Oliver, an Englishwoman, whose death
! has occurred at Dieppe at the age of so
She had lived for years in abject pow
erty, supported by charity
AT one time she earned her living as
a teacher of languages, but for many
| years past she had been unable to earn
a living. She was well known in
Dieppe, however, and was the recipient
of much charity. few grudging thei1
contributions towards the support OF
the venerable miss"
Everybody believed her to be abso-
| lutely destitute, but when she died, says
| the Echo de Paris, a bag containing
! gold and notes was found at her lodg-
ings. They amounted altogether to
| SIS. 600.
Tied UP with the bag was a will
| properly drawn up and witnessed, by
which she left the whole of her secret
fortune to hospitals in London.
st. Petersburg epidemic of
suicide has broken out in this city. Fif-
teen cases were reported in one day.
Among the victims were three girls,
| aged 16, Is and 20, one of them a uni
versity student, and the other two pu-
pills at the ConserYatoire and a high
school. They were the two daughters
and niece OF a rich merchant of Minsk,
and had come to st. Petersburg to COM
plete their studies. They poisoned
themselves with syanide of potassium.
When the tragedy was discovered the
musical student was seated at the nj
ano: Chopin's Funeral March was open
In front of her The youngest of the
girls was lying dead at the players feet.
The body of the third girl was found
under a bed.
They left several letters addressed to
relatives and friends in which they said
that they had resolved to kill them
selves as there was no sense in life.
Vienna.-Some extraordinary stories
Of extravaganza at juvenile parties in
Austria. and the loading of the young
sters' stomachs with unwholesone deli
cacies are being told. Absurdly late
hours are nowadays kept, it is asserted.
by mere infants On the invitation
cards of dances given for children of ten
and eleven the note is added: Car
riages at $3.50 a. M And in Austria all
schools begin at o'clock in the morn
ing. At a recent children's party the
hostess, evidently wishing to outshine
the other ladies of her circle, provided
at supper time large quantity of un-
salted caviar. Another dish was of
trout cooked in champagne. The cost
of this may be imagined when it is said
that there were fifty children, present
and that the very best champagne had
been used for the purpose. The grown
ups who were present say that the
trout thus prepared proved a great DEL
1cacy, but the children, who were saw
ing their appetites for the sweets. failed
to appreciate it. Elaborate ices came
later, but these were spoiled I'm the
children's eyes by the hot chocolate
sauce which the servants poured over
the ices. The result may have recon-
mended itself to the "grown-ups": the
children pushed the unheaIthy-looking
thawed ices on one side.
Embassador Kerens has arrived. and
the first impression Viena has formed
OF him Is favorable. They take him to
be typical American, blum and hearty.
and while perhaps lacking somewhat in
the suavity of manner we look for In
the European diplomat of high rank.
possessing a goodly share of shrewd.
common sense which viii enable him
to gain and hold his popularity.
Paris.-The recent bombardment of
the jena had curious effects on the nm
fortunate dogs that were placed on
board the doomed vessel. The dogs were
put in certain portions of the ship with
the idea of ascertaining whether the
erect OF gunf1re was to asphyxiate