The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-07-09


from the kaiser's private purse.
The rate of increase Of the pOpula-
ton of the country has recently di-
minished. This was regretted by the
kaiser, who regards large families as a
guarantee for the future of the ma
ton. 1t was this feeling that led the
kaiser to offer a signal honor to par
ents with eight children.
Berlin-The kaiser recently pre-
sented to the Hohenzolern museum
the death dice" with which one of
his ancestors decided a difficult case
in the seventeenth century. The his
tory of these dice is generally given as
follows:
A young girl had been murdered.
Suspicion fell upon two young soldiers
Ralph and Alfred, who were suitors
for her hand. I,ney both denied their
guilt, and even torture failed to ex-
tract a confession from either. Then
Elector Frederick William decided to
cut the knot by means of the dice box.
The two soldiers should throw for
their lives and the loser should be ex-
ecuted as the murderer. '-5--
The event was celebrated with great
solemnity. Ralph had the first chancs
and threw skies the highest possible
number The disc box was given to
Alfred. He fell on his knees and
prayed. Then he rose to his feet and
threw the disc with such force that
one of them was broken. The whole
one showed six, the broken one also
gave six on the larger portion, and
the fragment split off showed one.
This was a total of thirteen, one be-
yond Ralph's throw. The audience
held its breath in amozement.
Good has SDokop orind fba Yo,.Ipoa
Ralph, appalled, at what he regard
ed as a sign from heaven, confessed
his guilt and was sentenced to death
Madrid, July 2.-The ihabitants of
the village of Puebla Alpicen made an
attack on the local schoolhouse be-
cause they declared, anarchist doc
trines were taught in it. The masters
defended the building, firing on the
villagers with revolvers, and they
to hold their own until the
arrival of the civil guard, who pre-
vented the mob from carrying out its
of lynching them. The local
authorities, however, caused a search
to be made in the school, which
brought to light formula for the man
ufacture of bombs and plans of the
city of Barcelona, as we'll as expIos-
ives and models of Internal machines.
Berlin-It is being discovered in
Germany that the kaiser is an expen-
sive institution to keep up. A com
parison shows that every man. woman
and child in Prussia contributes on an
average 20 cents per day for the up
keep of the kaiser, which is nearly |
three times as much as England pays
for the maintenance of her royal fam
slons pay for theirs and more than
twice as much as the Austrians have
to provide.
Compared with these prices repub- |
lies are dirt cheap" for the presi-
dent of France only costs each French |
man trifie over half cent a wear
while Americans only pay about 1-96th |
cent apiece for their president and ex-
Dect first-class article, too.
During debate in the diet on the
to increase the kaiser's ''civiI
list, otherwise his income, Herr Hoff-
man analyzed the latter and made out
hat 1t amounted to So cents a second.
To this principle, however. Herr Hoff-
nan objected, claiming that the wear
er OF the crown was often absent and
suggested that the principle of "pay
nent by attendance" should be ap-
olied. This idea of putting the kaiser
'on piece" SO to speak, is decidedly
novel one.
Copenhagen.-For many years di-
'ector fthe National Historical mu-
'eum at Fredriksborg castle, Den
mark, Professor Molerup has been
dismissed. He is accused of
having embezzled $4,000 with which
lie was entrusted to purchase antiqui-
les.
Posen, Prussia.-Military aeronau-
1c maneuvers on the most extensive
Gale began here and will continue
throughout the month. They are be-
ng carried on by trained army aero
auts. All the types of dirigibles. ae-
-l'n"s and special balloons will be
Utilized
San Quentin, Cal.-The term of his ;
entence for perjury having expired.
Yilliam B. Bradbury, Corte MADEIRA
was discharged TODAY
rom the state prison here. He
merged from the penitentiary wear
1g the regulation suit given to all !
onvicts on their release, and accept
the usual stipend from the state.
7~0ts added for transportation |
D his home.
After few words with the wardens /