The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
SINGER WINS HER
/, 81. 80 FROM KAISER
Monarch Unsuccessful in Lawsuit
Instigated by Subject and
Employee.
FLEEING HUSBAND SAVED
Climbs Palace Wall Until He
Loses His Nerve and Is Res
cued by Firemen.
FLEEING HUSBAND SAVED
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

epecal Gable to The Tribune.
BERLIN, Nav 20.-The mighty kaiser
is amsnable to the courts and he recently
figured as an unsuccessful defendant In
e. damage suit. The emperor lost the
lawsuit in his capacity OF King OF Prussia
and proprietor OF the Royal opera at
wiesbaden. The case was instituted be-
fore the privy council OF justice by Frau
lein Hessioehl. singer at the Wies-
baden opera. Fraulein Hessloehl was re-
Gently fined $3.50 for induIging in loud
stage whisper" This the management
considered an unseemly interference with
the performance. She sued the king for
restitution OF the fine and the court de-
cided that the claim was well grounded.
A highly amusing domestic comedy was
played in a distinguished part of the
city. Fritz Meyer, clerk, took refuge
from his angry wife on cornice Of the
kaiser's palace and had to be fetched
down by the fire brigade.
The pair began to quarrel opposite the
palace, The wife attacked him with an
umbrella and belabored him so soundly
that he flew to the palace sentry. AS the
sentry proved immovable and the wife
WAS in pursuit the victim scrambled up
climbing until he was twenty feet from
the ground. There panic overlook him
and he could neither ascend nor descend.
AT last the palace 'firomen arrived.
drove off the wife and rescued the fugi-
tive. He was taken to the police sta
tion.
When Wagner Was on the Verge.
Among the many interesting things
told In the memoirs of the great music
master: Wagner, is the story OF his col
lege life.
When a student al Leipzig university
he plunged INTO hehtng corps. wore
the colors proudly and narrowly escaped
serious duels. The manner In which
Wagner described what was tragic epi
sode Of his student days. the unsparing
way in which he confesses his faults,
throws new light upon his character In
simple but exceedingly moving words he
tells of the gambling pavsion that held
him ike demon; his long run OF illness
but play, Indifferent no the opinion OF
his former companions. he vanished from
their midst, passing night after night with
the lowest Of students in gambling houses.
Finally. having lost everything, he used
some money he held in trust for his moth
er, and that, TOO, was swallowed up with
the exception Of one thaler, Sick in mind
night distracted He knew that the
thaler represented his whole life and ex-
istence. for that lost he could never re-
IUrn nome BE saw nlnlSef wandering
aimIessly in the gray of the morning
through the fields and woodsa prodigal
son.
Luck Changes for Once.
Suddenly. while on the verge Of de-
spair, he won and won again. Mechani-
cally he staked again and still he won.
until there was sufficient to pay all his
debts. The warmth that filled his soul
and body WAS. he says. of a sacred ma
ture. He felt that he was not abandoned
by God and his angels. He felt a holy
presence whispering warning and conso-
lation He WAS cured. He went home and
slept soundly for hours and awoke new
born
Deferred by no sense of shame he told
his mother Of his experience in that
momentous night and returned her money.
under acknowelgement Of his sin. She
fhe grace he had given her son and ex-
pressed her firm conviction that he was
saved and that temptation would never
case and Wagner then threw himself with
renewed energy into his musical studies,
entering upon a new and serious phase.
Love Causes Triple Tragedy.
Despairing of being cured of a com
plaint from which she suffered Frau
Iueck. wife of n German ex-amy Of
fcer. determined TO commit suicide She
conflded her idea to her daughter and
the latter decided to die with her mother.
Both were very fond of Frau Lueck's 12-
SrdI -oio SOn dU0 tneY agreed tnat he
should accompany them across the bor-
der Mother and daughter a few nights
ago contrtved to administer sleeping
draughts to the rest Of the family. Then
they carried the slumbering boy into the
sitting room. locked the door, stopped up
every creVice and turned on the gas.
Next morning all were found dead.
Blackmailer Has "Ideas.''
Posing as a novelist, an unprincipIed
person demanded money from q rich resi-
dent on pain of seeing himself depicted In
new book In a very undesirable manner
The resident Informed the police and the
Would-be novelist was arrested The
prisoner shouted as he was led from
court:
You have deprived me OF my liberty
but not of my IDEAS
When the German omperor visitod
Brussels recently his consort gave two
brooches 10 two Of the fifteen licensed
flower girls Of the city I'm return for bou-
aeusts The other girls promptly claimed
share In the gift. demanding that the
brooches be put up for auction.