The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05
MANY LOVE PLEDGES
WIN FOR POLITICIAN
But Now Young Frenchman Finds
Them More Troublesome Than
Usual Campaign Promises.
EIGHTEEN MAIpENS ANGRY
Long-Lived Priest of Roches FL
nally Grows Tired Changing
Date on His Tombstone.
EIGHTEEN MAIpENS ANGRY
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
o The Tribune,

BY PAUL VIJLIERS.
Special Cable to The Tribune,
PARIS, Feb. 4.-Let me relate how n
young and rich member of the chamber
OF deputies was elected to that body. He
was candidate for seat In the south
OF France against an old member. and
nobody saw the slightest chance for the
newcomer. who had barely left school.
To everybody's surprise. he was elected.
Blessed with wealth and good looks. he
determined to use both. There happened
to be several marriageable girls In the
town. and to them all he paid "une cour
assidue; promising each 10 make her
OF novel hero, the girls jumped at the
idea. and went home TO papa with the
story OF their hopes.
in-law, the fathers were not slow in
casting their votes for him. and the po-
litical Adonis won the day.
RAISING situation. No less than eighteen
ladies are calling upon him TO keep his
promise OF marriage. 1t will take him
leaked out, and the electors are lnfuri-
ated- So II looks as though his par
liamentary career will he short one.
Longevity Is Expensive.
The oldest priest in the republic is
Canon Gadenne OF Roches. where he cele-
MS lUotD DlTtnQay New ear
day. He is. In very good health. and
capable Of fulfilling the duties of his
post; but. as he declared recently. his
age has caused him no little inconve-
to live long, coming from a consuinptive
family, so when, to his surprise. he
reached his seventy fourth birthday he
thought II was time TO prepare his tomb
stone.
=. This he die. With the inscription. IN.
Gadenne died 1S8-."
After waiting for ten years. the canon
found himself alive in 1890 and the fig
ure on the tombstone, and IL had to be
replaced by a 9.
This was final. he thought, but in 1900
he was still among, the living, and the
last Two figures had TO be altered.
even in 1910 his calculations were wrong
again.
lie has now only had the first two
more changes Will be necessary unless he
lives past 1899.
No Commission on Dowry.
court sitting here has decided that
the claim for commission on a mar
riage dowry is immoral. a man named
Fallanet. before marrying made a con-
tract with Nine. Garsounet.
The commission. amounting to s3600,
brought the matter into the court. The
court said
Matrimonial brokerage. with percent
enterprise in which money plays an n es- @
sential part II is a commercial idea
that Is contrary to law and contrary TO
morals.
Unions Save Man IS Life.
The death sentence upon the union
leader. Durand. for completely in the
murder OF docker at Havre has been
commuted TO seven years confinement.
The communication was demanded by the
trades unions and threats were made OF
a general strike IL the government did
not give way. One Of the arguments used
against the execution Durand was that
three rich men who had committed afro
clous murders had gotten off with less
punishment than a common drunk"
would have received. 1t was pointed out
ate wife murder had been sentenced TO
thirty days in Jail and turned loose five
minutes MIN , afterward The workingmen said
valuable as that Of millionaire.
Pay to See Guillotine Work,
Antoine Favier. who brutally murdered
and robbed bank collector. was gull
lotined In the city OF Lille recently. The
The murderer was held in such execration
that the public made the affair an oc-
Gasion for merry making. Windows over
looking the square and comma nding a
dress circle View of thai dread engine
OF Justice, the eulllotinc. let for remark
able prices. One merchant. it is said
gave $500 for a window. and less ia
vored positions brought S25. Two drink
ing bars overlooking the place OF execu-
'ioi i've francs per mead for ad-
mission and .rebled the prices for all
refreshments.
young woman going to a cellar to
fetch Wine received on opening the door
bullet which hit her In the face and
killed her. The husband explained that
he had suspected the cellar was being
robbed and had fixed loaded pistol In,
SIDE In such fashion that II would be
discharged the moment the door was
opened, He has been arrested on sus-
picion. as he had recently had his wife
insured for considerable amount That
Is The only point raised against him
Rival Of Chantecler.''
Parisia1s are wildly enthusiastic over
new playwright, Mile. Marie Leneru
whose drama, Les Affranchis.' has just
Deen produced No play has caused such
sensation since "Chantecler." and a
pathetic feature IS that Mile LenerlI who
is only rs is stone deaf. and could hear
nothing OF the wild applause that greeted
her work.
The alarming novelty of residing In a.
moving village is the lot of the inhab-
ltants OF RleuX. in Correzc. The hill
upon which II stands Is subsding into
nelShbornG glen and many of the VII :
layers nave left their houses and driven
away The cattle.
Lieutenant Mokretsr OF the French CO.
lonlsi army was killed during the Morocco
campaign, His widow applied for pen :
sion The war office re ected the second
WIDOWS claim. She appealed to the coun-
ell OF state and won,
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