Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-19
AUSTRIAN BIRTH RATE is LOW
Has Fallen from Forty to Twenty Per
One Thousand.
Ew NAVAL ESTIMATE ISSUED
Head of DistilIinE Firm Responsible
for Many Deaths a. Let or with
Fine-TerrOrists work
NJ Miners.
BY EMIL ANDRAssY.

VIENNA, Feb. 1S-(Special to the Bee)-
Austria is worried over the decrease Of
the birth rate in the empire. The pre-
liminary official count Of the Austrian
census to December 81, 1910. shows that the
increase OF the population during the last
decade is less than was anticipated. The
birth rate has fallen from 40 per 1900 in
1870 to 20 per 1000 in 1910.
Naval Estimates Issued.
The dreadnought estimates have been
issued to the Hungarian delegation. The
total cost Of the new shipbuiding program
is estimated at S65,OOOOOO to be spread in
installments over the next six years. The
program includes four dreadnoughts "of
about 10000 tons displacement each. The
naval and military estimates together
amount to SiOSOOOOOO
Rives TO Live I'm Vienna.
1t is stated on good authority that
George b. Rives. who has for a number
OF years been first secretary OF the Ameri-
can embassy here. but who recently re-
signed when notified that he was to be
transferred to a South American capital,
will make his home in Vienna. Mr. Rives
health is not of the best. and he feared
the climate OF Brazil would be too much
for him. II was for this reason he de-
cided to give up his diplomatic career.
He and his family have been very popu-
lar in Vienna society, and have formed so
deep an attachment to the Austrian capt.
tai that they have decided to remain here
the greater part OF the time.
Quarrel on Frontier.
The recent incident of Podwolocyzka will
not have any international consequences.
1t appears there was a quarrel between
two Austrian gendarmes and Russian
frontier guard. The latter was killed, and
forty Russian soldiers opened fire upon
the Austrians. Mutual explanations have
been made. and the parties at fault have
been punished by their respective govern
ments
Fatal InfntuatiOn.
An extraordinary story Of a little girls
infatuation for a clergyman comes from
the town of Godollo, in Hungary The
Protestant pastor OF the place, an ex-
ceedingly good-looking man, left his pas
torate TO take up another elsewhere. soon
after departure an orphan girl of Ii years
Of age Iona Lamba, hanged herself from
a beam In loft The child who was of a
very quiet and reserved nature, had con-
ceived great passion for the pastor. She
only saw him when he came to an inn to
play bowls He was accustomed TO stroke
the child's hair as he passed through the
Kitchen to the bowling green. No other
communication passed between them.
After his departure the child told her
cousin that she could not live without see
ing the pastor. In her prayer book It was
found that she had written the following
My unforgettable beloved, the pastor Of
Baranya."
Bad Brandy killed Many.
Mr.. Kovacs, the head OF a firm OF dis
tillers at Macy Becskerek, Hungary has
been fined 5000 for adulterating brandy
The prosecution alleged that over 100 per-
sons had been killed by the adulterant
but the court found that only sixteen
deaths were directly attributable to it,
the rest being due to alcoholic poisoning
TerrOrista as Miners.
telegram from Troppau states that in
designations into various murders and rob-
berries which have recently taken place
in the Ostran coal field have led TO the
discovery that among the many Russian
subjects employed in the mines are per-
sons belonging to the terrorist movement
who left their own country with forged
Identification papers and found employ
ment in the coal field number have
been ordered to leave the district.