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Vol. XVI. No. li.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, MARCH L5, 1903.
B. F. IRVINE
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A PHANTOM EMPRESS.
HOPELESSLY INSANE TOR THIR
TY SEVEN YEARS AND
DYING NOW:
Widow of Maximilian who Essayed
To be Emperor of " Mexico
Has Moved all' These
Years Through Shadows
of Mimic" Court ;
Other News.
Bruselpj March 18. A phantom
empress is fas', journeying to the
kingdom of death. Archduchess
Carlotta, widow of the ill-fated
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico,
who, for thirty-seven years has
Baen hopelessly insane, is dying at
Palice Laeken, near Brussels.
Since that. June morning, all
those years ago when the shots
rang out from seven Mexican mus
kets that were heard all around the
civilized world, and which cost a
man a life, a woman's reason and
an empire's existence, this beauti
ful daughter of the Belgians has
moved among the- empty shadows
of a mimic court. Faithful even in
ner pitiful distraction to the love
which has been the ruling passion
of her life, she is looking constantly
for the Emperor who never comes.
"I cannot find bim," she will
say, with vague trouble inner eyes,
to those about her, 'but -he will see
you when he returns. "
A bride of 17, an empress at z4,
a maniac at 26, Carrlotta repre
sents in her own person the tragedy
of the chimerical empire, reared by
French and Austrian ambition up
on foundations of sand. The daugh
ter of a king Leopold 1 of Belgium
was her father the sister of the
present Belgian monarch, she was
literally born to mount the dias to
a throne. "-, Of dominating intellect
and. surpassing beauty, sha- com.
bined the most fascinating accom
plishments with the executive force
and determination of a man. ... ,
The princess ' was . just on the
threshold of womanhood when she
met the youthful archduke, ' the
youngest brother of Emperor Fran
cis Joseph of Austria, Maximilian,
tall, fair, slight, with the charm as
well as the fatal weakness of the
Hapsburgs, he was a man to win
the romantic devotion of any wo
man, in especial one like Carlotta, in
whom pride of race was a dominat
ing characteristic. In two months
they were married, and "then began
an ideal life, which in the soiled
and blood-stained annals of both
the Hapsburgs and Coburg' house
stands out the supreme example of
a perfect love.
On the shores of the Adriatic, in
a spot where all nature seemed to
have lavished her riches,7 the arch
duke built bis bride a home more
like a fairy palace than any dwell
ing Of mere mortals." It was ol
pure white and typified all the po
etical, dreamy qualities which la
ter brought swift ruin when coupled
with the-iron responsibilities of a
nation's welfare. - Maximilian was
at this time Che governor of the
Lombard-Venetian kingdom, and
Mir a mar castle was on the out
skirts of-Trieste.' The untroubled
happiness oftbose early years was
in a sense the compensation for the
terrible finale.-The last scene in
this chapter of their lives was the
reception at the castle of the embas
sy which dazzled Maximilian and
bis ambitious wife with the pros
pect of empire.
New York, Mar. 21. Detectives
in the New York central office and
several members of the Pinkerten
staff in Chicago have been at work
since March 2 attempting to' dis
cover a mysteri ous person who. on
Jan. 22 sent to John C. Fischer, a
well known theatrical manager of
thi3 city, a quart bottle of cham
pagne charged with enough hydro
cyanic acid and strychnine to kill
instantly one hundred men.
Mr Fischer is propietor of the
musical, cpmedies '"Florodora" and
"The silver Slipper J' and the wine
wa a received on the night : of the
one hundredth performance of the
latter opera at the Broadway The
atre. . r " . -, . ' ..
It was only by the merest chance
that Mr. Fisher and three friends
escaped - death. The bottle ; was
opened '- and the , contents were
poured into glasses before" it-' was
noticed that it had a peculiar look
and smell.- Even then it was not
suspected that tbechampagce really
contained deadly poisons, and it
Was not until the next day that the
managers suspicions were thorough
ly aroused. . -
He.tbeo sent the bottle and i its
contents to the United Laborator
ies Company, of No. 45. West Forty
second street, for analysis The
tests were made by Prof., George A.
Furgeson, Phi! B., a chemist of .. ex
perience and a business associate of
Prof. Witthaus, ; the ' noted poison
expert. ': '-;' -: . ' '
. Prof. Ferguson found that the
wine contained i.6zi6 grains of
hydrocyanic acid to the fluid ounce
and 22.4564 grains of strychnine,
or enough of the two poisons to
have produced sudden death had
any of tbe champagne been even
touched to the tongue.
Northampton. Mass, Mar. 22. '
The will of Rev. H. L. Edwards, a
retired minister, contains several
peculiar provisions. His estate is
valued at bout.$6o,ooo. l;
To his only son, a lawyer, about
thirty-five years old, be allows $5oo
a year; but if he marries a woman
who is healthy, ofa happy disposi
tion, educated, he is to have $800
a year and for every child born he
is to receive $100 V year more.
At the age of fifty the son . is to
ireceiye one -half the income of the
estate,: provided he behaves himself.
In a codicil Mr, Edwards revoked
a Jgift of $100 to .he American
Board of Missions because the
Board encouraged imperalism. in
the Philippines and divides it be
tween Tuskegee and Atlantic Uni
versities. ? Chicago, Feb. 22. The Chicago
Telephone Company is distributing
a book on etiquette among the girl
operators. .
If there be a delay and the patron
yei s in the - usual Chicago way,
What the deuce is the matter with
that number?" this ladylike respon
se will be handed back, with tbe
Basfcon -chill upon it: .. I shall en
deavor to ascertain what is the
trouble."
If there be still further delav and
the man at the other end should
grow excited and send a few blue
flashes of language over the wire,
the new "hello" girl will reply
sweetly:
I am endeavoring to ascertain
why you do not procure your con
nection. : After I have ascertained
I shall call you. Please hang
your receiver." . ' '
up
There are a great many "Beg
your pardons, please have patience',
and "1 am making every endeavor
to obtain the number."
Milan, Feb.' 19. -A p'quant law
Suit is under discussion before the
civil courts of Milan. Senorita
Ida Bigliotti, belonging to a well
known Genoesa family and consid
ered one of the handsomest girls in
Italy, recently went to a photogra
phers named Ricci and ; bad her
picture taken in several attractive
if not very serious poses for private
circulation among her lady friends
The photographer, however,-- dis
regarding the young lady's requests
as to secrecy, printed thousands of
picture postcards, with her photo,
inundating the principal towns of
Italy with them. ' Imagine Seno
rita Bigliotti's horror on finding her
likenees, in very easy poses, haw-
Kea aoout tne 5 streets -and ex
posed in shop windows for sale.
But her indignation was noth
ing compared to that of her fiancee,
a weblthy nobleman, who at once
broke off the engagement. Senorita
Bigliotti is now trying to recover
$14,000 damages from the photog
rapher.
Toledo, O., March 21. A
Bee
special from Findlay, 0., says:
On his way home from school, 8-
year-old Clarence Hummell was
captured by five schoolmates, forc
ed to accompany them down the
Blanchard River outside of the city
limits and there, in a secluded
spot, was tied to a stake.; Prepara
tions for his cremation were being
made when the little fellow's cries
attracted the attention of workmen
in the vicinity, and he was rescued
by them. Young Hummell s cap
tors had witnessed the production
of "Trscy the Outlaw,'? and in talk
ing tbe matter over made plans for
the capture and the burning at tbe
Etake.
v Wanted. -
fifty tbousand pounds of moliair,
highest market price, at Kline's. v
PIERPONT'S VASES.
FIVE COST THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND AND ONE PLATE
. TEN THOUSAND.
Cant Bring Them Across' Because
Duty on Four Million Worth '.'
- Would be Two and a
; Half Millions It all r
: Makes Him Very ."-..';--.
Weary. .-.y
Washington March 14. J. Pier
pont Morgan Severely critieised the
Dingley law in bis talk with Sec
retary Shaw this afternoon.. -He
found fault with the 'section which
imposes a duty of 60 per " cent, or
more on art work3. He said that
these sections do not protect either
labor or capital, and only "prevent
tbe importation of art objects which
should be brought into this country
"for the advancement of culture and
science."
His strictures were delivered af
ter- Mr. ' Morgan had been told
that he would have to pay the gov1
jernment $2,50O,O0Q for bringing in
the $4,000,000 worth of
bronzes and vases which
paintings,
hetias re-
cently collected abroad. '
Mr. Shaw told Mr. Morgan that
he could escape the payment of du
ty only by placing bis collection on
public exhibition or by .remaining a
broad for a year, and then bringing
them in as household effects. Neith
er plan appealed to Mr. Morgan.
He intimated that be would leave
his art treasures abroad for the
present.
- Treasury department officials
who overheard the talk with Secrre
tarj Sbaw have not. recovered from
tbe way Mr. Morgan spoke of the
"little trifles" he would like to
have admitted free. He told of five
vases twhyjh w'ere made ; at. Seryres
in the second empire, -which: co3t
him "enly $300,000." He tt ought
they were cbekp, , but he didn't
think the 6 per cent.' duty was so
reasonable, i He mentioned one
plate that he got at a bargain for
"only $10,000."
Mr. Shaw said there was no bar
gain days in the customs service,
and that it would cost- him a trifle
of $8,700 to get the plate into the
United States. Then Mr. Morgan
said a few more things about the
Dingley law. .
Lo? Angeles, Cal., March 21.
A hold-up of an electric car on the
banta Monica line that for desper
ate daring surpasses the deed of
Burke and Metzei, who successfully
robbed a carload of passengers on
the Pasadena line a month ago, oc
curred tonight just outside the city
limits. .
As a result of the fight that fol
lowed between passengers and
highwaymen, George A. Griswold
was shot dead and two other pas
sengers wounded. Their names
have not been ascertained It is
believed one of the highwaymen
was killed.
Information of the hold-up first
reached the police through Charles
A. Henderson, who was a passen
ger on the car. H9 tells the fol- j
lowing story: ,
'The car left Fourth and Broad
way at 9:05 tonight at Santa Moni
ca. At uoncora street, aoout a
quarter of a mile outside the city
limits, the car came to a standstill,
because of some obstructions across
the rails. No sjoner bad it stopped
than three men appeared, all wear
ing masks and with heavy revolv-
ers in . tneir nanas, wmcn tney
trained upon the carload of passen
gers. " lianas op, everybody, nanas
up," called out one of the highway
man. ' '. V'
"I noticed that their guns were
trained upon the passengers stand
ing, and as I was seated, t thought
was safe in making some
move. 1 sniited my revolver from
a hip to an overcoat pocket and : a
moment later when one of the men
was not rx'ore than . five feet away, I
opened fire. I fired four shots point
blank at bis breast. The man fell
and i believe he is mortally wound
ed. Immediately the other;; two
highway men, seeing their compan
ion fall, opened fire, v ; A regular fu
sillade of shots followed. . v.-
' "I ducked across ; the car and
jumped off V the opposite side and
ran across a field to tbe road. There
I ran across a horse and buggy tied
to a fence. I supposed it had bsen
left, there by the high waymen. I
jumped into the buggy and drove
back to town." -.
During the fight between the rob
bars and passengers, the motorman
turned pn the, current and made a
run at . the obstructions, throwing
them aside and leaving the robbers
behind. ..The car proceeded to San
ta Monica. " ..
The entire police and. detective
force of the city are . out, in search
of .the highwaymen. .
r Caracas, March 22. The . Vene
zuelan congress, by a unanimous
vote, has declined to accept Presi
dent Castro's resignation and - has
passed a resolution' requesting him
to reconsider hid decision. It is be
lieved the president will yield to
this express desire of congiess and
remain in power. - ' '
The delegation appointed by
congress called at noon today ' at
the president's residence, Mira flo re 3
Palace, and. trahsmiited to Presi
dent Castro the resolution unani- 1
mously adopted regarding his resig
nation and requesting him to re
consider his - decision. President
Castro in reply declined to change
his mind but, after being urged by
his personal friends, he offered to
present another message, to con
gress, which he will met ton Thurs
day, to suggest a solution to the sit
uation.
The rongresBional hall was crowd
ed yesterday and all the members
of the diplomatic corps were pres- .
ent when President Castro read his
message to congress. ; President
Castro first passed in review the
terrible conditions which prevailed
in the country and denounced tbe
errors of his countrymen. "But,"
he continued, - if it is painful to
consider how much blood has been
shed, and how many tears, it is a
consolation to think that their bit
ter stream, by tbe law of compen
sation, will fecundate something
that should correspond to - present
day aspirations, since every strug-
gle begets an idea and.every victo
rious idea justifies the 'supposition
that an onward step has been taken,
on the road to human perfection."
. Touching then on the question of
the recer t ; foreign intervention,
President Castro said it .has been
brought about by a league of people
who, unable to submit their . claims
to tbe impartiality of the tribunals,
had em ployed Jforce.
- The president of congress then
received President Castro's - resig
nation and a commission was im
mediately appointed to : draw up a
reply to.the tendered resignation .
The news of the president's resigna
tion caused intense excitement ia
political circles but the city remain
ed quiet.- Later in the night a spe
cial session of congress was called
and a resolution , was adopted re
questing President Castro to recon
sider his resignation, in view 01 tne
critical condition of the republic,
and a yote of confidence - in his pol
icy was paFsed unanimously. A
committee was appointed to trans
mit this resolution to the president"
today.
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 2o.-
Michigan will have a Pasteur insti
tute ready to receive patients by
April 1. The large number of ca
ses of hydrophobia among the dogs
of Michigan and the consequent
large number of people who had to
be sent to Chicago or New York for
treatment caused the Board of Re
gents of the university to authorize
an insti'tute to be established in
Ann Arbor. This makes the third
Pasteur institute in the United
States.
Kingston, Island of St. Vincent,
March 21. The Souffriere volcano
on tbis island is very active, and ia
discharging dense clouds of smoke.
Caracas, March 21. President
Castro has resigned. He placed his
resignation of the presidency of the
republic of Venezuela in the hands
of the president of congress after
reading the presidential meesage to
day. --. ; :.'
In the ordinary course or events,
president Castro's term would have
ended February 2o, 19o8. - He waa
elected president of - Venezuela in
February of last year for six years,
beginning February 20, 19j2.
Point A Pitre, Island of Guada
lupe, March 21. Mount Pelee vol
cano, on the. island of Martinique,
is discharging dense clouds af red- '
dish smoke. -. - ' ,