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EFFICIENCY OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.
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OLD RELIC IS RAZED
Franklin's Unique Paris Home
Is Demolished.
TYPICAL OF NEW ENGLAND
Building; in Which Distinguished
American Lived Presented Great
Contrast With Its Surround
ings Near the Elysee.
PARIS, March 7. (Special.) Among
i number of old-fashioned houses at
the corner of two narrow streets, the
Kua de Matignon and the Rue de Pen
thlevre, there stood for more than a
rentury, not far from the Elysee, an
nld farmhouse, which evidently be
longed to another period and a foreign
country. The house 1 now demolished
nnd was. the story rclatos, at one time
the residence of S njumln Kranklin,
the first American Minister in France.
Hefore its demolition, it presented a
traime contrast to the buildings
around. It was simply an average
xlicrt New England farmhouse, in a
tumble-down condition, with Email
windows and thin brick walls on the
around floor, and the upper story was
simply a low garret, with three point
ed windows looklnii out from shabby
wooden frames. The brick walla did
not ro beyond the jjcround floor, and
the Barret-like superstructure was of
common white pine wood, which was
rotten and falling to pieces with age.
The whole was covered by a dilapi
dated tileil roof.
tfo characteristic. In fact, of old Co
lonial and pioneer days did It look
thai one was led' to bellevu that
l'ranklln not only lived In it. but prob
ably had it hullt, and furnished the de
sign himself. Indeed. It is not likely
that any 1'arislan architect in those
days had seen a house like that, or
could have imagined Its design. Little
wooden stairs led up to the garret on
the outside of the house, and to make
the plcuire complete, the yard was
closed in by a real old-fashioned New
Knglund board fence, with a gate
hanging lopsided on one oltl, rusty
hinge, the other hine having been
broken long ago. ,
That such a queer old cottage should
he still standing within a few steps of
the President's palace was In itself a
curiosity, and allows that in these days
the. spot was practically out in the
country, whero l-'ranklln. who had
simple, rustic tastes, liked to reside.
If It had been In any way artistic, it
would probably have been purchased
by some patriotic American, but. as U
w as, there was no desire to preserve
it There was a little cabaret In the
ground floor, at the corner: but for tne
past three years tho upper story or
garret, consisting of three rooms, had
been offered for a ridiculous sum $30
a year and yet even at that price none
would have It.
Koliof for the Viu-iu ployed.
VICTORIA. B. C. March 7. Such desti
tution prevails at the coal city of Nana
inio that the provincial government has
inaugurated emergency relief works, giv
ing employment to some .Vw men clearing
public land near tile city. The action of
the government has been taken at the
uraina of the (Socialist members, against
the wish of the Nanaimo city council, to
relieve those who have been idle since the
recent depression in the coal trade, in
consequence of which many miners have
been discharged by the Western Fuel
Company. Work is to be provided only
for bona fide residents.
MAKES WOUNDS TO ORDER
Paris Man Discovers Method to Fool
Insurance Companies.
PARIS, March 7.-(SneclaI.) In a suit
for damages brought before one of the
criminal courts of Paris a curious reve
lation has been made of a recipe for
producing artificial wounds. The In
ventor of this recipe is a young man,
who, it appears, has been making money
by It either by Osing it himself or by
prescribing it to bis friends, who, after
pretending to have been victims of acci
dents, obtained large sums for damages
from Insurance companies.
The trick was done by rubbing any
part of the body with sandpaper and
then covering it over with salt and
black soap, which caused the part to
swell and redden so as to deceive the
doctors if they should happen to make
only a superficial examination. The se
cret of the artificial wound, however. Is
out, and its too ingenious young in
ventor Is In jail.
ACQUI
T FAIR REBEL
Bomb-Thrower Calmly Admits
Her Guilt.
TRIED TO KILL TYRANT
Polish Girl Who Attempted .to As
sassinate Governor of Warsaw,
Tells Story of Plot and
Her Motives.
VIENNA. Feb. 29. Toung and beautiful
Wanda Dobrodzicka, the bride of the
painter, was acquitted today of an at
tempt to assassinate the Governor of
Warsaw, though she said calmly in court
that she threw a bomb at his carriage
and expected to be either blown to pieces
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MISS BLAXCHR STODDtRD, WHO OPE HKR ENGAGEMENT .S
I.KADIKG WOMtV WITH THE BAKER STOCK COMPAXf TO
DAY IX "THE THREE OK IS."
herself or arrested and hanged. ' Women
who tilled' the ocurtroom threw quantities
of flowers at her when the verdict of ac
quittal was reached.
The result of the trial was a great sur
prise in view of the circumstances and the
frank acknowledgment of guilt which the
fair revolutionist made. The crowds in .
court cheered Judge, Jury, and the ac
quitted woman, who stood with bar hus
band and father receiving congratula
tions in the midst of a pile of nosegays.
Wanda's father was a rebel of 163, who
spent Ave years of his life in exile in Si
beria. He taught the daughter his politi
cal principles after she had finished a
careful education at the age of 17.
Joined Polish Society.
As a daughter of Poland she felt it her
duty to aid in freeing her people from
the yoke of Russian absolutism and Joined
the revolutionary organization. Several I
futile attempts had been made against j
tne itie ot tne liovernor or Warsaw, wno
had used all his efforts against the or
ganization. Wanda and a friend whose name she
has not revealed accepted an assignment
to destroy him. The plot was carefully
laid.
To induce the Governor to drive through
the streets, a practice he particularly de
tested and avoided, a member of the or
ganization disguised himself in the uni
form of a Russian officer, - went to the
Austrian Vice Consul's house, and delib
erately insulted that diplomat. As was
expected, the Governor was forced to visit
the insulted representative of a foreign
country and offer his apologies.
Throws Bomb From Balcony.
It was known that his carriage must
pass through a certain street on his way
from the paiace to the cotisulate. Rooms
were taken in a house with a balcony
overhanging the street. There members
of the organization took four packages
containing bombs. Only one bomb was
to be used, the others were to be left
in the rooms to deceive the police as to
the quality and composition of the ex
plosives used-.
On the afternoon of August 17, 1905,
Wanda, then 20 years old, stood on the
balcony, a bomb concealed in the folds
of her skirt and her woman friend in
an adjoining window. The carriage passed
on the way to the consulate under
Wanda's eyes. When it returned she
threw her missile, aiming at the horses.
No explosion followed.
Seizing a second bomb, Wand hurled
it full at the carriage. Smoke and fire
appeared when the missile struck, but
there was no loud report, and the car
riage proceeded on its way.
Threw Only Harmless Missiles.
A mistake had been made and the pack
ages of bombs had beeu transposed. The
deadly bombs had been left and the harm,
less ones, manufactured to deceive the
police, in whose hands it wan Intended
they should fall, had been used.
Wanda donned a wig. changed her hat
and left the house with her friend. She
was stopped by the police, but released
immediately as not resembling the woman
on the balcony. She remained two days
In Warsaw and then went to Cracow,
but she bad left her passport in the
rooms.
When the revolutionary organization
started a campaign of robbery of public
moneys Wanda wrote to say that she did
not approve and demanded that her name
be stricken from the rolls. She went to
Italy and: to Switzerland with her sister,
but later returned to Cracow, feeling as
sured she would be delivered up to tthe
Russian authorities, as her crime was a
political one.
In June, 1907, she married a painter
named Dobdrodzlcka. ad thus became
an Austrian subject. The passport she
left in Warsaw revealed her Identity, and
In October, 1907. she was arrested.
Her crime, committed- In Russia, under
the law, had to be Judged in her own
country. She was tried in Wadowica, In
Austrian Poland.
She admitted all the allegations set
forth in the Indictment, but would not
plead guilty, saying it was no crime in
her eyes to remove a bad man. On the
-witness stand she described the terrorism
with which the Governor ruled the pro
vince, making the tyrants who were his
predecessors seem like angels.
MAY BUYM0RE ROADS
England Will Make Inquiry Into
Nationalization of Railways.
LONDON, March 7. (Special.) It
seems to be generally understood that
efforts will bo made to induce the gov
ernment to carry out its offer to ar
range an Inquiry into the question of
nationalization of the railways. All
political parties are in' favor of an in
quiry, without pledging themselves to
results. The Unionists would not ob
ject. The Liberals would, as a whole,
favor It. The Labor group, said Mr.
Henderson, the chairman, is strongly in
favor ot nationalization, but is not
greatly enamored of the delays caused
by government Inquiries. The Irish are
quite as well disposed. Among Con
servatives, the chief note of apprehen
sion is that organized labor might in
terfere with the freedom of elections.
There was some fear that the example
of the postofflce might be repeated.
The alternative policy to the nation
alization of railways seems to bo larg
er amalgamations of existing concerns
under closer government supervision.
Ail agree that investigation roust be
awaited before anything can be done,
and no one expects that an inquiry
could yield any result under a year, al
though the democratic element is clam
oring loudly for nationalization.
AH Iandowners Against It,
Corvallls Times.
Owners of land, or of town lots, have
occasion to be interested in the defeat
of a new tax bill that Is to be voted
on In June. It should not pass. It is
not likely to pass. It proposes to lay
the burden of all taxes upon lands.
Including, of course, -town lots. All
improvements, such aa buildings, fac
tories, mills and other creations of
man's hand, are to be exempt, under
the plan. .It is a theory, which pro
ceeds on the basis that non-taxation
of improvements would .encourage en
terprise, and that as . land is mado
more valuable by the presence and
activity of all the people. Its incre
ment, of Increased value should not In
ure to one person. In practice it can- '
not be Just to all. Even with other
property ut.der taxation, the land btars
the principal burden. It cannot bo
hidden. Its owner has to stand up
and take bis medicine. This is so not- '
ably true that landowners will' take
no chances on the proposed bill, and
will vote against It to a man, as they
ought to. The other units in society
save, corporate interests and doctrin
aires, will do the same. -
Metzger. -lewder, optician. 843 Wash.
Read Sharkey's add today. '
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