The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 3137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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DEFIES SPANISH KING
Infanta Eulalie Quarrels With
Nephew Alfonso.
Princess Who Was Conspicuous4 in
i America During the,Chicago World’s
Fair is Again in the
Limelight.
GRiicago.—Americans who are old
enough to remember distinctly the Co-
lumbian exposition of eighteen years
ago,in this city will recall the coming
of Infanta Eulalie of Spain as a guest
of the nation. At that time she was
about thirty years old and she cre-
ated a sensation here by snubbing the
leaders of American society, most roy-
ally. In Chicago she refused the hos-
pitality of Mrs. Potter Palmer on the
ground that she could not be the guest
of an “innkeeper.” Frequently since
then Eulalie has figured in the inter-
national dispatches in a more or less
•sensational way. She , is a woman of
(independent spirit and thinks no more
lof defying court etiquette than Of
(snubbing American women.
Alfonso, the youthful king of Spain,
(who is her nephew, has found her far
(from, complaisant when he has issued
ihis orders and she has never hesitat-
ed to criticize him openly. He object-
led strenuously when she divorced her
husband in France, a thing illegal in
(Spain; she called him an ingrate when
(he did not reward her son for fighting
jin Africa; and for some time she has
(preferred to live in Paris.
Recently she published a book in
(which she justifies divorce as a natu-
ral support to morality under certain
[circumstances, and when Alfonso
«*• •** &/,(&
heard of it he telegraphed a command
for the suppression of the book. Then
Eulalie exercised her wtifian’s .pre-
rogative and talked back, expressing
herself in no uncertain terms. She
defies her kingly nephew and says she
will sell her Spanish estates, give up
her place at court and live as she
•pleases in Paris.
Of course all European royalty is
scandalized and in circles which are
not royal expectations are nursed that
before long Eulalie, now that she has
“kicked over the traces,” Will be doing
ithings to keep the sensational press
busy.
Alfonso had trouble enough trying
to govern his somewhat rebellious
subjects. He might have known bet-
ter than to try to boss a woman.
War on Women Gamblers.
1 Chicago.—Chief of Police McWeeney
has made himself tabu in the upper
[circles of the city. Recently he de-
i dared war on poker playing by women
jin private houses and sent out detec-
jtives with orders to raid every gam-
OLDER THAN UNITED STATES
Marks a Boundary Line.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The name “Mason
and Dixon’s Line” has been popu-
larly applied to the whole divisory line
between free and slave soil, but prop-
ierlv it belongs only to the south
bling game he found. The women
are up in arms and regard the chief’s
action as an outrage. “It’s no dis-
grace,” says one of the women’s
mouthpieces, Mrs. Elizabeth Venn,
“to play poker in a private home
among friends. I have several women
friends and we visit one another’s
homes occasionally and play poker for
small stakes.” Some of the women
threaten to give a hot reception to
the detective raiders. •
CLINGS TO WALL OF CANYON
Government Road in the Yellowstone
Park Is a Triumph of En-
gineering Skill.
United States government engineers
have performed feats equal to those
of the ancient Roman engineers in
road building, a recent example of
which may be found in the Yellow-
stone National park, where the govern-
ment is spending millions of dollars
in highway and other improvements.
The illustration shows a road which
on concrete piers hangs to the side
of the Golden Gate canyon as it
Concrete Yellowstone Road.
twists and twines its way in to the
park. It is a triumph of engineering
skill.
The government has entire control
of the park. * All new roads opened
and the repairs and maintenance of
old roads and trails are entirely de-
pendent upon congressional appropri-
ations. The roads are now in very fine
condition, a great deal of work and ex-
pense having recently been put upon
them, and steel and. CQncrete bridges
have almost entirely replaced wood-
en ones. Prominent among the im-
provements is the construction of the
fine lava arch entrance at Gardiner,
at a cost of $10,000 ;the new concrete
viaduct at Golden Gate, costing $10,-
000, to replace the old timber trestle;
and the erection of a very fine con-
crete and steel bridge of .artistic de-
sign across the Yellowstone river and
rapids, just above the upper fall of the
Yellowstone at the Grand canyon, at
the expense of $20,000.
Fort Yellowstone, the military post
in the park at Mammoth Hot
Springs. Here, also, are the head-
quarters of the United States engineer
in charge of the park improvements,
and the United States commissioner.
Mammoth Hot Springs is thus the cap-
ital of the park. In recent years this
place has been greatly improved. A
rearrangement of roads, new buildings,
concrete sidewalks, a new waterworks
and an irrigation system and a con-
sequent carpeting of grass on the old
white plaza in front of the hotel and
officers’ quarters, has metamorphosed
the locality. Mammoth Hot Springs is
the largest and most important place
in the park. Here all authority cen-
ters; it is the heart from which puls-
ate the currents of life which perme-
ate the park.
Death Follows Alcohol Rub.
Birmingham, Ala.—M. E. Torphy, a
well known young man of this city,
was burned to death under unusual cir-
cumstances. He was rubbing his body
with alcohol after taking a bath and
the alcohol caught fire from an open
grate, enveloping his body with
flames.
boundary of Pennsylvania, surveyed by
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon,
1763-67.
For over 100 years this line wan a
“bone of contention," and England
finally sent' Mason1 and Dixon to the
colonies to make - an official survey
which was to be final.
At the end of every fifth mile of this
line a stone, brought from England,
was placed, engraved on one side with
the coat of arms of Lord Ealtimore,
and on the.other with those of the
Penns; while the intermediate miles
were marked by smaller stones, 16
inches square and 18 inches high,
bearing a large letter M on one side
and P on the other. The line is 280
miles long.
Live Snake as Q6ld Cure.
Boston, Mass,—John McDonald, an
officer of the steamship Kalomo, just
in from Calcutta, has an unusual rem-
edy for coughs and cold. He brought
with him a red, white and blue snake
about five feet long, which he winds
around his neck at night when a cold
threatens. An Indian ghost doctor
sold McDonald the reptile.
HAS COMPLETED ITS REPORT ON THE WOOL TARIFF
TI ERE is the tariff board appointed by President Taft, which has just completed its report on wool for the
JO guidance of congress in readjusting the wool schedule. The document is a comprehensive digest of the dif-
ference in the cost of production in this country and abroad. The board members, from left to right are Thomas
W, Page, Alvin H. Sanders, Henry C. Emery, James B. Reynolds and William M. Howard.
ORLEANS LOSES HOPE
#—:-— —
"Pretender” Changes Plans in
Attempt to Form Monarchy.
[Royalist Leader Attempts to Recon-
cile Few Warring Followers—Pop-
ulace Care Nothing for Restor-
ation of Throne.
Paris.—-The royalists, who are | al-
ways fervent in France, although their
political influence ceased to be im-
portant long ago, were surprised and
rather dismayed to receive from the
Duke of Orleans an order that he will
[have no direct representative in
[France hereafter.
The Duke of Orleans, the royalist
[pretender to the French throne, of
(course, who is an exile in England,
(writes an open letter in which he ex-
pressly says that any one assuming
!to be his personal representative will
tdo so without authority.
In this way the duke hopes to end
•the discord which began several
(months ago after he changed his rep-
resentative here. On the one side is
the newspaper known as Action Fran-
caise, of which Leon Daudet is head;
on the other are individuals who op-
pose the militant methods of this news-
paper.
In his letter the Duke of Orleans
says he has undertaken to reorganize
|his followers in an effort to decentral-
ize the royalist movement, as he has
always been opposed to centralization.
The political bureau is suppressed,
but delegates will be appointed who,
jby means of committees, will carry on
ithe royalist campaign.
;j As a matter of fact the cause of the
jOrleanists, the most important branch
■of royalism in France, has shrunk to
.a mere shadow. Tourists, particularly
Americans, visiting France, are prone
(to discuss the possibility of the mon-
archy some day replacing the present
[republic. But these discussions spring
(more from romantic speculation than
from any knowledge of the situation..
The French republic was never
stronger, more solidly placed on its
foundations than at this moment. The
royalists proclaim themselves openly
in the senate and chamber of deputies,
but their number is insignificant; they
fail to hold even the balance of power
when the other parties are closely di-
vided.
Among the working classes no de-
sire for the restoration of the mon-
archy j is apparent. The last strong-
hold of those who still retain loyalty
to a king of France is found among
the aristocracy, but even there the
sentiment is not nearly as strong as it
was a decade or even five years ago.
The Catholic church has always been
royalist in its tendencies, but v since
the separation of church and state this
influence is not as far-reaching as it
was.
Many officers in the French army
and perhaps the majority of those
holding highest rank in the navy be-
long to the old nobility or aristocracy,
but the new generation is quickly
crowding these representatives of the
ancient life of France into the back-
ground. In spite of the Socialists’ ef-
forts tp decry militarism, the army is
intensely loyal to the republic.
In a word, the old ghost, the restora-
tion of the monarchy, seems to be laid
definitely. Therefore the letter of the
Duke of Orleans, completely changing
his past plans, awakens interest only
among his few followers.
Strikes Sea Monster Asleep Off the
Pacific Coast, But Escapes
Damage.
Tacoma, Wash.—With a mighty
thump, that sent Capt. Crosby sprawl-
ing in his deck house, and deck
hands flopping wildly out of the bunks,
put the engineer on his back and set
the mechanism shuddering, the tug
Redondo came to a sudden stop near
the light four miles north of the fork
of the Fraser river on the sturdy
tramp ship’s trip here from Vancou-
ver, B. C,
At first Capt. Crosby thought the
tug was aground. But the real reason
for the big thump and the cessation of
the engines was even more hair, rais-
ing. For it was discovered the Ro-
donda was on the back of a whale.
And it was a whale something more
than three times as big as the tug.
Capt. Crosby said the sea monster
must have been asleep, for otherwise
he would not have lain about in the
deep in that way and got bumped
into. Whales have been reported as
extraordinarily plentiful off the mouth
of the Fraser, and constant lookout
was kept for them, but the night
was misty and completely hid the
whopping, napping ocean giant.
The tug smashed into the whale
HAS WORKED A FULL CENTURY
Coloradan Retires at Age 114—Said
to Be Nation’s Oldest Man—Want-
ed to Retire With $100,000.
Grand Junction, Col.—“Cherokee
Bill,” an Indian-negro, said to be one
hundred and fourteen years old, and
declared by the United States census
to be the oldest man in America, has
announced that he will retire.
“One hundred years of work id
enough for any man,” said Bill. "I
wanted to retire with $100,000 to my
credit, an average of $1,000 for every
year of my life, but I cannot make
it.” j
He is reputed to have 300 pounds
of gold cached away In hiding places
about the little shack which he calls
home. His gold, according to esti-
mates, is worth between $75,000 and
$80,000. His fortune has been made
within the last fifteen years from gold
mining in Leadville, Cripple Creek
and along the Grand river. The only
name by which he has ever been
known in this part of the country Is
“Cherokee Bill.”
with terrific impact, and as the big
fellow struggled, the tug’s propel-
ler blades sank into his sides.
That put the engine out of commis-
sion. ‘ I
“The tug,” said Capt Crosby, “was!
really at the mercy of the big fish fori
several minutes. If he had been> in-(
clined lo get mad over his loss of]
sleep hhd try tossing about a bit he!,
certainly could have turned the Re-i
donda over. But he was apparently a]
peaceful fish, for, instead of trying!
to throw us up in the air, he only
struggled enough to get the propeller!
blades out of his ribs and then left usf
on the dive.
- Finds $10,000 in Wooden Leg-
Oklahoma City, Okla.—An oldj
wooden leg may not be much of aj
legacy, but when it contains $10,000]
it certainly is worth having, thinks!
Jacob Randall, a pauper at the poor!
farm - of Canadian county. The leg!
was given to him by Alexander P.j
Hamilton, a supposed pauper at the
farm, just before he died a few days1
ago. •,
Randall later discovered a large]
roll of money in the stock of the;
artificial limb. If Hamilton had rela-j
tives they are not known of here. r
Tug Hits Whale During Fog1
Clever Russian Swindler
*-l---\--—
He Got Insurance Money by Fraud-
Now St. Petersburg Policy Have
Him In Custody.
SL Petersburg^—A widespread swin-
dle effected by fictitious life insurance
operations has just been discovered
by the SL Petersburg police. The
chief u figure is Sigismund Poplavsky,
son of an insurance agenL He has
owned to frauds on the New York
Life, the Urbaine and the Kertch in-
surance companies. Poplavsky re-
ceived a high school education in his
native town of Tiflis and started
swindling early. He got appointed to
the traffic department of the Vladikav-
kag railroad and there sold six wagon-
loads of wheat belonging to.' a ship-
per. He was indicted and his mother
bailed him out, giving him the title
deeds of an estate she owned as se-
curity. He sold the bail security and
hid in the Caucasus.'
His first experiment in fraudulent
life insurance was a dozen years ago.
He insured himself with the TJrbaine
company for 15,000 rubles. The fol-
lowing year a very sick man present-
ed himself at the Pskof office of the
company, far away from where the
policy was taken out, and duly paid
the premium. He showed all the
passport identification documents of
Poplavsky. Soon the sick man, whose
true name was Ivan Fediounin, died,
and Poplavsky, who had taken the
other’s identity, drew the insurance
policy. Still keeping Fediounin’s name,'
hie went to Narva and in a year had
spent the money.- Then in 1901-he
insured as Fediounin with the*-; New
York Life for 35,000 rubles and in the
following year he took a man from
the hospital who was incurably ill and
equipped him with all the Feriouniri
papers. The dying man was installed
in the apartment of Poplavsky’s
brother, where very soon he died!. His
real name is so far unknown, but-he
was buried as Fediounin and once
again Poplavsky got the insurance
money.
Then Poplavsky married a young!
woman named Smurnoff and forthwith
insured her with the Kertch company
for 1,500 rubes. Soon he found a fe-
male patient in one of the St. Peters-
burg hospitals whose case was hope-
less. He was able to get her furbished
with his wife’s civic papers, an&when.
she died he collected his wife's insur-
ance money. She also Was buried in
the* name of Fediounin. Then he set-
tled in SL Petersburg as Boleslav
Kupfnsky and opened a timber busi-
ness. He tried to insure with the HeK
singf&rs company for 25,000 rubles, ad
he now admits, intending to repeat
the swindle that had so far succeeded,
^ut by ; this time he was being
watched.
_ The police will exhume his and his
Wife’s doubles to try and learn how
they died, They believe that he had
several pupils, who worked the trick
on other; Companies, The obligation in
Russia to produce passports and docu-
ments showing one’s antecedents real-
ly made the swindle easy, because the
production of them had the effect of
stopping the inquiries that would hav*
followed natural suspicion.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 3137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 16, 1912, newspaper, January 16, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth889519/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.