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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1914.
ONE OF HISTORY’S TRAGEDIES.
Where is poor Empress Carlotta?
Not a word about the insane empress
has come out of Belgium, where for
many years she has been kept in
close confinement near Brussels. A
story from Belgium was to the effect
that the German armies were given
special orders, at the request of the
Emperor of Austria, not to molest
her. The emperor is a brother-in-law
of Carlotta, the Emperor Maximilian
having been the youngest brother of
Emperor Francis Joseph.
The tragedy of her life is so inter
woven with one of the most thrilling
chapters of new world history that
it will bear a repetition at the pres
ent time, when it is believed to be
a matter of only a short time, per
haps of days, until her earthly mis
eries are relieved by death. Born a
princess, and educated to wear a
crown, Carlotta has passed forty-eight
of her seventy-three years within the
walls of an asylum for the insane.
Married at seventeen, a queen at twen
ty-four and a lunatic at twenty-six,
she was bereft of father, husband, em
pire and reason in eighteen months.
Although Carlotta was more poten
tial in Mexican history during her
short reign in that country than was
her imperial husband himself, the rec
ords ignore her efforts, belittle her
achievements and refer to her endow
ments of executive ability, political
sagacity, mental culture and strong
character in the most impersonal and
incidental manner. Yet it was her
regal training, her dominant spirit,
her constant insistence, which pre
vailed over the weak, vacillating, eas
ily influenced and effeminate Emperor
Maximilian.
Carlotta was twenty-four, Maximil
ian thirty-two, when their eyes be
held for the first time the land across
the water where they hoped to re
generate a nation. Their entry into
the City of Mexico was a triumphal
one. The splendors of their court
were unprecedented, for Carlotta knew
well how to be an empress. But the
Mexicans fought bravely for their
freedom, the United States Interfered
in their behalf, and the Emperor Na
poleon was ordered to withdraw his
troops. Here again Carlotta was dom
inant. She would go herself to France
and Intercede with Napoleon.
What could be more pathetic than
the spectacle of the girl empress
pleading with the emperor of France
and the Pope of Rome for the means
and soldiers to save from ruin the
empire of her husband, at a time
when Maximilian had been already
many weeks dead? Carlotta’s ambi
tion and pride were crushed, her
heart broken. Young, beautiful, lov
ing, on the very threshold of youth
and hope, she was seized and torn
from the world by the relentless hand
of unreason.
For nearly fifty years she has been
banished to obillvion. Those who re
call her to mind as a proud and im
perious beauty, would fail to recog
nize her In her later years, all bent
and broken, her snow-white hair fram
ing a face waxy white and deeply fur
rowed with lines of pain and grief.
Her brother, the late King Leopold
of Belgium, placed her in the old roy
al castle of Bouchout, a few hours’
drive from Brussels. Here she has
remained these many years, doubt
less as ignorant of the history-mak
ing events of the past two months
as she is of the execution of her hus
band, the downfall and death of his
early protector, Napoleon III, and the
many other events that have passed
into history in the half century.—Ex.
FUNDS FOR THE EUROPEAN WAR.
Germany Is prepared, from a finan
cial standpoint, to prosecute the war
for Bom,e time to come. A war loan
of about $700,000,000 has been sub
scribed promptly by the German
bankers and people and it is declar
ed that another subscription to a loan
of 11,000,000,000 will be made, if the
Imperial government requires it.
The allies have made it plain that
they will consider no overtures for
peace until German militarism has
been destroyed. Great Britain, France
and Russia are in position to raise
any amount of money needed for car
rying out their plans.
Speculation, therefore, as to when
the war will end must be based on
the supply of food for cannon. The
question appears to turn on the num
ber of men which the nations can
get and keep in the field. Terrible
as the losses have been, there is no
indication that any of the nations en
gaged, except Austria, is experienc
ing any shortage in the supply of hu
man munitions of war.—Ex.
NO PEACE WITHOUT DISARMA
MENT.
If there is any benefit to civilization
to be extricated from wholesale
slaughter and destruction, it is by
checking for a long term of years the
mad competition in armaments. We
tre not of those who believe that war
can be forever suppressed and ail
swords beaten Into plowshares. War
Is In national life something of what
competition is in lndlvdual and in
dfistral life; but as private law and
trade custom set limits to private
competition, there is no reason for the
deliberate and voluntary suicide of
Western civilization, by the devotion
of Its entire productive power to
armaments sid wholesale murder.—
Wall Street Journal.
OF
RAGE IS PERISHING
Carrier Pigeon la About To Become
Extinct—Lesson Has Been
Learned.
In a cage in a public park at Cin
cinnati, the last survivor of a dying
t-ace is perishing. Its death, perhapB,
is not a matter of great importance,
nor is it, at the same time, with
out its significance. When the vet
eran passenger pigeon in the Cincin
nati cage breathes its last the species
dies with it. Fifty years have not
passed since these birds were num
bered by the million. Their swift
flights darkened the skies, and a
day’s length, from dawn to dark, did
not suffice at times to mark the pass
ing of a single flock. Today only one
remains. In less than half a century
the race has become extinct.
The dying bird in Cincinnati is 30
years old. When it winged its flrat
flight its fellows were still numerous.
They flew in countless legions from
the gulf to the lakes and vast flocks
of them were to be seen in the fields
and meadows of Indiana. Men now
of middle age saw them, in their boy
hood, in numbers still amazing. When
this last Burvivor, however, was first
made prisoner, the passenger pigeon
was passing. In the brief lifetime of
a single bird the race had been ef
faced. Ruthless slaughter had wrought
its havoc and only a drooping captive
survived.
Naturalists have sought in vain the
country over for a pair from which
the race might be revived. The of
fer of generous reward failed even
to discover a mate for the lonely
prisoner. And now, even for her,
the end has come. But the fate that
has befallen this race has not been
without some compensation. It drew
attention, at least, to the necessity
for protecting our native birds from
indiscriminate slaughter. And from
laws resulting, projected merely as
means of protection, we have gone
still another s'ep until today we do
whatever we can not alone to pro
tect the birds, but to increase their
numbers.
We have learned a good lesson and,
though we gained our knowledge at
the expense of the extinction of the
passenger pigeon, the passing of the
species has not been'in vain. It is
safe to say that if human means
can prevent, this tragedy of the bird
kingdom will not be repeated.
A Round Trip.
The attorney for a street railroad
company In a Kenutcky town was ex
amining a skinny slxteen-year-old
negro boy who bad sued for Injuries
ostensibly Incurred In a collision on the
highway.
“Ton say,” he asked, “that when this
street car hit that wagon yon were
riding on the front seat of the wagon T
“Dafs whnt I said," answered the
little darky.
"And yon say the force of the blow
knocked yon up In the alrT"
“Yaa, suh—’way up In de air.”
“Well, bow long did yon stay up
there T' demanded the attorney.
“Not no longer dan It tuck me to git
down!" answered the truthful com
plainant promptly.—Saturday Evening
Poet _
Rays From a 8*archlight.
The paths traversed by rays from a
searchlight depend on the form of
curvature of the mirror. If flat, the
paths of reflected rays would be the
same as those of the rays received; If
the arc of a circle, the rays will be
reflected to one bright focus. To have
a band of parallel rays leave the mirror
It must be the arc of a parabola. Then
straight rays will be reflected all
parallel to each other. In air, the In
tensity of this beam of light would
diminish, but in absolute vacuum
would be as Intense at any distance.—
New York American.
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“She says men haven't altered a bit”
—Pittsburgh Press.
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ALASKA as a storehouse, should be
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PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
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Alaska Legislature.
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
m C. PRICE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate for Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and Immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work in harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration In its attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him Is a
vote in support of President Wil
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Thomas H. Holland
of Chltina.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived In Alaska since 1902.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
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