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Show 55.. yJ t . RVTH BRYAN-- S ENGLISH MILLIONAIRE IS AN ADMIRER OF AMERICAN METHODS ENGAGEMENT TO WILLIAM H. LONG SUFIERING OF LEAVITT ANNOVNCED UNHAPPY WILL SOON EE ENDED CAFLOTTA Ii Miss Ruth Bryans engagemest to Wm. H. Leavitt has been formally RUTH BRYAN TO WED FINDS AND KILLS TARANTULA. BOON. Ends Plane to Join Hull House Workers. Ruth Bryan, the eldest daughter of William Jennings Bryan, has abandoned her plan to join Miss Jane Ad dams In social settlement work at Hull House, Chicago, since she kas decided to wed William H. Leavitt, an artist, whose borne is in Newport, R-land abreast of the times by teaching Announcement of her engagement her experts American methods. Last was made at a house party of the of year he brought over a commission University of Nebraska chapter of the British tradesmen and Delta Gamma twenty-livsorority. The wedding paid ail their expenses during a visit will take place in October at the BryHe was an home In to our industrial centers. Lincoln, Neb. horn in Bristol forty-eigh- t years ago, Mlsa Bryan met Mr. Leavitt while and is Immensely popular. the latter was in Lincoln several likemontha ago, painting a I ness of Mr. Bryan. They were seen A LOVER OF ORCHIDS. frequently driving In each others comHis Collection the Fad of Retiring pany during Mr. Leavitts stay in the Nebraska city. British Statesman. Misa Bryan Is tall, stately, and a fathe statesman, Chamberlain, Joseph whose sudden resignation from the vorite In her social circle. British cabinet, has caused such a LEAVE THE FEUD DISTRICT. sensation, is perhaps the most enthusiastic orchid collector In the world. It Is not believed that bis exFamous Hatfield Family to Live In the tensive collection is equaled anywhere West on earth. About 5,600 different varieThe Hatfields, famous In Kentucky ties exist, and Mr. Chamberlain has and West Virginia for their feud with representatives of more than half. Mr. the McCoys, have deserted the old Goschen used to declare that Cham- battleground and gone to the far west berlains course was not one to rouse About fifty strong, they have bought public confidence in bis Judgment or land near Chehalia, Wash., where they sincerity. "Were Joseph Chamberlain will settle. It la nearly half a century first lord of the admiralty," said Mr. since the feud began between these Goschen on one occasion, "1 should ex- two families. Ever since then the pect to read in the Timet eome morn- trouble has been more or a ing that he had sailed away with tha terror In the mountain border Jdnd of whole channel squadron for an un- Kentucky and West Virginia, scores known destination and would probably of lives having been wiped out on each never be beard from again." aide. For some time thire has been comparative peace. The present exoFOUGHT IN MANY WARS. dus is due to the Influence of friends who have already colonized in the Major Way Eight Timas Honorably north wesL Discharged From Army. Plans Cathedral for Denver. Major Benjamin Way, who claimed t be the oldest soldier In the United Undaunted by the difficulty which States, Is dead at Akron, O., aged 92 Bishop Potter of New York Is having years. He enlisted in the army and in getting money to carry on conreceived honorable discharges eight struction of the great cauedral there, never Bishop Olmsted of the Colorado Episrecord times a probably equaled In the country. He saw his copal diocese Is planning a similarly first service with this regiment in one notable structure In Denver. It will of the Indian wart of the western be begun in November next and bis states. He also fought In the war be- plan la that only a small portion that tween the 8emlnole Indians and the can be nsed be now erected and adUnited States, while with this regi- ditions made in subsequent years. His ment In 1840 he was discharged, to idea is similar to that of Bishop Potagain enlist with the Seventh United ter and Bishop Doans of Albany to States infantry, with which he served erect a building which it may take 150 during the Mexican war. .Discharged years to complete, not to be a parish In 1848 he enlisted In 1861. He was church, but a center of congregation dur- for toe whole diocese. twice discharged and ing the war. In 18C4 he enlisted for the last time, serving one year. Eulogy of Queen Alexandra. President Loubet of France says Prsacher Wtlh Good Ideas. that in toe presence of Queen Alexandra one forgets to look at other womRev. F. B. Meyer, a London preacher, who labors among the poor of en "who may be twice as beautiful and Westminster, has received the Ameri- not half her age. As for her grace, it can degree of D. D. and has accepted, Is astonishing.' She makes me think though be will not use It "This Is be- of a queen of old France. Where did cause he does not wish to give even she learn that superb graciousness of the slightest reason for his people to bearing which clothes her as with a think he is better than they. When he garment? Surely not In that aleepy assumed charge in his present pastorlittle Danish court she came from! We ate the poor of the district thought have women In France who are probathe church was only for those who bly better dressed, but bare none are well off. "This Is all changed now,' who possess her supreme elegance. says Mr. Meyer, and my many friends She Is royal from top to toe." In the district call me Skipper or Pronunciation of Maeterlinck-Th- e Guvnor. aa toey happen to choose. correct way to pronounce the name of Maeterlinck, the author and Coming Chess Tournament international - chessmastera The dramatist, is as though It were spelled tournament la to be beld at Cambridge Mahterlink, not Mayterlink, or as It Is variously called. The Springs, Pa.. next April, somewhere w near-towhawlllbe -- French -- pronounce t.MayterUxik.-be-cause Invited to take part are Lasker, the sound of ae In French Is "a," Tschlgorln, Teichmann, Janow-sk- i, but In Belgian French the ae Is pro Maroczy, Burn and Schlechter, of Bounced ah." Maeterlinck la a BelEuropeans, and Pillsbury. Showalter, gian, having been born at Ghent In Upschuet. Marshall. Napier, Barry 1864. He has been styled "The Beland Hodges, among Americana. Presi- gian Shakespeare." It was In 1890 dent Roosevelt bat agreed to give a that he first became famous upon the special trophy for the winner of tha production In Paris of his play, La tournament and there will be several Princesse Maleine." prizes, but the sum is not yet made " op-President Cousin Win Lawwilt- - ' J. Emelin Roosevelt, cousin to the Indictment of "Fas! Set" president, has gained a victory over Bronson Howard, the dramatist. In- the commissioners of highway of dignantly dentes that New York wom- Oyster Bay, In their fight to compel en, outside of the "400," are addicted him to do away with ths pier erected to drink, but declares that those of for his own and the presidents towhat has cometo be known as "toe co tnm exist ion. The matter was defast set" Indulge to a deplorable ex- cided by Justice Herrick, when be tent. Such women, however, are In handed down a- decision continuing his opinion Ignored by refined persons. the Injunction restraining the highare way commissioners Mr. Howard say y that stories from interfering heard da'.y In .Yew York of women with the dock. The decision fll renig-- or los inoxlcated main in force until the case xfjr, is reached at dinners and arbor functions. on the trial of the issue. Engagement L Alfred Mosely, who la now In New York Id advance of a committee of British educator who will study American educational method at his expense, 1 an Englishman who made an Immense fortune In the gold and diamond mine of South Africa, and who now conceives the idea of keeping Eng e full-size- d THf DISCIPLES OP CHRIST. Intent Interest Manifested In Coming International Convention. .never before in the history of the Disciples of Christ has there been such an interest as there is In the coming convention of the International convention of the Christian churches of tha world, which oonvenea at Detroit, Oct 16, and will continue ;la dally session until tha 22d, inclusive. Secretary Benjamin I 8mlth of Cincinnati and A. McLean, president of ithe Foreign Christian society, expect .great things of the coming convention. thou-aan- d Daring the past year fully fifty new membera have been added to the already strong membership, which swells their numbers now to . mis-alona- 1,200.000, In addition to this splendid record 1200,000 baa been ratsed for Held work in foreign lands, and this people have just sent missionaries Into Tibet, the urst in the history of the world. In 180 there was a tingle congregation of the Disciples of Christ, with a membership that did not exceed twenty. Now there are 11,000 congregations, and 1,300,000 communicants, and churches have been established in all paru of the United States, In Canada, In England, in Australia, and in South Africa. a sum of Eva aAd the Apple. At a dinner in New York the other evening Theodosia Garrison, poet and novelist, was seated beside a man who la vastly proud of knowing a deal about foodstuffs. At every opportunity he airs this real or supposed knowledge, and ere long had begun to weary the clever writer. At length he declared that apples were excellent for the vitality of the brain because of the phosphoric acid which they contain In large cuantltlea. "Oh, then It la quite dear," cald toe poetess, that Eve only plucked that ap- pie to supply Adam with a few Ideas." Rare Specimens of Insects, . Dr. Frank Snow, with a small party of Kansas university students, has In southwest Aritbeen zona. They brought back 15,000 specimens, all pinned and labeled, of which some 100 are new to science. Of these 5,430 are beetles, 4,500 are flies, 1,926 ere butterflies and motbi, and the rest .run tbs Hat of bees, jrasps, bugs and Insects. The butterflies and moths ' were collected at night by spreading o a tree near the camp a mixture of and molasses. - I - .- -t i Boxer Uprising Aided Christians. W. P. Bentley of Shanghai, China, addressed a CbfisttanrEndeavxsr meet-lin- g at Bethany Park. Ind the other day. and surprised bis bearers by assuring them that the boxer movement had proved a great blessing to the ehurch. The persecutions the Chris-,tlan- s endured then only spread their Since the tremendous teachings. slaughter of Christians the number of no verts bad Increased until it now equals wbst it was before the uprising, 100.000. Popular Italian Professor Dead. Prof. Francesco Pepere, dean of the law faculty at' the University of :Nap!es, whose death, at the age o 80, was recently announced, had been connected with that university fifty-fou- r years. He was the idol of the students. although those who came from other parts of Italy sometimes found it difficult to follow his lectures, bee cause when he very much Interested In Ms subject bespoke In broadest NnflUan 'dialect. be'-an- lesf Venomous insect Had Terrorized Family for 8ix Months. An ugly, venomous tarantula from the tropics was dispatched at the home of William Zink, in Gloucester City, after it had terrorized the family for alx months, says a Philadelphia dispatch. Zink was a former fruit dealer, and one day half a year ago, while he was handling a bunch of bananas, the huge spider bopped out and stretched itself. Zink and membera of his family searched for the Insect for some time, without avail, and then concluded that it had escaped. Not long after, however, the tarantula was discovered in the house, and again chase was given it, but once more it escaped by hiding. At intervals ever since the tarantula had been seen at various places through the dwelling, but In every Instance It managed to elude Its pursuers. It soon got to be a reign of terror In the house, and the inmates shivered at tne slightest sound. Just aa be and his wife were arising this morning Zink once more caught sight of the tarantula as it clung to a picture frame In his bedroom. , "Ha!" cried Zink. "1 have you at last," and he leaped wildly toward the ceiling. The huge insect dropped behind the plctnre frame and mysteriously disappeared. Sure that he was on the trail, Zink determined to rid the house of the creature, and continued the search. Finally,' after two hours of unceasing scrutiny, he came upon the tarantula crouched In a crevice in the wall, where It may have hidden all these months After a terrible battle Zink killed u and proudly exhibits the hairy body at his home. It measures over five inches across Its legs. Carlotta, the wife of Maximilian, the Austrian Archduke who conquered insane since Napoleon III refused ber pleas that be aid ber husband, who was finally captured and shot She is now dying. Mexico, has been "POOR CARLOTTA" ' MRS. MAYBRICK8 VAST WEALTH. Imprisoned Woman the Heiress to Fortune of $7,000,000. According to the statement of her lawyer,. Daniel S. Decker, Mrs. Florence Maybrick, when she comes out of prison In England, will be heir to about 17,000,000. While her mother, the Baroness de Roques, Uvea, Mrs. Maybrick will be dependent upon ber bounty, aa this estate mast be held together, bat on her death It will become the property, outright, 'of Mrs. Maybrick. "We have already recovered a good part of the lands in Virginia," said Mr. Decker, "because they were deeded away without proper authority. Darius Blake Holbrook, Mrs. Maybrlcks grandfather, owned Immense tracts Met-erlln- k, e- 15thr-an(Ltooa- -J- Tap-ranc- - rtP3noe&T CV.YWICK1 . there and In West Virginia and we have recently found that he also owned valuable property In Fourteenth street, near Broadway, New York." le Opposed to Consolidation. Rev. Dr. David G. Downey of Brooktte New York "outer, lyn la leading ence of ' toe Methodist Episcopal church In a fight against the proposed consolidation of the Methodist b"Ok concerns m torn country. The pan cor templates r combine of the several publishing houses, the capital rtock to be from $15,000,000 to rnd toe estabMaroent to be located at some point In the middle this savor west' Dr. Downey thinks too much of trust methods and evl dences that toe interests of the church are becoming more material than spiritual. He declares that "acainst this tpne of materialism I wish to enter an 0, emphatic protest. ' i .. DYING. Unfortunate Widow of Maximilian Can Not Live Many Oaya. Calling for her dead husband Carlotta, widow of Maximilian, once emperor of Mexioo, is dying in her prison, the Chateau de Boncbat, near Brus' sels. She still bolds a mock court dally, of fancying herself yet Empress Mexico, for she has been bereft of reason for thirty-Beve- n years. To humor ber the attendants pretend that she presides over their entertainments. Carlotta was seventeen when she became Maximilians bride in 1857. It was a love match and the ten years of their wedded life were a continuous honeymoon. But Maximilian was overthrown, captured, led out behind a hill at daybreak and shot by the "execution guard." Before the capture of the Emperor the Empress pleaded with Napoleon III and with the Pope" to aid her husband. Her prayers were unanswered. The first symptoms of mental derangement were manifested on the day on which she had her last interview with Napoleon. Her mania is harmless, and by humoring her belief that she is still empress and in a palace in Mexico, her attendants find her easy to manage. With the limited funds allowed her by her family she has always found much fault, because the palace. as she styled the castle that 1b really her prison, was not kept up in better style. King Leopold seldom sees her. It Is a public scandal that he dissipated her fortune. The most pathetic feature of Empress Carlottas fate is her hallucination that her husband is alive. She talks of him frequently, and often begs courtiers to send her husband to ber at once. Why does he stay away from me so long? she asks pitifully. A Much Traveled Author. whose Cutclltfe Hyne, Captain Kettle" stories have won him fame, is a tall, stalwart, aiuletic looking man of 86, with a cheery disposition and a capital fund of stories. He has roved over most of the Interesting and uncivilized portions o'f the "earth. He avows that since his marriage, in he has become gradually 1897, tamed, but in. company with his wife he has pretty thoroughly done the littoral of north, Africa from Algiers to Tunis, while he has also penetrated to many of the oases considerably south of Biskra. CLAIRVOYANTS IN A TRUST. Seer to Combine to Investigate Stock Market The clairvoyants of New York have formed a trust, or what serves the purpose of such an organization, even if it does not deserve to be called, by that came. Unlike the Chinese laundry trust, its object is not to Ox prices. The trust of the seers has another purpose. All of the mem&ers are notified by the head officer that certain stocks are to be recommended to clients seeking enlightenment as to the best means of investing tbeir money.' Sometimes several companies are on toe list. Daily reports are made by the president to the members as to what tow nature of tbeir advice should be. Of eburse, this combination does not work only for the benefit of toe companies. Tie clairvoyants get tbeir rakeoff. naturally, they do not profit so giuch as the companies, one of which, rade $60,000 last year through tots' branch of ua business. The Changes of Time. Bishop Potter tells of a New York clergyman whose views when he took) his present charge were tar in advance of those about him. By degrees new ideas crept in and a young Imbued with minister, thoroughly these advanced notions, was called in to assist him. Said the young man one day: Doctor, I have always teen told that you were a high churchman, but I don't think you are The elder high church at all. preacher replied: My dear young prother, when I first took up my residence In New York I lived way uptown. Now I live 'way downtown and yet I have been living in exactly the same house all the time. Christian University for China. Lawrence Thurston, who has been sent to China to found the proposed Cnristian university to be established by the .missionary society of Yale University, is but 28 years of age. He will locate the new institution In some important city. Sons of prominent Chinamen will be secured as students, with the hope that their conversion may have a jrlde Influence. The proposed university will have a four course and a 'postgraduate Years school of Journalism. Mr. Thurston was born in Connecticut and was graduated from Yale In 1898. Twelve other members of his class have come foreign missionaries. Orders Coat of Tiger Skin. Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J. P. Morgan, whose prowess In toe hunting field has been much written about, City Executive a Yale Student Charles Henry Leeds, mayor of allows her fondness for wild animals fctamford, Conn., will be among the to color her taste in dress. She has In a three-yea- r Just given an order to a New York political science course. Mr. Leeds will not resign as furrier for a coat of tiger akin. The students of Yale university when astonished tradesman protested that that Institution reopens' tote-fal- l. He while rugs of toe striped akin were ua will devote himself to the study of douotedly beautiful, no garment of the mayor, to which position he was fur had ever been made or worn In, elected last November by a large ma- New York. The young woman replied jority. His friends are planning to that this was a matter of no consemake him democratic candidate for quence to her, and next winter she will governor next spring. The mayor astound her friends with toe novel graduated from Princeton in 1895 and costume. is only thirty years of age. Plana Work for Women. The countess of Warwick Intends to Wsdding Will B Gorgeous. Any number of royalties and other establish agricultural settlements la titled individuals will be invited to different parts of England, where womattend the wedding of the Duke of en who are expert In horticulture, Koxburghe and. Miss May GoeleL dairy faming and poultry rearing can King Edward and Queen Alexandra, work on She principle toe emperor and empress of Germany, believes that toe problem of agricutoe prince and princess of Wales, ltural depression can bo solved by Prince Henry of Prussia and numer- training intelligent and educated ous other exalted personages are on women to this calling. She will begin toe list, which, so far as this country by hiring a few cottages, the occupants Is concerned, will Include all members of which will cultivate separate plots of the diplomatic coryspnd society the entire product being marketed m generally. The cards ill be Issued in gether, in order to do away with n. about a fortnight ' com-petitio- -- I 18 v -- |