Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Page 7

BECOMES A MARQUISE.

PHILADELPHIA HEIRESS BEOOMEB WIFE OF TITLED SPANIARD. Th.jr Hat Amid the Bala* of Old ■nlos —Lon Wtt tha Only LutMf. Thar Knew In Common Kaclli tha Revolutionary War. A pretty romance had Its end In the marriage the other day of Mies Prances B. Holmes, a wealthy heiress of {Philadelphia, to the Marquis de Klaves Hermosa. The two met In Mexico among Aztec ruins. Both were wanderers. He could pot speak English. She could not apeak Spanish. He tried to tell her the deeds of his ancestors, who came across the sea and ruled in the land pf the Sun Ood. But she could not understand, and ahe was far more interested in the man than in the tale he told. So she tried to teach him English—a word here and there. That was only a few months ago. Now they are married. The wedding has interfered with the Bessons in English. The Marquis is atlll unable to speak a word of the language. But the marquise has jlearned a few words of Spanish, and (She acts as his interpreter. | The new marquise is the only daughter of the late Charles W. Holmes of Philadelphia. The family residence is a beautiful old place, pother and daughter are well supplied with world’s goods. The majority of her relatives are ■Quiet, matter-of-fact people. But there Is a French ancestor, whose national characteristics this handsome, clever

MARQUISE DE KLAVES HERMOSA

and very original young wdman has inherited. The marquise’s grandfather was General Le Mercier, one of the two officers who came to this country with General Lafayette. His daughter, Marie Antoinette Mercier, married General Sturdevant of Washington’s army. The beautiful French woman and her husband, stately, old-time figures, look down from the walls of the Holmes homestead. There is a similarity in the expression in the faces of the French great-grandmother and the vivacious girl who recently brought home a Spaniard as a husband.

Victims of Greed.

Many birds are choked to death by trying to swallow more than they are capable of. Hunters tell many tales of how they have found birds in the act of choking to death, and others that have died with the morsel half way down the throat, writes George B. Walsh. Birds that live on other creatures are the most likely to be choked in swallowing their food. They cannot always .judge the size of the toad or fish they capture, and in the greed of the moment they gulp it down. Herons have even attempted to swallow water rats, which naturally make a difficult mouthful for them. Fish hawks and gulls often attempt to swallow fish too large for their throat, and while they generally disgorge their meal, they occasionally get caught and die from the effects of their greed. When one of them gets a fish too large for its throat stuck half way down it becomes helpless and unable to fly, and it generally seeks some resting place. Herons have been known to impale hawks on their bills, and the two have died together.—Detroit Free Press.

Athletic Women in Days of Old.

Some searcher after, curious facts has discovered that athletic women are by no means a product of the nineteenth century, as is generally believed. They flourished in the days of sal volatile, hoops, patches and snuff, in * the days when George 11. was King. Ladies of the court took part in races arranged for them at the regular meetings, so that there were lady jockeys as well as gentlemen jockeys, and once a series of foot races for ladles in Hyde Park was organized. The first one was run amid great enthusiasm of the populace, and the betting was high. Then stepped in some cross-grained old fellow who persuaded the government that such races were unseemly, and they came to a sudden end, much to the regret of the people of London.— New York Commercial Advertiser.

Why He Gave Up Swearing.

First Small Boy (mystified)—Wha„ on earth 1b the matter with Buttsy? Whenever he stubs his toe or anything happens he says: “Oh, scissors;” "The Dickens!” “Good Gracious!” or “Oh, me! oh, my!" Second Small Boy (disgustedly)— Aw, he’s been caddyin’ for some minister a* the Unk*r—Wwkly Telegraph.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Winter wheat— No. 8 red, No. 8 hard, 68—69 c. Spring wheat— No. 3 spring, 6744 c; No. 4 spring. 66c. Corn—No. S. 6605644 c; No. 3 yellow, 5644 c; No. 4. n\@66c: No. 2 yellow. 5644®56&c. Oats— No. 2, 3544®!»V4c; No. 2 white, 3803344 c; No. 8,36 c; No. 3 white, 3744©38440; No. 4 white, 3603744 c. Hay—Choice timothy, $13.50014; No. 1. $13013.50; No. 8, sU@l3; cuoice prairie. $13014; No. 1, *9® 12. Cattle—Native shipping and export steers, $506.25; dressed beef and butcher steers, 13.65®5.66; steers under 1,000 lbs, $2.6605.26; Stockers and feeders, $2.25® 3.85; cows and heifers, $204.65; canners. $1.7502.25; bulls. $2.3503.75; Texas and Indian steers $2.9004; cows and heifers, $2.1003.10. Hogs—Pigs and light, 86.20(8) 6.56; packers, $6.2506.46; Tjutchers, 88:45® 6.80. Sheep—Native muttons. 8303.25; lambs, $3.7504.40; culls and bucks, $203.30; Stockers, $202.25. Eggs—l744olßc. Cheese—Twins, 944010 c; young Americas, 104401044 c. ButterCreamery, extra, 8144 c; firsts. 18020 c; dairies, choice, 18019 c; firsts, 16c. Poul-try-Live hens, per lb, 8c; spring chickens, per lb, 8c; live turkeys, per lb. 508 c; ducks, per lb, 7®Bc; Iced geese, per lb, 6@7c; iced hens, scalded, 7440844 c. Apples—New, bbls, 81.6004.25. Grapes—Black, 8-lb baskets, 10013 c. Beans—Pea, handpicked. 31.90; medium. $1.8201.87. Potatoes—6o@7oc. Tomatoes—l-bu boxes, 250 30c. Onions—Per bu, 75080 c. Turnips—New, sacks, 55080 c.

Steamer Goes Ashore in Fog.

In a dense fog the Canadian Pacific steamer Hating, from Skaguay to Vancouver, went ashore at Tucker bay, Jervis island, and is now hard and fast on the rocks. The place is a small rocky islet lying to northeast of Laquetti island, at the entrance to Sabine strait, forty-nine miles north of Vancouver, B. C. When the steamer went ashore Captain Gosse was on watch and First Officer Newrotos was on the bridge with the master of the vessel. The fog at the time was so dense that it was imposslDle to see ten feet in any direction. The Hating had on board 170 passengers, of whom 130 were first-class and forty second cabin. There was no panic when the steamer struck and the passengers were soon made aware that no danger was to be apprehended. The passengers were safely landed.

Traveling Man Commits Suicide.

Omaha, Neb., telegram: The body of W. M. Kenyon was found on the bank at Hanscom park lake, five feet from the water’s edge, and he is supposed to have committed suicide. In his pocket was found a letter addressed to a brother in Chicago, saying he was despondent and making known his intentions to take his life. Kenyon was a traveling man in the employ of a clock firm at 98 Market street, Chicago. Kenyon stopped at the best hotel in the city and has been well supplied with money.

Spectacles to Aid Voters.

The Maryland Republican state campaign committee has purchased 14,400 pairs of spectacles, which are being distributed throughout the state for the use of illiterate voters on election day. This has been done upon the recommendation of those in charge of schools for illiterate voters, which have been instituted by the party in all sections. These schools have for their sole purpose the instruction of illiterate Republican voters, mostly negroes, in picking up the word “republican” whenever it occurs on the official ballot and in placing their mark properly beside it.

Farmer and Confidence Men.

Huston Kepler, a rich farmer, living south of Akron, 0., was fleeced of $5,000 by two confidence men by means of the three-caid monte game. After allowing him to win a few dollars he went to a bank In Akron and drew $5,000 to bet on the game. The money was placed in a satchel for safe-keep-ing and the satchels exchanged by the sharpers. The confidence men escaped.

Last Ship for Nome.

Seattle telegram: The steamer Queen has sailed for Cape Nome with nineteen passengers and several hundred tons of freight. She is the last vessel to leave any port for Nome this season and the only communication with that district until next summer will be by the overland winter routes. A number of Nome steamers are now in the north and are expected to collectively bring out about 4,000 passengers.

Damage by California Fire.

A forest fire is raging near Pacific Grove and Monterey, Cal. The damage already done is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Many thousands of acres of brush and timber have been burned over. Two messengers have arrived from Pacific Grove with an urgent request for assistance. The fire is in the vicinity ot the well-known seventeen-mile drive of Delmonte. *

Florida’s Orange Crop.

Jacksonville, Fla., dispatch: The orange season in Florida begins in ten days. It is figured by Steven Powers, secretary of the State Agricultural society, that 1,100,000 boxes will- cover the crop. The rehabilitation of the orange industry in Florida since the fatal freeze of 1896 has shown more progress In tue last year than in the five years previous. „

Gets Options on Mines.

W. J. Teatart of Chicago has secured options on every coal mine with one exception in the Jackson (Ohio) district. The output is 1,500,000 tons a year. It will require $5,000,000 to finance the deal. It is claimed Teatart represents J. P. Morgan in the transaction.

Diss De Bar Trial.

London dispatch: The hearing in the case of Theodore and L«gura Jackson waß resumed in the police court. The last named is the woman well known in America as Ann O’Delia Diss De Bar, the “spook priestess.” There are a number of charges against, the pair, one for obtaining money under false pretenses from various young women, and others against the man for assaulting several young women while pretending to initiate them into the Jacksons’ cult, which was known as the “theocratic ueiity.”

Wellesley College Girls Start a Restaurant .

Women critics who complain that a college education wholly unfits a girl for success in the more distinctly domestic callings, and men cynics who assert that women never have any business ability, anyhow, will be quite disconcerted by the success of the Wellesley tea room and the news that this venture is now to be incorporated as a stock company to be wholly managed and controlled by the girls of the college with which it is connected, •ays Boston Globe.

New Minister From Siam .

Phya Charoon Raja Maitri, first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Siam to the United States, has had a career probably more remarkable than any of the associates whom he will meet in diplomatic circles. Cousin of his king, as he is, he has been prince, priest, beggar, and finally not onlv prince again, but one of the most trusted advisers of the throne. That he is accredited to the United States is proof of this latter, for King Cbulalongkorn is himself an admirer and a student of the institutions of this country, and is so deeply Interested in strengthening the ties be-

PRINCE PHYA CHAROON RAJA MAITRI.

Italy’s Queen Can Cook.

Queen Helena of Italy is one of the most attractive of the royal personages of Europe. She has both youth and beauty on her side and is more than usually domestic in her tastes for one in her station. She is not what would be called a strong-minded woman. On the contrary, she learned at her father’s court in Montenegro that the woman is less than the man, that the wife is to be governed by the husband. But if not strong-minded she is high-minded—a woman, who, as

SOME SCENES AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE.

Until four years ago there was no place In Wellesley where the faculty and undergraduates of Wellesley could meet for relaxation and social intercourse. To Miss Mary Chase, ’96, of Philadelphia, and Miss Clara Shaw of Kentucky the brilliant idea of starting a tea room as a central rendezvous for Wellesley girls then suggested itself with the result that the present plant was placed In operation. Miss Shaw, as it happened, soon left the college for Chicago university, and upon the

tween it and his own land that he has recently been considering a trip hither. Up to the present, however, Siam has been content with a consular representative to this nation. Hon. Isaac Townsend Smith, formerly United States consul to Siam. The new ambassador is the sixth sent from hlB country, the others being accredited to Berlin, Paris, London, St. Petersburg and Yeddo. Phya Charoon Raja Maitri is about 37 years old. Like most Siamese he is below medium size, according to our standards, but is of fine physique, deep-chested, muscular and straight

Crisp! said of her, “will govern without seeming to do so, Just by her gentleness and grace and quiet dignity; and because she would generally be right in her judgment and always in her intentions.” Humbert used playfully to call her "the little mountain savage,” an illusion to certain delightfully unroyal ways and' tastes which Helena had acquired at her father’s curiously home-like, unpretentious court Nikita, the old-fashioned mountain prince of Montenegro, who always wears the

shoulders of Miss Chase fell the bur* den of the work. The first cook was a typical old-time southern mammy with a gilt In the matter of Maryland biscuit Another specialty of the place was and Is still tea-room cake, to experience the Indigestible delights of which Dana hall girls vie with Wellesley maids in eagerness. It was because the college girls had come to feel so warm a personal Interest in the success of the plan that the Incorporation Bcheme was set in motion by Miss Chase and agitated this summer by Miss Elizabeth Newkirk, ’OO, Miss Clara Conklin, ’O2, Miss Alice Dana Knox, 'OO, and Miss Caroline Rogers, ’OO. Miss Knox has a large following at Wellesley among the students, who have greatly admired her work In the college’s Shakespeare productions, and Miss Rogers is a force in the community, not only because she is herself a very charming girl, but also from the fact that she last year conducted tha tea-room with great success, The venture outgrew some time ago its embryonic stage. Lunches are now served a la carte at the noon hour, and catering for receptions, teas and college dances is likewise accepted. Moreover, there are six bedrooms and a very happy little Wellesley family here enjoy all the comfortß of home. Quite a staff of servants, a cook, two maids, a housekeeper and a boy are now employed, so the thing has grown to be a household of rather large proportions, quite imposing enough to have Its Incorporation the best thing for all concerned. The shares, which were offered to undergraduates, faculty and alumnae, are now all gone, and the suggestion has taken so well that there is talk of building a house for the better carrying on of the plant.

An Appropriate Memorial.

A novel and desirable form of memorial lg that erected aa a tribute to Miea Martha Pratt of Deerfield, Mass. Beloved by the entire community in which she lived, at her death no bronze or marble seemed adequate to testify to her worth and the beautiful influence of her life. It was finally decided that a village club-room would be most expressive of her personality. ' Men, women and children contributed their money and services. An inexpensive but beautiful building is the result A cozy fireplace, deep window seats, a modest but well-chosen library, make the place an inviting home for the entire village. Sir Henry Irving has been appointed by the Royal Institution of Great Britain to be its representative at Winchester in connection with the national commemoration of King Alfred, and, in response to an invitation from the mayor, he will give a reading from Tennyson’s “Becket.”

rich oriental costume of the mountain chiefs, his ancestors, insisted that all his sons and daughters should know some useful trade or profession. Helena became an excellent cook. Saying mean things is the one bad habit cultivated most assiduously by the average woman. “Undertaking—wholesale and retail" Is a striking sign to be seen In Salem street, in the Hebrew quarter of Boston.

Indiana State News

Marsh fires which have swept over hundreds of acres of land have been raging for several days In the Kankakee region, a few miles from La Porte. Thousands of tonß of hay and immense luantltles of other grain have fallen prey to the flames and live stock has slso been cremated. Within the last few days every man available has been pressed* Into service to fight the fire, which Is now believed to be temporarily checked. No estimate can be made of the loss. The boiler connection In the Howe factory at Peru exploded, scalding A. B. Ulrich, engineer, and badly injuring Fireman Joseph Kile and W. H. Folger of the Cincinnati filtering plant. James Braddte In a letter written September 23 at Buffalo, N. Y.‘, to Gov. W. T. Durbin of Indiinfl, confesses that he killed Policeman Samuel Cooper of South Bend, October 29, 1900. He says Louis Jaqulth, who is serving a life sentence at Michigan City for the crime, is innocent. Braddle makes the confession, he says, because he is seriously 111, but has no intention of surrendering to the authorities. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bert at Tipton have celebrated their golden wedding day. The postofflee safe at Morristown was blown open with nitro-glycerln, the robbers securing S7OO in notes of Postmaster Phillips and S3OO in postage stamps. The exploslou alarmed citizens, but the robbers escaped in a rig that they had previously Btoien. . Frank Wanamakwa, a Chicago salesman, went to Mishawaka and made a desperate attempt to kill his wife In a room at Hotel Mllburn. She has been staying at Mishawaka since her husband was forced to leave on account of his passing a worthless check on a hotel landlord in South Bend. He was overpowered here after a severe struggle with the hotel attaches and guests. His wife is the woman who some time ago figured In a sensational case at Waterloo, la., where she went to meet and marry Edwin L. Baker, who was killed near Waterloo, his train being wrecked. While his flanceo was weeping over the remains Baker’s wife claimed the body and left the duped girl to mourn her betrayal. William Meyer, alleged defaulting treasurer of the ( Western Baseball association, gave bond of $1,500 at Fort Wayne, with William Kaeough as surety, in the fourth affidavit filed against him. Suit is to be brought against him and his sureties to recover $1,200 in his possession on account of gate receipts. The Rev. E. G. Shouse, pastor of the First Baptist church at Kokomo, refuses to resign his pastorate, which is one of the beßt in the state, saying that he will occupy the pulpit of the church until by divine manifestation he Is called away. Shouse says he waß directed by the Lord to begin work at Kokomo, and he will not tender his resignation, and bids defiance to any movement which seeks to encompass his removal. Shouse was once the Prohibition candidate for governor. His plans, as announced, promise interesting complications between the congregation and the obdurate pastor. The W. C. T. U. state convention closed at Kokomo to meet In Huntington next year. The delegates chosen to the national convention at Fort Worth, Tex., are: Mrs. J. R. Woods, Indianapolis: Lou E. Rolls, Terre Haute; G. T. Shugart, Jonesboro; Mary E. Balch, Indianapolis; Sarah Roberts, Pendleton; M. A. Thorapklns, Elkhart; Ida M. Mix, Kokomo; Ida Wise, Auburn; Carrie Jones, Terre Haute; Lena Smith, Michaels; Mary Webb, Greencastle; Laura Thompson, Greeneburg; Mary Sargher, Laporte; Emma Saylor, Frankfort; A. W. Candler, Richmond; Rose Pierce, Terre Haute.

The survivors of the 88th Indiana regiment and the 11th Indiana battery held a reunion at Fort Wayne and several hundred old soldiers attended. The 88th participated in the battle of Perryville, Ky., thirty-nine years ago. At a campfire Lieut. Gov. Gilbert, Mayor Berghoff and others spoke. Indiana university at Richmond has a collection of birds that were caught, mounted and labeled by President Roosevelt. They came from the national museum in 1884. Eleven of the seventeen specimens are in a good state of preservation. They are highly prized. The grain elevator at Markle owned and controlled by Frank and Lorenz Anthony burned, causing $6,000 loss, with partial insurance. Michael Meyers, saloonkeeper, was beaten until he was unconscious for refusing to sell beer to a minor named Barnett at Crawfordsville. Duke Stout and F. G. Mclntyre were injured at the same time, two men assisting Barnett. T. E. Otto of Columbus, on arrival at Memphis, Tenn., identified the stranger that committed suicide in Winter’s hotel, that city, as his father, Frank E. Otto, who left home several days ago. The body will be buried at Dillsboro, this state. Fire on the Anton Mayer stock farm near Terre Haute destroyed two large barns, with contents, and a German stallion, valued at $1,600, with four brood mares, were among the animals cremated. The loss is estimated at $20,000, with partial insurance. The corner stone of the new St. Charles (Catholic) church at Otterbeln was laid with appropriate services, the Rev. John P. Dinnen of Lafayette and the Rev. P. J. O’Rellley of Ft. Wayne conducting the services. The Rev. Charles E. McCabe will have charge of the hew church. , , % ~V

The mystery connected with the death of Clint Buchanan, field superintendent of the Wabash Valley Natural Gas company, eighteen months ago has been so.ved by workmen finding bones, a Masonic charm and a ring in the cellar of an old roadhouse burned down some months ago near Converse, south of Peru. The evidence is sufficient to show that Robert Clark, the proprietor, now serving a term in the penitentiary for killing “Jack the Zagger,” committed the deed. John Small committed suicide at. Fort Wayne after having undergone; a surgical operation for an injured leg.; He was despondent, and as s'oon as he! recovered consciousness reached to the; table near the bed, seized the bottle of carbolic acid and drank the contents! before he, could be stopped. He dledi in a few minutes. He was a farmer! and well to do. The Western Flint Glass Manufac-j taring Company of Eaton, through At-' torney Judge Dlven of Anderson, was 1 granted a temporary restraining orderj In the circuit court to protect ita prop-j erty from striking union glass' workers. William Klgglns and thirty other defendants are ordered by the court to not molest the property of the company or to further Interfere with the working of the factory. After retirement for hours, the Jury failed to agree in the effort to break the last and testament of the late Gillum Raines of Greencastle. The elevator on the Chicago & Erie railroad at Markle was destroyed by an lnceudlary fire. The loss is $lO,000. Geo. Winter, a laborer at Indianapolis, was caught in quicksand while excavating a well, and although hla fellow laboreis worked for throe hours In an effort to save him, he finally was swallowed by the shifting earth and smothered to death. Winter was working in an old well, already eighteen feet deep. Below the bottom of this shaft there was thought to be nothing but water-bearing gravel. Suddenly, however, the walls caved In, and Winter’s assistant was ho: rifled to find that his fellow workman had been caught In the quicksand. He displayed signs of life, grabbing and struggling for five or ten minutes; after this his head slowly sank from sight. Two hundred delegates were present at the opening session of the twentyeighth annual convention of the Illinois Woman’s Christian Temperance union which convened at Galesburg. An effort will be made to raise tho state dues of each member from 50 cents per annum to sl. Mrs. Rounds will probably retire from the presidency and there is a movement in favor of Mrs. Lucie B. Tyng, the state vice-president, as her successor. In the burning of James Hill’s barn at Madison twelve hogs were cremated. James C. Dean, attorney, has been Indicted at Windfall on complaint of George W. Jones, farmer, who accuses Dean of embezzling $25. The accused waived examination and his bond was fixed at SSOO. Miss Hannah Mayes was given $lO,000 damages at Vincennes by Jury's verdict against Aaron S. Gordan for breach of promise. Mr. Gordan is a wealthy merchant of Decker, this county. The plaintiff is a music teacher, organist in the village church, and a leader In society in that community. Gordan watted upon her for six years, but married another girl last May.

The police of Evansville are at a loss to know what to do with Herman Jones, a colored lad seven years old. Within the last year the boy has been arrested thirteen times for horse stealing and as many times for other crimes, and until he has reached the age of eight years he cannot be sent to the reform school. He was released in the police court from a charge of stealing chickens. At the home of D. H. Shetterly in Franklin his eldest son, Dr. William Shetterly of New York and Miss Voice Adams Beech i r were married. The bride is a niece of Henry Ward Beecher, her mother was Isabelle Adams, a niece of President J. Q. Adams. The couple departed for their future home in Bedford district, Macon street, Brooklyn. They will occupy the house of Henry Ward Beecher, which Dr. Shetterly purchased nearly a year ago. During the reunion of the Eightyninth Indiana Regimental association in Wabash Joseph Rogers, of Pendleton, was elected president and J. W. Zeublin, same place, secretary. Two hundred survivors attended the reunion. Habeas corpus proceedings have been instituted still further to pass upon the mental condition of Claude Galllnmore, who has been declared an Insane person at Kokomo. Gallinmore and his friends stoutly dispute the proposition of insanity. Nineteen additional charges have been filed against John R. Mason and his bartenders for illegal sale of intoxicants at Russlaville. Mason, recently served thirty days In jail for illegal selling. The siyty-nlnth annual Baptist state convention began in the First Baptist church at Franklin. A special session was held for the state missionary board. At the first regular session Dr. W. T. Scott of the Franklin college gave the welcome address and was responded to by Rev. T. J. Villers, of Indianapolis, the state president. The Franklin Baptists were the first to entertain the convention in 1832, when it was organized. The assembly has not been held at Franklin since 1867. The annual address was delivered by Rev. | C. M. Carter of Muncie.