Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1901 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

j recent a/pio n to the diplomatic <ofps at“/“ s ' lilf Bton8 ton ? s ? r ’ Edwarda Wilde .O'fnister from the Argentine Republic, and his

beautiful wife, Senora Guillermlnia De O. Wilde, will have a leading place at the social functions of the present season. Senora Wilde is one of the handsomest and most talented members of her sex. A native of South America, she comes of the family

of De Olivera Cezar, which has long been conspicuous in the,affairs of the republic and possessed of great wealth. She was educated in Europe and. is rarely accomplished in all the arts of polite society. She and her sister, who is to spend the season with her in Washington, have the reputaU.Qn-ftLbeinK_lSVO of the most beautify! women of their southern republic. London Truth is authority for the statement that upon his retirement from active diplomatic service next year Lord Pauncefote will be offered either the title Of viscount or earl in recognition of his distinguished services to the crown. Miss Lillian May Langham, who married Baron Herman von Sternberg on Dec. 5, in London, is the .daughter of

Charles Langham, a mine owner of Idaho and one of the wealthiest men in the West. When 12 years tyold Miss Langham was sent to school in New York, where she remained for five years. During that time she was a frequent visitor to her uncle, Arthur Lang-

ham, a leading society man and financier. In 1899 she went to Europe, and on the steamer she met her future husband. The baron was arduous in his courtship, and within three months had won the American beauty. Baron von Sternberg was formerly first secretary of the German embassy at Washington, and was recently appointed consul general at Calcutta. The Cape Times correspondent has interviewed Mrs. De Wet, wife of the Boer general. She said: “You Englishmen will never catch my husband. He is going to win back for the Free Staters and Transv ialers what they have lost. He has enough food and ammunition to last for three years, aijd that is just how long the war is going to last.” Senator William Pierce Ftye of Maine, temporary chairman pf the Senate committee on foreign relations in place of the

late Senator Cushman K. Davis, is eminently qualified for this position, although he himself fa vors Senator Lodge. Mr. Frye is president pro tempore of the Sen- ' ate. He was elected to that position in 1896. For nineteen years he has been a representa-

five of the State of Maine in the Senate, going to that body in 1881 on the resignation of the late James G. Blaine, who had been appointed Secretary of State. Mr. Frye was a member of the commission which met in Paris in 1898 to adjust the terms of peace between the United States and Spain. He has always taken a keen interest in the foreign relations of the United States. Oscar E. Heard has just closed a six-teen-year term as State’s Attorney of Stephenson County, Illinois. In that time he has secured the conviction of 2,241 criminals, among the number being three murderers, two of whom were hanged. Mary Caroline Washington Bond loved Attillo Morosini, son of the great New York banker. She married him secretly,

and the marriage has just been made public. She is a great-great niece of George Washington. The only ground for opposition was the desire of the bridegroom’s father that he marry a woman of his own religion. The Morosinis are devout Catholics, while the bride is a

Protestant. The bride is famous as a beauty, her miniature being among a collection by Marie of America's most most beautiful society women. She is a lineal descendant of Col. Samuel Washington, brother of the first President. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who has just passed her eightieth birthday, is in good health and strength. Few women have done more for this country than she. Miss Permeal French has been re-elect-ed State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Idaho. In a recent article in a magazine, Gov. Steunenberg stated that Miss French is the best superintendent the State ever had. Joseph Jefferson says that when an actor is young failure doesn’t affect him much, but when he reaches the time of life that Mr. Jefferson has attained failure would be more than unbearable. This is the Jefferson reason for producing no new plays. Thomas A. Edison’s middle name Is Alva, which is little known to most people. He is of Dutch origin, and the founder of the American family, John Edison, came to this country in 1787. and became a banker in New York.

SENORA DE O. WILDE.

SENATOR FRYE.

LILLIAN M. LANGHAM.

MARY BOND.