The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-11-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A ROMANTIC STORY.

in that city a few days ago, when
Maurice Scholl, a young German,
announced his intention Of return
ing to Germany to marry Fraullen
Marguerite Miller, daughter OF the
Burgomaster of town near Stettln.
It was thirteen years ago that the
couple were betrothed. One even
ing when they were returning from
the opera, Edmund Won Wandel,
an army officer, insulted the pros
rective bride. Scholl challenged
him to a duel. A combat occurred
the next morning, pistols being
used, and Won Wandel was shot
through the heart and instantly
killed. Scholl was badly wounded,
but managed to escape. Since that
time he has been an exile from his
native land. He made a fortune
in Kansas City, and the statute of
limitation having barred him from
being prosecuted for the crime, he
has arranged to return to his home
and complete the romance by mar
riage.
MILLIONS FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The will of the late John Crerar,
a Chicago philanthropist, has been
admitted to probate, which disposes
of So, 100000 in personal property,
and real estate valued at $4,000.
To number of cousins he leaves
sums ranging from $4,000 to $780,
900. A large number of requests,
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000
each, is given to charities, hospitals,
historical, scientific and literary
societies, ETC., and a number of
friends. 1t gives 100000 to the
Second Presbyterian Church of Chi
cago, the same amount to the trus-
tees of that church, the income to
be used for mission work, and
100000 for a colossal statue of
Abraham Lincoln. The remainder
of the estate, estimated to be worth
$2.250,OO0, is set apart for the Gre
alton and maintenance Of a public
library in the city Of Chicago, TO be
known as the John Crerar Library
A RICH BANKERS BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
A remarkable career is that of
Baroness Yon Buren,, wife of the
banker of the Emperor of Germany.
A New York associated dispatch in
abiding to the Baroness says: She
is one Of the prettiest women now
in New York. She has bright golden
hair, large brown eyes, with over
hanging lashes of mostpronounced
black, ripe red lips, and teeth that
fairly rivel pearls in their white
ness. Her costumes and bonnets
are models of the dressmakers' and
milllners' art. Her jewels alone
are said to be worth no less than
$4,000. Her husband is head of
the great banking house of Open
helm & Co., of Cologne, London,
Paris and Berlin. Yet only few
years ago Baroness Won Buren,,
wife of the most powerful banker
in all Europe, was comparatively a
poor girl in this city, where she was
widely known as Daisy Baer, later
on as Daisy Newman. She is the
dashing Daisy Newman who three
gears ago cut such swath in San
Francisco, and who, in her search
for notoriety, explored the resour-
ces Of two continents, bat finally
established herself in Germany as
the wife Of the most distinguished
baron of the empire, a man Of ex-
allied rank, Of stupendous wealth
and an intimate friend Of Emperor
William. Some people wonder, if
she really be married to Baron Won
Buren,, why he allows her to travel
thousands Of miles alone.
MINGLING OF THE GREAT WATERS.
Late news from Nicaragua state
that everybody is enthusiastic over
the great canal. The American en-
gineers will lay seige to the rock
and make cut three miles long
which will sever the backbone of
the new world and eventually con-
meet the Atlantic with the Pacific
ocean. The chief engineer and Mica
ragua commissioners have gone to
Managuat to smoke the pipe of
peace and generally shake hands
over the pleasant and promising
state of affairs which has grown
out of the recent little unpleasant
ness between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica.
A COLORADO MYSTERY.
A marvellous supernatural vista.
ton has recently been verified in
Denver. It appears that in 1880
two young men, room-mates at an
Episcopal seminary, te;ame inti,
mates, one being a light-hearted
and the other an extremely taciturn
melancholy fellow. One night dur
ing their summer separation the
mysterious student, Boyle, appeared
to his roommate, gliding in and
out again with his hand upon his
heart. The next morning a tele-
gram announced bis sudden death
at 10: 80 o'clock the previous night.
He had, however, left his books.
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