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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-05
AN .In.HEss mARn..s a coAcn,.AN.
Miss Phelps Smittcn With thc iIandsom,
Fellow Nho Took Care al Her Horses.

Miss Phelps Smittcn With ihc Handsom.
Fellow Nho Took Care al Her Horses.
BISGnAMToS, Oct. 30-Mss Lizzi
Phelps, the handsome and accomplished
daughter of Norman y. Phelps, of th,
city, was united in marriage this after
noon TO William Slattcry. the Phelps
family coachman, by the Rev. Samuc
Durham. Miss Phelps is worth Oven
100000, goes in the best society, and i,
considered one Of the blue hi God, while
Slattery is an illiicratc fellow. and
sprang from Il family of rather shady
reputation.
lie, however. is man ofgocd appear
ancc, and is quite popular. lie has
been employed by the Phelps family for
the past two years as Il laboror. his
main duties being TO care for the horses
and take the daughters out riding. He
is handsome fellow, and possesses n
form that amy athlete might be proud
Of.
II is said that Miss Phelps parents
discovered their romantic coilrtship
some weeks ago, and have done every
thing in their power to break up then
relations, but tho smittcn girl was obdu-
rate, and said she would marry Slater,
in spite Of everything. The mother
finally gave her consent and made the
best of it. The father and the other two
daughters left the city several days AGO.
and are said to be completely broken
up.
The bride is ~ years of age, and is :;
niece OF the late Judge Sh rman Phelps
She is prominently known in exclusive
society circles. lcr late uncle left hen
100000 in cash, which has been in
vested protitably by Mr.. j. w. Manner.
the president OF the Susquehana Vallc,
Bank Sho has also considerable real
estate in her name. At tho marriage to-
day only Mr.. Manner and her mother
were present. The couple have taken
their residence at Alton, small plac,
twenty miles from here, whore tn,
brides mothor has purchased and fur
nishcd house, also grocery store.
which will DO conducted by the groom
The marriage is all the more onecl
from the fact that Miss Phelps has had
plenty Of admirers, and could hav,
welded one of the first young men OF
this city, whom she repeatedly snubbed
and discarded for Slattery.
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DIVORCE IN HIGH LIFE.
MIR. Wheat's Cross Bill Causes
Social Sensation in Baltimore.

baltimore, Md, Oct. 3l.-[Special]-
Last month Mrs. Annie Thomas Wheat,
at one timc one of the best known So
ciety ladies in this city, who until three
years ago lived with her husband, Mil
ton NJ. Wheat, in handsome marble
front residence on st. Paul street, FLED
bill for absolute divorce from her hus-
band, alleging among other things that
no was guilty of cruel treatment, I'M
faithfulncss and drunkenness.
Mrs. Wheat's maiden name was
Thomas, and she married her husband
from her fathers residence. in Louis
vile, Ky, in 1857
In 1886, she alleges, she was compelled
to leave her husbands house and return
to her father. The suit ut the time ere
ated somo talk, but il rcac :cd sensa
tional climax to-day when society
learned of the answer filed by Mr..
Wheat, through Col. Marshall, his law
yer. Mr.. Wheat begins by entering
general denial of the charges made, ano
declares that his wife left him withou.
cause, the abandonment being, in /,
measure, duo to so-called friends VIII,
had alicniated her affections from him
lie says his house had been open for his
wife's return for thirty-four months.
Mr.. Wheat also files cross bill, in
which he makes some very serious
charges against Mr.. Benjamin +. lIor-
WITT, Il prominent lawyer, whose wife l.
n leader in the most exclusive society.
He says that he knew of improper re-
lations between his wife and Mr.. IIor-
WITT before her abandonment but not
until last month did he learn of the
most serious charges. lie then relates
that for some years Mr.. lIorwitz has
been coming to the house. at first
nominally as friend. but aftcrward to
meet Mrs. Wheat.
He finally ordered him from the house,
and forbade his coming there in future.
] was then that Mrs. Wheat secretly
visited Mr.. ilorwitz, who. it is alleged.
encouraged her To deridc and disobey
her husbands wishes, and succeeded in
alternating his wifc's affections Incon
clusion he states that his wife is not the
proper custodian of her children, ana
asks that they be given to him. Mr.
liorwitz is counsel for Mrs Wheat.
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THEY BOTH cNY UP.
Roosevelt and Thompson Contribute Re
Campaign Funds

Roosevelt md Thompson Cohfribufa fo
Campaign Funds.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-lSpccialI-A
well known Republican leader not now
in Office, but prominently connected
with the Congressional CAMPAIGN com
mlttee, has received from Theodore
Roosevelt, civil service commissioner. n
contribution of $50, to be used for cam.
palgn expenses. Ex-Governor Hugh
thompson. also a member of the com
mission, has sent in a contribution TO
tho Democratic committee.
IN conversation to-day Roosevelt
said, "Thero is no reason why undor n
Republican administration ali contrihu-
lions should be made to the Republican
campaign fund, and under Democratic
administration to the Democratic fund
clerks are as much at liberty to contri
Dute 10 one party as to another, and thew
are perfectly sale and free to make no
contribution if they so prefer. Within
the classified service EMPLOYEES are
under obligation TO no party.
Governor Thompson is Democrat
serving under this administration. He
makes a contribution to aid his party.
am Republican. / aid mine. If we
did NIT want to contribute we would
not. NO one can force ADJOURNMENT
employee to contribute, nor, IL he do
sires 70 contribute, compel him to con
tribute to X e yarty rather than that q,
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TIE NiCkEL-sTnnL hI..oy.
The Naval Experts to Give The New Com
pound II Thorough Test.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 3O.-ISpc-
cial THE Navy Department is moving
with great circumspcction in the matter
of adopting nicl5cl-stecl armor for its
vessels The Annapolis tests appeared
TO be conclusive us to the merits of the
particular nicllcl-steel plate by compar-
1son with all-stccl and compound plates.
But the ordinance bureau has not vet
hoen entirely convinced that it should
proceed at once to adopt the allowed
plates as Il standard.
The plate which was tested was of
foreign manufacture, and it may be that
even If an adequate supply of nickel is
obtained, domestic manufacturer can
not succeed in making an alloycd plate
thai will equal in resisting power the
plate tried at Annapolis 1t may be
that If the successful process is discov-
cred, the manufacture will be inordi-
nately expensive. These matters must
ne determined by experiment and Com
modore Folgcr, chief of the ordinance
Bureau, says that twill require several
months time to ascertain the result
incidentally, experiments which the
bureau will undertake will be directed
10 an ascertainment OF the value of the
onoi7"cScl diioy LOT strengthening
purposes. European nations have for
some time contemplated testing new
alloy in this capacity. It's advocates
assert that it will prove far stronger and
tougher than steel for this purpose. If
this should prove to he the case lirhtcr
but equally strong bulls might be con
structed for tho Navy, and tho result
would be more weight for boilers and
engines, and consequently an increase
IN speed Of vessels which is at present
the principal aim Of naval architects
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He Had Tried VERY I,ar,I.

They tell this little story of Mrs. Har-
riet Beechcr Stowe. Walking in q
friends garden ono day she asked tho
gardener: "Ilave you ever read Uncle
Toms Cabin" The perplexcd fellow
slowly unbont himself. He was unwil,-
ing to wound tho sensibilites of Mrs.
Stowe, and he wished to say tho most
for himsolf. And so nc felt himself
getting very red as he stammcred:
"Well, not exactly, ma'am. Not as YOU
MIGHT saw road IT., INIT I,va triod ~
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rhe ounan,s ramily Circle.

At this time her Majesty's family cir
Gle numbers fifty living descendants, in
Guiding sons and daughters erandsons
and grafiddaughters, great-gfandsons
and Grcat-granddaughte Eeaidcs
whom sho has four sons-in-law, four
daughtcrs-in-law, five grandsons-in. law
and one granddaughtcr-in-law. Tho
Queen has lost ono son and one daugh-
ter, five grandsons, ono granddaughter.
ono greaS-grandson and ono son-in-law.
If these wcro living her family circle
would number sevcnty-four.
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BOTH CANDIDATES UP.
The 10th Pennsylvania District VIII Have
Canvass,

WILL1AMsroEr, Pa, Oct. -[Spe-
cial.l-Th Republican Congressional
c'onference of tho Sixteenth District,
after balloting five weeks, early this
morning succeeded in nominating A. G.
Hopkins, of Lockhavcn, Clinton county.
q prominent lumberman.
The Democratic Congressional CON
ference met here this morning i'm
mediately after the close of the Repub-
lican conference and nominated Marti-
.[ "a f. Elliott, of Tioga county, who was
congressman at largo in 1882.
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"A hole ten feet in circumference ap-
poarod in Oconeo County, Co., during
the great earthquake in 1886. II is full
of water, and there has long been taflri
about its depth, but no sonndings werSc
taken until recently. Then rope two
hundred feet long was put down, but is I.
failed to touch bottom. and now there
arc persons who declare that 1.-The hole
extends into tho bowels of the earth. -
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EyplnnatIons,

Agnes-oh, deari Why do wo have so
many dog days?
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WHY THEY FED HIM.
How the Tramp is Utilized in
Texas.
Written for This Paper

ANY and pecul-
lar are the eX-
periences which
n ross roads
I o u r ist under
g o g S a s h o
tramps over the
C o Il II t y. A
tramp, with a
suavity of man.
ner and Il wild
yea + IL in g for
S o IN o t h ing to
cat and pants
that bagged at
the knees and
cried aloud for
repairs, stopped
at Il farmhouse
in the southern
part of Texas.
He WAS not u
very preposscss
ing-looking per-
son, and 1T Il first
glance Il close
observer would
i m m cd i & t oily
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a COLONY OF CATS.

End of ii Fory Singular Aggregation OF
Paris Pussies.
BY the abolition of the IIallo-aux-
Blcs at Paris to make room for tho now
building of the 8oursc de Commerce,
the curious history cf colony of cats
has been brought to an end. Twenty
years ago tho mille1s who frcquentcd
the old Ilallc-auxBlcs. or grain market.
found their sacks of wheat destroyed
terribly by rats. Traps and other sys-
TENS of determination were tried with
out avail and at last few cats were
introduced.
They succeeded in putting tho rats to
flight, but reproduced themselves with
such amazing rapidity that the millers
found them a greater nuisance than
their old enemies. To get rid of tho cats
that had eaten the rats tho administra-
ton of the Halle hired five or six bull
dogs, but tho numerous specimens ofthe
feline tribe were able to climb into cor
ncrs and crcvces which tho dogs could
not reach. Next the authorities tried
to starvc them. This also failed. be-
cause all tho old ladies of the quarter
fed thcm with crusts.
Instead of diminishing, the colony in
creased, and the administration then
lodged formal complaint at the dis
trict police Office against the cats. 1t
was forwarded to the Pre- fccturc of Po-
lice-tho Scotland Yard of Paris-and
after duo inspection and the requisite
formalities an emissary was sont to tho
Halle armod with a packet of poison
from the Municipal Laboratory, which he
spread upon bits OF horse1esh and sum-
moned tho cats to eat They declined
the allurcments of the photographed
daintios but tho bulldogs did not, and
their speedy death proved tho excel
lence Of the poison provided for their
opponents. )
Recourse was then had to firearms.
Constables armed with pistols proceeded
to the Halls and fired at every cat they
saw, soon reducing the colony to meagre
proportions. Some of its members fed
to tho roof, and thcre they led pre-
cafious existence for somo months.
Leave tho building where H,ey were
born-their fathcrland-they would
not. AT last the pickaxes of the labor
ors who demolished the Halle drove
thcm from their refuge, and colony Of
twonty years duration came to an end.
London Telegraph.
"A hole ten feet in circumference an
poared in Oconee County, Co. durinp@
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Personal and General.

Mr.. C. B. Castle left Thursday for Chi
cago.
Mr.. A. B. Cook left for a short stay in
Salt Lake City yesterday.
Mrs. VIM. Dewitt and Miss Birdie Rum
ley are visiting at Anaconda.
Mrs. S. A. Crounse is entertaining her sis
ter, Mrs. Rumley, and mother.
MIR. R. T. Fisk and son, Clark, have re-
turned after months sojourn in Califor-
mia.
Mr.. W. L. yelie presented his ushers with
scarf pins, enameled to represent margue-
rite.
Miss Withers, last year teacher in Hell
ena, is at present in the Wolf Hall Episco-
pal school in Denver.
On Thursday night last week. burglars
made several intellectual attempts to enter
the home of Mr.. r. E. Fisk
Miss Susie Wilcox and brother-in-law,
Mr.. Jack Fiske, left for st. Paul and Chi
cago ON yesterday mornings truin.
Mrs. ]. C. Curtin and family expect to
start about the LIST of June for Calfornif
| where they will spend the summer.
Some very fine photos of some OF the u
dies taking part IN the carnival are TO Of
seen at the rooms of Photographed lawson
DR.. Reed. acting president Of Deer LODE
college, spent sD-day IN Helena and WI %
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winter with her granddaughter, Mrs. @. M.
Foote. left for Sparta, Wis.,, Thursday.
DR.. Reed, brother of Rev. Jas. Reed, is
in the city with view to locating.
Mrs. H. 8. Reed was very ill the early part
of the week but is now convalescent.
Mrs. D. j. Mcmillan entertained num-
Der of friends at her home Monday even
ing.
Theo. Brantley, one of the rising legal
fraternity. was in Butte on business Mon
| day.
Mrs. Asa Conforth entertained few
friends at an evening tea one evening last
week. asaya
J.H. Calderhead, the genial station agent,
left during the week for visit IN Kansas
City. a7a5 w
Miss Eva Voolfolk leaves in two weeks
for Europe to pursue her art studies in
Paris. I3 ~
Lee Kelley and Robert Wilson made a
business trip to Warm Springs and Stuart
Thursday.
Miss Bette Batterton returned Monday
from visit to her sister, Mrs. Mahan. In
Anaconda.
The students of Montana College were
entertained by Mrs.. d.. Mcmillan last
Saturday.
Mrs. VIM. Hammond, Of Philipsburg. is
visiting her daughters, Mrs. VIM. Coleman
and Mrs. Jos. Hyde.
Miss Alice McAndrews, Of Granite, kindly
remembered by all old Deer Lodgers, was
| the guest of friends during the week.
Hart Humber is smiling behind the gen
eral delivery window ut the Postoftice. his
services having been engaged by Mr.. Garlic
ton.
J.H. Owings, P. Bader and II. F. Peter
son attended the meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the X. of p. in Livingston during
| the week.
James E. Stuart, of Helena. is making
relatives and friends a pleasant visit. H
left Deer Lodge Thursday evening for
trip to Anaconda. t5
Col. Woodford delivered series of lee
lures at the court house on the temperance
question. As he is clear and forcibl'
speaker the lectures were we'll attended.
E.S.Stackpole and family returned to thei
old home in Deer Lodge Thursday. from
Athens Tenn, firmly convinced that Their
. is no air like Rocky mountain air and n,
. city like Deer Ledge for peace and comfort
The evening of their arrival they we're Sci
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enaded by a number of young men music.
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enaded by number of young men music
ally inclined.
Rev. F. d. Kelsey, of Helena. is deliver
ing the annual series of botanical lectures
lures prove highly entertaining to both stu
dents and many of the town residents.
Miss Kate Jamison, teacher in the stenog-
raphy and type-writing department at Mon
tana college, left Wednesday evening for
home in New York. Miss Jamison by her
friends duridg her two years. sojourn in
Deer Lodge.
Miss Jessie Richardson who has been the
guest of Mrs. Marvin Trask, left for her
home in Idaho last Saturday. Before her
departure the young men rendered her .
delightful dance at Lodge d Beaumonts
hall, which was largely attended and great
ly enjoyed.
Miss George Kelley's efficient services
have been engaged in the Office of the
county clerk and recorder. As two of the
most popular young ladies of the city areI
employed at the court house the rush of
business in that direction is not to be won
dered at.
Boulder.
Miss Sarah Brady, of the valley, is visit
ing in town.
Miss Nellie Ryan was visiting friends iAl
Boulder Thursday.
NklSS OoS610 DATLAoUt utb ROu0 w IIAAV10f
to take charge of class in painting.
Mrs. James Sweet, of Jefferson, is visiting
the family of w. T. Sweet, of Boulder.
Rev. j. G. Quinn will hold service in the
Episcopal church this morning at 1880.
Charles E. Stevens is attending the meet
ing of the X. of P. Grand Lodge at Living
ston.
Mrs. r. A. Bigelow will 90 east for al
! heightened period for the benefit Of her|
| health.
Justice Prescott. Of Elkhorn, visited his
sister, Mrs. Rilla p. Elder, of Boulder, on|
Monday.
Miss Mary Dunn, of the valley, was the|
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mulvey during
the week
Mr.. Lees Taylor returned Friday from|
Livingston, where he was delegate to tho
| grand lodge X. of P.
Miss Maud Perkins celebrated her elev-l
enth birthday anniversary Friday afternoon
BY very pleasant party given to her younR|
friands
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Green, Fred Loeb and Ben Tom.
Miss Grace Fisk on Wednesday night en-
tertained few friends at dinner very pleas
antly. Dancing and cards were the divers
ions Of the evening. Those enjoying the
pretty hostess hospitality we're Miss Blaine,
Miss Ella Blaine, Miss Davenport, Messrs.
A. B. Cook, w. F. Parker, G. j. Clark, G.
B, Castle and F. L. Fisk. The tables were
decorated with flowers and boquets were
given as favors.
The following clipping from the Court
Journal of Rome will prove of interest to
our fair readers, as Mrs. Frackelton may
pass the summer in Helena, and many OF
them beamong her pupils:
"The Parfumeria Jar, which was the
subject of special presentation yesterday,
and of an official court letter to-day. was
brought from the United States by Madame
Sirovich, one of the royal household, to
most gracious majesty had siRnihed her
desire to see the actual work Of an artist.
whose work as an author she had long been
in possession of; her lnaiesty's proficiency
in this ceramic art being known. The jar
was bowl-shaped, decorated in encrusted
Of Marguerites ON one side, and on the
reverse a monogram in tiny MarRherites IN
enorusted gold, surmounted by the royal
crown, ieweied in rubies and emeralds, red
and green being the national colors. the
whole forming a most charming and deli
cate tribute to the house of Savoy from an
| American artist. Her majesty expressed
| herself as charmed with the artistic work. -
In South kensington, the very mecca OF
the English aesthetic sisterhood, Mrs.
| Frackelton's we'll known work, "Tried
| by Fire." stands as textbook on train
| ing teachers in ceramic art; and the
thanks of the lords of the COMMITTEES
on public education, have been rendered to
| the author. In Mexico she has won medals
| and honors, in international competition
| with French and Spaninrds, before a jury
of Spanish figure painters. Her last com
petition and victory was at Memorial hall
Philadelphia. last fall, in an exhibit o.
wares of various makes, decorated witt
colors of her own manufacture, and fired IL
gas kiln of her own invention, her com
petitors being the leading art potters o
| America. The one woman who dared ente
the lists with the makers of the well-knowl
Belleck ware, in class 8, section. her exhibi
not only received the DIPLOMA offered, bu
was the subject of special mention in thu
report of the jury of the United States Pot
ters' ass ociation."
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THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Deer Lodge.

Deer Lodge.
J. K. Boarman spent Thursday in Deer
Lodge.
j. b. McMasters is in Helena on counting
intent.
John F. Forbis was down from Butte
Tuesday.
Mrs. Clinton Moore is the guest of Mrs.
7. W. Catiin this week.
n. ]. Cornell. of Butte. made business
trip to our city Monday.
Moritz Bien il out on Clutches, the result
of severe rheumatic stack.
Mrs. Mcclure, who has been spending the
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is ever weaving into life's d0u warp.
BRIGHT, gorgeous flowers and scenes Arcadian;
Ringing our s,pSony p.is9nhonis a d;i.'s
'e LoNaFELLow.
Cupid and Hymen, not content with their
recent fatal skirmishes in the giddy thronR
of society, have now even dared to enter
the sober ranks of teachers and ministers.
st. Peters church, whose walls have 80
often re-echoed the joyous strains of the
wedding march as they kept time to the
beating hearts nearing the marriage altar,
has this week witnessed the suspicious I'M
ion of three moro pairs of lovers, who.
sealing their vows "for better, for worse"
have sailed out upon the deep of matrimony
with hopeful and happy hearts. First. on
Wednesday evening, at eo'clock, came the
the last of three sisters and brother who
have all married recently.
The bride, being one of Helena's popular
society girls and the groom OF q well known
and wealthy family III Illinois, has long ex-
cited society's interest, which eliminated
on Wednesday. The bride in q becoming
and handsome gown of brocaded satin and
crepe and under a long veil of tulle, looked
as pretty and happy as one expects bride
to look.
Among the distingu ished guests of the
wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Velie and
Miss Velie, the groom's sister, who acted as
bridesmaid and wore costume OF brocaded
satin and crep du CHEN, prettily embroid-
cred with lilies of the valley. Mrs. Velie,
the mother of the groom, wore an elegant
robe of helitrope brocaded satin with white
embroidered silk front. with duchesse lace
and diamonds. Mrs. D. A. G. Floweree was
attired in wine colored velvet combined
with pink silk crepe. Her ornaments were
lace and diamonds.
The young maids of honor, May Word
and Hebe Ashby, we're both in white. Miss
NAYS dress was of China silk made with a
baby waist and full skirt, trimmed with rib
bons, Miss Hebe's was of silk null with
accordion plated skirt and ribbon trim
mings.
lands of green and BRIGHT with a profussior
of the flowers of the marguerite, graceo b!
the presence of the brides friends, and re-
sounding with the music of the wedding
march was indeed a fitting scene for happ.
marriage. :.
and Mrs. Velie received their friends at tn
Here, as at the church, everything wa
beauti6ed by the stars of the marguerit
and frightened by wreaths of cedar an
smilax. Mantels and halls were banke
with flowers, while from the cents
of the dining room table, festoone
with golden ribbons, rose pyramid OF II
were a mass of green. while sprays of daint
s1nilax and fern adorned tables and wal
In the bay window of one of the parlo
had been placed floral ball, under vhie
the groom and bride stood - they receive
- esogzatulations Of thsiz friends pseeen