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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
This Lady Married Thrice Before Il
Was 16-MOtheF of Thirteen


Wa 16-Mother Of Thirteen
Children.
The world Is full Of wonderful women
nowadays, but, in the opinion OF q con-
tributor to the New Illustrated Maya
zine, not one of them compares to a GER
tain little maid who lived two centuries
ago in Merrie England.
She held six baronies in her own rigt be-
fore she was 3.
She might have become a kings daughter
in-law when she was IL.
She married a dukes heir when she was
u.
She became a widow when she was Il
h married the richest commoner in En-
gland when she was IA.
She married a uke when she was Is.
She brought thirteen children into the
She was lampooned by the creator Of
CULVER.
And died before she was Sc.
This marvellous woman was Lady Eliz.
e ensh Earl asies Of qsosassa er 1stev VINO died
as the Duchess of Somerset. When she
was 2k years old. her father died and she
baronies of Percy. Lucy. Poynings. Fitz-
Payne, Bryn and Latimer, to say nothing
of an enormous fortune and a historic
QeIlIdRG, QdtlUk DdCA ~ luS SOlQASSI.
The scramble for her honors and hand
soon began. The king himself Charles IL.
entered. the running by offering her the
Duke Of Richmond. who was just I years
old, while she was II. But her grandmoth.
err. who was a daughter of the Earl Of
Suffolk, and who brought her up. made her
decline the duke. and a few weeks later
she married Henry Cavendish. Earl Of Ogle.
a puny boy Of Il: who died q year later:
first time.
She had not to walt long for another
partner sa. ! S si1 months hs aftf Ssxd IN her T franas
Thyme. a young gentleman of notoriety.
who was probably the wealthiest common
as TON Of Ten Thousands" and nobody
short of princes were his friends.
Thyme was married to Lady Elizabeth
the ceremony. as in the case Of the former
was celebrated the girl went across to her
wait until her age permitted her to take
her position as hostess at Longleat. She
had barely En,, RnaIHiooiala and %he .as q noto r
amours." became prodigiously enamored
Of her. He was ~young-only 2-and hand
married added an additional reason for his
pursuing her. The girl was firm, and final
ly the count resolved to get rid Of her hus-
as Europe could offer. a Pomeranian high
wayman named Vratz. who went to En-
gland, and, in company with two accom-
piices, shot Thyme to death on February
II, 1851, while the latter was riding along
Pail Mall in his gorgeous coach early in the
evening.
The three assassins were captured. con-
victed and hung. but Count koningsmark.
although arrested. was acquitted, contem-
porary gossip declaring that the court had
been bribed.
My Lady Elizabeth was by no means in
consolable, though she had buried two hus-
bands already. She was barely fifteen and
a half when, in May. 1862, four months at
ter Thynn's death. she espoused a third
Charles Seymour, sixth duke of Somerset.
who was compelled to take the name Of
Percy until she came of age. The duke was
five years his wife's senior. and survived
her more h a quarter Of a century,. He
was an exceedingly handsome man, and
was always a prominent figure at state
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
He Lived on Funerals.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
Vast de Kelkow, a Belgian of aristocrat-
ic descent, has fallen on evil days in Paris.
He has given himself up to the police SO
as to avoid begging in the streets. and has
been accommodated with a temporary
home in the Central depot. His story Is a
TRANCE one. After having spent his patri-
mony he had to live by his wits. He &C
cordingly set up as a graveyard orator. His
plan was to follow a funeral ard to inquire
about the life and career OF the dead per-
son. Then when the interment was over
he stood UP at the graveside and descanted
on the virtues of the deceased. This caused
the mourners to regard him as an old
friend of their defunct relative. SO they
thanked him tearfully and invited him to
restaurant near the cemetery. The Belgian
was thus enabled to live on funeral baked
meats, otherwise cold sausages: charcu-
terie. and occasionally chicken. The supply
was usually SO copious that Vast de KEEL
kow put fragments Of the feast in his
pockets so that he could subsist until an
other funeral gave him a chance of OBJ
tanning more food, as well as money, for
he was occasionally tipped by mourners.
who relished or were moved by his sepul-
chral eloquence. At last, however, the Bel
gian found that his black clothes were be-
coming too seedy: and as he could not af-
rendered to the police, charging himself
with having obtained money under. false
pretenses. He is now thoroughly enjoying
the shelter of the depot. n looks forward
to finishing the winter in a snug prison.
free from carking care and from the neces-
sity of delivering funeral orationS over
dead persons he had never seen
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
CHARLES ELIOT NORTON.

under the name of Charley Ross. Dusen-
hotter undertook to tram EN- by disciple
marian methods, chiefly enforced with a
beer mallet. On the third night there were
five fights in the place between customers
and walters: one man was shot and the
whole gang of recruits fell on Mini and
broke his head. Then they looted the bar
and got drunk. That night about three doz-
end people were held up in that part Of the
city. Mink put out a placard that read:
1.-The Public is Warned against the Gang
Of slush singers. Dish swabbers. and PAN
handlers that Left my Place yesterday.
They are Thieves and Murderers. and there
is enough Buckshot waiting for them Here
long. MINK DUSENHOFFER.'
That gang made things lively for a
Every time there was an arrest for a hold
up or assault during the next month the
word went along the water front:
There's another of Mink's p~anhandlers.'
pretty soon the word became a fixture
for any tough character that was out of a
job, particularly II he went into the hold
up business. l heard 1t there as much as
ten years ago, and 1 suppose It's been re-
viSed lately and come East"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

KNEW THE OLD MANS GAME.
Had Caught the Old Man Once OF
Twice and Knew Every Time
He Was Making O Blur.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
George" said the young wife. what In
the world is the matter with papa?"
Matter with papa?" he said in surprise.
II don't know. What's he been doing to
stir you up? Cut US OF in his will?'
Oh. he was going on at a great rate last
night, so mamma said. He told her that
you was altogether too fly. and that you
played cards too much like a gambler. You
don't. do you. George?"
know what he means. I've played against
him two or three times at the club, and 1
suppose because l called some of his pat
played like a gambler. Oh. I've got him
down to a fine point. sure. l can tell when
he's bluf1ing every time. 1 caught him in 1t
when l asked for you. and 1 never forgot
his motion.
Didn't 1 ever tell you? Well, 1t was this
way: When l asked him he made a great
bluff about it being hard to give you up.
and he didn't know whether he would con-
get you off his hands"
Why. George. you mean thing"
"Well. that's a fact. and during the time
he had a peculiar motion of pulling the left
end of his mustache with his right hand.
Then I caught him in the same thing at
first-class ank stock at 2 or 3 per cent
under the market price. He pulled his
mustache the same way, and yet l knew ne
the stock. I remembered that motion. and
I've used 1t to good advantage.
You see, we have been in W or three
little sittings at the club. and once ]
caught him standing pat and trying to blum
his hand through: and in a 2o cent game.
same way, and 1 kept him in the game and
finally called him. He was mad a little bit.
anyhow. But I have watched him every
time. and he always gives himseif away
mustache with the right hand: And II he
doesn't get out of that habit I'll get all OF
your mammals spending money and put 1t
in YOU pocket every time. ,
Maybe, as a matter Of policy, though, !
had better let him work a few of those
bluffs through, just for the a OF keeping
peace in the family"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
TYLER's GRAVE IS FORGOTTEN.
No Stone Marks the Last RestinS
Place of the President in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond.

Place of the President in Holly
wood Cemetery, Richmond.
From the New York Times.
Few people who visit the Hollywood Gem
etery at Richmond, Va. fail to ask to see
the graves of former Presidents John Tyler
and James Monroe. They then learn a fact
that Is little known There Is no stone or
mark Of any kind to distinguish the last
resting place Of Mr.. Tyler. Of 'Tippecanoe
and Tyler too" fame, who was this nations
tenth chief executive.
TIT superintendent of the cemetery, John
Z. Hooper. explains to the person looking
for historical spots that the grave of Mr..
Tyler may be found by first locating the
Inquire monument erected to the m
of the ex-president's daughter, who died
before he did. The statesman's body lies
near that of his daughter. in the same lot.
a slight rise in the ground is all that marks
the spot. and unless some action Is taken
in the near future to provide for a fitting
memorial to the man who once held the
people 1t is not improbable that his resting
place VIII be entirely forgotten. If the
records of the cemetery should in some way
be destroyed there would be nothing to
show where this once great man was bur-
led. Tit present keepers of the cemetery
and its books are probably the only living
beings wEo can with certainty point out
the spot.
An Interesting mystery surrounds the
neglect to memorabilia this man, who was
not the only one of his family to take a
prominent part in the making Of American
bosom friend of Thomas Jefferson" Tyler.
the son, died in 1862. and in his will, dated
October 10, 1S59. was the following provision:
my estate suitable provision for my burial
and let my body be consigned to the tomb
in the earth of the country where 1 was
born. there to repose until the day Of the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
Is IT A BOGUS "BLUE BOY?'
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER HAS GEN.
UINE PAINTING.
Fuller's Canvas Ii Cheap-Was offered
% $4,000, While the Original
Would Bring About $780,
O At Auction.

Few topics in recent years have aroused
such general interest among picture deal
ers, art lovers and connoisseurs in New
York as the exhibition in the Fuller collec-
ton of the picture. entitled THE Blue
Boy" and attributed in the catalogue to
Gainsborough.
1t is well known that two "Blue Boys
exist, the s~econd-tne one by most authori-
ties regarded as the original and the better
canvas-being owned by tho Duk of
Westminster, and now in his private col
lection. The histories of both pictures are
long and much tangled. and it is probable
that he discussion about their respective
merits will go on without end.
1t was a decided surprise to every one
interested when the catalogue of the Full
Ter collection appeared with the BLUE Boy
accredited to Gainsborough in its pages.
Mr.. Fuller, II Is stated, bought the picture
at private sale in London last summer,
though this was not known till last week.
Picture In Discredited.
There are many connoisseurs in New
York. says the Press. who declare this
painting is not a genuine Gainsborough and
say that 1t would not be possible, at
this day. for a genuine Gainsborough to
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
HE'S A WEALTHY VAGRANT.
tice SABBATH $500 and 10
Set Free.

From the Chicago Post
Maurice Mann. charged with being a va
grant-a man without visible means Of
support-threw $500 in bills before Magis-
trate SABBATH. Inc for a moment Officers
Fitzmaurice and O'Donnell, who had ar
rested the young man. were threatened
with heart disease.
The money was genuine; Justice Sa-
baths clerk said there was no doubt of
that. A bailif passed his judgment pom
the currency. and the court, after fond
ling the treasury notes. sighed n re-
marked that he wouldn't mind gazing upon
q little more money. OF course, Justice
SABBATH had to dismiss the case. No police
justice could look upon q roll of $500 in
bills n c~onscientiously say that 1t was
not "a visible means Of support" Taking
of the naturalization of specta-
tors who saw the bills, Defendant Mann
n~onchalantly said:
Don't be in haste. Better continue the
case to give me time to bring a couple of
satchels loaded with money into court"
At this juncture a patrolman said some
thing about fainting and staggered from
the courtroom. Mann, who was well
dressed and who appeared confident of dis
corcerting the police. did not deny that
he had frequented the resorts alleged by
the bluecoats. He said he was in the
jewelry business and visited those places
In q business capacity.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
ess men with whom she comes in contact

constantly.
born and bred. She was tie youngest of
a family of eight children left in poor cir
cumstances by the death of her father
when his help was most needed. She grad
uated from the Rockford high school. After
ward she devoted considerable time to the
development of a fine artistic taste, making
a speciality of India-ink and water colors.
She inclined to politics, however, and had
she been born a man would have made a
most successful politician.
Sixteen years ago she entered the office
of the county clerk, then a girl in short
dresses. and a platform had to be built on
the floor SO that she could reach the high
desk to write. She was for a time a reve-
nue. clerk in the office. but her aptness at
figures and general ability were quickly rec
ognized and she was soon promoted to the
position of chief deputy to the county
clerk. a place she has held continuously for
the past thirteen years, in spite of numer-
Gus changes made in the c~lerkship, and she
has given eminent satisfaction. She IA
miIiarized herself with all the records. and
has become almost invaluable to people
having business with the office.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A GOOD BUSINESS NJ
Miss O'Connor. of Rockford, Ill, to
Make q New Departure in
Work.

Miss Kate F. o'Connor. of Rockford. ILL.,,
has rendered her resignation as deputy
county clerk and clerk of the probate
court. a position she has filled with great
credit and ability for the past sixteen
years. to enter a new field of work. It is
her intention to open an Office as a counsel
or Of women. a place where women a
come and discuss their business affairs.
During her long service as clerk of the
probate court she has had a splendid oGpor-
tunity of hearing the arguments of coun-
sci and decisions in probate matters. In adj
dition to making. and proving wills. ap-
pointment of administrators, executors and
guardians and the settlement of estates.
she will do conveyancing. loan money, in
sure life and property and make a speciality
of pensions.
For several years she has been studying
law. but has not yet applied for admission
to practice in the circuit court. Her aim
in her new line of work will be to keep
people out of trouble. rather than to get
them into it. Miss O'Connor ranks very
high, not only as a business woman. but a
business person. She commands the most
absolute respect and admiration from bust
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A KLoNDlKE OUTFIT.
Some of the Tools and C~onveniences
Essential to the

The Hudson Bay Company, which is well
known the world over, and which has
trading posts scattered all over the Canad-
ian Northwest, has entered the field as
competitors for the supplying of miners
and prospectors entering the Klondike. A
circular just issued by the company puts
the approximate cost of a miners outfit
for a man for one year at $50 to 500, ac-
cording to the point at Canada at which
it is purchased. Besides clothing and pro-
visions the outfit should comprise the fol-
lowing hardware goods; One augur. one
choppinE AK. a set of brace and bit, a nest
of complexities, one chisel, one coffee-pot.
one pocket-compass, enc lineup. one
butchers knife, one knife and fork, three
files, one frying pan. one gold-pan, one
hammer. one Ratchet twenty pounds as
sorted nails. ten pounds oakum. two min
ers' picks. three pi~ck-handles. ten pounds
pitch, two tin plates. twenty-five pounds
rope. one hand-saw. one whip-saw. one
saw-set, a set of gold-scales. one screw
driver. two miners shovels, n three as
sorted spoons.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
LADY ELIZABETH PERCY.

functions. He appeared as chief mourner
at the funerals Of three soyereigns-Charles
II. Mary IL. and William III..and he bore
William and Mary. Anne. George l., and
George H., while his wife was chief mourn
er at Mary's funeral. The career of the
pair is largely q matter of imperial his
tory. Somerset held the highest Offices in
the state. and when his spouse succeeded
the Duchess of Marlborough as mistress Of
the robes in I'LL, Swift caricatured her in
his windsor Prophecy" l~ampooning her
beautiful red hair in the line
Beware Of carrots from Northumber-
land"
Despite the fact that she bore her last
husband thirteen children, the duchess long
remained a beauty. She died on Novem-
Der q, LIZ. at the age Of IS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
A Beautiful Foot.

The slender foot is the most beautiful,
and the smart girl is not slow to recog-
nize the fact. Her shoes are always a lit
tie longer than her foot, but the slender
appearance is preserved, and q long mar.
row foot always looks better than a short
wide one. A girl who wears q long shoe
can dance ali night without rest, not so
the maiden with the short one, her feet
soon begin to feel cramped and stiff. and
A girl who wears a proper shoe will nave
a foot as pretty and delicate as a baby's.
The instep should be high. tho heel del
icately formed. and the skin as white as
alabaster. with the blue veins showing
through. The general form of the foot will
be slender, the toes tapering and adorned
with pink-tinted nails. A girl who pos
sesses such feet as these may well take
pride and pleasure in contemplating them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06

resurrection My wife will select the spot
in Sherwood Forest (his residence) and
mark it by an uncostly monument Of gran,
in the paper inclosing this.
1t is believed that Mr.. Tyler did not write
any inscription for his tomb. but probably
in the time Intervening. before his death.
1t certainly was not Intentional that his
the general assembly Of Virginia, mmedi-
| ately after Mr.. Tylers death, adopted a
eulogistio memorial which closed as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That with the consent of his
family his remains be deposited in Holly
wood cemetery in Richmond, near the re-
mains of James Monroe, and that the gov
ernor be authorized to cause a suitable
monument to be erected to his memory
n, Inis explains * Ans c a9w thS 9eey fame d 5S t6 be
request in the will. The explanation for the
neglect Of his grave probably lies in the
the Old Dominion had his hands full with
the worries Of the civil war. which was then
growing very warm.
during his life, and probably in truth was a
lineal descendent of Wat Tyler the famous
Englishman who rebelled against the tyran,
ny of King James: He inherited a hatred
of British oppression, which was brought
out in his career in the house of repre-
sentatives. in the senate. and In the execu,
tive chairs of his state and nation. He had
a brother of some fame of the name of Wat
Henry Tyler, of whom his mother said:
I'VE have SO named MIN a1ter the TWO
greatest British rebels. Wat Tyler and
Patrick Henry"
When the rebellion was threatening the
former president was unanimously de-
clared president Of the peace conference
| which met in Wizards hall, Washington,
February 4, 1861. This conference was, Of
course, as 1t was often afterward charac.
terized, "a dignifed and stately failure"
and when it had failed Tyler was loyal to
| his state and Joined actively in the cause OF
the Confederacy. Although unpopular
| while president, because his DEMOCRATIC
views angered the Wings. who had elected
recognized statesman and was considered
one of the brightest men of the time. An
| Henry A. Wise. who was his college mate
in william and Mary. in which Mr.. Tyler
is made the center of influence for several
| decades.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
ENGLAND'S NEW POET.
STEPHEN PHILLIPS SEEMS TO
LEAP AT ONE BOUND INTO FAME.
His Verse, Critics Say, Lends Itself to
Impnssioned Narrative and to
the Utternnce of Impas-
stoned Thought.

From the Literary Digest.
Mr.. Stephen Phillips seems to have leaped
at one bound into fame. We nave already
told of the awarding to him. by the Lon
don Academy, of its first prize for literary
achievement in the year 1897. The new
review published by the London Times.
Literature, is even more enthusiastic than
the Academy in its praise. mo such re-
markable book of verse as his has ap-
peared for several years." is the opening
sentence of its review, January Is. Then
1t continues:
Mr.. Phillips boldly challenges compare
son, both in style and subject, with the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
Irving and the obtru.ive Cat.

Never were Sir Henry Irving's certainty
of grip and supreme magnetic control over
the emotions OF an audience more clearly
and Enthusiastically demonstrated than dur
ing the performance of Peter the Great
last night, says a recent unmber Of the
Westminster Gazette. Just as the stage
was cleared of the crowd in the third act,
and as he had begun the first words Of the
great soliloquy. the theater cat, a fine
pinto the stage from the opening by tho
footlights on the left-hand side. from the
audience point of view, and proceeded
quietly to an opening at the upper and
opposite corner. where it disappeared. Its
appearance evoked the inevitable laughter
which always accompanies such a con-
tretemps. Sir Henry evidently at once saw
the cause of the unaccustomed ound. and
gathering up, as it seemed, his forces, he
by sheer power of will spoke the next few
words in such a way that in a moment the
ughte was hushed, the broken thread Of
the play was mended. and the audience was
dragged back under the influence OF
the play by the actors insistence. so thai
the curtain fell to prolonged applause.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-06
AN old SCHOOL PROFESSOR.
PROF. NORTON's RETIREMENT FROM
HARVARD KEENLY FELT.
EoSg Museum the Cause-COuldn't
Stand Its bad Acoustic Proper
ties-Ugly Building Always
Bothered Him.

Every Harvard man heard with regret
the announcement made last week that
Professor Charles Eliot Norton will sever
his connection with Harvard university at
the close of this year. He Is one of the
men who has identified his personality 50
thoroughly with the institution that he
can hardly be thought of apart from it,
Professor Norton is the last of the old
school, at Harvard, says the New York
Press, and since the resignation Of Pro-
fessor Lane two years ago, is the oldest
member of the faculty in point of age,
although his term of service dates only
from 1875.
He was born in Cambridge in 1927. of an
old New England family, whose traditions.
connections and affiliations were markedly
literary. His father. the Rev. Mr.. An
drews Norton, was a Unitarian minister OF
considerable note, and q professor at Har-
ward from 1919 to 1880. President Eliot. OF
Harvard, is his cousin, and other members
of the family have been prominent az
scholars and theologians.
His Distinguished Classmates.
Among his classmates at Harvard were
Senator George F. Hoar. Curtis E. Guild
of Boston, and the late Professor F. j.
Child. After he was graduated in 1916 Pro-
fessor Norton devoted himself to travel,
reading and the study Of literature and