The evening times., 1898-05-12

New York. May 12-At the residence o.
nue., yesterday, the fist New York Rec
Cross Ambulance Equipment Society wa.
formed. Starting with the aim of fur
nishing and equipping one ambulance, al
a cost Of 5000, the result of the first
days work was three gifts. each consist
ing Of an ambulance, q horse and a full
equipment. The first gift was that OF
former Gov. Morton, the second that OF
D. o. Mills and the third Of Mrs Royal
Carroll.
A moving spirit in this auxiliary is Mrs.
Cowles, of the United States Navy, and
sister of Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt /:
another is Miss Edith Morton. An execu-
tive committee Of sixteen, with large
number of associate members, Is the plan
of organization.
| Bishop Potter. chairman OF the Red
Cross finance committee, Is honorary
president, and Robert Bacon, of J. p.
Morgan q Co., treasurer. Mrs. w. S.
COwles is president, Mrs. Henry Mar
quand first vice-president, Mrs. Lorillard
Spencer second vice-president. Miss Lou
lisa Morgan. of No. 219 Madison Avenue.
| assistant treasurer, and Miss Edith Nor
ton. of No. 6s1 Fifth Avenue. secretary.
| The other members Of the executive COM
mittee are Mrs. Douglis Robinson, jr.,
| Mrs. T. N. Stokes, Mrs. Royal Carroll,
Mrs. Henry Parrish jr.. Mrs. Gordon Nor
| rie, Miss Cuyler. Miss Kate Brice. Miss
| Clews. Miss Ruth Morgan. Miss Lena
Morton and Miss Helen Morton.
At the meeting for organization Mrs.
Cowles spoke about the plan of the aux
iliary. after which Mrs. Douglas Robinson.
jr.. read statement, saying in part:
1T is confidently expected that a sum-
cient amount OF money will be donated 10
equip at least fifteen ambulances. and TO
replonish them when necessary
Each OF the associate members will pre-
pare a list Of persons whom she would
like to interest in the work of the auxilia-
ry. and a copy Of the statement read by
Mrs. Robinson will be sent to every per-
son whose name is suggested. Among
the associate members who have Joined
so far are:
Mrs. Chadwick. Mrs. Berwind. Mrs II.
p. Whitney, Mrs. Speyer. Mrs. Pierre Jay.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. Mrs. X. w. Glider
Mrs. Fabbri. Mrs. G. f. Kissell. Mrs. c.
II. Cleves. Mrs. Simon Borg. Mrs Jacob
II. Schin. Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. Mrs. Au-
gust Belmont, Mrs. Butler Duncan, Mrs.
r
Mrs. Grant La Fargo. Mrs. Stanford
White Mrs. C. b. Alexander. Mrs E.th-
er Herman. Mrs. H. Sanders Mrs. c.
W. Ely. Mrs. E. G. Langodn Mrs Fred
erick Gallatin, Miss Frelinghuysen, Mrs
Winthrop Cowdin. Mrs. II. E Rowland
Mrs. John Markoe. Mrs. Benjamin Wells
Mrs. Almeric Paget, Mrs. Egerton Win
throp, Mrs. J. ]. Chapman, Mrs. Royal
Carroll. Mrs. F. H. Benedict. Mrs. Jacob
7 I ASfn
yer Iseiin and Mrs. w. Emlen Roosevelt.
An English Noblsman.
Lyulph-Stanley ogilvy. son of an Eng
lish earl. has just enlisted a private |
in Company d. First Regiment OF Colora-
do. for the Cuban war. He hates Span |
ish barbarism. Since the eleventh CEN
tury his great family OF earls in Scot |
land has ever fought on the side Of JUS
tice.
Lord Ogilvy," as he is called at his |
home in Greeley, Col. is brother of the |
Earl Of Airlie. David-Stanley William
Ogilvy. who was severely wounded in the |
last Egyptian campaign.
Lyulph visited Colorado in 1880 Just |
before the death of his father the earl |
who died at Denver in 1881. The earl |
was charmed with the Rocky Mountain
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tract of land. stretching for miles along
the Cache la Poudre and Platte Rivers,
near Greeley, where he was soon raising |
herds of the finest blooded stock in the |
world. He carried off every prize at
cattle shows.
Next he took contracts for building the
irrigating canals of Colorado. in
which more than thirty millions of Scotch
capital has been invested. OGilvy built
Ic {,, T,rtS par IN ha |
Grande: in New Mexico in Nebraska and
around his own estate at Greeley. He
is a lover of agriculture. of manly sport.
good horses and Americanism of the
Roosevelt type. He can ride anything
that bucks. He is not afraid of guns
or men. He is one of the stockholders
of the big Windsor Hotel in Denver. and
has often helped paint things red in the |
wild West.
Although born in a Scotch castle COW
ering five acres of ground. Ogilvy is a
true American. He once carried a valise
for a disabled workingman for two miles
crossing the Platte River on railroad
bridge covered with ice and dangerous
footing in midwinter.
Lady Maude Ogilvy. Lyulph's youngest
sister. visited Colorado apout fifteen years
,go with her mother and sister, and was
10 charmed with the bracing climate and
he grandeur Of the mountains that she
sent her family back to Scotland. saying |
hat she would remain with her brother
IN the ranch. Distinguished guests were
,ften entertained at state dinners in Den
,er yet on the following day Lady Maude
would drive up to Greeley in a one-horse
wagon and carry home canned fruit and
,ther supplies for the ranch, with stove
,ipe, elbows. bundles of lath and a few
ards of oiicloth and carpeting to be used
n making the '.dugout' house comfortable
or the coming Winter
Lady Maude married Mr.. Theodore |
yhyte, an Englishman, out there. and
ook up her residence at an altitude of ten
n twelve thousand feet above the sea in
Estes Park. 1t Is the finest estate in |
america, said Professor Hayden. of the |
Geological Survey The Riy- |