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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-05

Washington March g. Excitement
confusion h0avy strain and hard worh
characterized tha last legislative day of
iho Fifty ydfth congress ih the senate
AZ Times the confusion was so great iu
this usually -tail and decorou. body ri.
60 rauder the Transaction of hu.ine.. al
most impossible Business that orii
nluly would have the undivided atten.
tun Of every senator on the floor was
transacted muil -o much uoi.e that IL
was nest 90 impossible 20 follow th.
proceedings
Toward midnight order was being
evolved from the seeming chaos of th,
early part % tho day and evening and
the prospect was fair that congrea
v0uld adjourn at noon with its ah.o.
luiely necessary work completed
When Che senate convened at u
O'Clock yesterday morning 10 faced o.,
tlsso of considering Two OF One great ap.
preparation bills Those flrthe ARMY and.
inr supplying Che general deficiency
The former carries appropriations ax
c0ed'nF $4,000 600 and tha latter about.
&-hHHUn With O determination &C..
complete tho appropriation bin. the sen.
ate began Immediately to consider thas,
and at O'Clock last night the army bin.
was passed the deficiency having bseul
passed nearly three hours before.
A partial report on the sundry civil
appropriation bin was agreed 20. hui
the inability OF the senate conferee.
90 secure an agreement on the Hawaiian
cable proposition created heated lis.
cussion. in the course Of which Speaker
Reed was alluded toin uncomplimontary 1
terms
When the river and harbor confer. .
Cnce report was presented debate upon
the recession Of the senate conferees
from the senate amendment providing
for reservoirs 90 irrigate vard lands
at the headwaters Of the Missouri river
was precipitated by the advocate. of the
proposition An effort was made 10
rccommit the hin 10 the conferees but
10 failed after an impassioned speech by
Senator Frye who submitted the
report
At 1880 the debate was still in pro.
gress. with no indications Of an early
At o'clock this morning Mr. Nor.
gan offered joint resolution which
he believed would determine the pend.
ing controversy over thoirrigation prop
osition
The resolution provided that all pub
lie lands classed as arid or semi-arii In
the several stateg be granted 10 the
states In which the lands are and thp
net proceeds Of those lands when sold OF
leased be- applied boy the states 10 the
purposes of irrigation
Mr. Tillman objected 90 the consider.
ltion Of the resolution.
Mr. Tillman announced that he did
not propose 10 allow another thing 10 hi
lone so long ~ he could object until
.he pending report on river and harh1t
bin was disposed q.
AT ll0a. m.. Mr. Warren yielded to
Mr. Pottigrew who spoke in support 81
NE irrigation amendment.
AZ 3j q m Mr. Mantle interrupted
Mr. Warren, who had resumed hi
peech. and noted the absence Of a quo
.um. A call Of the roll developed the
presence OF O. senators, Mr. Mantle then
his motion TO recommit thi
'eport 10 the conferces, but Il was de.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-05

RESPECTFULLY
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21
SOCIETY DIVORCES
In.
New ork.

" IFTY years ago we were a simple
people in very fact To our grand
ri fathers and their fathers the mar
riage service really meant the
union of two lives. Divorce was
practically unknown. They took
each other for better or for worse, and
they thought and prayed before they
made these solemn VOWS. Having mace
them, they lived up to them, or II they
did not they were properly held up TO the
contempt Of the community.
once in lifetime, as in the case or the
Sickles tragedy, a weak woman fell. Then
her husband shot the man, put the woman
away from him, according to Biblical or
took it years to recover from the shock
OF the Sickles divorce case
Then came the Beecher-Tflton divorce.
1t resulted IN the immolation Of the
woman, the exiting Of her husband and
general desolation for all concerned. That
divorce shook the American nation from
center to circumference.
The Coleman Drayton divorce, with its
scandalous revelations, brought the fair
est and first family of the country into
the Divorce Court. Mrs. Coleman Dray-
ton was Miss Charlotte Aston, a daughter
of Mrs William Aston.
The social world stood transfxed at the
thought of an attack upon g. woman Of
the Astor family. Without more than a
casual reference to this painful case, 1t
may be said that It's prominence and the
sequel to the divorce, the remarriage of
Mrs. Coleman Drayton to Mr.. Haig Of
England and the acceptance OF that lady
socially by the highest dignitary Of the
church when she returned to America as
the bride of Mr.. Haig, did more to ad-
vance the laxity with which the marriage
tie was afterward regarded than any
other social incident of the century.
Sober-minded men and women recall
Ward McAllisters statement-and what
ever may be said as to his worldliness, 1t
is certain that no one better knew his
meter than the creator of the Four Hun
dred. m
founded upon the sacredness Of the home
and family ties. Divorce destroys the
home 1t would destroy society were a
married divorce ever to be accepted as
But the deadly upas tree was already
thriving And society has nourished It
with prodigality. To-day 1t overshadows
the law and the gospel. Looking without
society to-day one finds that in scarcely
one prominent family is the divorce court
unknown territory.
First of all, the Astors. Mrs. William
prevail Of divorces that she would not re-
ceiVe q DIVORCE In her drawing room,
now finds herself obliged to admit and
accept women who have followed in her
liam Aston gave a dinner party for her
daughter, Mrs. Haig, and Bishop Potter,
the head of the church of the diocese of
New York, and his wife accepted an in
vitation to that dinner, the social doors
were thrown open to divorced men and
women.
Next to the Astors the Belmonts have
been regarded as social powers. Third in
importance come the VanderbiltS.
Before society had recovered from the
sensation produced by the Coleman Dray-
ton incident Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt
treated the world to series of surprises.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

penetrated into the valley and cast the
shadow of the great peaks In fantastic
streaks miles in length, so that in my
weakened state ] fancied giants were
advancing over the floor of some vast,
sanded parlor.
Hours passed A frightful thirst
had assailed me, exposed as 1 had been
all day to the burning rays of the sun,
and | now felt my tongue swollen to
such an extent that it seemed to fill
my mouth. l could not summon a par
ticle of moisture to my cracked lips.
THE night passed thus. When day
daWned ] still held the pick and my
nerves had somewhat recovered their
normal condition. 1t was then that I
contemplated, for the first time, the
possibility of cutting steps up the al
most precipitous face of the mountain.
How did ! set about it? l struck
the pick by a backward blow of my
right arm into the earth, relieving my
self of it's weight and at the same time
freeing my right hand. / then slowly
turned over on my face and support
ing myself by the cactus caught hold
of the rock with my right hand in this
reversed position.
Il then raised my head and took
survey of the situation. / should say
here that the fact that my face was
turned from the depths below me to-
ward the mountain did much to restore
my nerve and give me confidence in
my undertaking. Then 1 cut my first
step.
1T was early dawn when / began 1t
was nearly dark when l finished the
one hundred and thirty-second step
and, nearly exhausted, crawled past
the spot where / had commenced to
slip. few rods away my burro was
contentedly munching at a sagebush.
l staggered to my canteen and drank
until nearly choked. Then I flung my
self down and slept.
IT guess there's a Providence that
watches over prospectors. Somehow
I've come to believe It,"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21
PULPIT PROTESTS
HQHINST
Divorce.

" HE recent Sloane Belmont Sloane
divorce and marriage in New York,
which served to accentuate the pre-
valence of divorce in the fashionable
world, has called forth many forci-
BILE expressions of opinion concern
ing divorce from social leaders and the
clergy.
Cardinal Gibbons, speaking at the Phil
adelphia Cathedral last Sunday said:
By Cardinal Gibbons.
This country was shocked but a few
days ago by the marriage of a prominent
woman almost before the ink on the d.
vorce papers was dry, to another man.:
He did not mention any names, put ne
made the declaration SO clearly that 1t
could not be mistaken that he Intended to
indicate his disapproval Of the divorce
which had been granted and the suDse-
ouent speedy marriage of Mrs. Sloane to
Perry Belmont
By Dean Farrar, Canterbury, England
feel no hesitation whatever in declar-
ing In the strongest possible terms my
conviction that the strength and prosperi-
ty of the nation depends more on the In
dissoluble sacredness of the marriage
bond than upon any other conditions.
great man has said that the foun-
dalton stone of the republic IS the hearth
stone" Certainly the happiness of every
individual life depends more on the tender
sanctity of the home affections than upon
any other circumstances.
The grandeur of ancient Rome was
built to a very great extent upon faithful
ness to the marriage tie, and when the
shameful day came in which the sat1ric
historian could say that many women no
longer reckoned the years by the names
of the consuls. but by the names of the
husbands whom they had divorced, then
the freedom and glory Of Rome became
more and more oVershadowed.
The unit in nation is the family, and
II the ties of family be lax the cohesion
Of the whole nation must suffer.
1t is the duty of the nation to impress
on the minds of all people the sacrament
tai dignity Of welded life. This must
be the main element Of human happiness.
A nation which suffers marriage to lapse
into loose and easily terminable union Is
doomed sooner or later to perish by It's
own inward decay
BY Right Rev. W. A. Leonard, Bishop
Of Ohio.
"The good people Of the United States
are raising a great hue and cry" said the
Bishop against the admission of a mem
her of Congress who is a polygamist,
when practical polygamy is being prac-
ticed all over the country. Things have
GENE to such q pass that the flimSiest pre-
text is made the means of suing for a
divorce. A slight quarrel or miserable
lust are alike made means to this end
Bishop Leonard then went on to say
that he wanted the church laws so severe
that a divorced person cannot be remar-
ried by any Episcopal clergyman. He ad-
would cause great suffering among many
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

ais Of volcanic origin, while borne on
the wings of an approaching storm an
enormous cloud was sweeping toward
me at least half q mile below. From
the center Of this cloud flashed inces-
SAINT lightnings, and the reverberati0ns
Of the accompanying thunder, echoing
from rock to rock, completed this pic
ture OF a veritahie inferno.
Il can't tell you just how 1t hap
pened, but something moved under my
feet as l stood watching the Storm
and before l could help myself / was
slipping down, down, with a rapidity
that took away my breath. toward the
sheer edge of the precipice.
AS l slid, however, l retained sui
f1cient presence of mind to clutch at
everything which might impede my
progress; but there was not much on
that barren slope. The next few Sec
onds were terrible. 1 knew that if
nothing stopped me I was lost. 1t was
while l was sliding these few last feet
that the phenomenon so often eXpe-
rienced by men who have been sud-
denly put in extraordinarily perilous
positions occurred in my own case. In
a single instant 1t seemed as If the
whole panorama of busy life, extend
ing over forty seven years, was flashed
before me. I passed in one moment
from my childhood's home in Connec-
ticut to the awful realization of pres
ent peril. Then there was a sudden
shock I was brought up by some
thing that struck me under the left
arm, and l opened my eyes slowly to
find myself in peculiar position.
II was lying on my back at an angle
of about. IS degrees, my feet resting
against one of those yellow, cone
shaped cacti, which take such deep
root in the soil. My left arm was
clutching a projecting rock, which jut-
ted to a length of about eighteen
inches from the face of the precipice.
Neither of these would of itself have
arrested my fall. Unchecked by my
spasmodio but wholly unconscious
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

seizure of the rock as l swept past it,
on the one hand | must have plunged
through the cactus against which my
feet now rested. On the other hand, if
my feet had not struck the cactus my
hold would have been torn from the
rock, which In it's turn partly sup
ported me.
Il was saved-this was my first re-
ftection. Saved! Yes, but for lin
gering and cruel fate
II was miles from a human habita-
ton. Accustomed to be gone from
camp for week or more at a time,
my partner would not be at all
alarmed at my absence. Besides, how
long could / retain my present posi-
ton? Already my left arm was stiff
fened and cramped by holding on to
the rock, for l was afraid to trust all
my weight on the cactus.
Just then a shadow passed between
me and the sun. 1 looked up. An enor-
nous vulture was floating a few score
feet above me. 1 felt my nerves grad
ually breaking down as the utter hope
leSSneSS of escape forced itself upon
me.
''All this time I had not noticed that
/ still grasped in my right hand the
small prospeetors pick with which
had started out. l still held it in a
convulsive clutch. 1t was this which
finally saved me.
LAS / say. 1 had utterly lost my
nerve. / dared not glance downward.
There was a dreadful attraction about
that awful abyss which l instinctively
felt would drag me to destruction. A
voice seemed to whisper, Why prolong
this torture? Let go your hold. 1t will
soon be over.
Il reviewed every action Of my past
life. Severed from all hope Of earthly
aid, turned my thoughts to heaven.
I have no distinct recollection how
long this continued, but the sun went
down and the stars came out and
fell into kind of trance. Soon the
moon, peering over the mountains,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

in the country. The Vanderbilts were des7'
perately upset by the former Mrs. Willie
ks legal separation and remarriage to
oliver Belmont, and now comes another
member of the old aristocTatic family and
marries his brother Perry.
In both instances there We're children
The Sloane children were given into the
custody Of the father outright. Consuelo
Vanderbilts marriage to the Duke Of
Marlborough assured her more to the
father than the mother. who had cast off
the name of Vanderbilt, if this hold good
for a girl who marries into a foreign land.
The social honors for which Mrs. Belmont
pinned through her daughters triumph
were never realized. 1t was said at the
time of the Marlborough heirs birth that
the divorced and remarked mother Of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

Duchess could never hope for that recog-
milton which English aristocracy was only
too ready to accord to William K Van
derbilt, the father. It's a sad story. and
who will deny the inexorable law Of COM
pensation and retribution? It's only
lately that Mrs. Oliver Belmont has made
any kind OF an effort to regain her stand
ing in New York society. and even the
Belmont millions have not made 1t quite
easy to do this.
The divorce proceedings of the Sloanes
were conducted with the utmost secrecy.
Statutory grounds were cited, but as the
papers were sealed by the Judge, the CO.
respondents name in the case was never
revealed. Four hours and half after the
divorce had been granted TO ldr. Sloane
his former wife was married to Perry
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

~ TI.R since the mother of Consuelo
Vanderbilt, Duchess of MARI
Fl borough, left William K. Van
Cerhilt to marry Oliver P. Bel
IL mont the name of Vanderbilt has
lceu banded about in a cosby
and GC-sat.onal way.
Now Jessie Robbins Sloane has fur
rsEeG food FOR comment, which indirectly
rags IN the name Of which the old com
iACGcse Was so proud and which the
women Of the family heretofore held aloof
from cWsPaper notoriety save that Of the
society columns of the great daIlies.
--la Il. =. Sloane, now Mrs. Perry Bel
n IL is sister-in-law Of Emily Wander
'".t, who married William D. Sloane,
other Of Henry T., the former husband
q ore Of the fairest and richest Divorces
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

King is a typical California miner
rugged and sturdy. and does not seem
much the worse for his experience. But
he admits that his nerves are pretty
we'll shaken, and he affirms most SOL
EMMY that he would not go through
the same thing again for all the wealth
OF Guzerat or Golconda-
"One blazing hot day." says King,
y left my camp in Pleasant Canyon
where the big lodges are to be found.
After climbing the back OF that i'm
mense ridge which leads by series or
broken dykes and rugged ascents all
most to the foot Of Telescope Peak,
that giant sentinel Of the range, which
towers for nearly 1900 feet into the
burning sky of the desert, my eye lit
upon some we'll defined outcroppings of
quartz. This seemed a likely spot at
which to commence my prospecting,
and hobbling my burro and taking my
prospecting pick L began slowly to
traverse the course of the vein as it
was defined by the groupings. AS L
descended toward the Death Valley
slope of the ridge the vein showed still
more strongly, and intensely interest
ed I failed to notice that the ground
over which l was slowly picking my
way grew more and more precipitous.
Suddenly, as 1 rounded rocky es-
carpment, the awful panorama of
Death Valley unfolded itself to my
view. l had never contemplated this
scene without a certain feeling of awe,
and I now stood motionless before the
vast spectacle.
Seven thousand feet below me lay
the valley, hideous, repulsive, appall-
ing in it's vista Of desolation. It's course
defined by apparently endless upheav-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

OF November 80 Mercella Sembrich ap-
peared there, and Mrs. Sloane was in her
box, respondent in all her diamonds.
With her were several men who had been
forbidden Mr.. Sloanes house. There was
some loud talk. and Mrs. Sloane vanished
from the scene. She Immediately sent
for her brother. Herbert d. Robbins, and
he 1T is said. roundly belabored the hus-
band for his ungallant conduct To the
divorce suit Mrs. Belmont made no de-
tense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

who are worthy and innocent of wrong
intent, but the times are. In his estfma-
ton, SO out of joint that the most raol-
cal measures must be taken TO proYids
against utter degeneracy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

P. KING, who owns mine
close to Death Valley, in the
great Panamint range, came
very near losing his life while
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-21

~ IFTY years ago we were simple
people in very fact. To our grand
ri fathers and their fathers the mar
riage service really meant the
L union of two lives. Divorce was
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-13

An excellent remedy for insomnia
will be found in the famous old Jesse
Moore IA" Whiskey taken at bed
time.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-13
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

DIR. Averdam and J. T. Crawley, both
well known in the Island fertilizer bus
mess, are back from Kauai.
George y. Wilcox Is over from Kauai
for the special meeting OF the Inter
Island Steam Navigation Company.
j. B. Battersby, in the store of the
Hawaiian Commercial Company at
Spreckelsville, Is visiting Honolulu.
The Anglican Church Synod opens
this afternoon. The Bishops address
will be delivered at 7:30 this evening.
Hilo is already arful that the Ha-
wall new meat combine may advance
prices 10 the point III Honolulu prices 80
d. McCorriston ard p. McLain. both
plantation men, dre over from MOIo-
kai on business with their Honolulu
people,
Colonel Gilbert F. Little. the attor-
ney Of Hilo, tried 20 stop a runaway.
| He was knocked down, run over and
| considerably bruised.
1t is reported a. Hilo that William
! Campbell, at present in charge OF Ha-
| mOa plantation, l. to be appointed
manager of the new Puma Estate.
The meeting OF the Healani Yacht
| and Boat Club, advertised for tomor-
!
i evening at the same place and hour.
The first meeting Of the season of tn,
Social Science Association Will be helC
at 1880 o'clock this evening at the resi-
dence of the late Rev. Chas. VI. Hyde
Beretania street.
All the beach resorts were crowde,
with pleasure seekers yesterday am
the first train out in the morning owe
the Oahu Railway had seven cars file
with people to spend the day in tn
. country.
; The Hilo Herald is authority for IN
statement that Mr.. y. b. Loebenstei
may not go 10 Washington at all an
, that if he does journey there as repre-
sentative of the pig Island it Will nc
be till we'll into January of next yea
Robert w. Shingle and Edwin Pari
: returned last evening from Waialu
after spending the better portion {
: three days looking over the new plan
tatiOn. They report enthusiasticall
, on the fine state of the place unde
Manager Goodale.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-13
MISS SUSANNA R. PATCH.

TEACHER OF VOICE AND PIANO.
Has removed her residence and studio
to Vineyard street, ner Emma. first
house in lane above Mr.. +. Dodge's res
idence, now occupied by the Misses
Kelley.
Refers by permission to her patrons
in this city. 53SS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-25

Eastern Editors Never Tire OF Tell
Ing About Seattle.

II seems as II the editors who visited
Seattle last July from all parts of the
East would never tire OF telling the read
ers OF their publications OF the delights
Of their Western excursion Hardly Il
week passes without one or more marked
copies of their papers being received, still
expattating on the giories of this city
and how much they appreciate the reeep-
ton rendered them by the local commit
tees. One OF the most indefatigabie of these
writer's IS /. NJ. Marshall. editor Of the
Manchester. Mass, Cricket. The issue
Of November Is, a copy. of which has
been sent to Information Secretary Moore
contains chapter II OF series Of articles
stili running on that long-to- be-remem-
bered editorial jannt. Referring 10 Sc
attic he says.
This sprightly youngster Ii termed the
Queen City of the Northwest. and has
been prominently brought TO the notice
OF Eastern people by reason Of it's being
the principal Quitting and starting point
for the Klondike. This is called n
boom city, and IL certainly is booming
and IL seems to me is likely TO keep right
on booming for some time to come for
the place has too many natural advan-
tages, 10 say nothing of enterprising bust
ness men, q goodiy number of whom are
from New England To suffer from any
material setback. We left Seattle
Just before dark. with the kindliest feel
ings toward her generous people for their
kindly hospitality"