The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-06

twice, and some Of those which had pre-
viiously been placed nj the second class
were called I'D and read.
At last, when each judge had made
reckoning, and by subtraction of failures
from credits had found the number due
TO each prophecy, Mr.. Straus said; i
call again for No. 1,1ss. Let US hear 1t
again.
Again. as the prophecy was read. the
judges revised their table Of cHiits and
debts set down opposite the number
LIS.
When it was over Mr. Keller said: ''By
the account, and the new valuations, that
prophecy stands winner and so they all
said
Mr.. Clews called for the name Of the
prophet. The signatures cut of from the
bottom Of the coupons were produced and
parceled out among the judges, who
searched for me number of the men who is
today the most famous and should be the
happiest prophet in all America.
Mortimer Delano is the son Of Thomas
Edwin Delsno. head of the business OF
Charles n. Crittenden; the grandson of
Captain Thomas Delano, of the Seventh
regiment, who, in 1898. gave sumptuous
festivals TO Manhattan's people of wealth;
the great-grandson Of Jesse Delano, VINO
was greeted by Lafayette as a brother
Hugenot
Jesse Delano came to New York in 1885,
with Arson G. Phelps, from Sunderland,
Mass. Jesse Delano was the first Ameri-
can manufacturer of iron chests, or safes,
and Herring, who became famous after
ward as a maker of safes, was Jesse De-
lano's foreman. The fire of 1885 burned Mr..
DeIanos factory. That is a title of dis
tinction in view of New York's historians,
but he had so many othersi
He owned on State street, near the aBt-
terry, two houses that were palaces. The
are there now, but they have ceased to
be palaces Mortimer Delano is vainer of
his mansion at Southampton, L. l., some
interior decorations of which are two hum
dred years of age. He lives there for six
months Of the year. For the rest of the
| time he is here at No. 1O4 West One Hun
bred and Twentieth street, which is his
fathers palace.
He is twenty-nine years Of age and mar
ried His wife is the direct descendant of
the Reverend Abraham Pierson who found
ed Southampton, L. l., in 1910 and Newark
in 1866 Mortimer Delano's daughter is
| named Priscilla Alden, because Of the
original Priscilla of the poem. Priscilla
Alden was iler seventh great-grandmother.
All this wealth of genealogical information
is necessary to introduce Mortimer De-
lano.
He may not be presented adequately
without it. Genealogy and heraldry are
his passion. He calls himself a Pursuivant-
of-Arms, because he looks up in records
the claims of men to nobility Of ancestry
and the platonic right to bear coats-of-
arms, crests and other insignia of social
| distinction in Europe. He calls himself
Mortimer Delano de Launoy when he
writes on heraldry, because Delano is only
a corruption, by wear in the ages, Of the
ancient noble name that Charles de Lau-
noy, viceroy of Naples, made famous by
capturing the king of France.
REMARKABLY GOOD GUESSES.
A United States war vessel sunk by acct
dent with heavy losses to Uncle Sam
John H. Martin, New Castle, Del.
One of the United States warships will be
destroyed by explosion and subsequent
sinking, an accident.-George d. Rose
| Lebanon Pa
A United States cruiser will sink in for
eign waters.-O. n. B. Fourier, Turner's
| Falls, Mass.
| War between the United States and
Spain. which will be of short duration and
end in victory to the United States. Nc
European power will assist Spain in hel
efforts to whip America.-James F. Chi
son, Esperance, N. Y.
War between the United States and
! Spain over the Cuban question. United
States gloriously victorious. All Of SPANS
ships filled full of holes and sent to -
! Cuban independence achieved.-Wililan
| Edwards New York.
A great naval battle VIII be fought neal
the China coast. John Sherman will be re-
tired from the cabinet. There will be wal
between Spain and the United States
Pembroke V. Wise, St. Joseph, Mo.
! We will be forced into war with Spain
and through such war Cuba will acquire
| its dependence.-E B. Johnson, San An
| tonic, Tex.
Congress will pass resolution calling
on the president to put a stop TO war be-
| tween Spain and Cuba.--J. z. DAILY, 49;
| West Eighteenth street, New York.
| Spain will not only lose Cuba, but the
Philippine islands also.-William ]. New
man, New York.
Great fire in Washington, D. c.. in who'll
some aluable state records viii be de
| stroyed.-Elizabeth V. Clements, New Or
! leans.
A fire will occur in one of the govern
ment buildings at Mathematician ]
| Norman. Rome, y. Y.
| Victorious war with Spain will brins
Federals and ex-Confederates fighting IN
der stars and stripes.-T. L. Livingstone
| Kansas Citv.
Capital at Washington caught free
! NJ Walker, F1oria, Va
The English will continue to occup,
Egypt and, before the year is out, thel
! Will have captured both Khartoum anc
Omdurman.-wil.iam NJ McNaughten
| Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Prince OF Wales will be severely IN
jured-E. B. Randle. Fort Worth. Tex.
Prince of Wales will meet with an acct
dent-Katharine Howard, New Haven
Conn.
TIL bitter feeling between the whites anc
| coiored race in the south viii reach 4 eli
max. Quiet Will not be restored until Their
has been much bloodshed and murder. Tn
loss OF a big ocean steamer vii put mani
families into mourning.-William F
/ Trevalyn. Brooklyn. y. Y.
>ons o. NEQ 9Spur 70 lusmluIofdg sqL
/ eeed John Sherman as secretary Of state
Marjorie Harley, Baltimore (and severa
| others).
Vast Biblical discoveries. such as docu
nents, very ancient. and which Will au
then;icste much Of the Bible * We rec,
il tCday.-H J. Johnson. Brooklyn.
Howard C,nuTS vft1 NARY Ka+hrsr.