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NO MORE BULL FIGHTING.
The Brutal Sport is Becoming Un'
popular Even in Mexico

The authorities OF Aguas Calientes a
state IN Mexico have recently passed a
law prohibiting bull lighting and IL Is
expected that several other states win
shortly fam 10 line and do likewise IL
is said that strangely enough the bet
ter classes OF MeylCans heartily approve
OF the law. as the sport has OF late
years dcgencrated $50 that 30 is no longer
sport but disgusting spectacle. II Is
claimed that bun lighting as Dractlced
In these modern days Is not az all like
the ancient sport that was SO famous
In Spain and even TO the earlier days
Of the Mexican republic In those days,
the bulls used iu the rings were bred
expressly Tor this purpose and were
taught % fight from their Infancy They
were really dangerous fellows and il
took very little lggiayation % make
them put up good fight OF late years,
however This class NJ stock has died
out and the rings have been compelled
TO depend upon anv kind ~ bull they
could find Ia order 90 make the mod
en bun nEht DO is necessary 90 drive
them pastI oaIly mad with torture and
pain. and even then the animals were
usually lacking In rage and made but a
sorry fight or late years the better
classes iu Mexico have not attended the
bun ring and the practice has gradually
become very unpopular until IL was
possible tl pass such a law as that
made in the state referred % II is
believer that in "a few years bull fight
ing will Doe a thing Of the past.
Some onterprisinE MeXicans dis
covered. some time ago. that the ordin-
ary Texas steer Of the long horn type
would put up a better hght than any
bull they could find and "a small bunch
OF the Widest that could be secured
was sent 90 Spain The 0rst steer
turned into the ring nearly cleaned out
the whole show He was on the prod
right from the jump but Ike an Amei-
can cattle, would not bother the man
on horseback but tossed the plcadorus
out OF the ring so rapidly that none
wanted 90 go back and he even started
I'm 10 clean out the spectators when
some brave hidalgo ended his career
with a rifle bullet Il was too exciting
for the SpaniArds.
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was 100000 a year with $1,000 600 Of
her estate gone, her income win be cut
down 20 $4,000 by the committee,
headed by George Gould, which will De
less than half Of what the gay and
prodigal Count Castollane has been ac-
customed To- spending
OTHER AMERICAN VICTIMS.
The Countess Anna Is only one OF
long list OF American heresses who
have married foreign titles 90 their
everlasting regret
1he Countess Bosemont de Rouge
ak Is the daughter OF a Boston mill
lloualre named Stewart. The count
married her because her father was 20
pay his debts The bride. learning Of
this LEFT him In disgust and is now
working as "a gOyerness In London
The Duchess Of Manchester was Miss
Cousuelo Yznaga, " New York Her
husband was a rake and caused her
unutterahle sorrow
The Countess Pappenheim was Miss
Wheeler Of Philadelphia She was
forced 90 leave her unsavory husband
and has returned TO her mother.
Nine. de- Stuers who married the
envoy OF the queen OF Holland 70
Paris. found life unbearable with her
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Not only New York, but Paris and
ondon az well. are today laughing over
the collapse OF Count Paul Ernest Bonl-
face de Castellane, whose humiliation
is all the more bitter in that George
Gould. whom Of all people the Count
Ia said TO most heartily detest, Is APP
nointed guardian over the remnants Of
me fortune that was being so gayly
scattered 10 the four winds Of heaven
says special correspondent OF the
cincinnati Enquirer. Nothing approach
ING the skyrocket career Of the once
lnpecunious insurance agent has been
known since the days Of Coal oil
Johnny" and the world seems TO relish
the fan Of the charred stick more than
the blaze Of the fireworks
Everybody In fact seems satisfied over
the outcome except the count himself
his following of male and female pen
sioners. and his father, the marquis.
The GouldS while reticent. admit that
thew are pleased over the action Of the
French tribunal, which saves to Anna
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Italian who is known along the wharf
as 'Bigga Mustachja;' the child's dead
father was a Frenchman. and his Ger
man mother lies In the hospital await
ing a surgical operation. Having been
left 10 do his own training so far In
life. Louis was al first like a wild young
animal Happily, he az once took to Mr..
Lewis, who Is blessed with abundance
Of tact and patience; but 10 this day
the little lad will have nothing 20 do
with women. and resents their smallest
attentions with all the power Of lungs
and fists. All day long he trots about
after Mr.. Lewis, calling him papa" in
four languages striving with all his
tiny might 20 help In every work his
benefactor Is engaged in and regarding
him with looks OF love and confidence
beautiful 10 behold From nobody else
win he accept the smallest service and
20 the full limit Of a powerful set OF
vocal organs In two days he became
the bully Of the orphanage easily able
to take care Of himself In any squabble
with his elders Now, after several
weeks Of gradual clvllizlng. he is con-
sidcrably improved In the habits OF hui
man beings. but the spiritual side OF
him Is yet untouched that will be
the longest road 20 travel But Mr.
Lewis said that the bright, forceful, az
fectionate child has In him the begin
nings Of a great man. II he gets proper
training from one who understands his
temperament
our smallest child rejoices under a
title which. up 10 date. Is considerably
longer than herself-nO less than Mabel
Maude Elaine Spratlin-C Clara Barton.
Queen OF the Orphanage. She was born
late last June, OF unwedded parents
about whom the least said the better
and was brought 20 us by baby farm
err who lived near the outskirts OF Gal
weston. until the food washed her lair
away. The puny pitiful looking little
creature. half nourished and never
cared for. was one mass OF distressing
sores from the crown OF its head 20 the
soIes OF It's feet--a dreadful example OF
the scriptural warning concerning the
sins Of the parents, She had literally
been
THROUGH THE FLOOD.
floating In the gulf, and rescued as by
a mlracle-let Us hope Tor some purpose
In heavens plan Never was seen more
rapid Improvement than this unpromis-
ing infant has made. Now the sores are
nearly healed and the tiny skeleton be-
gins 10 take on flesh From It's clean
white cot a pair Of beautiful blue eyes
set In a wizzened face that might be
ages old. look out contentedly upon the
world that hitherto used Il 50 hardly.
Then there IL little Mabel Martin,
whose start IN life was almost as dis
couraging. Born a few months after
her fathers death, at the home Of her
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sons return from some business trip.
During the food she managed 10 climb
a tree; but hardly had she reached
place Of safety before a rattlesnake.
which had climbed before her attacked
her In frenzy she seized the reptile
Just below its head and crushed It's life
out When rescued. hours later they
thought she was crazy when hablng OF
the snake-until they found It's limp
body dangling from a lower branch and
examined IFS mangled neck and her
blood-stained hand.
Pathetic scenes are continually oc-
curing In our orphanage. when par
ents, knowing that IL Is temporary
home for waits Of the food come
searching for their lost children.
Though assured beforehand that we
knew something OF the antecedents OF
every one OF these. and that theirs
cannot possibly be among them. "Hope
springs eternal In the human breast"
and they Insist on making a personal
examination. one OF the most
PITIFuL THINGS O NEARTH
is 20 see a bereayed mother anxlously
scanning the little faces In the chill
dren's play-room or kindergartens-
and then being led sobblng away by
some Kind woman who wears the Red
Cross button on her breast.
But there are bright spots, tOO--as. for
example, In anticipation OF the am
preaching holiday season. which win
be made happy for these little ones. ana
for other unfouunates an over The
land by that beautiful charity. the
New York Examiner Christmas Tree"
The plan OF the league. originated by
that department Of the Examiner
known as for an the family"-to sun.
ply poor children. who would otherwise
be without cheer on the Chrlst-child's
day. with gifts suited 10 their Years and
cOndltion-is everywhere meeting with
generous response Judging from the
unbounded delight caused by a small
box OF damaged toys, which some kind
soul contributed TO our orphanag,
awhile ago-the Joy Of the Red Cross
boys and girls viii be past all telling
when Examiner Christmas tree gets
around this way There viii be whips
and toys and tools Tor the bows. woody
and cotton cats for the babies. and dolls
for the miniature little mothers: and
many a child whose start In ne has
been so sad viii so 10 happy dreams
with the precious gifts OF unknown
friends cl0sped TO his bosom.
The same good charity is equally
needed In many families OF southern
IaXas, who lost all but life In the food
This Is especially true OF a score Of
mainland villages and farming com.
munlues where conditions would be
absolutely hopeless were ID not for Red
cross aid We are going 20 give them
teams, implements. seeds and plants.
and somehiAz 10 live on until the next
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futtering from the trees. Eighty-two
small babies We're found scattered along
the beach; and three living boys were
perched IN a tree, the weakest having
been tied to a branch by his compan-
ions. OF the ten good sisters and sew
eral servants seven were found, scat
tered miles apart, and buried where
they lay.
one sister had nine Of the baby or
phans tied TO her body with her cine
ture. and others had one or two clasped
in their arms. Sister Elizabeth was at
market when the storm began, and
might easily have saved herself; but
she insisted on returning 10 her post OF
duty. and. as IL proved. 90 her death.
The water was then rising 80 rapidly
that she had - 90 home on horse back,
and FOR the last mile or more the horse
was forced 10 swim.
The heroism displayed by these pious
women is a fair sample OF hundreds Of
similar cases The friends OF So. Marys
find consolation IN the fact that the
day OF the storm was the feast OF our
lady's nativity. and all the sisters had
tho morning receiyeA "NWmunlon
The Ursuline convent Jared almost as
badly. Two hundred and twenty-six
bodies have since been discovered In
its grounds, and doubtless there are
many more in the debris piled around
it-ln some places higher than the sec
ond story windows Weeks after the
catastrophe the corpses OF the well
dressed ladies' were drawn from the
convent clstern, and we're burned, be-
ing decomposed beyond recognition.
Neritable storm-orphans have been
few, for reasons above mentioned, and
most Of them had one parent left-usu-
ally the father, the strongest member
Of the family. All came 20 us fright
ened and ehy as Wild birds ousted from
the nest-hungly. dirty and In a gener-
ally dilapidated condition and itisgood
10 see how wonderfully they Improve
under love 4n1 core Soon az arrived,
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grandparents, on Bernardino prairie,
somewhere up In this big State Of Texas
her mother came 10 Galveston. soon as
able, In search OF work, bringing the
baby along and leaving II by day in the
care OF an old woman. The storm came.
the mother persisted In trying TO get to
her child, and her poor body may yet be
rotting under some OF these heaps Of
wreckaRe The faithful old woman
saved the baby though In water up to
the shoulders. protecting the little face
by hiding IL under her chin, and at last
carrying the child on her head. The
marvel is that II did not die Of cold and
exposure, for the woman had not a dry
rag. nor anything 20 feed Il, and no.
where TO go but the open camp on the
beach. There the Red Cross people
found Il two days later. still wet and
almost dead from cold and hunger.
Time will not permit me 10 tell you
OF the q other cases equally interesting;
but we must not quite omit Tommy
Cobb, the Oldest boy In the orphauage
He Is nearing his fifteenth birthday
handsome lad, with bright brown eyes
that exactly match his curling hair A
few short weeks ago. he was an import
ant factor I'm a happy home. near the
western end II the city, where his father
owned dairy and small truck farm.
Being intelligent and well-to-do, the
family. including Tommy's two sisters,
were at least midway on the social lad
der. I'm the midst Of the storm they
were all cllnging 90 a door iamb. and
when the house fell the women were
probably pinned under II and swept into
the gulf-their bodies having never
been found Tommy and his father
swan out alone, and al once became
separated In the general confusion. The
frantic father searched the place that
a fuw minutes before had been home
but all were gone Drifting with the
current. ne finally caught hold OF
floating oak tree-and there was Tom
my, scared half 20 death by
AHUGE MoCCAS1N SNAKE
that had pre-6mpted the other end OF
the log The snake was equally scared,
and easily dispatched and so Tommy
came to US until his father can get
Strengthened out and go into business
again.
Speaking OF snakes-one OF the hor-
rors Of the storm was the numbers OF
them that were swept into the water,
along with human beings. an fighting
for their lives There were many moe
csslns and rattlers IN unoccupied parts
Of this island. and especially on the
main land. Among a hundred grue-
some stories told OF encounters with
them IN the food, I have space TO re-
peat but one, which / know 10 be true.
In Hitchcock. fifteen miles from Calves
ton. a wealthy old lady from the North
was stopping at the hotel awaiting her
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Gould Castellane's children q heritage
which would have disappeared entirely
before they came Of age.
George Gould was reticent when in
teryiewed. u have nothing to say, he
said. THE facts speak for themselves
Frank Gould said: My brother
George must do all the talking, but l
can say that. we are all greatly
pleased
The countess, when seen yesterday In
Paris, begged with tears in her eyes,
that the matter be treated lightly.
please. please make light Of the mat
ter" she begged. 1T will only revive
stories which will hurt my dear hus-
bands feelings. He already suffers
keenly the exposure Of his present sit
uatlon."
COUNT is FURIOUS.
The Count Bonl is highly indignant
that the French court should have APP
pointed a foreigner" 10 watch over
his" interests. He wanted his penni-
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less father appointed, II a trustee was
to be named
Thinking that he could secure this
concession, the count signed an agree
ment not to oppose trustee proceedings
when George Gould advanced millions
enough TO keep the Red Marble Palace
from being sold for debts
MY SON" said the Marquis de Cas-
tellane. Thought that could serve him
equally we'll Bon and the Gould
brothers won't agree. We both feel
that George Gould will administer the
trust with harsh parslmony Bonl, with
difficulty, win bear this bondage
Some Of the counts more hot-headed
friends assert that he won't submit
TO the severe and contemptous dictates
of the Gouds. and that early divorce
proceedings may be looked for Others
laugh at this
The penurlous marquis Boni's father.
Is the butt of much rldicule too The
fact Is, be expected 90 be appointed
trustee himself This would have Sc
cured him a commission on the ham
ding Of an the money! which would
have been a fortune IN itself and a god
send 10 the moor marquis. But George
Gould took the wind ont Of his sails by
offering TO administer the trust gratis
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Last summer. when George and Ed
win Gould We're In Paris In the interest
OF their sisters business affairs. which
were then In had shape aud which they
were doing all possible to straighten
out, Castellane by his actions on num-
erous occasions Is said 10 have mani
tested his contempt for them, stopping
little short OF absolute insult. His ul-
timatum then took this form: IF you
want TO hush up scandal pay me my
price. And II you wish 10 stop the sale
OF my antiques and thus save your SIS
ter modification. put up the money"
The countess endeavored TO prevent
her brother from being appointed as a
trustee on the ground that George
Gould was a foreigner, but this view
OF the case was not taken by the court,
and the wife was turned down In
the only point by which she could avert
the complete humiliation OF her hus-
band. The count was represented in
court by Mr.. Henry Peartree, president
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: How Count Bom CasteNane Spent the Gou|dMNjonS 81


daughter of j, p. King " Sands Hin.
Ca. was shamefully treated by her
husband and was judlcially separated
from him.
Mrs George STEELE. daugter OF 7.
Douglas Reid. OF New York. married
Sir Arthur Aylmer OF Ireland but se-
cured divorce within a year.
Princess Ferdinand Colonna was the
adopted daughter OF John w Mackay.
OF san Francisco and New York Her
husband treated her so cruelty that
she IL now under the protection OF her
father
The Princess Louise de scey-Mont-
beliard was Miss Wnnaretta Singer.
The conduct of her husband was 20
disgusting that she was forced % flee
from him and got a divorce
Miss Nellie Grant. daughter OF the
great general, married Algernon sar-
t0ris Who ill.treated her so that she
left him.
Miss Frances Work the daughter u
Frank Work 0f New York, was in-
suited and il-treated by her husband.
Hon. James Boothby Burke-R Roche. She
IS now living in this country,
Miss Emily Schaumberg ot Phila-
delphia. married Colonel Hughes Hal
lett, Of England. Her husbands con-
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Galveston, Texas. Oct. 5,--Unthinking
people entertain the idea that after any
great calamity In which large number
Of lives were lost many orphans must
be left without homes. A moments re-
Election will convince you that this can
not be--for would not the smallest and
weakest naturally be FIRST TO go? When
wild pillows. from five to twenty-five
feet high, surged over this island,
sweeping fathers and mothers to their
DEATH what chance had the children?
A few did escape, almost miraculously,
while one or both their parents were
lost. and all OF these are being well
cared for by the Red Cross. 1t is a new
department. not provided for In the
treaty OF Geneva, and in this instance
is not intended 20 be permanent-only
until suitable homes can be provided
for the children, or Galveston's wrecked
orrhanages repaired.
One entire floor Of the big beautiful
white-stone building which the city de-
voted to Red Cross uses, was imme-
diatelv given up to the children, and
in It every storm-waif was comfortably
housed.
Before the food Galveston's various
asylums were full, and Of these, all the
children saved were Immediately con-
veyed to Dallas The largest orphan-
age was 81. Mary's GesulD. down on
the beach, a mile or two from town. OF
its ninety-two children. only three es-
capped. or the beautiful buildings which
had sheltered generations Of little ones.
nothing remained after
THAT AWFUL NIGHT
r. September Sth. but an emnty waste
Of wet sand, with here and there strips
Of black robes and blue worklng-aprons
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duct was so shocking that she secured
separation
Miss Caroline Carroll. ~ Washington,
married William Haggard. brother n
Rider Haggard and a member OF the
British diplomatic corps He DESERT
ed her. She got a divorce.
Nine. Georges ClemeuCeau. wife u
the celebrated French statesman. was
Miss Mary Plummer OF New York. who
got a divorce.
Miss FITZGERALD. daughter OF w. j.
Fitzgerald, OF Ltchenld Conn. mar
ried Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, II
England. She was compelled 10 leave
him and secured a divorce.
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husband, and is back IN this country
happily married TO an American She
was daughter OF George Cary, who
married a Miss Aston
The Countess Erdoedy, OF Hungary.
was Miss Julia Scott, OF New York.
She first married a Major Johnson. Of
the English army. from whom she
secured a divorce on the ground of ha-
bitual drunkenness.
The Marquise de Taueyrand- Peri
CORD is now living IN this city She
was Miss Bessie Curtis. OF Boston. Her
husband made her life wretched. and
she was forced TO leave him.
The MarchiOness OF Anglesey. a
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crops can grow This is the great
strawberry producing section Of the
United states. You know. OF was before
the flood. Miss Barton has decided 10
put one thousand dollars into straw
berry plants alone, and Il an goes rea-
sonably we'll by next April the straw
berry growers win be on their feet.
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CHILDREN OF THE RED CROSS.

Miss Clara Bartons Temporary Orphanage for. Waits
OF the Food-Mraculous Escapes OF Some Little Ones
Whose Fathers Persisted the Storm Christmas
Cheer Tor Children OF the Sufferers" to Provided
from New York.
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AMERICAS YOUNGEST GOVERNOR TO WE'D.

Hon j. g. w. Backham OF Kentucky win Marry Miss Jean
II, Fouqua.
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SORROWS OF CHILDREN

SORROWS OF CHILDREN
are easily assuaged; and when self-re-
spect Is restored, confidence and good
manners are Of rapid growth. Depend
upon II, there Is no missionary work in
the world quite 80 efficient az a full
stomach and clean clothes.
This odd orphanage-ot course under
Miss Barton's control-was first admin
istered by Mr.. Herbert w Lewis, Of
Washington. formerly superintendent
Of charities in the District OF Columbia,
who is one OF the most distinguished
workers in his lire In the country Beds
and furniture were loaned by the
wrecked Protestant orphan asylum OF
Galveston, General Scurry provided
teams and workmen for the moving
and in a days time the great gloomy
rooms Of the old bank building began
TO take on an air OF home, sweet home
As the family Increased, Miss Spratlin
Of Kansas was put In charge as mat
ron, This young woman Is the agent
OF the ladies OF Topeka. who sent her
here with considerable sum of money
and instructions 10 fan into line In any
work Miss Barton might direct At
the beginning Of the Spanish war. she
was a Red Cross nurse IN India, and left
that field 70 help our boys In the Philip
pines. She came home with Funston, to
assist in establishing a refuge FOR sail
ors and soldiers AZ Manila. 10 be called
the clara Barton home.
Later the force was Joined by Mr.
Robert l.. Neil. Of the Children's Aid So
ciety Of New York his mission being to
seek out orphan children and provide
them with suitable homes. His greatest
trouble Is in finding orphans enough to
on the hundreds Of homes that are Of
fered-a magnificent encomium on the
generosity Of the American people. In
deed. so great Is the number OF letters
asking for children to adopt, that Mr.
Neil has been compelled TO get out a
printed circular explaining the scarcity
Of orphans. Miss Barton also receives
great many letters In the same line
mostly Of the impractical sort, demand
Ing children Of unacceptable pedi-
gree, whose parents are both dead. and
even specifying the color Of eyes and
hair required, as II orphans were manu.
featured 10 order.
THE FIRST CHILD
4. ,o,,,c ttpaar Pa Troe. ,,rntactto,, L..
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SOCIETY WOMAN WILL RIDE ASTRlDE

Mrs H P Colegrove Of chicago, Denes cTllosm From
Many Sources