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There have been q number OF people in town.
Colonel John Jacob Astor was here yesterday, as
we're also Mrs Perry Tiffany. Mrs. George De For
est Mrs Edmund /. Baylies. Mrs. Robert Goelet
sr6 Mrs Grfswold Gray.
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Colonel and Mrs. John Jacob Astor have decided
not 20 go abroad this winter after ALL If their son.
Vincent remains in good health. In that event
they VIII stay in town until they go to Aiken
where they said 10 have taken the William R.
Travers place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31

Nj. and Mrs. Arson Phelps Stokes will leave
Ls1ox the latter part Of the week and open their
town house No. Z29 Madison-ave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-31

Miss Ethel Taintor. daughter OF MI and Mrs
Giles z Tsiutor. was married yesterday afternoon
q her parents home No. 128 West F1fty-seventh-
ST, 10 John Harper, who was attended by Henry
Harper best man, while Giles A Taintor the
brides brother: Harrison II. Bird. Leonard F.
Nicol and William Hyde OBLIGATED ushers. Miss
Tslntor. who was gowned in white satin. trimmed
with dEchesse lace, wore duchesse lace veil, her
Oily attendant being little Miss Annie Harper.
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The Charity Ball viii be held at the Waldorf
Astoria on January %.
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Daisy Post the daughter OF the late William Post,
and James Lawrence Van Allen. the son OF ]. J.
Van Allen and the grandson of Mrs. Astor. has
been already announced by report several times
Mrs. Post denied Il last Saturday, but announced
Il et Newport on Monday. Miss Post is the niece
OF Mrs Frederick ". Vanderbilt and the sister of
Mrs. Thomas Howard. No plans have yet been
made for the wedding.
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MIS- Aston gave a small dinner on Monday night
At her home, No So F1fth-ave. and afterwerd took
her guests 70 WalIack's. The party comprised Mr..
and Mrs Orue Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund I.
Bsylies and Moncure Robinson
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EMPRESS DowAGER MAKING TROUBLE
SENDING ENIIsi ARIES TO RAISE ARMIES IN
THE YANGTsE VALLEY.

London, Oct 31.-'Most serious trouble" says
the Shanghai correspondent Of THE Daily Elk
press" rs brewing in the Yangtse region.
whittier the Empress Dowager has sent ennis
saries to raise powerful armed bodies to ex-
terminate converts and expel foreigners. She
has appointed Yu Chuan a VIGOROUSLY anti-for-
eign general 10 be Military Governor Of the
Yangtse district"
In the Province Of Quang-Tung. according to
the Hong-Kong correspondent Of The Daily
Mail" the rebellion is subsiding, owing to the
scarcity Of arms and ammunition
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Charles Lanier has returned from Lenox and has
opened his town house, No. 80 East Thirty-sev-
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The dispatch OF the St. Petersburg correspond
ent OF The Times follows:
Russia In acknowled gtng the Anglo-German
Agreement unreservedly accepts the first two
clauses as establishing principles she herself had
already advocated. Concerning Clause Three, she
simply refers the two contracting parties to the
Russian circular of August o. saying that she
would modify her attitude according to circum-
stances. The fourth clause Is very CURLY dis
comment
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RUSSIAN REPLY INADEQUATE
WHAT ST. PETERSBURG SAYS OF THE
ANGLo-GERMAN AGREEMENT

London, Oct 80.-Russias reply to the Anglo
German Agreement was received at the Foreign
Office this evening. 1t is generally outlined
by The London Times in the dispatch from
its St Petersburg correspondent this morning,
cabled to The Associated Press. The officials OF
the British Foreign Office do not regard the
Russian note adequate treatment Of the
points raised in the Anglo German Agreement
note. They say the Russian reply lacks the
defnitiveness so desired by Lord Salisbury
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MARRIED.

Tuesday, October 80 az 12s
JTast 57th-st BY the William NJ. Grosvsnor. John
Harper 20 Ethel Muster daughter OF Mr.
E. Tainton-
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Notices of marriages and deaths must be in
dorsed with full name and address.
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Matter, Commercial Papers. and Samples Germany
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Il IS on December Is and January q that the
Assembly balls VIII take place the Waldorf
Astoria The patronesses are Mrs. Aston Mrs
John Jacob Astor, Mrs William Bayard Cutting
Mrs. Duncan CTyder. Mrs Brockholst Cutting Mrs
Lloyd Bryce. Mrs. Henry L Barley. Mrs Gerry.
MIS- Ogden Goeet. Mrs. E. H Hartman. Mrs c.
Oliver Iselin. Mrs d'Hauteville Mrs. John Hone,
Mrs. Adrian Iselin. Mrs William Douglas Sloane
Mrs. James Russell Soley, Mrs. Sheldon Mrs. Bev-
erly Robinson. Mrs J. Hampden Robb, Mrs Ger
sl6yu Redmond. Mrs Moses Taylor Pyne. Mrs
Frederick De Peyster. Mrs. Edward c. Post Mrs.
Charles A. Post Mrs. Henry Parish, IT, Mrs 4
Newbold Morris, Mrs J. PierpOnt Morgan. Mrs,
Robert Miuturn. Mrs Ward McAlster, Mrs
Charles H. Marshall, Mrs Lorillard. Mrs Wood
bury Langdon, Mrs. Luther Kountze Mrs. Hamil-
ton Fist Keal. Mrs. Kean. Miss Louise Langdon
Kane, Mrs. Louis Quentin Jones. Mrs. Cadwalla-
Ger Jones, Mrs. Street Mrs. Walter L. suydam,
Mrs. J. Kennedy Tod, Mrs. Stephen Van Rensse-
lee-, Miss Whitney. Mrs Frederic GaIlatin, Mrs.
william Cowles Mrs. Francis Mcneil Bacon. Mrs.
Thatcher Adams and Mrs. Edmund Baylies.
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DIED.

BERGBN-On Saturday. October 81. Elizabeth BaEuoos
OF the late John G. Berssn. IN her sSth year -
will be held her late residence No
81 Lfayete-ave. Brooklyn. Wednesday October 81 at
TnteEment at the convenience the family.
kindly omit howers
FArRCHuD-At Cornwau-on-EIudson Suddenly October
"a De Forrest Fairchild. aged 81
Interuent az LsavenwOrth kan
GRAHAM-At he residence. London. England.
% 1900. Mrs. Charlotte a WalWorth Graham. in
the s1st year OF her age
ruternent az Adams. VI. On Friday November 2
FARTLEY-Entered into rest az Morristown. n. j..
sunday october 2S. Henrietta NJ Hartley. wife OF the
inta William NJ b Hartley, OF this city, and daughter
~ he late Colonel Phios Blake, OF New Haven.
services al her residence 4 O'Clock Wednes-
day afternoon, October 81
ryrTcr4rTA-At saugatuck Conn. October 80. Frankiyn
KILLER eldest Of the late Morris KstchuE.
Funeral private
ECING-on Monday. October % her residence No IS
East 2lst-st. Caroline King widow OF c. King
IN the year u her
services Calvary Church 4th-ave- and
ST. on wednesday, October 81 1900. 9;s5 a. m.
Interment Jamaica, Long Island.
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5petial Notlrts.

notice of Removal
DCNSTAN.
DRESSES AND NANTES.
have removed their newly hFilt premises
2S WEST Bath ST.
w W indsOr Arcade Turkish and Russian Baths
6aI sou fSopsas Nov list Gentlemen ladies
teIlrnlshed and redecOrated. chropodst raancurs
nd apartments for bachelors FFEDERYCK
l. KING, Manager
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RE1ITrTANCEs

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Among the fashionable people taking luncheon
yesterday in the palm garden at the Waldorf
Astoria were Colonel and Mrs. sJohn Jacob Astor,
VINO had Miss Wetmore with them n Wetmore' s
frock o. navy blue serge stitcheC with white
Sic wore hat OF tucked red velvet. trimmed with
& large black and white quill Mrs. Astor was
atttred in black rough camels hair frock. with
narrow white stripe. The skirt made with the
high bodice belt on the back TO meet her Eton
jacket This finished with revers Of ecru
batste and Mrs Richard Irwin, who like
wise taking luncheon there was IN black cloth
specLsd with white and wore black round hat,
while Mrs. GoUverneur Kortright all IN black
and Mrs. Frederic Benedict in frock Of black
broadcl0Ch combined with lack velvet and large
black hat trimmed with ecru lace and adorned
with e big bunch OF chrysanthemums.
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The wedding Of Miss Emma Dorrance Stone,
Daughter OF the late George F Stone Of Fair Oaks,
MorTtsrowr y. J.. and Walter 5. Kerneys, Of New
York, took place yesterday ct the South Street
Presbyterian c -1rch, Morristown, the Rev DR..
BabcocA, OF Neps-York. performing the cersmony.
Above the place where the bride and bridegroom
stood were suspended several large white satin
bells. II each Of which electric light.
Chains q smilaz hung from the bells 10 the sides
q the church. where they were met by large ropes
Ct laurel The organ was decorated with laurel
and white chrysanth@mums, large palms filing the
corners, The decorations were unusually pretty.
Mss Stone entered with her cousin, Christopher r.
Corning. who gave her away Her dress was Of
white corded silk. with train. the waist being
trimmed with chiffon and lace She wore q point
lace ven fastened with orange blossoms, and car
lled z bouquet q lilies OF the valley. Mss Mare
i. Baldwin. her maid OF honor, blue SILK
gown and picture hat. with black plumes in H. ana
carried & bunch Of pink roses. The best man was
REGINALD Eonalds- The ushers were Frederick q.
sPeccen. who recently married Miss Margaret
stone George Brewster. Arthur Sturg1s, Harold
barclay Eeward Crosby, and William stone z
reception was held at Fair oaks the home Of Mcs
George r Stone. Among those present az the
ceremony were Mr.. and Mrs. Abner ". Colgate
--r and Mrs Robert Colgate, Dr.. and Mrs. Corn
l.s, Ms Crane Miss Margaret Lanier WinsIoW
rs anna { Bushnell; Mics Louise Walker. MISS
1-isses FerCan. Miss Swords, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs
SS5f-ane. Wills Mrs. Hughes. Miss Stephenson,
s-fs- Tiers. Mrs Ames. Miss Marie O. Bryce, Miss
-aL-1. 4Irs H F. Taylor and Mrs. Durham MT
ne ceremony They win sail soon for Europe and
spend winter 4 Eiesole-
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The Irish standard., 1900-06-16
ANTRIM

At the last meeting Of the central ex-
ecutive committee Of the Belfast Catho-
lie association, held in St. Marys hall,
Alderman VIM. Mccormick, J. P, in
the chair, resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing the party system which pre-
walls in Belfast, whereby bands, accom-
panied by riotous and disorderly mobs,
are permitted, on any pretext, to pa
rade the streets, and wreck or otherwise
destroy or injure Catholic property, to
the great danger of the peace of the
city; and calling on the executive gov
eminent to Use the proper authority to
take means to prevent recurrence of
such scandalous scenes, when Catholic
property, including the schools and
presbytery in Donegal street, the mon
astery, Ardoyne, and the Mater hos
pital, an institution which is established
for the aid of all creeds and classes,
were attacked and rnucl, damage was
done.
CORK.
Among the recipients of "decora-
tons" in the recent Queen Victoria
Honor List" appears the name of
Surgeon Lieutenant-Colone Aylmer
Crofts, distinguished student Of the
Cork Queens College and graduate of
me Royal University. Lieutenant
Colonel Crofts got high place in the
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16
No Time TO Lose.

Young friend, you're fond of sport and
play
In that there's nothing wrong;
But as I love you let me say,
Don't be boy too long!
Aou've got your name and fame to
make,
Your path to carve or choose
Believe you me, though young you be
You've got no time to lose.
An early start in l1onor's race
Is just the way to win;
A late set out, a lazy pace,
Is something like sin:
If you but think the matter DER
You'll come to share my views.
And say to me, "Well, yes, I see,
I've got no time to lose"
And don't forget. as on you go,
How high soccer you rise,
The goal is set, not here below,
But far beyond the Skies
/ got hint myself, to-day,
From dear old Father Hughes
ct. D. said he, "at seventy three,
You've got no time to lose"
II. D. Sullivan in Westminster Ga
zette.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16
NEWS ] FROM IRELAND
Irish Brigade with Dom Paul.

Irish Brigade with Dom Paul.
(Air: O'Donnell aboo)
The Irish Brigade on the broad veldt is
fighting,
Led by Mcbride and the brave Cap
tain Blake
With the army of Kruger, their forces
uniting
To hurl back the tyrant from the
kopje and brake.
Hear that fierce battle yell. that Saxon
remembers we'll,
Its echoes resounding DER mountain
and Kraa1,
Give them Fontenoy. now boys to
win or die,
Death to the foes of the land of Dom
Paul.
Though twenty to one are the foemen
in number,
The great God OF freedom will come
to our aid,
He sees our just cause, for His eye new
er slumbers,
His help He will give to the Irish
Brigade,
Fight for. Gods freedom, now unto
His will we bow,
Remembering in heaven, His eve
watches all;
Justice will yet prevail, soon we will
proudly hail
Freedom again for the land of Dom
Paul.
We will fight to the last with untirng
devotion
With Steyn and Paul Kruger and
brave volunteers,
To down British hrelings who came
DER the ocean
With slavery and chains for the bold
mountaineers.
When battling with robber horde think
of the Yellow Ford,
Where the flower of the army o!
England did fall;
Think OF the great O'Neil, give them
your Irish steel
God, Home and Freedom for the land
OF Dom Paul.
Though Cronje is exiled and Joubert
departed,
We still have brave heroes to lead in
the van;
The faith of Our leader will keep us
stout-hearted,
And even the maiden will fight as
the man.
Remember the Treaty Stone, think Of
the blood and bone
OF Ireland, that nurtured the soil OF
the Gaul;
Forget not Cremona's Gate nor Sars-
field the true and great
Charge now for freedom and the
rights of Dom Paul.
Though Nero" of England declares tc
the world
That Erin her freedom will never re-
,ceive,
The flag Of Our country will yet be TIN,
Z furled,
By the. force. OF our arms our land
we'll relieve.
'Celts, hear the cannon roar, echoes re-
sounding DER
Fhe plains of the Transvaal agains,
British thrall;
Fight though your veins run dry, proud
is your lot to die,
Battling for freedom in the land Of
Dom Paul.
e. Walshe in the Pilot.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16


of man named Brown, who lost no
time in procuring boat and pulling off
to her assistance. After considerable
difficulty Brown released her from her
perilous position and brought her safely
ashore.
WICKLOW.
On May a, boatman named Thomas
Walsh discovered the body of man
floating down the Liffey, near the en-.
trance to the Ringsend docks. The
body was identified by the deceased S
wife as that of Edward McAnnon, a ma
tive of Arklow, who was about so years
of age, and had been employed on
board the sailing vessel Diadem.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16

At the Drogheda Quarter Sessions,
on May 20, County Court Judge Kisbey
informed the grand jury that there was
only one bill to go before them, in which
a party was charged with breaking a
plate glass window.
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16

On the evening of May 26, while a
man named Michael Higgins. OF Terry
land, Galway, was carting stones from
quarry, on his own land, one of the
large stones fell off the car and fright
ened the horse, which ran furious1y
along the road for some few hundred
yards, when Higgins, in attempting to
stop the horse, was thrown from the
car, run over and killed.
KERRY.
The Tralee Sentinel says, regarding
the drumming tip for the English army
iii Africa: For some days past reserv-
lists Of the Munster Fusiliers have beer
arriving in Tralee from various parts Of
the United Kingdom. A large percent
age OF then-strange to say-arc Eng
llshmen; and some have been 12 years
Or more in civil life. They will leave
Tralec for Kimberley in few days.
Military men inform us that this last
call exl,austs all the reserves. So, Eng
land has to claim her last man to enable
her to cope with "a handful of farmers
and their few friends"
KILKENNY.
1t was announced in Kilkenny, on
May %, that writs for libel, at the suit
OF the Marquis of Ormonde and Mr..
Hercules Langrishe, were being issued
against Mr.. Standish O'Grady, editor
OF the Kilkenny Moderator. Another
suit, for SANDER, was announced, on the
part of the Right Rev. DR.. Crozier,
Protestant bishop OF Ossory, the DAM
The Irish standard., 1900-06-16
TreSa--Ars. z. 4 Dewitt,
1ns. Hec.-Aia0 Katie TnHan.
Elm. Hec.-Miss Aaxxis Kelley
A0at on Amt Sunt1SY OF HeI8l

Tre3A--Arn z. Il Dewitt,
Ina. sse.-nias Katts TeHaa.
Elm. sec...Miss AaESis Kelley.
u. and third Wednesday at 1:ae ,. n.
Sc. CLOUD, BTNARMs COUNTY,.
Co. Pres.-T. c. BcollaA.
a. piy No !. Ct cie9d--Aest,.ee Third
. rsaesei SIoe q month at NJ. ". A hail. Hun
DULUTH. ST: LOUIS COUNTY.
Ply: No; 1.IPIs;,as,t, yeAs Flood.
Fin. and Ins. SEA-. Murphy, j., narsM
Treas.-J. Il. Sullivan.
Meetings hrnt Wednesday evening md
third Sunday afternoon in each nosth n
Catholic association hall.
Div: No. 4, West Dulnth.-Prsstasot, WIN.
Nnrnian.
Vice Prss-s. c. Bolser.
Rec see:-Jamss Connolly.
FIN. and Irs. see.oSeo. Coleman.
Meets ntst and third Tuesd.ys Of meath
Daughters Of Erin, Div. No. l.-co. Pres..
Mrs.. ]. 81. Sullivan.
Pres.--Ara. D. P. Mcdonald
We pics Pr M. $. G: geslses:
Bldg.
Treas:-Miss y. Jordan.
Fin. sec.-Niss n. HorKAn.
tns Rec.-Niss Agnes Callahan.
Meets nrst AID third Wednesday svuainRs
OF month In Kalamazoo Block Hail
DIVISION NO. 4
Pres...Mrs. J. P. Hammiii.
Vice Pres.-Ars. g. A. Coleman.
Rec. Sec.-Mrs. Joseph Burns.
Elm and 1ns: sec.-Mrs. ]. Cyns.
Treas.-Mrs. William Gavaean.
Meetings hrst Sunday afternoon ana third
tuesday evening OF month In A. o. q. ",
hall. '"
wAsECA, wAshcA COUNTY.
Co. Pres.-Thos. Boucher,
Pres --Ian Cnnrax
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-27

Swan struggling violently with the mulat-
AS he sprang UP, livid with rage, he saw
pushed her hands aside and took a long
kiss The next second a stunning dow
stretched him full length upon the moor.
come I'd with the black-would taste the
savage sweetness of vengeance. Ihey
could not a second time escape him-those
audacious ones! He could nor DOUBT now
that the woman had been full partner in
the scheme.
He gained on them swiftly. They Were
lust 80 yards in front-he rose in his STIR
rups to cry halt after them But the cry
was drowned in a louder notes.-the blur
ring boom of cavalry guns heavily charg-
ed The flash came straight In front,
little way down the road. undervoicins
the sound he caught the muff1ed murmur
of many men springing suddenly TO arms:
Ii was not a picket post, but vanguard
he had surprised. Wrathfully he fired his
six shots in air. then wheeled and rode
for life toward his own camp.
"Morrisi o thank the Lord we didn
touch you' the captain of the guard
said as Morris leaped from Black Doug
las. Morris had no word for him. Swan
lay inert in his arms-and he felt her
head drop prone against his shoulder, ana
knew that the bullet which had stlled
her heart was intended for his own.
The next day but one Colonel billiard
walked into General Forests headquar-
ters to say: my dear general. please send
in a flag of truce. My sons wife has died
very suddenly We wish to bury her at
Wake Forest-beside his mother"
As ne spoke, so 1t was done.
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of hair like back fioss-silk. Her race, the
Domad poor white. is a sort of human
century p ant. Cnce perhaps in each hum
bred years mys eriously Il flowers into
ts-lutely perfect beauty.
She stood slightly swaying, and thrum-
ming an old Spanish guitar, Major Hill
lard looked her over with heart full of
murderous compassion. The appeal OF
her beauty fully excused his son. and
took away any lingering trace of hard
ness toward him, yet In so excusing
made him all the more determined on
rescue. In all his life before he had
never wilfulIy hurt a woman. Now that
needs must be hurt one. he meant to do
his best to salve the wound.
"swan-you love my son?' he asked.
looking her full in the eye.
IL reckon So" Swan said fumbling
with the ribbon at her throat.
That is why you don't want him to be
poor?" the Major asked. Swan nodded,
gulped, then said slowly: "He-Morris-
alnt htten for that. He amt no mo-
1tten'n a racers fifteen to be a mule.
faint nice, bein' po'. know all about
that"
MOT 1t Is not nice-you don't want
to be poor all your hfe?" the Major in
terrupted Swan shuddered a little, and
swallowed hard. Suddenly she flung up
her head, her whole face subtly hardened
mol / don't want TO be po always, ."
she said; "Ner don't mean ter be Meth
er. Eff 1 CANT have Morris and the
money"
You'll take the money" Major billiard
supplemented as she choked and grew
silent; THAT is very wise. l am glad
indeed, to find you so sensible"
II amt sensible-I am drove ter
death" Swan cried. hiding her face in her
hands. For a minute gusty sobs shook
her whole frame. All at once she dashed
the tears from her eyes, dropped her
hands, and asked, watching Major Hill
Hard narrowly as she spoke: Did Morris
send you? Er did you come on 20 own
account"
THAT has nothing to do with the
case" Major Hilliard said diploma tically.'
See here! I want figgers. Sentiments
good but gimme dollars an cents" Old
Nat growled from the door: Dollars an
cents in er Jumper big lump at that" he
went on. you may come yer soft sawder
over that thar fool gal, but you don't
come Ii over me-"
Major billiard looked at Swan as though