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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
She Is Al and the Rich Man She
Sued Is 81 and a
Bachelor.
HE DENIED HER CHARGES.
Said He Had Never Promised
to Marry Her-But the
Jury Assessed Him
$25,000.
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London, Jan. ia breach-of-promise suit
| that was peculiarly amusing was that of
| Mrs. Catherine Brodie for S150,OOo against
| David McGregor, tried at Edinburgh. The
trial lasted for two days, and resulted In a
verdict of s25.OOo for the plaintiff.
Mrs. Brodie is Il. experienced and hand
some. She was divorced from her husband
and has three children.
Mr.. McGrego- is 81 years old, a contractor.
worth 81 900. and a bachelor
In 1876, said Mrs. Brodie. she married Os-
wald Spottiswoode Brodie. a son of the late
Chief Justice OF New Zealand. She soon got
divorce and returned to Scotland with
her three children.
She became an artist. having previously
studied art. and went to Glasgow to find a
market for her pictures.
A gentleman named Nelson there pro-
posed to her. and she accepted him How
ever. they parted after he had been Obliged.
on Mrs. Brodie taking proceedings. to pay
her $4,000 compensation.
Then, she said. she met Mr.. McGregor
His first proposal she rejected. On his re-
newing the offer she promised to marry
him.
Defendant spoke of leaving her $50. 900 and
$50 900 to each Of her children, and advised
her as to her Investments.
Several dates were fixed for the wedding.
but defendant always found an excuse for
postponing IL.
From time to time she had been buying
furniture and her trousseau. In July she
actually ordered her wedding bonnet.
All together, including the children's edu-
cation. the account amounted to fss2 with
Then the defendant proceeded to traverse
the story OF Mrs Brodie. He said she
called on him very often He was pressed
hrrUy Nf~tr h.a
to sit for his portrait at fl0o-paid In ac-
vance.
He certainly visited the lady a, her ho-
tel ION business" But his main obJect-or
one Of them-was to prevent her from CALI
ing on him so often
She was always introducing the subject
OF marriage; he supposed she was Settling
her cap at him." When the plaintir ad.
vised him to marry. he replied that he was
Defendant never told any one he was 60
ing to be married. No. he had never been
married.
Exactly" said Mr.. McGregor. emphat-
icaIly.
riage'' form to fill up. He would have
nothing to do with II. and returned it,
However. the form was In his pocket when
he reached home.
The ring that he sent back to Mrs.
Brodie? oh. yes; that was joke. Plaintiff
produced lot OF rings she had bought
finger. and ran away. Q.aughter) Mrs.
Brodie ran after him. but he said he would
keep the ring. as II was all the fees he
should get.
Certainly defendant had never sat With
Mrs. Brodie for two and a half hours at a
time: neither had he kissed her.
With a touch of temper, Mr.. McGregor
wound up by declaring that he did not
want to be pestered with her or her let
tiers, either"
But the jury thought Mr. McGregor had
assumed a certain liability in the case and
assessed him $1,000 for the benefit of Mrs.
Brodie-
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Jean de Castellane has seen her bro.he,
several times. and the Due always seemed
10 experience pleasure from her visit.
Nevertheless" continues the application
the Duchesse de Talleyrand and Sagan
oppose these visits. and has locked the door
in the petitioners face"
For these reasons Countess Jean de Cas-
tellane asks the court to authorize her to
visit her brother whenever she chooses. and
TO authorize her. II necessary. to have re-
course to the aid of the police commissary
In order to force open the door.
Before granting the petition, the presi-
dent of the court ordered two physicians
to visit the patient. They will report on his
condition. and will say II they think his
sisters visit would injure his health.
The Duchesse is an American woman.
and was formerly Mrs. Livermore of New
York.
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Trio Known to London, Paris and
New York Police Are Swim
ding in Australia.
WcTIMIZED AN AUSTRIAN.
Two of Them Arrested by Mel.
bourne Officials - Another
Gang at Work in Ade-
laide-Their Methods.
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London, jan L.-Late advices from Mel
bourne. Australia, give details Of the latest
adventures in rascality OF three famous
rogues who have made names for them
selves in London. Paris and New York
Among the guests at Menzies's Hotel,
Melbourne, recently, was a well-dressed
young man Of aristocratic bearing, who reg
istered as John II. Palmer" A Mr. Reit-
longer, an Austrian traveller. put up at Men
LESS q day or two after Mr.. Palmer's ar
rival.
Reitlenger was a stranger to Melbourne.
and Palmer being q man Of engaging man
ners. with just that spice of the American
twang In his talk which makes conversation
interesting. the two soon became great
friends, the Austrian gratefully accepting
The young mans offer to show him round
In the course OF this process they acci-
eentally encountered friend Of Palmer, a
Mr. Russell. and the three went to a hotel
In South Yarra, and had some champagne.
While Mr.. Reitlenger and his friends were
chatting a stranger. who mad been reading
newspaper, and was apparently at the
last extremity OF boredom, Joined in the
conversation and was invited to form one
Of the party.
He talked amusingiy and well, and though
ne rather ignored Mr. Reitlenger. and sd-
| dressed himself to Russell and Palmer, the
austrian found himself much interested in
ne strangers yarns.
=, among other things. he told Palmer and
hussen about an uncle of his who had Just
oleo al Colombo. leaving a somewhat curl
oos provision In his will for the reward Of
persons Of thrifty habits.
~ was, In short, the old. old story, but
al. heitlenger had never had the luck to
nsar II before. and with some difficulty and
ane assistance OF another bottle of cham
paene succeeded in Inducing the stranger to
give him the details
Austrian CIcverly Eleeced.
Ot these the only essential portion was the
eHcumstance that the stranger was author
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SISTER SUES FOR RIGHT To
VISIT HER SICK BROTHER.

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Paris. Jan. 1s.-(Copyright, 1901, by the
New York Herald Company.l-Mrs Walter
hlngsland, who is one OF the srnartest and
most popular ladies Of the American COL
ony. has just taken the villa Perigord, at
cannes. the property of the Duchesse de
Talleyrand Et Sagan.
Gaines society will be delighted at this
news. although regretting the absence Of
the Duchesse, who is detained in Paris ow-
Ing to the i'll health of her husband
The Duo de Talleyrand, by the way, fig
ured publicly this week in connection with
an application made to the courts by his
sister, Comtesse Jean de Castellane. that
she be permitted to see him.
The legal document says that the brother
and sister have always been greatly at
tached to each other
The Due has been in i'll health for some
time during which period the Comtesse
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of IL splendidly.

famine. and came out of it splendidly.
He is to-day only 42 years old. His every
taste is for politics. for which he was
carefully trained by his father, Lord
Scarsdale. who to this day remains cler-
gyman.
Mr.. Arthur Balfour. who is s.. has said
that he cares more for a good game OF golf
than for all the politics in the world. He
is very faulty speaker.
Mr. Chamberlain is 55. and, owing to the
political complications which have arisen
around his name, can never become Prime
Minister. Lord Salisbury is Al.
Thus. according to the opinion Of the
majority Of the Conservative party, Lord
Curzon is the man for the premiership in
case Of any change. and 1t is proper that
he should be on the ground.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
BON M0TS BY THE BISHOP
OF LONDON AND SAM LEWIS
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London: Jan 19.-tCopyright, 1901. by the
New York Herald Company. .)-London lost
two big men during the last week-the
Bishop Of London and Sam Lewis The
Bishop OF London was the author of a say
ing which at one time drew the wrath q.
all the women down upon his head He was
great clubman, lunching every day at the
Athenaeum one day. on being asked 10
define q club, he answered:
"A place where women cease from troub-
ling and the wicked are at rest"
Sam Lewis also was not without his say
ing. The persons he loved to fleece were
young Lords about town. but to the poor he
gave literally. One day he was asked,
What is your motor To which he replied.
81 take from the lord and give unto the
poor"
But Incidentally Lewis contrived 10 put
aside S2e.Oco.VO. which may or may not go
to the poor, according as his widow may
choose TO interpret his will
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lied by the terms Of this will to give a
sovereign to any thrifty person for every
sovereign that person had earned.
The Austrian bit" and after some fur
ther talk went to a bank In Collins Street
and cashed letter Of credit for 81 200, Mr..
Paimer, who was good enough to accom-
@ @pany MN, showing him that he had at the
same time drawn out 1900.
All four met again little later at the
motel. where the stranger, who said his
name I;al1 was North, began to talk about a Gu
had been playing the night before at a
suburban mansion.
He explained the game and Palmer and
Russell at first denounced II as a swirdle
but all four were soon playing II for high
stakes. with the result that Palmer lost
heavily and the Austrian lost all he had.
After day or two It dawned upon Mr..
Reitlenger that he had been swindled, and
he went to the detective office and told his
story there, Superintendent Sharp made
no comments, but produced some photo
graphs. which the Austrian at once iden-
titled
Mr.. North" otherwise Joseph Hanley.
the leader OF the gang, and Mr.. Russell"
otherwise William Burns. alias Fraser, had
not been arrested when the mail left but
John NJ. Palmer was secured and Will be
In this case the gang were loaded for
big game" but as coups of this sort are not
brought of every day. and even a conf
occasion, disdained the smaller fry
Another Gangs Work.
As the gentlemanly villain OF melodrama
always smokes cigarettes, SO does the gen.
tlemanly swindler always drink cham
payne: and two OF them, a week or so be-
fore the Melbourne incident. were thus re-
ealing themselves at an Adelaide hotel
when they discovered to their surprise that
they had left their money behind them.
They explained their position TO the land
lord, and offered to leave a Valuable dia-
mond ring with him until the following day.
when they promised to pay their bill The
landlord asked the gentlemen IL they had
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London. Jan ls.-(Copyright. 1901. by the
New York Herald Company. l-London Is
full Of gossip.
First. there is that which is connected
with the coming marriage OF the Duke of
Westminster and beautiful Sheila Cornwall
lis-West. her real Christian name being
Constance. The marriage is TO take place
on February a. In spite of his youth
only about 22-the attentions of the Duke
have for long time past been settled on
Miss Cornwallis-West. who is at least five
years his senior. Some say that her moth
er, a very clever woman. had arranged the
whole thing. which was violently opposed
by the late Duke. who was the father of
the present one.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-20
KITCHENER'S DISCIPLINE
DISTRESSES YOUNG OFFICERS.
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London, Jan 1s.-Copyright. 1901. by the
New York Herald Company.)-Lo Kitch-
ener is making himself endlessly unpopular
among those who have gone out to Africa
taken from letter from an efficer's hos
pital in Pretoria:
Kitchener came around the hospital two
days ago, looking out the officers who were
shamming. l saw his mustaches pass the
door, but he did not come in TO look at me
He Is very strict about everything The
streets of Pretoria who was wearing a sin
gle eyeglass. and said: Excuse me, but do
you think ii absolutely necessary to your
sight to wear that glass?
"The officer replied, Ya-as, certainly
ITO this Kitchener replied: i am particu-
lar TO have 0mcers OF good sisnt IN freto-
the lines of communica ton at 5 O'clock
Collapse of the officer
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ing that of the visit Of the Duke and Duch-
ess OF York to Kilkenny Castle. the Ouch
ess having been specially delighted with the
lovely old place.
It is hoped In Ireland that the wedding
will take place from Kilkenny. but it Is far
more likely that the ceremony. which Is
certain to be one Of the most brilliant
functions Of the early spring season. viii be
celebrated in London. where Lord and Lady
Ormonde possess very charming house in
Upper Book street.
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GENERAL POLE-CAREW WILL
SOON WE'D BEAUTIFUL GIRL
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London. Jan. I9.-The engagement OF Gen.
eral Polly Carew to Lady Beatrice Butler
is the engagement Of the moment, and
arouses equal interest in English and Irish
society. The bridegroom-elect is a West
Countrymsn, and is almost as popular in
his own part Of the world as is Sir Red
vers Butler. to whom he Is, by the way, re-
lated. his mother having been Miss Butler
Of MorvaL The famous soldier first ac-
quired his nickname of Polly Carew at
Eton. where he is still remembered by one
or two Of the older masters as one of the
greatest daredevils in the famous school
General Pole-Carew was till recently re-
garded as a confirmed bachelor.
Lady Beatrice Butler is one of the two
beautiful daughters OF Lord and Lady Or
monde. They have both inherited the
beauty for which the Butler and the Gros-
venor family are famed-Lady Beatrice re-
calling her grandmother, the first Duchess
OF Westminster. while Lady Constance has
the fair beauty which has become the birth
right OF the Ladies' Butler.
Lady Beatrice and Lady Constance have
spent much OF their youth at Kilkenny
Castle. but as children they were also con-
stantly at Eaton Hall. and even as quite
young girls they accompanied their parents
to cowes, where each year Lord Ormonde
who Is a prominent member of the Royal
Yacht Squadron. has always taken a keen
interest in yachting.
General Pole-Carew's bride elect is one of
the few English girls who have had the
privilege OF often meeting the German EN-
peror and Empress. His Imperial Majesty
is. indeed. said to have observed that Lady
Beatrice Butler was a perfect type Of the
high-born English damsel
The two daughters Of Lord and Lady Or
monde are both keen sportswomen. Lady
Beatrice has often helped her mother to en-
tertain royalty. one OF the last occasions be-
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Take Parker's Headache Powders They
are safe and sure. AL druggists. Price lec,
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3 Trains Run Daily

To Louisville and Cincinnati via b. q. O.
S-W. Best sieepers. parior, dining and OBJ
servation cars. Full information at Broad
way and Locust street
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EXCURSION sLEEPING CARS

Leave St Louis on Katy Flyer CM.. K.
nT:15S n.y. see ss % syeIg ay.ps nsesaa' via San
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VI these the only essential portion was the
circumstance that the stranger was author
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
ToPSY-TURVY HOUSE.
Bachelors Apartments Transformed
by Friends.

On Fort street, near School, in one
known young bachelors make their
home. They are NJ Tuft, Guy Kelly
Howard Adams, Louis Marx and Percy
Benson.
These gentlemen We're going to en-
terrain a couple of friends from the
coast last night, but something unex-
pected happened. Their friends are Ar
thur f. Allen, an attorney of San Fran
cisco and c. F. Michaels, one of firm
of wholesale druggists in the same
city
AT o'clock last evening the two visi-
tors from the coast were to appear, but
they were warned away. 1t seems that
some of the friends of the bachelors
had got wind of the proposed affair and
decided~to have some fun. They went
TO the house during the absence of the
tenants (who work during the day.,
and proceeded to turn things upside
down and inside-out. They took all
the beds to pieces, put the mattresses
on the roof, turned pitchers and basins
upside-down, moved the best bedroom
set into the kitchen, put the piano
there also and placed the stove in the
parior, hid chairs and bed Stats and
moved everything from it's proper place
Having completed their work, they de-
camped whence they came. and no one
KNOWS who they are, whence they came
OF now the jolly bachelors will get
even. The formal entertainment did
not come off.
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NO LOSS OF TIME

have sold Chamberlain,s Collie.
1 Hnolera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
Zee - ano would rather be out Of cof-
t1ea ano sugar than it. sold flve bot
tles or 1T yesterday to threshers that
could go no farther, and thew are nj
work again this morning. n.
phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. As Will
De seen by the above the threshers
msIe aDie 70 keep on with their work
Mlenout losing single days time. You
should keep a bottle of this rer,aI,,
IN your home. For sale by Renson
smith & Co.. Ltd. wholesale agents,
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For further particulars, and terms
and conditions Of the sale, enquire of
The times., 1901-05-13

tains one or more underground council
chambers, while several more are usually
grouped about the walls.
Occupying usually the walls below the
cliffs, but sometimes the mesas above, are
many smaller ruins, built of stone, and
similar in construction to those described
above. They must have contained origi-
nally from ten TO fifty rooms each, were
rectangular circular, or irregular in con-
struction. and are not in a good state of
preservation.
George f. Kuntz, special agent of the
department, describes the petrified forest
in Arizona as follows:
Among the great American wonders is
the siliciffed forest known as Chalcedony
Park, situated about eight miles south of
Corizo. a station on the Atlantic and Pa
cifc Railroad. in Apache County, Ariz.
The locality was first discovered by the
department in 1853 as a result of reports
made by the Pacific Railroad exploring
survey. There is every evidence TO show
that the trees grew beside some inland
sea. After falling they became water
logged, and during decomposition the cell
structure of the wood was entirely re-
placed by silica from sandstone In the
walls surrounding this great inland sea.
over the entire area trees lie scattered in
all conceivable positions and in fragments
OF all sizes the broken sections sometimes
resembling a pile of cartwheels.
"A phenomenon perhaps unparalleled
and the most remarkable feature of the
park, is a natural bridge formed by q
tree of agatized wood spanning a canyon
forty-ffVe feet in length. In addition to
the span. fully fifty feet of the tree lies
on one side making il visible for a length
of over one hundred feet"
The times., 1901-05-13
MR.. coLER MAKES A FORTUNE.
The Comptroller Big Buyer in wall
street After the Panic.

NEW YORK, May 12.-Comptroller Coler
was at his office yesterday for the first
time In two days. 1t was reported that
in these two days the Comptroller made a
fortune in stocks.
Just a week ago Mr.. Coler closed out a
large amount OF holdings in which he had
invested early in January. His profits
enabled him TO make good to his firm of
W. y. Coler & Co. the amount lost by the
house last year through the transactions
Of Frank Coler, the Comptroller's brother
Mr.. Coier was shrewd enough to predict
q slump. When the general smash came
Thursday the Comptroller was on the
floor OF the exchange. He bought heavily
His investments were largely in Steel
He got a lot when this stock fell to 25
Because Of the personal activity OF the
Comptroller it is said that his firm has
made immense profits and that Mr. Colers
private fortune has been largely in
creas sed.
Mr.. Coler did :est-care to talk about his
winnings yeSterd ~
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SAVED BY A WoMAN's PLUCK.
Climbed Over "A sSyaying Carriage TO
Stop a RUNAWAY

NEW YORK. May l2-Mrs. William w
Ackermans pluck saved three persons in
a runaway Friday night She is the wife
Of the superintendent or the Crescent Iron
Works, in Elizabeth. Their home is al
100 stiles Street, in that city. With her
child her sister. Mrs. Harris Tabor, and
a Mrs. Brown, of Brooklyn she was re-
turning from an afternoon dance In a
closed carriage.
At Mrs. Tabors residence. 90 Stiles
Street the coachr:lan left the box 10 hold
an umbrella over Mrs. Tabor and Mrs.
Brown as they hurried through the rain
70 the door. During his absence the team
ran away with Mrs. Ackerman, her child
and her sister The horses dashed along
Stiles Street 10 Cherry and 10 Morris
Avenue.
When Mrs Ackerman realized what
had happened she opened the Carriage
door. and. clinging as best she could to
the swaying vehicle, climbed around TO
the drivers box.
No sooner had she reached IL than.
climbing out on the horses backs, she
got hold OF the reins, which were trailing
along on the ground. The woman then
made her way back to the drivers seal
and with firm grip OF the reins soon
checked the runaway team and then
drove 10 her home.
The times., 1901-05-13
AUCTION SALES.
S. H. LUNT. Auctioneer.
AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SUBURBAN
PROPERTY IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY,

AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SUBURBAN
PROPERTY IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY,
VIRGINIA.
The undersigned, special commissioners of sale
appointed by the Circuit Court OF Alexandria
county, Virginia, will offer for sale, at public
auction. on the premises, on TUESDAY. THE 2IST
DAY OF MAY 1901, AT 3 p. NJ all that tract OF
land, containing about twenty acres of which
the late Richard Norris died seized and possessed
situated on the main road leading from George
town to Falls Church. near Wundcrs Cross Roads
and about two and one-half miles from Washing
ton in Washington, District Of Alexandria COun-
ty, Va, and bounded on the south by said county
road on the west by Sherrier's the north by
Cussck's and Boteler's, and the east by DR..
J. Taber Johnson's and Weaver's land.
This land is improved by new six-room dwell
ing, tenement house, outbuildings, fruit of all
kinds etc. Is very desirable for small fruit truck
or poultry farm, would sub-divide 70 advantage
Within one mile of the W. A. and F. C. Electric
Railway, and three-eighths of mile of Old Do
minion Electric Railway.
Terms of sale-One-third cash, balance in three
equal payments at six twelve, and eighteen
months with interest at the rate OF per cent
per annuIn until paid or all cash at the option
Of the purchaser. Title to be retained until all
purchase money is paid All conveyancng, includ-
ing revenue stamps at cost of purchaser.
4 deposit of 500 required at time Of sale.
Terms to be complied with within twenty days
OF day of sale.
For full particulars call or address
A W. ARMSTRONG,
Alexandria, Va.
WILL W DOUGLAS
$50 St, Washington, ID. c.
Special Commissioners of Sale.