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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
But Few Left Of the Four Hundred

Some years ago when the late Ward
McAllister in his attitude of social ar
biter announced that there were but 400
people in New York who knew how to
comport themselves properly in a ball
room, there arose dire wall from the
several thousands OF the left-outs. New
ertheless the classification stuck, and the
Four Hundred has been the accepted
term to designate metropolitan society
ever since. Now, as has already been
stated, reverend person named Nichols
Charles Wilbur de Lyon Nichols, late
OF Nichols, Conn.,, but later Of ia Mad
ison avenue New York City-a friend Of
the late Ward McAllister, be 1t noted,
comes along with his little Ratchet and
SO trims the society tree of its superfluous
branches, twigs and buds that there is
left upon it scantily sixty families, not
in New York alone, but in the whole Unit
ed States. The Rev. DR.. Nichols new
and condensed list is biased upon many
talks with Mr. McAllister presumably
not recent, as DR.. Nichols does not claim
to hold spiritualistic communication with
the dead), and many talks with the So
cial leaders of to-day in the principal
cities of the United tSates, and upon my
own judgment Of the fitness of things.
"A social court has been established in
this country" continues the expert, las
difficult to be presented to as any court
in Europe 1t is founded upon wealth
and only those Of great wealth can be a
part of that court or even aspire tc a mere
presentation
Upon the head Of Mrs. William Astor
DR.. Nichols sets the regal crown. She
is the leader of American society, he bold
ly declares, and to her will succeed her
daughter-in- law, Mrs. John Jacob Astor.
Other New York families that bask in
the fierce light that beats upon the
throne are the Vanderbilts, the Belmonts,
the Whitneys, the Burdens and the Goe-
lets. Almost the entire list OF thirty-slx
New York families is made up Of those
who are newcomers, socially, within one.
or at most, two generations. The only
families in the roster with any pretensions
to genealogical standing, are the Goelets,
the Potters, the Fishers, the Dyers and
the Rhinelanders. All the rest are or
the Vanderbilt Belmont-Burden type;
people who have pushed themselves for
ward within the last quarter OF century
by social energy backed by enormous
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Marie CorelIi and Andrew Lang Break Out

Andrew Lang joins the long list of crit
les of Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The ISL
anders," with a scathing denunciation Of
the authors personality. Mr.. Lang takes
the character in "Stalky & Co.," gener-
ally supposed to be Kipling himself, holds
him up to derision for ''his athletic bru-
tality' and concludes:
The Americans VIGOROUSLY excel in many
games like the Australians. Surely they are
no worse for that It is not the games, but
the fanaticism about the games and the rub
bish written against the games that we have
to regret.
Whenever any officer remotely con-
nected with cricket or football is wounded
in South Africa several OF the papers now
always sardonically refer to him as an
other "muddled oaf' or "fanneled fool"
after Kipling's lines.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
Result Of the Meeting Between the
Landrath Of Hanover and Ten
ant Of the Royal Estate.
Assertion That Political Capital and
Not Money Induced the Alb.
duction of Miss Stone.

Hanover, Prussia, Jan. 1S.-Herr Won
Bennigsen, landrath of Hanover, son
of the noted politician Rudulf Won Hen
nigsen, died during the night as the result
Of a bullet wound in the breast, sustained
in duel fought Thursday last with Herr
Falkenhagen,- a tenant Of the royal estate
near Syringe. The duel was the out
come of the intimacy of Herr Falkenhagen
with Frau Won Bernigsen. sThe club to
which Herr Won Bennigsen belonged in
formed him Of the stories in circulation.
On Monday Frau Won Bennigsen visited
Hanover and returned to Syringe in the
evening. accompanied by Herr Falken-
hagen. The next morning Herr Won
Bennigsen ordered his wife to leave his
house and then challenged Herr Falken-
hagen. The conditions of the duel were
three rounds with pistols at ten PAGES.
Herr Won Bennigsen, who was short
sighted, was shot in the first round. His
brother witnessed the duel.
EARLY Version.
Berlin, Jan. :18-Clandestine meetings
between the wife of Governor Won Ben
ningsen of the town of Syringe, near Han
over and Herr Falkenhagen, who leases
a large acreage of the crown lands, led
to a duel yesterday, in Emperor Williams
hunting park at Syringe. Falkenhagen
fired his pistol at the count of 'tone' and
his adversary, Governor Von Benningsen,
fell with wound in his breast that is
expected to prove fatal. The governors
weapon was not discharged. ,-
For long time there has been gossip
In the town concerning the relations ex-
listing between Frau Won Benningsen and
the rich land lessor. Despite the wide
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
New York People Making It Very
Warm for the Centrak Rail
road Company.
Discussion and Feeling Stirred Up
by the New Classification OF
the Four Hundred.

New York, Jan. 1S.-No railroad acct
dent of recent years has stirred UP public
indignation as the New York Central tun-
mel tragedy. 1t comes at just the worst
time for the railroad, for there has been
good deal of agitation Of late against the
tunnel on the ground that it is obviously
uncomfortable and probably unsanitary.
Certain public officials talked about TAX
ing the matter up and forcing the railroad
to reform its system, but it may be rea-
sonably doubted whether this would have
come to anything had not the recent col
lision brought the matter to a focus. 1t
looks now as If the tunnel would have to
go, or, at least, as if a system would have
to be devised to keep it clear of the blind
ing and choking fumes. The men who
manage the New York Central are not
fools. Nor are they murderers, as certain
=, OF the sensational papers would have the
public believe. They hold that they know
more about running their railroad than
does the public, and they believe that the
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spread reports, the governor continued
to WELD the scepter of his power In bliss
full ignorance Of public suspicion as to
his Wife's conduct. Herr Falkenhagen
continued to transact business with the
governor, and even to accept of his hos
pitality, never once giving his host q
hint of the true state Of the Won Benning-
sen family affairs. When the gossip
reached such stage that the actions OF
the governors wife and Herr FaIkenhagen
were on the tongues of the gamins of the
streets, half dozen of the most promi-
nent officials and wealthiest men of the
town decided it was time to bring affairs
to a climax. They met and declared the
governor had ample grounds for chal-
longing Falkenhagen to duel. No sooner
was the decisions formed than the men at
the meeting proceeded to the governors
office, where they informed him of the
gossip and gave him the facts in proof
of it which had come into their possess
sion.
Governor Won Benningsen was
astounded. He was likewise enraged, and
though duelling is supposed to be under
the ban of the emperor, the injured COVER
nor at once issued a challenge. Herr
Falkenhagen accepted the challenge, and
the two men met on the field of honor on
the emperor's own preserves After the
fatal shot Falkenhagen left the field. A
few moments later Rudolph Won Bennig-
sen, the aged father of the governor, ar
rived with his second son, and together
these two bore away the wounded man.
Rudolph Won Bennfgsen is one of the
founders of the national liberal party and
for long time was noted leader in the
Reichstag. His second son is the gov
ernor Of German New Guinea. AS a re-
suit of the duel tits expected fresh agi-
tation against combats on the, field Of
honor will be started, not only through
out Germany, but in the reichstag and
imperial household.
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London, Jan. 18.-Marie Corelli, in a
letter to a paper caps the climax of the
anti-German feeling existing in England.
The authoress declaims passionately
against the similarity of the new British
army uniforms with those Of the German
army. She writts:
Bearing in mind the absolutely criminal Of
Tense against our king by the vile prints cir
culated in Germany, is 1t justified or justifa-
BILE to insult our brave officers by compelling
them to wear any uniform even remotely re-
sembling that worn by admitted slanderers
of our king, army and country?
Marie Corelli adds that it Is scarcely
necessary to allude to the. widespread
indignation which prevails everywhere at
the color and design Of the new postage
stamps, which are so essentially German
in appearance
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French army and fled to Spain. has been
officially declared a deserter. He will
shortly be tried by court martial and
condemned in default in which case his
fortune will be sequestrated by the state.
A newspaper says that his family, which
is socially very prominent, is applying
to the civil courts for permission to re-
alize on the counts fortune before the
decision Of the court martial is reached.
The Vienna papers announce that Rus
STA is trying to organize commercial
alliance against he proposed German
tariff Austria, Italy, Denmark. Switzer-
land, Servia and Roumania are repre-
scented as being willing to cooperate in
what would prove a virtual boycott of
Germany.
According to the Daily Mails Sydney.
N. S. W., correspondent, Australians are
agitated over the threatened Germaniza-
ton Of the Ellice and Gilbert islands
owing to German company acquiring
important trading rights. Pressure is
being exerted on Mr.. Barton, prime min
lister Of the Australian commonwealth. to
induce him to protest vigorously to Great s
Britain. Mr.. Barton says he realizes the
gravity OF the situation.
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WASHINGTON

At conference of friends Of Mrs. Benja-
min Harrison. 1t was finally decided that a
bill to pension her will not be introduced.
Secretary Root has prepared plan for
gradual reduction of the military force in
the Philippines. He does not contemplate
any immediate reduction, but proposes to
be spared,
The Wadsworth bill, offered as Ia substitute
at the last session for the Grout bill, is to be
chairman of the house committee ION agricul-
ture. The bill is declared mere subterfuge.
and darymen say they would rather have
no legislation at all.
+. Sentiment is growing that further modi-
fcation of the war revenue act must be made
to satisfy the demands of the people. This
question will be made the subject Of party
that the caucus will develop such pro-
nounced sentiment in favor d reducing the
persist IN their opposition to aetton ct this
session. IS
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present way is the most feasible method
at command. II they thought the
continuance of the tunnel system
likely to result in a repetition of the re-
cent catastrophe, it is not to be believed
by any sane person that, for the sake
of paying higher dividends they would in
sist upon 1t. Their position is that, with
a careless or temporarily incapacitated
engineer all safeguards and precautions
are useless. But public opinion is strong
ly inclined to excuse the engineer and
hold the railroad authorities responsible.
II this sentiment continues, instead of
burning itself out in a brief period, as is
the rule with such forms of public excite
ment, the railroad will be forced to bow
to it, and the thousands Of passengers
who travel to and fro through the tunnel
daily viii gain in comfort and presumably
in security. In the meantime certain high
railroad officials are likely to be called
upon to explain to jury more of their
running system than they care to make
public. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
An Incident That Checked the Boom in Stocks

The big boom in stocks was checked the
other day and by an incident that was
rather amusing. The bears learned that
United States Steel was to be made the
leader and that the impulse for this ele-
walton was to be a report of earnings,
showing a splentlid financial condition
There were many signs Of preparedness
to retreat on the short side of the mar
ket, but for the first time show Of lead
ership appeared. A story was started
that the earnings of the Steel company
were $12 200, 900 each mouth. This put
the total far beyond the possible. Jim
Keene was pushing steel UP point day,
and it was we'll known that he intended
to advance the common stock to So He
had had it at 46k when the quarterly state
snent came out. The expectations founded
on the lying bear reports were disappoint-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
Exhibit Of Remarkable Portrait Painter

There has Just been concluded at the
Knoedler Art Gallery an exhibition of
portraits by young German-American
whose swift success has come after an
unusual career. The artist is Wilhelm
Funk, who came to this country less than
ten years ago, when he vas barely of age.
He didn't see much chance of getting
ahead in his native land, and he had heard
so much of brilliant opportunities in
America that he, had decided to try for.
himself His ambition was to become q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
IN A NUTSHELL

Houghton, Mich.-Charles johnson has
made complete confession of the murder Of
Nal smette on the night of Jan. on Quincy
hill.
Buffalo, N. Y.-The coroners jury held
Joseph supkowski guilty Of causing the death
of Henry Pearlstein and his family of six
by burning.
Dowagac, Mich.-One hundred dollar checks
were yesterday paid to every man, woman
and child in the Pottawottomie tribe of In
dams on account of Chicago lake-front
claims. The total was $31, 0OO
Leavenworth,. kan-Warden McClaughery
of the federal prison has received information
from the Canadian authorities that F. T. At
king, prime leader in the prison mutiny
OF Nov. 7, has been located near Quebec.
Victor, Col.-Manager Shipman of the In
dependence mine, owned by the stratton hide
pnedence company of London. stated that
about $4,000 worth Of ore. had been stolen
by ore pickers during the past eight months
Pittsburgh syndicate Of Pittsburg capital
lists has closed negotiations for 1000 acres of
coal land in the first pool district. The price
is said to have been ss,OOO,OoO. Eight mines
are to be opened, to have a daily capacity Of
IL, 600 tons. ~
Coffeen, Ill.-The letter Of Fred Bockman,
who killed Miss Gertie Clifford and shot him
self, stated that he was in debt and meant to
commit suicide; that he had told the girl
what he was going to do, and she declared! she
must go too.
Omaha-The city council, sitting as board
Of equalization, decided that sugar in transit
and temporarily stored In warehouses cannot
be taxed by the city and Cancelled $4,000
| taxes levied against the American Sugar Re-
| fining company.
| Alton, Ill.-Rev. Mr.. Gliding stabbed to
death his stepson, Harry Highfeld, and was
himself perhaps fatally injured. The affair
took place three miles east of Shipman, ILL.,,
and was the elimination of feud Of long
standing between the father and SOM dating
from the marriage of her mother, five years
| ago. H.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-Dr. Victor c. Vaughan,
dean of the medical department of the Uni
! Versity Of Michigan, has made an announce
| colleges of this country has been reached to
| adopt the German credit system, which has
made the scientific schools of that country. the
first in the world.
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London, jan. 1S.-The Lord Chief Jus
tice Baron Alverstone to-day sustained
the contention of the defense of DR..
Krause that the charge of melting to
murder must fail, as there was no
evidence that the letters in the case mad
reached Broeckman but held that the
question of attempting to persuade"
must go to the jury. DR.. Krause was
found guilty and sentenced to two years
Imprisonment.
Unionist newspapers consider that Lord
Kitchener's dispatch on the policy Of the
concent ration camps ought to kill the
SANDER that the British empire has made
war on women and children. 1t is argued
that as General Botha threatened to turn
the families Of surrendered burghers onto
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
REvoLUTIONIsTs WIN

Defeat the Venezuelan Government
Troops in Two engagements.
Port Of Spain, Trinidad, Jan. 1S.-Ac-
cording to the latest advices from Vene-
zuela, the revolutionary force under Cen
eral Codeno has twice defeated the gov
eminent troops in the state of Carabobo.
new insurrection has been started near
Carupano under the leadership of General
Vasquez. General Batalla and Loreto
Lima have taken up arms against Castro
in the state Of Zamroa.
The Venezuelan revolutionary steam
ship Libertador, formerly the Ban Righ,
has made two successful landings of arms
and ammunition, and is moving around
the coast of Venezuela without being mo-
Tested. 1t is reported that the revolu-
tionary troops under General Ducharne
have been DEBATED by a government force.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-18
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
1t and The Hague Agreeme
Adopted at Mexico City.

1t and The Hague Agreement
Adopted at Mexico City.
Mexico City, Jan. 1S.-The atmosphere
of the Pan-American conference has been
suddenly cleared and in the midst Of
excellent feeling on all sides both the
plan of compulsory arbitration and The
Hague agreement passed through the con-
ference.
w. 1. Buchanan of the United States
delegation afforded means whereby both
Ecuador and Chile might adhere to The
Hague convention, proposing that the
minutes of the two sessions showing the
feelings Of Chile with regard to arbitra-
ton should form part Gas annexes) of the
protocol whereby the nations represented
at the conference express their acceptance
of The Hague convention. Cordial rela-
lions, between the Chileans and the Mex
Jeans have been restored.
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ed, and Steel. the leader of the rise, be-
came the leader in sharp decline The
incident emphasized the failure of another
boom.
The market as whole is better for the
failure. and the credit is really due to the
public again, The big bankers did not
believe that the rise would be successful
at this time, but they told their market
leaders to go ahead and try it, No out
side buyers came in and the ''big fellows"
are just as we'll satisfied. If the boom had
come off, the er:d of good times would
have been FASTENED. If we can have ex-
travagant speculation postponed for a
year or eight months, the period of PROS
perity might be extended to 1904. The
great decline that is sure to come some
day will probably follow Immediately upon
this great boom about which Wall street
is talking so much.
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DR.. Krause Convicted and Sentenced

the veldt, Kitchener had, no resource but
to bring them into safe camp The
mysterious, visit of DR.. Kuyper, the
Dutch premier, to this country, is still ex-
citing attention. 1t is hoped that it Is
not, after all, unconnected with dispo-
siton on the part of the Beers to bow at
last to the inevitable.
DR.. G. B. Clark, former member of par
lament for Caithness and formerly con-
sui general of the Orange Free State in
London, will arrive in New York on the
steamship Iyernia on some mysterious
mission. His exertions in the Boer cause
have evoked bitter animosity among the
"Jingoes, and it is now alleged that he
has gone to Washington to inform Presi-
dent Roosevelt toward intervention.
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Opposition to the Order of the Buffaloes

200 men have joined the New York lodge.
The president, Charles Wagner, made a
speech in which he outlined the cause of
the organization.
We Will not pc voolish any more dimes al
realty yed. No more Buffalo pzness ven
you taig your righdt handt NIT glass ev
peer, und den der boss say to a crowdt, 'Ha.
Ha! everybody hav drink NIT Wagner. He
vas caughdt braigin' der rule
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wealth. The Astors and their connec-
tions are Of an older stock, but not great
1y So Fifty years ago the best houses
in New York were closed to the family OF
the great hide merchant and land buyer.
AS for other localities, Washington gets
four repre- entatives-three of them, the
Crugers, the. De kovens and the Grants
being really New Workers.; Philadelphia
four; Boston three (the redou5table Mrs.
Jack Gardner not among themD; Balti-
more four; San Francisco and Providence
each three; Chicago two, the Potter Palm
ers and the Chatdeld Taylors, Of course;
the Carolinas, two, and Virginia one. The
rest Of the country doesn't appear.
1t is not probable that many people will
commit suicide. or die of grief because
they were omitted from the Rev. DR..
Nichols list. AT the same time, the pub
LEGATION Of the list Is almost sure to stir
up no little discussion and feeling Many
will say that the friend of the late Ward
McAllister doesn't know what he is talk
ing about. The fact remains that with
few notable exceptions those whom he has
named are leaders in the inner circle OF
the smart set But some of the omis
sions from the roster are sufficiently sur
prising. Where are the ultra-rich Sloanes,
friends and allies of the Vanderiblts?
Where are the Gerrys, Jays and Cuttings,
family, besides? Why is one of Mrs. AS
tors pets, Harry Lehr, put in, and anoth
er, Craig Wadsworth. left out? How comes
Nicholson Kane into the lime light while
Woodbury. Kane shudders in the darkness?
What's the matter with Perry Belmont?
His marriage with divorce can't be the
cause Of his ostracism, for we find in the
list his brother, oliver II p, who married
the divorced wife of William K. Wander
hilt p1.nha h1y II iS hacauSe he is in DOli-
tics. Doubtless, too, that is the reason
why the name Of Richard Croker isn't in
cluded in the scroll. Anyhow, there will
be a good many Tammany men who will
wonder at not finding 1t there. The Rev.
Dr. Nichols, with the modesty of true
genius, refrans from setting himself down
among his illustrious peers. It will be
interesting to note whether this pronun-
ciamento of his will establish him in the
long vacant position of social arbiter and
master Of ceremonies to the gilded court
Of the United States of America ,..
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Miss Stone Victim of Macedonian Committee

London, Jan. 18.-The Daily Graphic
lately sent W. F. Maud, an artist and corr
respondent. to search for Miss Stone, the
American missionary, in the hope, as the
paper said, "of casting light on the
causes of the incident and the best means
to secure Miss Stones release" Mr..
Maud's second article, dated Dec. %, is
published to-day. He asserts positively
that Miss Stone is the victim of the
Macedonian committee, and that it was
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A new society or order is born In New
York every day, but there was organized
recently one that bids fair to spread about
the country generally. 1t is the Friendly
Sons of Philadelphia and it's sole object
is to offset the disastrous effects OF the
order of the Buffaloes. The only rule OF
the Philadelphia order is that no member
shall treat anybody in a saloon. Already
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Vast Electrical Deal Under Morgan

era1 Electric company, in which Mr.. Nor
gan Is the controlling factor, are, it is
stated, to be amagalmated and to be
operated under community-o interest
plan The company's branches in France
and Germany will, according to report,
also pass in to the hands OF one central
organization.