The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-07


reported the case to the Secretary Of
the Navy. charging young Stone with
conduct unbecoming a gentleman and
a naval officer
OF the result, all the world knows The
gallant Sigsbee presided al the court
martial and the young man was acquit-
ted-fully exonerated-but was transfer
red from the cruiser Brooklyn TO another
ship. which was, incidentally ordered TO
Southern waters The episode was a
sensation while II lasted. Several mil
lions OF people were unusually interested
in the case, because the lady said she
would never marry any other man and
young Stone even announced the day when
they were TO be married; but alas, for
the vagaries Of Cupid, il never happen
ed. The lady married another man-Leb-
I beus Harding Rogers. Jr., Yale student.
The wedding was in Grace Church with
pomp and splendor-the society event Of
the year
How brief is human happiness, Within
a year the young lady died. and, strange
"a il may seem. young Rogers return
ed 10 college, and then his father-in-law
took possession Of the Rogers twins.
When the young husband had finished
his college course he returned and de-
manded possession Of his children. The
stern father refused 10 give them up.
The young husband proceeded TO Oswe-
60. and in the absence Of the family.
took his children from the house. Then
Mr. Condo sued to recover the amount
expended in supporting the twins. This
" as met by a counter action for the re-
suits are still pending.
Next came the elopement and mar
rage Of Swit's youngest daughter. Ruth.
While on visit to Utica Miss Condo
met George 3. Thorne. a bookkeeper in
one OF the Utica knitting mills. He had
nice manners and an engaging appear
ance. and won Miss Condos heart. They
met clandestinely and one day boarded
the train for New York and were duly
married in the Little Church Around the
Corner"
Mrs. Thorne then returned home and
announced her marriage. BY this time
the great manufacturer and political ad-
wiser had become somewhat wiser in
regard TO domestic affairs. He forgave
his daughter. and the sky was shining
with Cupids for long days to come. The
father determined TO make the best Of
the bargain-he made his sOn-in-law sup
erintendent OF the big mills and invited
him TO live in the family mansion. True /
love ran smoothly for time
But history had TO be fulfilled. Swits /
Condo the father. died January q, 1902. /
at his New York at No. "a West Seventy !
second street.
The moral Of this story is that in look /
ing after the affairs OF the nation, in /
venting wonderful machinery and build +
ng up colossal business enterprises, Mr.. I
Condo neglected to enforce discipline with 4
4 kind. hrm hand in the youthful days /
II his children. The result was that a
lew months before his son. Swits Churc-
pill Condo. became a bankrupt His es-
,apades that were once thought childish
accentricities at LAST became cyclones,
md brought disgrace upon the family.
Three months after the fathers death
hose great knitting mills which had
given the Condo family their wealth
gent into the hands Of a receiver-Iiabn-
ties $4,000 But his IS not all The
ntlre Conde fortune, Taued at more
han ten millions. that wonderful fortune
whose history reads like a fairy tale.
las been dissipated and the two resi-
ences-Mon Repos at Oswego, and the
oveiy home at No 81 West Seventy
nd street. Central Park West-sre TO
Re sold to satisfy the creditors Of the
hitting company.
Thus it is that history repeats itself.
from the splendor Of the French nobility
he exiled HusenOts came 10 America.
egan with nothing. and won fortune.
anne and honor, only TO lose through the
Iofigacy Of others Of their blood. Again
he young members Of this noble family
must begin at the bottom and again
epair the shattered fortunes of the fall
u house Of Condo.