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fuI affection for one another at dane
ing school. But Mrs. Astor had other
views and ideas of a son-in-law. It
was rumored that Miss Astor after
her debut was engaged TO a wealthy
member Of a foremost Knlckerbocker
family-a noead couuon leader. Then
she was taken abroad. But Orme
Wilson. as he is known, persisted in
his suit. and his sister. AIRS. ogden
Goelet. did everything in her power
to bring about the match, After
several denials of the engagement. it
was announced at Newport in 1884.
and that Autumn the wedding vas
celebrated at the William Astor
town house-the present site Of the
WaIdorf-AstOria- It was q very
brilliant affair. and was the last
ceremony performed in the house
Mr. Wilson gave his son 100000 and
William Astor lowered his daughter
with a similar amount. 1t has been
an ideal marriage.
An Astor Alliance.
The Orme Wilson's have two young
sons With such a brilliant mar
rage the social fortunes of the VII
sons were assured. Mrs. William
Astor had gradually become one Of
the leaders Of New York society.
Mrs. August. Belmont was retiring
on her IaureIs- The late Mrs. John
Jacob Astor seldom entertained, and
after her death Mrs William Astor
and Mrs. William Waldorf Astor had
the famous discussion anent which
should be recognized as the Mrs.
Astor.
It was shortly after this wedding
Of Miss Caroline Astor to Orme VII
son that i'm the panic Of "a Richard
7. Wilson Is said to have lost for
tune, But this loss has never made
any difference in the Wilson famiIv's
mode Of living While not entertain
ing great deal, they have always
had-sfnce the first days of the Met
ropoHtau opera-their box and keep
their house in town and an establish
meut at Newport, and give a certain
number Of dinners during the season.
As Lady Herbert.
II was In 1886 that Miss Belle VII
son made her debut. She had an ex-
tremeIy pretty figure. dressed ex-
quisitely. was well read and very
clever, and although not as beautiful
as her sister, was unusually attrac-
tive. She had remarkable social
career in the two years in which she
was in New York society. With the
cachet Of the Astors and GoeIets. and
her own charms, she had any number
Of suitors- In the Spring of 1888 New
York society was bit disappointed
Il, hear that she was to marry a
young attache Of the British Embassy
In Washington-the Honorable Mich
aeI Henry Herbert OF course. no one
could deny that he was descended
from Herbert Fitz Herbert. chamber
lain 10 Henry I, and that among his
ancestors was William Herbert,
stanch adheTent Of the House of York.
who fell into the hands Of the Ian
castrlans after the battle OF Danes
moore and was beheaded. OF course.
his brother was the Ear! Of Penn
broke and his sister Lady De Grey.
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~ ERHAPS in all history there
has been no story Of continued
good fortune and success equal
TO that of the Wilson fanny in New
York It reads almost like fairy
tale and what is known as the VII
son luck has become proverbiaL But
many of those who attribute all the
bounties which fortune has bestowed
on this Southern family may fail to
see that not luck alone in this instance
has brought success, and that it takes
some other quality to rise to a promi-
nent position, even though chance is
in favor of and not against the person
who makes the battle.
Early Family History.
Time and again statements have
been made as TO the position Of the
Richard T. Wilson's before they came
10 New York. It is more or less true
that the head Of the family is a self
made man But his rise was not
sudden and he was well known for
many years in the South before he
made New York his home.
Mrs. wilson was Miss Melissa John
sion. Of Georgia Both she and Mr.
Wilson passed their youth in small
Southern towns. They lived in Ken
lucky and Tennessee for a while af-
Ter they were married, and when they
came 10 New York, in the early sey-
enties, they were considered very well
entrenchcd financially. Mr. Wilson
had made several millions in cotton
speculation. He already had q num-
Der Of business friends and acquaint-
ances and not a few Of them were in
duential socially.
But New York society at the time
was very narrow. 1t was before
the Ward McAIlister days. The Van
derbuts were an unknown quantity,
except in the financial world. The old
Commodore was still alive. living
very quietly at the old mansion in
Washington place. His grandsons
were young men and his granddaugh-
ters were in boarding school Society
clustered around Bond street and
Washington square and Fifth ave-
nue. up nearly 10 Central Park. The
great Western social invasion was yer
to occur. and such names as Mills,
Bishop. Alexander, Croker, Fair and
others We're not factors in the so
ciety OF that day. Mrs. August Bel
mont was then the acknowledged
leader Of the small but very exclu-
sive set which went to Newport aad
Saratoga in Summer and occupied the
proscenium boxes at the OLD Academy
Of Music on opera nights during the
season
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GeHeZOHS 10 Pope Leo

The Pope's Drezents c JrIng his pom
tihca' jubilee number 3 upward OF
21O0o, and in value exceeded S2.5O0. 900.
His Holiness WI bequeath them to
the Holy see t. the exclusion of his
own reIatiA Is.
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Parental Barriers.

Miss Grace Wilson made her debut
IN the Four Hundred about twelve
years ago. \ little while after the
death Of his brother, William H. Van
derbiIt, Cornelius. Jr., then the eldest
surviving son of Cornelius Wander
but. went abroad. His health was not
robust. He had already met Miss
Wilson. but it is said that he fell in
love with her during the season she
was with her sister in Paris.
On his return to New York he bold
" announced his intention of marry
ing Miss Wilson. FIfs father objected
strenuously, and even insisted upon
breaking off the match. Various rea-
sons were given, one being that the
young lady was the senior by several
years, and the other that the con-
ficting business interests of the Van
derbilt and Wilson families We're such
that no alliance between them was 10
be considered.
All outward opposition was over
come. but Cornelius Vanderbilt never
forgave his son for marrying against
the paternaI viii. It was midsum-
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The Wilson Luck.

1t was now that he Wilson luck
entered. Old Peter GoeIet died and
left his S25, 100000 to be divided
among his nephews and nieces. Og-
den obtained a goodIy share Of them
AS Mrs. ogden Goelet, Miss Wilson
had everything her own way, and
Immediately proceeded to arrange
matters for her growing up brothers
and sisters. The family affection is
very deep, and this cIannish trait
has been one OF the secrets of the
rise Of the Wilson's. Their house has
never been divided
Marshall Orme Wilson and Miss
Carrie Aston had contracted a youth
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Came With Millions.

When Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson
first made New York their home, they
were credited with being the possess
OTIS Of an enormous fortune, for those
days. In fact, until 1884, he was rated
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southern People, Who Have Won Their Way to Northern
PTe-eminence Through Kindly Tact and Social
Athactiveness-Of Five Children. Three Girls and
Two Boys, All Have Made Matrimonial Matches That
Have Excited the Admiration and Envy of Society on
Both Sides of the Atlantic.
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~ ERHAPS IN all history there
has been no story Of continued
L good fortune and success equal
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at about s2o,OoO,0OO. After that time, It
was understood that he had lost a
great deal and to-day he is not sup
posed TO be worth much more than
s5,o00,000. But this fortune was a mere
drop in the bucket to others in New
York So that the Wilson's could not
have attained their present prominent
position solely by money. Mr.. Wilson
has for years been interestc,- n South
ern railway stocks and some of the
roads in which he has a controlling in
terest conflict with the vast Wander
bilt system. Indeed. in a business
way, there never has been any love
lost between the VanderbiIts and the
Wilson's. This dates back 10 a period
long preceding the days when Cor
neIius Vanderbilt wooed and won Miss
Grace Wilson against the viii Of his
father.
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The Wilson Children.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard T Wilson
have had five children, three daugh-
tiers and two sons. When they came
10 New York. the eldest daughter was
about eighteen; the other children
were at school Mr. Wilson is rather
medium sized, and has always worn
a beard which these many years has
been gray He has quiet, chivalrous
manners, being fond of music. and Il
shrewd observer and critic Of the
passing show. Mrs. Wilson strikes
one as being almost tfmid. She Is
now a very progressing matron with
white hair. which she wears very
plainly a charming manner and a
great deal Of magnetism. She is very
small; In fact. all the Wilson women
are short Of stature although Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt has a certain
bearing and manner which convey the
impression that she is very tail This
is noticeable at the opera, when she is
seated in her box, or when she is
driving in the park or on the ave
many early acquaintance of the VIII
sons in New York have become in
Inmates and have remained friends.
They have not used people as rungs
ia the social ladder Knowing well
The benefit Of good schools. the VIII
son children We're placed at the most
exclusive fashionable academies and
colleges. A very smart dancing
class was picked CIT Tor the TWO
elder ones-Miss Mary Wilson. who
was just about to make her debut,
and Marshall Orme Wilson, the eldest
son and prospective heir. This class
was attended by Miss Swan. now
Mrs. Benjamin WelIes Miss Berry
man. Miss Kitty Kernochan. Miss
johnson and other very rashIona bic
girls then in their teens. Among
them also was Miss Caroline Astor.
youngest daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
William Aston
no.,oL+ r-,rvnrz UT,--Eo-
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Bought Tweed Mansion.

Mr.. Wilson purchased the Tweed
residence, oil Fifth avenue, several
years ago This brown stone house,
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with a small lot at the corner Of
Forty-third street, ne managed to
obtain when Boss Tweed was
ecIipsed.
A number of welI-rated social ac-
quaintances had been made during
the first two Winters. When the time
came for Miss Mary Wilson TO make
her debut it was decided to pass the
Summer at New London. The Pc
quot House in those days was a very
fashionable resort. and there one
found the LorilIards, the De Forests,
the CaiIenders, the Cannons and
numerous other well known New
York families who we're in the Bel
mont set.
Miss Wilson was a very attractive
girl, petite, brunette, with an ex-
.celIent figure. ar exquisite complex
ion and splendid eyes. Unusual cIev-
eness and q charming vivaciousness
We're also in the feminine inventory.
But everything was not plain sailing
in the beginning, This comparative
y unknown Southern girl was looked
upon somewhat furtively by the many
New York bellies. They all agreed
that she was very pretty and unde-
uiabIy attractive Her mother did
not make the slightest effort to get
into society With infinite tact she
bided her time
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But he was not rich in the American
sense.
Here again the eircumstantial
breeze filed the Wilson sails. Short
~ before the date Of the marriage,
which took place. in New York in No
vember, 1855, Lord SackviIIe. then
British Ambassador to the United
States, wrote his famous California
letter. He was recalled and Henry Ed
wards. son Of Lord Kensington, next
in office, was on his vacation. So
young Herbert was virtually Brit
fsh Ambassador at washington dur
ing a strenuous period and acquitted
himself to the point of promotion.
Since their marriage the Herberts
have lived abroad until this year,
as Sir Michael Herbert, the son-in-
law of Richard 7. Wilson, has re-
turned To Washington as British Am
bassador. Lady Herbert and her hus-
band have been at various posts
abroad and she has been d universal
fav1rIte everywhere. Their last post
was at the French capital ogden
Goelet died six years ago on his yacht,
leaving widow ard two children, a
boy and a girl His fortune was very
large anC in his VIII he bequeathed
a handsome sum to Lady Herbert.
Wilson Vanderbilt Romance.
Miss May GoeIet. the eldest grand
daughter. made her debut some years
ago and the GoeIets took one of the
handsumest houses in London for the
year Her hand has been sought in
marriage by lord. duke and noble in
vain. She and her mother are now
at the Wilson town house in Fifth
avenue for the Winter, and until the
recent illness of Cornelius Wander
biIt, entertained a great deal.
The story of the WiIson-Vanderbilt
romance has been told frequently dur
ing the past few weeks. while young
Cornelius Vanderbilt lay sick of the
fever. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and
Lady Herbert bear a striking resem-
bIance to each other. Both are
blondes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
JAPAN DEMANDS
COREA'S SAFETY
Warns That Government 1t Must
Resist Cars Aggression.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE PENDING
Russia Must Not Cross Ynlu River
Russian Efforts to Connect Man.
churian and Corean Ques-
ton Not Well Received.

London, Oct. 15.-Japan has asked
Russia for al assurance that the latter
power will not seek to include Corea
within the sphere of her influence.
This demand has not been presented
as an ultimatum, but Japan has ex-
planned that recent events, particularly
in the neighborhood of the Yalu river,
have caused the mikado's government
great u~neasiness, which can only be
removed by Russia giving such an UNI
derstanding as indicated.
This, according to excellent authority,
is believed to be the keynote of the
far eastern situation.
The Japanese demand for guarantees
respecting Corea have been the sub
ject of extended negotiations which are
still in progress.
Russia sought to connect Corea with
the Manchurian question, and at one
stage of the negotiations offered to
give Japan a satisfactory guarantee
as to Corea if Japan would undertake
o to support any demand 1or tne
evacuation of Manchuria.
The Japanese government declined to
give any such guarantee, as in the
view of Japan the Corean and Man.
churian questions were separate and
distinct.
AS to whether the diplomatic Stu
alton is likely to develop in such a
manner as to lead to war, no definite
reply can be made to that question, but
the inference is drawn that, as Russia
vas prepared, on certain conditions, to
give the guarantee required by Japan
she does not regard the acquisition OF
Corea as a vital part of her policy in
the far east Japan's view is that, while
Corea is vital to her interests, Man
churia is not, Great Britain and the
United States being equally concerned
with her in regard to the evacuation
of the Chinese province.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
A LYNCHIHG IN MONTANA
A Masked Mob Takes Possession Of
the Jail at Hamilton, Mont.
Walter jackson, Who Killed six.
Near-Old onn Buck, Taken
Out and Hanged.

Hamilton, Mont, Oct. 15.-Walter
Jackson, the convicted murderer OF
Fonnie Buck, a ~six-year-old boy, was
taken from the county jail here, late
Tuesday night, by a mob and lynched.
Shortly before midnight rs masked
men, all armed with rifles or shotguns,
forced their way through the rear OF
the Jail and overpowered Jailer Steph-
ems, who was able to offer but slight
resistance. Jackson was found cring-
ing in the darkest portion of his cell
He pleaded piteously for mercy, but
was rushed out into the street. where
the mob had already provided them
selves with a rope. This was quickly
thrown over an electric light pole and
the moose placed about Jackson's neck.
He was asked if he had anything to
say, but only pleaded for mercy. The
mob then pulled him into the air, after
which they quietly dispersed.
The identity of the mob leader is I'M
known. T~hirty-fve minutes after the
lynching Jackson's body was cut down
by the sheriff and coroner and removed
to the morgue.
Inc murder of little Fonnie Buck
was a peculiarly atrocious crime. When
the boys body was found it was hor-
ribly mutilated. Suspicion pointed to
Jackson, and when he was arrested q
lynching was narrowly averted. His
trial quickly followed. and a verdict
was returned within two hours. He was
sentenced to be hanged. but his attor-
neys appealed to the supreme court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
Hard To Bear.

living on East MAIN
Street in that city, says:
with my nightly rest broken, oT-
ing to irregularities of the kidneys,
suffering intensely from severe pains
in the small of my back and through
the kidneys, and annoyed by painful
passages of abnormal secretions, life
was anything but pleasant for me.
No amount Of doctoring relieved this
condition, and for the reason that
nothing seemed to give me even tenn
porary relief, I became about dis
couraged. One day l noticed in the
newspapers the case of a man who
was afflicted as | was and was cured
by the use of Doan's Kidney Pills.
His words of praise for this remedy
were so sincere that on the strength
of his statement l went to the Hugh
Murrey Drug Co.'s store and got a
box. l found that the medicine was
exactly as powerful a kidney remedy
as represented. 1 experienced quick
and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney
pills will prove a blessing to all suf-
ferers from kidney disorders who will
give them a fair trial"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Walls
will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Adj
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists; price
so cents per box.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
MAGNIFICENT MARBLE ARCH.
MAS Mining Exhibit ut the st.
Louis Worlds Fair.

Los Angeles, CAL, Oct. 16.-Plans
have been accepted by Commissioners
Virgins and Filcher for a magnificent
arch to adorn the entrance of Cali.
fornia's mining exhibit at the st. Louit
exposition. The structure will be en-.
tirely of materials found within this
state. The plans provide for an arch
% feet in height and a total width
Of II feet, with an entrance at the base
Of seven feet. The base will be gran
lite, with terra Gotta pressed brick and
other representative metal, including
sandstone. Immediately above the
center Of the gateway, in the nature
Of a keystone, the material will be
marble, bearing at the front on either
side nedallions emblematic Of Cali.
fornia state, while on the reverse side
two California bears will be represent
ted. The name California Mining
Exhibit" will stand out In bold, rsliei
on q background Of terra Gotta
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
"REMINISCENCES OF CHICAGo's EAR.
LT DAYS.
How the First Freight Was shipped
10 the City By Rail.


Gas a live stock market, Chicago stands
second to none," said a wellknown dealer.
THE figures for 1902 show that almost
eight million head of sheep, over four mil
lion hogs, a hundred thousand horses, a
quarter million calves and three million
cattle were brought to the Chicago market
last year by the big railroads that reach
out, like The Chicago & Northwestern,
into the cattle ranges and feeding grounds
all over the west. The reports show 2iS,'
100 carloads of live stock received here in
l902-quite a growth for the 90 years since
the first shipment"
The stockman rHminated a moment.
THAT first shipment was queer, now,
wasn't it," he continued. "Did you see
that little account Of it in the papers the
other day? Young Millican Hunt, now
over so years old, had started across the
prairies to market with a sled load Oh
hogs and when he got across the Des
PLANES River he found there was no snow
on which to draw his pigs the rest OF the
journey.
THAT was in AS, the year the Galena
road, now The Chicago & Northwestern,
built its first ten miles; and young Hunt
made a dicker with the crew of a con.
struction train, loaded his porkers on the
train, and rode into Chicago triumphant
behind the little old Pioneer
"Was you ever out to the Field Column
bian Museum" he continued. "Well, you
should go out there some day and see that
old locomotive. She stands for a good
deal from Chicago's point of view
Brought in the first load of live stock, and
the day the road was opened and the
Mayor and the big men of the town were
trying the novelty of a ride on the first
regular train, she pulled the first rail
SHIPMENT of grain into town.
''They tell me, now" he went on, that
last year that load of hogs had grown to
over $4,000 carloads 0f live stock brought
into Chicago over The Northwestern Line
wheat The Northwestern brought over 3d.
600, 900 bushels of grain to the city"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
To MEMORY OF
VIM. 7. SHERMAN
Equestrian Statue of Gen. Sherman
Unveiled at Washington.
GRANDSON PULLED THE CORD.
Addresses Delivered by President Roose-
welt, Gen. David b. Henderson. Gen.
Grosvenor, Gen. Thos. j. Hen
derson and Gen. SickIes.

Washington, Oct. 16.-To the memo
ry of William Tecumseh Sherman an
equestrian statue was unveiled here
Thursday afternoon by a little boy,
William Tecumseh Sherman Thorn
dyke, grandson of the dead c~hieftain,
the president, the diplomatic corps
and the cabinet at its head. Thou
sands of veterans, members of the So
cieties of the Armies of the Cumber-
land, the Tennessee, the Ohio and the
Potomac, all the regular troops in the
vicinity of Washington, a battalion Of
marines, two battalions of seamen and
the District national guard were re-
viewed by the president before thesun~
yelling ceremonies, which began at
$3.50 p. m.
After the invocation by Rev. D. j..
Stafford and music by the Marine band,
Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge, president Of
the Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee and chairman of the Sherman
statue commission, made the introduc-
tory address. Upon it's conclusion the
Marine band struck up The Star
Spangled Banner" the Fourth field
battery fired a salute and the nags
which hid from view the statue were
drawn aside by the grandson of the
hero to whose memory it was erected.
President Roosevelt was then intro
duced and spoke as follows:
The Presidents Speech.
To-day we meet together to do honor to
the memory of one of the great men
whom, in the hour of her agony, our ma
ton brought forth for her preservation.
The civil war was not only in the i'm
portance of he issues at stake and of the
outcome the greatest of modern times,
but it was also. taking into account its
duration, the severity of the fighting, and
the size of the armies engaged, the great
est since the close of the NapoleoniC
struggles. Among the generals who rose
to high position as leaders of the various
armies in the field are many who will be
remembered in our history as long as this
history itself is remembered. Sheridan.
the incarnation of fiery energy and PROV
ess; Thomas, farsighted, coolheaded,
whose Steadfast courage burned ever
highest in the supreme moment of the
crisis; Mcclellan, with his extraordinary
gift for organization; Meade, victor in
one of the decisive battles of all time;
Hancock. type of the true fighting mar