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New-York tribune., 1904-10-16

In the wild rush of his thoroughbreds over the ice
road OF the Neva, he found physical eXhilaration
that was impossible elsewhere. But. too. he re-
garded with fondness everyone of his many
He went here and there often He looked on himself
father to all his peasants and endeayored accord
ing his lights, to do ms duty by them
Yet there other place like this by the
Caspian Sea. This most nearly home. 1t lacked
only wife and love to render It complete In all other
things it perfect. The old castle had been
waited to the requirements of this ages ultra
refinements; but it's primitive, barbaric charm
untouched Throughout 1t the feudal palace,
garnished with later luXuries-vaSt majestic, power
fu and sybaritical Within II crowded with the
best Sar had accumulated for hther he sent
all that he esteemed for its personal appeal
paintings statues miniatures. Jewels swords, guns
tapestries horses, dogs anything he fanced, whether
book servant automobile Without the country
was without flaw bower in its of green, undu
latng magnificent prospects every side, except
where lay the plain of the
1t place to dream of, and more, place to
dream in Beautiful everywhere, it most beauti-
New-York tribune., 1904-10-16

le-llS lltC NL-
-ei II with
carefulness
IN the en-
ang minute he
onless ia ms
rom hls fur
and compressed
0e guess the
boiled IN his
denly the apathy
INN He sprang
air and began TO
e5-v 10 and fro on
His huge form
the intensity of
his lips moved
rawlings. IN his
rage and despair
.1r he wandered
and forth with swift,
steps Al last
ana eAhalsleu oE
@ "- passions. ne 'hre"
a1Gr INTO the chair,
1-'-esslE among rs
HIS lids dropped,
i.- gre" even. ne
a. sleep but ior an
mereiini franc Unity
ms Dram ana
@ - gave hlm surcease
lsn
ErA-lK ne opened ms
uret horror oi hls
n1d passed ana leII
iae power 70 reason
feel less. One m
gaze was held ny
- The scene before
M Ae forgot ali else
tae catastrophe that
INTO ms he
another than Sar, per
th, ~c-id ~ general,
hat Sar deemed
4" o ul d n y e
r't-e more than un-
ncldent- II was
ms VIE nae ol-
OF lil141 matter
one iil1H a'le 'iia1
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was oteTN LleliiliHS
New-York tribune., 1904-10-16

OCiiC y GU. 0OI ildQ Cdllcu
him, and to sustain the ira
ditiOnal dignity of his blood
Possessing a keen mind, a
frame of unusual size and
strength, he was able to
throw himself into affairs
with untiring energy, and
alre ady his Government
looked upon him with conf
dence for aid in determining
its most difficult questions
He was handsome man
after a massive fashion but
the lighter moods of women
IN social intercourse had never
appealed to him, and his
seriousness had not won him
popularity with the sex
With some self-Coudemna-
ton, Sar now admitted t.
himself that he had married
for an heir. rather than for
love In that fact lay the
wife's s sole excuse He had
not really loved her. So why
should she love him She
had said as much TO him. 70
his amalenent He had
thought he displayed a suth
cient warmth toward her
and her accusation Was =
blow 10 his sclf-satisfactiou.
He could make her no an
swcr Even at tins Crisis
Sar did not hate the woman
who had been his wife
Instead, ne loathed the fact
the whole miserable event
the lameutaple clrcumstanc,
by which he was made CON
tcmptllle before the world
II mattcrcd not whose The
create fault has or hers. ur
Destiny the tact itself. TIN
Irrcmediablc. infamous fact,
was the cause - ms tsrtur,.
Again the glory OF the
scene caught Sar eyes inns
time II held his gaze. and he
stared long our over the sea
Something of the peace there
crepJ ms troubled soul.
and stllled It's madu
This WAS the iavoritc with
Sar among all his properties
Rarely he occupied his hotel
IN Paris II seemed To- him
that there was httlc TO be
got from the gay capital
except by students of art
Often he went 20 Dresden.
for he loved the opera there
and something of the quiet
simplicity Of life in his lila.
Just outside the city appealed
to him strongly Still more
often he passed the winter IN
his palace at St. Petersburg
for his hardy soul exulted IN
the freezing air and the
vigors It stirred in his blood
s thoroughbreds over the ice
found a physical exhilaration
elsewhere. But, too, he re-
.veryone of his many estates.
+, often. He looked on himself
SAINTS, and endeavored, accord
rs duty by them
,ther place like this by the
most nearly home. 1t lacked
nder it complete In all other
Th,. old castle had beer, reno
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

few days ago a distinguished pionaer citizen.
Elias T. Watkins. q wealthy business man.
spected by al! classes, died. and elaborate fu
neral planned by relatives friends and business
associates The business agent Of the livery work.
notified to the family that the body could
not be taken to the cemetery In hearse. neither
could carriages be permitted to follow the body
strong guard Of p!ckets stationed at the
Watkins mansion with instructions to carry out
the order OF the union. and. although big police
detail present TO give protection" the body
was taken to the cemetery in a BLACK wagon"
and the mourners followed in streetcars.
A day later, a Mrs. Week. poor Bohemian
woman who had been murdered by her husband.
was to be buried. Mass being celebrated over
the corpse by Catholic priests. and hearse stood
the door gang OF pickets rushed into the
sacred edihce and scarcely waiting for the ser
vices to end informed the priests and mourning
relatives that the body could not be taken to the
graveyard In the hearse The vehicle was sent
back TO the livery stable and the coffin placed in an
ers were stopped and the occupants dragged out.
cemetery.
Superior Court of Cook County. to be buried.
and the judiciary bar and highest class of bust
ness and professional men intended to attend the
services assuring a large funeral The undertaken
was warned by the liverymens union that he
would be taking chances II he attempted to carry
out the wishes of the dead jurist's family. In turn
he told the afflicted that he could furnish only
a wagon to take the corpse to the cemetery. and
no carriages for the mourners So there was no
funeral save for six private carriages. which fol-
lowed the dead wagon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
CURE
EUROPE.

IN the existence OF a in the north He was not
aware Of the Baltic. Pytheas the Hellenic maine
matican and astronomer. who went from Massilia
(Marsees) to Britain. through the German ocean.
into the Baltic. where he found Teutons and Goths
and then up IN all probability. TO Shetland and the
Orkneys II not Iceland. was the first
Greek who saw those northern seas in the third
century before
Or Sophus Muller. whom I wish 10 thank for
allowing the reproduction of the photograph, be-
lieves that the work discovered In the Trundholm
moor had probably been made in the country where
IL has been found. or at any rate. in that region
where there population Of the same
common culture and mode OF Iife-namely, in South
ern Scandinavia and in the most northern German
lands For my part. I prepared to show that
the beautiful Hellenic myth Of the Helades. Sun
DauEhters-who. wnen weeping for tie death of
their brother Phaeton. were changed into trees.
their tears becoming amber-is evidently a tale
originally brought southwark from the north in the
course OF trade.
The Radanos Cor Eridanos) River at which the
Greek myth was localized. was already declared by
Pliny TO be quite at variance with geography
with the places where amber is really found. But
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

there was a river Radan. continent of the Vistula,
near the Baltic from which the Greeks obtained
amber Now. this Radan was. usual. provided
with the Hellenic ending 'os,' and afterward erro-
neousfy mixed ND with the Eridahos, or Pc.
Sun worship, Pytheas already stated existed
In the north. II a cult widely prevailing among
the Germanic race-even than in the SOUTH
for In the north the is essentially benehcent
star; while in the south II is often a bringer OF
DEATH Of plague and Of agricultural distress. In the
Edda repeatedly meet with Sun Chariot-nay
even a Sun Daughter. In old German poetry. tales
and folklore there is an overwhelming mass Of evil
dence for the cult. The passages in poet
cal and the prose Edda. or Morse Scripture, amply
testify to a belief in a drawn by steed. And
now, last the visible proof of that ancient even
prehistoric cree Of our common ferebears has
been bodily brought from under the earth. where it
so long hidden"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
ODD THINGS IN 1908.

Miss Frances Petit, of Galway. N. Y. got judg-
men at Albany for $4,000 for the 1.236 kisses given
her in fourteen years by the village blacksmith.
I. Olphant Dodge. owner OF iathouse building
In Omaha was granted writ OF injunction re-
straining Mrs Z. Berge tenant, from talking to
other occupants of the hathouse.
William H Pugsiey caused the arrest of his wifo
Mount Vernon N. Y. the ground of cruelty
In forcing him to sleep in chicken coop.
Seventy German poets in Berlin entered into
union, refusing to accept less than 10 cents a line
Tor their rhymes.
Yairpins from the heads OF women passengers
IN a Columbus Ohio trolley car saved a carload
vf belated people long walk in the snow after q
fuse had burned out.
Three justices OF the Supreme Court decided that
20 eat in the modern quck-lunch restaurant with
ones hat on was quite proper
At Oberlin College young man having a scholar
ship valued at SIS stole two kisses from a pretty
coed" and expelled from the school placing
the value of the Oberlin kisses at S37 so apiece
A court in Berlin decided in favor of wife suing
for divorce on the strength of the fact that her
husband wears a wig, and that she did know
II at the time OF the ceremony.
MISS Mary l.. Rogers OF Pawtucket r. l., a
graduate OF wellesley and the teacher in the
nlgh school, Knocked out the captain of the foot
ball team with blow the nose and landed
twice on the eyes OF his confederate who assisted
at breaking her in"
Through mistake on the part Of Cook County
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broad veranda extending along tho entire front
OF the building.
II MONSTER CRAB.
Giant Specimen Displayed at the
Museum of Natural History.

The largest crab ever seen in America, and prob
ably the record breaking specimen OF the world
has just been mounted the right wall OF the
new 1nVertebrate Hall of Zoology, at the American
Museum OF Natural History. The combined length
Of the feeding arms Of this monster crustacean
is than twelve feet The outstretched
reach of a man falls away short OF covering the
creatures span. The body portion exceeds in size
the largest dinner plate. and a small baby could
be easily carried upon its back It is estimated to
contain as much meat as fifty ordinary crabs The
giant crustacean was captured at a depth of 345
feet in the off the coast of japan. near Miura
Misaki. and was secured by Professor Bashford
Dean, of Columbia University. where smaller
specimen is used in the biological department
Its estimated weight in life is thought have
been seventy-fve pounds One the
striking peculiarites of this giant of the deep is
its immense elastic arms, containing sawlke teeth
called ''pinchers,' by which food is obtained This
food is mostly soft mollusks decaying vegetable
matter and small forms of marine life.
The specimen is a type OF the famous spider crab
which inhabits the waters Of the group of islands
forming the Empire Of Japan. where at present
according Professor David Starr Jordan, some
lilo different marine species known to exist.
The eight resemble sections OF bamboo growth
and extremely elastic. One of the odd and
unusual features OF the crab is faculty of as
Stunning a disguise. This feat they are able TO per-
form owing the feXibility Of their "pinchers'
and to the hooked hairs and spInes with which
their numerous arms studded BY means of
their "pinchers' they tear off small fragments of
sponges and seaweeds. After first putting these to
their mouths. which contain a glutinous saliva
they place them the surface of their limbs and
bodies by sticking them fast with rubbing move
ment BY this method the crab succeeds In COM
petely changing It's appearance and rendering itself
indistinguishable from the materials common TO
the bottom the sea. While crawling along II
though portion Of the ocean bed was in
motion. close IS the resemblance. This disguise
is often accomplished without the conscious aid of
the crab by simple process The continued piling
up of sediment its shell forms a convenient
sprouting place for weeds and other growths
The concealment of the huge crabs identity IL
one of it's main chances 10 elude the attack az
other more formidable marine inhabitants. In mat
tiers of warfare It is practically at their mercy.
having neither speed to escape nor any weapons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

Of defence Nature, however. has provided .
UNIQUE panacea for It's helpless condition. When
set upon and pursued by greedy denizens OF tho
deep its long appendages. or limbs fun OF muscle
meat, form a tempting and easy chance for food
When seized by Of these, the big creature
with ease and comfort quickly pulls and detaches
the limb in question from It's joint and allows the
enemy to make of with its mouthful OF prey.
From It's organism another limb swiftly grows In
place OF the lost one and Inconvenience Is SUI
fered In consequence OF its removal Even after
one of its long feeding "pinchers' ard several
lower arms have been bitten off In this manner
the hardy monster is not forced to lay up for re-
pairs but goes on in the even tenor OF his way.
patiently awaiting the growth OF It's missing parts
curious phenomenon Is associated Win
smaller specIes these crabs in certain part or
Japan on the backs of which arc depressions ana
lines strongly resembling human facs They
ere caught along n stretch OF coast whers some
seven centuries ago fought 4 great naval
battle which exterminated the famous Heiks Clan
Tanantse history that the Imperial empress
reisntng at that time, In the hour or this awtui
tragedy after composing q poem, leapeo INTO the
sea with its child Emperor IN her arms mere
after the crabs OF this coast were called HeiKe
crabs for the faces OF the slaughtered and drowned
warriors in their death struggle are imprinted ana
car be seen upon their backs. The huge crap IS
one OF the new exhibits prepared by professor
William Morton Wheeler, curator OF the depart
ment and George H. Sherwood. his assistant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

othy B. Blackstone. a memorial 70 his father
James Blackstone, descendant Of the Rev VIII
hahn Blackstone. OF England. said to have Deeh
the first white to settle the site OF Boston
The Blackstone Memorial Library is designed IN
Grecian-Ionic style. the architectural details pelng
taken from the Erechtheum of the Armenian
Acropolis. The exterior including the roof. or the
dome. is entirely of Tennessee marble OF Hsnt
tone The main front, the principal feature or
which is a colonnade of futed Ionic columns or
marble. faces the south and back of the co!onnade
extending its full length. is open loggia reacneo
by flight OF marble steps. 49, =,
Over the portico is Greek attic story. with peal
ment. The central portion OF the building is two
stories high, dominated by low dome OF marble
and thanking the central mass on the west and east
two circular story and basement wings
containing the stackroom and main reading room
The extreme outside dimensions of the building
ere 162 by 12s feet. the plan approximaung the
form of Latin cross. -.
The rotunda is octagonal in form, forty-four rect
in diameter and is paved with fine marble MOSAIC
OF q special design from Paris. The walls, arcnes
and entabatures of the rotunda are entirely OF
polished marble, and the whole is crowned by a
dome fifty feet above the floor. of solid concrete,
rooted with marble eight inches thick. and in this
dome IN panels six by nine feet are eight large
paintings, illustrating the evolution OF oookInahihg
from the days OF Pharaoh to the present time
The massive main entrance doors are or bronze
OF rich design, and weigh nearly two thousand
pounds. This library with its endOWments, repre-
sents gift OF about s500000-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
CHICAGO FUNERALS.
Difficult for a Non-Union Man to
Hare One.

Chicago Jan ? (SpeciaD.-Nearly all Chicagoans
outside Of the ranks of organized workingmen are
unanimous in the opinion that labor unionism has
gone TO the extreme limit in the strike of the
uverymen. The indecent disregard of the labor
leaders for the sacred grief Of those robbed by
death of loved in forcibly preventing the
proper burial OF the departed has spread sense
of shame among all classes at the added proof that
the unions OF Chicago respect neither legal nor
personal rights of individuals. The stopping Of
funerals by violence through hoodum pickets has
evoked the severest condemnation by the daily
press of the city echoed in strong terms by the
clergy OF all denominations Nobody's grief has
been too poignant stay the brutal course of the
ruffanly strikers the sanctity OF homo and house
OF worship being invaded by the ghoulish ennis
saries OF the unions to hinder or compel the
ton of ceremonies. and even religious services over
tho remains OF tho departed
The edict went forth from the strike bosses that
there must be no funeral cortege allowed for any
deceased person. rich poor, and that the dead
could be taken to the cemeteries only IN express
truck. or the black wagons OF tho uncertakers-
The use Of hearses. livery carriages or hacks 10
make up q cortege was strictly prohibited and any
effort to disregard the order met with the most
outrageous violence from pickets and strike sym
pathizers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
THE AUDUBON MANSION.
Washington Heights Landmarks to
GiUe Way to mprOUementS.

The Audubon mansion in One-hundred- and fifty
second-st-, just west of Broadway. is doomed, but
not because 1t lies in the way of the extension OF
the Riverside Drive. has been enormously an
nounced- II is on a part OF the land adjacent TO
the drive and the subway recently acquired
by the Barney Syndicate. and held for the rise in
value for building purposes expected to follow the
completion Of these two great public works
The house. built of wood and in exterior ap-
pearance fairly well preserved is badly diapidated
within. It is at present occupied by CHIEF Clerk
O'Brien. OF the auditors office of the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company. who is tenant at Will
Of the syndicate and may be required TO surrender
possession short notice.
Prior Mr.. O'Brien's occupancy the house was
used for many years as private academy FOR
girls. conducted by Miss Eliza Audubon a grand
daughter OF the famous naturalist. The walls
have not been redecorated since the close OF the
school about four years ago and those of the old
paror still plainly show the marks Of bookshelves
and other school paraphernalia This room is large.
about 20 by 70 feet and in the days Of the greatest
glory OF the old house must have been one Of the
most pretentious OF the many drawing rooms OF
large dimensions on Washington Heights
Directly across the spacious hall from the draw
ing room is a much smaller room facing the
street which Is said have been John James
Audubon's study II is lighted by q large north
window. but. compared with many other large
rooms In the house, is decidedly cramped and dark
II IS connected, however. by wide door. with the
sunny and airy dining room IN the southwest cor
ner OF the house.
In this little study Audubon is said to have done
much OF the work which raised him to his high
place among the naturaIsts OF tho world There
he wrote or revised It is said. much OF the
oraithological work which brought him his great
fame and there. also. he produced many OF the
drawings which embellished IT.
The old house is said TO have another claim
upon public interest S. +. B. Morse, tho inventor
Of the electric telegraph. is said by John Nor
rowe. who recently in a letter TO the newspapers
called attention the historical Importance OF the
house, to have been intimate friend OF Audi
bon. and TO have sent from the basement OF the
house the first telegram ever dispatched IN the
present city of New-York.
The Audubon house is surrounded by large
grounds which are still growing few OF the
trees and vines which Il is asserted the naturalist
planted with his hands 10 attract 10 his abode
feathered creatures OF the air TO the study OF
which the greater part OF his life was devoted A
large woodbne or honeysuckle stu Chambers Up
the east side OF the house to the rooI. The
trance IS a peculiar double stairway leading up to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

only snort distance away, and could Be easily
and quickly reached from the back door OF the
brides home. and they decided 70 go th!ther rather
than take wedding trip-at least at that time.
they kept their own counsel and arranged TO have
a carriage driVe up to the front door lust before
me tnae came for their outgoing on what the
crowd tnought was TO be their wedding tourney
Inc lights In the house were turned out sIddenIy
anu the pride and bridegroom slipped into the car
rage as was supposed, for il drove OF toward the
station II was not many seconds before there were
several buSSies In pursuit. After driving in
touhdao9ut way Tor several miles as n irving 20
throw snr0w ihe pursuers on the scent the carriage
nhaHy uroVe up 10 the station and when the pur-
TO their surprise confusion chagrin and
Ihat they had been following an empty
carriage me pride and bridegroom had
they knew not where. but their parents knew that
'hey were happily ensconced in their new home,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

and the expenditure OF SO perhaps, beror. N. nsx
name Is accredited and entered as permanent and
binding by court decree
Generally speaking they are persons Of rno,t corn,
mon or most uncommon names who seek thu mo-
cesses OF the courts to effect the change The drss
move that IS made is the fling OF a petition direct
co TO the judges OF the circuit court, asking for
'ne change and specifying the name which tho
peuuoner seeks. Previous to this petition a card
announcing the application for the change must
nave been printed six times in a legal newspaper
IN me county. and each OF these notices must have
been printed before the opening day Of the court
term.
Ten dollars is the fee for fling the petition Ac-
cording to the circulation OF the legal nsw.uan.r
the charge for printing the notices will be great or
small. and when the application goes before the
court for a hearing the petitioner will have to be
represented oy counsel So that by the time de-
cree IS rendered. allowing Jacob Yeer,' FOR in
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stance to take the name OF Ernest H Burgess
the may easily have been 50. AS 70 the tins
necessary. 1t may have been from six weeks 20
three years.
Naturally men than women apply TO the
courts 70 have their names chanEed. but simply s
glance the indices in the ONCE OF the circuit
clerk Will indicate something or the proportion OF
Ave men Is about the proportion Of changing names
IN Chicago: sometimes there IS a rush on the
courts and again for weeks not single spplca-
ton fled In many cases there IS a slight cause
on the face Of things prompt the petition
Where a name IS of foreign extraction and un-
wieldy and difficult 70 pronounce II Is recognized
al once that to AngliClze II ia a matter which
really concerns the public welfare, on the other
hand there are applications for change OF name
where only a family prejudice could have tnfU-
enced the reQuest.-(Chlcago Tribune