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EUROPEAN.
SOCIETYHAS
DRUG HABIT
Women of Rank Falling
Victims to Seductive
Power of Morphia.

LONDON, April s.-According to Or.
Oscar Jennings, the well-known spe-
cialist on drug habits. hosts OF English
and French society women are turning
to morphia in various forms as a slim
ulant and fatigue banisher. So familiar
did British officers become with the
drug In the hospitals during the Boer
war that many OF them came home
with a well developed habit and con-
vincing stories Of its powers
Although druggists IN London and
Paris are forbidden by law to handle
morphia without a special license, the
number OF sales ION the quiet" are de-
clared to be enormous, especially In
the latter capital. Often customers are
charged five times the regular price,
but as they seldom refuse, the drug
gists' profit is sufficient to warrant the
risk. 1t is said. too. that waiter in
a prominent Paris restaurant always
keeps a hypodermic syringe ready for
the use OF any patron who may require
a dose when he has left his own at
home.
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to her private income by selling motor
cars on commission which may en-
able her to pay her dressmakIng bills
without unduly taxing her husbands
purse.
Kathleen Emily Bulkeley Williams
was the maiden name of the reigning
Duchess, who is many years older than
the lady whom she displaced in the
occupancy OF the ducal estates. Her
father was Captain Robert Williams,
A. d. C, son of Sir Robert Williams.
Bart Her predecessors maiden sur
name was also Williams. but the two
families are not related
She married the fourth Duke in
1872 and has a family of four sons
and two daughters, so that there is
now little likelihood that the title will
soon pass to collateral branches C
the family. Her eldest son, Lord
Douro, was a victim some little time
back of a severe Raging" as ''haz-
ing is here termed. in the Guards.
For some reason. perhaps because he
was too keen in his profession, he was
unpopular with his aristocratic asso-
ciates. who nicknamed him "Do-go."
Inc present luke ana OuCneSS Oh
Wellington do not play a conspicuous
part in society. The reason is that the
Duke is hard up-for Duke By the
terms of the bountiful money grant
which a grateful country bestowed on
the Iron Duke IL extended only to
three generations. Besides. being I'M
der the painful necessity of making
both ends meet without any aid from
this fund. the poor Duke has become
further impoverished by having to pay
jointures out of the estate to the two
senior Duchesses- With a large and
extensive family 10 support, so severe
ly have they felt the need of retrench-
ment that they have closed up their
country seat. Strathfieldsaye House.
and are trying TO let it. Here is an
excellent chance, by the way, for some
American millionaire who would like
TO take his ease for few seasons in
the favorite country residence OF Eng
lands greatest soldier.
The Duke is as rich in titles as he
is poor in cash. Probably he has
more OF them than any other noble
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man IN England, and Of course the
three Duchesses share them with him.
No money goes with the most of
them, very few people ever hear Of
them and they serve no other purpose
than to incumber Burke's Peerage
MANY TITLES BUT NO FUNDS.
The cynical Labouchere once sug-
gested that law should be passed au-
thorizing impecunious peers to dispose
of their superfuous titles at auction
or by private sale. At present the
only way they can treat their titles as
financial assets is by becoming COM
pany directors-which Is getting to be
a very risky business-or by marrying
American heiresses. And because, If
they were allowed to sell some of
their titles outright for cash, there
would be fewer transoceanic peer
esses. 1t has been urged that
such a measure would undoubtedly be
popular with England's feminine aris-
tocracy, who view with jealousy and
alarm the extent to which they are
being ordered out of their limited
matrimonial market Oy the aL-cOn-
quering American girls dollars. Be-
sides possessing a bakers dozen of
British titles the Duke of Wellington
is Prince Of Waterloo in the Neither
lands, Duke of Cfudad Rodrigo in
Spain, and Duke OF Victoria, Marques
of Torres vedras and Count of yimi-
era in Portugal
Apsley House. where the Duke and
Duchess now make their home, is his
torically one of the most famous
houses in London and one of the least
known. When a garden party was
given there in 1901 Ii was said that II
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Of Waterloo, and II was regarded as
one of the most important functions
of the season. An invitation to it was
priced quite as highly as was COM
mand to dine at st. James Palace, and
in some respects the dinners were SIM
liar, since the King invariably sat on
the right hand of the Duke
King George w was not "A brilliant
after dinner speaker. and his oratory
did not greatly vary as to sentiment
But one point he used to make every
year with unfailing regularity which
was vociferously cheered. IF it had
not been for the exertions of my
friend on the left" he was wont TO
say. 81 might not have had the hap
piness of meeting the present COM
pany."
The interior OF Apsley House is a
curious mixture of splendor and SIM
plicity. The decorations are exec cd
ingly handsome, and the magnificent
picture gallery is Of priceless histo-i-
cal value. The rooms occupied by the
first Duke are. on the other hand. al
most bare In their lack of luxury. The
great man , ptufOOiIl IL still pIcScTNcu
in the same state as during his life
time. Its only furniture Is a small
iron bedstead, a writing table and
chair, chest of drawers and some
books. The Iron Duke. like true
hero, was simple in all his tastes and
preferred TO live the life of a soldier
rather than that of an aristocrat.
The art treasures contained in APPS
ley House. mostly the gifts of crowned
heads. comprise specimens of all the
best known schools of painting and
sculpture. On the grand staircase is
the colossal statue of Napoleon 1 by
Canova, while the pictures upstairs in
clude paintings by Velasquez. Wouver-
mans, Murillo and Vatican. Here are
also the famous Holy Family by
Rubens. Sir David Wilkes full-length
portrait of George ", and Landseer's
Highland Whisky STILL
Apsley House. though long bereft of
its social splendor. is a fitting monu-
ment of one of the very greatest of
the heroes of England. It was pre-
scented to the Duke by the nation all
1920 and its address was then very
appropriately No. /, London
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THE CRAZE
IN LONDON
King Edward Gives APP
proval to Fad and So
ciety Adopts 1t.

LONDON, April 3.-wrestling is go
ing to become a giant society craze
this season. The King has given 1t his
imprimatur, the Bath Club has made
it a feature in their gymnasium and the
young society lions OF the west end OF
London have installed a leading pro-
fessional to instruct them in it's art
and mysteries King Edward has given
instructions to have a stage for wrest-
ling added to the gymnasium at Buck
ingham Palace.
1t will be remembered that when John
L. Sullivan visited England the King.
then the Prince of Wales, Command
ed" him to appear at Marlborough
House. and so impressed was he with
the great man that he had a stage
for boxing added to the gymnasium at
once Other society establishments are
following the example of the King and
provised in all manner of shapes.
Neglected billiard-rooms are being
cleared out and turned into gymnasia,
due regard being paid to the require
ments of society wrestlers- Hotels and
clubs in course of construction are pro-
vided with special accommodation for
wrestling In many places the swim
ming baths are being covered over with
a special continuance so that they can
be turned into gymnasium as the &C.
casion demands. The Duke of MARI
borough's new house is provided with
a gymnasium which viii admit wrest-
ling. boxing or any other form Of manly
exercise
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on this side Of the water that the ex-
Bernard McGroary-vho returned to
Ireland from New Jersey a few months
ago and who died at Liverpool recently
attracted no end Of attention and a
good deal is likely 10 be made Of a
lawsuit which I understand is coming
as a sequel to his history. McGroary,
OF course, was the eccentric Irish
American millionaire" who, after turn
ing up in Donegal. his cid home. took
up his abode at the poorhouse and who
lived there for some time in style be-
fitting as opulent a person as he pre-
tended % be. Not long after his death
it came out that McGroary was not
millionaire at all. but possessed Of only
about 5000 This. he bequeathed. for
the most part. to relatives in the United
States, and now / learn that his kins-
men on this side OF the water are going
to contest the viii. II is possible also
to tell here, for the first time. why il
was that McGroary elected TO take up
his residence in so unlikely a retreat
for a rich man as the Donegal poor
house
It seems that when the Irish-Ameri-
can arrived in Donegal. preceded by
tales Of the fortune he had amassed in
the new FL Dorado. his poor relations
were overjoyed at the prospect of hav-
ing a real live millionaire as a kins-
man. The family tree was quickly
built up and relationships hitherto un-
heard Of were as quickly esta blished-
The neighbors came to congratulate
the McGroarys on their good fortune
and Bernard himself became the OBJ
ject of an admIrins and patronizing
community OF humble Donegal folk \
millionaire does not descend on Done
gal every day. so that McGrcary was
feted and regaled BIZ every one who
could BY any stretch OF imagination
claim even the most distant relation
ship.
The thing went so far that. after
while. the millionaire" made up his
mind to escape from such pressing al
tentions. and this is why il was that
TO the dismay and CONSERVATION Of the
McGroarys he took up his quarters in
the local poorhouse-not as a paups-
but as a paying guest" at s. week
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rHREE DUcHEssEs. oAUsEs OF M.4NY TANGLEs.

its treasures TO members Of the Sun
day Society.
known in society, the Marchioness of
Ailesbury and Lady Buckley. Her
brother. General Owen Williams. was
formerly commander Of the Blues. ard
attained unenviable prominence as one
Of the principal witnesses in the
Tranby Court baccarat scandal. An
other brother. Hugo Williams. became
famous by declarings himself not liza
Die for his wife's dressmaking bills.
for the payment OF which she was fire.
cuently sued Recently, however. this
lady. who is one of the shining lights
of London's fast set. has been adding
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la tie hail with varied assortments Of
hats. caps and bonnets.
Beng witty as well as pretty. she
,,ss q great society favorite and enter
tasned in brilliant fashion Among
her guests al Strathfeidsaye on one
occasion were Queen Victoria and the
Prince Consort- The present King
and Queen have also visited there
Strathfeldsaye House. however, can
hardly be regarded as one Of the
stately homes Of England. for the Iron
Duke cared very little Cor frills Of any
sort Il is built OF brick and is a big
place. but externally decidedly plain
and unpretentious- IL contains, how
ever. many valued art treasures, some
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PARIS. April 3.-The remains Of
Consul, a trained monkey. which but
a short time ago was the rage in
Paris, have been presented to the
Paris natural history museum at Jar
din des Plantes. The body VIII be
dissected, the bones mounted and the
skin stuffed. A special study viii be
made OF the head and brains
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THREE LIVING DUCHESSES OF WELLNGTO ON ARE CAUSE
OF MUCH CONFUSION AMONG TITLED SET OF ENGLAND
All Live Quietly the Regnng Lady Sharing the Trials of Her
Much Titled Husband, Fourth Duke

was the first time for nearly half
century that its doors had been
thrown open for an entertainment.
When the Iron Duke had possession
of it things were different. In the IA
nous Waterloo gallery, a vast hall
nearly 100 feet long, handsomely dec
Grated and richly gilt the Duke used
TO celebrate by a banquet on the 18th
of June the anniversary of the battle
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unique specimens Of furniture, a high
II priced library and historic souve-
Mrs Of its first great occupant
The old Duchess was a great friend
Of Queen Victoria, and from 1s43 to
IS4S was bedchamber woman to her
Majesty In 1851 she became Mis-
tress OF the Robes. holding that Office
until 1858. and filling it again in 1874.
After the death of the Queen the King
presented her with one OF his mothers
bracelets. which the old lady prizes
highly as a souvenir Of her royal mis-
tress. On the death OF her husband in
1884 she took I'D her residence at
BearhW Park. waIton-on- Thames.
where she still lives. having long ago
Withdrawn from the social whirl.
Evelyn. Duchess of Wellington, is
the youngest daughter of the late Col
onel Thomas Peers Williams, OF Tenn
pie House. Buckinghamshire and is
still q very pretty woman She mar
ried the third Duke IN 1882 and has
been a widow less than four years. She
is a devout Catholic and has never
taken Z prominent part in social func-
tons. sharing her husba nd's fondness
for the quiet and innocuous pleasures
OF country he ms rhlrd Duke, IN
physiognomy and tastes, bore very lit
tie resemblance TO the martial found
er Of the house. He looked so much
Ike Sturgeon. the famous preacher,
who was anything but a handsome
man. that that name was bestowed on
him as a nickname.
FONDNESS FOR CLAY PIGS.
The favorite hobbies OF this Duchess
are animal pets. and china and clay
pigs. Of which she has a large collec-
ton gathered during her travels on
the Continent with her late huband.
Whence comes this prediction for
porcine efigies no pne knows. but il
is a very harmless taste and one in
which her Grace is not apt to en-
counter any rivalry and arouse jealous
heart-burnings. Despite her devotion
70 il she found time 10 compile a cat
slogue Of the pictures at the famous
ducal town residence. Apsley House.
Hyde Park Corner. London. And
while thus engaged, she displayed her
piety by granting free passes to view
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LONDON. April s.-One OF the most
perple1ng mix-ups in all the tangled
LIST OF the British peerage is the fact
that there are al this time three liv-
ing Duchesses OF Wellington. The
name is so famous and the great
ladies' who bear Il are SO little known
IN Amercs-or mere either. for that
mstter-thst have taken advantage
OF rare opportunity to get the pho
togrsphs Of these three titled danes
and some information about them
which proves 10 be OF much human
interest.
They are known as Elizabeth,
Duchess OF Wellington, the widow OF
the second Duke OF Wellington: Eve
lvn. Duchess OF Wellington. the widow
Of the third Duke or Wellington. and
the Duchess o. Wellington. wife OF the
fourth and present Duke
Neither OF the two first named can
rightly be termed Dowager Duchesses.
Tor neither OF them retired in favor
81 8 sons wife The present Duchess
OF Wellington is already a grand
mother. the child OF one - her daugh-
tiers. who married a commoner. NJ.
James, having been christened on Feb
. rusry I OF this year. by permission OF
che King, ar the Chapel Royal St
James Palace, London Yet the lady
who preceded her in the title is still
Young enough 10 enter the matrimo-
NAL lists again and is engaged 20 be
married 70 Colonel wellesley.
The key 20 the puzzle is found IN
This queer bit OF genealogical history:
The first and great Duke OF yelling
ton-and thus far the only great Duke
II WelEngton-vho died IN 1852, was
succeeded by the eldest OF his two
sons. Arthur Richard Wellesley. who
vas born IN 1907 and died in 1854 with
out issue.
He vas succeeded by his nephew.
Henry. the second son Of the Iron
Dukes second son. Charles, who died
IN 1S5s: Henry. the third Duke, who
va. born in 1876. died IN 1900. also
without children. and was succeeded
bv his brother Arthur. born in Is4s,
Who then became the fourth Duke OF
Wellir. gton.
ana nus CONES dDO4L mat
are three living Duchesses Of We'll
l-rEton.
HISTORY OF THE DCCHESSES.
Elizabeth. Duchess OF Wellington.
widow Of the second Duke, is 4 state
" dame. whose head Is crowned with
he SHOWS OF nearly eighty-four win
tiers. At the time OF her marriage,
which occurred In 1888. she was Lady
Elizabeth Hay. daughter Of the Mar
gus OF Tweeddale- She was only g
then, q very pretty girl and OF
2 sprightly temperament, which found
vent IN some amusing pranks- When.
IS bride. she was taken 70 Strath-
'feldsaye Heuse. Berkshire, the coun-
try seat OF the Iron Duke, for the
honeymoon. she rather shocked her
husband by decorating the hi-toric
collection OF marble busts and statues
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REVEALS
MCGROARYS
IMPOSITION
centric Irish "MilIiOn-
aire" Is Worth but
$4,000.

LONDON, April 3.-Interest IN the
american millionaire" has got so keen
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Opening Prices We're Higher Fol-
lowed by Very Erralic
Fluctuations
SOME STOCKS HEAVILY SOLD.
A Period Of Hesitation Was Succeeded
BY Good Advances on Appearance
Of Bank Statement

Ne York Dec Deepening prices OF
stocks today were carried higher than last
night by large buying orders Atchison
being the sole exception with decline
of q, Gains reached TO over o point IN
Colorado Fuel and Amalgamatod Copper.
20 point I'm Southern Pacific Rock Is
land Erie first preferred and Paper aud
to "a large fraction In Norfolk & West
cu and United States steel. Erratlc
fluctuations IN Amaglmatod Copper
United states Steel preferred, Leather
and Sugar created an uneven market
These stocks as well as Union Pacific met
heavy selling orders after the initial al.
vance under which they yielded below
yesterdays closing, Sugar 90 the cN-
tent Of a point standard railroad stocks
later advanced, led by st. Paul which
touched il2 The coalofs we're also bought
heavily ana by u o'clock the general
trend became upward again. Amalga-
mated Copper United states Steel pre-
ferrcd and Sugar rallied 20 their highest
prices. Thcrc was period OF hnNtau0n'
but prices advanced strongly 10 the high
est level 0f the day after the appearance
~ the bank statement Losses Of point
were made by Wheeling a Lake Erie,
Minneapolis & st Louis Erie second pre-.
fcrrcd Chicago Great Western m pre-.
fcrred tho Leather stocks and Cons0li.
dated Gas on the rally gains reached
in Amalgamoted Copper ~, Reading
a. Kansas City Southern preferred ii8,
Chicago Union Traction preferred 3, Ten
nosscc Coal Colorado Fuel General Elec.
trio ana Hooking Valley preferred 2 and
Pennsylvania Southern Pacific ST. Paul,
Chesapeake q ohio Hooking Valley, Corn
Products preferred, Brooklyn Transit,
Sugar. the Mating stocks, the Pump
stocks. Rubber and Rubber Goods point
or more United states Steel gained ~,
The closing was active aud generally
firm
Close. Money on cali, nominal; no loans,
Time loans, steady % days SAdi per
cent 70 days ana six months. per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4AqiA per
cent
Sterling exchange firm. with actual bust
ness IN bankers bills at fss ijfii $500 for
demand and az asa for 20 day bills.
Posted rates 4Ab and i.NuiSlH,
Commercial Bills 49iadi 3A,
bar silver, % cents
Mexican dollars. lSh cents
Government bonds steady: railroad
bonds. steady
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ground as sequence Of the recent cir
cult court decision
Manager A. O. Lamyon " the Gold q
Copper company expects Ia shortly. no.
sumo operations oR the companys
property main feature FOR The
present being to push the Lumson tun-
mel from Dalton & Lark side 20 give
drainage and deep outlet 10 the mines
Of main Bingham.
AN available teams were busy this
week ON lumber, coal etc. for the
mines
A biz storm that win blockade the
upper roads is indicated and likely To
come at any time
A movement Is on foot that prom
lses 10 result n quite extensive work
beginning this winter on a group OF
claims that has been idle FOR some
time
COL u. A. Wall has one OF his new
tangled separators completed and viii
soon have n Installed at the Kempton
mil It's weight ~ about seven tons
Bingham G. & J.. teams this week
hauled % tons OF United states lead
ore, also 25 tons ore from Eastmans
CU - lease, 80 tons from Gregerson's
Co. - lease. and 20 tons from tho
utah-Apcx.
During the week ending yesterday
the Copper self hauled lli carloads Of
ore. as follows From the Utah Copper
1900 tons, Yampa, 500 tons, CONNER
clal 1900 tons and Ohio, $40 tons. Up
freight hauled ~ cars.
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CONCENTRATES

The Tonopah railroad win push on to
Goldfeld at once,
An assessment Of half cent
share has been levied on Joe Bowers.
Manager George Dern u the Con.
Mercur went out to the mine again to-
day,
The Pioneer sampler received today
two cars each from Idaho. Nevada and
American Fork and three from Tlntlc.
Advices from Mercur Indicate that
the Greene Reduction company has
discontinued operations at the Geyser-
Marion.
ore running $50 TO the ton has been
discovered In the Goldheld-Verde mine,
four and half miles east OF Gold
field.
The lronsldes mine near Boise. Ida.
has AN ore body opened W. two feet
Of which carries values Of $50 ton
and four feet t2i
Receipts at The Taylor Brunton sam
pier amounted 10 six cars Of ore from
Bingham. five from Tonopah ana one
from Tlntc
AZ a meeting Of the directors Of the
Beck Tunnel Con- held al Provo today,
the sale Of delinquent stock was post
poned from Dec. u to Jan. l2
II Is the hrm bcHer Of A. Buckbee.
who is operating the Cumberland mine
at Silver city Ida, that the camp has
continuous mineral belt reaching
southwark into Nevada and that IL k
likely to prove rich az many points.
In all probability the Checkmate
mine az Pearl Ida. viii be started up
again soon after the first Of the wear
the complications that led to its clos
Ing down being nearly cleared away.
The Glasgow & Western Exploration
company has decided TO extend ts mar
ROW gauge road running between It's
properties nt Golconda and Adelaide
New, TO Kennedy. distance of 30
miles This, II Is thought. will ppne-
trate q region with great mining posi-
biliiies,
Three feet OF ore said to contain 100
ounces silver and "A per cent lead. is
reported to have been opened No on
the drain tunnel level OF the Dalv
mine. The strike is regarded as "A
most important one and. accordingly
those Interested IN the property arc
highly elated.
The sylyqnla Mining company, own
ing properties In the Palmetto range
80 miles southeast Of Tonopah. Is about
TO begin extensive development. over
1000 tons 81 ore are on the dumps.
some Of which viii be shipped at once.