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CHURCH WRITES OF BRITISH ROOkMEN

ter. where Thomas Hardy lives, and
which is the "Casterbridge" Of one Of
his best novels, is on the Great West
ern, but hitherto the journey from
London has been long and tedious
one. Now, however, an express is to
be run which will make halliday ex-
cursions to this quaint old place pos
sibility. Every reader of 1.-The Mayor
of Casterbridge" will remember Mr.
Hardy's vivid picture of : this "minia-
ture Rome on English soil,p where
there We're timber houses with over
hanging stories, whose SmaII-paned
lattices were screened by dimity cur
tains On drawing string, and under
whose barge boards old cobwebs waved
in the breeze. There were houses of
brick nogging, which derived their
There were slate roofs patched with
tiles, and tile roofs patched with slate,
with occasionally a roof of thatch."
In the Kings Arms the visitor
may see the Golden Crown, where
Maj. Henchard at the banquet was
recognized by his long parted wife, and
near st. Peters church stands an an
cient mansion that suits well the de-
scription of High Place hall, where
Lucetta took up her quarters. Maum-
bury Rings. or the amphitheater is the
scene of the secret meeting between
Henchard and Susan.
Not the least attractive building in
the town is MAX Gate" where Mr.
Hardy lives. Romans sleep beneath
the house." he says. Certain 1t is that
while the carriage drive was being cut,
a whole row Of Roman soldiers and the
skeleton of Roman lady were discov-
cred. The fibuIa taken from her skull
finds place among the pottery, erna-
ments and other Roman treasures with
which MAX Gate" abounds.
Anthony Hope, now proud father,
says that I'VE" haven't decided yet
what name his baby daughter shall be
given, and he only smiled wisely when
Dolly" 'sFlavia" and "Osra, were sug-
gested. Miss Hawkins, who came into
the world this week, was born at the
house in Bedford square, into which the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Special Foreign Service

tcpCSldl L vi cI6H EoSFNlC6
LONDON, Sept. 10. J. Bell. the
young Scotchman who introduced us to
"Wee Macgreegor," is in London at
present, having come down with his
pretty wife from their home on the
Scottish sea coast to make a short
visit to some friends. Incidentally, Mr.
Bell is having a glance over the final
sheets" of his new story, Jess & Co."
The scene of this story will be laid in
Scotland, but the tale will not be told
In dialect. I'm sure the public must
be tired of dialect" said the writer,
when talking with me the other day,
and mean to use as little of it as
possible in my work for a while" Bell,
who is slight and a trifie older looking
than one would imagine from his pho
tographs, is frank, plain spoken and
good humOred and seems quite un-
spoiled by his uncommon success He
is returning to Scotland at the end of
the present week. when he means to
begin work on a series of short stories
which he has planned out. Bell saws
that Wee Macgreegor" will not appear
in them
Mrs. Craigie John Oliver Hobbesl is
rather distressed about report that
has been going the rounds as to the
appointments of her literary workshop
at St. Lawrence. According to the
story. the autheress' studio was lit
by electric lights placed inside human
skulls. but Mrs. Craigie says this is
absolutely untrue She writes some
what sardonfcally. 1T may be difficult
sometimes to feel any respect for the
living, but reverence is certainly due
to the dead. and the employment of
human remains as house decoration
seems to me most distressing form
Of had taste" Mrs Ora ic noxxr IN
the Isle of Wight
1t is rather unfortunate that the
Great Western railway should have
selected just this time of the year when
most American travellers are turning
their faces homeward. to begin new
service of which many of them would
have liked to take advantage. Dorches-
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VIENNA CHOOSES A QUEEN OF BEAUTY
Bertha Turk is Declared the Loyeliest Of Her Sex

Special Foreign Service
NUIENNA. Sept. list. Anne's day,
wv the old Vienna holiday, was cele-
brated as usual by an immense
gathering in the Kahlenberg. which
decided who were the most beautiful
women in Vienna in 1904.
The. contestants were this year I'M
usually numerous and a keen compe-
tition was excited before the claims
of the fair rivals could be passed upon
Austrian women whose beauty fire.
queney fades before the twenties are
passed. In this years contest, the
first and second prize winners were
only seventeensS the third eighteen and
the fourth celebrated her nineteenth
birthday on that day.
ST. Anne's day is a very old Austrian
holiday, when it was the practice for
women and girls named Anna to cele-'
brate their me-day by excursions to
the beautiful country resorts round
Vienna. Of late years, however, the
attractions of the Kahlenberg, a hill
nearly 1000 feet high overlooking vi
emma and the blue Danube, have drawn
the bulk of the visitors
In the beginning the beauty COM
petition was restricted to those bear
ing the name of Anna, once perhaps
the most common name in Austria. but
not so now. Then, the judges task
was comparatively easy, but now that
the restriction has been removed there
are hundreds of competitors. The
V1ennese women are known through
out of the world for their beauty, en-
nanced by their perfect taste in Dress
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in 1850, a curious peerage case arose.
the title being claimed by descendants
of the FIRST duke by his first marriage;
and the attorney general having re-
ported in favor of the claim, Sir Ed
ward Seymour took his seat in the
house of lords as eighth duke. The
Earfdom of Hartford was at the same
time conferred on this eighth dukes
first cousin, Francis, who thirteen
years later was made marquis The
second marquis married a great heir
ess. and the wife of the third also
brought vast deal of money into the
family. 1t was this third marquis who
became famous through Thackeray's
portrait of him as the Marquis of
Steyn.
The fourth marquis was an eccentric
character, and neither before nor after
his accession to the title did he show
any interest in public affairs But he
conceived great ambition to, become
a Knight of the Garter. Sir Robert
Peel, when prime minister. told him
that he could not recommend the
queen to give that distinction to no.
bleman who so persfstently resided out
of the country.
Your lordship," said the minister,
''has great estates In Ireland. where at
the present time it is especially to be
desired that owners of estates should
associate with the people. You might
pay them visit"
To Ireland he went and s'did the pop
uiar.' and in due time was rewarded
with the coveted garter. It is said that
on the occasion of his visit to Ireland
ne went out riding In the neighbor-
hood of Lisburn and on reaching the.
top of hill his companion said to
him, Now, my lord, as far as you can
see, all is your own" To which Lord
Hartford replied. 'Wen. I see it for the
first time, and hope shall never see
it again. Nor did he.
BY the law of entail his English es-
tates of Ragley and Sudburne passed
to his cousin. an intimate personal
friend of the prince consort But he
had taken great dislike to all his
relatives and left them nothing that he
could help. He is credited with having
said that his chief regret at dying was
that 1t would prevent him seeing their
faces when his will was read. The.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
LADY JANE SEYMOUR MARRIES
Bearer of Historic Name Weds Commoner

Special Foreign Service
LONDON, Sept. 10.-Apart from it's
social Importance, the marriage which
has just taken place between Lady
Jane Seymour, youngest daughter of
the Marquis and Marchioness of Hert-
ford. and Maj Hugh Dudley Carleton
is of unusual interest because of the
historic memories that are associated
with the name of the bride and the ro-
mantle history of the family.
She is the third of her family to
take that font name to the altar. The
first was ''the right noble. virtuous and
excellent lady. of convenient years and
excellent beauty" who. in 1885 became
the wife of that much married mon
arch. King Henry VIII. The day after
the marriage took place another of his
wives. the Inflated Anne Boleyn, was
executed in the tower. Jane Seymour
was the only one of the six for whom
he seems to have entertained any real
affection and respect. She did not
live long enough to give him time to
outgrow it. dying the year following
her marriage and twelve days after the
birth of her son. who subsequently, be-
came Edward VI. Only once did she
sign her name as "Jane the Quene."
That was on the day of her sons birth
when the customary announcement
was made to the privy council. King
Henry VIII. paid her the compliment of
donning mourning for her. a tribute
which he did not pay to the memory
of any of the other four whom he sur
ylved. After his death he shared the
same grave with her in ST. Georges
chapel.
This Lady James marriage was the
making of her family. Her eldest
brother. Edward. was successfully Gre
ted Vtscount Beauchamp. Earl of Hert-
ford and Duke of Somerset. and as pro-
tector played leading part in the
first half of the reign of Edward VI.
Another brother. Thomas, was created
Lord Seymour of Sudeley. and became
lord high admiral of England. He mar
ried King Henry Wills widow, Cath
crime Parr, but terminated his life on
the scaffold in 154s
On the death Of the seventh duke.
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the scene is particularly striking.
The competitors promenade through
the alleys in the pavilion followed by
hundreds of enthusiastic admirers, and
finally take their seats upon a platform.
Every visitor is entitled to cast one
vote and sometimes are appointed to
see that everything & is sperformed
properly. TrumpetS announce the
closing of the poll and then follows
the counting of the votes which usu-
ally takes an hour.
In this years contest the chief
honors fell to- statuesque blond, 1t
years old, with wondrous blue eyes,
Bertha Turk, an actress in the Bijou
theater in the Vienna Prater. Miss
Turk received 972 votes, which gave
her the first prize. handsome gold
watch. She wore a blue wolfe dress
with Rembrandt hat with large
feathers Of the same shade as her
toilette.
Minka Trapped. another seventeen
year old maiden. took the second prize,
a necklace set with turquoises. She
is brunette and comes of family
of beauties, her sister Frieda Trapped
having taken first prize in the Kahlen-
berg contests for the last two years.
Gisela Flawelka, an eighteen year
old actress, took the third prize, a
gold ring. She has black hair and
gray eyes.
Another brunette, petite, with jet
black hair and eyes, Melanie Matzner,
took the fourth prize. It was her
nineteenth birthday.
Incidentally it will be noticed that
none of the prizes went to an Anna.
Having decided as to who were the
Vienna beauties for 1904, everybody
was happy. except few fair but dis
appointed losers, and music and dane
ing went on. until past midnight.
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never regret what you have DONE l
married to suit myself and not other
people, and Iscongratulate you on hav-
ing done the same thing
He never told anybody that he re-
GREETED his second marriage. but it is
certain that he did not find complete
bliss in it. He had sacrificed the adu-
lation to which he had been accustom-
ed for his young wife's sake, but their
life of retirement from the world
proved dull and irksome to her. She
yearned for the glare of the footlights
and the incense of popular applause.
Disregarding his wishes in the matter
she insisted on returning to the stage
to pursue again the career which she
fondly imagined was to yield her the
fame for which she longed.
Her awakening from this dream was
a rude one. At her first appearance
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
TWO MEN START ON
AN EXTENDED TRIP
They Embark on a is, 600. Mile
Voyage In a Small
Boat

LONDON. Cept 1a-Twe men and a
dog started from Brighton in nine ton
ketch rugged boat on 16.000-mile yoy-
age to Broom, South Australia
The daring voyagers were Messrs. Nap
per and Lahgford. and they are seeking
fortune in the far famed pearl fishery.
Both men are sailors by profession. Mr..
Napier. who is the son of well known
Brighton tradesman, has a record of $780,
600 miles of voyage already to his credit.
while Mr.. Langford's total SO far is 1sss. :
600 miles.
Their little vessel is a $50 tonner. She
is named the Brighton, is forty feet long
and eleven feet broad. Provisions for six
months were slowed away. while three
tanks contained over 200 gallons OF fresh
water.
The route win take the adventurous
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

she was literally mobbed off the stage
without SO much as chance of being
allowed her to speak line of her part.
She returned to the home of her aged
husband, convinced that there was no
hope of realizing her ambition The
life they lived there was hidden from
the world, but those who delight in
scandal are eagerly awaiting the rev
Citations" concerning this period of the
great mans life. which it is expected
will be made in the course of the con-
test over his will.
OF late friends of the family have
been making strenuous efforts to bring
about reconciliation between Frau
Feszthy and Jokais widow There
were strong hopes that these would be
successful and that the details of
Jokafs family life might not be re-
vealed in the law courts and published
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to the world. Such hopes, however,
are now almost entirely dissipated,
through the verdict Of the jury i'm
paneled to investigate the charges
made by Frau Jokai. that the Feszthy
family had behaved badly towards
.Jokai, and consequently had been dis
inherited. The j'sry found that these
charges We're not proved. and they
added further that they We're satisfied
from the evidence laid before them
that the conduct of Frau Feszthy and
uniformly correct and proper.
Jokais widow Is said to have taken
this defeat very badly. and there is
little chance at present that any peace
full compromise Will be reached. The
Budapest courts will probably have
to decide the whole affair finally.
Marie Legarde.
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They are frequently said to be the
best dressed women in Europe.
ST. Anne's day on the Kahlenberg
is beautiful sight. There are thou
sands of handsomely dressed women
and girls, and the trains on the cog
wheel railway are packed with visit
tors to the festival. When evening
comes and the electric lights are ablaze
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cally one of the stately homes of Eng
land" his income is entirely inadequate
to it's proper maintenance It was this
impoverishment of the family ex-:
Yarmouth-Lady James brother-to:
America for bride. There. 1t will be
remembered. he married Miss Alice
Thaw of Pittshurg.
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Lady Jane has cousin who bears
the same name. She is the youthful
daughter OF the Rev. Lord Victor Sey-
mour, a South Kensington vicar, who
was born the fourth son of the late
marquis. It may thus be anticipated
that yet another register will see the
bridal signature OF an always historic
name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
ASKS A SANITARIUM
FOR CONSUMPTIVES
Illinois Society for Prevention OF Tu-
bercuIosis Wants ApPropria-
tion of Sz5o,ooo.

Chicago. Dec 15.-"Consumption can
be cured in Illinois. IL is not neces-
sary TO take patients out of the state
for treatment"
This was the keynote OF a meeting
of physicians yesterday afternoon at
the Great Northern hotel. at which pre-
Iiminary steps were taken for the or
animation of the Illinois society for
the Prevention of tuberculosis The
plan is to concentrate the efforts OF
the state board of health. the Illinois
Medical society. and the committee on
tuberculosis of the Visiting Nurses as
sociation of Chicago.
The first work OF the society will be
to try ands secure at s25O.O0O appro-
priat.on for a state sanitarium where
researches can be conducted and con
sumptives treated The next step viii
be to establish branches Particular
attention viii be devoted TO out OF
door camps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
MAKES 1T EASIER FOR
THE LADY SOLICITOR
Pittsburg Financiers Give Money
Without Farley Fearing
Private Interview.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 15.-Since the
series of exploits of Mrs. Chadwick
with millionaires and bankers all over
the country have been coming out it
has become quite difficult for wom-
an, no matter what may be her mis-
sion, to get a private audience with
any of the big men of finance here.
H. c. Frick, on being handed the cards
of two PittsburS women who were
soliciting money for new public bath
house, learned what was wanted from
his doortender. and sent them out a
check for $1,000 without seeing them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
FOR STATEHOOD
The Senate Committee Recon-
mends the Union of South.
west Territories
THEN ADMISSION TO UNION
Resolution to Consider impeachment
of Judge Swayne Adopted
Other Business.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The senate
on territories today author
lied a favorable report on the measure
admitting Arizona and New Mexico as
one state and Oklahoma and Indian
Territory also as one state.
VIII Consider Impeachment.
The senate today adopted a resolu-
the impeachment of Judge Swayne,
according TO the demand of the house
of yesterday.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was passed without debate. The
Philippine administration bill was TAX
en- up.
Would Drop Butler Case.
The house adopted a resolution from
the committee on elections in the case
against Butler. of the Twelfth district
of Missouri. asking that the commit
tee be discharged from further con
sideration of the cases.
The Appointments Confirmed.
Washington, ID. C. Dec Is The
following appointments have been con
firmed by the senate:
Willet NJ. Hayes, of Minnesota, tt
be assistant secretary of agriculture
William A Diston. of Illinois. TO be
surveyor general of Alaska; Egbert 3
Oakley to be register of the land OF
fee at Cass Lake. Mimi: Matthias n
KolI to be receiver of public money!
at Cass Lake, MINI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
GIVES MORE LIGHT
Further Details of Mormon Oath
Brought Ou, at Reed
Smoot Hearing.
INCONSISTENCIES CHARGED
August Lundstram Tells of PoIyga-
nous Marriages and Why He
Abandoned the Faith.

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 15.-TeSti-
mony relating to the alleged polyga-
nous marriage of the late Apostle
Abram Cannon and Lillian Hamlin,
and additional testimony concerning
the obligations taken by persons who
pass through the Mormon endowment
house, was offered yesterday in the
Smoot investigation before the senate
committee.
August Lundstrom, of Salt Lake,
testified that he went through the tenn
Piles in Salt Lake and Logan. He had
heard the endowment obligations taken
six times, he said. He said the oaths
of sacrifice and retribution were admin
istered. The whole proceedings was a
series of obligations, said the witness,
but he could not remember all of them.
Nature of Obligations.
The first he said was a law of sacri-
flee, which bound each person to give
his entire means and talents to the up
building of the Mormon church. The
next obligation was that of retribution,
in which each person covenanted and
promised to "ask God to avenge the
death of Joseph Smith upon this ma
tion," and to teach ''our children and
our children's children to do the same
to the end of the earth" The next OBJ
legation was that of chastity
Found Inconsistencies.
Lundstrom remained a Mormon until
he found many Inconsistencies in the
beliefs taught. 81 found a weak spot
in the wall, and when / touched it a
hole was made big enough to crawl
through. The foundation was not
sound" he said
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
new YORK TOTALS
ARE CANvASSED
Interesting Features Of the Vote at
November Election are
Shown.

Albany, N Y, Dec. 15.-Roosevelt's
plurality in the state at the last elec.
ton was 1859 as shown by the Off
cial returns certified by the board Of
state canvassers. That is Higgins for
governor was 8O,5G0. Parker ran near
ly $4,000 behind Herrick, the demo
cratic candidate for governor.
The highest elector on each presi-
Dental ticket is taken as the standard
in the figures which follow. relating
to the choice of presidential electors.
The highest elector for Roosevelt re-
ceived a total OF S59 533 votes. for
Parker 6S3,9S1. Other party totals
are, Debs, 36.SS3; Swallow. 20,7S7:
Corregan, socialist labor. 3.127; Wat
son, 1859.
The socialist labor party having fail
ed to cast the necessary total Of 1O.-
900 votes for governor loses it's status
as an official party. The vote for gov
ernor shows an increase this year over
last of 69.3S9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
One Jap Torpedo Boat Sent
Against Her, it is Reported,
Was Destroyed.
A CRUISER IS SEEN ASHORE
When Work is Done Mikado's Fleet
Will Go Into Dock for
Repairs

London. Dec. 15.-A dispatch to the
Japanese legation from Toxic says:
THE commander of the third squad
ron reports the Sevastopops bow is
sunk more than three feet and this
morning her torpedo tube was COM
pletely submerged. One of the torpe-
do boats which attacked the Sevasto-
pol is missing. Six torpedo boats have
attacked the Sevastopol, Otvashni and
another ship"
SevastopOl Damaged.
Toxic, Dec. 15.-The turret ship Sc
vastopol is still afioat, but is apparent
ly damaged.
Japs Control Port Arthur.
Headquarters third Japanese Army.
via Fusan. Dec. 15.+Every part of
the city and harhor of Port Arthur is
visible from Two Hundred and Three
Metre hill. The streets of the city are
deserted, and but few soldiers are do
ing patrol duty. Many buildings have
been burned, and others shattered.
Shelters of the harbor present strange
appearance. with turrets masts and
tunnels of warships showing just
above the water. There is not YES
sci afioat in the harbor. The docks
torn and burned. The Japanese shells
reach every part of the city and the
harbor.
Jap ships VIII Dock.
Headquarters third Japanese Army,
via Fusan, Dec. 15.-The Russian bat
tleship Sevastopol. the only Russian
warship that escaped destruction be-
ing docked when other vessels were
sunk after the Japanese captured Two
Hundred and Three Metre HILL escap-
ed from the harbor last night and is
now anchored under protecting
mountain. Some torpedo craft are
also outside the harbor. The tremen-
dous price in life raid by the Japa-
nese for the capture of Two Hundred
and Three Metre hill has been re-
deemed by the utter destruction of the
Russian fleet. The Japanese fleet Will
now go into dock.
Sees Jap Cruiser Ashore.
Chefoo, Dec. 15.-Captain Yeoman,
of the steamer Tsinteau, which arrived
here today, reports seeing the Japanese
cruiser yesterday apparently ashore in
Yung Ching bay. 63 miles southeast OF
Chefoo. No confirmation of the report
is obtainable from any source.
Column Again Active.
Mukden. Dec. 15.-The Japanese col
umn on Oyama's right which Rennen-
kampff recently drove back to the
Taitse river is again reported to be
moving northeast and strongly holding
the Saodogai-Sianchan region.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-15
CAIN THEIR POINT
Independent Telephone Lines
About to Secure Chica-
90 Connections.

Chicago. Dec. 15.-As the result or
a conference today between the COM
mittee appointed by the Interstate In
dependent Telephone association and
President Wheeler, of the Illinois Tun-
mel company, long distance connections
in and out of Chicago through the IL
Iinois company's wires and tunnels is
practically arranged. The independ
ent lines desire long distance connec
tions with this city so as to better com
pete with the Bell telephone interests