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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-10-15
Shouldn't Throw Stones.

This is On the top of the house
and is eighteen by twelve feet 1t is
built entirely OF glass and has a
glass roof. 1t connects. with room
which viii be for the sick, making
kind of home hospital, which idea
has been carried out in many of the
splendid city residences of the rich
of New York in recent years.
About the Morris County Golf Club
the McCurdys are noted for their
fine livery, and at all coaching or
hunting parties they are foremost.
From out their stables come some
of the finest horses to be seen on the
beautiful roads of the Morristown
district.
Richard Aldrich McCurdy's father
before him was an insurance man,
and a director of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York.
The son was born in 1888. He has
been identified with the interests
of the insurance company since 1855.
and as the concern has grown TO
WELD in American finance SAL ,00O,-
600 in assets, the fortunes of Richard
A. McCurdy have also grown rap
idly.
And his son Robert has risen.
too, as the testimony shows, in spite
of all his efforts to reduce his in
come and keen himself back
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Firm Believer in PriUdcg.

And what house that is in Nor
ristown. The casual observer who
views 1t from the rear, as he must
do If he stands in the street, gets
little idea Of the architectural ex-
preston of this palatial home. Mr..
McCurdy has sought TO conceal all
the magnificence of his residence
from the public view, although the
rear view is sufficient to indicate
that the house has been conceived on
a vast plan, and that the question
of cost did not worry it's designer
very much when he started about his
work
There is a spacious lawn between
the house and the street, sloping
gradually to the sidewalk. There
are two large iron gates set upon
stone pillars, one at either end of the
yard, which covers a city block.
The entrance at the left leads
around 10 the front of the house,
which is in the rear, so to speak,
Here one finds himself at the thresh-
old of a surprisingly pretentious
establishment A large portico with
columns in front, at the foot of each
q life-siZe lion in marble standing
ct full height, invites one to the
main entrance.
This opens upon the great recep-
ton hall within, where rare paint
ings adorn the walls and the cost
Hest of bric-a-brac and furniture
speak 90 the fortunes that have been
spent TO make this a regal palace.
Giant staircases lead to the second
floor, where there are other reception
rooms, suites for guests and the fam
lily, lounging places and coy cor
ners.
The third floor is taken up with
more suites and rooms The house
is magnificently furnished within
and the environment of the exterior
is in full keeping with the general
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-10-15
OutqreW Cozg COTTAGE.

But the elder McCurdy has just
built another home In Morristown
and entirely abandoned the enchant-
ing slopes of Dover mountain, his
old mansion there being closed until
further orders. There is something
pathetic about the old place, as it
slumbers in the dreamy mist from
the valleys and meadows around, of
no use to anybody on earth.
The hou9 is large and airy. but is
almost completely hidden by the
spreading trees, which appear on be-
half of rude nature to be trying to
conceal the magnificence of the ar
chitect's art. The carriage drive
leads one AROUND to the back of the
house from the front door, and In
the rear is a perfect tangle of trees
and vines. From the front portico
one looks out to the distant ridges
of the Orange range, across a pictur-
esque and beautiful valley Standing
today with its magnificent doors
closed to everyone save the care
taker who, with force of gardeners,
still keeps the lawns trimmed and
the trees clipped, the old mansion
is a mute witness to the restlessness
of wealth, and one wonders why so
beautiful a home was ever aban-
doned.
Five houses on the place where
lived the retinue of servants are like
wise vacant, and the old place is left
to that tranquility and solitude
which had never been broken until
the artisans hammer and saw
awakened the forest to build there
this magnificent estate.
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ENE 3T77 HEN John A Mccall Mccall,
~ w the poor" president
~ "a 81 of New York Life, read
tyANSfs%Y4 in the report of the in
R4aSE surance investigation
that his sturdy COM
petitor, the Mutual, paid its chief
officer $4,000 a year. what must
have been his emotions?
Mr.. McCalls heart was probably
suffused with a certain sympathy,
for he knows all the trials and de-
privations incident to an insurance
presidents job, the constant plan
ming and managing that are neces-
sary, to make the stipend go as far
as possible, and perhaps lay by lit
tie something for rainy day. He
knows too that out of that $4,000
Mr. McCurdy must pay back very
large sum in premiums on his own
insurance. for a full quarter of Mr..
McCall's own salary, he has testified,
is thus returned 10 the benefit of his
w-policyholders.
Mr.. McCurdy is like most men,
however, and seems not to have lik-
ed il known how modest his income
really was, for his own son, whose
function it was as general manager
and member of the finance commit
tee of Mutual Life, TO fix his fathers
salary anew every year, has told the
committee that even he did not know
how much McCurdy senior was get
ting.
The testimony shows, however,
that the MeCurdys, father and son.
and r. "A. McCurdy's son-in-law,
L. A. Thebaud, did get through their
devotion to the Mutual Life, some
thing upward of four millions of
dollars in twenty years.
But it is pleasant to learn that
through all vicissituies of this and
other natures incident to their posi-
tions, the McCurdys have not been
deprived of "all the comforts of
hrme." These comforts, it may be
Observed, are sought industriously
by all insurance magnates, under
whatever financial stress and embar-
rassment their trade may involve
them in.
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When asked what he intends TO do
with the vast estate at Dover noun
tain, Mr.. McCurdy said: Il don't
know just now | have been a suf-
ferer from the govt since was in
Florida last winter, and have not
been able to get out around my
homes yet"
Among all the colony of million
aires of the Morristo'yn countryside
no family has entertained more Law
ishly than the McCurdys. They are
members OF the Metropolitan, the
Morristown, and the Morris County
Golf clubs, and their homes have al
ways been alive with the spirit of
entertainment.
Mrs McCurdy gave ball in Ly-
ceum Hall at Morristown in 1902
which rivaled any of the great social
affairs which ever brought Newport
into fame as the heart center of high
life in America. Six hundred invited
guests from the two States of New
York. and New Jersey gathered to
witness the most brilliant affair.
A host OF decorators and artisans
had been at work ten days trans
forming the Lyceum into bewilder-
ing scene of floral beauty as a sur
prise for the guests. An extension
stage covered with crash hid the
seats from view. The color scheme
Of orange and pink was carried out
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to perfection, giving a tent-like eff
feet Flowers and potted plants,
smilax and vines We're everywhere,
and 5000 electric lights nestled
among their leaves.
The latest house the McCurdys
are building is the city home of Rob
ert H. MeCardy at % East Fifty
first street, which is nearing COM
pletion. This dwelling has come
before the public notice for having
a new departure in home architee-
ture-a sun parlor.
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Ingram. whose husband owns the IL
Illustrated London News and the Sketch
and who will probably take her to re-
cite before the Queen, and her hostess
es have also included Mrs. Barry Pain.
and Lady Maxwell. who, before her
marriage was Miss Booming, OF Call
fornia and Mrs. T. Z. O'Connor Lady
Ludlow. who loaned Miss Alexander her
drawing room for recital is one OF
the most beautiful of English peeresses
and the mother of the young bachelor
peer, Lord Howard de Walden.
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pines were forty feet high, but they
were transplanted, and many of them
now flourish about the new resi-
dence to warrant naming it THE
Pines"
Some persons may wonder why
have turned my house about and put
its architectural expression away
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&Sse ssa58Z SSgzSS
MISS CLARA ALEXANDER,


that she never in her life had been more
deeply touched than by one Of the
Memphis girls recitations-
IL was Mrs Mackay. to whom one of
Miss Alexnnder's American letters of in
PRODUCTION was addressed, who launch
ed her over here since when she has
been in such constant demand for smart
functions that she has hardly had time
TO nil them all and to accept all the
purely social invitations of which she
has been the recipient
She in frequently the guest OF Lady
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from the public view" said Mr.. Nc
tons about a home. / believe
a mans house is private, and
that the more it Is made SO the
more it is to he enjoyed / have al
ways refused to allow my new house
to be photographed from the side
where the architectural expression
is. and have never wanted anything
written about il"
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tain he determined to take with him
to this new home in Morristown as
much of the old natural beauty of
the place as he could. A small army
of workmen were set to work trans
planting a pine forest from Dover
mountain TO the great stretch of Lard
about the town house. Some of these
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-10-15
President and Manager of the Mutual Life
Vie With John A. Mccall in Princ7ly Liv-
ing Splendid Mansions Of Family Which
Has Drawn $500 600 in Insurance
Company Money X X X

even more beautiful than it was in
the beginning.
His house is on the way to his
fathers from the railroad station,
and not far away, on lofty knoll,
is the magnificent home of Vice
President Grannis, also of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company.
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"Birnam Wood Has Come to
DunSinQne.

DunSin0ne. "
OF in the distance are naples and
elms When Mr. McCurdy left his
fine old country seat at Dover noun
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London, Oct. I.

LONDON, oct T.
yOUNG SHUTTER. of Denver. is
not going 10 have all the honors
Il of underwater swimming TO him
self without contest. A lad,
two years his junior. is going to
challenge anyone up to seventeen wears
OF age living on the American continent
His name is Sidney Cartwright. and he
halls from the neighborhood OF Man
chester, a district that has produced
some of the best swimmers in Europe
F'inney. whose underwater swimming
record Of 1I9 yards I foot. has never
been beaten, halls from the district; so
does Haggerby, the long-distance man.
who made an attempt TO swim from Do
yer to Calais last year. When Fredcr-
lex Shutter essayed the task OF beat
ing Finney's record here in April. 1894.
and nearly succeeded. covering 112 Yards
So inches in minutes 25S seconds. the
English swimming world regarded him
as a prodigy He was then only six
teen years of age, while Finney was a
full-grown man when he established the
record.
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idea of luxury. From the front por-
tico one looks out over a vast ex-
panse of green lawn, skirted about
by pines, spruce and cedars
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d WILL ENTERTAIN THE QUEEN p.
London. Oct.

London. Oct. I
A T the present moment. a pretty
~ girl from Memphis. who makes
n a speciality OF negro recitations.
is looking forward to the honor
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Remains Under Water Two Minutes.
Cartwright, who has only just left
school. is physically a substantial young
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
KI1laG OIL MONEY.
Another Standard Bank in New York
Mixes Up in Some Bad
Finance

New York, March IA case simila
to the Munroe & Munroe scandal was
brought to light on Friday, and again
a Rockefeller ban figures i'm the mat
ter. In the Munroe case Vice Presi-
dent Loomis was forced to resign from
the National City bank. The console
dated stock exchange firm of Jacob
Berry & Co. which failed on November
&c. with liabilities of $3.50. 900 and assets
of $50. 900, for some time before the fail
ure had a standing daily loan of $780,
COO from the Hanover National bank.
one of fifteen Standard Oil Institutions
here.
Jacob Berry, head of The firm. adj
united these facts at a hearing before
Referee S. w. Dexter. Berry said his
firm, by an agreement made by Harold
M. Bennett. his young partner. secured
a daily loan that was usually for $780,
200, although at times as low as so5. 600.
He continued.
"A note was given every morning and
that note WAS discounted and the
amount placed to credit. We paid
off this note every afternoon by a check
at 3 o'clock"
Berry also stated that so far as he
knew no security was given to the
bank beyond he FIRMS deposit. There
might be ordinary collateral loans
which the firm happened to have in the
bank.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
NO DUAL KINGDOM.
Rosebury Uses Scandinavia and Aus
tria- Hungary as Arguments
Auainst Hane RlIe

London. March little question OF
home rule for Ireland was the principal
feature of the speech of Lord Rosebcry
before the city of London liberal club to-
night. His lofdship said that while the
liberal party sympathized with Ireland
and was willing to proceed along the lines
of administrative reform there is one
thing to which no wise statesman ever
will expose the country, namely. the curse
OF a dual government. We have sufficient
warnings in the eXample of Norway and
Sweden and Austria and Hungary to avoid
the peril of having the vulture gnawing at
our very vitals. Lord Rosebery said that
after the British ships had been ordered
from Port Arthur by Russia. and sent to
Venezuela at the behcst Of GERMANY,
Britons had little further humilia ton to
expect at the hands of a liberal govern
ment. If a liberal government We're called
upon 10 renew the Anglo-Japanese alliance
he had little doubt that it would sign glad
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
DEATH OF s%PENDTHRIf1
Marquis of Anolesey, Who Had 4 Re
markahle Career, and Wasted
a Fortune in a Few Years.

W
Monte Carlo. March l6,-The Marquis
Of Anglesey died here today.
London. March l6. In the short space
of six years the young clothes amt
jewels maniac" The The Marquis OF An
gelesey WAS commonly described. ram
through II magnificent property and
81. 500, 900 in addition To his annual in
come OF upwards ot 100000 derived
from the family estates. Last summer
the crash came. and it was found tho
marquis unsecured liabilities We're over
81, 80. 600. He had since been living on
the continent OH an allowance made by
his creditors.
His short career has furnished a sue
cession OF sensations in society. in
Guiding his extraordinary and costly
collections of jewels and clothes, his
marriage TO mis- cousin. h daughter of,
Sir George chetwNnd, their subsequent
divorce and almost immediate CanCella-
ton thereof, his passion for private
theatrfcals and the enormous sums lle
expended on staging productions at his
private theater for the DELEGATION OF n
few house parties; and. finally. the rev
Citations regarding his eNtravagance.
When the creditors ranSaCked Angelo
SeN castle they found it literally packed
with ~valuableS of every description.
The contents of one unlocked rawel-
alone We're valued ut Sl25, 900, white in IL
crockery pantry Was found a rock cry.s-
tai ever that recently sold at auction
fDI, Spt OOO
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
SHIELDS HER LOVER.
Village Blacksmith's Daughter Mum il.
the cordova Case in New
Jersey,

New Brunswick, n. j.. March TO-
The trial of j. F.. Cordova. the un-
frocked minister, and formerly pastor
of the Conklin Methodist Episcopal
church. of South River, who is charged
by his wife with assault aud battery
and abandonment as a result OF w
sensational elopements with the daugh-
ter of the village blacksmith, was be-
gun here today.
Miss Julia Bovine. the young oma
with whom Cordova twice fled, has
persistently declined to foresake him,
and was brought into court today as
an extremely unwilling Witness. She
has been kept in Jail as a witness
awaiting the trial. steadfastly refus-
ing to accept bail offered for her re-
lease.
The first. elopement of the pair oc-
CURED last May, but they returned to
South River soon afterwards. a few
weeks they again eloped, going 10
Washington. where they We're appre-
hended and brought here under ar
rest. Miss Bovine still proclaims her
fidelity to cordova, and he has repeat-
eddy declared his Willingness to ac-
cept punishment if Miss Bovine is un-
harmed.
Mrs. Cordova. wife of the former pas
tor, was the first witness against her
husband. She testified about her hus-
bands elopement, but was not permit
ted to give the name of the young
woman with whom he went away, the
court ruling Mis3 Bowne's name out
on the objection of counsel for Cor
dova.
Mrs. Cordova said that when her hus-
band left her he declared that she
would never see him again. thu he
gave her some money and subsequently,
sent her more. She identified letters
written by her husband asking her TO
a divorce from him. Cipher let
tiers alleged to have been sent to Miss
Bovine by Cordova were identified as
having been written by her husband.
Cordova, she said, was paid $500 a
Miss Bowne's father was prevented
from testifying by objections from
counsel for the defense, which we're
by the court.
When Miss Bovine was called she
all questions that would impli-
cate Cordova until the prosecutor in
desperation asked her: Have YOU
banished from your mind all memor
this man. as you have banished
what we wan to Know"
The answer was a defiant and en-
phatic negative.
Cordova, the first witness called for
the defense, testified that he left home
ON May IL because, he said, he could
longer live with his wife. He de-
cllned To answer questions as to who
him to Mexico and other
The prosecutor asked the court
10 compel an answer, and Judge Strong
said he would consider the matter. and
court until today.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
WILL FIGHT BEEF TRUST
independents Raise a Big Fund to
Carry on the War in
CHICAGO.

Chicago, March l5.-The Daily News
says war to the knife between the
Big Five of the beef combine and
twenfy-siN firms and corporations
classed as Independent packers will, it
is asserted, begin in Chicago March 20.
when the special federal grand jury be-
gins its Investigations of the affairs of
he alleged beef combine and set the
claims of the Independents squarely be-
fore the public.
The largest of the so-called independ-
ent concerns, Schwartzchild & Sul2ber-
ger. is concerned in the movement. The
principal plants of the company are in
Kansas City. but Il large plant is OPP
Grated by the same company in Chicago
and a branch In New York.
n independent packers are said to
nave held meetings i'm Kansas City.to
devise a plan of offensive and defen-
SiNe action.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITIES.
Local and National B. of L. E. Office.
DISAGREE About STRIFE

~
New York. March lO.-Thc first intima-
ton that the strike was not Endorsed by
tle national unions came In a statement
from Grand Chief Warren s. Stone of the
h, of l.. T., TO which the motormen be-
long. Nj, Stone insisted that the strike
was a Violation of laws of the union. the
men having broken their contract. He or
dered the men to report for duty, failing
which expulsion is threatened.
Following is the statement of Stone:
The Il OF l.. T.. has no differences be-
tween its organization and the Interior
oIsh company tltat could not have been
The strike is IN direct violation Of our
Jaw 1t Is rot recosmized, nor supported
ing. and loyal member are instructed 10
report for duty. Members refusing to do
so will be expelled.
1t has been reported that many members
have been mislcd by Statements that the
grand officers had given consent to this
strike. This is not correct.
ms Is the first time in the history of
pudiated their agreement.
Labor organizations must keep their
asreementS inviolate if they expect to
succeed. Had our laws been compiled with
conditions as they now appear could not
exist.
William T. Jencks, head of the local u.
OF Il. r., issued q statement saving the
strike would continue. This followed the
statement by Stone.
w. ID. Mahon, president of the Amalsa-
mated Association of Street and Electric
Employees of America. issued a
statement similar to that issued by Stone.
Maflon says the strike was not authorized
and the strikers must go back.
William l.. Jenets. head of the local r..
stones statement.
stone cannot dictate to me ~ said
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
LAY 1T TO DoLLIvER.
Now It's Said the Junior Senator ToIc
Roosevelt Mahin Could Be
e+ Ont

Washington, March Ex-senator j. p.
Dolliver is he man who is now given
credit for the Dobson-Mahin trouble. He
is the man who told President Roosevelt
tina there would be no objection If Mahin
of Clinton should be let out, having all.
ready had eight years in the consular serv-
ice.
There is a conflict of views on the Dob
fight in he Iowa delegation.
Senator Allison is the most angry over
the affair. He didn't hear about Delivers
action until after the Dobson nomination
to Mahln's place had been made. Now ha
has secured a promise from the president
that Mahin would not be disturbed and
the president is hunting for another post
for DobSon instead.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
FIRE IN BALTIMORE.
One Dead and Two Probably Will Die
from Injuries Received in
the flames

Baltimore. Md, March 15.-As a re
suit of a fire which occurred here three
lives will probably be sacrificed. A
woman and her two children We're 50
badly burned that one child died on the
way TO the hospital after being brought
from the burning building, and the 9TH
er two We're not expected TO live.
The victims are.
ANNIE M'CoRDICK. 5 years old,
died on way TO hospital.
VIM. McCordicS, s years old. badly
burned on face, arms and body; will
probably die.
Mrs. Nettie j. Mccordick, so years
old, badly burned on the face. arms and
upper part of the body; Will proba Fly
die.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
SERVANTS IN GRAFT.
Stanford Butler Tells the Pc
lice that He and Miss Berner
Divided So, 100.

IA Francisco, Cal. Marco l4-Ai
bert Beverly. Mrs. Stanford's former
butler, has made Il statement to the
police. 1t is said, to the effect that in
all. by means of 'rake Towns and
commissions. he a grated about
$500. He reiterates his story that he
divided his rake down" with Miss
Berner. Mrs. S~tanford's secretary. and
that her share amounted to between
$1,000 and s1.100. The police are work.
ing on the theory that these stories
may disclose a motive for killing Mrs.
Stanford.