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dives wIll respect you. or have 70 get ou.

tives will respect you. or have to get out
of IT,"
Mrs. Duke also had much to say about
the plans she and her husband had
formed for building a church in Durham.
N. c., and improving the condition OF the
poor people of the great tobacco city.
Denies Drinking Stories.
~ want to deny emphatically." she
said, call the reports about Mr.. Duke and
me indulging to excess in drinking, and
that we were often in an intoxicated con-
dition together. 1t Is all a wicked false
hood, and intended by the members OF
the Duke family who have been persecut-
ing me ever since my marriage to Mr..
Duke to destroy my good name. con-
sented to an early marriage at the urgent
plea of Mr.. Duke. The following day
we went on with our business arrange
ments, but Mr.. Duke contracted severe
cold and his condition became so serious
that thought 1t safest to have the doctor
give all Of his time to him."
"a Beautiful" Marriage.
Mrs. Agnes Desplaines. who has fig
ured as Mrs. Dukes closest friend, has
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WHEN LOVE IS BLIND.
The Experience Of Wealthy Brodie l. Duke with woman
with Schemes"
MARRIED IN HASTE, REPENTS AT LEISURE.
Takes Wife Under What Is Said to Be Peculiar Circun-
slances-His Family Object and the Investigation
Brings Out Some Startling Statements-WaS He
the Victim of Deep-Lad Scheme--Rich
Victims of Questionable Women.

fore the minister with her. 1t is all very
strange"
At Bellevue hospital they said plainly
that Duke was suffering from alcoholic
dementia, and 1t was even intimated that
his condition might have been brought
about by the use of drugs. Naturally,
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke had quite diff
ferent story to tell, and her friend, Mrs.
Agnes Desplaines, bore her out in most
of the details. But 1t happened that pri-
vate detectives employed by the Duke
family and the detectives from District
Attorney Jerome's Office had unearthed
enough of the records of the two women
to cast strong suspicion on them, and the
grand jury was put to work investigating
the matrimonial tangle.
For some time the Dukes had not
known where Brodie Duke was. He had
been In the habit of spending good deal
Of his time away from his South Caro-
lima home. Last October he dropped out
of sight for an unusually long period.
Then one day he turned up at Durham,
N. c., with Miss Alice Webb. Then came
another disappearance, and 1t was not
until his son, Lawrence Duke, had ar
rived in New York to find out what had
become of his father that the truth was
known. One day late in November Ben
jamin N. Duke, half-brother of Brodie
Duke, who lives at the Hoffman House,
was called up at the hotel by woman,
who said:
Caught by the Texas Girl.
'This is your new sister-in-law.
called you up to tell you that have mar
ried your brother Brode. l want to tell
you that we are very happy. Mr.. Duke
wants to talk to you himself" ,S
Then Benjamin Duke heard some con-
versation and voice which he recog-
nized as his brothers came over the
phone. 1t said: This little Texas girl
has got me, and got me good"
Benjamin Duke asked his brother II
he was satisfied, or something to that eff
feet, and there was conversation at the
other end of the telephone in which he
heard women's voices. Then his brother
said: 'Yes, it is alright. am salts
fed"
A Strange Disappearance.
At that time the Dukes didn't know
where Brodie Duke was. What really
caused them to put private detectives to
work was the knowledge which came to
his family that Brodie Duke had gone
back to North Carolina and tried to wind
up his affairs there, among other things
asking that about 100000 worth of Sc
curities he held there sho.ld be forward
ed to him in New York. On top of that
they discovered that he had given a
check for $4,000 on bank where he had
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GIRLS BURNED AS WITCHES
Twin Sisters in Siberia Declared to
Be Possessed Of Evil Powers
Suffer Awful Tortures.

Moscow.-A horrible story comes
from the village of Kasimirovka, ST.
beria I'm this village" runs the re-
port, "for three years past all the cattle
have died from the Siberian plague.
"A witch doctor announced that the
village was cursed by the presence of a
family of witches. He singled out a
young girl named Soldatenko. Thevil-
layers seized her and her twin sister.
The sisters were solemnly tried and
condemned to be burned. They were
bound to rude wooden cross, round
which was built high pile of faggots
and logs.
Liefen (the witch doctor) declared
that the most innocent child in the viii
lage must light the torture fire, and lit
tie girl of three was given the torch and
told to thrust 1t among the faggots.
"The flames burst up. The wretched
girls screamed frantfcally, but in vain,
while their frenzied mother triedto rush
into the fire and rescue them. The viii
layers, convinced that they were at a
pious work, sang hymns and prayed.
AS the girls sank back in the flames
their father, who had been absent from
the village, returned. Hearing the
news, he dashed among the crowd with
hatchet and Glove the witch Doctors
skull to the chin"
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INITIATED ON THE CURB.
Tenderfoot Begins His Brokerage Ca
reer in New York with an Elk
citing Session.

New York.-Isaac Siegel, who left his
large law practice recently to become u
Wall street broker. will, in all probable
ity, remember his first day on the curb
as one of the most exciting days In his
career. He will also remember Inter-
national mining stock, phantom issue
organized for his enlightenment and as
species of initiation to the curb.
For two hours Mr.. Siegel traded in
International mining stock with all the
enthusiasm that only youthful votary
at the shrine of Finance can exhibit He
got some of the brokers short of the
stock, and so mixed matters that YER
phantom issue, and at one stage of the
speculation he stood to win 100000.
While all this was going on he was
surrounded by bowling mob Of brok-
ers, apparently panic stricken, dealing
in huge quantities of the stock, theprice
moving upward and then declining with
frightful rapidity. His hat was
smashed, his collar spattered with mud.
his clothing and hair disheveled, but he
stood forth valiantly, thoroughly be-
lieving that he was the most important
man in Wall street.
When finally kind relative took him
by the neck and showed him out of the
center of the crowd and explained mat
ters to him he looked like man recov-
ering from six weeks attack of typhoid
fever.
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property, but 1t had previously been sold
under sheriff's execution for $3.50, and
instead Of being very valuable 1t was
probably worth only about that sum.
In any case, Mrs. Duke declared that
she would stand on her rights as a law
full wife and began habeas corpus pro-
ceedings for the recovery of her hus-
band from the hospital. The Duke fam
lily are equally determined that the
separation shall be final, regardless OF
the modification and scandal growing
out OF court proceedings.
The Ways Of the City.
One fact which has come to light In
the course OF the inquiry made by the
criminal authorities in this case Is that
there are number Of disreputable
women In the city of New York who
live in good style, In pretentious guar
ters, and make it their special business
to keep informed about the habits OF
men Of wealth who are given to 6issi
! patton end loose living. They naintrir
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Lord Nelson and Soap.

'As occasional squalor is the worst
evil of poverty and labor, SO cleanliness
should be considered the greatest bless
ing of luxury and ease" argued Mr..
Frank Prindle in expatiating on the
moral force of his own business, which
is the importation of soap. However,
he continued, "those in the seats Of the
mighty are not altogether without re-
proach on this subject. 1t is well au-
thenticated fact, II not generally known.
that the celebrated Lord Nelson had not
washed his hands during the last eight
years Of his life, and Napoleon Stunned
bath as though he was cat A clergy
man once told me that he believed the
expression cleanliness is next to godli-
ness referred to moral cleanliness and
that the fashionable daily mornlng bath
was of little consequences to health or
habits. We should. he said, make our
manners ss well as our teeth, make our
temper as sweet as car breath, and cut
n cur peccadllloes a. well as our HstlA' =
IN. Y, Herald,
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New York. Somehow New York over
looked the announcement Of the mar
rage of Brodie l.. Duke and Miss Alice
Webb on December 21, 1904. The fact
that the ceremony was performed by
Rev. w. w. Coe. chief assistant OF Rev.
Charles Parkhurst, of Madison Square
Presbyterian church, who became IA
nous some years ago because of his cru
sade against vice, ought to have attract
ed attention. Ordinarily the mere name
of Duke would have been enough to ex-
cite gossip. For Brodie l.. Duke is the
half-brother of James B. Duke, the head
of the American Tobacco Trust.
1t was James b. Duke who, starting In
a small way at Durham, N. c., founded
the tobacco trust and made 1t the great
power that 1t is. Since that day James
b. Dukes progress to wealth has been
phenomenal The trust virtually con-
trolls the entire tobacco business of this
country, and several years ago invaded
England and fought the big tobacco in
terests there to standstill.
James b. Duke Is the sturdy, square
jawed, silent type Of man, who gives the
impression of force, but carefully avoids
notoriety. There are dozen men con-
nected with the Tobacco Trust who are
more talked about than he and whose
real achievements as money makers and
bushes organizers are not half so great.
Lately he has built 'palatial country
place at Somerville, N. j., where he now
makes his home. He, too. not long ago
married wife who was unknown to the
society of millionaires, which men Of his
type usually aspire to enter in New
York.
Brodie l.. Duke Is quite different type
of man. Through his family relationship
he has shared to some extent in the good
fortune of James B. Duke, and has had
the reputation of being wealthy. But
most Of his life has been spent in hard
work in North Carolina, and the attrac-
tions of New York proved too much for
him. He is said, in fact, to have dissi-
pated large part of his fortune before
his marriage and to have been a frequent
cause of anxiety to his family.
After the Ceremony.
Two weeks after the quiet little cere-
mony at the home of Rev. w. w. Coe, a
mysterious patient was taken one night
to the psycopathic ward of Bellevue hos
pital. Every care was taken to conceal
the identity of the patient. 1t was no un-
til the next day. when the detectives OF
District Attorney Jerome appeared at
the hospital and demanded the delivery
of some $4,000 in stocks and bonds, and
a quantity of valuable jewelry, that il
was revealed that Brodie l.. Dukes fam
lily had taken steps to have him declared
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concern. Mrs. Duke is the Webb of the
firm. 1t is engaged in promoting all
sorts of projects and stock enterprises.
According to Mrs. Duke, her first meet
ing with her husband came about in the
way of business.
A High Priestess of Finance.
II have large property interests in
Texas" she explained, after her husb band
had been committed to the hospital. 1T
was in connection with these that came
to New York from Chicago in the latter
part OF November. wanted to secure
additional capital to develop. the prop
erty, and naturally meant to seek
wealthy investors. OF course heard OF
the Dukes as men of wealth.
"On arriving in New York, l sent q
telegram to Brodie l.. Duke, asking him
for business appointment. BY mistake
my message fell into the hands of his
brother, who came to see me at the AS
tor House. When l discovered that he
was not the man l expected to meet,
told him my message had been intended
for Brodie l.. Duke. Then l explained
what my mission was, and before leav-
ing he made me an offer of $15, 900 year
for my services in his business affairs. l
declined the offer after telling Mr.. Duke
that my services were not for sale.
"Then i sent second telegram to
Brodie L. Duke, at Durham, N. c., and
we met for the first time at the Astor
House. I explained my business propo-
sition to him, and he expressed great in
terest in 1t. met Mr.. Duke by appoint
ment a number of times, and he made in
quiries about me and my business af-
fairs. One day, to my great surprise, he
said to me:
Wanted Woman, Not Lands.
Little girl, don't want your tobacco
stock, and l don't want your lands, nor
do want to consider any of your busi-
ness propositions. But do want YOU
II was dumbfounded at what he said
and explained to him that such a step
would cause no end of comment on the
part Of his friends. l told him that his
family would probably raise objections
to his marriage, but he said he didn',
care what the family thought and that he
was old enough to know his own affairs
"A few. days later l met Mr.. Duke
again and consented tomarry him. knew
that when our engagement was an
nounced there would be great deal o
| publicity about 1t, and decided to 60 t.
some obscure hotel. Mr.. Duke and dis
cussed our business projects every day
and he agreed to take charge OF all m,
interests in Texas, and also got finan
cial interest In my lands in that state
He readily consented to put up the capi
tai for the development of large tract O
land on which had an option. In tn
meantime, to show good faith, Mr.. Duk
had certified check made out and de
posted 1t with his lawyer. He also en-
tered into negotiations for $40. 900 for tn
purchase OF the land.
when Mr.. Duke and were dlscussin
our coming marriage one day aske
him II his brothers and sons were likel
TO raise any objections to II. He said
! The family hr'me IL mine, and my rela
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only 5000 on deposit, and that the check
had been returned, Next they learned
that an attempt had been made to bor-
row money on two of his notes for $16,-
500, which had finally come into the
hands of a well-known money lender.
At once one of his brothers and son
applied to the court for an order commit
ting Brodie Duke to the hospital. De-
tectives were sent to the Park Avenue
hotel, fashionable establishment where
Brodie Duke and his wife were living.
Duke himself made no resistance, but
Mrs. Duke was not SO passive. She
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called the Duke marriage beautiful"
one. She declares that Miss Webb is a
very capable business woman, and that
when Mr.. Duke came to see her 1T was q
case of love at first sight, for they soon
stopped talking about tobacco" Ac-
cording to Mrs. Desplaines, the clever
Miss Webb was all business, but the sec
ond time Mr.. Duke called on her he in
sisted upon marrying her.
Finally" said Mrs. Desplaines, "he
refused to talk business. Then Miss
Webb saw it was no use to refuse, and,
as she really loved him, she at last con-
sented to marry him. She was afraid his
family would object, but Mr. Duke waved
her objections aside and declared he
would never be satisfied until he got her.
1t was hasty courtship and a hasty
marriage. Only three days elapsed be-
tween the first visit and the second when
he proposed marriage. If any woman
could make man happy she is the one
Now they have torn him away from her
in the very midst of their honeymoon. II
was cruel to separate them, but it will
not last"
These things and many more were
told by Mt1 Desplaines to District At
torney Jers.tne, who has charge of all
criminal olses in New York county. In
the meanLme 1t was discovered that she
had Something of record of her own,
and that her acquaintance with Mrs
Alice Webb dated back many years. 1t
seems that Mrs. Desplaines in 1894, when
the state legislature ordered searching
investigation of police conditions in New
York city, appeared before the Lexow
committee and acknowledged, that she
was the owner of "a Raines law hotel"
that had been raided by the police. The
Raines law hotels are peculiar institu-
tion in New York city, by which it is
made possible to sell liquor on Sunday.
There are some 1000 of them licensed,
and as class they are dens of vice and
infamy.
Mrs. Dukes Past.
There have been many interesting
chapters in the life of Alice l.. Webb
Powell Hopkinson Masterson Duke
since she left the Erie county orphan
asylum in Buffalo. The New York police
say that Alice Webb first came to that
city in 1878 to begin life full OF excite
ment. One of the first incidents in her
career that brought notoriety to her was
her attempt to shoot man named Murat
Masterson. whorepresented himself to be
a wealthy Arizona miner. The two had
been associates for some time, and their
quarrel was<he ordinary case OF jeal-
ousy SO common among people of GER
tain class. Masterson and Alice L. Webb
were arrested, but as neither would make
a complaint both were discharged. This
was In 1890.
Three years later the woman brough,
a suit against George w. Hopkinson, a
wealthy manufacturer Of perfumeries
for alimony. According to afidavits now
on file, Hopkinson lived at fashionable
hotel in New York city in 1877. He hat
been introduced to woman calling her.
self Alice Osborne, who told him tha
she had been married to q man calleS
:
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publicity. The Duke case has gone too
far to be suppressed. Whether or not
charges of conspiracy can be proved in
court, exposure should help to check
similar operations by women hanging
on the fringes of society.
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elegantly furnished apartments, are
women OF good manners and pleasing
address, and under the pretense Of car
rying on regular business operations are
really concerned with wheedling money
out Of their victims by fair means and
foul. Several of these cases which have
been uncovered have been suppressed
by the victims for fear 1f disgraceful
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irresponsible. The next step was to Sc
cure his commitment to a private sani-
tarium at Flushing. l.. l., where he was
put under close guard.
Then the circumstances Of Dukes mar
riage became public, and two days later
suit was brought for the annulment OF
the marriage. To one of his sons Duke
frankly expressed amazement when told
that he was married
Il didn't know that married Miss
Webb he Is reported to have said. Il
6on't remember having asked her to mar
~ ne, nor do recollect appearing be-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-29
Progressive Whist Party

]. E. Sturgeon was host at a pro-
gressive whist party Wednesday even
ing at his home, 1851 La Sale avenue,
in honor of Roy, Ben and Dan Massie
of Phoenix, Ariz.
First prizes were won by Miss Jordon
and Dan Massie, the consolation falling
to Ed Dorr. One of the most interest
ing features of the evening was a doll
dressing contest, for which prizes were
awarded to Dan Massie and Miss Mae
Cartwright. Several delightful musical
numbers were given. The guests in
cluded: Misses H. Ralphs, c. Bell, B.
Carr, NJ. Cartwright, e. Ripley, NJ
Bonsack, L. Bonsack, P. Jordon, NJ Nc
Mel, C. Doll, Mrs. Sturgeon, R. Massie
Dan Massie, B. Massie, E. Rebard, A
Lapham, w. Ralph, e. Ralph, G. Bell
e. Dorr, F. Munsie and j. E. Sturgeon
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-29
PERSONAL
Angeles.

Walter Parker, Republican leader in
Southern California, has returned from
trip through the east.
Karl Heise, a wealthy German max
ing a tour of the world, is registered
at the Angelus.
DIR. ]. w. Hazelett of San Bernardino
is staying at the Hollenbeck
Count Emmanuel de Molinsky of Paris
is at the Van Nuys. He is attended by
his valet and a secretary.
F. w. PARCELS, an attorney Of San
Francisco, is at the Van Nuys hotel.
]. H. Haak and G.. c. Haak of Haak-
wood, Mich, are registered at the Lank-
ershim. They have large lumber in
terests in Michigan and the town OF
Haakwood is owned jointly by the two
They are returning from the Hoo-Hoo
convention Of lumbermen at Portland
w. F. Mccarthy, a cement contractor
OF San Francisco, is at the Lankershim
DR.. S. c. Hooker, a physician Of Phil
adelphia, is at the Angelus. DR.. Hooker
is accompanied by his wife. They are
on the coast on visit for the benefit
of Mrs. IIooker's health.
Mrs. q. B. Clardy and daughter of El
Paso are at the Angelus.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-29
SPECIMEN OF CHARTER PATCHWORK

The matter of filling vacancy in the board of edu
cation reveals example of the bad patchwork to
which the city charter been subjected 1t would
there should be no question about the
of appointing power of such vacancy, but the
charter itself points to very plain question Sec
ton the charter adopted in 1889 declares that
"the board (of educaton) shall fill all vacancies
curing in that body until the next general municipal
election In direct conflict with that provision Is
section of the charter adopted February Z, 1905
follows "n the event of vacancy in any other elective
office (than that Of councilman) the council shall fill
such vacancy for the unexpred term"
1t is presumable that judicial determination of
this conflict in the charter would give the council
thorty to fill vacancies in the board of education The
giving such authority is of recent date while the
other is of date sixteen years ago. In ordinary
circumstances there might be objection to the filling
of a vacancy by the council and of its acceptance by
the board of education happens however that there
is considerable friction between the two official branches
and neither is inclined to yield point of authority
The question at issue in respect to the filling of the
present vacancy is not of especial Importance in itself
may be assumed that the point raised in respect to
the appointing power will not stand in the way of filling
board of education But the discovery of such faulty
work in charter tnkerng shows the Importance of
thorough revision of the charter and of greater
in future to avoid such blunders the one dis
closed.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-29
THESE LIVE AGENTS SELL
THE HERALD
IN THE CITY.

HOTEL VAN NUYs BROADWAY news
stand, 416 South Broadway.
HOTEL NATICK news stand, ITO West
First.
HOTEL HoLLENBECK news stand,
Second and Spring.
B. f. GARDNER, 3O5 South Spring.
HOTEL ANGELUS news stand, corner
Fourth and Spring.
HOTEL WESTMINSTER news stand,
corner Fourth and Main.
HOTEL ROSSLYN, 437 South Main.
r.. A. RoHN, 513 South Spring.
HI. w. COLLINS, 03s south Main.
j, RAWAIk, Hotel Lankershim news
NEW ERA BOOK COMPANY, 651 south
HOLMES BOOK COMPANY. AL South
Main.
HOTEL NADEAU news stand, corner
First and Spring.
OLIVER & HAINES, 1O9 South Spring.
HOTEL VAN NUYS news stand, Fourth
r.. q. MOORE, 1922 Pasadena avenue.
III. SIOLINO, corner Seventh and Hill.
FREEMAN LISCOMBE COMPANY, Six
MIR. GANsERT, corner Seventh and
AlvaradO.
MIR. HARMON, 1914 North DAILY,
MRS. KORBELL, 1868 East First.
BANKS & GREEN, 1900 South Main.
HOLMES BOOK COMPANY, 257 South
Main.
MI A. HGNNS Olo kNuSI
N. LOENNECFkER, 251 East Fifth.
G. WETHERILL, 244S South Main.
b. AMOS, 514 West Seventh.
E. JOPE, $50 West Seventh.
G. SAKELARES, 515 North Main.
JACOB MORTENSEN, 312 North Main.
HENRY PORATH, 623 Central avenue.
A. s. RALPH, III Commercial.
w. l.. SHOCKLEY, 151 North Main.
MAX ROTH CIGAR CO., 100 South Main
j. II. ALLEN, 1048 East First.
LADD e. STORY, 2133 East First.
G. TATE, $500 East Fourth.
SU PHELPS, 172S East Seventh.
A. METZGER, $40 East Ninth.
MIR. CUTBUSH. corner East First and
Utah.
#. DEHMLOW, 2502 West Pico.
NORFOLK STOVE CO., 2603 West Pfc0.
A. ELMSTEAD, 2O2O South Main.
III. STRICKLIN, 2O53 Santa Fe avenue.
III, @. ABLE, 524 East Fifth.
A. Nj. DUFF, Twenty-first street and
Maple avenue.
J. K. DUKE, 2O2O Central avenue.
DAVIS & SATCHELL, 1O5 North Boyle
avenue.
II. J. HOUSE, 2OO1 East Main
j. Valdez 1925 East Mains