The National tribune., 1906-12-27

There have been various reports as
to j. Pierpont Morgan's ultimate inten-
tions with regard to his rare and costly
art treasures which he has been col
4 lccting for several years from all over
Europe, and which, IL is said, he has
not brought to this country on account
of the immense duties he would be re-
quired to pay upon the collection. The
latest rumor is that on the site of the
Lenox Library, which he has purchased
i for s3,000000, he is to build a new
/ museum. to be the home of the Won
derful pictures and other works of art,
and which he will present to the city
| of New York. Mr.. Morgan has just
| made his son, ]. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.,
a Christmas gift of the Isaac n. Phelps
house, for which he paid 100000. and
which Is very near that of his fathers.
Ills sister. Mrs. Herbert c. Satterlee,
also has house in the same neighbor-
! hood. The great financier has many
| interests besides the making of money
and the collecting of rare works of art.
He is very successful breeder of col
| lies, and his dogs have been prominent
at all the dog shows. He has lately
purchased two Boston terriers from the
famous kennels of Myron w. Robinson
These dogs, Lady Dainty and Junior
Second" are both prize dogs. especially
the former, who has retained the
championship for four years and stands
| alone in her class. Mr.. Morgan paid
several thousand dollars for the two
dogs.
| 1t Is interesting to note how rapidly
the conventional idea of "woman's
sphere" is disappearing, or at least how
! little unfavorable comment Is made
when one of the fair sex bobs up in
some particularly unfeminine field. In
Paris the women are driving the cabs,
and one of these "cabbies" is a real
Countess, whose singer husband specu-
lated with her dot OF 100000 francs
| and, of course. lost it. Countess du
| Pin de la Gueriviere, for that is her
noble name, tried to support her IL
children by teaching and other ways,
but without success, then, having al
ways loved horses, and in her palmy
days having had much acquaintance
with them, bethought herself of cab
driving. As she is still quite young
and retains much of her beauty, her
cab will undoubtedly be much in de-
mand The Societe d'Assistance au
Animaus of Paris gives a course in
driving and in the care of horses to all
intending to become cabmen, who are
afterwards subjected to a rigid exami-
nation and given a certificate if sue
cessfully past. There are five women
at present taking this course. while sew
eral have already entered upon their
new and novel vocation. Women in
London are also applying for cab Ii
censes.
Carrie Nation Is again on the war
path. She is conducting crusade at
present in East Tennessee, and is on
her way to Washington, which he calls
the ''Whited City, She has been at
tacking President Roosevelt, the Re-
publican Party, and almost everything
in sight.
The adopted son of President Jack
son, "Old Hickory" died in Knoxville,
Tenn, Dec. II. Col. Jackson was ~
years old, and had been in the Internal
Revenue Service of Tennessee for many
years.
One of the best-known men in Kan
sas. John Speer. died at Denver, Colo.
Dec. Is, at the advanced age of 80. Mr..
Speer, who was the founder and editor
Of the Lawrence Tribune, was in the
thick of the fight over the admission of
Kansas as a free State. On account of
his pronounced anti-slavery views the
Tribune Office was entered by Guam
trells men in 1863, and his two sons
murdered by the guerrillas. Speer eS-
capped by hiding in a cornfield. He was
a member of the Kansas Legislature
for several terms, and was also U. S.
Internal Revenue Collector for the
State.
Prof Brander Matthews, Chairman
Of the Simplifed Spelling Board, is moi
discouraged by the recent backing
down" of President Roosevelt nor the
action taken by Congress. He says that
all the standard dictionaries have
adopted the new spelling, and that they
are supported by most of the universe
ties. Prof. Matthews is receiving large
numbers of letters every day from peo-
pie all over the country, who are favor
ably disposed to the change. He has at
present 1000 signatures to the agree
ment to adopt the new method, with
from 1000 to 1000 coming in every
month.
The trial of Harry Thaw has finally
been set for Jan. 81. which is reported
10 please him very much. Lawyer Del
mas has gone to California to bring
back with him some very important wit
nesses. The unpleasant notoriety which
this celebrated case has brought upon
the family has caused several of its
members, who had invested in costly
residences in New York City, to dispose
of them. Edward Thaw, brother of
Harry, has sold his new house, which
was only recently built for him, and
Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, it is said, has
sold hers.
Col. VIM. J. Brown, a civil war vet
can, died at his country home at Great
harrington, Mass, Dec. 13, at the age
of o. Col. Brown was born in Vermont
in 1910, but at the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion was living in Ohio. |
He entered the service and served in
;he 125th Ohio, receiving the rank of
Colonel upon his appointment as Aid |
de-Camp on the staff of Gov. Allen |
After the war Col. Brown went to Mon
tana, where he became Chief Clerk of |
the Territorial Legislature He also
ran for State Senator in the Western
Reserve in 1875, changing previously
Republican district into a Democratic
one by majority of 1.i00. Col. Brown
went to New York in 1878, and took
up newspaper work. in which he had
already had much experience. He
bought an interest in the New York
Daily News and became its publisher
He was New York State Senator for
two terms, and ran for Congress in
1893, but was defeated.
Until quite recently it has not been
known that it was no other than Mrs
Russell Sage who presented the IT'S
New York City lots to the New York
University The land belonged to the
Gustav Schwab estate, and Mrs. Sage