The Washington herald., 1906-11-07

J1nn Armstrong Chanler. brother Of
Lewis Stuvvesant ChanIer running FOR
lieutenant governor Of New York on the
Hearst ticket. and related 20 many OF
the most prominent New York families
stands to-day in a most peculiar position,
says special dispatch from Chatham.
Va. % tie New York Herald.
Ey Jh1 decision OF the United States
Court ia Virginia Mr. Chanler's study Of
psychic phenomena has no bearing upon
tie condition OF his mind. IN New York
the United States Court sent him to
BIoomiagdale for Eve years at a cost Of
-o.o10 to himself and tied mp his fortune
of more than H.CC5Cl9 in trust with r. T.
sherman. an because of mis- studies of
ihe unknown Guanuty-the inner con
.euce. or faculty. as BE calls It.
Never before. possibly, have two CO.
ordinate courts 50 diverged I'm opinion on
an individuals rights in the community.
The whole question viii come up before
Judge Lacombe in the Federal Building
New York
john Armstrong Chanler lives down
mere with three servants. one q negro
cook. who only cooks for her two CO
1abOrers Mr.. Chanler eats only one meal
in every twenJy-four hours. and that con-
cists OF dry bread with salt on it. a little
cheese three times a week. and now ana
then ice cream or candy as dessert
8Irs. William Astor is Mr. ChGulers
srlnd aunt. and John Jacob Astor his
cousin. He IS a member OF the Manhat-
tan Club. where he was regarded as an
epicure. He married Ameue Rives. now
rhe Princess Troubet zkoy. author Of "The
Quick or the Dead" q book in when
De appears as the hero. They were dl-
vorced. and in this romance is involved
smother SUIT before Judge Lacombe Oh the
same calendar as the first one.
Tho second suit is against a society
publication for intimating that the d.
vorcees were again on friendly terms.
Damages were assessed al $4,000 in this
suit
Lives Alone ia His Home.
in these TWO suits viii be brought out
all the facts about the life Of John Arm
strong ChaEler. how he rises at Il o'clock
10 the morning, rides horseback for three
hours. attends 10 his mail, eats at mid
night studies psychology. and Uctires n
g o'clock ia the morning. absolutely alone
in his large house, the servants sleeping
elsewhere.
Then. too. viii be brought out the fact
lhat his book is in the hands OF a pub
Usher, telling al about his Incarceration
BIOomingdale. his escape. and his
anxiety 10 devote the money he IS fighting
Cor toward solving the problem Of the
army of the unemployed.
IN his suit. 8Ir ChauIer says. one of the
principal witnesses viii be the Princess
Tr0ubatzkoy. who win testify 90 the color
ot John Arms ,rOng Chanler's eyes when
she made him the hero Of THE Quick or
the Dead" before their marriage in 1885,
FOR the color change in the eye is one OF
the features OF the X-faculty and may
have a strong influence with the court in
passing on Mr. Chanlers sanity
Psychics are bound TO predominate in
rhe damage suit, too. which is also on
Judge Lacombe's calendar for the No
vember term. Both cases are as weird in
the abstract as that OF George Wood. who
is serving thirty years in prison for the
staying OF George II Williams near
PlainfeId. n. J., two years agO. when his
brain created the little black man. and
at whose trial eminent students of psy-
cholCgy testified about psychic aura, lapse
% memory and dual personality (such as
Dr. Jekyll and lr. HYDE. only that the
ChauIer case is or u higher plane.
Mr.. Chauler says he does not believe
IN any OF the developments that have come
out Of his psychical research. but he
maintains II he is 10 be adiudged insane
because Of MS studies. then all Of the
other students Of psychic phenomena are
in his class also. His OUn case is the
BASIS for a crusade that he win begin
against the lunacy laws Of the State Of
New York. by which. he says. the great
st miiliOnaires may in a days time be
reduced to the level OF paupers.
Old Colonial Homestead.
The Chanler homestead here consists Of
IN old Colonial house on forty acres Of
land. back half hours drive from Cob
nam Station. for which the owner paid
Sg000 The house was built early IN the
eighteenth century II has always been
called the Merry MIL" There are out
houses. where lived the negroes in slavery
days, and "a Htue away from the house is
a swimming pool fed by two springs,
i09 feet long. twenty feet wide. four f11l
deep at one end and eight feet deep ct
che other with fine spTingboGrds and two
large bathhOuses. one for men ana the
other for women. In the summer this
pool Is thrown open to the Inhabitants Of
AlDeTmaTie County three times eacu
week
II Mr.. ChanIer gets the $1.000Oo0 that is
his, he proposes to line the swimming
sank with Italian marble. ana Of the same
material build two lighthouses. one to be
designated as Neptune ana the other as
Diana
It takes hours in his daily life to at
tend 90 the business Of the United Indus
rial and Roanoke Power Companies of
North Carolina. OF which Mr. Chanler is
The principal owner. Then comes some
-olitaire pool Mr.. Chanler is q crack pool
player. having q record Of potting the
ilteen balls IN seventeen shots, all balls
made on the break being respected. He IS
also q marksman OF no mean repuJe.
Dry Bread and Cheese
A5ter the pool game Mr.. Chanler may
read until Collins. his negro servant,
5r-ugs IN his daily farc-the dry bread
and American cheese. Collins Is one Of
The three servants The others are
negro cook and white gardener.
This frugal meal is served in the typI-
cal Southern diniHg-voom. with its high
ceiling, mahogany table and sideboard
eight feet long and drawers made deep
enough for wine 10 be kept on ic-. ar.
Chauisr neither drinks nor smokes. He
did both and was q man about town
until the eout made itself apparent
Total abstinence is part of ,the diet
system thay evidently keeps this man in
such good condition. He IS FIVE feet ten
and one-haIf inches ia height, weighs
% pounds. has curly hair that Is comb
"a with a size part. giving sn artistic
odd appearance, and q clear, steel gray