The National tribune., 1906-09-06

A Paris dispatch saysItan unprece-
dentsd number Of Americans are strand
ed in Paris. TIE American Relief So
cisty and Americans generally are over
whelmed with requests for help. Many
are even begging in the streets. None
of them speaks anything but English.
which makes matters worse. The Re-
lief Society is sending as many as pos
sible to London. including a Texan and
his wife and child. who made their iiv-
ing by stilt-walking in England. but
were deprived Of their stills by the
French police.
Mrs. William Thaw. mother of Harry
X. Thaw, has decided to leave Pitts
burg. Lyndhurst, the Thaw home, has
been offered for sale. The other prop
erty in Pittsburg owned by Mrs Thaw
will also be sold. One of Mrs. Thaws
properties on Brentwood Boulevard,
near Lyndhurst, was disposed of for
$4,000. The reason given by Mrs.
Thaw to her friends for seyering all ties
in Pittsburg Is that she must devote the
rest of her life to her son Harry. Should
he be sent to an asylum she will remain
near him.
At Minneapolis. Aug. 81. Judge Alton
B. Parker, of New York, was named
/ by the General Council Of the, Ameri-
can Bar Association as the nominee for
President of the Association. No other
nominees for President were reported.
The presentation Of the name of Judge
Parker was greeted with prolonged ap-
plause.
MRS. S. Holmes. Detective" the
playlet written by William Jennings
! Bryan's daughter, was given in New
York last week, and Is said to have
scored success Whether 1t has made
an actual one will have to be deter
mined by further presentations.
It is reported that Hartje has offered
his wife s250.000 If she will drop the
divorce suit. This looks as II he were
driving a very hard bargain with her.
and trying to get off a great deal more
cheaply than he deserves to.
Gen. Miles thinks there is nothing in
the Cuban insurrection, because they
have nothing to fight for. Only natural
disposition to plunder inspires the lead
ers and their followers.
Mrs. NJ. Franklin Mallory, of Black
Mountain. N. c.. a Connecticut woman
who founded the retreat for consump-
tives. and who has been doing excel
lent work In that line. was struck and
killed by train near Ashville, Aug. 81.
| Mrs. Cora Lathrop Patterson. the
beautiful and accomplished young wo-
man whose divorce from James Patter-
son. son OF the multi lllienaire tobac-
conist of Richmond, made quite a SEN
sation, is to be married to George P.
Cronk. of Omaha. andfa former Grand
Exalted Ruler Of the Elks, Mrs. Cronk
obtained a divorce FROM Cronk three
years ago on account Of infidelity, and
was particularly jealous Of Mrs. Pat
| terson. III Ie
Milo Mead. known as the Sage Of
New Lebanon" a local philanthropist,
who had spent neaTiyas$1. 900. 900 on
public improvements, during the past
few years. died, at hfs home at Byran
Shore, Conn, Aug. 27,, aged 81. Mr.
Mead was born in Fart Rortchester in
1924. He was s,a~greataRrapdneph phew to
Gen. Ebenezer Mead, the most promi-
| nent Revolutionary General in that
1 section.i "'s @'.A7 bo.'s~'-'
The story that Thomas w. Lawson Is
in state of mental and physical COL
lapse in consequence of his wife's re-
1 cent death. supported by detailed state
ments of the extravagant forms in
which his grief has been manifested,
and given various similitude by his alb
] sence from Office and abstention from
all business, is being whispered quietly
/ about Boston and has gained wide Gre
dence. Many of those who have been
in contact or conflict with Lawson In
his manifold financial activities ave
| reached the conviction that he will nev-
or again resume his former occupation
and be the picturesque and striking
figure he once was in the life of the
street. Mr.. Lawson Is now at his
Dreamwood estate at Scituate. where
he has remained in seclusion since the
death of Mrs. Lawson. Aug. 5. He sees
no strangers and apparently takes no
direct personal part in the activities of
the outside world.
The family of Gen. FItz-Hugh Lee will
present a claim for about $4,000 to
the jamestown Exposition Company for
services rendered by Gen. Lee as Presi-
dent of the Company. which position
he held at the time of his death.
1t may or may not be significant that
John Sharp Williams. of Mississippi,
the minority floor leader of the House
of Representatives, could not find time
to attend the Bryan reception in New
York, although he was in the city at
that time. He says that he was too
anxious to meet his family after his
ioh8 dD5chSo III E<uAope, tHdl Illle
abroad he had seen Mr.. Bryan and dis
cussed the political situation with him
He refused. however. to give any de-
tails Of his conversation.
Over 80 years ago. when Japan was
tjust opening up to the world and was
a country filled with wonder and mys-
terry. a young man from the Depart
ments at Washington. a Vermonter by
birth, crossed the Pacific Ocean to f1ll
the humble position of Consuls clerk
, at Yokohama. At this time there were
a vast number of intricate legal uues-
, tions involved in the state affairs OF
, Japan, and the young man. Henry Den
ison by name. who possessed a we'll
, balanced, judicial mind, naturally in
, clined to the law. found it absolutely
, necessary, in the performance OF his
duties. to make himself master of this
, profession. He made such splendid
. progress that after few years he lef,
, the Consular service and began the
: practice of law, with immediate and
: far-spreading success. His talent!
: brought him to the notice Of the Japan.
= ese Government. and in 1880 he wa:
q invited by Count Inouye, then Minister
a of Foreign Affairs. to join the perma.
= nent staff in his office. Outside the
" diplomatic world Henry Denison wa.
almost unknown untdl the time of the
il Peace Conference at Portsmouth. He
is really the power behind the throne
+ in Japan, and throughout all tha