The National tribune., 1906-08-30
PEOPLE.
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A dispatch received in London states
that Mr.. Walter Wellman has decided
to abandon the project OF reaching the
North Pole by means Of his dirigible
airship. because of the lateness of the
season. 1t Is likely that an attempt will
be made in 1907.
]. @. A. Ward. the dean of American
sculptors, and a man who has a high
reputation for artistic excellence. mar
risd recently. at the age OF 76. Mrs. r.
NJ. Ostrander Smith. the widow Of an
artist, The bride is about so. The
marriage was kept very quiet. but the
news of It leaked out, creating quite a
stir in artistic circles. The bride says
that she has known Mr.. Ward ever since
she was 10 years old, when her home
was in Newburg and his in Urbana, o.
Mr. Ward had been married twice, his
first wife living seven years and his sec
ond a year and a half. Mrs. Smith had
been a widow for 20 years. Mr. Ward
boarded with Mrs. Smith for a number
Of years. and they became quite friendly
without thinking of any stronger at
tachment until recently they felt the
need of making their companionship
permanent.
The equestrian statue Of George
Washington, the gift to New York of
former Congressman James r. Howe.
Of Brooklyn. is to be paid for by Mr..
Howe from some of the fees he collect
ed while he was Register Of Kings
County. 1t will be unvailed on Satur-
day. Sept. 25.
William Bennett, Of Gravesend, n.
z, Is said to be the only man in the
United States who has his Job laid out
for him until he dies. The city of New
York is compelled to employ him at
$40 a day so long as he lives and per-
forms his duties. He Is q member of
the GraveSend Land Fund Commission.
and was created Commissioner by the
city charter, fact which renders 1t i'm
possible for him to lose his position un-
til he loses his life.
Mrs Wilhelmina Patton Fleming,
whose brilliant work as an astronomer
in Harvard University won her inter-
national fame, has been elected mem
Der OF the Royal Astronomical Society
Of London.
President Butterf1eld will be inaugu-
rated President of Amherst on Oct. IT.
The past month he has been in charge
of the Agricultural College. getting ac-
quainted with the duties OF his new po-
Sition during the vacation season.
Solomon Gompers. father of Samuel
Gompers, the President of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor lives at Rox-
bury. Mass. He is IS years old, and
has been totally blind for nine years.
He was born in London. where he join
ed a trade union in 1889,
It Is not often that a woman applies
for two divorces in one cay, but that
distinction belongs to Cora B. Teeters.
of Butte. Mont, who has filed complaints
asking for divorces from Almon B. Teet-
ers and Eugene Kurtz. In her COM
plant against KurtZ she says she was
married to him at Spokane Aug. 5.
1903, and at the time had another hus-
band living, though she thought he was
dead. and did not learn of his being
alive until June of this year. In her
suit against Almon B. Teeters. she says
she married him at Eugene City, Ore, |
in 1892, and that he deserted her in
1895. There is one child, a boy, aged |
II years.
Mr.. J. B. Lppincott, consulting and
engineer IN charge of work |
in California, has resigned his position
with the U. S. Reclamation Service.
There Is an increasing demand through
out the country for the services of first
class engineers. and owing to the lim-
tied salaries offered by the Reclamation
Service the Government is losing many
men of experience and ability.
William ]. Bryan's daughter. Mrs
Ruth Bryan-Leavitt. has written a play
let entitled Mrs. S. Holmes, Detective"
Of which she is as sanguine as all play
writer's are, and her father has prom
sed to be present at the first perform
lnce.
Some years ago the cattlemen about
Meeteetse. Wyo., discovered that they
were a forlorn bachelor lot who were
n sore need of wives and feminine So
ciety. They organized the Gray Bull
Club, and began a campaign for wives.
Recently "Blondy Bill'' Arnold. a cat
.leman. married Miss Dona Hart. which
made the 37th marriage resulting from
he successful campaign of the club,
which now votes itself decided sue
:ess for the purpose for which it was
Mayor Becker of Milwaukee. is max
ng tour in his automobile from Mil
yaukee to New York. speaking on the
way to members of the Republican
Clubs on "The Young Man in Politics."
md is meeting large audiences wher-
aver he goes.