Morris tribune., 1906-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS
Lincoln Farm Association

! Lincoln + arm Association.
| With the idea and purpose of enabling
| the American people to make the farm
and cabin in Kentucky where Lincoln
was born d sort Of national shrine like
Mount Vernon, Golfers Weekly in
| whose name the farm was bought at
auction for $4,000 in April, 1904, has
| organized under the laws Of Kentucky 2
| the Lincoln Farm association .'to which
every one shall be entitled to member
| ship who contributes to the general
fund for the preservation Of this his
toric spot any sum not less than 25
cents or more than 500" Governor Folk
Of Missouri is named as president Of
the board of trustees, which includes
such names as Choate, Watterson, Por-
ter, Mark Twain, Taft, st. Gaudens.
Jerome, Tarbell. Jenkin Lloyd Jones
and Cardinal Gibbons. Richard Lloyd
Jones, who represented Golfers in the
purchase of the farm and who tells
the story of the auction in the current
issue, is secretary of the association.
Mrs. Clarence III. Mackay is treasurer,
with headquarters at "A Broadway,
New York The first contribution
namely, &5-has been received from the
postmaster at HodgenvilIe, KY, where
the farm is located
New Works New Theater.
Through the efforts Of several wealthy
New Workers, including John Jacob AS
tor Cornelius Vanderbilt James Still
man and others in that class, a stock
company has been projected for the
elevation of the American stage, and
new playhouse to be known as the New
theater IS to be erected on Central Park
West between Sixty-second and Sixty
third streets. The actors and actresses
wi! b. pens onad upon their retirement
an. tae net peofits will go to an endoW-
nent fund, part of which may be used
to start Il school of the drama. Helm
rich Gonried. director of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, is to be the manag-
inc head &C It's t;loater, which is to be
ready for business in two years.
Castellane Separation Suit.
The Countess de Castellane, daughter
OF Jay Gould, has begun proceedings
in the Paris courts to obtain a separa-
ton from her husband, Count Boni de
Castellane, on account Of domestic
quarrel in which the name of a noted
Frenchwoman was mentioned. Still
mutual friends are hoping for recon
Citation.
Roosevelt Wedding Gifts.
The report that the wedding gifts to
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mr.. Long
worth had already reached total
waite Of s1,O0O.000 was denied at the
White House. The guest list is said to
lave been cut to 1000 The Ohio dele
ration. after encountering objection to
4 gift of a punch bowl, has compro-
missed on loving cup. Mr.. LongWorth
has chosen a Harvard classmate,
Thomas n. Perkins of Boston, to be
his best man.
Accidents.
A freight train which escaped from
d siding at Austin, Mont, rushed four
teen miles down the steep Rocky noun
tain grade and crashed into passan-
ger train on the Northern Pacific with
such terrific force that five persons
were killed, three injured and more
than forty cars scattered over the
prairie
Four persons were killed and four in
jured in rear end collision of passen-
ger trains on the Oregon Railway and
Navigation line.
A million bushels of wheat and 200
horses were burned up at East St
Louis, besides the destruction of seven
louses and twenty cars, when an oil
tank exploded. The loss was over 81
100000