The National tribune., 1906-12-20

was then successfully addressed, and
| dispatched i'll the same manner. This
| discouraged Craven so that he left Mon
tana and moved to Ohio, but something
| he could not explain drew him back TO
| the Lamprccht girls. and the fourth
| sister, Helen. consented-strange as 1t
| Seems-to be his. with the proviso,
| however. that the half-breed be sent
where the wicked cease from troubling.
Craven was lucky enough 20 he able to
grant this modest request. for. meeting
| The half-breed soon after. he laid him
| low. But his miSfortunes continued.
| for Helen soon sickencd and died, leav-
| ing him :or the fourth time n discon-
solate widower. Bertha. the fifth sis
ter, took pity on him. but was thrown
| from horse and killed. Then sadly
| but hopefully thought he of Lena. the
youngest and last of the sisters. After
| Bertha's death he had returned TO Ohio.
| being convinced that there was some
thing about Montana inimical to his
interests He sent for Lena and Lena
| came to Ohio. where on Dec. IL they
| were made man and wife. Everybody
wishes Lena better luck than her sisters
had. but nevertheless all are on the
| qui vive to see what is going to happen.
| The Duchess of Marlborough's moth
| er, who. it will be remembered. is now
the wife of Mr. Oliver Belmont. has
1
land House lately y good deal of ex,
| citement was nCcasioned during the
| visit by the Post announcing that the
| Duke was also at Sunderland House,
thus giving the impression that recon-
| ciliation was contemplated It is now
understood that altho the Duke was at
the house OF the Duchess he did not see
| her, and his visit was for the purpose
/ of talking over some matters of i'm
| nortance with Mrs. Belmont. Public
| opinion in London is divided on the
| Marlborough matter and Strangly
| enough, most of the American women
who have married into the English no.
bility and are prominent socially. such
as the former Dowager Duchess OF
Marlborough, who WAS Mrs. Hammers
! ley, of New York, are siding with the
I Duke.
| Like most Americans of the present
day, AR. William X Vanderbilt. Jr.,
| enjoys his morning cold bath in his
! warm and luxurious bath room thOroly.
| The cold bath he was forced to take the
orner day was bird of quite another
color. however. A public highway runs
! along a part of his estate. but is Sepa-
rated from it by an iron picket fencs
| 10 feet high The fence also runs along
| on the other side of the road, separat-
| ing it from Success Lake, a fine. deep
pond belonging to the estate. Mr.. Van
| derbilt was sliimming along this road
| the other day in his 4G-horsepower mo-
! tor car, and when opposite the lake, at
point where there happens to be no
| fence. the front axle of his car broke.
| Mr.. Vanderbilt was most unceremOni-
| nnsly shot into the air and fell into the
| lake. but very close to the shore. There
was thin coating of ice on the lake.
and the water. soaking his clothing, set
| his teeth chattering. He stood not on
/ ba frfla n. In is ma h1
but got out as soon as possible, making
| his way to the shore without any trou-
Bile at all and finding himself quite un-
hurt on account of the accident.
do not know that the world will be
made any better or happier by the dis
! covery, but archeoIogists think they
| have found the tomb of Cicero. the
great Roman orator and statesman. The
remains Of what is thought to be his
| tomb stand on a hill at Formiae. near
the place where Cicero was assassinat-
ed. over 1000 years ago.
| Embassador Reid. who arrived in this
country Dec. IL. denies that his daugf-
| ter, JEAN Is engaged to marry a for
| eign nobleman. He proposes to keep
| her with him while he remains at his
| present post. and then, he says, she
will return to her native land and mar
ry an American, like the sensible girl
| she is.
| One of the most sensational and dis
graceful divorce cases which has been
| before the country for some time was
| that of the ti-millionaire paper
| manufacturer, Augustus Hartje who
| tried to get rid of his wife by proving
undue intimacy with her coachman,
| Thomas Nadine. This charge he en-
deavored to substantiate by forged let
|
by his wife to Nadine. The Judges,
however, have entirely exonerated Mrs.
Hartje, Hartje is to pay the costs OF
| the suit and the children remain with
| her. The decision does not settle the
question of alimOny, but Mrs. Hartje
has motion pending in court with ref
erence to this matter. Hartje in his
case against his wife heaped additional
ndignity upon her by the charge of
| too friendly relations with Clifford
Hooe, a second coachman and a colored
| man. Hooe, who was well paid by
Hartje, perjured himself by false depp-
sitions, and has been tried. found guilty,
fined and sentenced to six years i'm
| priSOnment.
| 1t is rather expected in Metropolitan
| Museum of Art circles that Mr.. J. Pier
| pont Morgan will make that institution
| a handsome Christmas present. He has
/
scum during the past year. the nature
| of which, however, has not yet been
| given out to the public. Sir Casper
| Purdon Clark, imported from England
| by us to look after the treasures of the
Museum, says that it is quite probabls
| that the institution may profit by some
| at least of the collections of priceless
works of art which Mr.. Morgan has
| been gathering together for years and
| which are still in Europe. a recent
visit of Mayor Mcclellan accompanied
by a member of the Municipal Art
Commission upon Mr.. Morgan might
possibly be taken as sign that there
| will be something doing in the art line
in Mr.. Morgan's neighborhood before
very long.
This is certainly a bad season for
the potentates of the world. King Os-
car of Sweden is seriously i'll with heart
trouble and not expected 20 recover
the Shah of Persia lies at the point of
death; the Sultan of Turkey, who has
been in critical condition of health
for over a year, is dangerously i'll. and
the poor eXiled King of Dahomey is
dead.
"Our little systems have their day;
they have their day, then cease to be-"
SO even is it with the day" of our
great society leaders. Mrs. John ia
cob Astor, who has held undisputed
sway over New York's 400 for so many
years. has actually disappeared from