The National tribune., 1906-10-18
IN has not brought any more seriou,

\ vi tne DlrIn OF tkeN. w.
r. Parsons, who is pioneer Odd Fei-
low. He served three and a half years
in the war as Chaplain of the 66th
Ohio and is the Chaplain for life of
the regimental organization. He has
been an untiring worker for the Sons
of the American Revolution, and was
the first President of the State organ
iZation. He has been most success
full minister, and has held charges at a
number of prominent towns and cities
in Ohio. and since his retirement is
much in demand at funerals and we'd
dings He was born in Massachusetts
in 1921, but has lived in Franklin
County. o.. for over so years. Both he
and his wife are highly educated and
blessed with mucfi literary ability. Their
home is center of culture and refine
ment. He has been an Odd Fellow
over SO years.
John Armstrong Chanler. a New
York millionaire. who is best known as
the husband of Amelie Rives. is out
with book OF 500 pages. in which he
attacks prominent New York lawyers
for conspiracy for having him incar-
cerated in lunatic asylum. He says
| that this was done at the instigation of
relatives who tried to dispossess him
of his property. He has also taken the
lecture stand to exploit his case.
The Marchesa del Grillo. better
known as Adelaide Ristori. the cela-
brated Italian actress, died at Rome
Oct. 9. She had been suffering from
rneum onia for some time. Mime Ade-
laide RiStori, one of the greatest trage-
diennes. was born Jan. % 1922 in
small town in northern Italy. She was
taught by private tutors. and at a very
early age her extraordinary hstrionic
ability attracted the attention of meni-
bers of the craft. at whose suggestion
| she began preparing for a theatrical
career. Her first notable performance,
| in which her unusual ability as an
EN- otional actress attracted worldwide
attention. was in Paris. April %, 1855
! before Emperor Napoleon III. in Fran
cesca da Rimini'' in which she had
! the title role. Her success was so pro-
nounced that a tour of England, the
| United States and the rest of the civ
| iliZed world was at once determined
upon. She appeared in England and
| the United States in the late SOS and
her tour was a continuous triumph.
She retired from the stage in 1895.
Nine. Ristori was married in 1886 20
the Marchese Capranica del Grillo-
| The eternal ruction among the Della
ware Republicans has taken q new
form in an alleged combination be-
| tween the Addicks and Dupont elements
to down Senator Alice. At the postponed
Republican Convention J. EdT ard Adj
| dicks was elected permanent Chair
man. and announced that nothing but
the most kindly feeling obtains between
| the Dupont element and ourselves"
| This was understood to mean war upon
| Alice and Auditor Layton, of the State
| Department. at Washington. Alice was
recently defeated in the Kent conven-
| ton by vote of IS to "a. There will
be little sympathy for Alice. since he
was comparatively obscure man who
was lifted into prominence by Addicis
and then turned or him.
For some reason B. Worth Jennings,
a millionaire Iumberman from Penn
| sylvania. who had put up a s150.000
plant at Cumberland, got tired of The
eternal grind and shot himself thru
the mouth. The bullet only made an
ugly wound. and remained in his head.
causing him much pain. A Philadcl-
phia surgeon was summoned, who by
a dexterous move of the knife removed
the bullet. He presented a bill for
| $4,000, which Mr.. Jennings promptly
laid. and seemed glad to do so. Mems
minds are as changeable as women's-
There is a great deal of amusement
in Maryland over the appraisement of
the estate Of the late Senator German.
| For man who had no regular profess
sion or business except politics Senator
German died singularly rich. His son,
arthur p, Jr.. evidently inherits his
fathers cunning, and when it came To
appraising the estate, which consists
largely of bonds and securities. he had
two of his serviceable political assist
ants from the country appointed as ap-
raiSerS. These men may be very uSt-
ful in rounding up voters and peddiiny
tickets, but it Is said that possibly they
never saw a bond or a security. Ger
tainly they We're never fortunate enough
tn have nf SiH hia
as possession. Yet they We're called
in to pass upon the value of securities
which only the most experienced brok-
er could have determined. Consequent
ly they accepted Arthur p. Jr.'s. ap-
praisal, and for reasons of his own
none of these was put at market fig
ureS.
Hon. Silas B. butcher. President Of
the Hamilton Trust Co, of Brooklyn.
n. Y, recalls with pride that he was a
member of the first company organized
to defend the Union against the rebels.
1t was the famous company of 100 or.
ganized by Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay at
Washington. A Senator from Connect
cut was a private, Wisconsin man
First Lieutenant. and the noted Gcn.
Jim" w Nye Second Lieutenant. Gen
Daniel Butterfeld was Orderly-Ser-
eeant. Mr.. butcher, then u man of 90.
was acting as Sergeant, and went )ut
with a squad to patrol the city. He
captured the only prisoner taken by
the company. a ylung Virginian, who
was known to Secretary Seward. He
was taken to the Secretary. whom he
informed that the rebels We're not con-
templating an attack upon Washing
ton. but upon Harper's Ferry. which
information proved to be correct.
As We go to press Mrs. Jefferson Da-
Wis is dying If pneumonia at hotel in
New York. She passed her S0th birth
day May T. but had been enjoying fair
health until her return from her Sum
mer in the Adirondacks. when she
caught cold which induced pneumonia.
She has one surviving daughter, Mrs
j. Addison Hayes, and several grand
children. One of these is named JEFF
ferson Hayes Davis, which is a remark
able political combination, and who is
now a student at Princeton. Mrs Davis
has never recovered from the sadness
Of the death of her daughter Winnie, in
September, 1898.
j. ID. Harris a veteran of Co. \, 9th
Pa. Cav. is out as an Independent can
didate for Governor of Pennsylvania.
His platform is a tax reform; an en-
forcement of the provisions of the Con-
Stitution of 1874, a State service PEN
sion for veterans and their widows; a
repeal of the law levying a tax on oc-
cupations, and protection for the pub
lie at grade crossings. He is getting
out some red-hot literature in support
of his candidacy.
AS recognition of gallant service IN