The National tribune., 1907-01-10

her feelings toward Harry Thaw or his
| mother. From the first Harry Thaw
has Indignantly secuted the insanity
plea, but the Thaw family, with the
exception of his mother, feel that this
is perhaps his only chance of life, and
his sister, the Countess of Yarmouth,
who has more influence over him than
anyone else, it is expected will come
| over from England to try to persuade
him to agree to it. Should he do so
there would be no trial.. Should he re-
fuse, as is likely, for he seems to be
most stubbornly set on this point, the
prosecution say 1t will be q very short
trial. with the examination of not more
than five witnesses on their side.
Thaw's defense viii be the plea of emo
tional INSANITY and the "unwritten law"
1t is rumored that his attorneys have
startling story up their sleeve which
has not yet been even limited at in
print which will wonderfully strengthen
his case.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was in
very happy mood on New Years Day.
His digestion is all right these days, and
he does not let business matters trouble
him. He was feeling particularly good
on the first day of the new year, and
at least one reason for his mellow mood
was the new oil painting of himself
WHICH lldu just DttI HHlSileu ny lllc
Austrian painter, KuTplosci. Mr..
Rockefeller is as pleased as Punch with
this picture, and displays it with great
satisfaction to all his friends. He thinks
the world is growing better right along,
and regrets that he is so misunderstood
and misrepresented. Mr.. Rockefeller
presented the University of Chicago
with a New Years gift of s3.000,000; in
all he has given this institution over
x1 o fl0 mn This 1acf pift hrinOc
cial joy to the hearts of the instructors.
as It provides most thoughtfully for an
increase in their salaries. Considerable
excitement was caused in the William
G. Rockefeller mansion on Madison Ave
the other day by fire in the chimney
caused by the Christmas wreaths which
had been thrown In the fireplace The
houseful of servants lost their heads
completely. The housekeeper Gained
them. however, and formed a bucket
brigade, and with the efficient help of
a policeman, who quite by accident, it
is presumed, happened to lie near, the
fire was soon extinguished.
James c. Connolly, the outhor, who
has become justly celebrated for his
stirring sea yarns, has enlisted in the
U. s. Navy as a Yeoman or Clerk, in
order to gather material for a book
on the American Navy. Mr.. Connolly
mas uOne tnlS upon tne Suggestion OF
President Roosevelt, who in the au-
thor's vigorous original style thinks he
has discovered second kipling, or at
least that Mr. Connolly is the man to-
do for our Navy what Kipling has done
for the British army. Mr.. Connolly will
serve two years on the Alabama. Un-
usual advantages will be given him, as
his purpose is known to all the officers
and he will have every opportunity to
OF nd 10 ho Tor
les up to Admiral at close range. His
book is sure to be mighty entertaining
if nothing else.
William e. Cory, President of the u
S. Steel Corporation, whose domestic
infelicities We're conspicuously paraded
before the public a short time ago, Mr..
Carnegie figuring as peacemaker, is at
present in Paris. Mrs Corey it will
be remembered, secured a divorce from
her husband last Fall, naming Miss
Mahelle Gilman, the actress, as the
cause of her domestic unhappiness. Mr..
Corey is now with Miss Gilman at Ver
sailles, where she is chaperoned by her
mother and his sister, and they are to
be married at once. Altho his father
and mother sympathiZed with the for
mer wife of the Steel Company's Presi-
dent, and did all in their power to bring
about a reconciliation, yet they are
new alliance. This is only one more
case added to the endless list of faith
full, ageing wives supplanted in their
husbands affections by fresh, youthful
beauty. 30 Iago, the pity of it, Iago."1
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, one of |
the very first women suffragists in |
the country and the sister of Harriet
Beecher Stowe, is failing rapidly. Mrs. |
Hooker, as well as Mrs. Stowe, devoted |
many years of her life to the anti
slavery cause, aiding many a fugitive |
to escape. She has made II her life |
work to help the black man and to ad-
vance the cause of wOman's rights, and
it is thot that the trouble between the
whites and negroes in the South, as
we'll as the failure of the woman suf-
fragists in England, have materially
affected her health. 1t was she who
organized the first National Woman'sI
Rights Convention in 1851. and pro-