The National tribune., 1907-09-12

hernia. 1t is thru her youngest daugh-
ter. Sophia, who became the mother OF
George l., that the reigning ,use OF
England trace their right TO ". throne.
After the restoration of Psr nephew,
CHARLES II, and the death of her hus-
band. Elizabeth returned TO England,
and made her home at Coombe Abbey
as the guest of her friend, the first Lord
1 Craven, then it's owner, whose father
had been Lord Mayor of London. She
died there IN 1862. and tho it has been
claimed that she married her friend,
Lord Craven. the claim has never been
subStantiated and Samuel Pepys, the
gossip of that period whose famous
| diary" contains full and detailed par
ticulars of all the scandals and goings-
on inside and outside the court makes
no mention whatever of any such mar
riage. 1t is therefore ridiculous to re-
gard Elizabeth as the ancestress of the
present Lord Craven. much as the Brad
ley-Martins would like to do so for in
addition to the lack of proof of the
Aforesaid marriage. the first Lord Cra-
ven is on record as dying without ISSUE
Coombe Abbey going to his grand
nephew at his death. The Bradley
Martin dollars are now restoring this
famous old abbey, which is being en-
tirely reroofed and put in a complete
state of repair. 1t is said to be full of
relics of the Queen of Bohemia and of
treasures which she brought back with
her from the continent when she re-
turned to end her days in her native
land.
Charles II. Deere of Moline Ill,
whose name is known by the farmers
thruout the United States as the in
ventor and maker of the Deere plow,
Is dying at private hospital in Chicago
of pernicious anemia, resulting from
l Th mi ly-gvN
and many times millionaire.
Rev. DR.. S. B. Switzerland, the oldest
minister of the Methodist Protestant
Church in this country, died Sept. 4. at
Baltimore. Md. His death was due to
appendicitis. He was 80 years of age
Dr. southerland entered the Maryland
Annual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church in 1859. and was
President of that body from 1868 to
1871. During the civil war he served
at Charleston, S, G..
Pleasant Porter. Chief of the Creek
Nation. who died last week. was per-
haps the ablest and best-known Indian
of this generation. His share of white
blood may have contributed largely to
his capacity and success, but he DEM
onstrated what an Indian can accom-
plish under the new civilized order, and
therefore ranks far higher as a leader
of his people than any chieftafn of the
imo and Sitting Bull
AS powerful argument in favor Of
woman's suffrage, Wyoming is pointed
to as Illustrative of the good results Of
the feminine influence in politics A
P. Hanson. of Cheyenne. says that the
women of that State have shown them
selves entirely fit for suffrage, and that
since they have been given the power
to vote their influence for good, with
their power to bring about reforms, has
been increased a thousand fold Thru
their efforts Wyoming has a law pro-
hibiting gambling and prize fighting.
No prohibition law has been needed,
because there is practically no intem-
perance in the State. They are always
on hand to vote, driving sometimes 80
miles thru all sorts of weather to cast
their votes. Mr.. Hanson says they take
irrrt as much interest in. nolitics as the
men, and seem to grasp issues as well.
The men OF Wyoming have never had
occasion to regret the enfranchisement
of their women.
The way of life is sadly illustrated by
the absolute collapse of Abe HummeI,
the prince of New York shysters. Once
Hummel was the embodiment of the
absolutely unscrupulous. tirelessly en-
ergetic and infinitely resourceful law
yer OF the baser kind. He could always
be relied upon for every possible trick
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Jail, to avert punishment for some ras-
cality or to engineer some form of
prosecution or fraud. His gains were
enormous. and he lived in more than
princely luxury. Now he is sunk into
lethargy, and keeps almost constantly
upon his cot in the penitentiary. 1t is
doubtful whether he can rally suffi-
ciently to give his testimony in the
Thaw case. the hearing of which has
been postponed on account of his con-
dition. He can at times be reused to
rational conversation, but he sinks
back soon into lethargy. and he is not
in the condition to make long, de-
tailed and connected statement and
submit to cross-examination. His ply
sician does not expect him to live until
his term ends in February next
Col. Elijah W. Halford has been
placed on the retired list having reach
ed the statutory age of 64 Col Hal
ford was journalist, and served dur
ing the war in the Pay Department.
After the war he returned to Journal
ism, was managing editor of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean when it was first start
ed and then of the Indianapolis Jour-
nal for many years. He formed close
friendship with President Harrison,
who made him his private secretary. in
which capacity he served for four years.
At the close of his term President Har-
rison appointed him Major and Pay
master in the Army.