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New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

would be able TO make their ou,r ..r,,,s
ror aithough the Porte has had at times
as large an army as 5000 non a,oo,,,a
IA .ie endeavor to reduce the yemen to
'""Jugatlon it has never vet succeedaa IN
accomplishing its purpose
NheoiVe win he the first fulI-dedped
iuie' 10 visit the holiest cities of islam
anu from political point of view II :. q
"ohueriuliy clever move on his mart .s a.
."li'io' put vastly enhance his prestige and
hiiiuenee throughout the AIoslen world
as wen as strengthen his hold on tho low
any OF ms subjects. which has been some
""' siahen by his refusal to indorse the
Nalionalist extremists.
-'e0e" ne mas been received with the
se"'' hohors. For. although the holy
ei'S was stormed and taken by the Egyp-
tiah army in the early part of the last
century under Toussoun Pacha. a son Of
'he great Mehemet Ali, the founder of the
present Egyptian dynasty. his arm, oo,r,,
ing hre and sword throughout Arabia vet
ior the last sixty years or more the rulers
OF fgVpt have made point of sending
each year a caravan laden with gifts ron
IesehtiRg a value of considerably over
N'ooO'v". to Mecca, in token of their devo
lioh TO the faith of the Prophet. Mecca.
mdeed, owes much of its wealth and IT'S
prosperity to the munificent generosity of
the khedfves of Egypt and of their rich
Moslem subjects
1T may be taken for granted that the ex-
ample set by the Khedive who received a
purely European education at the Imperial
iheresahium College at Vienna, and who
'dihs German, French and English with
out any trace of accent, will be fol-
lowed in due course by the new Sultan Of
turkey, the trip being rendered much
more easy and shorter than i'm ancient
times, thanks TO the railroad. which ex-
tends from Damascus to a point halfway
between Medina and Mecca.
MAROITJSE DE E>ONTENOv
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
OBITUARY NOTES.

THOMAS w. CARMICHAEL. banker. oil
producer and vice president of the Ma
tional Rivers and Earbors Congress. died
at Wellsburg, w. Va, Yesterday following
an operation for peritonit;. He was forty
seven years old.
WILLIAM +. BARNOY, president of the
Watertown Consumers Brewing Company,
cied at Watertown, n. Y. yesterday. He
was native of Utica and was identified
with prominent brewery interests there
He was forty-seven years old.
FRANK A. MASELI4I, a contractor, who
has taken large railroad and canal con-
tracts. died at his home in Rochester yes
terday.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
AMHERST GRADS. MAKE MERRY
Brooklyn Alumni Hold Christmas Din
ner at University Club.

The Brooklyn Amherst Alumni Assocfs
ton had merry Christmas dinner last
evening in the University Club, No. 1O9
Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. Former state
Senator Charles IL. Fuller. president of
the association, presided Seventy-fve
Brooklyn graduates of Amherst and mapy
of the undergraduates now living in that
borough attended the dinner.
Herbert L. Bridgman, &c; the Rev.
Jason NJ. Pierce, rs. author of the col
leges most popular song. Cheerful Old
Amherst; Public School Commissioner Ed
ward NJ. Bassett, S4, and the Rev. Ne
hemiah Boynton pastor of the Clinton
Avenue Congregational Church. spoke.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
Mr.. FRANKFURTER APPOINTED.

Felix Frankfurter, formerly Assistant
United States Attorney under Henry L.
Stimson. and more recently associated with
Mr. Stimson and Winfred T. Denison as
counsel for the government in the investi-
cation of the sugar frauds will on January
1 take the place in United States Attorney
Wise's-office left vacant by the appointment
OF Emory r. Buckner as Assistant District
Attorney of New York County
Mr.. Frankfurter, who has been almost
continuously employed on the sugar cases
since he was graduated from the Harvard
Law School three years ago, will continue
that work. He will also be assigned to the
investigation of The important cases con-
cerning the Interpretation of the interstate
commerce law now under consideration hy
the Department of Justice
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
OPERAS IN PROSPECT.

1t was announced yesterday that the Met
ropOltan opera company will in the next
few weeks produce Fra Diavolo." "Fal-
staff Franchettis "Germania" and LAT
taque du Moulin"
Oscar Hammerstein has announced the
next operatic novelty of his Manhattan
Opera House season. 1t is Massenet's
"Griselidis,' in which Miss Mary Garden
will have the title role, and the date of its
first performance will be next Friday even
ing. The cast will include two artists who
appeared in the original production at the
Paris Opera Comique on November 90, 1901,
NJ. Dufranne and NJ. Huberdeau. The com
plete cast of the opera will be as follows:
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
A WEDDING.
Ry Telegram IN The Trih,1a

Ihy TELEGRAPH TO The Tribune-J
Fhiiaceiphia, Dec. 2S--The Church of the
Holy Trinity. Rittenhouse Square, was the
scene OF a large and fashionable wedding
AT O'Clock this afternoon, when Miss
Ahce Bates McFadden. daughter of Mr..
ana Mrs John Howard McFadden, became
the wife of Jasper Yeates BrInton- The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.
Floyd Tomkins. The bride was given away
by her father. Miss Katherine McE'adden.
her cousin, was maid of honor, and Miss
Bourne, of New YORK., was bridesmaid
The brldeSrooIn was attended oy his
brother, DIR. Ward BrisitOn. Immediately
after the ceremony a large reception fol-
lowed at the house of the brides parents,
18th and Walnut streets,
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
MISS GLADYS M'MILLAN HURT.
With Another Detroit Debutante In
jured When Car Hits Automobile.

Detroit Dec. 2S.-Miss Gladys Mcmillan
daughter of Mrs. Spencer Penrose of
Colorado Springs. and the late James II.
Mcmillan. and granddaughter of the late
Senator James Mcmillan, of this city, sus-
tanned conclusion of the brain In an auto
mobile accident here late yesterday. 1t is
thought she will recover.
With Miss Mcmillan in the automobile.
which was struck by Jefferson avenue
streetcar was Miss Josephine Navarro
Irvine, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel
Robert j. c. Irvine. Miss Irvine suffered
slight injuries The chauffeur was un-
hurt. Both young women are December
debutantes of this city.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
NEW COLUMBIA SOCIETY,".

Justice MacLean signed a certificate of
Incorporation yesterday OF the Society of
Older Graduates of Columbia The objects
of the society are to promote bonds of good
fellowship and to uphold the influence of
Columbia University. The first meeting
will be held on January II.
The incorporators of the society are P
de p. Ricketts,, S. Albert Reed George c.
Stone, Chalmers Wood, Henry S. Monroe
and Alexander 3. Simons.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
OBITUARY.
ARTHUR GILMAN.


the author. of Cambridge. Mass. died here
to-day. He was seventy-two years old.
He was the founder of the Harvard Annex,
now known as Radcliffe College, and the
author of numerous historical works.
Arthur Gilman was born at Alton H.,
in 1887, and was the son of Winthrop
Sargent Gilman. Nine years later the fam
ly came to this city, where Mr.. Gilman
received his early education. At the age
of twenty -one Mr.. Gilman began business
as banker. In this occupation he was
most successful but because of his health
he retired in 1862 and went to the Berlx-
shire Hills. Massachusetts. where he
bought. an estate and busted himself for
several years in agriculture
1t was about this time that Mr. Gilman
began to write for publication and pre-
pared the "Genealogy of the Family of
Gilman In England and America" which
was printed In 1869. In the following wear
he published his First Steps in English
Literature and In the same year moved
to Cambridge. where he became associated
with the Riverside Press He also pub
iished his kings. Queens and Barbarians:
or. Stories About the Seven Historic Ages"
Boston. Past and Present. was edited by
.-''''' -ii' biiHidH was also the author OF
First Steps in General History"
Mr. and Mrs Gilman, in 1877. established
schooi for the instruction of women by
the professors of Harvard College. From
It's Inception Mr.. Gilman was the legal
ofhcer of this corporation. which, legally
entitled the Society for the COLLEGIATE In
struction of Women, was familiarly known
as the Harvard annex
In 1886 Mr. Gilman purchased an estate
ADJOINING the home of the Harvard annex,
and established an English classical school
Tor girls known as the Cambridge School.
In 1916 he received the honorary degree of
A NJ from Williams College When the
s:ociety for the Collegiate instruction of
Women was, by special act of the Legis-
lature of Massachusetts,, made Radcliffe
College, Mr.. Gilman was appointed its
regent. He was an honorary member of
the Harvard Historical Society. His home
was at No. Waterhouse street, Cam
fridge, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
PROF. SUMNER RESTING WELL.

DR.. w. Gilman Thompson, of No. "a East
slst street, who is attending Professor
William Graham Sumner, of Yale, who was
taken suddenly Ill on Monday at the Muir
ray Hill Hotel said last night that his
patient was resting comfortably. Mrs.
William Camp, Professor Summers sister,
said her brother had spent a quiet and
peaceful night and that there was an ap-
preciable Improvement in his condition
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
Mr.. TWoMBLY GROWING WEAKER.

DIR. Allen NJ Thomas, of No. 50 West
54th street, who has been attending Hamil-
ton NICK. Twombly. who has been Ill at
his home at Madison, N. j., for some time
said last night that his patient was steadily
growing weaker. Within the last three
years" said Mr. Thomas, Mr.. Twombly
has aged as much as a man would in hf-
teen years as a rule" DR.. Thomas said
that Mr. Twombly might live many weeks
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
MARRIED..

BRoWN-DU FRENE-on December Is at the
French Evangelical Church, New York bv th
Rev. II. L., Grandienard. Rose Du Frene
daughter OF the late Louis Du Frene, Of AugIe
York
AUS-LEFFERTS-On Tuesday. December
rs. 1908 at Hotel Belmont. city of New
York Henry Claus to Mrs. Mary O. LET
ferts. BY the Rev. DR.. wm- Morrison
SHELLEY -ROOSEVELT-on Tuesday De-
ceulhe- IS 1909. at the Church OF Zion
and 81 Timothy New York by the rector
the Rev. Henry Lubbock III. D. Christinc
Kean. daughter of W. Emlen Roosevelt. 10
James Ettsr Shelley. First Lieutenant
United States Amy.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
Mr.. CARNEGIE BETTER.

Andrew Carnegie. who fell on the ice in
Central Park on Monday and injured his
left knee. was resting comfortably at his
home, at Fifth avenue and 91st street, YES
terday The attending physician. DIR. Jas
per j. Garmany. of No 40 West 40th street
said last night that the swelling in Mr.. Car
negie's knee had almost disappeared and
that with continued Improvement he hoped
to see him in about fortnight
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
DINNER TO JUSTICE LuRvoN

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 2S.-A formal fare
we'll dinner was given tonight to Horace
II. Lurton, who will leave Nashville on
Friday for Washington to take the oath of
Office as associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court. The dinner was
given by the Board of Trade of Nashville
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
Notices of marriages and deaths must b.
indorsed with full name and address
Ol e ..

BANGS-On Saturday. December % az his
home. Ia Hutchinson. Kan. Merwin Bolton,
elder OF Dr. LeInuei Bolton Bangs In the
SD year OF his age Funeral at Hutchinson
CLARKE
THE DIRECTORS OF The Fidelity and
Casualty COMPANY make this minute 10 be re
corded in It's book of minutes and TO be sent in
token OF sympathy to the family OF pumont
Clarke, deceased December % 1903
In a season OF rejoicing We stand In the pres
ence OF a great SORROW.
The death of our colleague came 10 him almost
without warning. Ha6 he known II was near
he would have met the Ina, issue With cheerful
ness. Some whom he loved had gone before
He could lay down life with gratitude for long
ana useful career. for abundant success. and Tor
ever present happiness He had acted well his
part EIe could be thankful ard content
lie was = map OF Sare qualities. In the midst
of affairs OF great magnitude one perhaps
ever saw him perturhed Intelligence prompt
mesa. ktndliness were native 10 the man. aud no
less native to him We're sound Judgment and n
nigh sense OF responsibility. He failed az TO
Ioint Men lov "a him for his personal charrf
and they respected him for his ability and
sterling character.
And so he became . early years aud continued
20 the erd we'll knowa figure In the financial
centre-a sought for a friend and n,
prudent and loyal counsellor.
Ills private life WE peculiarly his own The
lights OF the sreat city alurcd him NOT AZ All
From his labors he went dailv to the simple ufe
or his farm. His Vacations We're spant on mis-
yacht The most eompanionabe of men he
loved nature keenS. and from nature ne brought
TO the city euoyancy and calm
We are thankful Tor the privilege of our as
soc stat tiou With Mr.. Chrks and our serSa ar ,sx
viii be tsmtcre.i By n,efnories OF him that viii
always remain grateful to r& Nv "'s
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
N. e. WHITAKER.

Wheeling. w. Va, Dec. 2s.-N. z. Whit
aker. former member and president of the
state Senate, president of the West Vir-
ginia commission to the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition, head of the Whitaker
Glessner Company, the second largest in
dependent iron works of this district, and
largely interested in other corporations.
died here tonight from pneumonia He
was seventy-one years old
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

number Of Chinese women were present
G.. Loo KnochL secretary of legation; Ill
Wing Yew. charge d'affaires, and Ho Hung
Kwee, assistant secretary. all Of the Chi
ese Legation at Havana. Cuba. were enter
tanned at dinner at the Mon Far Low res
taurant No. IL Peil street.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
GOVERNOR BREvErs S. & JApuA

Albany. Dec. 2s.-Lieutenant Colonel s F.
Japha. of the 9th Coast Artillery District
New York, has been brevetted colonel bv
Governor Hughes. Colonel Japha has
served twenty-five Years in the National
Guard.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
1oLsToY's TEMPERATURE LOWER

Yasnaya Poliana, Russia. Dec. 2s.-A
diagnosis by his physicians develops that
Count Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist is
suffering from bronchitis and Inflammation
of the liver. The high fever of yesterday
was Followed to-day by lower tempera-
ture.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
ANDREW MACK DIVORCED

Justice Davis. acting on the report of
Leopold w. hamburger as referee, granted
an interlocutory decree of divorce yester-
day TO Mrs. Alice V. McAIoon from William
A. McAloon, known on the stage as An
drew Mack. The court gives to Mrs. Nc
Aloon the custody OF their son, who is
twenty gears old.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
DINNER FOR WI TiNG-FANG.

DIR. Wu Ting-fang, the~retiring Chinese
Minister. was the guest OF the Chinese
Bankers and Merchants Association AT a
dinner IN a private dining room of the Tux
edo restaurant, Doyers street and the Bow
cry, last night. Another guest was Yong
Yu Yipg. the new Chinese Consul here.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
UNDERTAkERS.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
To the Employer

To the Employer
Do you want desirable help QUICKLY,
SAVE TIME AND EXPENSE by con-
sulting the file of applications OF selected
aspirants for positions of various kinks
which has Just been installed at tha
Uptown Office of
THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
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Between 36th and S1th Streats
Office hours: a. m. to s D. m
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

Highest temperature yesterday. 81 degrees.
lowest. 20; average. 26; average for corre-
spending date last year. Sc: average for corre-
spending date of last thirty-three years 40
Local forecast: To-day. snow: Thursda,
generally fair; moderate variable winds be-
coming northwest
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
THE PROGRESS OF PALESTINE

Hamburg. Dec. 2s.-The session of the
International Zionist Congress to-day was
devoted TO reports on the commercial am;
agricultural progress of Palestine
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

Official observations Of the United States
weather bureaus. taken at D. m YESTERDAY.

Local Official Record.-The following official
record from the Weather Bureaus shows the
changes in the temperature for the last
twentyfour hours in comparison with the
corresponding date of last year:
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
JOHN MITCHELL TO SPEAK.

John Mitchell viii discuss The Philos-
ophy Of Trade tinionisrn" before this TAM
pie Club in Mount Vernon on January 4
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
NEw-YORK TRIBUNE
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New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
THE WEATHER REPORT.

oalcial Record and Forecaste-washinston.
Dec. 2s,-Since. Monday night the weather has
been unsettled over the Northern districts east
OF the Rocky Mountains with light SHOWS that
have extended into the Ohio Valley. This un-
settled condition resulted from a moderate low
pressure area from the British Northwest that
Is central tonight over Lake Ontario. A marked
nlsh area, with much lower temperature, closely
follows. the temperature fall extending into the
lower Missouri and middle Mississippi valleys.
Nalley the lake region and the South. West
OF tne ROCKY Mountains high pressure, with low
continues. except the coast. where the pressure
Is .aiins with increasing coudiness
sontheastWard atd.na1 om d'et Iberia MI move
night or Thursday IN the Northwest, and an
Pas @ probably rsash the
attended by rains on the coast. and BY Thursday
west of the Rocky Mountains. Elsewhere the the
Weather Weather VIII De generally fair Wednesday and
ahursday, except from the lake region eastward
Temperatures will continue low. although they
VIII rise somewhat on Wednesday in the North
west aud on Thursday in the lower Missouri
and upper Mississippi valleys.
The winds along the New England coast will
ne moderate and variable. along the middle At
lanuc coast, moderate west to northwest: along
Ties the south Atlantic coast light to moderate west:
Michigan. moderate northwest. becoming variable
Steamers departing Wednesday for European
ports viii have light to moderate variable winds
with partly cloudy weather. to the Grand Banks.
Forecast for Special Localities-For New
Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania unsettled to-
day; possibly light snow: fair Thursday: light to
mGderate west to northwest winds
ror eastern New York local SHOWS to-day;
winds. becoming northwest.
For New England. local SHOWS to-day; gen
erally fair Thursday; light TO moderate variable
winds becoming west
For Western Pennsylvania local SHOWS to-day:
parity cloudy In southern portion and snow in
northern portion Thursday; moderate west 10
northwest winds ~ -
For Western New York. snow to-day: local
SHOWS Thursday; moderate west winds
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
CEMETERIES.
THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY.

is readily accessible oy Harlem train from Grand
Central Station. Webster and Jerome avenue
troeys and by carriage Lots $3.50 up. Teis-
phone 1855 Gramercy for Book OF Views or rep
reSentatiye.
UNDERTAkERS.
FRANK f. CAMPBELL. 241-3 West Esd 81
Chapels. Private Rooms. Private AnloIlancea
Tel 1924 Chelsea
Rev stephen Merritt. the world -vid>-kncwn
undertaken. Only one place OF business. Sth
ave and 10Th st Largest in the world Tel
124 and 125 Chelsea
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
KHEDIvE ARBAs At MECCA

Khedive Abbas. the most up-to-date and
modern Of all Oriental rulers is now max
ing that pilgrimage 10 Mecca and Medina
which is incumbent on all followers of the
Prophet who look for eternal bliss accord
ing TO Moslem ideas. The Egyptian ruler
is accompanied by his mother, the wild
owed Khediyish. by birth a princess of
the reigning house of Turkey They have
made the trip from SueZ TO Jeddah by the
Red Sea, thence 10 Mecca and Medina by
caravan. and are returning north from the
birthplace Of Mahomet by the newly con-
structed railroad.
The Sublime Porte has taken all the
necessary steps TO assure the safety and
comfort of the Khedivial party and TO pro-
tect them from being attacked, ambushed
or perhaps captured by tribes of mara aud
;hs Arabs or else By the insurgent forces.
who would find il profitable not only to
plunder Abbas's party, bur also 10 hold
him and his mother for an enormous ran
som. Arabia, rs every one knows. has for
Years been in a state of constant rebel
l'on. and there are plenty Of strongholds
which the Sultan's troops have never sue
eeeoed in capturing. If the khedive were
carried OF TO one Of these the insurgents
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29
CAST OF THE FIRES OF FATE" "

Colonel Cyril Egerton. D. S. o. Hamilton Revelle
The Rev Samuel Roden. -. William Hawtrey
James Roden, NJ D.. f. Il. c. S. Edwin Brandt
Mr. Thomas Belmont. Percy e Waran
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

CAST OF "A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE
RICH"
New-York tribune., 1909-12-29

COLE-On Sunday. December &c. 1000 WflIr
lam l.. Cole. Funeral services at his iets
residence. No. 142 East 62d ST. on Wecnes-
day. December %. at 1890 D. ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
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Today's owl grocery ad is full of
bargains. Look it up.
Major A. NJ. Harvey will deliver the
address at the Elks' Flag Day cele-
bration at Emporia tonight.
Mr.. George Stoddard has returned
to his duties at the Y. M. G. a. after
returning from his honeymoon.
The Sunday school concert given at
the First Congregational church last
night was an enjoyable affair
Professor F. B. Dams left this
morning for the state university at
Lawrence where he is one of the in
structors of the summer school.
The Y. w. c. A. will have a special
tent at the Chautauqua and will have
charge of the morning devotional SER
vices.
Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Billiard will de-
liver a lecture at the First NJ E. church
Tuesday evening on She and Her
Sphere"
Arthur ]. Carruth. Jr.. city hall re-
porter for the State Journal, has re-
turned from Harrington where he spent
Sunday.
Wichita. Hutchinson, Newton and
southwest Kansas territory are best
reached by the Independent" long dis
tance lines.
Last night at o'clock seven religi-
GUS meetings were seen on Kansas av-
enue between the Rock Island depot
and Eighth street.
Mrs. DIR. w. P. Brockett of Mayetta,
who underwent an operation at
Christ's hospital for appendicitis is
progressing favorably.
The City Federation of Womens
clubs will hold an all day picnic at
Vinewood park on June p. 1t is their
annual field day event.
Summer school will open at Wash
burn week from today. Several courses
will be open to the students who wish
IL make up back work.
Mr.. Cecil. A Forter. who was oper-
ated upon at Christs hospital for APP
pendicitis. is speedily recovering from
the effects of the operation.
Very pretty children's day exercises
were held yesterday at the First Bap-
fist church when "a children were
promoted from the lower classes.
Two athletic teams from the Topeka
Turnverein, will compete in the thir-