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detrimental to the boards business
management.
Mr.. PEBBLES withdrew his motion
and the motion of Mr.. Wilson
passed, referring the grievance to
the joint board to bring in the
proper resolution.
Mr.. Meaders took the chair and
announced his temporary assistants
as: l.. II. Estes, Jr., l.. II. Howell,
railroad credential secretary and II.
C. Johnson, p. b. Jefferson and w.
p. Prichard, statistical secretaries.
The Rev. r. w. Hood, presiding
elder of the Lexington district, read
the names of the quadrennial boards
and committees, which are un-
changed. This is the last confer
ence OF the present boards and COM
mittees and the new members will
be announced on one of the closing
days. The selections are made by
the presiding elders.
The presiding elders nominated
and the conference confirmed the
committees for this session.
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YOU DON'T HAVE To WAIT.
Every dose makes you feel better. Lax
Eos keens your whole lnsides right.
sold on the Money Back plan every-
where. Price soc.
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Mrs Robert L. Beck, OF LaCentcr.
Is visiting in the city.
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IF IT'S ONLY A HEADACHE
Why Cornelison's Headache Liver pills
VIII cure that. 10 cents. Guaranteed
by all druggists
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post of duty at the Belvedere hotel
after a brief illness.
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c. F. WILSON TO BE
KNOES SECRETARY
E !. Babcock Becomes Con
sui General at Tangier,
Morocco.

z J. BaDcoch, Wis has been secre-
tary 20 various Secretaries Of State
since 1887. has been promoted 70 Be con
sui general at TanEier, Morocco, q posi-
ton which carries with 1t a salary Of
$500
Charles F. wilson, OF the District Of
Columbia, an assistant solicitor IN the
State Department viii succeed M
BabcOCk-
Mr. Wilson. who is a son OF the late
William J wilson has been associated
with Secretary Knox for 3 number OF
years He was secretary 10 Mr. Knox
while the latter was in the Senate.
Prior to that time M Wilson was sec
rotary TO Justice Brown Of the Supreme
Court
During Mr. KnoX's campaign for the
Presidential nomination Nj Wilson was
one Of his confidential assistants. ana
when Mr.. Knox left the Senate for the
State Department he made Mr.. Wilson
an assistant solicitor. with a view to
having him as bis secretary as soon as
the necessary transfers could be made.
M Wilson was educated in Washing
ton and at the Virginia Military Tnsti-
tute- he was admitted TO the bar here
several years ago
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HE LITIGATION

I'VE have now followed with more or
less continuity the life story Of the
participants IN this strange. complicated
drama, with the chief attention centered
upon the woman, who. from beginning
10 end, occupied the center OF the
stage.
It IS now time TO enter upon a more
minute consideration OF the LITIGATION
which IS about 10 take definite shape
before the Supreme Court Of oueens
county. New York
AS already explained there are
twenty-three lawyers in the case,
representing various branches Of the
claimants on this side OF the water. J.
was recognized that # each were 10
challenge the validity OF the HamersIe 3
VIII on his or her own I1eciaI ground
II would weaken their case. so they have
come together IN an omnibus petition
Allen & Chard. OF 2 Rector street. are
counsel Tor the attorneys. and hence
are intimately familiar with the IeeaI
facts and the status OF the case
Charles Allen Of that firm has dictated
the following statanent for the readers
Of The Times presenting these facts
with what may Be relied upon as absc-
lutte accuracy and cleaT1es5-
IAN action has been brought IN the
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ENTERS IANE PRICE.

IN the meantime another person OF the
drama was preparing 10 come on the
scene
Tt was Jane Lillian Warren Price,
daughter of Commodore Cicero Price. Of
the United States Navy She grew up
in Troy. N Y IN anything but an at
mosphere Of wealth Her family be
longed 20 what was known as the con
servative society of that city.
On account OF her beauty. her charm
Of manner, and her vivacity, she was
a general favorite, but she was hardly
known outside her native city, and up
in the Lake George region. where she
spent her summers On the waters Of
the Henricon for many years piled a
little steamer which in honor OF her,
was named the Lillian W Price One
must fan back upon the trite old phrase.
however. that her face was her fortune.
and with IL she won a fortune Of more
substantial kind With money and good
looks combined. she was afterward able
to capture an English peer. and then
one Of the heroes Of the Afghanistan
war.
She vas shout twenty years OF age.
and II the fun flower OF her beauty,
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TWENTYTHR LAWYERS
ARE ENGAGED IN STRUGGLE
Former Secretary of State Elihu Root Among the Lead
ing Attorneys Whose Names Appear for One OF
the Other Side

Supreme Court Of Queens county by the
executors Of the vii Of Lily Warren
BeresfOrd. asking for an accounting
against the New York Life Insurance
and Trust Company for certain prop
eTty IN its hands belonging TO the es-
tate Of the late Louis c Hamersley-
Questions have arisen under the viii OF
M HamersIey. who died some twenty
seven years ago The VIII was probated
before the late Surrogate Rollins, OBJ
jections having been filed Il being
claimed that the viii was executed
through undue influence The surrogate,
however, refused &c construe the pro-
visions Of the viii, which purpOrted,
upon the death Of Mrs Hamersiey. 10
dispose Of the property 20 the male issue
OF his cousin. J. Hooker HamersIey. J.
Hooker Hamersley was at that time
unmarried. but several years afterwards
married Margaret Chisholm, a son be-
ing born who is now a youth about six
teen OF seventeen years old
The contention OF the claimants Is
that owing to the fact that at the time
Of its execution and at the time OF his
death there was no male issue Of the
said J. Hooker HamersIey living. as his
marriage did not take place for some
years after the death OF the testator,
the viii Of M Hamers1ey was Illegal.
as IL improperly suspended the power OF
alienation over the property belonging
to the decedent in violation OF the laws
IN the state
1t was further conteIded by the
applicants in support OF this view that
the VIII was so worded that the male
descendants OF J Hooker Hamersley
70 an indefinite degree could have taken;
mus, Il there had been only female is
sue Of MS living at the time the Duchess
OF Marlborough died that as the VIII
stood the male descendants OF such fe-
male, no matter bow many generations
later they would be born. would take
The law IN the State is that property
cannot be kept out Of alienation more
than two lives n being AZ the time Of
the death Of the testatOr, and the claim
ants claim that the viii was invalid
for the reason that several generations
might elapse before Il would be known
who would take The property"
Estate Said
To Be Worth SI5.Oooyooo-
The estate IN question consists OF real
es+aLz. bonds. mortgages. etc. and, as
We have already pointed out IS believed
70 have increased. in the hands 81.
duchess, from 10000 TO s15.0o0.0o0 At
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BRIDGE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Flames Spread TO Adjacent
Buildings-Damage EST
mated at $4,000.

GREENFIELD. Mass. Nay S-Drfven
BY a high wind, fire that started from
Al engine spark that fgnaEed the cover
ed bridge over the Greer river. at NH
street, today, spread until II had done
damage Of $1,000 and threatened the
southern portion OF the town with de-
stTuCtion-
The bridge was destroyed IN a short
time The fire then spread TO the Erist
mill owensd by W Il Potter & Son
The wind then bore the sparks 70 the
hay barn and house owned By John
Mead. a fourth Of a mile away, and
thence 20 the large warehouse Of Lucy
& Abercrombie. wholesale gTocers, near
the tracks Of both the Connecticut Val
ley and FitChburg divisions OF the BOs-
ton and Maine railroad Embers Ignited
i've cars on a siding and destroyed them
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Notice to Fat Women

Presumably YOU know, ladies, that
the proper caper nowadays IS lines.
curves are paSse You have got ID
take on your fat This must be done
IN one OF three ways. BY dieting. BIZ
exercises or by means Of Marmo1a
Prescription Tablets The two former
viii keep you busy for months and pun
lSn you pretty severely. the latter viii
cost you Is cents at the druggists The
tablets VIII not make any alteration IN
your diet necessary. and yet IN all prob
AFFINITY before you have used I'D one
case, yoI VIII be losing from - 70 Is
ounces OF fat a day Which method do
you Ike the best7
II YOU fancy this pleasant method OF
getting on the fat, see your DRUGGIST
instantly or else write The MarmoIa
Co. Isl Farmer Bldg. Detroit Moi -
send you a case by mail These cases
contain so generous a quantity Of tab
lets that the treatment IS very ecOnOmi-
cal It is, also. quite harmless. for the
tablets are made exactly in accordance
with the famous MarmOla Prescription.
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HISTORY
HUMBLE SURROUNDINGS

the viii was contested by the Nasons,
not - the present grOunds-that II
was - eHeTt TO arrest the alienation
Of proA>1S seyond two Iives-but on
the groUAS shst undue influence had
been brough- IS Ma SDon him BY his
wife. What this unSs=S influence was
win always remain NOV y less OF a
secret.
The old Hamersley housekeeper,
Becky" Jones. was placed on the
stand during the trial. She answered
some minor questions. but when It came
to the private life Of the Hamersleys
She shut UP like a clam and nothing
could induce her to speak. She was
sent 10 Ludlow Street Jail for con-
tempt. but still she would not speak
She spent a year there, and came out
stiH refusing to divuIge any family
secrets
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SPEEDING BERATED
At AUTO FUNERAL
Motor Hearse for Victim of
Accident, With Mourners
in Motor Cars.

Los ANGELES. May s.-This city
mas just seen the most complete ~au-
tOmObile funeral" that has Vet been
conducted anywhere in the world, the
ceremony being over Henry L Feni-
more. a prominent automobile dealer,
who was killed Thursday in an auto
accident when his car turned turtle.
The funeral cortege yesterday after
noon was composed OF a motor hearse
and hfty-six motor cars. all OF those
attending besides the family being
autOmObilists
In the course Of the service the Of
Eciating clergyman discussed al some
length the tendency to fast driving
and practically lectured the automO-
b1listS present on the effect OF such
2 craze.
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THEATER OWNERS ORGANIZE

NEW YORK. May S.--More than a
thousand theaters are represented by
the membership Of the National Thea
ter Owners Association which has
Just been organized here for mutual
protection The officers Of the assO-
citation are President John COrt; vice
president. Nose Refs; secretary, J. J
Coleman; treasurer. Albert Weis-
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WOMEN ARRANGE
TREAT FOR BLIND

The following IS the program for vol
Unteer readings and music In the Rad
ing room for the blind at the library
OF Congress. 2-3o TO $50 z m
Tuesday. May 10. Miss Fanny HaEneT,
selected stories and poems Thursday,
May y. MS. Warner A. Gibbs, soprano,
and Miss Daisy Johnson, pianist. Satur-
day, May IA. Mrs Jane c. Cunning ham,
selected anecdotes, stories and poems
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ROBERT L. CUTTING
DIES IN LONDON

LONDON, May s-Rcbert Livingston
Cutting, Of New York, a member Of
family prominent IN that city since
revolutionary days. and the third 70
bear the name, died in a local hospital
yesterday afternoon after a long Illness
from BriEht's disease The body Will
be removed TO New York
Cutting recently was sued by his
mother on the ground that he had
withheld part Of his fathers estate
Cuttings father was a well-knOwn Wall
Street broker.
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WEBS A HERO.

uring the pulse beats OF the heart
in the sense Of love and affection, and
It is impossible TO say how much truth
there was in the epigTam, but we give
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RESIDENCES
ON SITE Of ESTATE
Many of Gotham'S Fine
Hotels Built on Mason
Farm.

cited that, IN the event Lily Hamersley
had no children by the maker of the
VIII, the property should so to the male
children Of Cousin Hooker and II he
had no male children, TO the male heirs
which might be descended from him
through the distaR side during unlim-
tied generations
This, II Will be recalled. IS the crux Of
this viii case
So while the new Duchess Of Mari
borough was spending her money in re-
facilitating the fallen fortunes OF her
noble husband, and, incidentally, was
making a desperate effort TO get within
the exclusive circles Of British society,
the eye OF J. Hooker Hamersley, lawyer,
Iitterateur and poet. lighted upon Miss
Margaret Willing Chisholm. She was
not only an attractive woman. but Il
was high time Hooker Hanersley was
getting married. Miss Chisholm became
the wife OF his choice
About 1890 a girl was born TO them
However welcome the little stranger
may have been for her own sake, she
probably would have beer dOubly vel
come. in the light Of the provisions Of
the viii. II she had been a boy This
daughter is now Miss Katharine Living
ston Hamersley, a charming girl II
eighteen. who made her debut in New
York society last season.
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It for what It IS worth. and the saying
was that she married "a man for his
money. duke for his tie and a hero
for love"
The hero was Col. Sir William de Ia.
POer BeTesfOrd. who distinguished him
self in the war in Afghanistan- He vas
in many respects q typizal Enzlishrnsn
and typical hero There were hun
drefs OF English beauties who would
have been glad 10 capture him: but the
American duchess had as little trouble
in captivating him as she had had in
making her earlier conquests.
II $3.50 she married him. and II is -
called as one OF the most whimsical
facts In connection with this whole case
That she entered the church on the arm
OF the son OF her former husband tbe
ninth Duke OF 8IarIboroueb. vrf,, IS -.
acquire fame and fortune by his mar
rage with ConsueIo Vanderbilt Mari
monial differences seem 10 run in the
Marlborough family, but that is another
story.
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Heir Bonn
To Her Millions

But little more than a year had
elapsed when son was born to LILY.
Duchess Of Marlborough. as she stiH
called herself. and this is the little Eng
l-sh lad around whom the present con
test -centers 10 a large extent
His coming certainly brought new
elements Of complication into the Ham
ersley viii case, as we shall see further
on.
William Beresford died on December
p 1900 and after another vyidouhood Of
nine years. the Duchess-as she still
called herself-died on January Il, 1893
f1er BODY was cremated and the ashes
buried on the Beresford estate IN Ire
land
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8 STEP BACKWARD.

nut to return to our bachelor friend.
ID J. Hooker Hamersley-
a great deal depended upon his get
ting married. That Hamersley viii re
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CContinued - - -

ing Of a great financial institution,
and, finally, into the wise, shrewd
management by the Duchess OF MaTl-
borough Of her life interest in the
grown like the gourd vine of Jonah
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. Finally Gains
Her LIES Ambition

The duchess had never ceased 70
knock al the doors Of English society.
The strawberry leaves on her husband s
coronet had not been as ready a sesame
as she had hoped and ASSUMED they
would be- But little by little, with the
persistence and perseverance which al
vravs characterized her, she reached the
goal Of her ambition, and at last was
received at court The venerable Queen
lad probably directed her sn-ipathy to
ward NarIborough himself, for she was
furolerant Of divorces. and II there had
been a divorce anywhere in the varied
career Of the duchess, she would never
have been able TO kiss the hand Of roy
atty during that reign
After the death OF her husband she
was not the kind Of woman 10 surrender
ANYTHING. so she held on 70 the cour-
tesv title Of Duchess Of Marlborough
witch caused less confusion, because,
rs we have seen. the divorced duchess
ScOrned to wear It
Those who had watched the career OF
the little girl from Troy began TO Won
spirit would undertake next il was
certain that she would not spend her
wears in idle solitude and the grief OF
vvidowhood- She had done so much and
had been so much that e seemed she
must be old. bfIt as a matter Of fact
she was only thirtv-four years old She
was still as beautiful and accomplish
ed as the staple ChraseOlOgy Of the
society column delights 70 describe She
was casting her eyes about. and in
little whine the world heard from her
aEain.
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CONTESTANTS LOSE

IN January. 1886. after the litigation
had been going on for two years. the
case was decided against the contest
ants An appeal was taken and an
other three years of litigation was be-
gun To complete the legal status thus
Tar II Is well enough TO add here that
finally the Mason contestants agreed
TO accept $1,000 as a compromise and
agree not 10 reopen the case during the
lifetime Of the Hamersley widow. II is
said the lawyers for the Masons chuck
led at this. confident that when she
finally died the case could be reopened
as a matter OF course.
Among the Mason attorneys was EliHu
Root
This document had been growing
musty for a quarter OF a century, when
II was dug out a short time ago. and the
VIII Itself has been going under the scru-
thy OF lawyers on both. sides Of the
water. for be Il known the Masons have
married into many titled families
throughout Europe. among the number
being one who was welded 10 a cousin
Of the King OF Servia-
But lest we get ahead Of the thread Of
the story. we should say here that Just
when the first decision was being ap-
pealed- and 5drs- HamersIev was enjoy
ing the use OF her vast fortune. the
eighth Duke OF MARLBOROUGH appeared
upon the scene.
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Leaves All
To the Widow

/ Louis c. HsmersIey, OF the
city OF New York, do make, pub
llSn, ana declare this 10 be my last
VIII and testament
/ give, devise. and beCueath ali
my estate, real and personal zz
well that which now have as that
which I may hereafter acquire and
Gle seized and possessed Of OF en-
titled TO, unto my eIeCUtrix and
executors herea fter named and 70
the survivors and survivor of them
or 10 such OF them as shall qualify
and undertake the execution OF
this my VIII in trust 10 receive the
rents issues, profits, interest and
income arising therefrou and ap-
ply the same TO the use OF my dear
VIE during her natural life. and
upon her decease ! give, devise and
bequeath my said estate, real and
personal, 10 my Issue Der stripes.
In the event, however, no issue OF
mine shall survive my said wife.
then on her decease 7 give, devise
and beQueath my said estate. real
and personal. TO the male issue Of
my cousin. J. Hooker Ham nraI ev-
then living, and 70 the male issue
Of such OF them as shall have pre-
viOusly died leaving issue. such IS
sue 10 take the share which his
her. or their parent would have
taken y living In the event. how
ever my said cousin shall die
without leaving male issue him
surviving OF, surviving my wife,
then on the deceaSe Of my wife
give devise and beGueath the
whole Of nv said estate. real and
personal, 10 such charitable and
benevolent corporations located in
the state Of New York and incor-
porated by virtue Of the laws
thereof and in such shares and
proportions as my dear wife shall
by her last VIII and tesla ment OF
instrument In writing for that pur-
pose made and executed and ac-
kUOWledE ed by her, direct. deSf Enate
1 hereby fully authorize and en-
power my dear wife 10 make such
last VIII and testament OF fnstru-
ment In writing, direction, des-
isnation and appointment afOre-
said
[ hereby appoint my wife execu-
triZ and my friends. George G.
Williams and Jacob K. IsoCkman.
executors Of and trustees under this
my last VIII and testament and fully
authorize and empower them OF the
survivors OF survivor Of them or
such OF them as shall qualify and
undertake the execution Of this nv
VIII 10 sell and convey all OF any
part Of my real estate and give good
and sufficient deeds OF conveyance
10 the purchaser OF purchasers there
Of And hereby revoke all former
OF other wills by me heretofore
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed nv
seal this the tenth day OF February.
one thousand eight hundred and
efEhtv-three-
Signed, sealed, publ
Hshed and declared
by the testator as and
for his last VIII ant
testament in the pres Louis @
ence Of the undersign-!
ed. who, At MS re- Hamersley,
quest. IN his presence
and in the presence Of u 81
each other have here
unto subscribed their
names as witnesses
Mortimer Bishop, residing AZ No. 80
East S5th St. New York city
Charles r. Sylvester, residing at No
10 East 2tth St, New York city
VIII Contested
By Mason Family
Louis Haue-sIey left no chiidrel
Rumor has always had II that at n
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any rate, q sale Of Hamersley land wza
recorded IN 1851, By which fourteen plots,
AZ Fifth avenue and Sixtieth street.
were disposed Of for $4,000, and this
was mere bagateIIe-
The Mason and HamersIey claimants
number some OF the best-known people
IN New York society, including the Cut
ungs, iselins, Jameses. etc Branches OF
these families have married into the No.
bility Of Europe. and many others dis
tfngUished in literature and public life
are connected with them Henry Mason,
for instance, married lydia Lush James.
who was a cousin Of Henry James, the
novelist. and Prof william James. An
ME Cutting. who belongs 70 the Mason
branch, married q Russian prince. who.
as has been pointed out. was q cousin
Of the King Of Servia- and was himself
spoken Of at one time as the successor
Of the murdered King Alexander.
One strange feature OF the case is
that the English boy, who through at
torneys, has precipitated the whole mat
ter, Is not challenging the validity OF
the viii, for, indeed, he has nothing 10
gain by IL He has merely demanded
an accounting Of property. And yet
this is made the occasion for opening ID
the whole case. and within a short time
the trial VIII be on
What the Suit
Means 10 Both Sides.
To make this point clearer, Il may be
stated that II the viii we're declared
valid. then the Hamersley boy would
simply inherit what Il was expected he
would inherit all aIonK-that IS TO say.
the bulk Of the HamersIey millions
while the Be9esford boy would get the
accounting
On the other hand, II the VII we're
declared invalid. the fortune-or at any
rate so much II IL as came from old
John Mason's dauEhter-EouId Be d.
vided among the Mason claimants, with
the exception OF about 10000, repre-
senting the personal property, which
would go TO young Beresford, even
though the viii were declared invalid
Il VIII be interesting chiefly because
Of the amount Of money involved. The
mystery and human interest which were
prominent features Of the case when
the viii was challenged on the ground
Of undue influence" may again come
out
But there VIII be enough Of vitality
merely IN discovering whether Lily.
Duchess % MARLBOROUGH, knew all these
years that the viii was invalid from the
beginning, regardless OF any question
Of undue influence.