davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
BERIAH S RaATHB UB /,
A NONAGENARIAN
ACTUAL SON"

official list IS Cyrus s, Rockwell of East
Dickinson. y. Y. who Is sixtytwo. Thus.
Mrs. Scott has the honor OF being the
youngest surviving real Child or the
Revolution. When she was born Mrs
HILL the eldest real Child" was q mid
dle-aged woman, in her forty-thrd year.
Although 100 years have dropped behind
since CORVALLIS surrendered, We still
have one revolutionary pensioner upon the
federal roll. and Mrs. Phoebe VI. W.
Painter OF Brookfield, n. Y. has the dis
tinction of being the last survivor OF this
class. This old lady. who entered her
ninetieth year last December, recently
wrote me a letter. from which l will quote
a few paragraphs:
my fathers name was Jonathan Wool
ley. He was born in Swansea, y.
H.. August 81. 1850, and died in Vermont,
July q, 1S4S. He enlisted under Col.
Capron OF the Vermont Volunteers, in
ITS. at the age of sixteen. and served
under Gates and Sullivan. He was at
Saratoga at the surrender OF Burgoyns
and was at some OF the battles that took
place at Valley Forge. He was severely
wounded in the back, but i do not know
at what battle. He suffered many hard
ships. like the rest. I have heard him
tell Of Valley Forge. about some one driv
ing in with corn when they were 80
hungry that they dipped in their old hats
ana TOOK the corn ana ate II as II was.
II came to New York state I'm 1889 and
was married in December. 1871, to Rus
sell Painter. OF this union were born six
children. four of whom are living, two
sons and two daughters
Il am a cripple now having broken nv
hip nearly seven years ago. and am al
most entirely dependent on others to do
for me. / am great sufferer, as l am
unable to eat scarcely anything on ac-
count of a partially paralyzed throat, and
have to live almost entirely on liquid
foods
Copyright 1911, BY John Elfreth watkins)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
Mrs. SUSAN S.BRIGHAn
CENTENARIAN
REAL DAUGHTER,

il. 1910. and therefore over 1O1. His
father was a corporal and his grand
father a captain in the Continental army.
Two other centenarian nearest links
are Mrs. Susan $. Brigham Of Worcester,
Mass, and William Howe Church of Bris-
tol. r. J. Mrs Brigham. who won the
century goal on February ,, is the daugh-
ter of Ammi Weatherbee, Massachu-
setts Minute Man, and Mr. Church, who
won the honor of writing his age with
three numerals only last week-or on
June G}-is the son Of Thomas Church, a
private in Rhode Island regiment of
light infantry.
And very close indeed to the century
mark are three children, real and actu-
al. who enter their ninety ninth years OF
life while our present calendars are on
the wall-William Fl. Hall. keene Valley,
y. y, who accomplished this feat Febru-
AIRY !. Mrs. Jane Newkirk Laporte, Ind.
and Mrs Margaret X Johnson of Elem
ington, Ky. who is the last survivor of
a revolutionary veterans family of six
teen children.
Doubly entitled TO call himself Ameri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

matte Francis Ferdinand reigns in his
stead?
VIII II be Francis Ferdinan1's twenty
four-year-old nephew. Archduke Karl
Francis Joseph. as Austrian constitutional
and Hapsburg family law both provide?
or will Ii be Francis Ferdinand's round
faced. morganatic son, Prince Max of
HohenberR. as HunSarian constitutional
law no less empha cal.y demands? Wih
Duchess Sophie II Hohcnberg. daughter
OF third-rate dip omat be raised TO en-
press and sik in exalted throne OF the
divine Marie The 8. a throne so proud
that Austrian Il, ! declares IL killed a
presumptuous laca,y who recklessly sat
down In it? ON these momentous ques-
tons wise. foretho Ightful Austrians are
beginning To make up their minds and
pick their choice. II is necessary. they
feel 10 be on the winning side And all
the myriad traditional interests, combina-
tons, sentiments and calculations of profit
which lurk in the gray Hofburg's tmme-
esorial courts are being mobiiZed secretly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
The Panama Hat.

Z DDIE FOY, at the Lambs Club gam
II Dol in New York, told a panama hat
story.
"A young clerk out my way" he said.
gave his girl a present OF a panama
last year. Then. the day before the
Fourth. he got couple OF compliment
aries for picnic. clam bake and corn
roast down the river. and he wired the
girl:
Meet me at pier IL tomorrow morn
ing at Z. Picnic. Bring panama
THE next morning as he stood on pier
13 dreaming dreams Of love- imagining
a long. sweet day of billing and cooing'
he saw his girl advancing with her
father and mother. He was terribly
annoyed, and on the boat, as soon as ha
could get her alone. he Missed:
What did you want TO bring the old
folks for?
Why. WILL you told me tor she said.
and she showed him the telegram. which
the operator had made to read:
Bring pa and ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

DUCHESS HQHENBERG'S MOST DAN
GEROUS ENEMY.
Archduchess Marie Josef, mother OF the
lawful heir to the Austrian throne,
who vows that her son shall reign
over both Austria and Hungary.
substance and force behind the two
rivals claims.
The assumption Is that Archduke
Francis Ferdinand will decree the solu-
ton of the problem natural to a hus-
band and a parents heart. He will
simply exclude Karl Francis Joseph.
crown his wife, Duchess Sophie, EN-
press Of Austria and Apostolic Queen
of Hungary. and proclaim the round
faced boy Max heir Of the two great
realms.
This will be a breach OF Austrian
public law, but 1t would be similar
breach of Hungarian public law to
make Karl king. Moreover. Ferdinand
never signed any legal document re-
pudiating his sons claim to the Hun
garian throne. He merely took an
OATH and according to Roman Catholic
Church dogma he can be released from
ii by dispensation OF. the Pope Prob
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
0ne-Man Power.

TN a Fourth Of July Grafton in Denver
n. c. Goodwin once remarked on the
small means wherewith Washington had
achieved such great ends
when 1 think" said Mr. Goodwin. ..op
Washington's terrible handicap. my mind
goes back to the town OF Nola chucky.
IAN actor manager was to appear for
one night in Nola Chucxy. and accord
ingly he wired the proprietor OF the Noia
Chucky Opera House:
"'Will hold rehearsal tomorrow noon.
Have stage manager. stage carpenter.
property man end assistant chief electro
oian and all stage hands at theater
prompt to hour.
He received this telegram in reply:
He will be there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

ably Francis Ferdinand will get this dis
pensation easily. First, because he is
Austria's most pious Catholic; secondly
because as emperor and king he prob
ably will control for many years to
come the relations between Austria and
the Vatican. And Austria today is not
only the most pOpulous Catholic state
in Europe, but It is also the only great
Catholic state which has not quarreled
openly with the Roman curia.
Francis Ferdinand probably will con-
vince himself that he is doing this for
the sake of a united Austria. Probably
domestic sensibility. Duchess Sophie
and her children are the first thing and
the last in Francis Ferdinand's life.
Even the archduke's bftterest enemieS-
who are pretty numerous-admire the
tenacity, readiness for self-sacrifice and
industry with which he pursues the aim
OF Transforming the beloved Sophie into
a full-blown royalty acceptable to the
whole world. The archduke Is known
to be anti German" in the sense that
he is strongly Roman Catholic, and re-
sents the dragging Of Austria at Ger
many's coat-tails. But for the sake OF
Duchess Hohenberg he sacrificed this
prejudice. and the striking solidarity
of German and Austrian foreign policy
during the past few years has resulted
largely from Franz FerdinandS maneu-
vers to exalt his wife.
A*
When two years ago Kaiser Wilhelm
visited Francis Ferdinand at Eckartsau
an agreement was come to, according to
which Austria would build four dread
noughts, in return for which Wilhelm III
would be the first sovereign to recognize
the archduke's wife. The countess had
become princess In 1900; now she was
elevated to duchess, a much higher title
according to Austrian standards. A few
months later Wilhelm II visited Vienna,
and 1t was announced tremendously that
he had insisted upon her highness the
Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg'' being
present on equal terms at the state ban
quet. When the Francis Ferdinands re-
turned the visit at Berlin the duchess sat
between the kaiser and the crown prince.
royalty, and she thus was given prece-
dence of several Prussian princesses who
were present.
Next the duchess appeared for the first
time at the Hofburg court ball. and when
Kaiser Wilhelm and his family visited
Vienna on their way to Corfu the kali
ser's daughter, Princess Victoria Louise,
way station. Such kissing Of the hand
by a princess Is usual only in the case of
expresses or crown princesses, and with
that symbolical kiss the triumph OF the
Hohenberg interest seemed assured. The
Austrian archduchesses were very angry,
Marie Joseph. who happens to be mother
of Archduke Karl. the rival heir.
The two hundred-odd archdukes and
archduchesses Of the HapsbuTg. Haps-I
burg-Tuscany and observation-disclosures
families are nearly all solid in opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
MRS LEY L.H1LL 100
OLDEST LIVING CHILD o.
The REVOLUTION

dred men and women whose eyes have
Toasted on fathers who, under the First
American. fought the redcoats of Eng
lands third George.
Many pseudo real and pseudo actual
children of patriots have been brought to
light by these searches made by the two
patriotic societies. but both Organiza tons
have been most scrupulous in separating
the sheep from the goats. Thus, out Of
$50 claimants appearing some time ago
in a single state. only about fifty were
found, on careful investigation. to be
probably bona f1de, and of these only
twenty-five We're finally enrolled or
those rejected, some were discovered to
grandchildren instead of children of pa
triots. and others children of 1872 vet
Grams, while many could produce no sub
stantial proof for their claims.
If the immortal George and his patriot
army, now camped upon yonder side of
the great gulf, have perceptions of mum
dane conditions. their serenity is aug
mented by the knowledge that the baby
girls whom they left behind are insured
against restitution by the younger gen
erations of their female descendants. The
Daughters society. with benevolent
spirit of freemasonry, long ago pledged
themselves to this charitable work: and
today forty-one real daughters are
drawing from the organization monthly
pension of S. which suffices TO keep the
wolf from the door.
Sentiment has impelled the D. A. r.
organization also to provide each real
daughter" with an enduring souvenir to
he handed down to posterity, and this me-
mento takes the form of solid gold
spoon, properly inscribed. No dues or
fees are accepted by either society from
these honor members.
That longevity which the Scriptures
promise to those who honor their fathers
and mothers is and has been enjoyed by
many of these children of patriots.
Thus, in the 109th year of his age, there
died last year at Newport. n. H., James
Bellows McGregor. son of Private Joel
McGregor. who enlisted in the I'd Con-
necticut Regiment, continental line, in
lit. and who was honorably discharged
in 1880, after having been held a prisoner
OF war in the New York sugar house.
But this century span of James, the
son. was merely his birthwright, as Joel.
the father. had lived from November %
1850. until October 81, 1861, period of
1O1 years, lacking only three weeks and
one day. And the dates for James are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

the Slavs merely as instruments of cleri-
caliSm and OF Roman influences They
interpret the coming clash ss something
greater than a struggle OF men and dy-
nasties; as the latest phase in the secular
struggle between Latin and Teuton
which has ravaged Europe ever since two
thousand years ago the Teuton tribes
men at Arausio overthrow the uneon-
quered Iegions OF Servlius and Manlius
The man least interested in all this is
Emperor Francis Joseph. He will soon re-
turn from Hungarian Godollo. which he
detests, and oscillate henceforth between
Schoenbrunn and the Villa Hermes al
Lainz. The Villa Hermes is damp and
gives him rheumatism. Where he Will
go thereafter no man knows-likely
enough to the inhospitable grave, which
is damper still, but where there Is no
morganatic marrying giving In mar
riage.
Copyright. 1911. In the United States BY Ourtfs
Brown. All British rights reservedl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

that when the dynastic Armageddon
comes TO he fought every courtier and
soldier shall be in his appointed place.
The Austrian empire was made by a
fortunate marriage. II now threatens to
be unmade by one, for there is not a
single Austrian constitutional jurist who
has succeeded in devising way out of
the dilemma which will arise the day of
Francis Joseph's death. Strictly speaking
the new Emperor Francis Ferdinand will
have two absolutely legitimate heirs. one
being heir to the Austrian crown lands
and the other TO the ancient kingdom Of
Hungary. The first is his nephew, Karl
Francis Joseph, son of his dead brother
Otto. The second is his nine year-old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

berg will be next Queen of Hungary, and
her son Max will be crown prince; and if
Austrian law declares that Karl is En-
peror OF Austria. that, say Hungarians is
Austria's concern. But this easy settle
ment is. in fact, quite impracticable, be-
cause the personal union OF Austria and
Hungary under one crown is an essential
part of the compact entered into by the
Hungarian agreement Of 1865
That was the reason why Francis Ferd-
nands logged decision to marry Countess
Sophie met with strong opposition from
the old kaiser. 1t meant dissolving the
empire. Francis Ferdinand, however, was
determined to keep his pledge to the at
tractive Sophie, and a compromise was
arranged. A secret meeting was held in
1899 at the Hofburg and Archduke Francis
Ferdinand solemnly vowed that he re-
nounced all imperial or royal rights of
his future wife and future children. This
oath referred to Hungary. because in
Austria there was no question of rights
II was assumed that the matter was set
tied; that after Francis Ferdinand's dea II
both crowns would go to his nephew
and some even thought that TO facilitate
this Francis Ferdinand would himself re-
nounce his personal claims, and that
Archduke Karl would directly succeed
the old kaiser.
The settlement had flaw from the first
Inc Hungarians were not inclined 10 ac-
cept the remuneration. Francis Ferdi-
nand, said their constitutional LAWYERS.
can renounce his own rights to the
hungarian throne; but he cannot re-
nounce the rights of his unborn eldest
son, as this son-if there is one-will be
Hungarys lawful future sovereign The
fact that Austria won't have him as
kaiser doesn't concern us. He is our
king and nobody-except himself when he
grows up--can renounce his right to the
succession"
1t is a paradox that while the Hun
garians detest Francis Ferdinand, as he.
indeed. detests them, they were thus I'm
the position of supporting the claims of
his children. But the Hungarian indie
pendence party, which wants complete
separation from Austria. sees in this
dynastic division of crowns an admirable
way of peacefully and legally attaining
its end.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. who is an
ambitious man Of strong character. full
OF the proud tradition OF Austria as heir
Of the Roman empire, and immersed in
ambitions to restore her international
prestige. So far from being willing to see
the empire dissolve into two petty king
doms. he is suspected OF strong centraliz-
ing tendencies. Nobody. therefore, ex-
poets the dynastic quarrel to be solved at
the expense OF national unity. One of
two very different things will solve it,
Either the son. Max Won Hohenberg, will
be declared heir to Austria to which he
has no claim, as we'll as to Hungary, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

Otter Fight Will Be
= Precipitated When Old
Emperor Francis Joseph Dies
and Francis Ferdinand Reigns
in His Stead-The Question
of Who Will Succeed Him
Will Arise-Can Only Be
Settled by Setting Aside
Either Austrian or Hunga-
rian Law in Favor of His
Son or His Nephew--Mor-
ganatic Son Lawful Heir to
Hungary. But Not to Aus
tria, Supporte d by His
Mother. Duchess Hohenberg,
Who Has a Powerful Ally in
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

THE BOY WHO MAY WRECK AN
EMPIRE.
Archduke Max, mOrganattC son OF
Franz Ferdinand, the next Austrian
emperor, whose claim to succeed his
father may sever the bond between
Austria and Hungary.
son. Prince Max OF Hohenberg, by his
morganatic consort, Duchess Hohenberg,
nee Chotek. Austrian and Hungarian con-
stitutional law are fatty opposed here.
According to Austrian law and Haps-
burg family law the next heir Is Arch
duke Karl, since children Of a morganatic
marriage, though legitimate, have no
royal status at all. The Hungarian con-
stitutional law ignores altogether the
theory of morganatic marriages and de-
clares that all legal marriages are equally
valid. and that the wife and children
take the husbands rank. According to
Hungarian law, therefore, Sophie Hohen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

pom tie eve Of
his &C orio u 5
Fourth" l have
been s e a r C h n e
every nook and
Granny of the land
for those living
Americans who can
boast of being our
nearest links TO
Independence.
| soon found that.
although the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

L s T r I A : HUN
GARY is preparing
FOR trouble OF a
kind which Europe
has not known for
a couple OF CEN
turtles. Who will be
nominated heir to
the oldest of Eu-
ropean e m pire S
" II c n tottering
Francis Joseph dies
and martial, prag-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

the nephew, Archduke Karl will assume
the throne OF Hungary. to which he has
no right, as we'll as that of Austria That
IS the impending issue. 1t may not arise
Immediately after Francis JosephS death
for Francis Ferdinand is wise man. and
may prefer to consolidate his power be-
fore pronouncing his decree But it must
come soon afterWard That is why states
men, courtiers. high military officers,
parliamentarians and public digntaries
are preparing secretly to take sides, and
cautiously weighing in the balance the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

archduchess' calculation was that Kaiser
Wilhelm, IL need be, would interfere to
secure his son-in-law the Austro- Hun
garian crown.
Race interests complicate the coming
feud. The Austrian Germans. except the
Christian social party, probably would
support Karl: the Hungarians would fol-
low their own interests, and the Slavs,
who make UP half the empires popula-
ton. would certainly back up Francis
Ferdinand.
The archduke heir cultivates the Slav
Czechs. partly out Of love OF his Czech
wife, partly out of policy. He lately
spread the story that he would be crown
ed at Prague as King OF Bohemia, thus
reviving a tradition dear to the Czech
soul. Francis Ferdinands aim Is to trans
form Austria into a predominantly Slav
state. and thus to complete the Slavophile
policy adopted by Vienna about 1871, and
since pursued by Counts Hohenwart and
Taafe. by Gautsch. Badeni and Thun.
and. most Of all, by the late Polish For
eign Minister Goluchowski. The German
progress;ves accuse the archduke OF using
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02
MRs ELIZABETH Ann FRANK RUSSELL AND
MRS JULIA ANN FRANK DEMARAr
ENN REAL DAUGHTERS

upon the official records quite as Spectre
He was born September s. 1901. and died
March %, 1910. Between the birth o.
his father and the date Of his own death
had stretched a span of 40 years. and
the combined ages of this father and
son were over 90 years. within which
time seven average generations of men
dwelt upon earth.
A real daughter" of 1O6. Mrs. Rebekah
r. Packard of Covington, Pa. was ad-
mitted to the D. A. r. in 1901, but the
date of her death is not recorded. When
enrolled she had, living, thirty-two grand
children. forty-nine Observation-Disclosures
and several great-great- grandchildren.
And two other remarkable centenarian
real daughters were Mrs Mary Nc
Nicely Of Sugar Valley. Ga, who lived to
be 1O4 and whose father saw CORVALLIS
hand his sword to Washington. also Miss
Fannie Meeker of Newark. y. J.. who
was 1O3 when she breathed her last
There are five centenarian real daugh-
ters' and actual sons" whose dates OF
birth have been definitely recorded and
whose deaths have not been reported VI
to present writing.
X y
The Oldest living child OF revolution
AIRY patriot is, according to these records,
Mrs. Hey Lawson Hill of Lakeport, Cal.
who Is over 1O3, having been born in
ADAMS county, ONO, May ., lSoS- her
patriot father, James Lawson born in
176O was seventeen when he enlisted in
the war for independence, and after that
struggle was over he fought in the In
dian wars.
On her one hundreth birthday, Mrs
Hills home in California was decorated
with flags. bunting and flowers and she
presided at the dinner table wearing
her grandmother's cap. which was over
16O years old A hundred neighbors. who
called to offer their congratulations, form
ally presented her with platter ON which
lay 100 silver dollars.
One citizen of this venerable category.
who can perhaps boast of being the sur
viving link nearest to George Washington,
is the next oldest real child" Mrs.
Samantha Stanton Nellis of Naples. y.
Y, whose father. Elijah Stanton, was one
of the great generals bodyguards. She
also traces her descent directly from
Thorfin, the Dane, who is in the cele-
brated Domesday Book. The 1O1st an
niversary of her birth occurred January
) last.
The oldest actual SON. Of the revolu-
ton not yet Cancelled from the rolls is
Edward Joslin of Keene, n. H., born in
the town Of Stoddard, that state, April
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

nastic rights. Her darling scheme is to
find her son a bride out of one of the
great reigning families; and an attempt
was actually made to marry him to the
Prussian Princess Victoria Louise. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

COME Surviving Children
- (Not Grandchildren of
Men Who. in Washington's
Army. Contaminated the
Stroke for Liberty-Surpris-
ing as It May Seem, There
Are a Couple of Hundred Of
Them Now Alive-The Old
est Is 100 and the Youngest
90 Their Recorlections of
Their Patriotic Fathers
Some Remarkable Cases of
Longevity-One Is an Indian
Whose Centenarian Father
Was a Scout for the Cont
nentals = Forty-one of the
Old Ladies Are Pensioned by
the D. A. r, Which Pre-
sents Each Real Daughter"
In the Land With a Golden
Spoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

enlisted three times during the revolu-
ton
Among nine real Children Of the
Revolution who enter their ninety
seventh year in 1911 is Wellington A.
Clark of Crown Point. Ind, whose por-
trait is also reproduced herewith. His
father. Benjamin Clark. one of the
Massachusetts patriots who responded
to the alarm CT April, 1878. shouldered
his fintlock and marched from his
home in Midway. later working his way
UP in the ranks from private to sergeant.
Doubly linked to independence, like the
aforementioned Mr.. Josin, is William
Bethuel Barron Of Westminster Mass.
aged ninety-one, whose father and grand
father both fought under the banner of
Washington. the former as private
and the latter as captain. His latest
portrait is reproduced in an accompany
ing column as is that of Mrs. Mary Ann
Rishel of Clintondale. Pa. who is the
daughter of a revolutionary veteran. the
sister of an 1872 veteran and the m, \ Ter
of a civil war veteran. Her father s.. Led
during five years of the revolution as
a ranger on the frontier. and the 5000
in Continental money which he received
for his services was kept many years by
his family, in the hope that the govern
ment would redeem it. Mrs Rishel, who