Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXIX._ LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1911. NUMBER 33.
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
>ATES'r HAPPENING* THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZEO
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
lets a Ft» I nti for the
Pe'oaal of tn* Buejr Man—
Lataat Ph»os*I Inform
■sat tea.
Washington
Thomas Mumtuo. disbursing clerk
of the- state department. told a bouse
toaiai'ie- at Washington (hat be had
been inetraciod ah*-s (be mls*!n*
voucher is the liaj portrait case v as
maid <n the floor of his oSc* to keep
•rfll about K This Instruction. h«
-uUd. was £1 sec Sim by Wilbur J Carr.
W of the cucnlar bureau
e • •
Chairman Penroe* of (be 1*. S. sec
ate Soaore « caotolcee. is conference
■Th President Tali, confirmed the re
;-«rr that si**y easdn are eipected
to sot* Jar Canadian reciprocity and
prodl-ted »ha* althia (sro seeks a date
fur a ante mould he agreed on
• • •
Hal} a million dollars' profit was
ars»r»< by the Oxnard liras almost
n-r Mckt. ska they pot their Brook
iyn - car redtnmry. valued a*
ists the .-ear trust' of !MT, accord
ing to tb- ■ s'lnxiny of Henry T. Ox
ard ’ Sr-, president of the ABcrirai
Beet lisgar linyasy. before the na
local kot.e sugar trust'* mtntlfa’
ms i4Pf*
• • •
The Hardwick engar iavestigati:.*
<«smmre at W ask tec ton has issued
a subpoena onmimilts the attend
ik* of Joseph F smith t reside1.1 of
the Mam»«e • hurt b to tell shat the
hurrt s affiliation and -ocoectkm is
etth the sugar trust.
• • •
John Marble of Washington. D C.
sad John I Healy at Chicago have
bora appointed as counsel by the
t't:ied jt’a'es * mate .-onunlttee in
• eat .gnung the Durtmer senatorial brl
-jmn cw»r
s s s
An attempt to trend the legislative
anagram of -be iMaorratk majority
a the bouse at this session of con
(reas 'ailed oxspletely at a caucus
tt the Democratic representatives The
waul* .* a msforrsd determination of
he lienee-rate to confine their legis
au«e -Sorts at this session to the
arts
• • •
Re;o utuiitt Victor L. Berger ol
•A;»-aesia. Socialist, spoke against
be rnderaood wool tariff M1I in the
Mew at representatives He de
eexceed all forme of tariff as inimical
w labor, but did bo* advocate the !m
uodtete abolition at the taxing system
•Hwaoer. he said, labor could not with
stand the sudd-n bang*.
• • •
Secretary Knox made clear to the
-jam Ha ommh-ee at Washington that
be scandals erhtch have been turned
rp la the abate department are apec
ere at post admtmatrations which
sroperly • snoot be laid at hta door
He explained the %&.*#*> payment tc
rang Mr Hale, which Ellbu Root con
ra-ted for. and the affair of the Rosen
bal portrait was traced to the admin
st ration at Jobe Hay
Domestic
AM let nation to «I!mm the memo
ales Incident to the reception by the
I sit'd States government at a Con
federate cemetery »t Springfield. Mo
sa Sep* ember, was taken under ad
rinser ret fey President Taft. Both
he t tilted t .hfederate Veterans and
the GAM urged the president to nt
e e e
Because Mrs CanaeUa de Grurrla ol
New York '•fused to elope with him.
kdn >trees walked Into the restaur
sat ebere she was employed, pushed
aside aa tsfaat she held tn her arms
K sad shot her through the heart omt
ga find He ta said to be the father of
Mg children
• • •
Lonle Orr of Deright III was Millet
and Arthur Kern was injured when as
automobile ta which they were going
ti m-es as boor jumped from a
bridge and turned turtle la a creek
• • •
A Grand Trunk railway locomotive
got away -unmanned at Battle < reek
Web. and ran 14 miles, when tti
steam bars me exhausted
* e e s
A certificate at reasonable doubt
• as granted in New York to Daniel
OfiMUy the criminal lawyer recent
ly cow Wind of compounding a felony
mad sentenced o live months la the
penitentiary He will apply for ball
e e e
Trustee* at the Cathedra! at St
Johd the Mrtne. New Yorh. have ac
tnpted a plan for the polptt of that
edifice submitted by Mrs. Kuasell
Hags as a memorial to Bishop Potter
it win bn built at stone, elaborately
see
WED Stoke*, the wealthy pro
prtetor of ’he Antonia hotel of New
York, who was shag by two women
was rums red from the hospital to hit
hammer homo at Lang Branch. N J.
having bees pronounced out af dan
gvr by the attending physicians
Northern New Jersey ia overrun
with rattlesnakes and they have be
rotne such a nuisance that snake clubs
have been formed *o fight the pests.
Already many thousands of snakes
hare been killed.
• • •
Apparently uneasy over the growing
; habit of mineral water drinking by |
United States senators and their office
staffs. Senator l>odge introduced and
had adopted a resolution which is ex
■ pected to check the practice.
• • •
When Mrs. Jeannette Stewart-Ford j
was forced, in the trial at Cincinnati !
of Edgar S Cooke, charged with em- !
bear :ng $24,000 from the Big Four 1
railroad, under cross-exam:nation tc ;
acknowledge that her six-year-old
daughter was born out of wedlock
and that Cooke was her father, she ;
burst into sobs and tears streamed
down the faces of judge, jury, attor
neys and spectators.
• • •
As the water is lowered in the cof
ferdam surrounding the sunken bat
tleship Maine, a terrific explosion,
more violent that has been expected, t
; is revealed.
• • •
An exact copy of the original Betsy 1
Hose flag will fly henceforth from a
♦ ’mounding ;ite on the heights of
ViJdlebrook. about a mile and a half
from (Sound Brook. N. J. The pole Is j
:. the site of the headquarters of |
tier. O-rge Washington in the spring i
; of 1777.
• ■ '
John L. I-owry, owner of the j
river steamer of the same name, ar
rived in Paducah. Ky.. and reported
the d- .-traction of his boat by fire at !
Hamlettsburg. Ili. Six passengers and
v i.ew of 20 men escaped.
• • •
Tbe Illinois state senate passed the 1
tdministration waterway bill with |
slight changes after a long and at
times bitter personal debate.
...
J; me* W. Sibley, a former Chicago
>!ii>-ss man. and his family, for
• in -e safely fears were entertained. ;
are alive and well in Mexico.
...
B the removal of a piece of bone ‘
'tom her skull. Mrs. M. M. Bard of
leveiand Is cured of her abnormal de- \
tire to play the piano
...
A strike was formally declared by
he lu’ercational teamen's union, to
ake “Sect at cnce at al! the ports \
>t 'he Atlantic coast of America and '
)f Great Britain. Norway. Denmark. !
1 'Hand Belgium and Sweden. An In- '
ernational tieup is not expected by j
be shipowner*, who assert that the
movement will be a failure before it i
* fairly under way.
...
1 he 25-foot yawl. Sea Bird, hound !
with a crew of three on a cruise to
Italy, was spoken on Sunday night
-outheast of Martha's Vineyard island j
by the sloop Barbara.
...
Tbe historic New Orleans mint will
be closed July 1. and thereafter will j
be a storehouse for 22.000.000 silver
dollars.
...
Prank Marshall, nineteen years old. :
i* und^r arrest at Buffalo, N. Y., on a
barge of attempted suicide. He called
>n his fiancee. Miss Nellie Tryer, and
eft late In the evening, downhearted
liter a lovers’ quarrel.
...
The General Baking company, a
mblnatlon of 21 leading bakers of
he -ountry. has been incorporated
inder tbe laws of the state of New
York, with a capitalization of $15.- !
,00.000 In order to escape any viola
ion of the anti-trust law there will be
no attempt to establish a monopoly.
• • •
After a battle with the police and
Are apparatus, lasting more than six
h'JLrs. William Wimberly, a negro,
who »u wanted for attacking another
negro. Anally was killed at Savannah,
I
• • •
Harvesting of wheat is on in central
i Missouri. The grain is in excellent
condition The average yield is esti
mated at IS bushels to the acre.
• • •
President Taft presented medals ol
honor to six members of the crew of
the warship North Dakota and spoke
■ !n praise of their heroic deeds when
an September 8. 1910 an oil fuel ex
plosion on the North Dakota killed
three men. put in jeopardy the lives
-if scores of others, and placed the
I battleship Itself in danger.
• • •
Personal
The launch Vagrant, owned by Har
old Vanderbilt, son of W. K. Vander
bilt. was burned at Red Top. Conn.
Mr. Vanderbilt was badly burned about
tbe face and hands^ but luckily his
eyesight is not impaired.
• • •
Foreign
A decree against poker games is
, sued by President Arosemena of Pan
ama is the direct result of demands
'[ made by Colonel Goethals. chief en
ginwer of the Panama canal, that
gambling on the isthmus be sup
preesed.
• • •
General Jose Vera, commanding
i 4.000 rebel soldiers, the Aower of Ma
dero’s army In the federal district ol
, Mexico, sent an ultimatum to Maderc
declaring that If Madero did not make
a change la the commander of tbe
military zoce at once he would take
Mexico City.
• • •
More than 4.000 persons marched
in the great woman suffragist "pageant
of protest" in London. The parade
was Are miles long and the largest
ever organized by women.
MAN WHO WAS INJURED BY A
TRAIN PASSES AWAY.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What it Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
era Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Ruby.—\V. A. Brokaw, who was in
jured by being struck by a train, died
Sunday. Saturday Mr. Brokaw was
walking toward the depot, and after
parsing between two freight cars
which cut off his view up and down
the track, stepped onto the main track
just in time to be struck by the train.
Miss Grace Bryan Weds.
IJncoln.—A Notable wedding took
place Wednesday evening at Fairview
in the ma-riage of Miss Grace Dexter
Bryan, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Bryan, and Richard Lewis
Hargreaves of this place. The Rev.
Harry F. Huntington of Crete, who
had officiated at the wedding of both
the brother and sister of the bride,
performed the ceremony.
Editors Elect Officers.
Omaha.—The Nebraska Press asso
ciation elected the following officers:
President. J. M. Tanner of South Oma
ha: vice president. H. G. Taylor of
t'entral City; secretary-treasurer. C. C.
Johns of Grand Island: corresponding
secretary. Miss Eunice Haskins of
Stella.
Aged Pioneer Dead.
Reaver City.—Moses McCarty, aged
ninety-one years, the oldest person in
Furnas county, died at his home in
Richmond prednc*. He was one of
the earliest sr tiers of the Beaver val
ley. driving here with an ox team in
and has been a continuous resi
dent
Wreck Causes Lapse of Memory.
Holdrege.—A man by the name of
D. Hart, who is confined in the Hol
drege hospital, is one of the victims of
the Indianola wreck. He was hurt on
the head. He does not remember the
name of the town where he lives nor
where any of his relatives are.
Twenty-five Years in Charge.
Wyniore.—The twenty-fifth year of
Rev. Father Freeman’s service in the
Catholic church was celebrated here
Thursday. Rev. Father Freeman has
been in charge of St. Mary’s church
and parish for the past twenty-three
years.
Fire and Explosion at Harvard.
Harvard.—An expiosion of gas In
the meat market, operated by Flynn
& Waters, put that establishment out
of commission. The stock and fixtures
were totally destroyed and the build
ing was gutted by the fire which fol
Ifiwpt?
A nest of Owls has been organized
at Beatrice.
The Friend race meet will be held
June 21-22-23.
Havelock went wet by 82 votes at a
recent election.
Schuyler has been designated a
postal savings office.
Barneston suffered a loss of over a
dozen buildings iD a recent fire.
The new Presbyterian church at
Fullerton was dedicated Sunday.
Work on the new high school build
ing at Nebraska City is progressing
rapidly.
Thomas Zaeek has been elected
principal of the public schools at
Clarkson.
The Cambridge Chautauqua will be
held this year from July 29 to August
6, inclusive.
Seward will purchase a street
sweeper for use on the paved section
of the city.
In the neighborhood of 6.000 people
passed through the doors of the new
First National bank building at Lin
coln at the formal opening Saturday
night.
Richard L. Metcalfe or Lincoln has
been honored by Hastings college with
the degree of Doctor of Letters.
The business men of Nebraska City
have signed an agreement to cut out
all advertising schemes and use only
the newspapers.
Hastings was selected for their next
meeting place bv the Nebraska retail
liquor dealers at their fifteenth annual
convention in Om$ha.
Robert McMahan, aged about sixty
one years, while sitting in his yard at
his home near Geneva, complained of
feeling badly and a moment later fell
from his chair and expired.
Earl O. Eager, state representative
from Lancaster county, has been re
flected to the position of manager of
athletics at the University of Ne
braska.
D. C. Lysinger, a brakeman on a
freight train, was very seriously. If
not fatally, injured at Hazard when
he fell from a train and one arm and
one log were run over.
Grace Anderson, aged 20 years, of
Omaha, while out riding a bicycle, ar
rayed in boy's clothes, lost control.of
the wheel, hit the curbing and struck
on her head on the .sidewalk. Her
skull was fractured
Charley Story was killed by a caveio
of a sewer in which he was working
at Alliance.
Smoke from a nearby fire came neat
causing a panic in a moving picture
show at Lincoln Saturday.
Dwight suffered a bad fire in the
business district one day last week
sustaining a loss of $30,000.
Wesleyan university will begin at
once an aggressive campaign for the
taising of a $400,000 endowment.
During a thunder storm at Galloway
H. S. Mahan was struck by lightning
and seriously but not fatally injured.
Ham Montgomery, living near Mc
Cook .was struck by an engine while
crossing a railroad track and badly
injured.
The body of George D. Bennett, whe
died at Lincoln in 190S. has been re
moved front Wyuka cemetery and
buried at Tecumseh.
Albert Erickson, a 16-year-old Lin
coin boy. feil down four steps leading
to a porch and dislocated bis neck
dying in a few minutes.
Mrs. Mart Woodlock disappeared
from her home at Wymote and hei
bodv was discovered in a creek nea?
the town several days later.
A baseball league has been formec
at Nebraska City by the teams of th«
St. Mary’s Episcopal. Presbyterian. St
Mary’s Catholic and the Meihodis.
Episcopal churches.
Fire at the Forbes livery stable in
lancoln Saturday night destroyed
nearly $23,000 worth of vehicles and
devastated the entire second "story
where the rigs were stored.
The sun shining on a tin can of gas
oline at the Burlington freight depot
at Lincoln caused an explosion fol
lowed by fire in which several freight
cars and a quantity of merchandis*
were destroyed.
A colored policeman .Wooleydge by
name, shot and killed a man Saturday
night at Omaha who as a bystandet
had remonstrated with the officer upor
the treatment ac~orded an old mar
whom he was holding as a prisoner.
A leaky gasoline stove was the
cause of a fire which entirely de
stroyod the home of Emil Boe. a pros
perous farmer living near Ravenna
In attempting to subdue the flames
Mrs. Boe had an arm severely burned
A Korean boy. I'. G. Lee. a resident
of America for only four years, has
the largest bank account of any o!
the school children who are taking
advantage of the new public school
savings system inaugurated at Lin
coin. Lee has $81 on deposit, ovet
thirty times the average amount fot
all of the 1,100 school children whe
are patronizing the bank.
Regent Victor G. Lyford of Falls
City has filed as a republican candi
date for re-election as a member ol
the university board of regents.
The usual June rise in the Platte
river is not asserting itself this year
due, it is said, to the fact that irriga
lion in Nebraska has reached suet
proportions that the excessive supph
of water that comes with the firs!
summer months is all being used 01
stored away in reservoirs.
Charles T. Knapp of Lincoln. wh«
was a candidate for regent of the uni
versity on the democratic ticket, has
obtained blanks for filing nominatioi
papers. He is said to have made u.j
his mind to try once more for the of
flee of regent and to submit his cas«
10 a vote of the people at the primarj
election in August.
A semi-annual report from the of
flee of the state auditor has been filec
with the executive office. It shows re
ceipts from insurance companies dur
ing the last six months to be $107.
317.29. as against $54,924 a year ago
The great Increase is caused by earliei
notices to the companies. The coming
six months will show a nearly propor
tionate falling off.
In preparation for the enforcement
of the new automobile license law
which increases the present license
fee to $3, Secretary of State Wait is
sending new blank receipts and in
structions to county treasurers. Un
der the new system the applications
will be handled entirely through the
county office instead of partly by the
official and partly by the auto owner
Female Labor Law Uoheld.
Labor Commissioner Guye has sue
ceeded in a prosecution in the district
court of Douglas county to test the
constitutionality of the female laboi
law, or that portion of it which ap
pears to prohibit the employment ol
women or girls in certain kinds of oc
cupaticns between the hours of 10 p
m. and 6 a. m. That portion of the law
which prohibits the employment ol
women more than ten hours a day or
sixty hours a week was tested and
sustained by the supreme court sev
eral years ago.
That the cities of Nebraska art
more healthy than the farms, undet
present conditions, was the statement
made by Prof. G. E. Condra of the No
braska state university and head ol
the state conservation commission at
the fourth semi-annual meeting of the
Nebraska State Health association at
Omaha.
Governor Aldrich has gone to Ath
ens, O.. where he will deliver the com
mencement address at Ohio univer
sity, an honor for which he was chosea
soon after his election last fall.
11 IS SEARCHED
EXPLORERS RECOVER ARTICLES
IN OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
AMMON BOX IS FOUND
Bayonets Reduced to Rust as Result
of Galvanic Action Between Steel
and Brass Cases.
Havana.—As the remains of the
battleship Maine gradually rise above
the slowly lowering level of the water
within the cofferdam, the first dis
coveries are most interesting.
A curious relic of the great disas
ter has been found. The explorers
recovered plates and other china
ware in the afficers' quarters. Some
pieces were identified later as parts
of the dinner service of the captain
and wardroom mess. All were in a
good state of preservation and were
found piled up as they had been left
by the stewards after the last dinner.
In the afternoon the searchers
found on the spar deck, adjacent to
j the port turret, a small ammunition
’ box. such as is customarily distribut
ed about the decks. This contained
a mass of six millimetre cartridge
clips for the naval service rifle and a
number of short knife bayonets in
metallic leather covered scabbards.
The clips of cartridges were well pre
served, but the steel bayonets were
i reduced to almost unidentifiable mass
; es of rust around which were cling
i ing shreds of leather sackings.
The disintegration of the bayonets
; is believed to have been the result
| of galvanic action between the steel
and the brass cartridge eases in the
medium of sea water. This gives
rise to speculation regarding the ef
fect of galvanic action on portions of
the hull still under water, on which
depends greatly the possibility that
t the hull may not retain sufficient
j strength to warrant the expectation
of floating out any portion.
Pathetically interesting was the dis
covery of an offieer's dress sword
j found behind the forward port side
1 door leading from the officers' quar
! ters to the spar deck. This door was
found closed, but on being forced open
the sword was seen upright in the cor
ner. The inference is thaj some offi
cer hastening to the deck on the first
alarm, and buckling on his sword as
he ran, was compelled to abandon it
and escape in the rush of water over
the spar deck. The bronze sword hilt
was well preserved, but only attached
by shreds of the sword knot to the
blade, which was merely a ribbon of
rust enclosed in a black leather scab
bard. The only possibility of identi
fying the sword is the chance that
some officer may recollect having
abandoned the weapon.
A curious indication of the slight
force of the explosion felt in the af
ter part of the ship was an electric
bulb hanging intact from the roof of
the superstructure.
Exploration of the interior eontin
ues to be interrupted by masses ot
mud and rubbish. Only the clearing
of portions of the roof of the after
superstructure has been completed,
showing the effects of the fire on the
charred oak planks. Other indications
of fire are observed abound the comb
ing of the spar deck, supposed to be
adjacent to the gallery on the port
side, in which cooking utensils are
visible.
AVIATORS MEET DEATH.
Two Dead and One Seriously Injured
Soon After Start.
Paris.—Fifty aviators took wing
early Sunday from the aviation field
at Vincennes on the first stage of the
European circuit race, which calls for
a flight to London and return with
stops at various places going and re
turning. Two of the aviators almost
immediately after the start met with
tragic deaths and at least one was
seriously hurt. The dead are:
Captain Princetau, whose motor ex
ploded in midair, flooding him with
gasoline and burning him to death.
M. Le Martin, who dashed against a
tree, the motor of his aeroplane crush
ing his head.
M. Gaubert, a former lieutenant in
the army, who wa3 entered in the
civilian race under the name “Dal
ger.” He was found lying senseless
near his machine in a wheat field
four miles from Villars-Coterets. His
injuries are serious.
Battle With Miami Indians.
Wabash, Ind.—The famous battle
of 1812 between the United States
troops and Miami Indians will be
reproduced here next year. The bat
tle was the last engagement with the
redskins in Indiana. Five hundred
men and women, including 100 Mi
ami Indians, still living here, will
participate.
Railways Are Overpaid.
Washington.—“Many of the rail
roads of the country are being over
paid for transporting the mails. I be
lieve that a saving of approximately
$9,000,000 a year to the government
can be made without injustice to the
carriers by readjusting the pay on a
basis of a 6 per cent profit to all rail
ways carrying the mails.” Postmaster
General Hitchcock thus summarized
briefly the results of his investigation
into the cost of railway mail transport
tation under an old law that Is still in
operation.
AVIATOR IS ATTACKED
BY A FURIOUS EAGLE
M. GILBERT SHOOTS BIRD THAT
REPEATEDLY SWOOPS DOWN
ON THROBBING MACHINE.
Alsasqua. Spain.—Aviator Gilbert,
after a battle with an eagle at a
height of four thousand feet, landed
here second in the Paris-Madrid race
for $20,000.
In his flight over the Cantabrian
mountains, while soaring at a lofty
height, a monster gray eagle attached
Gilbert, swooping down on the aero
plane and beating the aviator with
beak and taions.
Gilbert's aeroplane required all his
attention because of treacherous air
' currents over the mountains. The ma- i
!!
Esgie Attacks Aviator.
r
I chine was at a height of 4.0C0 teet, j
: with the eouiftry lying dim beneath. :
The great bird circled round and '
round the aeroplane, evidently think- j
ng It a new anfl monster member of ;
he bird family. Finally Gilbert man
aged to draw his revolver and fired '■
;wo shots at the eagle, driving It off.
When the aviator lauded here he de- ;
:lared the aerial battle with the giant 1
uird had given him the most exciting :
| moments of his career.
At one time the eagle attacked him
' so fiercely, he said, that the aviator
bad to take his hands off the levers
and momentarily lost control of the
machine. It was at this time that the
| Intrepid airman drew his revolver.
The first shot went wild, but fright
ened the bird, and the second struck
' It. Gilbert regained control of his
machine just in time to keep it from
! crashing to the ground.
NAILS TALKING GIRL TO CHAIR
Unusual Kind of Assault and Battery
Charged Against New
Jersey Man.
New York.—John Eddings. the odd
■ jobs man of Prospect Park borough,
N. J., Is awaiting trial on a charge of
, assault and batter?, but it is such an
1 unusual kind of assault and battery
! bis fame in that section will not be
| iimmed for many a day. Miss Barbara
i Bachtold, Eddings’ sister-in-law. Is
inly fifteen years old. but she talks
twice too much for a person of that
tge, according to Eddings, who did not
nesitate to tell her so when he came
home from work with his hammer and
aails and saw. "It's a free country.
I’ll talk as much as I like,” she retort
?d, and she did. “If you don’t sit
down and keep quiet I’ll make you.”
was his ultimatum. “I dare you!”
Eddings seized her, deposited her In
a pine kitchen chair and drove nails
through the skirt of her frock until she
Naiis Girl to Chair.
was surrounded by tenpenny wires
and securely held to the chair, where
her mother found her. Eddings said
he was "only fooling," but Justice
Shea held him to special sessions. ■>
Must Kiss Wife Once a Day.
Atlanta, Ga.—Because her husband
refused to see her upturned lips ready
for a kiss, Mrs. T. K. White had him
arrested and brought before Judge Ort
on a charge of mistreatment and
abuse. The judge instructed the hus
band to give her at least one kiss a
day, while a few tnrown in for good
pleasure, he said, would not be out ol
the way.
NOW ONTHE STAGE
FLORA SACKVILLE-WEST BE
COMES A DANCER BEFORE
LONDON THEATERGOERS.
FATHER ONCE IN WASHINGTON
Public Appearance of This Daughter
of a Former British Ambassador to
the United States Revives the
Sackville-West Scandal.
London.—It is quite a common thing
nowadays for titled folks to go on the
stage. The latest one to adopt this
profession is the Hon. Flora Sackville
West, daughter of a former British
ambassador at Washington. Lord Sack
ville was British minister to the Uni
ted States in 18SS. He was recalled
by the British government because he
advised a naturalized American citizen
how he should vote in a presidential
election. Miss Sackville-West inher
its her talent for dancing from her
mother, the beautiful Josefa Duran, a
Spanish dancer, around whose shadowy
figure the Sackville peerage case raged
about two years ago.
A few years ago all England was
ringing with the scandal of her fath
er's life, during a suit instituted by her
brother to establish his and his sis
ters' legitimacy. The suit failed, the
English courts holding that Sackville
West had never acknowledged the
legitimacy of his union with their
mother. Josefa Durand de Ortega, a
Spanish dancer and actress, and that
the children were not entitled to a
share in the estate.
The romance of Lord Sackville-West
and Josefa Durand de Ortega startled
England at the time, and the appear
ance of their daughter on the stage is
reviving echoes of the old scandal.
Sackville-West. in 1864, was secretary
of the British legation at Madrid. He
was thirty-seven years old; the incom
parable Josefa, on whose twinkling
toes hung the admiration of the town,
was five years younger, in the full.
Flora Sackville-West.
ripe bloom of her dazzling charms.
For a month or so her other adorers
gritted the teeth of wrathful envy
while she continued to dance and per
mitted her English gallant alone to
pay her his addresses. Then she dis
appeared utterly from the stage.
The secretary of the legation began
to have disappearances, too. It was an
open secret that he passed those inter
vals with Josefa In a handsome villa
near the Chateau d’Arcachon, on the
outskirts of Bordeaux, where his in
amorata was domiciled. But, to soci
ety and diplomacy, that made not the
slightest difference. He was a bache
lor; he was immensely wealthy; he
entertained lavishly; hadn't half the
world just some such delightful secret
as he?
Lord Lionel's diplomatic career went
on with steady advancements, and his
relations with Josefa continued. He
maintained her in luxury, and pro
vided generously for the care and ed
ucatlon of their children. But never
did he consent to legitimatize them;
never did he give to the radiant Josefa
the right to be known as Lady Sack
ville-West.
He died, legally unmarried, and his
next of kin, after the brief and scan
dalous battle in the English courts
over the estate, came Into the posses
sion of the fortune and occupied mag
niflcent Knole house, which is one of
the great mansions of England.
So that is why graceful, pretty, poor
Flora Sackville-West is dancing like
an entrancing hour! of the east on the
stage of a London theater.
While in Washington Sackville
West’s two daughters were with him
and he introduced them into society.
No one there suspected that there was
any question as to their legitimacy,