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I S nsations For the Lovers
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Now York.-Now that the crlmo of
r murder hns been ndded to the eccen-
I ' trlc doings of the dozen or more Pitts-
burg m\l1lonalres \ , It Is probable that
\ the limit of their capacity for sensationalism -
tionalism has been reached.
. Remarlmblo dlvot'ces , remarrlnges ,
brenches of promise , allmony and
chorus girls have hitherto been ordinary -
dinary features of their lives. The '
. 6P.em to have become rich so suddenly
, that they have lost their heads. Nevel'
bc.tore , howevel' , has anyone of them
been accused of ll1Urdel' .
Years before Harry Thaw ever heard
! If Eveb'n Nesbit or Stanford White ho
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wife. Thl' brel\ch gradual1y widened ,
amI Mr. Phipps brought suit for divorce -
vorce , naming lIart 1\IcI\eo : as co-
respondent. Plttsburg society Was
disrupted by the news , and the 1\Ic-
Kee amI Phhps factions waxed bitter
In their denunciations.
Kidnaped Rls Cblldren.
Following the return of Mrs. Phipps
to this countr ' , her two IIttlo children
were fOl'clbly tnlen from the Wnldorf-
Astoria by 1\11' . Phipps and hurrIed
aWa ' to Denver , where ho had resided
fm' some time. It was openly stated
that when the dlvorco Ilroceetllngs
were over 1\Irs. Ph hIllS would marry
Hart i\lcKee , but In the meantlmo that
eccentric young man had become enthralled -
thralled with 1\Irs. Hugh Tovls , who
a few 'ears previous had been wed
and widowed within six weels.
1\Irs. Tevis and 1\11' . McKee sailed
Ilwa ' to I urope on the same steamer ,
and shortly afterward were married.
Things were rather dul1 In the pltts-
burg colon ' for awhile until i\lrs.
Phipps went out to Denver , where the
dlvorco case WllS brewing.
Mrs. Phipps began a contest for the
possession of the children , but event-
ual1 ' terms were reached under which
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11end , a heavy absinthe drinker , an admirer -
mirer of chorlls girls and a reckless
spendthrift. He gave dinners costing
tens of thousands of dol1ars , and lIke
the general run of Plttsburg mllllon-
, I alres he always had one or more "af-
tail's" on hand with women of the foot-
lights.
It Is a strange fact that chorus glrs ]
and actresses seem to appeal to the
, , ' " , Plttshurg millionaire past all power of
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: : resistance. Four of them who have
made New Yore ] their homo dm'ing the
pnst few years , and whose wealth
amounts to $50,000,000 In the agre- !
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gatehavo become Infatuated with stage
beauties more or less wlder ] l\l1own
throughout the countl' ' , nccodhl ! ; to
the World of that city.
. Three of them 'lmve ; .tttftied ; actresses -
, tresses , and the Infatuat : ; t of the
fonrth for a beauty of the footllgllt Is
being used aalnst ! him In divorce pro-
ceedings. Although Harry ' 1'haw was
Inolmblr the wildest nmong the Pitts-
bm'g high rollers who ha\'e sowed In
the wild winds of the ' 1'enderloln ,
young Hnrt McKee was almost as well
l\I1own , but in a dlfforent war.
Forgot Marital Obligations.
His father , E. Sellers IcKee , a mul-
tI-mllllonalro glass manufacturer of
Plttsburg , supplied him with practlca- ]
l ) ' limitless funds , with which the
YOllng mnn procedell to cut a wide
swnth. Ho was handsoml' . dapper and
fastidious , with the red and white com'-
plexlon of a heatthr girl. Soon after
leaving college ho married a Miss Sutton -
ton , from whom he separated a year
or two afterward , giving her $300,000
outright In lieu of allmonr.
In Mrs. McKee's allegations against
her husband she testifiell that he was
not with her much during the two
yenrs of tholr married life , and that ho
became more neglectful as time proceeded -
ceeded , Finally : \1rs , McKee left him ,
"owing to his entire negect. ] " She
made affidavit that he cut off her Iler-
sonal allowance and household allowance -
ance and put at the head of the household -
hold a butler , who was objectlonahlo
nnd very Insoent ] , and over whom she
hnd no control. He Was given the
money to pay the servants , and was
empowered to hire nnd discharge them.
Mrs. McKee protested , but was told
that she had no power to discharge
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McKee became acquainted with Mrs.
Genevieve Phipps , the wife of Law-
. _ i rence Phipps , another pittsburg mll-
. . . .r. 1I0nalre , then living In Denvel' . McKee -
Keo and Mrs , Phipps were frequently
seen together , and nn estrangement
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a divorce was granted on the ground
of desertion. Then almost blit'oro their
friends had ceased talldng about their
case 1\11' . and 1\1rs. PhlPBB made up ,
and It Is said that the ' will bo re-
married. This seems to have finished
the calendar of sensations as far as the
Phipps and McKee millionaires are
concerned.
Another plttsburg millionaire who
had a varied and noteworthy career
was James King Clarl\C , known to his
friends as "Jamie. "
Young Clarke Inherited a part of
the llIons of his father , Charles J.
Clare ] , of pittsburg. Ho was In the
habit of spending a part of his time
In 'Yashlngton , and It was there that
he met 1\1lss Esther Dartlett. They
were married on April 26 , lS99 , In
'Yushlngton , and with the best man ,
l\Iactlntosh ] Kellogg , journeyed to New
Yor ] " where they too Ie rooms at ono
of the big hotels.
As related hr Cia rIm In the suit for
divorce , which begun a month later ,
upon their arrival in this city he left
his bride In his room with 1\11' . Kellogg
while he went downstairs to look after
some baggage. lie was detained for
some time. On his retu1'l1 ho found the
d001' locltcd , and when It was finally
opened Mr. Kellogg's shirt front was
stained with the vloets ] which 1\1rs.
Clarice wore as a corsage bouquet.
That settled It. IIII' . Carl\C ] waxed
wroth and left his briae.
1\1rs. Clar\C ] afterward sued for and
obtained a dlvorco , after which she became -
came the wlfo of L. 'r. Whitehead , of
Erie , Pa. 1\11' . Clarli : then married a
1\IIss Katherine Wlllough b ' , of St.
Augustlno , Fa. ] , thus closing another
chapter of plttsl.lllrg millionaire sensa-
tionalism.
Career of A. R. Peacock.
1\11' . Alexander Rowand ] Peacocle Is
another SmoIy CIt . candidate for
fame. 1\11' . Peacock Is worth many millions -
lions of dollars. When ho came to
New Yor ] , he evidently made up his
mind to I1vo up to the traditions and
habits of the I1vely Pitlsburgers who
had preceded him , To perpetuate his
name ho had a $17,000 peacock made
of genuine diamonds , sapphires and
emeralds and gave It to his wlCe. He
also had a peacoce ] put on the livery or
his servants.
Once 1\11' . peacocl , Was In 1.os An-
gees. ] There were only upper berths
left In the train to Chicago. "GIve me
a special train , then , " ho ordered.
"It'll cost $4,000 , " said the plissenger
agent ,
"I'll tal,8 It , " replied Peacock , un-
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fodlng ] a roll of bills as 1\1'go : as nn
elephl\nt s tr'unl , . 'fhe rlln bl'O\O ] all
records. Fifteen engines wore used.
'fhere wel'e eight Ilaesengers , and to
transport them In IOW01' berths Instead
of upper cost $1.13 a minute fOl' 59
hours , or near ! ) ' two dollars:1 mllo.
nut Mr. Peacocl , was fl'om plttsburg
and did not care.
When some Bngllshmen sent ever
$150,000 to bac1 { ShlllHl'ocle 11. 1\11' . Pea-
cocle headed a s 'lHlIcato who covered
It with $250,000. Ho pa ] 'ed In n po\Cr ]
game on the teamshh > Deutschand ] In
which $500,000 changed 11l111ds. Pen-
cocl , won , although there were nine
othel' Plttsburg millionaires at times
In the game. There Was a $90,000 jac1e-
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The ' tell how when 1\lrs. Carneglo
was bu 'lng her wedding trousseau In
this city 'eai's ago she WaS waltod
upon b ) ' a handsome roung saeswom- ] I
an to whom she told her secret. '
"I'm to be married , too , " confessed
the yoml ! ; woman. "That Is m ' Intended -
tended over there-Mr. Peacocl , . "
"That's a Scotch name , " said the
future 1\Irs. Carnegie. "Where does lie
come from ? "
"From Dunfermllne , ma'am , " replied
the salesgirl. Andrew Carnegie
learned about the Incident , and In duo
tlmo the Iro11111aster brought Peacocl ,
to plttsb1ll'g nnd made the 1I00rwaller , .
a millionaire.
At the Waldorf one morning 1\11' .
Peacock was discovered scrlbbllng on a
sheet of paper 111 the writing-room. A
friend asked him what he was doing.
"Oh , m ' wife at brea ] < fast ust now I
Insisted that I waS worth $10,000,000.
I thlnle It Is on ] ' $7,000,000. She Is
usually right , but I call't find the other
$3,000,000 this morning. "
Married Mother's Maid.
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John Aston ] Moorhead Is ono of tho.
latest. He was a heavr man on the
Yao ] football team and also pulled In
the crew. Ho no\'er did anrthlng else
to deserve particular distinction. Only
a few weeks ago he eloped with his
mother's French maid. They have
not been entirely forgiven yet , but It
Is understood that John Aston ] Is be-
In/ / . ; treated In a New Yorle sanitarium ,
his father paring the bills , and It Is i
said the little French maid Is cr 'lng
her way back to sunny France , well
paid , if cash can maIm It good , but
with her foollsh little heart broken.
1\Iore recently the limelight of notoriety -
riety has been turned upon " ' . E.
Core ' , one of the best Itftown of the
Carneglo group of Pittsburg million-
aires. He dawned upon Now lark several -
eral 'ears ago on n special train consisting -
sisting of one dln ng car , foul' sleeping
cars and two baggage cars , which carried -
ried the entlro office forces of the National -
tional Steel compnny ana the atlonal
Hoop compan ) ' . In the baggage cars
were riO trunks filled with ledgers and
account bools and 12 t'pewrlter girls
who toole down dictation as the train. .
rolled along.
Corey's Lurid Exploits.
Some time afterward 1\11' . Corey ga\'e
1\11' . Schwab a LucuIlian feast. The
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fruits and the rarest fiowers were lIb-
l-lar-y K. Thaw the Only One
of Gay Crowd That Has
Essayed the Novel Sensation -
tion of Murder , But All
Have Sought in Siur ling
Manner to Dissipate Their
Easily Earned Millions.
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of i\lIss Gilman , antI at present 1\Irs.
Core ' Is In the west , whel'o she Is residing -
siding with a vlow to securing a di-
vorce.
During the course of business In
plttsburg Andrew CatJ1eglo transformed -
formed GIbson D , Pacl\Or from n poor
man Into 11 mlllionah'o. 1\11' . Packer
did not miss his chance to get before
the public. 1\lrs. Mar ) ' ] . Vetter , armed ,
It Is said , with 140 love letters , prepared -
pared to sue 1\11' . Pacer ] fm' $100,000 for
breach of promise. There were many
] lledges of affection In the shape of
jowelr ) ' .
Conte1l1loraneousl ] ' with the 'fha w
murder 1\Irs. Scott Hartjo , the wife 05
Ailgustu Hartje , Pltt'lburg : 111l11lonah'O' '
paper manufacturer , hl\s begun suit
against her husband for divorce. Mrs.
Hartjo sa 's that her husband \\01'0
l > nler collars for yearS ; that ho would
buy a $1,500 horse over the telellhono
and the next mlnuto refuse Mrs.
Hartje's request for three dollars for n
Imlr of shoes. Some of the charges of
both ! \Ir. alHl 1\1l's. Hartje cannot be
prln ted here.
Cooited His Own ! YIeals ,
Charles Carlo ] , son of 1\1rs. Eliza
Carle ] , cousin of James King Carlco ] ,
married 1\IIss lillzabeth : Stocl < lng , of
Atlanta , Ga. "Chic , " as ho was Imown ,
was n jolly good fellow. llerm'o his
marrlago ho tried newspaper worle In
plttsburg. 110 essayed a publication
similar to Town Topics , but the United
States could only stand ono such at a
time , and the Plttsburg production died
and the owner wm ; In debt. Times
went hard with him about the tlmo
ho married , and ho apparently lost all
his money , It belug tied up In legal
br lls. Either he tired of his wlfo or
she tired of him.
At any rate , ho sued for dlvorco and
told that he had endeavored to maintain -
tain the two by doing the family cookIng -
Ing In a chafing-dish In theh' IIttlo
room over In Allegheny. Ho got his
divorce , anll the next day the wlfo became -
came the wife of "Sporl" Donnelly , son
of a plttsburg millionaire.
'Whlle George Lauder Carnegie has
figured somewhat among tno plttsbUl'g
[ > rodlgas ] , his brother Coemau ] , or
"Coloy , " also n high-roller , has decided -
cided to "straighten up. " Hitherto ho
has been plllng along on $125,000 a
year without saving much of It. It Is
said that If Coleman will continuo to
straighten up his uncle Andrew will
tal\O him to Scotland and maIm a real
] alrd of him.
Frank Gae ] ' , nep ew of John H.
Guley , partner of Col. James McGuffey ,
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t1/1b I/ . .f'ED AFtfCII'CH 1-/11/0
orall ' provided. The walters wore
colonial costume3 with powdered wigs ,
and the sou\'enlrs w.ero sllv.er card-
cases. Previous to thIs , howl\'or , Mr.
Corey had emulnted othel' Plttsburg
rich men b ' figuI'lng In a swimming
party or which 1\IIss l\Jl [ .belle Gilman ,
an actress , was a member. The part .
toole place at the Plttsburg nat4ltorl'm.
There were hot birds antI cold bottles
and some \"el'Y prelt ) ' exhibitions of
plain and fanc , ' swimmln .
At this lIal.t ) ' un Infatuation (01' 1\llss
Gilman Is said to haye sprung up on
the part o ( the millionaire. An es-
t'angcment ! t'o ] , pace ] hetwe'll Mr ,
and Mrs. Core ' cupposed ] ) ' on account
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: burg , dlstlnJulshed himself by committing -
mitting a burgurr. ]
The suicide of young 'r. O'C. Jones ,
the only son of the mllllonalro steel
man o ( plttshurg , a few weeks ago , fit-
tlngy ] roullds out the record of the
) 'oung Smoly City high rollers. Ho
had lost his mind because of his ] eve
for his first cousin , a charming Pitts-
burg girl. He ] < llled hhnsrJf ! when she
married another.
This nlmost exhausts the crop at
Plltshurg's Ildel ( rouths , but there 13
a new crowll growing up. The ) ' are as
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French Chamber of Deputies Annuls
Election of Cnstellano on
Drlbcry Charge.
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Pnrls.-Deslllto n protest from the
ount the French chamber of doputles
the other da ' by 253 , 'otes against 221
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COl'N'l' BaNI D1 ( , ASTI I.LAN [ .
( Husband or Anna Gonld Ousted Cram
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docldod to Invalhlalo the eectlon ] of
Count llonl do Castellane , husbantl of
Anna Goud ] , as the deputy for the
llasses Alpes.
nereft first a ! his little American
\vlfo ntul no longer to scatter the mll-
1I0lls she brought him from the coffers
o ( Jay Gould , Count llonl fuund hlm-
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THE ADMIRAL PREFERS RARD
WORU : TO LIFE OF EASE.
Rank Makes Him Independent of
PrC9ldont or Secretary of Navy
-Is Known as n Well-
Ot'oomed Man.
Now Yorlr.-"Whnt has become of
Admiral George Dewey , and what Is
ho doing now ? "
This Inqulr ' , sent to a St. Louis
newsapm' [ , elicited the following In-
( ormation :
Talten nil In all there Is lerhals no
man In the United States In the servIce -
Ice of the government or out of It who
Is In a n ere envlabo ] IlOsltlon than
Is Admiral Dowey. Congress has
glen him the ranI" pay and allowances -
ances of an admiral of the navy , reviving -
viving the rank for his benefit. Ho Is
absolutely Independent of the secre.
tary of the navy and of the president
of the United States.
Ho cannot ho retlrell and ho cannel
bo disciplined by reduction In rani ,
or any of the other usual means em-
ployed. The place gives l1Im an annual -
nual Income of $11),1)00. ) )
If ho chose to do so he could coso
down his desle , go homo and never
turn his hand over In the way of
work , either for the navy or anyone
else , and his pay and allowances would
go on as long as ho lives ; but the
admiral prefers to worle nnd to worle
, bard.
Ho Is at the hend of the navy general -
eral board , charged with the duty of
dovlslng general pans ] for Improvement -
ment of the navy , the managenumt of
the ships , the handling of o lcers and
men , and the control of tbe great gov.
ernmont shipyards. Every day when
he Is not at scn tor the maneuvers
ho Is at his desk In his o lco or at.
tending to the meetings of the board.
Admiral Dewey Is much loved and
much respected. Ho Is n dapper little - :
tle fellow , not much mal'O than 11ve !
feet In height. His clothes fit him :
lIke the naval uniform , without crease :
or bag anywhere. I
They do say that the admiral's Chinese -
nese vaet ] has no ] ess than ! O now
suits of clothes and ten pairs of shoes
to talm care of at a time. The admiral -
miral Is not a Ihue ] , merely a well-
groomed man without seemlnl ; to have
'any ' thought of his personal appear.
ance.
ance.Ho
Ho has but one tad , If fad It maybe
bo called , and that Is his love for
anlmas. ] He has ono of the finest
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,1I0ME FOR CA'fS AT SAN FRANCISCO
D1 STnOYJ D BY PIn 1- ; .
San Franclsco.-Among the Interesting -
esting [ II aces thut the earthquake .te.
strayed in San l"ranclsco Is the $30-
000 home for cats perched high on
the slolo [ of Teegraph ] hili. ' 1'he
woman who uscd to own the house ,
a two-stor ' tl'ucture with nn attic
and sun parlor , was a great friend i
of cats. Even' heat of her heart was I
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Rolf nrrlvell nl the Ilmlt or humiliation.
when the chnmber or deputle ousted'
him from his seat and besmirched him
with Insinuations of political corruption -
tion and open c11arge8 or bribery In
bu 'lng his election.
Truly the dnpper lIttle Fronchman\ \
finds thut 1-lonoy mnles the gonUe. .
man , the lacl , of It the fellow.
Ho now has few friends , Once the
fiattored lIttle sponllthrlft of U10
bouovards ] , the pot of titled women ,
on whom ho InvlshCtl lllamonds and'
jewels until his wlfo shut err his supply
oC money , ho han sunle Into the posl-
tion of a man rldlcued ] and laughed at.1
1'ormer ; friends who fawned on him
a1\l1 reaCd ] the fruits of his sensational -
al methods a ! getting rhl or his wICo's. .
money now look Ulon him as n (001
who has permitted hhnself to bo ( ound :
out. Not until the present , however , :
\VilA nny thought ever talcon that he ,
might 11nlonomles \ enough In the :
cl1l\1nbor to throw him out of hl seat.
Now ho Is mournfl111 ' aware of howl
fm' fortune has turned against him nnd
at ono or the clubs from which he Is
not yet excluded ho declared thnt UtO
action o ( his fellow deputies wns the
result of hla "palnf1l1 family dlfficul
ties , " made publlc through his wlfo's
action for dlvorco.
How the I'reneh ; arlstocrucy regards
Count Custel1une In his nctlons Is best
sho\\'n by the fact that when he of. .
fered hlmso ] ! us a member of thq
JocI < oy club ho Was " [ ll11od" by the
largest numhor of bac1e ] balls ever 1'0-
colved by ono man. . .
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teams of driving horses In the city :
and also an ugly-looking English bull. .
dog. The dog went thtough the battle -
tle of Mnnlla Day with Dew'oy , so they :
are real bunltles.
When the admiral waa malting a.
tour of Inspection of the fieot the riog
went along and was allowed the run
of a vessel whllo bls master 'wns. '
nboard. On ono ship the admiral returned -
turned from the men's quarters just
in tlmo to encounter the do& , sailing
In most hurried faahlon from the of' :
ficers' qunrters with the toe of an
offieer's boot In hot pursuit.
Admiral Dewey was whlto with anger -
ger and surprise. In a second , when
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the captain appeared , following the direction -
rection ot the toe of bls boot , the admiral -
miral , controlll g himself as best he
could , demanded :
"Sir , what do you mean by kleklng
my dog In that manner ? "
The captain came to a awlet salute
and his face , It was noted , was as
palo and drawn with suppressed anser
as was that at the admiral. ,
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"Sir , " he said , "I would have kicked
that dog If ho had been the personal
property of the Supreme Doing ; but ,
sir , I would not have kicked him :
and did not Idee ] him , unUl he hall
chewed the legs out of two $15 pairs
of uniform trousers and ruined n deluxe
luxo edition of the Naval Rogulatlons ,
as well as killed the ship's . feline mas.
cot. "
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San Francisco Home for Felines
( or the enemy of rats and mice.
When a big Maltese was not feellns
well and had chlUs running down It =
bac1e , with a quick IIIISO ] and high
complexion , the mistress of thE
dwelling Immediately opened her med.
Iclne chest and adminlsterer.l the prop'
er remedies-everything from paregoric -
goric to squllls , The time came , how.
ever , when the old lady , who could
cure cnts , c\'en when they had fit ,
could not cure , hersolf. Then she died ,
: but the cats were not neglected.
I She lett $30,000 In cash to be used
I in behalf of the anlmas ] , who wera
given the house lor a pace ] of resi-
dence. Her will was carefully drawn
and stlpuated ] just what should bi
done and how the cats should be cared
for. Probably no pussy was eV6r morlS
astonished than when the earthqualc
came. For two blocks around Tole.
graph hill cat language Interspersed
with fur was flying In all directions.
Unfortun1tel ' , the house was do.
strayed and thQ cats not Idlled were
dispersed m'er the city In search of
( ood.