II
ENERAL SHAFTER DEAD.
.Soldier of Spanish War Fxwne Die *
I of Pneumonia.
Gevi. William R. Shatter , retired ,
I who lead been ill for more than a.
( week with pneumonia , died Monday
afternoon at the ranch of his son-In-
Jaw , © apt W. H. McKittridz , twenty
miles from Bakersfleld , Cal. At hla
i > edsidc when the end came were Cap-
iain and Mrs. McKIttrlck , Miss Carrie
Iledmon-d , Mrs. Courtright and Capt
.James W. Shafter.
William Rufus Shafter was born at
dalesburg , Mich. , on Oct. 16 , 1835. His
father was a farmer. Shafter taught
school three years before the outbreak
of the Civil War. Then he entered the
Seventh Michigan Volunteers as first
lieutenant. He was consecutively ma
jor of the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry
I
try , lieutenant colonel of the Seven
teenth United States negro regiment
nd brevet brigadier general. He entered
I
tered the regular army as lieutenant
colonel in January , 1SG6. In March ,
N. SHAFTEB.
186T , he received a congressional medal
of honor for biavery at the battle of
IF air' Oaks. He was assigned to the
Twenty-fourth Infantry as its colonel
iin 18G9.
He became brigadier general in 1897
nnd was assigned to command the De
partment of California. When war
nvith Spain came Gen. Shafter was
-made major general of volunteers and
-sent to Cuba to command the American
forces. Hewas retired June 30 , 190L
MEETS THE REPORTERS.
Eddy Gives a Formal , Frcnr-
ransejd Interview.
A formal , prearranged interview waa
siveu to eleven reporters from Boston
and New York by Mary Baker G. Eddy ,
the venerable founder nnd leader of the
* /hriatian Science church at Pleasant
Ticvr , her Concord ( N. H. ) home , for the
purpose of disproving recent statements
ito the effect that she was totally incapaci
tated by age or disease , or both. The
statement had been made that a Miss Pa-
ntelia Leonard , a Brooklyn healer , had
I A "been impersonating the Chr'stian Science -
ence lender on her drives. Several ques
tions had been agreed upon to be put to
Mrs. Eddy , but the reports conflicted as
tto her hearing when these questions had
Iboco. put to her by the appointed spokes-
woman. To the first question , "Are you
'in perfect health ? " Mrs. Eddy replied ,
-with a bow , "Indeed I am , " speaking
5n a deep , level tone of voice , but with a
slight quiver. To the next question ,
" 'Have you any other physician than
Sod ? " she replied : "No physician but
Sod. His everlasting arms are about
-anc ; that is enough. " As she said this
she turned toward the door , in front of
which her carriage was waiting. In reply -
-ply to the question , "Dp you drive daily ? "
: she said s : * ply , "Yes. " The fourth ques
tion , "Have you management of your own
-affairs ? " was unanswered. She walked
iiloug the width of the piazza , but her
fhanda shook ns with a slight palsy when
: she was helped into the carriage. Edward -
ward M. Pierson , secretary of state of
iNow Hampshire , was present with the
reporters to positively identify Mrs.
TEddy , whom he had known for many
; yeara. He issued a statement that it
sras Mrs. Eddy , and that she appeared
to keep her faculties. An official of the
"household said that the gates of Pleasant
View henceforth would be closed to the
Arorld forever. All agreed the aged wom
an showed her 86 years in marked de
r-sree , and that she was extremely weak.
U. S. FARM VALUES.
.Prediction < Iial Great Increase ol
Pn.vt o Years Will Be Maintained.
A very large addition to the wealth of
± 5ae nation has been made during the past
five. years from the rise in farm values.
According to a circular issued by the
Department of Agriculture , based on 45-
000 answers to its inquirers , it is esti
mated that throughout the whole country
farm land lias increased more than 38 per
- cnt in value since 1900. The last census
placed the total valae of all farms in the
United States at $20,439,000,000 , so thaE
-chc ineroasp Fince then , if the estimate of
she Agricultural Department is correct , is
nearly eight billions of dollars.
Ajnong the reasons given for the rise In
farm values are rural free delivery , elec-
-fcric railways , good roads , the movement
-ef townspeople to the country , better and
4heap ° r transportation and market facili
ties , Jii-d better methods of farming. Most
-r all of these conditions are likely to per
sist , so that a continued increase in farm
la.nda from these influences may be safely
- dtintcd upon. Good crops , better prices
for farm products and investment in farm
lands by persons who are not farmers are
> ther causes for increase in the value of
the lands , but these are more or less fic-
titions and temporary. The past dacade
"has been a most bountiful period for the
Tarmers of the United States.
A Wireless Telephone.
A lieutenant of the Swedish army is
-credited with having evolved a practical
-wireless telephone , and the Swedish pa
pers announce that a public demonstra
tion will be given next month at Copen
hagen.
Standard Oil a Peddler.
The State of Louisiana , through its
tax collector , has zegnn action against the
' tndard Oil Company to compel it to
take out license as peddler for the past
tihree years and pay fees to the amount
oE $3,500.
1794 Timothy Pickering of Massa
chusetts became Postmaster General
of United States.
1799 Bonaparte declared first consul.
1S14 Gen. Jackson , with 2,000 Tennes
see militia , drove the British from
Pensacola.
ISIS Smith Thompson of New York be
came Secretary of the Navy.
1828 Siege of Silistria raised.
1837 Riot at Alton , III. ; E. P. Lovejoy
killed.
1853 President Pierce turned first sod
of Washington aqueduct.
1859 Treaty of Zurich signed.
18G1 Federal naval and military forces ,
under Commodore Dupont and Gen.
Sherman , captured forts at Port
Royal entrance.
1SG4 Gen. McClellan resigned his com
mand in the army.
1SG7 First woman's suffrage society
formed in England.
1SG9 Holborn Viaduct , London , opened.
1871 Apache Indians attacked stage
near Wickenburg , Arizona , and
killed six passengers , among them
F. W. Loring , the author.
1S73 Captain and crew of the Virginius
executed at Santiago de Cuba.
1875 Steamer City of Waco burned oC
Galveston bar.
1S7G Centennial Exposition , Philadel
phia , closed ; total admissions , 9,799-
392.
1SSO Sarah Bernhart made her Ameri
can debut at Booth's theater , New
York.
1SS9 President proclaimed Montana a
State of the Union Roman Cath
olic centenary in A'merlca celebrated
at Baltimore.
1S90 British torpedo boat Serpent
wrecked on Spanish coast ; 173 lives
lost Revolt against President
Brogan in Honduras suppressed.
1S92 Dynamite explosions caused by
anarchists in Paris.
1S93 Thirty persons killed and injured
by anarchist's bomb in Barcelona
theater F. H. Weeks of New
York , embezzler of $1,000,000 , sent
to Sing Sing prison.
1895 Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and
Duke of Marlborough married in
New York.
1S97 Attempted assassination of Presi
dent Morales of Brazil. . . .United
States , Russia and Japan signed
treaty for protection of seals in
, Behring Sea.
1S9S Theodore Roosevelt elected Gov
ernor of New York. . .Turkish troops
in Crete forcibly removed by Russian
admiral.
1S99 U. S. cruiser Charleston wrecked'
on coast of Luzon , Philippine Islands
Admiral George De'vrey married
to Mrs. Mildred H. Hazcn at Wash
ington , D. C.
1900 Canadian parliamentary elections
carried by a Liberal majority.
1D01 Li Hung Chang , Chinese states
man , died in Pekin United States.
and Great Britain signed Isthmian
canal treaty.
1902 Reciprocity treaty between Unit
ed States and Newfoundland signed
. . . . Spanish cabinet resigned.
1903 President Roosevelt sent to Con
gress his message on Cuba United
States recognized Panama govern
ment.
1905 British squadron , commanded by
Prince Louis of Battenberg , visited
New York.
George Westinghouse , the inventor , has
received the degree of doctor of engi
neering from the Technical university of
Berlin.
Dr. Alexander Petrnnkevitch , head of
the department of zo-ology at the Indiana
university , is a member of the Russian
nobility.
The senior officers in each department
of stndy at Yale have had their salaries
raised to $4,000 for the year. This af
fects thirty-five professorships.
The health officer of Cleveland , Ohio ,
has forbidden the use of slates and
sponges in the primary grades of tha pub-
lie schools on the ground that they are
unsanitary.
The woman's college of Baltimore has
appointed Miss Caroline Shawe as pur
veyor for the college , a new office , the
duties of which are to have ckarge of the
scientific and sanitary administration o
the entire establishment.
A new metric chart , representing geographical
graphical measures of the international
metric system of weights and measures
has been prepared by the bureau of stand
ards of the Department of Commerce and
Labor and will be furnished free to any
school in which the system is taught.
W. L. Schlater has been appointed di
rector of the museum of Colorado col
lege. For four years he was deputy su
perintendent of the Indian museum iu
Calcutta and for ten years director oi
the Sonth African museum at Cape Town.
He has published a series of volumes oi
the fauna of South Afr1
TO IICtHT OIL TETJ8T.
SUIT IS BEGUN AGAINST STANDARD -
ARD COMPANY.
Attodaer General Moody 3t rt Er -
eeedlngrs in St. Liouin Under tne
Sfcerman Act AKO.ia.ttt Parent zrft < J
Seventy ConatUncnt Oorporationa.
Attomesr General Moody , actfng
tferoagli the resident United States dis
trict attorney , began proceedings
Thursday against
the Standard Oil
of Now Jersey un
der the Sherman
anti-trust act by
filing in the United
States Circuit
Court at St. Louis
a petition in equity
against it and its
seventy constituent
corporations and
w. H. AIOODY. partnerships and
seven individual defendants. The At
torney General asks that the combina
tion be declared unlawful and that it
be enjoined from entering any contract
or combination in restraint of trade.
The following statement was pre
pared and made public by Attorney
General Moody :
"In June , by direction of the Presi
dent , Messrs. Kellogg and Morrison
were appointed by me special assistant
attorneys general to act with Assistant
to the Attorney General Purdy to
make an investigation of the relations
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey tothe business of refining ,
transporting , distributing and selling
oil throughout the United States ; to
ascertain all the facts , and to report
whether or not in their opinion there
has been a violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law by the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey or the per
sons or corporations associated with or
managing it. Counsel have completed
that duty and the report of their in
vestigation has received careful con
sideration by the President and kis
Cabinet
Charges Set Forth by Moody.
"The information available to the de
partment tends to show :
That the various corporations and lim
ited partnerships under the control , in
the manner hereinafter stated , of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
produce , transport and sell about 90 per
cent of the refined oil produced , trans
ported and sold in the United States for
domestic use , and about the same pro
portion of refined oil exported from the
United States.
That this share of the business has
been procured by a course of action
which , beginning in 1870 , has continued
nnder the direction of the same persons ,
in the main , down to the present time.
That these persons now surviving arr
John D. Rockefeller , William Rockefel
ler , Henry H. Rogers , Henry M. Fligbr ,
John D. Archbold , Oliver H. Payne and
Charles M. Pratt.
That the design throughout of ( he
persons baring control of the enterprise
has been to suppress competition in the
production , transportation and sale of re
fined oil , and to obtain , as far as possible ; ,
a monopoly therein.
That between 1870 and 1SS2 the ce-
sign was effected through agreements
made between many pel-sons and corpora
tions engaged in this business.
That during the seven years following
the same individual defendants , as a ma
jority of the liquidating trustees , were
pretending to liquidate the trust , but as
a matter of fact were managing all of tha
corporations in the same way and exer
cising the same control over them.
That the individual defendants , in 1S99 ,
increased the stock of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey from $10,000,000
to $110,000,000 ; that said company was
then a producing and selling corporation ,
and that they added to its corporate pow
ers the power of purchasing stock in oth
er companies and practically all of th ?
powerg exercised by the trustees und- the
unlawful trust agreement of 1882.
That the Standard Oil Company of
Ncvr Jersey , then taking the place of the
trustees , acquired all of the stock of
the corporations theretofore held and con
trolled by the trustees , paying therefor
by the issue of its own shares in * r-
change ; that the president of the boar'l
of trustees became the president of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ,
and that the same persons ( the individual
defendants ) who had directed the busi
ness of the trust then assumed the direc
tion of the business of the Standard OU
Company of New Jersey , and ever since
have continued it.
That the purpose and effect oi the
use of the Standard Oil Company of Nsw
Jersey as a holding company was precise
ly the same as the purpose and effect of
the appointment of the trustees hereinbe
fore referred to namely , to suppress
competition between the corporations and
limited partnerships whose stock was first
held by the trustees and then by the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
That by the foregoing methods , aided
by the establishment of railroad rates for
transportation which discriminated in fa
vor of the corporations whose stock was
held by the holding company , that com
pany has been enabled to obtain , in large
sections of the country , a monopoly of
the sale of refined oil , with the result
that the prices to the consumer withi' .
the territory where the monopoly prevails-
are very much higher than within th <
territory where competition to some ex
tent still exists.
John D. Rockefeller Indicted.
John D. Rockefeller , M. G. Vila.-
treasurer of the Standard Oil Con
pany of Ohio ; J. M. Robertson , seen
tary , and H. P. Mclntosh , dirtf-to
were indicted at Findlay by the gran
jury , before which the recent oil ii
quiry was reopened by County Prosed
tor David. Bench warrants for Rock
feller and the others indicted wre h
sued immediately and placed in tl
hands of Sheriff Groves.
Advertise In this pap
Birmingham ( Ala. ) carpenters hare
obtained an increase in wages of 5 cents
an hour.
Piano piate molders of Cleveland- Ohio ,
have obtained a 10 per cent advance on
piece prices.
The newly organized Harness Makers'
Union at Seattle , Wash. , has enforced
the nine-hour day.
Boston ( Mass. ) BiH Posters and Bill-
ers' Union has begun a campaign to have
next year's convention held in that city.
Organized labor in Brockton , Mass. ,
numbers 25,000 , of which 13,000 are
affiliated with the Shoe Workers' Union.
Organized labor in Alabama will try to
effect the repeal of the anti-boycott law
at the coming session of the Legislature.
Iron molders at Portland , Me. , have
gained 25 cents a day increase on the
minimum rate of wages and a nine-hoar
workday.
Augusta ( Ga. ) textile workers have re
duced their hours from sixty-six to sixty-
three hours a week and obtained a slight
increase in wages.
Newark ( N. J. ) trade unionists are to
have a labor temple. In the same city
a subscription of $30,000 has been raised
to start a daily labor paper.
New York hod hoisting engineers have ,
within a decade , reduced weekly hours-of
labor from fifty-three to forty-four , and
gained advance in daily wages from
$3.50 to $5.
Fifteen hundred San Francisco ( Cal. )
mill workers have gone on a strike , caus
ing thirty planing mills to shut down and
reducing the oatpnt of building materials
SO per cent.
The attempt to resuscitate the British
Agricultural Laborers' Union is making
some progress , but it will take a long
time to bring it to the position it occu
pied in the seventies.
From the institution of strike benefits ,
'
in April , 1891 , to June 30 , 3906 , the International -
ternational Association of Machinists has
paid out $1,018,697.40 , and for death
benefits , since April , 1898 , $110,976.10.
Iron molders of Victoria , B. C. , have
obtained a written agreement with the
foundrymen for the coming year , which
gives an advance of 25 cents a day , mak
ing the present minimum $3.75 for nine
hours.
The Builders' Exchange League o (
Pittsburg , Pa. , has declared for the open
shop , or merit system , as it is termed.
This action will affect all workmen whose
labor goes into the construction of build
ings of all kinds in Allegheny county.
Birmingham ( England ) iron workers
are reported to be submitting loyally to
the new 2 % per cent reduction in a mill-
man's wages and 3 pence a ton in pud-
dlers' , occasioned by the new average sell
ing price , although an increase had been
expected. '
Another test of the federal eight-hour
law was tron by the government at Cin
cinnati , when the jury found the Sheri
dan-Kirk Contracting Company guilty in
the Ohio river dam at Fern Bank. Em
ployment agencies said it was impossible
to get men at the wages offered for an
eight-hour day.
Painters' district council of eastern
Massachusetts recently elected a commife-
tee to discuss a uniform wage scale and
working rules project for the men of all
the unions of the entire metropolitan dis
trict. Jan. 1 was the date mentioned at
the last meeting as that on which the
agreement would be presented.
The total number of employes of each
nationality on the sugar plantations of
Hawaii in 1905 was : Japanese , 31,753 ;
Chinese , 4,409 ; Korean , 4,683 ; Portu
guese , 3,005 ; Hawaiian , 1,452 ; Porto
Ilican , 1,907 ; Caucasian , excepting Portu
guese and Porto Rican , 1,006 ; negro ,
South Sea Islanders and others , 32.
A decision rendered by Judge Rosalsky
of New York hcrfds that two members of
thfi typographical union convicted on the
charge of disorderly conduct for approach
ing non-union men upon the street were
not guilty , as charged , as magistrates had
no jurisdiction , and as there was no such
crime defined in the criminal code.
In the first six months of this year
the changes in rates of wages in the
United Kingdom resulted in a net in
crease of about 26,000 in weekly wages ,
in which 843,000 workpeople have partici
pated ; these advances have been chiefly
in the textile , coal mining , engineering
and shipbuilding industries. In the cor
responding period of last year there was
a net decrease in wages of 9,800 a week ,
some 305,300 workpeople being invited.
Demands for higher wages and shorter
hours are being made by the heads of
many railway labor unions , and the offi
cials of various eastern trunk lnes ; have
engaged in conference with the union
leaders in the hope of adjusting the diffi
culties amicably. The railroad managers
attribute the demand of their employes to
prosperous times , and there is a disposi
tion to meet these demands half way. On
the Southern railway about 700 to 800
men are on strike for higher wages , as
President Spencer was unwilling to meet
their demands. B. F. Yoakum of the
Rock Island says that an unusual demand
for labor has been created by active busi
ness conditions.
Arlcnnsn Fines PackingCompany. .
The State of Arkansas has won a no
table victory in its campaign against the
packing company , Jndge Winfield of Lit
tle Rock sustaining the motion that the
Hammond Packing Company be fined
$10,000 because the officers of the com
pany failed to testify before the commis
sioner in the recent Chicago hearing.
Usnrer'.s Fortnne to Charity.
The fortune accumulated by the late
Sam Lewis , prominent money lender of
London , England , which is estimated at
about $15,000,000 , will now be distribut
ed to charity , owing to the death of his
widow , Mrs. Sam Lewis-Hill. About
54,250,000 will go to the King's hospital
ind $7,000.000 for the establishing of
Iwellings for the poor. Lewis , who lent
uoney to the highest in the land , used to
< ay his motto was , "I lend to the Lord
nd I give to poor , " and it is claimed
hat Ws princely bequests seem to prove
truth of his words.
During the present American occu
pation of Cuba the government is to
be conducted as if it wore independent
of the United States , although in point
of fact it will be directed by the Bu
reau of Insular Affairs of the War De
partment When Governor Magoon
wishes to communicate with the bureau
he will send his message to the Cuban
Secretary of State , who in turn will
forward it to the Cuban minister ii <
Washington. The Cuban minister will
hand it over to the American Secretary
of State , and he in turn will deliver
it to the Secretary of War. Finally ,
the chief of tha Bureau of Insular
Affairs will receive the document , reply
to it and place it on file , properly mark
ed. This roundabout process is adopt
ed to keep the record straight , but
there is a more direct method of com
munication in use , so that the Bureaii
knows what the message contains , and
has an answer prepared before the
formal document reaches it by way
of "Robin Hood's barn. "
*
Plans for the pr.dposad giant battle
ship have been submitted to the secre
tary of the navy by constructors who.
have availed themselves of the oppor
tunity to compete for the floating for
tress. Very little is known of any
plans for the gigantic ship , which , it
Is assumed , will have a displacement o.f
at least 20,000 tons. All plans are to
be submitted to Congress , which is to
pass on the navy department's action.
Indefiniteness marked every part of the
appropriation bill relating to the new
warship , which is described by the bill
as "a first-class battle ship , carrying
as heavy armor and as powerful arma
ment as any known vessel e.f its class ,
to have the highest practicable speed
and greatest practicable radius of ac
tion and to cost , exclusive of armament
and armor , not exceeding $6,000,000. "
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It seems strange , and not altogether
pleasing , that the United States govern
ment , as represented in the Navy De
partment , should be obliged to go into
the show busines to encourage enlist
ments. The latest and most successful
scheme is the moving-picture machine
which shows the life of the bluejacket
on shipboard , and some of it on land.
The advertising value of the plan lies
in the readiness and completeness by
which it enables the recruiting officers
to give applicants or possible applicants
an accurate idea of their duties and
pleasures. It is especially efficacious
in the West , where less is known about
life at sea. A recruiting party in Ne
braska lately displayed the moving pic
tures to a crowd of fifteen thousand
people.
Plans have now been submitted by
the bureau of construction of the navy
department , which , if approved , will
give the United States the most potvcr-
ful battle ship in the world. One plan
contemplates a 20,000-ton ship , and the
other a 25,000-ton vessel. If cither
plan is adopted , a battery of 10 or 12
Inch guns will be so arranged on cen
ter line as io give a broadside of all
the guns.
* _
Attorney General Moody has in
structed District Attorney Devlin to
assist counsel for the Japanese resi
dents of San Francisco in bringing in
junction proceedings in the Circuit
Court to compel the board of education
to allow Japanese subjects to attend
any school in the city. President All-
man insists that he will obey the State
laws , which require separate schools
for the orientals.
" " "
Proposals have been submitted to the
Postmaster General by the American
Bank Note Company of New York for
furnishing stamps and stamp books for
the next four years at 5-1000ths dollars
per thousand , whereas the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing , operated by
the Government , bid 57-1000ths dollars
per thousand. For special delivery
stamps the company asked 10 cents and
the bureal 15.6 cents.
For the year 1906 , according to the
report of Auditor Layton of the State
Department , receipts from the consular
service have exceeded expenditures
$19,722. This is the first time in six
teen years that this service has been oil
a self-supporting basis. Under the new
law consuls receive more pay , but are
required to turn all fees into the treas
ury.
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In the postoffice department building
at Washington the largest American
flag in the world has just been unfurl
ed. When it was suspended from a ca
ble at the seventh floor across the in
ner courts 2,500 employes joined in
singing , "The Star Spangled Banner. "
The flag is 50 feet long by 30 feet
wide.
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The State Department announced
that James L. Gerry , chief of the cus
toms division of the Treasury Depart
ment , and N. J. Stone , tariff experts
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor , will accompany Census Direc
tor North to Berlin to confer with Ger
man tariff experts regarding changes
in our customs administration. The
object is to ascertain what It Is that
the German manufacturers expect of
os In the way of concessions under
their new tariff system
JOIIH D. KOCKEFELLER.
ANNA GOULD DIVORCED.
Connt Hoiii Lo.tcx , and "Wife and For *
tune Are Gone Forever.
Final separation from home and i -
como is the cruel fate meted out by
French justice to Count Bom do G * -
tellane , the wife-beating spendtkrtft
who Irad won the affcctidn and BorUaao
| of Jay Gould's daughter and
"
"dissipated both. The decision ,
jfl divorce without even an "
"
"allowance , " handed down in Paris by
the Tribune of the First Instance o < fc
Seine. Jndge Ditte presiding , give *
'Counters de Castellane the custody C
her children , who , however , may not b ®
taken from France without the < & * -
sent of tlieic father.
The end of the famous case cams
suddenly. The court hrushed aside tto
demand of the court's lawyers foe a
examination of witnesses , and , as -
pected , the puhlic prosecutor did not
even ask to l > c heard. In granting the
conntoss the custody of her childre *
tlie court allowed the count only tiw
usual rights to see them and share tm
ihe control of their education , which
was not contested. The count is giresi
* he right to see the children at state *
3 > eriods at the home of their grand
mother , and to keep them a moath Ma
nually during the holidays.
Boni's demand for an "alimentary al
lowance of $50,000 annually" was pro
nounced by the court to be withoit
foundation in law and was rejected.
The only point decided in the hmsbaadte
THE IHVO3CED PAIK.
favor was the order that the countess
, may not take the children from Franca
. ( without their father's consent The
count appointed the president o tike
chamber of notaries to liquidate the af
fairs of the husband and wife. Tl
judgment was given with costs agntawt
the count.
Anna Gould , youngest daughter * f
the late Jay Gould , was married to
Count Ernest Boniface de Castellan * ,
eldest son of the Marquis de Oasbellane ,
at the New York home of her brother ,
George J. Gould , March 4 , 1895 , ti
late Arcubishop Corrigan officiating.
Miss Gould's dowry was understood to
have been $18,000,000 , and it was state *
that her income was § 000,000 a year.
Immediately -after the marriage the
couple left the United States ftxr
France , where the extravagant manarer
in whiok they lived attracted attri
tion. About five years after the mar
riage Count and Countess do OasteUaes
were reported to be financially embar
rassed , it being alleged that the count
shad spent about $7,000,000 of his wife's
money. An adjustment of the affairs
of the couple became necessary anS
considerable litigation followed , witk
the result that the Gould family inter-
Tened and the income of the countess
was reduced to $200,000. Feb. 5 of tire
present year Countess do Castellane -
tered a plea for divorce. The three
children of the Castellanes are George , .
Boni and Jay , the youngest being tfee
namesake of his mother's father.
Humorous Nevra Notes.
Japan is for the open school door.
That $75,000,000 soap trust sounds
like a bubble.
Ohio has knocked the piers from unfec-
the Bridge Trust.
They will have to stop naking curraxt
jelly ont of cows' hoofs.
Cuba wakes up with a headache , emty
pockets and owing money.
What we really need is government
ownership of Congressmen.
The wild automobile is one thiag that
doesn't discriminate in favor of the mill
ionaire.
Philadelphia indulges in the kin * of
dramatic criticism the hens lay.
Gov. Magoon is going to clean Cuba-
up if the cyclone don't do it for him.
Germany ate 1,568 dogs and 81,312
horses last year. This is enough to giy *
Chicago a jealous fit.
The skeleton of a horse 40 feet high has
been found in Wyoming. They'd be won
ders in a steeplechase.
As long as we get ever a million immi
grants a year the race suicide movemwfc
doesn't seriously affect the cens" ? re
turns.
