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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER; SSV 1911.
A GREATER RICHMOND THROUGH A
BETTER GOVERNMENT.
United for the progress of Rich?
mond, more then 300 representative
citizens met at the Business Men's
Club last night to discuss and hear
discussed the plan for a better gov?
ernment for Richmond. No more con?
vincing evidence of the line quality of
our citizenship could have been pre?
sented than the unanimous and en?
thusiastic spirit shown at the meet?
ing. There was nothing half-hearted,
nothing pessimistic about the ussein- I
blugo, which, for almost three hours,
listened to the plan for a gredtei
Richmond through a better govern?
ment. Every good thing sirid about
the city, every suggestion for Us im?
provement, every declaration of faith I
in Richmond, evoked the tinging up- '
proval of those assembled, borne went
to the meeting with the idea that it
would b6 a conference of a handful of
straggling reformers and malcontents,
peppered with a booster hero and
there, but It waB not It was a gen
oral outpouring of Richmond's best
citizens?men representing all lines of
activity?business men, college pro?
fessors, lawyers, physicians, traveling
men, city officials, State olllclals, Coun
cilrnen. ministers, artisans, mechanics
?men of many different walks, but
united for their city's welfare.
It was a meeting unanimous In sen?
timent. There was not a single pro?
test against tho new plan, no knocker
arose to Inject conjunctions and inter- |
rogations. As Councilman Pollock so ,
happily said, the knockers had at last !
come Into the fold; class und caste and
creed have been fused by civic spirit
Into one body moving forward.
The new plun was dl.sctissed fully
ana frankly. Mayor Richardson opened
the, discussion by sta ting what all now
concede to be a fact?that our form
of city government Is "antiquated."
"We cannot under our present form of
government obtain tho very best re?
sults by the very best administration,"
he declared. A simpler form is needed
In which there will be centralisation
of responsibility. ThlB demands no
radical change, but is simply a rever?
sion to the old principle that tho leg?
islative and administrative departments
of government should be wholly sepa?
rated. The Mayor clearly pointed out
the detects in the present ?government
i,f the. city, showing how wellnigh in?
terminable delay Is brought about, how
authority Is decentralized, how ward
rivalry defeats city prosperity. His
unqualified Indorsement to tho city ad- I
minisiratlvc board proposition was
given by the Mayor, who believes in
h centralization of authority and tc
? ponslbillty. 1
In a vl^ofreusjoaddress, City Attorney !
T'ollard'* c??mploned the new plan in
us entirety, believing that the meet?
ing labt night betokens "greul good
to the city." His was a timely warn?
ing, however?this Is a light, "no
iislit with cornstalks," but a tight
against determined men who do not
want progressive municipal methods
in Richmond "Put your shoulders to
the wheel and push,'' he urged, and his
advice should be heeded by all those
who back the new plan. Mr Pollard.
Charles V, Meredith and Henry W.
Rotintreo put their lingers on many
Haws in the present foi m ot city gov?
ernment of Richmond, showing that it
is not cohesive or co-operative and
that it U contradictory.
They made it dear tli;:t the elt>
i ItotilJ be operated upon business prln'
clples, but by business men who have
nothing elsb to do but attend to l|io
affairs of tho city, and not by business
men who have little time lo tin any?
thing but attend to their private bus?
iness. They forged a ein in of fuel*.
Illustration, showing thai the present
form of government is wasteful, dila?
tory and cumbersome, but they all
stressed the point that the fault is ridt
nt the door of the Council members, but
at the door of the form of government
< mploye'd,
Councilman Pollock spoke it pol?
itic new plan to become n politician
lor the time bring aiid work political!,
for the plan until Its success is assured.
If only the citizens Interested will
insist that their representatives Iii ihc
Council carefully lnvestlguti t!., plan,
that will be all that Is necessary, foi
rs Mr. Pollock well ?a!d, "no m, who
carefully Investigates tM* pi. n
oppose it." If the citizens ir.
? will actively support t\,- plan ? . -.
tlon will be assured, and . ..
? Ion, in the words of Mr. 1 |;.,
absolutely necessu.-y foi welfare
of the cily." Councilman Lynch m
fiimitar vein. Insisted that e.vrrj hi ,..
of . the plan should qualify lo vole h< -
? cause it Is the duty of ever; r ,,.,,\
Izen and every good btisim a,...; ;..
vote and see lo It that his . ,o;.|, .
vole. No one fpKe to deny hi. '?..;?(...,
thai half those iVrCEepI were not .... |.
Hied voters. And when In- .-aid, i di'm'i
Pay M.n'y attention lo an;.; imiij who
h"/)ii'i a vote,': he cjpresse?! the aiti
iv,.. ? i :
l?de of most Councilman. Moral: to
got a Councilman's ear, first be sure
you've not a vote.
Ono of tho most striking things
about tho meeting was thnt there was
no disposition to criticize the members
of the present or past Councils. TJSero
was genoral agreement that the city
legislative body had been unusually
free from charges ot misconduct. Im?
propriety or graft. This fact lilted In
well with the opinion of Henry W.
Uountrec thnt the best way to boom
n city Is lo boom Its government. II
was the same speaker who urged that
adoption of the now plat) of City gov?
ernment and Its successful operation
would boost Richmond as nothing else
could. There is no reason why the
city government of Richmond should!
not become a model for other cities
to follow, an.! when that model has
been fashioned, the progress and pros?
perity of Richmond will be speeded u*
ncvor before. More businesslike gov?
ernment means bigger business for tho
City, und bigger business for the city
means the greater Richmond toward
which all our cyrs are turned.
1 t\hep rite TiiKASi HEit'S opi'ice
open.
I Richmond has suffered from lack of
representation of her voting list
partly by renson of the poll tax and
partly from natural unwillingness to
take up the burdens of citizenship. '
The voting population of this city has
shrunk while the lux-p.-ylng. wealth
producing, bank-depositing number of
citizens has waxed great and numer?
ous.
Now, thl6 difference in Rrowth. or
rather this actual going backwards in
the number of voters, while the popu?
lation of the city at large has bo
greatly increased, Is a convincing'
proof either that the Interest of the
citizens In politics has greatly de
creased, and Is decreasing, or that tho ;
burdens on exercising Hie right of j
voters arc too heavy. The Times
Dispatch Inclines to llie belief that I
there is a great deul of truth In both i
of these explanations
Certainly there Is sulliciciit cxplana- j
tion In much of the falling off of !
voters to bo found in the single fact
that the Treasurer's olllcc elos-s at an
hour when it Is impossible for many
voters to appear and pay their poll
taxes
A man who is thoroughly informed
as to tho voting conditions In Rich?
mond la authority for the stalcmont
that at least 2.U0? citizens would reg?
ister If the Treasurer's office is kept
open in the evenings, so as to make It
possible for the worklngmcn and
those whose occupation confines them
very closely, to pay their taxes after
0 o'clock.
Tho city ol Richmond runs the
Treasurer's office for the benefit of tho
city and the citizens. That Is why
every effort should be made to run
that office so ns to reawaken tho In?
terest of the voters and increase tho
number of those who show their in?
terest by active participation In city
elections. Klrsl the voters must be
placed on the rolls, and many arc left
Off because tho door Is shut.
The Treasurer's olllcc should be kept
open:
SVRROUXDISU IM BARK1SES.
Both sides to the civil war in China,
for such the "rebellion" Iihs come to
be, arc said to dread Intervention of
the powers as the result ot the antl
t'oieign demonstratio!! in Shen-SI,
j should details prove that demonstra
I tion to have extended beyond the one
or two sporadic murders so far re?
ported. And well they may. for onco
the native, blood lust against the "for?
eign devils'' shall have been whetted
to its usual intensity, there is no tell?
ing when and In what the welter
would cud.
I There could hardly be else for the j
j powers to do than repeat their "pro- I
j tectlon interference" in the Boxer j
[ movement But it is not likely that
Hie conclusion of-this would be the
same at in 1900?-withdrawal after tho
expedition bad accomplished the work
Of pacification, without the partition
e-f the empire. Quite the contrary,
I since then Germany is more firmly
I than ever established in her control
of Kluo-Chou, and her Interests have
vastly increased, and her sphere of
influence has greatly expanded in Unit
| uuurter. Moreover, she bus replaced
: with u rirst-ciass naval establishment
tie ff\\ "old tubs" the Kaiser situ out
in command of bis sailor brother to
I initugiirs tc a in n llanscutlc era of
i.e i .nan commercial development,
i 1 ranee, which made a grab In south
? fit China following tho murder of u
missionary, is easting covetous eyes
: in the direction ol territory between
bei present possessions and ihe upper
leaches of the Yung-Tse Klang, the
greatest commercial artery of Chlnti.
, Also - h i. In a position to throw a
1 rene11 in n Iii,in V'.itmau across tho
border >" twenty-foui' hours, a Btralc
gii railway being uvullablu for tin;
J purpose.
That Great Britain had her zone of
occupation ruarkod oul in eastern
China In 1000, when, through the In
(lu it,-:., and good offices ol Secretary
II.,.-, the preservation of tho integrity
of the empire was agreed upon. Is well
;.'known. Mon recently] us again Is
ivcil 1 noi ii< sin his bet n sti stilly a tig
: inetiting li< i facilities tor entering
i hlna by I lit hack doioy through
i ...et. from India. flussla is planted
in northern and Japan In southern
M:ii,i Irina, the former longing to ex?
tend further h< r beneficent and pat?
ronizing blind over Mongolia und Chl
Turkostah, the latter burning
i d< in- for Car East hegemony:
mid while it i? true Unit both e.f these
nations uro c;nph(?iioally pledged
have each glveii/n pledge to tho other
?against intervening In the affairs, of
A .... ?
or territorial spoliation of their neigh?
bor, both may find It conveniently Im?
possible to Keep the pledgo, ob nations,
when opportuno occasions have arisen,
have done aforetime. Surrounded thus
as China Is on all four sides by Bark
lses. more or less willing, It Is obvi?
ous that we have a third factor of
the Chinese problem, which. In the
event of the antlforelgn crusade'b
spreading, may prove, as affecting her
future, far more serious than any pos?
sible outcome of the Internal strife In
Itself
TUB YEAR'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
On June 30 the Interstate Commerce
Commission completed a year's record
of railroad accidents, under the law of
May C. 1910, requiring more detailed
reports from tin railways than weru
made previously. The Bureau of Rail- J
way Economics, commenting upon this
record, says that b'it nlnoty-six pas- j
sengers wore killed In the yeur by
lault of the rullroads. The total num?
ber of passengers hilled was 35U,
against 121 In l'JIO and 335 in 1909.
The analysis of the bureau regards
Bs passengers killed through accidents'
tor which railways were not responsi?
ble eighteen passengers on freight
trains, llfty-seven newsboys, express or
mall clerks and Pullman employes and ;
IS5 "passengers coming In contact with j
obstructions, getting on and off enrs,
being run over In yards and on cross?
ings." There seems to be a rather I
technical distinction as to who Is a I
passenger, but greater care by the
lullroaiis is demonstrated by tho fact
that the total number of passengers
hilled In 1911 was less than In 1910.
The whole number of employes killed
In the year, 3.60L', is divided by the
bureau Into l,l!01 through accidents for
which the railways "may bavo been
responsible." and -MOl for which they
were not responsible. The largest item
In the "not responsible" classification
was l,L'17 killed "by being struck or
run over by engines or cars in yards,
at crossings and elsewhere." That
means, apparently, that yards and
crossings uro not as safe as they might
be. Five thousand two hundred and
eighty-four "trespassers" and 1,154
other persons, not passengers or em?
ployes, were killed In tho year, and
that should be a warning to the peo
plo who accept tho penalty of trespass
by walking on railroad tracks.
.4 BUSINESS CLUB THAT COUNTS.
No more successful meeting of the j
representative men of Richmond has
beon held for many a day than that
it the Business Men's Club last night,
when hundreds of "the citizens gathered
to hear the new plan of government
for the city discussed. Everybody left
that meeting more Interested In Rich?
mond and mere committed to work for
its welfare. From the beginning to
the end there wsb displayed a spirit i
of civic enthusiasm which will have
no small practical result In the pro?
gress of the city.
It wan the unselfish entorprlso of the
Business Men's Club which was re?
sponsible for the success of the gath?
ering. That strong organization was
the host of the evening, and every?
body was made to feel at home as one j
of h great many working to a common
end?a greater Richmond. It was a
pleasant occasion whloh brought to?
gether in a pleasant woy a great body
of citizens of serious mind and serious
purpose, and. In effecting this; thu Busi?
ness Men's Club demonstrated anew to j
the community that it is a strong fac- j
tor in the progress of the city. The |
wide-awake men who are conducting
the club brought together n wide- ,
awake assemblage to consider n wide- j
awake proposition, and Richmond Is j
indebted to the club for its alert public j
spirit. _
BLOCKING DR. WILEY.
More than two months have passed <
since tho attempt to oust Dr. Wiley 1
from the Department of Agriculture,
cams to an inglorious end. His exon?
eration included approval of Ills em?
ployment of Dr. H. ff. Rushy as an
assistant, which was the foundation
iupoh which the proceedings against
Dr. Wiley were laid. The findings im?
plied at ihe same time censure of So?
lid lor MeCnbe, who headed the tight
against Wiley, and Secretary Wilson,
who readily agreed lo the wishes of
McC;.be.
Dc-pltc the result. Dr. Wiley lias not
been given the free hand promised him.
McC'Ubc still is In power, although In
has been staying well in the back?
ground. Secretary Wilson show:; no
sign of repentance Dr. Wiley has
made it clear that lie considers the,
services of Dr. Rushy Invaluable. Vet
Wilson ami McCubt have succeeded lit
holding up Dr. Rusby's salary and ex?
pense accounts since the decision of
tip President upholding Dr. Wiley.
The cause given is a technical one, re?
lating to department bookkeeping, but
ill efforts to adjust the mnllor hove
failed.
' li limits as ii nn atieir.pt i-. being
j m?de io block Dr. wiiey .nid force
[ Rushy out. In refraining from Inter
I ferlng to thwart Wilson and McCabc,
', President Taft Is making another seri?
ous blunder and is again disregarding
tho plain will of the people of the na?
tion, who believe In Dr. Wiley and'
wish success to his efforts In his war
upon Impure feud.
XOTIIIM' NEW.
In an oiu Hlutulc lincurlln d by the
I Cincinnati inquirer again huvu
[proof that there ii nothing new nn-"
I der the sun. the especial proof in lhi:>
?instance -consisting in th- fact that
I the Statut.; Is directed against trusls
and combinations. It is Or was a Ken?
tucky statute Inherited from Virginia,
to which l\ ciinie down from the lime
I of Udwniil VI.. anil v an designed to
j put n stop lo mehi,'-breweries, bread
j und fruit iru.sts and combinations of
'laborers to force lip(y,'.,jg(
Colllor, In eomtnonliui; on the dls
J covciy, observes that if the law wero
..Vv"..'. .. . ? .-.
carried out to-day tt would make the
Sherman act look vory gentle. Un?
questionably, since Its enforcement
would ornament Wall Street and other
localities with men who had lost tholr
eyes, curs or tongues, or been em?
broiderer! In tholr hands and foreheads
with redhot Iron designs, for conspir?
ing In restraint of trade.
Verily, the present generation of
trust "malefactors" does not know
when It Is well off!
THE DISAPPEARING BICD.
A Chicago newspaper gives a descrip?
tion of a South Side apartment houso
which will roEt $175,000, will be but
four stories high, and will contain
sixty-six apurtmcnts of two. threo and
four rooms, all equipped with disap?
pearing beds. Tho rent will be from
}40 to $100 the month.
The disappearing bed is tho latesl
frill jn housebuilding. It seems only
fair that the city dwellor who must
keep down his rent bill should be
able to hire an apartment with a bed
Invisible when not In uso. The bed Is
a part of the building, and tho tenant
need only bring some bedding and
small furniture with him.
j A two-room apartment equipped In
! ibis fashion would be almost os satis?
factory as a four-room apartment of
tho old style, In which two room3 are
used for sleeping rooms only. The
I vanishing bed Is a great Improvement,
I for in the averugc apartment these
I days one feels very much us If he were
living m a toy house.
Kdlson says that Americans sleep
too much, but that will not do for
an excuse for the old man when be
gets In very late
A California talesman was excused i
from Jury duty becuuse he could not
recall the text of the last sermon he
hud heard. If thai Is the test, then
we know of several men who will
never sit with eleven other of the
prisoner's "peers."
A Kansas farmer claims that he Is
raising six-legged hogs. That is good
news to those of us who are fond of
pig's feet
Voice of the People
Woman Mild tbe Uullol.
To the Editor ot The Times-Dispatch:
?Sir.?in thu issue of your paper ot
November i. M. R. Dunks, of Clare mont,
airs his views of woman's suitrage to
an amusing degree.
He- slates thai he asked his wife and
daughter if they wuiited lo vote-, ami
they both replied In unison "No," and
asked Illtil what was he thinking about.
1 am not quite sure that thu gentle?
man makes himself Clear as lo what he
does think: but it he is setting forth
that Statement as an argument against
woman's suffrage, 1 Bhould like to ask
him if he wants to be disfranchised be?
cause one-third of the men do not
vote?
In the city of Richmond on November
7, tile largest number of votes cast
for ony one candidate was i'.S?o ana,
there were lh.oou men quaiilied to
votd, and several thousand motu thut
had not quulllied by registering
So much for the city of Richmond.
Now as to our Stale, Virginia, "Codi
blest her!" Can she go forward In
the march of progress when not one
third of tho men of her capital exer?
cise their privilege for good govern?
ment'.'
Mr. Danks states that California gave
her women the franchise because of
suffrage agitator^ reinforced by ;i few
men of uncertain minds. Truly, this
is amusing to the people who arc fa?
miliar with llie great minds of the-day
that are reinforcing 'he cause of sut
trage all over the entire world.
"Governor Mann." says this writer,
"predicts suffrage for the. women oil
Virginia within ten yeurs." And he
adds: "Bui Governor Mann is a ladles' j
man and like* to suy things to ploasal
the ladies." 1 should like to add. that I
the Governor is also S man abreast of
the times and reads aright the hand:
writing on the wall. For the think?
ing men of Virginia, like the thinking
men of all the world, are rapidly
coming to regard their women ns not
only fair, lovely and beautiful, but us
the' greatest piece of God's creation
He is recognizing in her thr, ability to
be more then u mere auxilifjry In the
battle and stress of life. He Is see-;
Ing that as her opportunities broaden,
she is growing to fulnl Ihose opportuni?
ties.
I predict that the day Is coining
when t!i? man whose wife and daught?
er \ay they do not want to vote wUI
he .lust US ashamed of that statement
as he should be were they to say thf:y l
tlid not believe in God and humanity. I
I should certainly be obliged If some!
man would logically explain what thOroj
it- about casting u vote that will ruin j
women. All whom I have heard ex?
press themselves: on the subject give'
i:o reason, except women have no husi-t
ness in politics, or that It will take
away the pedestal upon which men
have so lone, placed them.
If women have no business In poli?
ties, they have no business rearing
children. If they have no business in
Politics, they should not be compelled,
in many eti-<cs, to support themselves.
If thev h;>\i no business in politic.-,
they have no business being intrusted
with the direction und management of
n home. If Ihey truly *.-lt on ttfc pedes?
tal men would hove them believe that
they do, then men should make laws
to provide that women have no respon?
sibility Whatsoever, except that Of ve?
il ,1 vine; graciously the homage of men
I Nov.- i he "suffrage agitators" In Vir?
ginia ill'- fully llWare t lilt t there are
1 numbers of women who do not want to
vote, but they do not fool so badly
Abe Martin
/Next i a him- tut, roll </ pink flowers
ilier hnln i not hin' that spuil? a land
nenp?;llk6 father nctlln' on ih' verandy
pi bis bare fed. a self-mndc man
.weithint h'.' so bad IC he'd Jlst keep
Mill about it.
IN OX H. 8 IN Q DQIINQ,
r??Wl!|1jtl 191t I By Jofta "f. iTrrr%tr?Wcij 7
over this fact as they would did the
men not fuce the same situation. No
election rolls around that the papers
do not urge the men to register In or?
der to be able to vote, yot It appears
not hulf comply. The gentleman of
Claremont says the women of California
want the registration books brought
to them. Well, as any number of men
will tell you the reason they did not
vote was because they forgot to regis?
ter. It seems to me It would not be a
bad Idea If the registration books wero
taken to the gentleman.
As to a voto taking away the rcspc rl
and deference now vouchsafed to wo?
men by men. When ono considers all
the positions women are filling In the
world to-day, and tilling them so capa?
bly as to command men's deference,
can one doubt that she will be other
than an honor and uplift to politics'.'
This gentleman of Claremont Is kind
enough to say that women stand lor
the higher, truer, and nobler In niture.
Are not those qualities Just what the.
laws of our land need In a superlative
degree? U. W. S.
Richmond.
AgnlnM Capital Punishment.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?Under the "Voice of the People"
column, we should like to suhmlt somo
questions to the people, hoping fhat
they will answer them.
There must bs penalties attached to !
lawlessness for the protection of life I
and Interests, but why Is It consid?
ered Justifiable for a body of inen un- I
der tho name of law to kill?
As a Christian nation, we are sup?
posed to be guided by the teachings .
of Christ in the New Testumont: do j
the Scriptures teach that the breakage'
ot ono commandmont Is anv more i
sinful than another? Is the one which :
says "Thou shall not kill" modified so '
that twelve men mny kill one who has
killed?
In Italy murderers arc sentenced to
solitary confinement for life. and
while death is preferable, still Nature
Is left to follow her course In the
matter of life and death. Would It not
scorn that, after all. man makes the.
severest penalties for breaking those
commandments which he fears the
most, and Is It not natural to dread I
death more than anything else? But I
leaving fear and custom out of It, Is \
one really any more wicked than an - I
other? I merely ask for information, i
Who has not heard others Judge |
others for Crimes which they 'eannot |
prove? "Thou shalt not hear false
witness against thy neighbor." "Gos?
sip" would come under this heading, I
and yet we do not believe that Christ I
held tho breakage of one command- I
men! any more sinful than another? '
The murder of "character" Is more
common than physical murder, and we;
are more apt to condone that to which
we are accustomed through custom and
long usage
In the years to come we hope there
will be n place for dangerous crim?
inals which will be considered not only
safe, hut useful enough to Justify their
"being held In the world until such
time" as the "Natural Messenger'' shall
deem ill to call them. In the meantime
let us contrast the two passages In
the Old ana New Testaments: "An eye
for an eve. and a tooth for a tooth."
and the forgiving "'by brother seventy
times seven."
E. VIRGINIA SMITH.
Winchester.
Eiptrleuor.
Bright vouth, thou reservoir of hope,
thou fountain from which springs
The thoughts thai shape life's
changeful course towards good
or evil things.
Old age. of life the end. with Itowers
strewn on weeds o'ergrown
As down life's current hast the .seeds
of love or hate been borne;
"Twere well life's course with winding
turns, by Joys or cares defined, ?
Should hide "from" view those Joys and
cares from youth lo ege com?
bined,
For timid thought doth bolder grow,
and palsied hand, uplifted,
? Strikes once again to gain tho goal
by hope anew belltted.
JOHN W. READ.
Newport News.
Mmerleks,
Says Teddy, till* editing Mi
Is loo tame for a genius like thiz;
I Ahoy! wo will sail, and harpoon a
whale,
And make the Mollycoddles squale!
Now watch the sacred Output slz.
In penning a rhyme, said a poet,
Havo plenty of Ink. and then go It
With an uplifting tune, a maid and a
moon,
f-lomo theelng and thounig, and may
Ing In June,
It.a never a thought If you know It.
\ maiden ftom Staunton said "oo"
Co li V-man whoso eyes looked goo
goo;
Me asked-a profess, the meaning to
guess:
Tis a philological symbol?to press
Die V. didn't wait?now would you"?
EDMOND FONTAINE.
Charlottesville.
Studying Socialism.
To the Editor o? The Tlmes-DUpatch:
Sir.?Verily, socialism Is now a con?
dition, not r. theory, as you editorially
witness i nn inst. Possibly this coun?
try find the nations ure now giving "a
I'cceplive .study of and to modern sci?
entific socialism." as I was privileged
I lo sny In my communication publish
led by you July 31. IflOl).
WILLIAM (}. WILLIAMS.
I Cincinnati, Q,
La Marquise de Fontenoy
THE whirligig of time brings about',
many odd change*. ?"Some tlilr- '
ly years ago, the fascinating!
Counter* Alexandra Hutten
Czapska, wife of young Nicholas <ie
Kolomlne, secretary of the Russian
legation a'. Herne, was the toast of
the town In the Swiss capital. All
the young men, and many of the old
ones as well, wore at her feet. An
arrant flirt and a heartless coquette,
the seemed to delight In provoking
trouble, and so many duels were fought
on bet account, not only among the
members of the foreign diplomatic
corps, but even among the mote
phlegmatic Bernese, (who arc very
patrician In their prejudices and Ideas.)
and so much domestic happiness was
either seriously disturbed or entirely j
wrecked that the Helvetian govern- j
ment at last resorted to the extra?
ordinary step of requesting the I'.u-.
slan Minister of Foreign Affairs to
transfer young Do Kolomlne and,
above all, his wife, to some other post.
Evidently the Czar was nut consult?
ed about the matter. Otherwise It
Is Improbable In the extreme that he
would have sanctioned the appointment
of the Kolomlncs to ibe court of his
nephew, the lute Grand nuke Louis
of Hesse. For no sooner wus Mine, dc
Kolomlne established at DarmHtadi
than she straightway begun to set her
cap at the grand duke, who, a Widower
of uxorious disposition, felt particular?
ly lonely. In course of lime Do Kolo?
mlne wan transferred to Japan, h t t ha
Instance of the grand duke, who pos?
sessed many powerful and Influential
friends at St. Petersburg. Mine, del
Kolotnine remained behind at Darin-1
stndt, and when they hud thus been I
separated, their marriage was equally
quietly annulled.
The grand duke would have married
Mme. de Kolomlne at once?morganstl
cully, <tf eourso?had he not been
afraid of his ilrst wife's mother. Queen
.Victoria. He was largely depend,
upon her. In a llnanclul sense, and also
was aware of the benefits which his
children were to receive under lha
terms of her will; and lie knew that
since she had remained faithful to the
memory of her own husband, the late
I'rlnce' Consort, she viewed with pro?
nounced disfavor second marriages,
and would certainly regard any union |
on his part with Mme. de Kolomlne
as an almost unpardonable: aifrotn.
When, however, the marriage of his
daughter, Princess Elisabeth, to the
late Grand Duke Sergius of Russin,
took place at Darmstadt. In the pres?
ence of the old Queen herself, of the
late Emperor and Empress Frederick
of Germany, anil of royal and Imperial j
personages from all the courts of Eu-i
rope, he plucked up courage, ant! on j
the morning of the day of his dauglit-I
er's wedding he wont through ft se- .
cret ceremony of morganatic marriage
with Mme. de Kolomlne.
Some one betrayed him to the old
Queen. He was summoned to her
presence ne?r midnight on the same
ilay from his bride's apartment, and
under the threat of ostracism by the
courts of Great Ri Haiti and of Mer?
lin, the. stoppage of his allowance
from the Queen's privy purse, and the
elimination of bis own name and that
Of hlJ children from her will, he gave
his consent to the deportation thai
same night of Mrne. de Kolomlne from
bis dominions, by the police, without|
over seeing her again. Shortly after,
the marriage was annulled lev Miel
Hessian and German tribunals ns|
illegal, on the ground thai the grand ,
duke, being a general of the German I
army, hud married without prev'ously ,
obtaining the sanction of his superior I
Officer, Its genurallsslmo. old Emperor!
William. Mino, de K?lomlllC received j
as a solace the Hessian title of Count-I
ess of Romrod, and an annuity of I
$10,000 a year for the remainder of l
her life. The son. born of her union
With the grand duke, was brought up
by her half-sister, the present Empress
of Russia, and is now serving as an
officer In the Russian army.
The Countess of Romrod, two' years
after her brief marriage to tlie Grand j
nuke of Hesse, married the Russian [
diplomat De Bacheracht, who has re- i
cenlty been appointed ns envoy extra-,
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary ,
Of Russia, at Herne. whither the
former Mine, do Kolomlne, now Mine.)
dc Bocharueht and Countess of Rum- ?
rod. bus returned as Muscovite iniii
IstrcEs. She still retains many traces
of her former beauty, is as witty and
or clever as ever, but Is no longer
considered dangerous by the Swiss
government, except In the role of a
political Intriguante.
Lord Carnarvon, who repeatodlv vis?
ited this country as Lord Porcriester.
prior to his accession lo the earldom
and wIio.m' mime was on two occasloni
published as about to eon t rue t at
American matrimonial alliance, hue I'
the press, and is about to publish) ??
most Interesting Illustrated volum?
dealing with the excavations which
have been carried on during the last
live years at bis expense, and lirgel>
under bis direction! at Thebes; excava?
tions which I may add have been t Ich
in their discoveries. Lord Carnarvon
has been known In connection with
many Interests, but no one save hlJ
moat intimate friends, has been
aware that he not only possessed a
pronounaed laste for archeology, but
also a quite rulnarkublo knowledge
thereof, which his vast wealth etiabei
him to turn to very useful account,
as. for Instance, in his extensive and
fertile explorations of the ruins ol
Thebes.
Th?-ie arc few peers with more re?
markable records for travel. Indeed,
he hail already been several times
round the world, and had visited ail
sorts of remote corners ot the globe, ill
Ills bin steam yacht, before he attained
his majority, and the result was that
when at twenty-live he succeeded t<;
the great fortune of bis father?which
Is sllll growing?and to all the re?
sponsibilities entailed by the posses?
sion of vast lauded estates in Eng?
land, In Canada, ami In the Antipode.-,
he did not render himself gui.t.,
those foillet and absurdities so ?' ?
ten associated with ilcdgllng peer*
He Is married to Mis* Almina Womb
well, (daughter of Mrs. Frederick
Wombwell. who was ol French birth, a
Mile. Boyer, i who Is a eort of adopted
child of the bachelor Alfred dc Kotn -
child, and la destined to Inhertl a con?
siderable portion of the latter"* great
wealth. She I? n rather prettv ami
dainty little blonde, of the Dresden
China order, who perhaps Just on that
account I* known In society by th.
nlcknanie of "the Marquise." Sim hiis
two children, the boy now thirteen
year;.- of age, h-urtng his father's
minor title of Lord Pprchestcr.
in accordance with ancient custom,
on tho birth of an heir to the Earldom
of Carnarvon. 600 gallons of beer were
brewed when he uas born, In honor
ol the occasion, and placed in a cask
made from oak grown on the Iflghclcra
estate, hooped with brass, and bear?
ing an earl's coronet, and Inscription
plute of the same metal. The inscrip?
tion runs:
"May lllghclert flourish, This cask
of ale, containing ?'io gallons; was
brewed In commemoration of the birth
of L?rd Porchosier. Horn November 7.
1S0S. Albert Slrcaiflcld, butler. Tigh
clere Castle."
Tills cask Will not be opened until
the boy attains his majority, when it
will be drunk In his honor by the mem?
bers of his family, by the retainers
and servants, by the tenants and em?
ployes of the estate, and by the neigh?
bors, during the festivities In connec?
tion with his cooling of age.
Young Lord Porchestcr was not.
? i born :u llighciere, but In
... Ii.;, i: not at Lord Carnarvon's, town
house, which Is lij Berkeley Square,
but at a neighboring mansion, which
had been specially rented for the oc?
casion. For while neither the Burl
nor Lady Carnarvon are Hfruld for
themselves, they did not consider I;
right that their boy's thoughts should
ever be darkened in after life by the
feeling tliut he had been born In a
house bearing a number that is pro?
verbially unlucky.
llighciere. which Is Ihr. favorite
home of Lord and Lady Carnarvon, Is
In Hampshire, and, commanding hiuk
niflcenl views, stands In a park four?
teen miles In circumference, swarm?
ing with game. It was once the manor
of tho Bishops of Winchester, ftobert
Sawyer, defender of the seven bishops,
owned il in the reign of James II.,
and lefi it to his only daughter, wife
of Thomas, Karl of Pembroke, from
whom it passed to her sebond sou.
uncle of the llrsl of the present Kurls
of Carnarvon. The house Is full of
treasures, Including some of the lin?
es! Qalhsboroughs and Fteyitoldses In
the kingdom: among them the portrait
of that Lord Chesterfield who succeed?
ed the writer of the historic "Letters."
In the hull Is preserved the chair on
which the great Napoleon sat when ho
signed his abdication at Fontaineblcau,
und which he habitually used wlwu
holding council with his submissive
ministers. At lliidiclorc Is also pre?
served tho wonderful collection of
hook.-, ami manuscripts which formerly
belonged to the Furls of Chuslerllcla,
particularly to the most famous of
that Ilk. Including the famous Chester
Held loiters, nil of which were bc
?ineatlied by the seventh Lord Chester?
field 6h his death without Issue, to bis
sister. Lady Evelyn Stanhope, married
to the fourth Earl of Carnarvon, along
with all the entailed property of the
Lords of Chesterfield.
(Copyright, mil, by the Brentwoort
Company.!
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