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EARL OF YARMOUTH GOT NO
FORTUNE WITH HIS BRIDE
Mrs. Thaw. Mother of Countess. Tells How the Wealth Is
Tied Up —Titled Husba-nd to Get but a Small Fractlonal
Income from His Wife’s Estate
Amid a lavish display of wraith and
With the solemnity of the ritual of tho
Protestant Episcopal church, the mar
rlage of Oeorge Francis Alexander
Seymour, tho earl of Yarmouth, of
Kngland, and Alice Cornelia Thaw of
Pittsburg, daughter of the late Wil
liam Thaw, was solemnized in the
Calvary church at Pittsburg, April 27.
The church was magnificently deco
rated for the occasion with palms,
white hydra jigoas, white lilies and
othor pottod plants. The bride wore
a magnificent gown of Ivory satin,
trimmed with duchess lace, made high
necked and with a court train. She
carried a bouquet of orchids and lilies,
of the valley, and wore the string of
pearls that was her brother's wedding
gift.
Josiah C. Thaw gave tho bride away.
Dr. McEwen, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church, of which Miss
Thaw is a member, performed the first
part of the service ami Dr. Mcllvalne
rector of Calvary church, finished and
pronounced the benediction.
Preceding the ceremony an elabor
ate organ recital was given, while the
300 invited guests were being seated.
When the scheduled time for tho cere
monial—4 o’clock —arrived the wed
ding march was begun, but the bridal
party did not appear. For some rea
son the party was delayed and did not
arrive at the church until 4:45. In
the meantime, the woddlng march had
been repeated several times and the
audience plainly showed its anxiety.
Many rumors were put in circulation,
but nothing tangible could bo learned
to account for the delay.
When the waiting became irksome,
tho doors were thrown open to the
public and the edifice was quickly fill
ed almost to suffocation. Finally the
bridal party arrived and nt 4:45 the
ceremony was began. Harry Kendall
Thaw, the bride's brother, who was to
have given her away, failed to put in
an appearance, and another brother.
HAD NOT EXPECTED TO SPEAK.
But Luckily Gen. Young Had Speech
Ready in His Pocket.
Oen. S. B. M. Young, tho first chief
of the new army staff, was at a dinner
the other evening and was railed upon
to speak. The guests expected that he
would content himself with a few
stereotyped phrases, but tho general
rose to the occasion. "Gentlemen," he
said, “I beg you will pardon my ex
pression of surprise. 1 have been
caught In- a cul de sac. I had not ex
pected to speak on this occasion. But.
gentlemen, if 1 had expected to say
anythlng I should have spoken some
what as follows —” and at this Junc
ture one arm of the vefernn plunged
into the labyrinths of his coat and
produced a carefully prepared speech,
which he proceeded to read. The
apology for his unpreparedness ami
tho evidence of The painstaking way
In which he dressed his remarks in
advance, were too much for the ban
queters and he was forced to suspend
bis remarks until the uproar was over.
London's Many Missionaries.
(food authorities say that there are
about as ninny missionaries aud
Christian workers in tho city of Lon
don as there are in the army of men
sent out by all denominations to work
In behalf of foreign missions. That Is
to say. nearly 15,000 persons are en
gaged in one way or another in evan
gelizing London. Of course, only a
small portion of thece arc ordained
ministers. The count would include
evangelists. Salvation Army soldiers,
of whom there is a host; Y. M. C. A.
workers and the like.
No city In the world maintains so
many Bperiai missions to different
claeses. There is a special mission,
for example, to policemen, another to
cabmen, another to actors aud still
ethers to postmen, newsboys, boot
blacks and so on through all the
grade* of society.
Josiah, performed that portion of the
ceremony, while Dallas Byers took
tho place of Josiah Thaw ns one of
the ushers. Aside from these unlook- .
ed for changes tho wedding program
was carried out to the letter. No ex
planation has been mnde for the delay
to the services, and In consequence
the tongue of Dame Rumor hns been
very busy. The absence of Harry
Kendall Thaw from the ceremony Is
considered significant. It was under
stood he bad been active In arranging
the marriage.
After the church ceremony there
was a reception at ' Lyndhurst, the
Thaw residence, for 150 people. The
house was splendidly decorated and
the collection of gifts was magnificent.
The couple left Immediately for a
brief honeymoon trip bofore sailing for
England.* Earl Yarmouth's
the marqulß of Hertford, and his fam-X
ily, who came from England for they
wedding, are to return to London at $
once. T
Noticeable among those absent from i
the wedding were Benjamin Thaw, his?
wife and family. Benjamin Thaw, the 6
oldest son and head of the family, X
both socially and financially slnco hls¥
father's death, evidently could not X
countenance the wedding by his pres- $
ence. It has been understood from the X
beginning that Mr. Thaw has opposed r
the alliance on the ground that the 2
earl was not a fit suitor for his sister’s t
hand. >
Mr. Thaw, when Interviewed about
tho marriage, has made only one re
ply. "I have nothing to say.” His
frlendß all comment that his sllenco
speaks most forcefully. A man of his
standing and caliber must have rea
sons for taking this unusual position
after having given the matter most
careful consideration.
The following communication by
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the
countess of Yarmouth, explains itself:
"There is one line of romance—to
Slip of the Tongue Won Bride.
■'"1' ‘"O I UM(jUC »»UM DI IUCi
Bev. James C. Bradley, a young
preacher, made a funny slip of the
tongue a couple of months ago. but
Is very glad of it now. He was lead
ing the service at a young people's
meeting and in the course of his
prayer said: “O Lord, give us clean
hearts, humble hearts, pure hearts,
sweet hearts." The last caused a
titter which nearly broke up the serv
ice. After the meeting was over one
ot the young sisters jokingly Inquired
if he really meant It. Her question
gave him an opportunity to plead a
suit he had feared to suggest hith
erto the culmination of his odd
mistake in the pulpit came in his
union last week to the girl who had
Joked him about It.
Strike Against Diet of Eggs.
uici ui eggs.
The servants at Harbor Hills, the
country residence on Long Island of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay.
have gone on strike against a menu
consisting of eggs three times a day.
According to the complaining domes
tics It was omelettes, egg sandwiches,
boiled eggs, roasted eggs, stuffed eggs
or some other variety of the same
dish in Lent and out of Lent, until
finally the chef was petitioned to
change the menu. The man who pre
sented the memorial was discharged
on the Bpot and then all the other
servants but two went on Btrlke.
Count Cassini Honored by Czar.
Count Cassini, Russian ambassador
to the United States, has been decor
ated by the Czar with the order of
St. Alexander Nevsky—a mark of
great distinction and one given to but
few’ persons outside of royalty. The
order has been conferred on Count
Cassini In recognition of his long and
brilliant career In the Russian diplo
matic service. He entered the foreign
office In St/ Petersburg In 1862, hav
ing attained his majority but a year
before.
rail it by no harsher name—largely ln-
I dulged In by the newspapers which I
desire to correct. The particular in
stance now referred to is that of the
’settlement' In connection with the
marriage of the earl of Yarmouth.
Briefly the facts are these (each Is
put Into a separate paragraph in order
to be more clearly understood):
"Miss Thaw, now the countesa of
Yarmouth, at the death of her father
was left (as were each of his five
children by his second marriage) an
Independent fortune of nearly half a
million dollars. Half of this amount
was immediately put into trust for
each child, the income only to be
available during their lifetime.
'•Part of the remaining half of the
fortune of each of the children con
sists of one-tenth share each In tho
William Thaw coke trust, which is
tied up absolutely and Irrevocably
save as to Income.
"What is known as tho ‘tree estate’
of Miss Thaw, amounting to about
one-half of the whole estate, has been
by consent ot herself and Lord Yar
mouth formed Into a third trust, to be
managed by the Fidelity Title and
Trust company of Pittsburg, together
with one Individual trustee.
"The Income from all three trusts
will be paid to the countess of Yar
mouth except a small complimentary
fractional Income (nothing like what
at various times has been stated)
which she, without suggestion from
the other side, allotted to the earl him
self.
In ease of her death It Is arranged
that the income from about one-fifth
of hot total estate will be paid over to,
or invested for the benefit of. tho title
and estate of Hertford, to which,
should he outlive his father, the earl
will succeed.”
WILL DO AWAY WITH FARCE.
Maine Judge Takes Determined Stand
About Old Abuse.
Chief Justice Wiswell of the Maine
supreme court says there must be an
end to the hypocrisy which collects I
fines from liquor dealers, but allows j
them to continue In business in defi
ance of the prohibition low. Hereto
fore the traffic in liquor In that state
hus been conducted on a quasllicenso |
system. That is to say, while the sale !
is absolutely forbidden, dealers have '
been allowed to sell with the under
standing that once or twice a year
they should submit to arraignment In
court, conviction and the payment of
a fine. Thus the state gets the money
and the dealers get exemption for
their trade. The chief justice makes
announcement that this state of things
must come to an end and the humbug
of half a century seems to be ex
ploded.
Look for Jerome to Answer.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York may be expected to have some
thing to say about Rev. Dr. Parkhurst
ere long. The preacher was asked if i
he thought Mr. Jerome could be in- I
duced to run for mayor. "Would ho
run?” said the reverend gentleman. J
"Why he would not hesitate to run for i
czar of all the Russian If such a thing
were possible." Mr. Jerome, not being
of a retiring disposition, may maka
occasion to reply.
The Rules of Wall Street.
"They all look up to J. p Morgan
ihnvn here." said a Wall strm broker. I
"and any one of us would break our .
neek to get a tip from him, hut no 1
one loves him. There Is net a man
who would not go up against him and
break him If he could. Not t,„ C a U s e
they have anything against Mr Mor
gan. but that's the spirit that odea In I
Wall street First, do up the public;
seoond, do up each othar **
AS THE WORLDS
REVOLVES
MONUMENT TO ADMIRAL DEWEY
Splendid Shaft in San Francisco to Be
Unveiled by President Roosevelt.
When President Roosevelt visits
San Francisco he will formally unveil
in Union Square a monument com
memorating the achievement of Ad
miral Dewey and (lie American navy
In .Manila Bay. Toe monument con
sists of a granite shaft with a Cor
inthian capital, on the top of which
stands a bronze figure of Victory,
poised on one foot on a globe. On the
sides of the pedestal supporting the
column there will be bronze tablets
representing the
cruiser Olympia.
Dewey's flagship
on May 1. 1898,
and the battleship
Oregon, both of
which were built
at the Union Iron
works, San Fran
cisco.
On small pedes
t a 1s grouped
around the main
one the7e will be
sculptured figures
of California bears.
The ground for the
monument was
broken by the late
President McKin
ley on the occasion
lof his visit to San
Francisco. The to
tal height of the
monument Is 105
feet, and the cost
The Monument.
of the whole work is $45,000. The
good example of San Francisco in
erecting this fine monument will no
doubt ho followed, in time, by others
of the larger cities.
PEANUTS WORRIED THE DOCTOR
How Professor Patton Administered
Rebuke to Students.
Dr. Patton was delivering a lecture
recently In his course on ethics at the
Princeton Theological seminary and
experienced much annoyance because
some of the students ate peanuts In
stead of attending to him. Finally he
administered this rebuke: “Gentle
men, 1 have delayed starting the moßt
important part of to-day’s lecture hop
ing that the stock of peanuts would be
consumed and a restful quiet be re
stored. As the quantity seems ample
to meet the demands and the supply
appears Inexhaustible, I feel con-,
strained to request that your appe
tites be restrained until the conclu
sion of the lecture. I would be great
ly pleased if In the future anyone
wishing to conduct a 5 o'clock tea in
the class room would confine the re
freshments to sponge cake."
RICKEY WEARY OF LIVING
Originator of a Famous Drink Kills
Himself in New York.
The originator of the famous drink
known as tho “gin rlckey,” Col. Jo-
sJOSE&H JCJ?/CATy
i I seph Kyle Rickey, committed suicide
i at New York last week. Rickey was
. noticed staggering along the street
. ! and was taken to his boarding house
i by a policeman. An ambulance was
, 1 called, but before it arrived the colo
i ! nel was dead. A small bottle half
full of carbolic acid was found in his
coat pocket. An examination of the
stomach revealed a quantity of the
poison.
FOR AID TO THE INJURED
Appliances for Relief Now Placed on
Paris Streets.
Paris now has a public novelty in
the form of a hol
low lamp post that
contains a stretch
er and other ap
pliances for the
quick relief of the
injured.
I The post con
sists of a bronze
i pillar fifteen feet
! high, with a round
, overhanging top,
which contains a
, clock - barometer
and pictorial ad
rertls ements,
worked by mechan
ism. In the shaft
I of the post are the
- stretcher and sur
-1 gleal articles. To
get them one has
to break a small
glass window and 1
. unlock the door.
The “First Aid”
Lamp Post.
I The French call this innovation a
"phars ttcours," or "aid to the In
lured”
THE CITY OF MANILA
REDOLENT OF THE EAST
Laid Out According to the Spanish Idea, the Place
Seems Strange to Western Eyes Pretentious Public
Buildings Not Lacking Old Gateway to City.
(Special Correspondence.)
In the cities of the for east none j
.‘eems complete without its enclosed
area within the walls of which is har
bored a record of its romantic and
dramtic history. Within the narrow
confines of the walls of Mnniia there
exists the burning chronicle of events
•jf over 300 years, and the actual flavor
Df a dormant, lazy, tropica) city. The
approaches to the gates teem with
musty smells which arise from the
Insular Building.
moat, many of which seem to emanate
from the very stones that form these
ancient walls. Once Inside, one is
greeted with all the pungent odors
that characterize the stuffy portions of
tropical cities, and tho foods prepared
and relished by the inhabitants of
such localities.
Here the wild-eyed pickaninnies,
with parents too poor or too c'areless
for the proper provision of even the
conventional G string, tumble over
themselves In their attempt to evade
the hoofs of a prancing caballo; the
rich and the poor of almost every na
tionality live, each in his own charac
teristic way, oblivious of the presence
of his nearest neighbor. In this por
tion of the city there are boarding
houses which cater to Americans ex
clusively. the Spaniards and rich na
tives, as a rule, having their own
homes and owning the houses in which
; they live.
The city was laid out according to
the Spanish idea, and the buildings are
entirely of Spanish or Moorish de
sign. while the interiors of the houses
are similar to both the French and the
Spanish in construction. They are all
built with courtyards In which are
kept the horses, carriages, chickens,
dogs and nearly every species of the
animal kingdom.
The houses are two stories In height,
the second story extending out some
three feet over the sidewalk, thus af
fording the pedestrian protection from
the drenching rains. The windows on
the ground floor are protected with
large iron gratings, which protrude
considerably from the walls of the
building. It is here where the seno
ritas recline during the early hours of
the evening, inhaling refreshing
breezes, darting piercing glances and
flirting with the dusky-colofed swains.
It Is no uncommon sight, in passing
through these quaint old Spanish
streets in the late afternoon, to see
any number of fair Spanish mestizo
dames leaning out through these grat
ings, their large, black eyes, oval
shaped faces and glossy, black hair,
with a dash of color in their coßtumes,
forming pictures for an artist’s brush.
Calle Real is the principal business
street In the walled city, but Calle Pal
acio contains most of the public build-
Principal Gateway in Old Manila.
Ingß. On this street is the Audiencla.
or court building; Provoste, or city
hall; Potentiana. or the military pay
master's building; Army and Navy
Club, the Elks' Hall, the Church of the
St. Augustin Friars, and the Santa
Ysabel College, the latter being a con
vent for young ladies and girls, a largo
percentage of whom are pure Castil
ians.
Fort Santiago, an artillery garrison,
which is the headquarters of the post
oi Manila, and the Quartel Espana. an
Infantry garrison, are sftuated In tho
walled city, and stand in grim contrast
to the lazy, peaceful existence prevail
ing within the walls. Dungeons galore
exist In this district Parian and Pos-
| tigo prisons are veritable dungeons,
j and tho wall Itself is lined with them,
hut Fort Santiago contains some of
the worst, where wore practically en
tombed alive victims of Spanish tyr
anny.
There are many moss-covered ruins
in old Manila, most of whico are the
result of the terrible earthquake of
1880, in which many of the residents
lost their lives. These ruins are a
dormant part of Intramuros and smack
of its general waste and decay No
attempt has been made to rebuild
them, and to-day they stand as a gen
tle reminder of Filipino neglect, while
nature is doing her best to beautify
many of these old landmarks with
creeping vines and shrubbery.
The Filipino likes fiesta, and almost
any day in the year one will run into a
procession of some kind In the walled
city. They are mostly religious, how
ever. and of a rather subdued charac
ter. Thursday of each week Is the day
that mothers far and near bring thelt
babies into the cathedral to be bap
tized.
The native will seize every ghost ol
an excuse for a holiday, and ineandei
upon the street with his black derby
cocked slightly on the side, and hi*
starched shirt-tails flapping wildly tc
the breeze, a plckanniny, possibly, un
der each arm, and his sisters, cousins,
and aunts strutting In the rear. Hi
likes music. There are many band*
and orchestras, and he is an unusua
Filipino indeed who cannot play a ban
duria (mandolin) or guitar. It is rare
ly, however, that they have a good
voice, yet occasionally at the bailie*
and flostns which take place In the
walled city one will find among th«
younger set not only some good voice*
but light and graceful dancers.
All over Manila the houses are In
fested with graceful little lizards, bu'
they are most numerous in the oldei
houses of the walled city, where theii
prey is more plentiful. These little
Hazards feed upon all kinds of insects
and. to a large extent, are probably
the cause of the scarcity of files and
other insects.
No screens of any kind are found Id
any of the houses, and Manilaites con
sequently enjoy a luxury In the ab
sence of files and other Insects seldom
afforded those living in tropical coun
tries.
The old walls on the north along thi
Pasig river are to be torn down, and
docks are to be built along the watei
front, where boats can unload theii
cargoes, which will be a decided im
provement In this portion of the city.
Prof. Koch Is Chosen.
Dr. Koch has been chosen foreign
member of the French academy oi
science to fill the vacancy left by ths
death of Prof. Virchow. Twenty
eight votes were given for Dr. Koch,
against eighteen for Prof. Agassiz,
curator at Harvard university; eleven
for S. P. Langley of Washington and
one for Prof. Van der Vaals of Am
sterdam.
Pasteur's Valuable Discovery.
It was Pasteur who first revealed
that disease was essentially a fer
mentation. like that of yeast, due to
the presence of minute fungi now
known as bacteria. His dramatle
cures of dreaded hydrophobia gave hit
discovery world wide notoriety.