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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOKIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1910. GAVALIER1 TALKS OF HER AFFAIRS Diva Denies She Will Quit Chanler Wife "Esteems" ex-Sheriff. SHE WILL GO TO NEW YORK frlnger I Inclined to Pcny Honoris That hc Serks Intercut In Chan. Irr I "or Cone, but Parries Di rect Questions Fut to Her. rtftXI.KK XAK.F.A STATEMENT. NEW TORK. Spt. 1. Robert W. tianler was In town today and. througa hla counael. made bia first public atatament sicca bla auddea return from Parla. "Mr. Chanler ta greatly annoyed b the prominent a-iven hla affolrs." said hla lawyer. "He la eery much emtarrmaaed by the espionage of the preas. There la ro litigation. Ha left his wife sn xood terms and thrre Is no foundation for aJI these mls l.adlnc reports. In fact. I might call the whole thing a tempest In a tea cup." PARIS. Sept. 14. Mm. Una Cv-lieri-Chanler pave last night a forma' Interview on her marital complications. Heretofore her statements, revealing only what she wished to be made public, have rr-eon given to a newspaper from which she received a monthly stipend. But the prima donnit la now clearly perplexed ty reported statements of her husband. .Asked If she loved her huoband, aha hesitated. "I esteem him for his talent," rite said with a beguiling smile. "Co you expect to Join him in Amer ica?" "Yes," ahe responded quickly. There u a delay before the rent of the answer whs forthcoming. "Perhapjt In abut six weeks. The doctor still for bids me to take a long voyage so soon after my operation for appendicitis." "You will not sue for oivoree or eepa atn?" 'o Thought of Separation. "No. there Is no" thought of that. These rumors have sprung from nothing. They re without any foundation.' "Will you ntie to get a share of his "fortune? Tne prima donna's face clouded and he was silent for nearly a minute. "That is an Intimate question," she finally replied. "there lias been no tnotight of nny-ault whatever." "Has) Mr. Cbanler carried out his part f the marriage contract?"" t'avalierl smiled broadly at the -directness of this question. (re Told Chanler Was. Klch. "I was told. she answered, "that he ad $.'.000.i"o with an Income of J 100.000 a year, tie has not gut It. He has not anywhere near It- If he has not given what I expected, tt Is be cause he baa not got It." "And you have been disappointed to learn he was tot as rich as you had been led to believe. "lie did not tell me he had that amount." Cavalier! declared vigorously as she flew to the defense of her hus band, her dark eyes flashing. 'He never told me he was that rich. He told me he had debts. I did not ask htm how rich, because it did not con cern me. If I had been marrying for money. 1 should not have rhosen Robert Chanler: that you well know. 1 mar ried him because 1 esteemed him aa a gentleman and as a man of talent. Term .re Withheld. "Will you tell the terms of the mar riage contract." "No. that concerns only Mr. Chanler and myself, but I will tell you that I Intend, as I have always Intended, to work for my living. I can gain a livelihood with my voice and I am proud to work in that way." Although neither Cavalier! nor the lawyers who drew the contract will ue vulse Its terms, it can be stated on ex cellent authority that It contained a provision that Cavalierl was to recleva (SO.OOO yearly and a stipulation waa made that this sum was to be paid whether they lived together or were eparated or divorced. RIGHT WORK FOR GIRLS Itotnir Kxperinient to I.esen Mis fits in lluine. Itoaum Post. An experiment known as the Girls' Traile Kducational League, which bids fair to All an International need in the industrial world, la now under way In Koston. backed by Miss Florence Mar shall, head of the Girls Trade Industrial league. The league experiment is to begin ac tive work after school opens this Fall. 2 'urine the last four months Miss Mar shall has been traveling abroad. Investi gating Industrial conditions there with a view to understanding the Interna tional conditions, before . .starting the work here. "I find."" says Miss Marshall, "that the need Is the same everywhere, and that 2a to guide the girls between the ages of 14 and 11 Into the Industries for which they are fitted. There are labor exchanges In England which do it to some extent, but the work is not broad nor comprehensive enough. "What we need is some body of com petent workers who . understand the ability needed for the various trades and Industries to come directly In contact with the girls at this period, to. study them, to see what they are fitted for, and to see that they have the -opportunity for the work they can do.' "That Is what we Intend to do In the Girls' Trade Kducational League. "Six years ago the same committee which is starting this work began the Boston Trade School for Girls. They proved Its value and practicability and then the city took over the school and the work. This is our aim in this new work: To prove in two or three years the necessity for it and its efficiency and then let the city carry It on. All work of this kind should be a civic af fair rather than a private charitable enterprise. "The purpose of the Girls Trade Edu cational League, which is to open this Fa!l. la to study the needs of all girls as they leave the public schools. We have already made a study of all occu pations Into which girls go the condi tions, wages, ability needed and oppor tunities. "These data may be given girls in va rious ways. It may be possible to give a series of lectures before the school girls of these ages, or perhajs have printed leaflets distributed, giving the girls an Idea of the possibilities before them. This Is for the general work. "Then for the Individual girl we will have the vocation office to advise and ditect her Into the industry in which she Is qualitted to succeed, "The Idea Is to lessen the number of useless people and misfits In the world. The average girl has no way of know ing what she is fitted for and slif drifts Into any employment she sees adver tised or that her neighbor is em ployed at. "She may make cigars, for instance, and perhaps she is not physically adapt ed to that and is too slow. That same girl may ha-rs a geuius tor dressmaking- . . . "Much good, serviceable material Is thus entirely wasted. ."What we want Is to have every girl who leaves school directed to us. We on make a atudv of the Individual girl and do our best with the comprehensive material we have collected to guide that girl Into the work she Is nttea tor. Perhaps she Is not strong enough to stand all day at a loom and yet she may be able to sew on buttons ver .iuir v.mr dressmakers start to learn the trade by the humble beginning of sewing buttons. -We do not expect to succeed with all. If we succeed in making &0 or S'l per cent successful and useful we iaii feel that the work has been very much worth while. "We don't expect to succeed the first time always with the girls, either. Jt may be that some of them will have to be tried in live or six or tne inauiinci before the right one is found, hut when we have made that girl a successful worker, the patience will have been well spent. "Nothing Is ao good for self-respect and the moral fiber as success in some trade or Industry. "One girl out of 100 may step na turally into her vocation in life, and the other 9 are In wrong. This work Is for the other 99. "It will also help the employers ob viously, for If they have girls fitted and equipped to do the work they will not have to waste time trying them or car rying them along. "We hope to make this nrk go valuable that the city will are te need of It and eventually carry it on." DUKE ON TOUR SOON I nlon of South Africa to Be Notably Cclcbra toil. CAPETOWN. S-pt. 14. (Special.) The arrangements for the tour of the Iuke of Connaught and his party after the opening of the Union Parliament are now practically complete. The first part will consist of a. visit to Rhodesia and the Zambesi. This is to be done fairly early in the season, for the heavy rains and heat.- which set In early -In December, usher In the unhealthy season In Rhodesia and also make It more difficult for traveling, for a'Rhodesian storm is capable of Impeding railway as well as road traf fic. The royal itinerary In the great northern Colony will probably embrace Kuluwayo and Salisbury, as well as a visit to Rhodes grave In the Matoppos. To celebrate the union of the colonies work will be commenced on a great university costing I2.R00.0OO. of which the trustees of the Alfred Belt bequest will supply $1,000,000. The announcement that the Union Government hag decided to take over Oroote Schuur as the official residence of Premier Botha did not come as a surprise. Cecil Rhodes. Its late owner, bequeathed It aa the residence of the first Minister of a United South Africa, though it is doubtful whether even that far-seeing statesman forsaw that General Botha would be Its first occu pant. . For South Africa it muni ..always possess a deep historical Interest and significance. The house, itself Is after the type of old Dutch buildings-. Cecil Rhodes purchased not only the estate, but also a large portion of the moun tain. slopes adjoining. Ilia object was to keep the builder away and. in his own words, "to keep the mountain beautiful." Part of the grounds he Inclosed aa a zoological garden, where elands, kangaroos, xebras and animals not actually savage might roam at will. Ia the heart of the pine forest. too. he aullt a poet's cottage, which Rudyard Kipling has several times used as a winter resort. It has been arranged to pay the South African Premier 120.000 a year and each of the other nine ministers $15,000. That Is about double the amount received by a minister In the Australian Commonwealth Cabinet, so the example of fouth Africa ia likely to make politicians in other quarters of the British Empire envious. FLAG SALUTE FOR WOMEN Military Men Give Ideas as to What Would Be Correct. Philadelphia Record. Now that the school season is with us again a question that school teach ers have long desired a National ruling upon can be discussed appropriately. The question Is "How should women sa lute the flag?" It Is not possible for a woman to remove her hat as the flag passes In the street, as a man does. What. then, should she do to- show her reverence for the colors, and how should the girls of our schools and col leges be taught to salute the National emblem,, so that the American women of the future may have a uniform method of saluting the flag? Opinions of those who have been consulted dif fer materially concerning the correct way a woman should give some out ward and visible sign of her patriotism when the flag passes. For Instance, General Miles does not agree with some that the military sa lute would be suitable for women. He advocates the placing of the right hand across the breast, with the middle fin ger directed toward the point of the left shoulder, the head at the same tlmo being partly lowered. Another distinguished soldier. Gen eral Chaffee, suggests that the most graceful and effective manner of sa luting the flag when a number of wo men or girls are gathered together is for the girl to drag a handkerchief from her belt or otltt-r receptacle and hold it pendant from the hand horizon tally or upward at an angle of 45 de grees. General Grunt would have a more simple salute. The mere bowing of the head he thinks would be enough. Admiral Schley thinks a more elabo rate salute appropriate. The Admiral would like the mothers and daughters of the land to place the right hand over the heart when saluting the flag and bow the .head reverently at the same time. Admiral Dewey would have no other salute for men and women than the raising of the hand to the forehead and then dropping the hand, the grace ful and effective salute In use among army and navy men the world over. Admiral Evans thinks the military sa lute the right thing, too. but rises to re mark that the courtesy of the foreign women as he sovereign passes strikes him as a most pleasing way to show respect, and he suggests this as an al ternative to the military salute. The consensus of opinion among many consulted on this subject is in favor of the military salute. Thm rMllpptne overseas trade for loi was ?.4.I.3.I7 export, and $rt1.iw.4K Imports, a total of. a. Slrt.o.Mio. or nearly two.oso mora than isoa. EUREKA LINE TO BE PUT THROUGH Rumored Hill Invasion Into California Causes Action by Southern Pacific. ROAD ASKS FOR BIDS Line1 Bet ween Wllllts and Eureka, SO Miles, to Be Built at Once, and Ijiter to Be Extended North to Oregon Line. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 14. (Special.) Aroused by the persistent rumors of the coming Invasion of California by the Hill roads from the north, the manage ment of the Northwestern Pacific, which means the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe. is showing signs of renewed activity in completing the line to Eu reka and in rjerfectlng Its plans for con struction 'from Eureka northward to Crescent City. Bids Are Called For. It was learned today that bids have recently been asked for the construction of two new pieces of the road, that is to bridge the gap in the line between Wll lits and Eureka, making a total of 30 miles of new road, which will be "rushed through to completion. . One of these sections, for which the contract has been let. Is at the WiUlts end of the - gap. between Outlet Creek and Covelo bridge, construction now be ing In progress between Wlllits and Out let Creek. The other section, which will be completed this Winter. Is at the Eu reka end of the gap. between Dyerville and Fort Seward, the road having al ready been completed from Eureka south to Dyerville. At the same time the Southern Pacific Is perfecting its rights of way north of Eureka to Crescent City and there has been tnlk of extending this line through to a connection with the main line of the Shasta route, at a point near Rogue River, thus completing a coast line to the north from San Francisco to the Ore gon line. TRUNK LINE MAPS AKE FILED Right of Way Extends From Cas cades to Jackson County. IJVKEVIEW, Or.. Sept. 14. (Special.) Maps were filed here yesterday In the Government Land Office by the Oregon Trunk Railway, through Carey A Kerr. Portland agents of the company. The right of way designated is from a point on the summit of the Cascade Mountains', in Central Oregon, running westerly and passing north of Fish Lake, thence run ning southwesterly. presumably along Willow Creek and Big Butte Creek, end ing jiear Eagle Point, In Jackson County. It will run near Crater Lake National Park. It is supposed this right of way is for an extension that will connect the Pacific & Eastern Railroad with Hill's Oregon Trunk line, which follows the Deschutes River and will be the main line connect ing numerous branches in California and Oregon. Over the Pacific & Eastern the Hill road will reach Medford, Jacksonville and other Important points, and will be on its way to a coast point, presumably Cres cent City or Eureka. PRESENT RATE SUITS CEMENT MEN PLEASED Br KAX- SAS-SPOKAXE TARIFF. Request to Retain Rate in Force Raises Storm of Protest From JSjiokane Cement Joblxrs. SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) What promised to be a quiet and restful hearing of supplementary testi mony in the Spokane rate case before Interstate Commerce Commissioner C. A. Prouty, In the Federal courtroom today, was suddenly disturbed and en livened by tire announced introduction by counsel for Seattle and Portland rement companies of a request to the Commission that the present rate of 55 cents on cement from Kansas points to Spokane be retained. Attorney II. M. Stephens, for the Spokane Jobbers, promptly filed a re quest to the suggested retention of the old rate, showing clearly that the ob ject of the Coast manufacturers in this demand was the: unmolested retention of the Spokane field. The existing rate on cement from Kan sas points to Spokane is i5 cents. The tentative schedule of the Commission fixes the new rate at 40 cents and the rate from the coast to Spokane and the Inland Empire at 25 cents. Coast manufac turers assert that the tentative rate will give Kansas manufacturers an advantage of 15 cents per hundred , pounds, or SO cents a barrel. "The Coast manufacturers want the tentative rate abolished and the present rate retained, in order to boost prices." said Attorney Stephens. T deny abso lutely that there Is a cement trust." re joined P. W. Rochester, representing the Washington Portland Cement Company. "Furthermore, I deny that there Is even a gentlemens working . agreement. Wo want the present rate retained In order to compete with Kansas shippers to this territory." As the Commission has ruled on this point and has favored a reduction of 15 cents, it. Is entirely unlikely that the schedule will again be changed to the present rate or that It will be decided against Spokane. The matter will be presented to the Commission at a later date. SMOKE 0FJTHE GREAT Kansas Cigar Store Where Grant and Sheridan Chatted. Topeka. Kansas, Capital. Arthur Simmons. Leavenworth's vet eran clgarmaker. has sold his shop and will retire. With the shop went the battered showcase and the old-fashioned scales and the ancient chairs, for the owner of the shop for the last 42 years has learned to undervalue the associations of greatness. He parted with these articles in spite of the fact that President Grant and General Sher man leaned against the showcase upon one memorable occasion and "passed the time of day" with the cigar man: that over It more than once he lent money. $5 or $10 at a time, to General Custer, and that Justice Brewer and "Buffalo Bill" Cody and lesser celebri ties without number, to say nothing of practically every Governor of the state of Kansas since .the shop was opened have at one time or another sat in the worn chairs or bought rough tobacco weighed on the scales. Even If you have never heard of his history, you would more than likely guess, after a convessation with tne pioneer, that Arthur Simmons had known noted men. There is a courte ous dignity In his manner not affect ed, however that must have grown from Intercourse with them. Seventy years old. with white hair worn long, a smooth-shaven, strongly lifted face, and a slow, careful speech, Tne can sit at his home out on Broadway In Leavenworth and tell you tale after tale of the wild Kansas days that preceded the Civil War and of the men, great and small, who lived in Kansas then and since. The only time Grant was in the shop" was In his second term as President, probably In 1S68. Mr. Simmons remem bered few dates with the other details he has no trouble. Sheridan was in command at Leavenworth at that time; Grant was on a tour of Inspection. Mr. Simmons knew W. F. Cody, who afterward attained fame and a circus as "Buffalo Bill," when he was a boy. Cody was born and reared. Mr. Sim mons said, in Salt Creek Valley, six miles northwest of Leavenworth. He used to come to town before he had ever dreamed of being a United States scout, a noisy, active young fellow who thought nothing at' all of his personal appearance and little about the. opin ions of others. Jake Schaeffer, afterward billiard champion of the world, learned to play the game in a pool hall of his step father. John Burg, in the room above Mr. Simmons' store. "I used to go up there sometimes." the cigar man said, "and watch Jake play. He was a boy then, so little that he had to climb on a chair to reach the table.", "Perhaps the most picturesque man I ever knew was General Custer. He was a tall, fair man. with long hair. He had a dashing, gallant manner and talked in quaint courteous phrases with strangers that reminded one of revolu tionary courtiers. His friends said he was afraid of nothing in this world or the next and loved danger better than women, and I guess they were right. He didn't smoke much, but he used to buy chewing tobacco, and liked to come to my place.'. But now It's over. The shop has been sold. .Mr. Simmons is going to take a long vacation with his wife and daughter. "Just staying at home and resting," as he said, and probably . the store fhat sp long had been the loung ing place of great men will be remod eled and modernized. GHIC HAS ADVANTAGE SYNTAX SIMILARITY W ITH CLAS SICAL TONGUES HELP. Rapid Strides Being Made in Ireland for Promulgation of the Language. DUBLIN. Sept. 3. (Special.) It is doubtful if Irish-Americans appreciate the progress that is being made with the Irish language here In the home land. Though in deference to her ever increasing proportion of Jews, New York City now offers In her schools the optional study of the Yiddish lan guage. It will be recalled that the pro posal of Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, a few years ago to Introduce an elective course of Irish into the public schools of the "Hub." aroused a storm of pro test, notwithstanding the fact that Bos ton holds a larger proportion of Irish Americans than any other i.lty in Amer ica. There was a strong feeling dis closed that for an English-speaking race to revert to the language of their ancestors was ostentatiously provin cial, besides being obstinately unpro gresslve. The rapid strides of progress now be ing made by the Gaelic League in Ire land rather blunt the force of these conclusions which are shared. It is true, by many native Irishmen. Yet the more the light of academic scrutiny Is turned on this ancient language, the more it reveals supreme possibilities as a Na tional speech. In an address on the Gaelic language. Cannon O'Connell, lecturer In Irish at Queen's University, Belfast, has put forward one of the most effective pleas for the old tongue that has been offered In recent years. The great similarity In syntax, for instance, between Irish and the clas sical languages, gives the Irish-speak-Ing student of the classics a great ad vantage. Where English only has 23 consonantal sounds and French 26. Irish has 52. each of which occurs In some other spoken language. Thus the alleged barbaric tongue, if as noth ing else than a phonetic exerciser, may form a good, solid basis on which to build a useful and practical language culture. It removes all the difficulties in the pronuncition of Hebrew, furn ishes an indispensable ground for Latin and Greek, and provides an Incompar able vantage ground from which to study any language of the present day. JAPANESE JJFFICIAL DIES Viscount Sone, Privy Councillor and Resident-General In Corea. TOKIO. Sept. 14. Viscount Arasuke Sone. Privy Councillor and former Resident-General in Corea. died today. Arasuke Sone was born in 1849 at Hagi. Choshu province. He succeeded Prince Ito as. Resident-General of Corea when the latter was made President of the Privy Council of Japan on June 14. 1909. He himself was succeeded last May by General Viscount Terauchi. Prior to leaving Corea Viscount Sone suffered a serious illness and was said to be af flicted with cancer of the stomach. In 1S99 Viscount Sone was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the Yamagata Cabinet an- in 1901 was appointed Minister of Finance. He held this office during the Russo-Japanese war. When the Anglo-Japanese alliance was concluded in 1902 he was created a Baron. In 1905 Sone was ap pointed a Privy Councillor and In the year following was created Viscount in reward for his services during the war. In September. 1907. he was appointed Deputy Resident-General of Corea. Dur ing his Incumbency he was an outspoken opponent of annexation. s GOLD THIEVES WATCHED Detectives Suspect Alaskans and AValt for Them to Dig Up Ingots. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 14. It Is set tled in the minds of detectives that the $57,000 robbery of gold bullion in tran sit from Fairbanks to Seattle was com mitted on the Yukon River steamer Tanana. and the men who are supposed to have stolen the precious Ingots are under surveillance. But the gold is buried In the earth, the detectives say. and even If they ar rested the real criminals, they could not convict them and they might not recover the gold. So they purpose to starve the thieves out; to watch them until they dig up the gold and try to sell It. Any man who tries to sell Tanana gold at any market In Alaska or the United States will be held for examination. Reports of a second ex press gold robbery are false. GRAHIE-1ITE IS STAR OF FLIGHTS He Gets $10,000 Prize for Harbor Flight in Contest at Boston. COMPETITION IS AT AN END Curtiss Challenges Englishman to Match Race at Harvard-Boston Aero Meet Harmon Wins All Prizes for Amateurs. BOSTON, Sept. 14. Claude Grahame Whlte. of England, flying a Farman biplane and a Blerlot monoplane, each equipped witlr a French motor, proved himself the champion of the first an nual Harvard-Boston aero meet at the close of the nine days' competion last night, having won the blue ribbon event of the meet, the Boston Globe prize of $10,000 for his harbor flight to Boston light and return. He took 'altogether four first places and three seconds in different events, winning $22,100 in prize money. No person was injured during the meet, and there was less than $500 damage to any machine. While the regular competitions for prizes ended tonight, the management will continue the exhibition throughout two days more, offering prizes for new world's records. Glenn H. Curtiss has challenged the Englishman to a- match race. Ralph Johnstone got three first prizes and one second, which netted him $5000. Walter Brookins took in $4250 on two first Diaces and one second, and Cur tiss won the second place in speed an? $2000, while Charles Willard won voU for second place in "get away." Practically all the amateur prizes were won by Clifford B. Harmon, of New York, who flew the Karman bi plane. JEFF DAVIS' WOOING In Days When Folks Went Courting on Horseback. Memoirs of Jefferson Davis by his wife. My father. W. B. Howell, lived in a large old-fashioned house called "The Briars" on a bluff near Natchez. Miss. The ground sloped on each side, on the west to a dry bayou about a hundred feet or more deep, the sides of which were covered with pines, oaks and mag nolia trees. On the west there were deep caving bayous, washed in the yel low clay by the drainage to the river bank, about one-eighth of a mile from us. Joseph E. Davis (father of Jefferson Davis) came to see the family when I was 16. and urged my mother to let me go with him for a visit. After much insistence the request was granted; but as I was reading hard then to finish my course in English and Latin classics, it was not until the next year that the visit was made. In those days the only mode of com munication was by boat, and they were literally floating palaces of ease and luxury. They were not much larger than now, and 1 have never seen any hotel where the food was so exquisitely prepared or the provision of dainties so great. Fresh fruits and the most beautiful flowers were sent to the cap tain at almost every stopping place by the planters and their families, to whom "the boat" meant ice, new books, and every other luxury New Orleans could furnish or their purses command jour ney on one of those packets was an ideal mode of travel. Mr. Davis, on his way to a prelimi nary caucus at Vlcksburg. his first essay In political life, came by the Dia mond Place on " horseback, en route. He brought a message from his brother that he would expect me at once. The next day- Miss Mary Bradford, Mr. Davis' niece, afterward Mrs. Richard Brodbead of Pennsylvania, came up on horseback, accompanied by a servant man leading a horse with a lady's side saddle. The old-fashioned high-swung currlage and pair also rame to bring my impedimenta, and "all in blue and unclouded weather" we rode over the rustling leaves through the thick trees to "The Hurricane." Mr. Davis was then 36 years old and looked about 30; erect, well proportion ed and active as a boy. He rode with more grace than any man 1 have ever seen and gave one the impression of being incapable either of being un seated or fatigued. From an old letter to my mother I quote my first impres sions of him; "Today Uncle Joe sent, by his young er brother (did you know he had one?), an urgent Invitation to me to go at once to the 'Hurricane!' I do not know whether this Jefferson Davis Is young or oio. im iooks ootn at limes, out I believe he is old, for from what 1 hear he is only two years younger than you are. He impresses me as a remark able kind of man. but of uncertain tem per, and has a way of taking for granted that everybody agrees with him when he expresses an opinion, which offends me, yet he Is most agreeable at times and has a peculiarly sweet voice and a winning manner of asserting himself. The fact is he ia the kind of a person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk, but to insist upon a stoical indifference to the fright after ward. I do not think I shall ever like him as I do his brother Joe. Would you believe it, he is refined and culti vated and yet he is a Democrat!" So wrote this little miss of 17 of the future hero and statesman. "The Hurricane" house stood in many acres of splendid oaks, and the main part of the building had low ceilings, a wide hall with four rooms on the lower floor, as many rooms on the second story and the same number in the attic. The windows were small, the walls thick and the doors were paneled below, and had six small panes of glass above. On the right hand side of the hall were the drawing-room and the "tearoom," where the ladies sat; and on the other was a bedchamber and the "office." There the brothers sat when they -were not riding over the plantation and talked " of books, of elementary law, of agricultural experiments, commented upon the day's doings and made and perfected theories above everything In heaven and on earth. Jefferson Davis read aloud to his brother the Congressional debates, and often when his eyes were tired one of the ladies was summoned to finish" the speech under consideration. While I was there I often took my turn, and greatly enjoyed their comments. i Before Mr. Davis' departure for the canvass of 1844, In January, we became engaged, and early in February I re turned home. He followed within a week and after a short visit addressed him self to the work he had undertaken. Riding in the sun and late in the dew, In midsummer, always gave him mala rial fever. So these Journeys were gen erally succeeded by long attacks of ill' ness and the fever affected his eyes greatly; finally they brought on an at tack of amaurosis and impaired the sight of one. When he came to Woodville in his canvass he found that his mother lay dead in his sister's house. He was much overcome by her death and after the funeral rode 40 miles to see me for an hour in Natchez: and, taking a fresh horse, returned to Woodville and kept his appointment to speak there that night, having ridden the greater part of the night previous. His mind domi nated his body to such a degree that he was able to endure nearly what he pleased. After the canvass for Polk had closed with his election in the Spring of 0845, Mr. Davis came down to Natchex for his wedding. On the steamboat he met Gen eral Zachary Taylor for the first time since he left Prairie du Chien, and tne General approached him most cordially. An entire reconciliation took the place of the unexpressed, but friendly regard which had never ceased to exist In all those years of grief and separation. I had been quite ill, and could not then undertake the ceremony, but some weeks later he came on a short visit, and we concluded to marry then. February 26. 1S45. at "The Briars." in the presence of my family and some of his, we were married. Rev. David Page, of Trinity, pastor of the Epis copal Church of Natchez, performed the ceremony. After a breakfast to our friends we left on, a tour of visits to his family at Bayou Sara and Woodville, and from thence to New Orleans. DUTCH ARE STRONG BRITISH LINED AGAINST GER MANS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Leaders in Natal Party Hold Aloof, Believing Present Union Will Disappear. CAPETOWN. Sept. 14. (Special.) Tremendous interest centers in the im pending election for the United Govern ment of South Africa. Electioneering Is now at full blast and though there is much 'clashing of various parties it is a notable fact that the Dutch Etand together, one and indivisible. A There is a strong party of Britishers centered round Dr. Jameson of Raid fame who is standing as a candidate In the Harbor division of Capetown, but they have failed to rope in the outlying points of South Africa. Natal at the Eastern extremity of the new United States will have none of the ad vice of Cape Colonists and ports like Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth are jealous of the predominance of Cape town in shipping and would gladly rob her of political laurels. Yet Lord de Villiers, an old Dutch South African, once gave it as his opinion that "civili zation in South Africa is destined to be achieved from the South, with Cape town as the base of operations." All of which British distractions are good for General Botha and his Dutch henchmen, who can reckon on the solid vote of their countrymen. The chief anxiety for Dr. Jameson comes from the Natal party, headed by several prominent politicians who held local office before the union. This party has set up a platform in which equal lan guage rights between Dutch and Eng lish are advocated, the natives are to be advanced in agriculture and shielded from liquor, immigration is to be en couraged from Europe, but barred from Asia, and practical support is to be given to the Imperial navy. There are sharp differences between Natal and Capetown, especially as to negro restrictions and even in Natal the vote is likely to be split between the Jameson and Natal parties. So vital is the race question to the future of South Africa for there is a big upheaval looming among the blacks that whichever way the elections go the new government will find the negro oroblem one calculated to proauca sleepless nights for anxious legislators. The Bechuanaland and Basutoland protectorate chiefs are fearful of being compelled to come into the Union of South Africa and cnier Miami or tsecn uanaland has petitioned King George to respect a pledge made to him in Queen Victoria's reign that no admin istrative changes would alter Ihe status of the native protectorates. Lord Gladstone, on behalf of the King, has assured Khama that If the protectorates come into the Union the tribal reserves will remain intact and the natives will be duly protected. But the negro population is growing steadily and the white men are press ing nearer, so Khama is nervous as to the future. There is the tinder pile that may yet set South Africa In a blaze. Many believe the leaders of the Natal party are merely holding aloof because they are convinced the existing South African parties will disappear and they want to be in the front of a new and united party. MORMON'S "BUSY IN NORWAY Much Opposition Has Sprung Up in European Countries. CHRISTIANIA. Sept. 14. (Special.) Stimulated bv the recent visit of Presi dent Joseph F. Smith, the Mormons of Norway are increasing their activities and In proportion to their energy the in dignation grows against them. An agitation is aiooi to uie o. stringent restrictions against them as are enforced in Germany. Mormon "mis sionaries" are blamed for materially in creasing the emigration from Norway, especially as far as young women are concerned. Nevertheless the Mormons have Just scored a decisive victory. The Norwegian Department of Justice has arrived at the decision that there is no adequate cause to accede to a demand made by the Church Department to take legal measures to put a stop to the Mor mon propaganda in Norway. The De partment of Justice does not consider such a step in harmony with the spirit of the age, which Is opposed to favoring one religious community at the expense of another. The department further holds that the charges directed against the Mormons are inconclusive and the reports of sev eral police officials do not at all confirm the allegations of objectionable practices. FISH TRUST LOSES SUIT San Francisco Men Get $12,500 Verdict Against Combine. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. A ver dict of $12,500 was awarded by a jury in Judge Hunt's Court today in a suit brought by G. Gigi and the Portola Fish Company against the Western Fish Company and others, in which it was alleged that a combination of fish merchants formed a conspiracy against him which resulted in driving him out of business. The defendant sued to re cover $15,000. Gigl contended that a "fish trust" exists in San Francisco which main tains a "black list." discriminating against certain merchants. RECOGNITION NEXT STEP Satisfactory Adjustment With Nic aragua Thought Near. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. 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