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MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1004.
NO. .30.
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THE WASHINGTON LETTER
The President Is busy receiving the
calls of politicians and arranging the
details of the Coming eammign. It is
admitted on all sides that In selecting
Mr. Cortelyou for chairman of the
National Republican Committee he
has dexterously solved a poqlexing
problem. It Is now aured that the
campaign will le conducted on a high
and straightforward basis. The Prcsi
dent dix'lan very enijihatically that
, he is not taking sidis in the Illinois or
Wisconsin factional contest. Ho is
keeping his hands off. He also ex
presses himself as quite ho)ieful of the
result in Maryland, notwithstanding
Mr. Gorman's plans to capture that
state. On the .10th Inst, the President
will visit Gettysburg, Pa., .making a
Hjieeeh on Memorial Day. lie, will
ride over the field In the morning and
in the evening return to Washington,
As the speech is the only one of Ids
until after election, the public is lixk
Ing forward to it with uncommon
interest. The Itritish Ambassador,
Sir Henry Durand, left today for
Gettysburg, the guest of acting Secre
tary of War, Oliver. He will Insjiect
and study the famous Imttlofleld. He
is deeply interested In the military
features of the great Civil War. A
welcome guest at the White House
this week is Captain W. S. Cowle,the
lYesident's brother-in-law, of the un
fortunate battleship Missouri. The
vessel is now being repaired at New
lrt News. Among recent other
visitors at the White House haveleen
Elihu Root, Senator Lodge, Ex-Gov.
Black of New York who is getting
points for his speech at Chicago nomi
nating the President, and Mr. Dover,
Secretary of the Republican. Commit
tee, who Is arranging the list of
speakers for the campaign.
There is a geological quarrel on
hand; a battle of the stones, between
sandstone and granite, and it is to be
referred to the President. Secretary
Shaw wants the United States public
building at Cleveland, Ohio, built of
sandstone, and some of the people of
that city wish to have it constructed
of granite. The President has been
urged by Senator Dick and others, to
overrule Secretary Shaw's decision.
Undoubtedly granite is the better
stone for the climate of the lake side.
As all the new public buildings of
Cleveland are to be grouped around a
Kiweious park they should harmonize
in material, quality and color of the
stone, as well as in architecture.
The Inter-State Commerce Commis
sion in this city, has issued a formal
order for an investigation regarding
the differential freight rates between
the West and the Atlantic sea board
on produce intended for export There
is bitter complaint in New York city
that that commercial center is not
treated on the same footing with other
cities, esieeially Baltimore. It is
claimed by the railroads that the
differential system was inaugurated to
lut a stop to rate wars in other word
competition. It is asserted that
twenty years ago the railway com
iauiies lost $20,000,000 by rate wars
which otherwise they might have
made out of the shippers.
And now the jxistofflee insictors
themselves are to be uisiiected, and
their methods brought to the light of
publicity. The President hu desig
nated Asst. Atty. Gen. Robb to do
this delicate job. It is surmised that
posrtibly the chief Insiicctor and his
men have made some mistakes. The
President is anxious that no injustice
shall I done to any one; at the same
time be purposes that no guilty man
shall escaje. Mr. Robb is not exit
ed to unearth any scandals, but loi
bly he may discover that there has
been an exercise of bad judgment
Every once in a while, the great
inventor, Mr. Thomas Edison, who
lias procured more patents than any
other inventor and whxe great for
tune has Is-cii made from patents,
protects through the press that the
Patent Olllce is unfair and corrupt and
thut he will not take out any more
patents. Nevertheless, be continues
to file applications for patents and
probably has us many as fifty applica
tions for patent now pending. The
prescj.t Complaint is lliut the Examiner
rcfuMS to grant lam something he
dtd not think him entitle! to. The
Patent Oliice is as f.iir and clean us
uny olUv under any government. The
Examiners are all men of education
and spccUH.-u-t in tlcir re-pective
cl;t.-.-.iTi. There are more than one
Lundied of them and many of them
beeuese of their learning are eligible
bT' .' s-!'!. !;3 in UlliVW 'ilies.
ASSEMBLY ON DIVORCE
Presbyterians Will Not Bftcriflce
Their Independence
At the General Assembly Monday
the recommendations of the sjnvial
committee on marriage and divorce
were adopted except the second. They
are as follows:
"The (rcneral Assembly again en
joins all ministers under itn care and
authority to refuse to perform the
marriage ceremony in the cases of
divorced Jiersons, except as such per
sons have Iwii divorced upon grounds
and for cnuc r'orrnii'ol a scriptural
in the standards of our church.
"Recognizing the comity which
should exist between Christian church
es, and believing that it would le
desirable and tend to the increase of a
spirit of Clirlstlan unity, we earnestly
advise all the ministers under the care
and authority of this General Assem
bly to refuse to unite in marriage any
IX'rson or jiersons whose marriage such
ministers have good reason to believe
is forbidden by the laws of the church
in which such jiersor. or persons seeking
to be married may hold membership.
"The appeal and address to the
inter-church conference is hereby en
lorsed by this General Assembly, and
commended to the consideration of all
ur ministers and congregations."
The Assembly, after consideration,
has reversed its action on the second
projHjsition and adopted it.
Woman's Need of the Ballot
The contribution of women to the
work of prison reform has been so
valuable that her cooperation in
every branch of penology is now
regarded as a necessity.
We need in penology the help of
women in doing not only that we
know ought to be done, but also in
finding out what ought to bo done,
and in solving knotty and unsettled
questions.
In the field of penology woman
needs the ballot as ballot as she needs
it in other fields, not as an end but as
a means; as an instrument through
which she can express her conviction,
her conscience, her Intelligence, her
sympathy and love. Questions In
philanthropy are more and more
forcing themselves In legislation.
Women are obliged to Journey to the
legislature at every session to instruct
members and committees at legisla
tive hearings. Some of these days
we shall think it absurb that women
who are capable of instructing men
how to vote should not be allowed to
vote for themselves. If police and
prison records mean anything they
mean that considered as law abiding
citizens, women are ten times as
good as men. Why debar the better
and enfranchise the worse? In the
field of commercial and political com
petition women may demand the
ballot as a right; but in the field of
philanthropy and reform she needs it
for the fulfillment of her duties.
Samuel J. Barrows, corresponding
secretary of the Prison Association of
New York.
Tagging a Fish
The United States fish commission
has contracted the small boys' habit of
tagging fishes. Metal tags are fasten
ed to marine fishes, which are lot
kxjwe in the ocean with the idea of
identifying them In case they are
caught at any future time.
The tag, w hich is light and made of
copper, is securely fastened by a wire
Issed through a flu near its junction
with the body. No two tags are
alike, each having its own markings.
Fifteen hundred cod were thus duly
tagged and relcutseU last spring on the
New England coast The object of
the tigging is to ascertain the rate at
which a cod grows, the frequency of
its spawning, and the extent of ita
travels in the wean.
The same experiment It being tried
this year with young salmon, artificial
ly hatched, for the rivers of the
Pacific coast The tUhea are "finger
lings,'' aUwt three in'-hes long. In
this way it is expects! that the age at
which the salmon come from the sea
to spawn will le ascertained; also the
rate of growth, and the percentage of
fry that attain muturity. The experi
ment is an interesting one, and has. an
obvious bearing on rish-cullure prob
lems. Registering His Kick
Er unite Alien B. Perkerf Nit! I
Citn't swulluw a caudiduU) Willi such
tliiliulta Ht 111.
Ncccftsary lnterUculer Wliy can't you
aliew a candidate with such ioitiula u
Hryiinit.0 lit.itune tin y sttvud tor "A
Uuu-r l'lll," ( 'l.kugu Tribune.
A marriage liceti-- has becu irv-ued
to (.'h.ii les Grey Cojtiilit and I .ultra
Grace hi aunoii, both of Eu.kuw u.xvti.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES
Norman Ilarsell of New York is
a guest in town.
Richard E. Loesch of New York
Is a visitor in town this week.
Miss Resale Van Etten of West
field, N. J., is home to spend Decor
ation day.
F. W. Renncr and wife of New-
York are guests at their summer
home, Rrookside Villa.
Dr. C. S. Custis spent couple of
days the first of the week in New
York buying supplies for his business,
Paul Ryder, who was operated on
for appendicitis at the Port Jervis
hospital a few days ago, is recovering
Dennis McEaughlin and family ar
rived this week to occupy their sum
mer home on upper Broad street.
Rev. C. B. Carpenter, former rector
of the Episcopal church here, will
apend the summer in town for the
benefit of his Impaired health.
John S. Schoonover and Thomas
Kitson of Stroudsburg and Albert
Coterill of Bnshkill came up to Mil
ford in an automobile Wednesday.
Charles II. Wixxl suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis early Tuesday morn
ing in bis left side. His condition now
is comfortable and he seems improv
ing. Several members of the Columbia
Camera Club of Philadelphia spent a
couple of days here this week taking
views. They were on their way to
Dingmans where they expect to remain
several (lav's.
, Hiram Westbrook of Ridgwood,
N. J., who was employed in the Erie
offices in New York, has resigned his
position and Is now at Nichecronk
Lake, where he will spend the sum
mer for the benefit of his health.
Political Paragraphs
It looks as the fuse to the Parker
boom has gone out.
If Judge Park thinks as much as
he don't talk, he is undergoing a
remarkable mind training.
It is to be explained that Senator
Beveredge's "The Russian Advance"
did not refer to Russian military
strategy.
Judge Parker's personalty isetated
to be holding Its own. This is good.
We feared that it was held in. the
hollow of another man's hand.
The campaign promises so little
excitement that it is hoped Sir
Thomas Eipton will come over and
lift the cup again, as in past years.
The general business activity and
prosperity of the country continues
and gives no signs of abatement. The
condition is truly exasperating to the
democrats.
The Kansas City Star, famed for
its column of short pungencies, rises
to remark that whatever else may be
charged against Mr. Bryan, it cannot
be said that he ever took any hush
money.
Judicial Oaths
'A bill to abolish all religious tests
and to modify the use of oaths,
thereby reverting to the original
custom of the colony of Pennsylvania,
as established by William Penn, will
be introduced at the next session of
the legislature. This is movement
on the part of the Society of Friends
or Quakers who have conscientious
scruples against swearing and some
against administering oaths. Friends
who maintain their standing in their
society are today excluded from hold
ing the offices of judge, magistrate,
or any other office as a part of the
duties of which they may be called
on to administer oaths. This they
deem inconsistent with true religious
iberty.
Decoration Day N. Y. Excursion, $1
Monday, May 30th, Decoration Day.
the Erie will run a sisvial one dollar
New York excursiim, leaving Port
Jervis 7 a. ni. arriving In City at 10 a.
m. and returning sjieciul train will
leave Chambers St New York at 7.45
p. m. Jersey City at 8 p. in.
Coney Island and Euna Park will 1
in full blast and all of the many Si-a
side resorts in and around Greater
New York will Ik oixmi, many of
them having their oeiiing day on
this date.
RememixT the date Monduv, Mav
iloth, and fare only one dollar for the
round trip.
Amateur athletic Srts will be con
ducted by the Scrantoii Tribune, July
liith, to which all registered amateur
alhletos in Moriheasteni Pennsylvania
v. ill he eligible, (scratch and handi
cap events and i tiumpionsldp events
Will Ih- conducted. Ail contefdants
miit lie registered, lihinks can Im' j
procured of'. II. II. Jucknoii, Y. M.
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OBITUARY
Misa MED A BOYD
Meda, youngest daughter of Wil
liam L. Boyd and wife of this bor.
ough, died at the home of her parents
last Sunday afternoon of consumption
from which dread disease she had
been a sufferer for several months.
She was born In 1S83, and after
graduating at (he public schools here,
taught until ill health compelled her
to relinquish her vocation. She bore
her illness with Christian fortitude
and resignation and exemplified In
her life the cause of the great Master
whom she faithfully served.
Her parents, two sisters, May, wife
of County Commissioner William F.
Beck, and Grace, and one brother,
J. Edgar, both at home, survive.
The funeral, conducted by Rev. V.
A. Wood, was held at her late home
Wednesday and interment in Milford
cemetery. 1
MRS. MARCKNA WKSTBROOK
Mrs. Westbrook of Eehman town
ship, widow of the late Isaac V.
Westbrook, who died March 4, 1904,
departed this life after a long illness,
Sunday, May 22nd.
She was born May 4, 184G, in Eeh
man, and was a daughter of the late
Jacob and Eliza Ann (Ilefzel) Horn-
beck. She was married April 24,
1870, and has always lived in her
native township.
She is survived by two children;
Mabel, at home, and Eucian, Super
intendent of public schools for this
county. She also leaves surviving
five brothers; Everett, of Philadel
phia, Myron, of Clarion county, Pa.,
Jacob, of West Virginia, Isaiah and
William B., both of Eehman.
The funeral was held Tuesday and
Interment In Delaware county.
MRH. J. MADISON BEN8LEY
Mary J., wife of ex-County Com
missioner J. M. Bensley, died sud
denly at her home In Lehman, Tues
day, May 17th, of heart failure.
She was born in Lehman February
20, 1839, and wasa daughter of Philip
S. and Elizabeth (Arnst) Gariss. She
was married November 18, 1855, and
has always resided in this county.
She was the mother of thirteen
children, ten of whom, besides her
husband, survive her. She is also
survived by several brothers and
sisters.
Republican National Chairmanship
The selection of Secretary Cortelyou
for chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee is looked uou with
more and more favor. While it was
first remarked that Mr. Cortelyou
perhaps lacked experience as a prac
tical politician, it is now recalled that
he has risen to every occasion and
emergency with which he has been
confronted and has in everything he
has undertaken, made a success. It
is also remarked that he is an excel
lent Judge of men, is a natural diplo
mat among men and that he is an
excellent judge of men, is a natural
diplomat among men" and that he
carries the good will and friendship
of everyone with whom he has been
associated. It is believed that Mr.
Cortelyou will not be found lacking
in "practical" qualities. Moreover
he is a close personal friend of the
president and his selection Indicates
that Mr. Roosevelt himself intends to
keep his eye on the proceedings.
Farmers' Institutes
The County Board of Farmers'
Institute Managers, will meet at the
county commissioners' office on the
second Tuesday of June, to arrange
for the place where institutes are to
be held this season. All of our peo
ple who desire institutes, ought to
attend this meeting and present their
claims. This board Is composed of
the local members of the state board
of agriculture, and one representative
from each county agricultural society.
the Pomona grange and county alli
ance. If you rind that you cannot
attend tins meeting, address a letter
with your request to Uiairnmn of
Board of Institute Managers, care of
County Commissioners.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS
Pike CouiityTeuc hem' Examination
for l'.x will be held as fnllon:
IMSTKKT B1IKMIL HOI SK DA'I'K
Westfull, Miiamorii High School June .
Hiohoia, Hhoholii, June 7.
l.uckaw uxen, S illittniMin, June H.
l.eloiian, Pine Kale, June 11.
1(1 n Grove, Weslhrook'a June Is.
Palmyra, lied, Mo. 4, June 14.
Grume, Kinptowii, June 15.
I'lniiiHii, ( ninii June it).
Delaware, Academy, June 2!.
Mdfurd, Academy, Juite.
Directors and other iuterenied purlieu
are cordially invited to attend.
I kauiliiutlonu tegin promptly at 0
a. in.
LUCIA NT WI SI'ilKOOK,
County tsupt. of M'IiixjI.
Pinguiaii'is tviry, May 11, pjo-J,
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
A sample new pew for the Pres
byterian church arrived this week
and may be Inspected.
A. D. Brown Is building a new foot
bridge to The Homestead which will
be considerably shorter than the old
one.
A number of the forestry students
will entertain their friends at a pri
vate dance at the Vantine House
this evening.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian church will have a
strawberry and Ice cream festival In
the church parlors, Thursday even
ing, June ninth. 2t
Rev. E. J. Perot will preach the
annual Memorial sermon to the G. A.
It, next Sunday evening in the church
of the Good Shepherd. All members
are cordially invited to le present.
Sunday, May 20th, will betheopen
ingdayat Shohola Glen, and social
excursion tickets will lie sold at Port
Jervis to Shohola at 40 cents for the
round trip, good going fin train No. 1,
leaving Port Jervis at 1 1.!)4 a. m. 2t
Richard C. Dale, a leading lawyer
of Philadelphia, died at his country
home near that city last Sunday.
His death was caused by overwork
In a vain attempt to allay grief over
the death of his two sons.
A patriotic measuring social will be
held in the M. E. Church, Monday
evening, May 30. Charges will be
made proportionate to height, 3 cents
a fixit and one cent for every fractional
inch over even feet of height
Monroe county democrats will vote
on the question of change or no
change in the Crawford county sys
tem of making nominations now in
vogue at the primary election to be
held in August.
Dr. J. Addeson Henry of Phila
delphia, for forty years pastor of
Princeton church on Powelton Ave.,
was elected Moderator of the Presby
terian General Assembly at Buffalo
by acclamation, the first ever elected
in that manner.
The floral offerings at the funeral of
Miss Meda Boyd Wednesday were
unusually beautiful. The class in
Sunday School, of which she was a
devoted memlier, partly revealed their
appreciation of her loss by their chaste
and profuse display of flowers.
Invitations have been received here
announcing the coming marriage of
Miss Josephine King of Eakewood. N.
J., to Harry J. Terwilliger which
event will take place in All Saints
Memorial church at Lnkewood. New
Jersey, Thursday, June 9th, at 12 M.
the prosiiective groom is a native of
Milford, an enterprising and energetic
business young man, and we wisli for
him and his chosen life partner a meet
happy and prosperous voyage.
Ignited by burning leaves, which
a person had set on fire and then
carelessly went away and left, six
teen cottag, araone them one be
longing to' Mrs. F. A. Westfall of this
place, were burned at Silver Lake,
in Wyoming county, N. Y. Several
other buildings were also burned.
The Lake Is a great Methodist resort
and there Is a large auditorium and
many cottages on its shores.
Dr. Shull's Speech
We. acknowledge the receipt of
copies of the speech delivered by Hon.
Joseph II. Shull in the House of
Representatives when thebill making
appropriations for the naval service
was under consideration. The Dr.
plants both feet on the Panama canal
scheme and treads around over it
like a turkey on a hot gridiron. He
rends the Government for establish
ing a so-called republic in the Isthmus
and says "In all history there has
never been anything like it, and the
query is, Is it an evolution, a revolu
tion or an avulsion?" All three, Dr.
all three, and more, it is protoplasm,
which Huxley called the "physical
basis of life." So the little republic
with the canal will be the basis of a
new life to the Industrial interests of
this great nation. The democratic
party of this state "forgetting the
teachings of Randall," the noblest
Roman of them all, has urged free
trade until practically the eople of
the state have withdrawn all repre
sentatives of that party from Congress
evidently believing that the state
was betteroff without than with them
and now one-third of the present
representation of the party from
Penn. we have not heard from the
other two-thirds, gets on the gee side
of the Panama question. 'Twas ever
thus, and that is just what ails the
democratic party.
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THINGS NOT PERMISSIBLE
Legal Propositions Which Affect
Every Day Matters in Life
Below area number ol propositions
prepared specially for The Phrks
which cover many affairs in every
day life and are worthy to be placed
where they may be frequently read:
Do you know that you' have no
right:-
To destroy a found article ?
To send threatening letters?
To send a dunning postal card?
To block up the public highways?
To hinder the carriage of the
mails?
To disturb the peace of the com
munity? To destroy or unnecessarily use a
borrowed article?
To use the mails for fraudulent an,d
dishonest purposes?
To Injure your neighbor by pollut
ing a natural water course?
To open a mall letter addressed to
another without permission ?
To annoy your neighbor by offen
sive odors, noise or other acts?
To consider yourself the owner for
all purposes of a found article?
To carelessly and recklessly Jog
against a passer-by on the street ?
To enter upon your tenant's hold
ings without license or his assent?
To walk or enter upon your neigh
bor's property without permission?
To hire I rig to drive to a certain
place and drive to another locality?
To allow overhanging trees, or
fences to encroach upon your neigh
bor's property?
To make or repeat false defamatory
statements against your neighbor,
even if you have no knowledge of
their falsity?
To negligently damage an article
left with you, which you keep for
the owner as a favor and without
compensation?
To interfere with the natural flow
age of water running across your
land so as to incovenience an upper
or lower proprietor through whose
land the same stream flows?
To allow your stock to run at large
and trespass on the lands of others?
Every man must now care for his
own cattle.
Professor Sommerville'i Will
Professor Maxwell Sommerville's
will, disposing of an estate conserva
tively valued at tlOO.OOO and upward,
was probated last Saturday. The
will contains many bequests to the
University of Pennsylvania, institu
tions in Paris and various homes and
hospitals. As has been expected, the
eminent glyptologist's collections of
curios and gems are devised abso
lutely to the University of Pennsyl
vania. The Masonic fraternity
receives important legacies.'
A codicil dated just before his de
parture tor Europe says that on the
distribution of the estate of his grand
father, James McAlpin, Professor
Sommerville's personal estate will be
enlarged by bequests fioin that estate.
If the adjudication Is confirmed. Pro
fessor Sommerviile directs that the
following legacies Khali become valid:
To the Masonic Home, $9,000, to be
used to endow a room or two in that
home, to be knowiuas the Maxwell
Sommerviile Endowment; to the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
$10,000, for the endowment of a room;
to the Grand Lodge, F. A A. M., in
Pennsylvania, $10,000. Bequests are
also made to numerous local charities.
The Weeping Willow
The origin of the weeping willow
in the United States is probably not
known to many people. The story
of how It came to America is an in
teresting and romantic one.
It came through the medium of
Alexander Pope, the poet. A twig
was sent to him in a box of figs from
Smyrna by a friend who had lost his
possessions In the "South Sea Bubble"
and had gone to that distant land to
regain his fortune. Pope planted tin
willow twig at his Twickenham villa
on the banks of the -Thames. A
young British officer, who had come
over to Boston to aid in crushing the
rebellion of the American colonies,
brought with him a branch from the
poet's now lieautiful tree, intending
to plant it in America. Failing to
realize his expectations, he gave his
w illow twig, wrapped In oil silk, to
John Parke Custis, win planted it In
his Abington estate in Virginia. It
grew and became the progenitor of
all the willow trees In this country.
Pecksniff Wheu tbo Evil One start
out to tempt nit) I alwa ka;r, "Out thee
U'tdud nit, isutau!" und he (tuts there.
Wloeuiali Yes, Wlieu ISulall atari! out
to tempt yurt he usually due "ifet there,"
duvu't lier-l'MltK.lelttda f rv,
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
Wood. A Son attended four funerals
Inst Wednesday.
Wednesday evening we had a pretty
good thunder shower.
The chap who predicted a cold wet
May would better guess again.
Dr. II. B. Reed has sold his team of
coach horses to Van Etten Bros.
Milford was well represented at the
circus at Port Jervis last Saturday.
Mrs. J. C. Westbrook, Jr., has been
spending a week or more in New
York.
Is the laborer worthy his hire? If
he Is he is most assuredly entitled to
his iay.
Hon. Dennis MeEamrhlin ami
family have arrived in town for the
summer.
Dance at Raymondsklll. and also one
at Hickory Grove on lHxvjration Day
evening.
Mrs. Melius has returned and asraln
o(ened the cottage she occupied last
summer on Harford street.
Troubles never come siiurlv. There
aro some, who having hardly recover
ed from one misfortune are afflicted
with another.
Wm. Johnson of Hainesville was In
town Wednesday acting as funeral
director at the funeral of Miss Meda
Boyd in the absence of ChosG. Wood.
Did you ever see a town where peo
ple are busier than here? Every man
add woman who wants to work can
find employment. There is no excuse
for standing around the corner holding
up the bank.
Some one Inclined to be humane has
a letter In the Port Jervis Gazette
regarding the treatment liverv horses
receive here. Our officers are blamed
but are they altogether to blame?
One goes home after his work In the
P.O. is done, the other one Is supposed
to be on duty until midnight, and he
certainly cannot be expected to be all
over town at one time. Why don't
some citizen who is Interested, if he or
she sees anything wrong, make a com
plaint Y and not talk about what
should be done.
Captured by Bandits
(From our Washington Correspondent)
The caiture by bandits in Tangier,
Morocco, of Mr. Perdicaris a wealthy
citizen of the United States well known
In this and other cities, has caused a
great sensation and may Itd to serious
complications with the Government of
Morocco, if Mr. Perdicaris is not
speedily released. Already the J?resl
dent and the Navy Department have
taken action and a fleet of American
battleship is now on Its way to the
Mediterranean. The Presidont Is not
the man to permit such an outrage to
go unpunished, and vigorous action
may be looked for. Some thirty years
ago your correspondent had the pleas
ure of making the acquaintance of Mr.
Perdicaris and his charming family,
for he had married in Europe the
widow of a wealthy Englishman, w ho
was also the mother of two very beauti
ful blonde daughters, one of whom
bore the Arab name of Nard Almayne.
Mr. Perdicaris came to New York,
and was soon the center of an admir
ing host of friends, for besides "being a
tall, graceful, polite, affable gentle
man, he was an artist, a playwright,
and devoted to literature. I fe brought
from Eurojie a play he had written,
also the scenery which he had painted,
and he proiiOMed to present both to the
public. Private performances were
given and the play was much admired,
but for some whim or other the press
and the regular managers gave it the
cold shoulder. It was withdrawn,and
later in the season the fair and grace
ful daughter, Mi.ss Nard, eliaa-d with
a young actor named Decker, and the
two speedily disappeared from six'iety.
Sulwequently Mr. Perdicaris rented a
beautiful villa in a suburb of Trenton,
N. J., on the banks of the historic
Delaware, not very far from the land
ing made by Geo. Washington, when
in the dark and cold, surrounded by
ice floes, he croswed over and routed
the Hessians. Here, surrounded by
all that wealth and taste could pnx-ure,
Mr. Perdicaris and his family resided
until their return to Europe. He w as
very hospitable, bad a house full of
friends, and gave elegant dinner iar
ties. Mint of his time was siicnt
between his studio and his library.
He was Immensely popular with all
who knew him, and has maintained
the same good will of the population of
Tangier since his advent in that city.
H is the Irony of fate that a man
kindly and philanthropic in all his
dealings w itli his fellow men should,
at the age of seventy years, be snatch
ed from the midst of the surviving
members of his family, by a bund of.
Udyves and cut-throaty