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THE XNTER OCEAN, SUM) AY HORXI2TG, APRIL 2, 1905. FIGHT 0ER FORTUNE OF WO When William Welghtman, the Phlladel phlan who bad made a fortune In quinine, died aad left hi only daughter, Mrs. Anne M. Welghtman Walker, approximately 30, 000 D00. the became the i ecocd rlchett woman lu her own rlgbt in the United States.

All of Mr. Welghtman 'a money vent to tblsdaugb ter, one of three children. Two sons had died. For a large number of grandchildren Mr. Welghtman had made no provision.

Be now comes Mrs. Jones Wister. widow of Mr Weightman'a youngest son, and on behalf of her only minor daughter threatens a contest to break the will a contest that Is likely to result in sensational disclosure. For one thing, there is rumor of a codicil to the will, winch is alleged to bare been de stroyed. Mr.

Wister's threat to start a contest came orer a week ago. But for weeks the forces hare been lining up for this struggle, and if It should CTer come to the open, court. as ivcmi mcviiauiv, 11 win iutuito a of the rich old chemist In his declining rears, which will be a eonrvlete surnrlse to those who Imagined that the nonagenarian was the acute, clear minded man of busi ness which the business world regarded him. The fight is to be made upon the broad grounds of equity. It will be argued that the heirs of the two sons.

Dr. John Farr Weight- man and William Weirhtman, who vlr tually gave their Uvea for thf ir father's chemical business, hare a palpable moral right to share tn the rait estate which is bow enjoyed entirely by the other child, Mrs. Walker. There was talk of a codicil to the remarkably condensed will of William Welghtroee, "written on a single sheet or paper, in which codicil Mrs. Walker was directed to make certain apportionments to the various grandchildren and to several charities.

The codicil. It was said, bad been lost, and a jart of the contest would be to prove tnat It tad been In existence. This la denied. Fledare ia Letter. The most startling piece of evidence which Mrs.

Wister will produce In support of her statement that William Welghtman was mentally Incompetent at the time he drew up, or copied, the terse -document In which be repudiated his obligations to all bis heirs except Mrs. Walker, is an autograph letter signed by the multimillionaire, agreeing to I. l.11., Yl'l 1 1 1 of whom five are now living, $1,000,000 in case she remarried. It Is said that when Mrs. Walker beard of the million dollar letter she induced ber father to draw up another document, la which be said that be was subject to "fits of temporary aberration of the mind," and that It was while in one of these fits that be bad agreed to set aside $1,000,000 for William Welghtman.

children. In this second document, which Is said to bave been acknowledged before a notary, Mr. Welghtman cancels his previous agree- uicut mm aw sou wiuow. Mrs. Walker's Dilemma.

How Mrs. Walker will be able to get this document Into evidence without proving Mrs. Wister's case Is a question. If she admits that ber father was subject to temporary mental aberration ahe admits the contention of Mrs. Wister thst be was predisposed to undue influence, and consequently not capable of making a will.

-If she denies It, the million dollar letter is still in full force. According to the prosecution numerous books and records showing the business re lations of Dr. John Farr Welghtman and William Welghtman. with their father all time to come their documentary claim upon a snare 01 ine weigniman estate. So far Mrs.

Walker's reply to all over tures for a settlement bas been Not a penny, not a penny. Within the past few days It baa been made clear that Mrs. Walker does not propose to relinquish a dollar of the millions left her by ber father, and that If Mrs Wister or any one else Is to get portion of the fortune it will be after one the most bitter legal battles In the history of the American courts. Mrs. Walker's purpose to resist to the etmost any atuit that may be Instituted by 1 rovers nave oeen s.aiea oy tticnara ain Meirs, who is the son-in-law of Mrs.

Wister, and at the same time the husband of Mrs. Walker's niece and the manager for tbe Weirhtman estate. Both Mrs. Meirs and her husband have opposed from the first Mrs. Wister's determination to attempt to break the will, and have been avowedly In sympathy with Mrs.

Walker, and anything that Mr. Meirs says regarding Mrs. Walker's Intentions In the case may be accepted as authoritative. And Mr. Meirs says that there will be no compromise, and that If aeult is brought it will be fought to the bitter end.

A Qaestloa of Prlaetale. Both Mrs: Wister and Mrs. Walker have asserted time and time again that their actions are not controlled by the amount of money that is involved, but that with them it Is a question of principle. Mrs. Walker Insists on no compromise because, if she compromised now.

her action would be construed as an admission of the truth of all the statements, veiled or open, that bave" been printed concerning the eccentricities of her late father. Mrs. Walker has been opposed to the publicity given to the case and to the airing of many of the Welghtman family affairs, and with the view of preventing herself from being drawn into the discussion has. withdrawn from society, and spends most of ber time in tbe seclusion of her apart- ucut.a wiui 1 u. Her apartment at the Renaissance, New York, consists of four large rooms facing Forty-Third street- Mrs.

Walker never ap-Dears In the dinlnr-room of the hotel, but takes her meals In tbe private dining-room of her apartment, where she is served by employes whose duties are to look after her FROM ROME, THE MAN WHO WROTE "CASEY AT THE BAT;" MAKES CONFESSION. JOHNNIE SAVE AT EECONU AND This is the time of year while the base ball clubs are ir training, and there Is a yearning look at the calendar by the loyal baseball fans when the) annual dispute over tbe of "Casey at the Bat Is due. There la hardly a hr thexountry that is "not ttk.i at occe a year, to and also settle tbe question 'of Its authorship. The facts regarding the verses aad the author recently came Into the possession of the Baltimore Neat, and to I alone. Special servants do all the work of caring for her apartment, and a servant sits outsld-j her door to take ber orders and to act a a guard against any intruders who might get by the hotel clerk- Mrs.

Walker's only recreation is an early morning drive in the park. Before lunch he transacts her business, which often con sists of long telephone conversations with Hampton L. Carson, her lawyer, in Phlla- elpbla. In the afternoon she goes out, usu ally down Fifth avenue, and sometimes through the shopping district. Occasionally the routine of Mrs.

Walker'-a life in New ork is varied by a flying trip to Philadelphia. Mrs. Jones Wister declared that she enters Into the contest with reluctance, dread ing at once the notoriety that must attach to it, and the ill feeling between tbe litigants that is bound to ensue. "It Is only my sense of duty to my children, who are the daughters of William Weight-man, that forces me to bring this action, Mrs. Wister said In Philadelphia the other day.

"My husband, Mr. Wister. believes I owe it to the girls and to the other grandchildren to use my efforts to procure for tbem their Just share of their grandfather's estate, and my lawyers and other advisers are of the same opinion. "To me personally the Idea of going into tbe courts with the case' is most, distasteful. I do not want any of WiiUam Weight-man's money.

In fact, I should not touch one penny of it, though it were offered me. The suit is in no way for my interest, only that I wish to see Justice done my daughters and the other lawful heirs. "I don't think any one wll deny that tbe will of William Welghtman was unjust. His sons. John Farr Welghtman and William Welghtman.

who was my husband, virtually gave their lives toward building up their father's fortune. "In their youth both of them desired to enter the medical profession. John Farr Welghtman, the. elder, prepared himself to become a specialist in diseases of tbe eye and ear by years of study abroad after be bad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. When be returned, be entered the office of Strawbridge and prepared to practice his chosen profession.

"All through bis student career bis father bad persistently pleaded with him to abandon medicine and enter tbe chemical manufacturing business. He refused for a time, but at last, believing his lather was In failing health and that it was his duty to take ss many business cares a might be from the old man's shoulders, be gave up his profession and entered tbe laboratories at Ninth and Parrish streets. "Tbe same sense of duty Impelled William Welghtman, to forego the thought of a professional career and devote himself likewise to the business of Powers fc Welghtman. Worked Loaar aad Fair rally. "Both the brothers gave all their time for years to tbe business- Tbey were at the laboratories or in tbe business omces early and late.

For year It was their custom to be there at 7 o'clock in the morning and work without cessation until o'clock in the evening. FLTNIf A-HVGCINQ THIRD. they are ot such- a character as to seem settle forever the question as to authorship ot the poem. Tbe author of "Casey at the Bat" Is Ernest Thayer, whose borne Is in Worcester, but who Is sow traveling abroad, where he spends much of his time. He wrote thf Ipoem In 1S88.

while acting aa the "Funny Man" of the San Francisco Exsminer, and it appeared in bis column ot June of that year ove bis com de plume "Pbln." The Newt was able to get 1U laioraatlon, -havorit-S. vr THE WEIGHTMAN FAMILY TREE BELOW Is given the genealogy of the family of William Welghtman to the fourth generation. If the contest of bis will, which Is about to be instituted by Mrs. Jones Wister, in behalf of a minor daughter a granddaughter of Mr. Welghtman la all of the grandchildren, members of tbe third generation, will come In for- a share of the vast Welghtman estate.

To Mrs. Anne Welghtman Walker, sole surviving child of Mr. Welghtman, all of her father' fortune was bequeathed, none going to the other heirs. The contest which is planned is to be brought by Mrs. Jones Wister, whose first husband was a son of Mr.

Welghtman, and who will press the claims of her only minor daughter. Miss Martha W. Welghtman. WILLIAM WEIGHTMAJI "It wss undoubtedly this devotion to the business that hastened tbe death of both of them. Dr.

John Farr Welghtman died In 1886, and thereafter his brother did more work than ever, having shouldered a large portion of the burden tbe elder man had borne. He wore himself out by Incessant work and died in 1889. "During the time the two brothers werel In the partnership their father took things easy. When they died the business wss In such excellent shape that It virtually ran Itself for years, Mr. Welghtman spending not more than three or four hours a day in the offices.

"Was ft Just that the heirs of these two brothers, who gave up chosen careers to aid their father, should be virtually disinherited in his will?" Compared with the vast wealth that William Welghtman devised to- his daughter, the amount that his sons' heir received are meager indeed. By an agreement signed when tbe two son were taken Into partners-hip in the firm of Powera Welghmtan-about 1880, $100,000 was to be set aside for the widow of each partner ahould he die. According to this agreement, Mrs. Joha Welghtman and Mrs. William Welghtman, now Mrs.

Jones Wister. each received $100,000 when their husbands died. This and tbe $800,000 trust fund which William Welghtman set apart for bis grandchildren In 1892 was all that bis sons' heirs received of the $30,000,000 or more that he accumulated. The trust fund comprised $100,000 for each of hie grandchildren, the six daughters of William Welghtman, and tbe two sons of through a resident of Baltimore, Mr. Sutton, who was a member of tbe class of 1885 at Harvard, and chum of Mr.

Thayer. They were both members of the same Greek letter fraternity. Mr. Thayer was editor in chief of the Harvard Lampoon while at the university, and was the humorous orator at the class day' exercises and was an acknowledged wit. After graduating Mr.

Thayer went West and engaged in newspaper work for a short time, and then returned home. 81nce then he has been dividing hi time between his home and abroad, bis father being a wealthy manufacturer ot Worcester. The following letter from the author was recently received from Rome, In which he gives full Information as to its writing: "ROME, Orand Hotel Qulrinal. February, 1805. Since writing you the other day other facts about 'Casey' have occurred to me which perhaps will be of Interest Ur you.

Except as originally published! In the Examiner, "Casey has never been correctly printedbarring one or two cases tn which I have furnished tbe copy. The reason for this I will explain. When the poem was first copied Into an Eastern paper I think by the New York Sun the clipping editor cut off the opening stanzas and began where Casey advance to the bat. Later on pe Wolf Hop-ber began to recite the complete poem as It was given to him by Mr. Archibald Gun-thsr, who saw it In the Examiner.

Some one who heard Hopper's recitation wrote out the first five stanzas from memory and a very bad memory he must have had tacked them to the mutilated version as it was printed In the Sun and many of Us exchanges, and then published a combination which has been printed up and down the land as Casey at the Bat, I think that if the matter were of any importance tbe easiest way to establish tbs authorship would, he to let the different claimants luroUIJ a copy which might be compared with the poem a was first printed in th Examiner. "I may say, ia conclusion, though tome of the mutilated reprints of 'Casey have my name on "the title par, I have sever uthoriscd them. I bave left the poem to its ate except that ae had, a Un coplea William (widow 'P'H Mrs. Aim SI. Welghtmsa Walker Dr.

Joka Farr Welsatasaa (deceased) Welahtmaa, (deceased) married to Jonea Wister) Maleolna Rostra Welsjhtmaa (deceased; 'v Aaarey Welaatmaa Mr. Raadelpta Farlca (deceased) Mrs. Rlehard Wala Meirs i Mrs. TVataaatel S. -N or to a Mrs.

Joha Stravvbrlda-e Ethel De lavllllers Welacatmaav Martha W. Welchtaaa John Welghtman. It Is held by deed of trust, and tbe Interest is paid to tbe grandchildren or their heirs. Despite statement to the contrary, tbe Welghtman family, as well as the general public, were amazed when William Weight-man's brief will wss probated. They had expected that be would leave several millions at least to each of his grandchildren, this expectation being based on tbe general attitude of the aged chemist toward bis relatives.

That Mrs-. Walker would be tbe sole legatee no one save herself and the witnesses to the will bad suspected. "We were greatly surprised when we lesrned that no provision for the grandchildren had been made In the will." said Mrs. Wister. "Still, we thought perhaps Mr.

Welghtman had directed Mrs. Walker as to a distribution of the fortune, and we have waited since that time for her to signify some Intention of dividing Justly with the other heirs. i "Not until we were assured she had bo such intention did we consider bringing the logs! action tobreak the will. don't think it was William Welrhtman's desire that his grandchildren should be cut off from participation In the fortune. After my first husband's death he Mved with me and my daughters, and were on the best of terms.

We did all we could to make bis declining years aa pleasant as possible, and be seemed to appreciate this. "It 4s true that after my marriage to Mr. Wister he developed a sudden coolness toward me. "I think It was his resentment that caused him to make the will leaving all his for printed for circulation among my friends, and only recently, when I was charged with falsely claiming the poem, has it seemed to ma my duty to say something ot my con nection with It. Finally, while a certain 'Will' Valentine may have written a baseball poem In a Sioux City paper before 1888.

it could not have been 'Casey at tbe Bat, and if any one is anxious enough to search the files of that paper this fact will become patent. With apologies for troubling you, very truly yours. ERNEST L. THAYER. The Orlajtaal Poena.

The original "Casey at the Bat" 1 a follows: "CASEY AT THE BAT." (A Ballad ot the Republic. Sung In the Year 1888.) The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mud-vine sin that day; Th score atood 4 to with but one Inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same. sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few cot up to go la deep despair; th rest CluDg te that hope which springs eternal in the human breast; They thought it only Casey could but get a whack at that They'd put up even money now with Casey at tne oat- But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy ill axe, And th former was a lulu and the latter wa a cake; So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat, For there seemed but little chance ot Casey's getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all. And Blake, th much despla-ed, tore the cover off the ball; And when the dust bad lifted, and tbey saw what had occurred. There was Johnnie safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third. JtrJ. I William Weiahtmaa, 8a.

Faaale I Wtlfkiaaa William Welghtmas Far lea Marie Lealu Far lea (Jeaaaette Karlea William Welstatmaaf Metre Aaae -Walker Metre Jarvla Meirs 'j Ifoatsa Strambrldge aaaarrlci, tune to Mrs. Walker. The will waa written in the same year. "Thls'resentment did not continue long. He wrote to me many time afterward, ask-ing' me to go and see him.

and our relations were most pleasant. He was always friend ly to the children, and talked as If he were going to do the right thing by them when he died." All the letters written to Mrs. Wister by William Wlghtman have been carefully preserved. It is i easy to believe that this struggle for the millions of William Welghtman is most distasteful to Mrs. Wister.

She know nothing of business matters or local- procedure, having devoted her life to ber home, her children, her friends, and charitable work. Mrs. Wister's maiden nam was Sablna d'Invllliers. She Is a member of an old family of tbe French nobility, compelled to flee from the empire at the time of the first revolution In 1793. The family went to Phila delphia by way of the West Indies and soon became prbmlaent in the society of that Mrs.

Wister was born on North Franklin street. In the then fashionable Spring Garden district, less than two squares from where- William Welghtman, her first husband, was born. Wister was William Welghtman' favorite daughter-in-law, receiving greater preference at bis hands than did his own daughter. Mrs. Walker.

While he admired Mrs. Walker's business ability, he loved his son' wife for. ber social trait and for her fidelity to her husband and children. Mrs. Wister has always been a leader In Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lutty yell; It rumbled through the valley.

It rattled la the dell; It knocked upon the mountain, and recoiled upon the flat For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to th bat. There wa ease in Casey's manner as he stepped into bis place; There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face; And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed hi hat. No stranger in th crowd could doutft 'twas Casey at th bat. Ten thousand eye were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongue applauded when he wiped them on hi shirt. -Then, while the writhing pitcher ground tbe ball into hi hip, ueaance gleamed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip.

r- And now the leather covered sphere came hurtling through the air. And Casey stood a-watching It la haughty grandeur there. Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped; That ain't my style," said Casey. "Strike on!" th umplr said. From th benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar.

Like tbe beating of the storm wave on a -tern and distant shore. "Kill him! Kill th umpire 1" shouted some one on the stand; And it's likely they'd have killed him-had not Casey raised his hand. With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage He stilled th rising) tumult; he bad th game go 002 He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew: But Casey still ignored It, aad th umpire two." iV hsx society. Her birth and personal loveliness, even more than her wealth, made her one of the first matron in social Importance In Philadelphia's exclusive aristocracy. Mrs.

Wister' four elder daughters have likewise been social favorites. Three of them have married Into tbe city's best families. and Mis Bthel d'Invllliers Welghtman is now one of the belles of the fashionable set. The youngest daughter. Miss Martha W.

Welghtman, ia at a girls' school on the Hud son, receiving the finishing touches to ber education. She is 18 years old. It Is nom inally on ber behalf that ber mother is insti tuiing the suit to obtain an equitable distri bution of William Welghtman fortune. Mrs. Wister's home, at 1819 Walnut street.

Is all that artistic taste and wealth can make It. Her husband. Jones WJster, possesses a personal fortuno estimated at more than $1,000,000. a rairaa si ana Aside from ber social duties. Mrs.

Wister has been a patron of art and a liberal sup porter of many charitable Institutions. She is a member of the advisory board of mana- gers-ot tbe Free Museum of Science and Art and a director of the School of Industrial Art. In personality Mrs. Wister Is the very an tithesis of Mrs. Adne M.

Welghtman Walker. Between these two women there bas existed enmity for many years, at least on the side or Mrs. walker. Mrs. Wister did not wish to enter a legal struggle to wrest from Mrs.

Walker some of ber though she was convinced her own cbiJdren are justly entitled td their share of the fortune. "I would sooner die than bring this suit ane-saia. "were it not that duty to my daughters Impels me, nothing could persuade me to go into" the courta with such a con test." If the. case be tried in court, either before a Jury or a master, Mrs. Wister will be tbe most Important witness in the endeavor to prove that William Welghtman's true intention aa to the distribution of bis wealth was not recorded in his last will.

The domestic affairs of the Welghtman household, of course, enter very largely Into the contest-' There baa been an effort to ahow that Mr. Welghtman resented the aspirations of Jones Wister to the hand of hi ion's widow, but this 1 not the case. On the contrary. Mr. Welghtman frequently urged his daugh- ter-in-iaw to-marry again.

are wrong. he would say to her. and when ahe told him, laughingly, that she would never permit any one to come between her children -and their grandfather, he assured her that her remarriage would not In any way affect bis consideration of the chil dren. It was then that be wrote tbe million dollar letter. Aa yet Mr.

Wister had not come upon the-scene. Before the engagement of Mrs. Welghtman, and' Mr. Wister wss snnounced. Mr.

Wister wrote a letter to Mr. Welghtman asking for the hand of his daughter-in-law. The old chemist sent a prompt reply, giving hi cordial consent to the union. It Is said that Mrs. Walker was ardentlv in favor of the match.

Not until after the marriage did any nn- IP "THAT A INT MY STTLE." SAID CASET. "Fraud! cried the maddened thousands, and the echo answered "Fraud!" But one scornful look from Casey and the audience was awed. They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain, And they knew that Casey wouldn't let that ball go by again. The sneer is gone from Casey's lip, his teeth are clinched in hate; pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate. pleasantness develop between the Wister and the Welghtman.

Simultaneously with! a coolness on tbe part of Mr. Welghtman woman wno Bad formerly mada a home for him rim, uri. i a uiVBKiW ment between Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Wister The marrlsre was ten veara that dav to this the two t.

muh chanred a wnril fr -n-vuju kUUiUQI soon wore off. and his amicable relations wlta Mrs. Wlater and his son's children were re unied. He visited at the house and gave) every manifestation of good will and affeo UUD. Meanwhile Mr a Waltar anf hav knA.rf who died a year ago last December, were en.

terlnr more and more fullv into the dence of the old man. Previous to that tlmel bis intercourse with ber had been more off less perfunctory, but she soon came to fill the Biace In hfa karf anrf fiAma that hiiThMn. held by Mrs. Wister. Mr.

Walker Drew Will. Mr. Wsiker. being a lawyer as well a at business associate of Mr. Welghtman, ia said to have drswn up the will with which) Mr.

Welghtman dumfounded the public and stunned bis grandchildren after his death It was subsequently copied by the chemist. As a disposition of $30,000,000. It Is suin clently unusual to warrant reprinting here: William Welghtman of Philadelphia, miBU4 factoring chemist, being oT sound mlDd, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last Will, herabv ravoklnar all fma Mil. by tne at any time heretofore made. nrai.

i (its. (MTiia, ana Dequetta atwolnUm all my property aod eatat. real and personal, of. which I shall die seised and mmn inm, nnl surviving child, my daughter. Anne M.

Weight-' "j1 wire or Kobert C. Walker, to best' snd her heirs and assigns forever. 4 Second. I do herebv aDDOint and AAtiatltnta nr said daughter and my son-in-law, the said Rob- ri j. naiaer, as tne executors or this my last Will and testament, and It la will n.ik of my said executors shall be required to enter! rcuriiy, ana no inventory nor appraisement boa' account of my estate shall be Sled by them.

Ia witness whereof, I. William Weigh tman. the testator, have to this my will, written on one sheet of paper la my own handwriting, set my, band and seal this first dsy of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in tAa nrw ence of witnesses whose namaa ara kanat ana scribed. (Signed) WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN, A. W.

Hoopea. Alexander H. Jones. i Edward J. Da via.

Every Oae Waited to Hear More, Neither the nubile nor tbe heirs aanld baa Ileve that there was not some unwritten agreement behind the will. Surely an equity able man and a fend father 'and grandlaJ ther, such a Mr. Welghtman had always) been, could not be guilty of such favoritism as tbe wlU Indicated was the general onln ion. Everybody waited to hear tbe rest. It was) expected almost -dally that Mrs.

Walks' would announce a munificent gift to charity in the name of her father; that she would) settle at least half of her $30,000,000 upon thai other But the waiting was In vain. Tbe secona richest woman in tbe world continued to holdf fast to the title, and she showed a desire to escape from the business burden whlcbj she shouldered with such pleasant Interest after the death of her brothers when hA father announced to ber that she was to sue eeed him ss manager of the Power e( Welghtman at Ninth and Parrish streets Mrs. Walker had paid "ttle attention td! that great enterprise, which had made hefl father famous, as well as fabulously wealthy, until the most logical successors to It had) been removed by death. The first straw in the wind was the an nouncement made by Edward J. Davis, whql was Mr.

Welghtman's real estate manager, and who occupied tbe same post when Mrsv Wslker took the reins, that the real estate) of William Welghtman would be put In th market. During the chemist's life he mad it a hard and fast rule to buy, but never to sell real estate. The revolutionary policy on the parf of bis daughter in the matter of real estate gave the Inkling that she was perhaps not la accord with ber lather's views in all mat- ters, and that. she did not purpose to bound by Then by a consummate stroke of business) Mrs. Walker released herself from the eon- duct of the great chemical manufacturing establishment at Ninth and Parrish streets, with Us ramifications throughout tbe world.

This was accomplished by consolidation) with the rival firm of Rosen gar ten it Sons, the Rosengartens becoming the active man agers of tbe amalgamated. plants. These two firms possess jointly tne ex elusive secret of manufacturing morphine and quinine, thus controlling absolutely the) world's supply of these two drugs. By their consolidation It Is supposed the cost of pro duction bas considerably lessened, enaoiinf both to reap greater profits. It Is an inter eating question whether.

If William Weight man's will ia broken, this merger with thai Rosengartens will stand. By relieving herself of all responalblllty for the conduct of tbe chemical laboratories. Mrs. Walker has not rid herself entirely ot business care. The estate left by her father Included property in Ohio, Wisconsin, Mis sourl.

New Tork, Virginia, Nebraska, Dela ware, Maryland, and many other state, as well as large holdings of resl estate In thin city. William Welghtman was the largest property holder In Philadelphia, and it will take years to dispose of this part of the estate. If it "should be Mrs. Walker's lnten tion to do so. The seeming desire ot this paragon of bus I ness to relinquish all claim to the honor and to convert ber enormous wealth into easy securities, which would not demand her per sonal attention, caused a certain credence to be attached to the rumor that Mrs.

Walker had social aspirations, and at the earliest possible moment she'would forsake Philadelphia and take her money to Europe, where there is an immense titled society that bows down to American dollars. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go. And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow. Oh! somewhere in favored land the sun Is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. And somewhere men are laughing, and some where children shoutt But there is no Joy In MudviUe might Casey ha struck out..