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lis Grand Duchess Who Ran Away Carnegie's Gift to Dunfermline Fergus Hums at Fortye Classified Ads. Society Woraan's Clubs 73 Leber World Gallery Gods of Drcraa Race Hatred ay Rev. J. Leonard Levy, D.D. PITTSBURGH, SUNDAY MOKXIXG, NOVEMBER 15, 1903, EIGHT PAGES.

UU I 3i FLED FROM PALAG GIFT TO DUNFERMLINE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T HAVE NEW FU NT Here Are the Real Reasons Why the Heir to Holland's Throne Had to Recapture His Royal Bride in Switzerland. ERLI.V, Nov. 5. Tlre has been w.rious trouble tn the domestic affair of one of the rcinoi German courts, about which tbf-rc hae uceu many scusa- tloual-niniotri in circulation. The ccn- i iri lavi oi rue feiouei tpreau aoroau Ithat.

the young grand dweheps of Sao-I Weimar loft her husband after three MA.tk., tr 1.1 1 1 I 2 nullum ui raairi'-'ii buu mil iaj ft 3wlt7erland has been officially ad- 8IK' regard to the ft L. cavvts of thin Bight that the various repJ )rt arp widely dlffsrfcnt, One-ver i'yri Is that bop had a violent dispute wth her husband and ran away to pay Wim out, while another account printed GRAND DUCHESS CAROLINE. GRAND DUKE Tbe rtoyal lirid who has -won a Great Victory. The Eoyal Bridegroom royal highness. The grand duke main- tabled his composure, ordered his-things to be packed, too, and tore to the station jutt in time to Jump into the same train though into a different car.

it was a corridor train and soon the grana auke went forward with the inten- tion of rejoining his wife. Grand Duchess Caroline, however, had a re- served compartment and had locked her Fdf in. When the grand duke knocked at the door and announced that, he, too, had boarded the train, his ccasort refused to let him In and said (he wanted to be alone. The grand duke was helpless, and retired to the next compartment. Several times during the long journey he" renewed his request to be admitted to his wife's compartment, but she remained fhrougnout the hours which elapsed between the departure from Weimar and the arrival at St.

Moritz in Switzerland. Arrived at the Swiss' watering place the grand duchess drove to a hotel and the grand duke followed her In another carriage. The grand duchess engaged a suite of rooms on the first floor and the grand duke promptly took the adjacent suite. Still the grand duchess continued inexorable and would not' admit her husband to her rooms or hold any kind of communication ith him. This lasted for three days, and at last she relented sufficiently to grant him an interview, but only to rate Mm itmrc soundly than he had ever been lated before in his life.

She reproached him "with being afraid to pay boo to bis own courtiers and with being a slave to antiquated conceptions of prot-perity. She accused him of disloyalty to her in siding with her and ridiculed the idea that a husband who acted as he had done could really be in love with his So fierce was the onslaught of the grand duchess that she ended by exhausting all her store of wrath and forging her -husband. Victorious at Last. The was omy partial, for Grand Duchess Caroline stubbornly refused to return to Weimar unless the elderly female courtiers who had caused all the trouble were dismissed Immediately. The grand duke was reluctant to comply with his wife for three days.

Finally, seeing that she was determined to have her own way, he' wisely conceded her demand and proposed that they should return to Weimar together without further delay. The gand duke was in a hurry to get homo again, for the iiiht of the grand duchess so soon alter the honeymoon, combined with ids hasty pursuit, had caused a tremendous sensation in his dominions and the prolonged absence of the grand ducal pair was giving rise to all ports of unpleasant reports. Grand Duchess Caroline, however, possessed little confidence in her husband's courage, to face the elderly female courtiers, and declared she would remain In Switzerland until the dismissal of her persecutors had actually been accomplished. Fo the grand duke, much against his will, returned to Weimar alone, a circumstance that gave rise to the report that a divorce was impending. Within a few daj-s the elderly female courtiers, five la number, had been sent into retirement with pensions which compensated them for the loss of their positions, and Grand Duke William Ernest hurried back to Switzerland to fetch his wife.

A complete i (--conciliation was now effected, arid Just four weeks after the flight of the grand duchesa from Weimar the grand ducal psir made a triumphant entry into Eisenach, thi town second in importance in the grand duchy. The duckets cow has her own way at court, Iects the menu for dinner, speaks when necessary to the chief cook, goes out shopping' and enjoys life after her own taste. A few days ago she and her husband paid a visit to the German emperor and empress in Berlin, and everyone was charmed with her vlvacienis personality. GEORGE WEISS. (Copyright, 1003.

by Curtis 'S .1 The Pittsburgher's Reckless Disposal of Easy Money is a Shock to the Staid People of Scotland ONDON, Nov. 7. Dunfermline's city lathers are no recovering from the shock of Andrew Carnegie's gift of the beautiful PittencrieiT estate glen grroves, historic ruins and all and are jiow making the place ready for the humble populace of the grimy old town hose chief son Mr. Carnegie is. A friend who stopped off at Dunfermline the other day took some beautiful photos of the place, and contributes the following comments on the I'itsburgb, millionaire's gift to his birthplace: No municipality in the world has a finer bit of park and wood in the center than Dunfermline has, in the estate of ptttencrieff, the magnificent tlemcnse bought by Andrew Carnegie for the people of his native city.

The gift of a romantic glen and park, with thrown In. has no parallel in recent years in this or any other country. Twenty-five thousand pounds year the income of the means nearly two sblden sovereigns to every inhabitant the city, providing the Steel Trust bonds in which the money was conveyed, hold good. "In 1STG Mr. Carnegie founded the Car-necie baths at Dunfermline, and he followed tr.is gift up by establishing a free library, by presenting the city with a technical school, by converting the Pended tower into a museum, by giving 35.000 for baths and a gymnasium, by providing Carnegie bursaries for secondary education, and for years ho has contributed to the fi.i.ds of the choral and orchestral societies.

"In his letter, announcing the gifts to the people of Dunfermline, Mr. Carnegie says: 'It is mote than 20 years since I provided in my will for this experiment, for experiment it is. My retirement from business enables me to act in my own lifetirre. and the fortunate acquisition of Pittercrieff, with its lovely glen, furnishes the needed foundation on which you can build, beginnii.g your w-oik by makir.g a recreation park for the people. Needed etructures will have an admirable site on iio edg-e, in the very.

center of the With a commission such as this and an income of a year, it should be possible, if not to eliminate the 'submerged tenth, to work a social revolution in a comparatively srr.al! city like Dunfermline." The "Laird of Skibo" has inspired some of the -Scotch newspaper correspondents to occasional flights of imagination that would do credit to the yellowest of American yellow journals. Ono. of thein divulged to the. writer the other rlay and was prepared to writ It all out. for a pound a.

tlvnisand words the astonishing fac. that Mr. Carnegie was behind a hi? Liberal paper which was to be started in Glasgow. and th-t- as son as he had made sufficient headway with it, he was going to surrender his American citizenship, become a Briiith sublet' again, stand for. a in parliament and cut a dash in the hous; of commons as a follower of John Motley.

The, only shadow of truth in all ri.bbish was that Mr. Carnegie really Is t.ho closest chum of John Marlcy and Is probably of the very few persons who saw that literary statesman's "Life of Gladstone" before it went to the publisher. If anything coxild tempt Mx. Carnegie to go into British politics it would be his personal fondness for Mr. Morley, hut I am assured, that the great distributor cf libraries is an jealous of liis American citizenship as fcn is of his farce ra-5 a patron of books.

Tli r.m-ber of acceptances of his offer Cf free to British towns is 1: UK AXE-WEIMAR. who had to come to terms. take any direct Interest in the affair of the kitchen. A few days later Grand Duchess Caroline, who, in her own boms at Greiz. a little town of inhabitants, had ten accustomed to live unceremoniously, wanted to walk out alone to do seme shopping, and was irritated when her pitiless mentors exclaimed with every appearance of being horror-stricken that such a tiling had nver been heard of at the grand ducal court of Saxe-Wel-mar! This friction recurred several times dally in regard to the style of dress the grand duchess wore, in regard to the newspapers and bocks she read, in regard to her pastimes, which the old ladies considered shocking, and in respect to her persona! manners, for it was thought that she was too free and easy with all sorts and conditions of people.

When it had been going on for a few-weeks the grand duchess began to think of rebellion against the discipline to which she was so unaccustomed. She found that: she was rapidly becoming a slave in her own home, that she had no power iu her own household and that she was being subjected, to a tyranny intolerable to a woman" of character and independence. The hardest part of it all to hear W3S the lack of her lmbarid's support. Flight. Suddenly after an eight week's losing the grand duchess ordered her maid to pack her thii.gs quickly, and drove to the station to catch th-3 express to Switzerland.

Her liight was effected with so little fuss that nobody had time to take steps to prevent it. The fright. ened domestics, who knew that the grand duchess had fled, rushed into the grand -duke's prpartments and blurted out their Intelligence without the reserve gener- i illy practiced in conversation with his 1 German newspapers stated that a clique of old femah? courtiers were responsible for the scandal. I Lave made careful inquiries into the truth of all the reports In -circulation and am enabled to give aa autheatlc account -of what, proves to have been an extraordinary affair. Grand Duk "William Ewst of Saxc-TVelrrtar.

In VT years old anil rrlrs ovpr ore ot tha petty Carman states, his grand d-tchy being square miles tn area only a larger than the state -of KVj.Lj Island and containing inhabitants. is one of the richest men In the world, and as he Is the next heir to th throne ot Holland in the event of. Cumuli Vilhcdmina'e marriage remaining: I childless, a catch for any un married prince! rn Europe, for really eligible are seoroe in these circle. Many matchmakers wer at work on kMi belialf and many alliances were pro- posod to him, bit he rejected them all. I for hfl was genuinely In love with Prin cess Caroline or Keuss ana was tenntned to marry her and none other.

Princess Caroline is an uncommonly brll- llnnt and talented woman, but she was icornddfred an undesirable wife for William Ernest tcaae the family ttmhen tairtcd lth insanity for many jtiveratlr'ns and Princess Caroline's eldest inrotner'is a tuaoman unaer control. turf uri luiin niiiiv, n' xij iu the wclfaro of one of the federal Mates lu hid empire, tamea piamy 'to WiliUm nrneet about tne' langcis of h-rditary insanity, and King Edwa-d of who was Interested In tne euc- Icesslon -of the throne of Holland, did his utmost to dissuade Ids distant kinsman 'from Mi matrimonial projsct. A deputa-: Hon 'of etalosmfcn and influential poli- i til-inns journeyed scertly from Holland to Wrtmar, ths- grand duke'a capital to petition htm, In view of the probability hi to the Dutch crown, not to prenyl th.i country witn a dynasty Itomtcd with the curse of insanity. THE ROMANTIC OLD PIGEON HOUSE Ont the PIttures3ue 'Buildings the Pittenc.rolt Estatf, presented to the Cily of Scotland, by An drev Camegii. tFrom a Photo, taken for this Article.

of their protection and superior wisdom. They pointed out to her that it would by a sacrilege to remove furniture which had stoed in Its piace for two centuries, and declined to carry out her orders until the grand duke's ascent had been given. An appeal was made to the grand duka. and he shared the view of the elderly female courtiers that it would- be unsuitable to remove historical articles of furniture to make room for twentieth century fabrications. The grand duchess strongly resented her husband's defection in the little contest with the old women of the court, and this trifling incident was the beginning of a series of disagreements In regard to insignificant domestic matters.

The imperious Caroline was unconventional in many ways, and constantly came into collision with the elderly aristocratic ladies who had worsted her In the first encounter. On one occasion tshe desired to add modern French novels to the palace library, which had hitherto consisted solely of classic works, and the courtiers raised objections again. Again an appeal was made to tne grand duke, and this time, too, without siding against his wife, he gave hr clearly to understand that he regarded her conduct inadvisable and that of the elderly female courtiers un impeachable. Couldn't Even Order Dinner. The next time Grand Duchess Caroline wanted to select the memj for dinner every day and give her own orders to the.

chief cook, but the elderly female courtiers assured her that this would be con-; trary to the established etiquette of the grand ducal court, and placed oostacias in her way. Once more the grand duke was called in to decide the question, and once more his decision was-glven against his wife. He agreed with. the expetl-' enccd courtiers that it wouid "be fied for'" the reigiiing- grand" duche to- 1 FERGUS HUME AT FORTY STILL GRINDING NOVELS rt4 -j I 1: i an important-scheme was on foot to develop tho Scotthh teat fields is the outcome of a suggestion on the part' of this millionaire. A community kr.owu as the Scottish Labor colony has been far some years working th peat fields rHrt C'C haphazard way.

Nw tiie Scottish Peat Indvstries. at the rnstiga'tion of Mf. Carnegie, have bough the colony's un -I and Intend to put down a new plant in the district. The, capital of the concern is and it is believed that Mr. Carnegie has given sufficient to pro- vide for working expenses frep of tuvy -interest.

i No definite news has been, giver, yet concerning the- grfat plan for tV; construction of niojei-tenements, fn re-sponsft request-the. rep- resentative body of housing, experts who have beta interesting thems.tlves iiv ob- better living accommoda t'ons for the very poor, have now prepared a complete, scheme for his ay-proval. tbo. Initial expenditure cf.a good millions, St is claimed that when once the, tenements are bull! c-e self-supporting. Penn Nuf Ced 0 i i i mm i i- Hi ii I ii ii IW 1 William however, being in love remained deaf to all warnings, reproaches and entreaties, and the pair were mar- ried at Btirkeburg residence or tne bride's uncle, the prince of Schaumberg- Iippe.

oa April last. The kaiser and Queen Wilhelinina of Holland were present; and after 'the ceremony the young grand ducal couple spent their honeymoon in Austria. They Overruled the Bride. Early in June Duke William Ernest and his young Just 19 years old. returned to.

their miniature dominions; made a magnificent state entry Into their capital, Weimar, and took up their residence at the historic palace Now, the palace la an' old-fashioned edifice, furnished In the style of the early ISth century and possessing many old-time discomforts. Grand Duchess Caroline is a modern young woman of energy, having a strong will of her own, and she determined to Introduce alterations which would render her new home more, habitable. She gave orders for the furniture of her own set of apartments to be cleared out. and to be replaced by up-to-date tables and1 chairs, giving a light airy to the rooms. Herein, however, the was opposed by three or four elderly lading, attached to the court in various capacities, who were conlnoed that the young grand ducal wife was urgently in need occupied as he has been with his; Zionist work, has treated readers to his views on current topics, and the gaiety of nations has 'suffered' in 'consequence, but lie is about to do so once more.

In the columns of the" London weekly Today, of which Jerome used to be editor, the famous' Jewish writer will contribute a lengthy series of articles, apropos of pafs- ing events, and to oe cauea witnoui Prejudice." The statement has Tcen here which was tnade by the late Frank Morris to the effect -that George Meredith "has only within the last few years made more out of uuy one of his world-famous novels." It is stated that the usual price paid to Meredith by his publishers for a romance was between and $2,500. The surprise of the sale of the famous "Shelley" book for at Sotheby's the other day was that none of the several American agents were successful In bidding it -The-prlae was, of course, the pamphlet of "Original Poetry by Victor and Caxlre," Shelley and his Mstcr of which only two copies exist. This copy was given by its printer to Charles Phillips, the collector. At the auction Sotheby's was filled with a crowd ef hook dealers and connoisseurs, and the bidding was lively. The first offer of was ignored by the auctioneer, and tbe next bid was tha price went up rapidly, $30 at a time, the Americans being especially eager, but finally the latter dropped out and a competition followed between an English private collector and a dealer, the former finally winning.

Oddly enough, this gentleman, T. J. Wise, also possesses the other copy of "Victor and Caztre." By the way, this sale brought out the fact that the highest price ever psid for a book was this sum having been given for a volume of psalms at the f-imous Kyston Park sale in this country. A rather queer literary coincidence Is the fact that a day or two after the publication here of Bliss Carmen's new volume of poems, "The Tipes of Pan," Mrs. Crajgie copyrighted at Birmingham her latest ploy of called "The Flute II.

C. THEiF Two Pf JjVERWEDDIMG. ts of England Cele-' inty-Five Years of pdded Life. h'v. (Copyright Cable- brat! Loxiy Jiy a in Eii(il land cc' the he.

and for the first time iry. two primates of Ei.g- their silver weddines on jr. Th, rrated v-v. th The archbishop of Caa- tho day quietly at archbishop of York Lambeth his silver wedilinif in the south of Franco. Both archbishops are natives of Edinburgh and both were married on November JO, 1ST3.

Dr. Davidson, archbishop of York, married a daughter of Archbishop Ta It, while acting-' as chaplain and secretary to tho latter. LOsTlN A TOMB. Party of American Tourists Had an Unpleasant Experience in Catacombs. PARIS.

Nov. H- (Copyright Cable.) A of including American Visitors, had a most unpleasant experience in the catacombs this They were proceeding with a guide through a narrow gallery. One gentleman sropped to examine an inscription. Those ahead of him talked on. thus cutting the party hi two as tney were in single file.

When the latter tried to rejoin the first they took a wrong turn- I log mid lost themselves. Per tw.i hours til party wandered front g-iliery to gat-kry ti'l tiicy tcund an outU-t. Think twi fora ro.u.sncakthcu perhaps you tv ilf not i pe.aic. said, to bare falicn.off greatly of late. Several such oCCers have been stiffly declined and several other have led to such violent local rows that Mr.

has foeccme slightly bored the whole business, ard Inclined to pai" more attan-tion to. British industrial undertakings. He is interested in more of these than is generally known. A few 'months ago he came to the -assistance of the -South-Wales quarrymen in their tight v.itli Lord Penrhyn. the owner of the and now he is doing t-omethtrts -for liis own cotvntrymen in the of Scotland.

Tho crofter question ex'-rcieirg his mind for ye3rs ami tie. ria sent anonymously many thousaneis of dol. lars to relieve immediate distress; He prefers to remain in the background now with regard to anything he is doing to re vive industries among the crofters, and the money that be contributes is always in an assumed name. When asked some-: time ago why he did not want his identity he replied: "America is my. commercial home: I am in Great Britair to spend money.

not to make it." The announcement made recently thafc ii CATALOG. "Hansom Cab Mystery" Author Turning Out Hve Romances a Vearw-How He Frightened an Old Lady Out of a Train. EONDON, Nov. 7. Whether or not they read th novels which he still is turning out Indefatigably.

Americans who delighted in "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" may poiislbly be irttert-sted in hearing; something of its author, Fergus Hume, as one Cin h)m today. The latest of Hume's romances, if ono remembers rightly, was FMvfr but a the author wrlts oij an iwrag- five booUs a year, it a lUtie hard to fceep track 'of them. Hi wT has. success with "Tha Mtery," it is true, but he has an tmmenne public In this country, oa well many readers 1n the states, 'wlwre enc of hi tori-a recently was published and in his former home. Australia.

"Woman, the Sohinx," had beci; the mot sui.cesful of his recent books, which is rather tnterostlrit as the work Is Ulaimed br its author as one cf the only two ren! nov-is wmcn ne ras iuc other bHiuj "Whom (Jod Hath Joined." sides these. Hume. has written nearly bo'k, but the latter lie prefers to call Jl "stories. i rgtis Hune name has boen a ramiwar for so lor.ff that most poplo suppose to be an old man. As a matter of is only 40.

the explanation being his tlrst succees- with "The Mystery Hansom Cab" was ni'ule when ho wAv Tlio story how this nee jme to be written is an unconi- tnit renilnjf one. 'As -a boy of 17. JUunA. Who originally had tticd in his rnlnd Vto be a lawyer, got his Inspiration KUthurship through reu linn "Monte hut his HrM try for fame was roadi Vtth ft' play. It- whm- dlsastrotis.

Then te young man decided to try his hand atia novtl, but being of a practical turn of tfiiSnd, he had no ide of wasting tln vpiin jtilucrntlve forms of lluiature. so he wrnt to a Melbourne publisher snd akM frn.ikly for what kind of stories ho found the -best sale. rspclilly Gsborfau's." waa the reply of tjia. man hooks. Hume had not reud the Frenchman, but.

he promptly bought a complete, edition of hM work ard started In to find -out how sijeccssful i tecUve storlen were written. That he did find ojt "Tlie Mystery of a Hansom Cab" is proof. II rnade Hume's reputation, and tie yot'hH author l-'st no time in foHow-lig np i st cuo'ces with "Madam "The Man Wlio and Girl From Malta." ail cf which be fn-vorifes at nom. Hume came to England in 1V, and sinc; thn has lived and worked in Esx. He Is fairly tall, rompo't of frame, and a gidat walker.

His hair is he wears a heavy mustache, and his face virile, with strong Jaw ar.d a llrm thin. Writing li with Fergus Hume. He 'ji his desk every diovpIiw af reu-Urly a niiiess man KO a "down nJ gT.r.-iily works, eight hours a day. Alt hlh work "is done op. a typewriter.

Of 1 t.i ho ha returned t' ld.s f.rst love, authorship, and with cuce-ess. c-f Ms In blank verso halnj? been arccpt'-d Hlr 11-nry fr'lns. and n-rutLT. "Honors IHvMfsd." by uu-o(hT tond'jn manager, ji')in js full of eorio ahont his but nono of tium 1 better than ti ut relates' how the author once frightened an old woman o'lt'wf a r.llvii5y cttrv'OKo. 'Traveling down Lo-itJon wtth a one rtioriur.K ivblih was also oceij-pi by an elderly dam, Hume wm dls- c.

literary diffie'dty In which he I'lddeitiy "Rcallv," h-. said. tlon'i know hcv to murder any one in vs jj'. He notlerd that the old omo'i prkkd up herein, but, Interested his i wer.t on. "I've Hilled at iit twins, und I'm lf for Vw rr.inod.

It iust bruid ejd rly femul-j got out at the next im. li a long since Mr. TPIAIES arc a little harder than they were this time last year. We have the stock and can't afford to carry I it over. Thanksgiving and fall goods must be sold this month (Christmas goods are coming in).

Those that require such surely make money by taking advantage of the predicament when we say we must dispose of of the fall goods. We must give some inducements. We guarantee a clean cut of 15 on every piece of fall goods in our store. 3n Come ake your pick of our 17 big floors of 'S Ut. 1 lr ar 4 Qt Rugs, Cut Glass, Stoves, Etc.

This Stock, Then They'll Move. osware- Pictures, Curtains, If Sweeping Reductions Will Move Credits Good Voiir Get the Haibit Don't Bother WH TRUST PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN, WRITE FOR sketches. As only one can win. Thanks ffivinrj Ad closes tomorrow. We received over two hundred you had better try for the $20 00 prize for the Christmas, New Year Competition for design for our and Washington Birthday design.

Thanksgiving: winner will be pueiisned next Sunday with name of winner..