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MRS JOHN A LOGAN NOW HEAD OF
AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
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PATHETIC SCENE DURING GILLESPIE
MURDER TRIAL AT RISING SUN INDIANA
Details ot the alleged family feud
to which the prosecution In the Gil-
lespie murder trial at Rising Sun Ind
hoped to trace the death of Elisabeth
Gillespie will be perhaps never
known
Mrs Margaret Gillespie the state’s
chief witness who promised to tell
everything she knew of the'affalr un-'
der oath broke down on the witness
stand after answering the third ques-
tion of the defense and was led weep-
ing from the stand by her son James
who Is charged Vith the murder ot
his sister whose life she was expected
to swear away
No testimony that would tend to un-
ravel the deep mystery that surrounds
the assassination of the young woman
In her own home escaped the mother’s
lips and unless her condition will per-
mit she will probably be unable to
again take the stand
Fond of Music in Oklahoma
Walter Damrosch says that during
his tour of the country none of his
audiences was so enthusiastic as that
which he found in Oklahoma City
The theater there is the most costly
for its size he ever saw and when the
lights are all turned on the place is as
resplendent as a fairy palace Mr
Damrosch was much astonished to
find that many of the audience were in
full dress and that their appreciation
of good music was quite equal to their
enthusiasm over the performance
PRINCIPALS IN THE GILLESPIE TRAGEDY
The upper sketch shows Mrs Margaret Gillespie cn the witness stand
weeping as she testified against her son and two oaughters Below her is
the portrait of James Gillespie accused of the murder of his sieter El’za-
beth The woman to the left is Mrs Myron Barbour jointly charged with
her brother with the commission of tthe crime The picture below shows
how Miss Gillespie was slain
Elderly Statesmen Still Active
It is a starding bet among tbelr
constituents down In West Virginia
that two of the briskest boys at the
St Louis convention will be ex-8en-ator
Camden and Henry G Davis
Both will be delegates from West Vir-
ginia Ex-Senator Camden Is 76 years
old and Mr Davis is 82 It is twenty
years nnce Mr Davis finished his
twelve years’ term of service in the
United States senate and he has taken
hold of politics with a fresh grip It
la also twenty years since he passed
the recently established official age
limit of usefulness Mr Camden is
beyond it by fourteen years
New York Statesmen
Thus far New York has contributed
only two presidents by election— Van
Buren and Cleveland New York has
contributed nine vice presidents how-
ever— Burr Clinton Tompkins Van
Buren Fillmore Wheeler Arthur
Morton and Roosevelt' ' Van Buren
went to the presidency by election im-
mediately afterward and Fillmore
Arthur and Roosevelt attained that
office througn the death of the elected
Incumbent
Started too Late in Life
After one of John Sharp Williams’
pull-and-haul contests with republic-
ars in the house during the last ses-
sion at congress Speaker Cannon said
to him: “John what makes you such
a bitter partisan V "Well Joe’ was
the reply “coming from you that la
certainly very good" “Oh nevor
mind about me but tell me why you
are such a partisan" The Mlssfsrlp-
pian answered gravely: "To tell you
the truth I never saw a republlcon un-
til 1 was 21 years old and I can’t get
usejl to them somehow”
Out of His Element
George W Jefferson Is a colored
justice of the peace In Camden li J
One morn! g last week John Johns-
zoweztl Andrew Ronstonvlskl Paul
Rosantoti and John Szoplutlklzl were
arraigned in bla court charged with
assaulting Anthony Urboezeaki The
first witness called waa Mra Nlcollna
Gulifiisklzl and bla honor llatened to
testimony in which she made frequent
use of the names mentioned There
were half a dozen more witnesses but
Juatlce Jefferson adjourned court and
went home sick
PULLED BIG ONE’S BACK
Booker Washington's Parable One
Well Worth Heeding
Booker Washington In lecturing to
his colored people tells them this
story: "Once upon a time there was
an old colored man who was having
great success catching crabs He had
a tremendous box more than half full
when a passer-by warned him that the
biggest and bes crabs were crawling
out and would escape The old man re-
plied: "Thankee sir much obleeged
but I ain’t goin’ to lose no crabs I'se
a crabologist I is and I knows all
’bout do crab nature I don t need to
watch ’em ’tall Wheq de big crab
fight up to top and when he’s gettin’
out de little crabs catch him by de
lalg and pull him back He can’t git
out nohow’ " And then Booker Wash-
ington says: “My friends I have been
Informed that there Is something of
crab nature In human nature but it
must be altogether among white folk
and not in our race”
PROVED HIS ACCOUNT CORRECT
Time and Expense No Bar Where
Principle Was Concerned
William Andrew Jackson Sparks
who died suddenly at his home In St
Louis a few days ago was registrar
of public lands at Edwardsvllle ill
in early dayr When his final report
vas sent to Washlrgton a clerk In-
sisted that his remittance was 3
rhort Some correspondence ensued
and at length Mr Sparks journejed
to Washington by stage and through
the Influence of Judge Breese then
United States senator from Illinois
obtained a bearing before the land
commissioner His report was found
to be exactly correct and but for his
lntercelon the clerk would have
been dismissed Mr Sparks then re-
turned to Illinois well satisfied though
he bad spent a great deal more than
the $3 originally demanded
ONCE WHITE HOUSE MISTRESS
Daughter of President Tyler Ruled
8lxty Year Ago
Mrs Letltia Tyler Semple second
daughter of President Tyler during
whose administration she was mis-
tress of the White House celebrated
the eighty-fourth anniversary of her
birthday at the Louise home where
for nearly a quarter of a century she
hae lived During her eventful life at
the capital half a century ago she was
the friend of the most famous states-
men and public men the country had
produced and her mind still active
and vigorous recalls the stirring Inci-
dents and events of the Whig end
Democratic struggles in which her
father's administration waa conduct-
ed As mistress of the White House
she antedated Mrs Roosevelt some
sixty years
MRS JOHN
Miss Clara Barron resigned from
the presidency of the American Red
Cross May 14 and was Immediately
succeeded by Mrs John A Logan
widow of the famous general of the
civil war Prior to the retirement of
Miss Barton Mrs Logan was vice
president of the society
The resignation of Miss Barton
marks the close of a long period of
bickering over the post she held In
fact it was finally conceded that tbe
ouly hope for the restoration of peace
in the organization lay in the retire-
ment of Miss Barton against whom
charges have been pending for some
time The controversy over her man-
agement began soon after the close of
the war with Spain and had grown to
such dimensions as to cause a serious
splIL
In her letter of resignation ad-
dressed to the board of trustees Miss
Barton sas:
“It is now twenty-three years since
by the express desire of President
Garfield on the eve of martyrdom 1
accepted the presidency of the organi-
zation over which you have the honor
to preside and the duties of which
you have the kindness to administer
Until that moment the American Red
Cross had no existence It stood be-
fore the country an anomaly Its very
nnme was unkncftvn There are those
in your present body whose young
manhood then received its first les-
sons little dreaming of the vicissi-
tudes that faith and faithfulness
would lead them through
“It is a waste of time' to remind
you of the years and tbe occasions in
which your weary president has
sought to lay her burdens down Year
after year she has framed and offered
her resignation This has been reso-
lutely met by appointments for life
“I can find 'no fitting words by
which to express my appreciation of
and gratitude for the courtesy thus
extended to me I am poor ever in
'PLEASED SIR HENRY IRVING’
Two Compliments the Distinguished
English Actor Valued
Sir Henry Irving cherishes the mem-
ory of two compliments that were
paid him saying they gave him more
pleasure than all the other pleasant
things said to him One evening he
was hurrying out of the theater at the
close of a performance when he heard
a nice looking old lady say: “What a
shame that he Is an actor and sold to
the devil He would have made a fine
preacher” nother tribute paid to his
genius war Mat of a London newsboy
who insisted on sending blm the
Times free for a week because be
thought Sir Henry’s Sbylock was a
perfect Imitation of a business rival
whom he hated
Ancient and Modern Workmanship
Rider Haggard who la writing let-
ters from Egypt for the London Malt
notes that "on the face of one of the
temples of Abon Blmbel just above
tbe solitary grave of a British officer
Is a white marble tablet recording
Oen Grenfell’s victory over the forces
of tbe mahdl at Toskl In 1889 So
poor and shallow is tbe rutting of this
marble that already it Is difficult to
read Within a few yards of it set-
ting out tbe victories of Egyptian
kings are many hieroglyphics almost
as fresh after 3000 years as tbe day
tbe sculptor left them
A LOGAN
thanks for such honored trust
“But once and for all most honored
officers and friends I tender my resig-
nation as president of the American
National Red Cross which resigna-
tion being absolute calls for ac-
ceptance “By the laws governing our organi-
zation this resignation la mado to
your honored board cf trustees and ex-
ecutive committee and It is an un-
speakable joy to me that the toil-worn
weary mantle that drops from mine
falls upon the shoulders of my vice
president the woman so cberlRhcd In
our own country and honored and
trusted In others
“I would rot have one day’s delay
for this little change by which all are
benefited and the organization I
trust will find that peace and quiet
In its long-disturbed elements so wel-
come to it to us and to the country"
Replying to Miss Barton's letter tbe
executive committee of tbe society
said In part:
"We deeply regret the clrc'im-
stances and conditions which render
It expedient that you should take this
step and retire from a position which
you have so long ably'and satisfac-
torily filled”
Mrs Logan In accepting the presi-
dency said in part:
“I shall be governed by the wisdom
and counsel of the executive commit-
tee and endeavor to the utmost of my
ability to give most respectful consid-
eration to each member of the society
“Everj Interest of the American
National Red Cross shall be protected
as far as it is possible to do so The
executive committee shall be advised
of every step taken for the promotion
of the welfare of the society and tbe
preservation or Its assets and good
name and a full report will be made
to the next meeting of the American
National Red Cross Society to whom
the executive committee and myself
are responsible”
PGINT SHE HAD OVERLOOKED
Customer Nearly Caught in Milliner’s
Clever Trap
New York papers speak guardedly
of the embarrassing position In which
a fashionable woman found horself re-
cently She was Invited tq a swell
wedding but did not think either of
her spring hats was good enough for
the occasion So she visited her mil-
llner’a and had an excccdlrgly costly
affair sent home on trial Sho wore it
at the wedding and next day drove to
the milliner’s and returned It' saying
It did not suit It happened that the
hatraaker who quite understood the
situation bad been similarly tried sev-
eral times of late “Did you wear this
hat at tbe Blank wedding yesterday T”
she asked bluntly - Taken by sur-
prise the society woman owned up’
but asked: "How did you know?” “Oh
It was quite easy 1 see several grains
of rice In tbe folds of tbe lace”
Verastchagln Fated to Die
A St Petersburg journal relates
that Oen Kuropatkln had- urged the'
late Vcrestchagln not to go to the
seat or war at the beginning but to
wait till It was well undor way But
the painter was eagor to witness the
expected assault on Port Arthur and
thus mot hlh death He waa hard up
for money too the sum which he bad
received for his Napoleon pictures
having just sufficed to p tf le debts