Claremore Progress. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 8, 1909 Page: 2 of 12
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iiii.'hiih There In no doubt but that congress, If Iho matter
wmi' brought to ilii' attention of tli0 national lawmaking body,
would Kraut Mm. Harrison u pension or IMttO per year such
u lb iiuw received liy Mrs. (iurllelil ami mi eli us was voted
to Mrs. .McKtnley aflor the assassination of the late president.
Mm Harrison, however, liaw never made appllratlon fur any
annuity, nur even for tim prlvllutie of fraiiliina her lettera, al'
though any |)rei>ldeiiMal widow ran presumably be placed on
the postal "Iree llal" for the umUIiik Any such action hna
been unnecessary, iih Hen. Harriaon left hla family well pro-
vided for. It need scarcely be explained that Mrs. Harrison,
who ia now In her fiftieth year, waa the second
wile of lUiuJatnln Harriaon. The first Mra. Har-
rison, who wna Caroline I.avlna Scott, and to
whom Harrison waa married in IMS, died at
the While House a few daya before the preside!)-
lial elect Ion of 1892. In IBM, when Harriaon
wub till years of ago, he was married to Mra, Mary
Heott l.ord Dlmmlck, a niece of hla first wife,
The hecond Mra. Harrison, who at the time of
By MARIE
,nOK lb ti first t Iiiih In a nttm-
F1 berof yoars, after the demise
I of Grover Cleveland, nnd un-
I til the retirement of Theo-
I (lore House veil, the ('lilted
I Stules did not number utuoug
* lla citltetis a living ex-presi-
dent of the republic; and the number of
living widows of presidents is compara-
tively small considering that, some of the
nation's chief executives married women
many years their Junior. Surviving presi-
dential widows are Mrs. tiarlield, Mrs.
Harrison and the lately bereaved Mrs.
Cleveland. Kegardlng the life of Mrs.
Garfield and Mrs, Cleveland since they
left the White Mouse the publtchas heard
more or less from time to time, but Mrs.
Harrison has lived so quietly and in such
seclusion that the American people have
been told little of her home life.
>lrs. Harrison has a comfortable home
RTON
U MRS
BEtic/AM!N
HARR/60N, WIDOW
OF FX-PRES/DFNT
WIDE AREA STORM SWEPT
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COUNTRY HOME J/i/YEW YORK,
HAAR1S0/1\S
•at 1214 North Delaware street, in In-
dianapolis, Ind.,—the city which was
always "home" to her late husband-
but she spends but a fraction of each
year In the Hoosler capital. President
Harrison's widow is fond of travel
-and devotes not a little of her leisure
to journeys by easy stages in one part
or another of the European continent.
'When she does elect to spend an inter-
val quietly under her own roof she
manifests a strong preference for her
quaint country home in Herkimer
county. New York. Here Mrs. Harri-
son can usually be found from early
summer until late autumn.
' That this rural retreat tu northern
New York should prove a magnet of
undiminished power for Mrs. Harrison
'Is by no means strange. The place
Is, for her, full of associations. It
was at a farmhouse in this immediate
vicinity that Gen. Harrison and his
bride spent their honeymoon. The
ex-president was always a great walk-
er, even In the days when his time
was occupied by the manifold duties
of chief magistrate, and he and his
wife tramped over the whole country-
side durfng that first summer of their
wedded life and then and there select-
ed the site of the habitation which
they built the following year. Fur-
thermore. this habitation which Is
fraught with so many memories for
the presidential widow is conducive
In the highest degree to that seclu-
sion which Mrs. Harrison craves.
Berkeley Lodge, as the Harrison
place was named In honor of the ancestral
home of the Harrisons in Virginia, Is situated
on • point of land that juts out Into what is
known as Second Lake of the Fulton Chain—a
■cries of those connected waterways which
are so abundant In the northern part of the
Empire state. Not only is the Harrison estate
distant a number of miles from the nearest
railroad, but It ia wholly inaccessible by wagon
road. The only means of communication with
the outside world is via the small steamers
-which ply on the lake and which stop on signal
at the private dock which Mra. Harrison has
bad constructed on her property. Through
this lone artery of tranaportatlon come the oc-
casional guests entertained by Mrs. Harriaon.
their baggage, the mail and all auppliea of
•very character Intended for the household.
Mra. Harrison's home ia half a mile or more
from the neareat neighbor, but laolation was
the aim of Gen. Harrison when he built this
residence. Indeed, he and several wealthy
men who cooperated with him purchased
practically all the land bordering on the little
lake in order that the district might not be-
come too thickly populated. The Harrison es-
tate comprises only about 36 acres, but through
the arrangement above mentioned the Har-
rieona were from the outset of their occupancy
Insured against intrusion.
Berkeley Lodge, which is in truth not a
HISS ELIZABETH HARRISON
single dwelling, but a whole cluster of log
structures, occupies a knoll overlooking the
lake, but is so hidden by trees that it is un-
observed until the visitor is close upon It. The
main building is a picturesque two-story struc-
ture with a large octagonal tower on each
forward corner. The space between these
towers, across the front of the house, is oc-
cupied by a wide porch. Practically the whole
central portion of this building is given over
to a huge living room, open to the roof and
with a monater fireplace of field stones, laid
up roughly with no mortar showing. Con-
spicuous on the mantel la a portrait of the
late ex-President Harriaon draped with an
American flag. The towers which flank this
unique structure are given over to tiny bed-
rooms. thoae on the second floor being reached
by galleries to which aUlrwaya ascend from
either end of the living room. These sleeping
apartments are reserved for the use of Mrs.
Harrison, her daughter and cloaest personal
friends.
Located a few yards distant from the main
building and connected with It by means of
a rustic walk is the "housekeeping annex,"
which containa the dining room, kitchen and
quarters for the servants. These rooms, alike
to all those at Berkeley Lodge, are celled In
■elected spruce, which, though unvarnfshed,
retains its beautiful cream tint aa though it
were put In place but yes-
terday. The windows are
of leaded glass and all
the open fireplaces are of
rough stone, similar to the
one in the living room.
A nook In the "annex"
tlidt, would prove of inter-
est to every housewife is
the "storeroom." House-
keeping half a dozen
miles from the nearest
market requires foresight,
even if you have your
own vegetable garden, and
so Mrs. Harrison has a
capacious closet, the well-
fllled shelves of which re-
mind one of a full-fledged
grocery store. While on
the subject mention may
be made of another unique
adjunct of the Harrison
country seat—the tin
closet. This tin closet con-
sists of a small room,
completely linei with tin.
In which Is stored all the
bedding, clothing, etc.,
when tlie house is closed
for the season, a neces-
sary precaution to thwart
the field mice—a destruc-
tive pest in this section
of the country.
The third of the princi-
pal structures on the Har-
rison estate is the Kefuge,
a two-story structure-
rustic. like the rest—set
In the midst of a densely
wooded area. This build-
ing was erected by the
late Gen. Harrison in or-
der that he might have a
place to carry on impor-
tant work wholly undis-
turbed, and here he did
all his preliminary work
on the celebrated Vene-
zuela case and other im-
portant legal undertakings
upon which he engaged
following his retirement
from the presidency. On
the first Boor of the
Refuge is ex-President
Harrison's old workroom,
with its broad windows
and large open fireplace,
in the center of which lat-
ter is the remarkable heart-shaped stone which
the general and Mrs. Harrison found on one
of their honeymoon walks. Adjoining this
room is that formerly occupied by the gener-
al's secretary. This room and those on the
second floor—reached by an outside stairway
—are all now utilized as guest chambers. Mrs.
Harrison is of the opinion that when there is
a large house party at the lodge it is good for
both hostess and guests not to see too much
of one another, and consequently she gives her
visitors a sense of Independence by installing
them in a habitation of their own, so to speak.
Although there are 14 bedrooms at Berkeley
Lodge and a greater or less number Of guests
sre being entertained almost constantly, Mrs.
Harrison lives very simply and maintains a
moat unpretentious establiahment. The wants
of the household are looked after by a capable
housekeeper, George, an old colored servitor,
who has been in the employ of Mrs. Harrison
for a number of years, and a general utility
man. whose duties range all the way from
gardening to service as guide and boatman on
the occasion of those picnics or one-day excur-
sions which constitute the one form of diver-
sion favored by Mrs. Harrison.
Mrs. Harrison is enabled to live In a style
befitting the widow of an American president
owing to the fact that she has Independent
PHoTOGRAWi eoryft/cttr
/ton ar mLOOHfM -err
the wedding was 38 yenrs of age, is a native
of Pennsylvania and was a widow when she
married the ex-president. Her first husband
was Walter Rrskine Dlmmlck, son of Samuel
E. Dimmick, attorney general of Pennsylvania.
She was mnrrled to the Pennsylvanlan In 1881
when she was 23 years of age and the young
man died In Jnnuary of the following year.
Mrs. Dimmick had, therefore, been a widow I41
years when she wedded Gen. Harrison early
in April, 1S96.
In arranging for his second marriage, ex-
President Harrison settled the bulk of his for
tune on his children by his first wife, and
then set about making a new fortune. In this
he was very successful, for his professional
services were In constant demand and his
fees large. Estimates of his second fortune
at the time of his death ranged all the way
from $200,000 to $400,000. His largest single
fee, reported to be $100,000, was received for
his services as chief counsel for Venezuela be-
fore ihe international commission which met
in Paris In June, 1899, to settle the boundary
dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela,
which had for three-quarters of a century been
a source of international complications. Fond
as is Mrs. Harrison of her life at Berkeley
Lodge with its opportunities for quietude and
absence of convention, she does not, derive
such keen enjoyment from the experience as
does her little daughter Elizabeth, born Feb-
ruary 21, 1897—the only child of the former
president by his second wife. Miss Elizabeth
Harrison, who is now in her eleventh year and
whose latest portrait is presented herewith,
is an exceptionally attractive girl with a rare,
elusive type of beauty that Is almost wistful.
Little Miss Harrison has large dark eyes,
similar in their depth of color to those which
contribute so much to the distinguished ap-
pearance of her tall and stately mother and
a wealth of chestnut brown hair that rolls
back from ar unusually high forehead. As
is characteristic of children who have spent
most of their time with older folk and have
played little with other children, this youngest
living daughter of an American president Is
quiet and demure, with beautiful manners and
a shy modesty that adds greatly to the charm
of her personality.
Of the other two presidential widows living,
Mrs. Cleveland Is best known to the present
generation. The whole life of this lovable
woman, since her gorlhood days, radiated
around the life of the only man the Democrat*
have succeeded In putting In the White House
in half a century of effort. They were wedded
in the White House during the firat term of
the then New Yorker.
Her triumphs of the first year were abun-
dantly repeated, and when once more the pair
retired to private life to take up their home
in beautiful "Westlands." their Princeton
abode, Mra. Cleveland remained a beattiful
memory to the nation that had genuinely
loved her.
Mrs. Jamea A. Garfield has long survived
her husband, who has now been dead almost
27 years.
In Paaadena. Cel.. Mrs. Qsrfleld has a sum-
mer home. There ahe spends a large part ol
her time in the midst of idyUlc surroundings
She spends most of her time sewing and read-
ing. She la a sweet and gracious woman,
gentle and kindly and alwaya ready to speak
of the triumph* of her husband.
LAKES TO GULP AND WESTKRN
KANSAS TO ATLANTIC.
Later Reports Place the Daath List
fct 224 With 400 Injured—Prop-
erty Loss Large.
St. Louis,—Later reports from Ihe
storm swept area placed the dead at
224 ami estimated that 400 persons
were Injured. Gradually ihe property
loss jjitiwH larger, Chicago authorities
estimating that city alone suffered $2,-
1)00,000 damage.
Light flurries of snow fell early Sat-
urday In St. Louis. Heports from
Vandalla, ill., nnd Sliulbiua, Mo„ say
snow fell ut those towns. St. Paul Is
blanketed with a foot of snow, while
reports from Michigan, Mluttesota and
Wisconsin state the bliszard raging
tliore had abated only a little.
The storui area widened as com-
munication was restored. The gale
extended from the great lakes to the
gulf and from Western Kansas to the
Atlantic states.
The greatest loss of life at any
one point la re|k>rted from Hee
Springs, Tenn,, where the death Hat
number 20. Details are lacking still.
Tennessee, In fact, bore largely the
brunt or the storm, and the death roll
In the state la large. At. Medina fout
were killed outright, the victims being
W. O. Smith and his son. Willie Smith,
and two children of J. P. Turner. Miss
Mary Smith, Miss Anna lllankenship
nnd Mra. J. P, Turner were probably
fatally lujured.
At Clark villi?, Tenn., an aged man
was killed and his body blown 200
yards from his wrecked home. Five
persons were killed at Franklin | four
at Hlllsboro were killed In one house,
while at Sumervllle three Inmates of
the paupers home were killed, tho
structure beling demolished. Other
Tennessee ratalltles include two wom-
en al Lacomla, two at Quito and 15
it Fayettevllle.
Arkansas suffered the next heaviest
loss of life.
Drinking Clubs Are Illegal,
Topeka, Kansas,—In a careful pre-
pared statement Issued Friday, At-
torney General Fred S. Jackson holds
that if the present state laws are en-
forced, clubs where liquor Is used can-
not be maintained In Kansas. He de-
clares that clubs may not furnish or
assist in furnishing liquor to members
when the club receives pay for th
same in any way, direct or Indirect,
that clubs may not keep liquors for
sale to members and that clubs or
lodge rooms may not be used as drink-
ing places for lfquor owned oy individ-
ual members.
Schisms That Seem Small.
Two religious sects who hated ose another
bitterly were found by Sveo Hedln In Tibet.
Searching tor the cause of this aversion he
found that one of the sects believed that the
prayer wheel should turn to the right while
the other was convinced that the wheel should
turn to the left. In the region of the Brama-
putrs he found a mountain which Is so sacred
that whoever walks around It IS times haa alt
hla sins forgiven. The result of this belief
la that criminals from far and near Infeet this
region. When Sven Hedln started to ride
sround this mountain on his hone the pil-
grims informed him that that would do him
no good.
MOST FAMOUS NATIONAL SONG
The singing of "The Marseillaise"
Is neceaaarily a feature of the pro-
duction of 'The Goddess of Reason."
the new blank Terse drama in which
Julia Marlowe will be aeen this *
son, says the Baltimore American.
The action of the drama all takes
place daring the earlier daya of the
Wench revolution, and no picture of
the times would be complete without
the rendering of the famous Inc.
«g. I emerttsi the fsmoas
French writer, describes the origin
and significance of the song in
memorable words. He says:
•The Marseillaise were approach-
ing the capital. It waa the fire of the
south coming to rekindle the revolu-
tionary hearth. Thla body of 1,200 or*
1.500 men waa composed of Genoese,
Llgurians, Coraicans and Piedmont
ese, banished from their country nnd
recruited suddenly on the shores of
the Mediterranean, the majority sail-
ors or soldiers accustomed to warfare,
and some bandits hardened in crime.
They were commanded by young men
of Marselllalae. They came on amid
the applause of central France, re-
ceived. feted, overcome by enthusiasm
and wine at the patriotic banqueta
which hailed them on their way.
Their bronzed faces, their Phrygian
headdress, the guns dragged after
them, the green branches which
ahaded their 'bonnets rouge,' their
strange language and aarage gestures
all struck the Imagination of the mul-
titude with great force. The revolu-
tionary idea seemed to have aaaumed
the guise of a mortal and to be march-
ing under the aapect of this horde to
the assault of the last remnant of
royalty. They entered the cities and
villages beneath triumphant archea.
They aang as they marched couplets
alternated by the regular nolae of
their feet on the road and by the
sound of drama. Thins song, written
by a young oflcer of engineers. Ron-
get de Lisle, Is graven os the soul of
France:
A lions. Mitantla de la patrie;
Le Jour de start* cat arrive.
"The notes of this air rustled like
a flag dipped In gore. It was the fire-
water of the revolution. Instilling In-
to the senaea and the aoul of the peo-
ple the Intoxication of battle. The
hymn, which waa at that moment In
all moulha. will never perish. The
'Marseillaise' preserve notes of the
song of glorr and of the shriek of
the
Welcome ths Japanese.
San Francisco, California.—The Jap-
anese training squadron consisting of
the cruisers Aso and Soya, arrived
here Friday morning for a week's
stay in this harbor before proceedings
to ports in the north Pacific. The
ships were welcomed by the firing of
an international salute by the guns
of the fortress and the flagship West
Virginia of the Pacific fleet, In re-
sponse to a salute of 21 guns to the
American flag which Admiral Ijichi's
squadron fired as it steamed through
Colden Gate.
Jerome Wants to Explsin.
New York, N. Y.—William Trav
ers Jerome, district attorney of now
York, radically departed from his
usual attitude toward the public Sun-
day night by stepping before a large
audience, members of the Peoples'
Institute at Cooper Union, and declar-
ing that he wished to explain the con-
duct of tils office, "to establish a pre-
cedent which would make It difficult
for a public servant to dodge responsi-
bility for his official acts."
Manufacturing Aotivlty.
Washington, D. C.—March Import*
tlons of manufacturers materials In-
dicate a marked Increase In activity
in the manufacturing industry in
the United States, the value of such
materials during March last, according
to the monthly statement of the
bureau of statistics being $68,000,000
as compared with $40,000,000 during
the corresponding month of the pre-
vious year.
A Princess Makes Them Qlad.
The Hague.—All Holland repolced
Friday. There ia a tiny girl baby
In the palace, and the fear of every
Hollander that there would be no one
of their own nationally to succeed
Wilbelmlna to the throne of the Neth-
erlands ia put In the background.
Shows Some Improvement,
Washington, D. C. — Government
receipts were $8,000,000 larger and ex-
penditures nearly 96,000,000 smaller
last month than in April, 1S0S, leaving
a deficit of only about $3,000,000 com-
pared with a deficit of nearly $1<,0M,-
000 In April. 1SSS.
•swan ef Files.
Topeka. Kansas.—The monthly but
letln of the Kansas board of hsalth.
is devoted almost exclusively to flies;
what the flies do to spread disease
and how to prevent them from doing
damage to persons by carrying dis-
ease. The board of health has been
fighting flies several years now.
HADE
WELL AND
STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham'i
Vegetable Compound
" I stiffened from
female troublesfor
work." Mrs. Joe.
grit Hall, Bsids>
E5
female trou
t I could
reins
n cold to
women."—Mrs. Mary Wood.R.F.D.1,
If you belong to that countless armjr
of women who suffer from gome form
of female ills, don't hesitate to trf
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound, made from roots and herbs.
For thirty yean this famous remedy
hai been the standard for all forma of
female ills, and has cured thousand* of
women who have been troubled with
such ailments aa displacements, fibroid
tumors, ulceration, inflammation, ir-
regularities, backache, and narrow
prostration.
Doctor — Most—er—fortunate you
consulted me. I'm Just the very man
to—er—cure—you.
Patient—Ah, that's lucky! You are
quite familiar with my complaint,
then?
Doctor—Familiar? My dear sir, I've
had it myself—er—this 20 years!
Utah Pratt Crep Damaged.
Salt Lake City, Utah. — Reporia
from all sections of the stste are to
the effect that serious damage waa
caused by froet to the fruit crop.
Five Below Zero In Wyoming.
Laramie. Wyomlng-Bitreme cold
weather Is reported from a number
of points in Wyoming. At the King
ranch at the foot of Laramie moun-
tains Ave below aero waa recorded,
la Laramie the temperature Friday
morning waa Ire above.
The Kidnapping Case Delays*.
Mercer, Pennsylvania.—'The trial of
Jamea H. Boyle, charged with the ab-
duction of Billy Whltla. waa Friday
postponed till May t. Mrs. Boyle's
total was est ft* the day
The King of blood purifiers la Dr.
Simmon'B Sarsaparilla. It rids the sys-
tem of the winter's accumulation of
impurities. It makes the young feel
well—the old feel young. Now ia the
time to renovate yourself. Simmon's
Sarsaparilla cannot be excelled.
Price 60c and $1.00.
Future Ideal Town.
Ir the Ideal town of the future, aa
pictured by Sir Oliver Lodge, the
houses will have gas for heating by
open fires and for cooking, and elec-
tricity for lighting. The gaa, pro-
duced from the coal at the mine, will
be aent long distances through pipes,
as water is now distributed. It Is
hoped that the experiment will be tried
aoon, the burning of crude coal in town
being absolutely forbidden, and at least
two English towns are already consid-
ering the plan. The purification of
the air is one of the greatest needs In
the Improvement of the conditions of
city life.
A Mild Reproach!
One cold morning little Elate was
being bathed by her mother, and usual-
ly her bath was a great delight to her.
But this morning her mother talked
incessantly, while she worked.
Elsie loved her dearly and tried hard
to be patient. But the lecture waa so
tiresome! Her mother was laying out
a course of conduct for the day—and
It was all ao old. She had heard it
over and over again!
Finally ahe aald very sweetly, but
very wearily: "Please, mamma, don't
talk any more. You do make auch a
draught!"
Ths Small Brother Again.
It waa the first warm night of
springtime, and they aat out In the
park under the atara. Suddenly there
was the sound of a snapping twig la
the tree near them.
"Dear me, George," ahe whispered*
"What kind of a tree la that?"
George looked up and discovered a
pair of juvenile eyes peering through
the branches.
"H'm" . he muttered, sheepishly.
"Looks to me like a rubber tree."
OLD SOAK MS
Oct Ssturatsd with Caffeine.
When a person hns need coffee for a
lumber of years aad gradually de-
clined in health. It is time the coffee
should be left off la order to see wheth-
er or not that haa bees ths osaee of
the trouble.
A lady ia HuatsvUle, Ala, aays she
•sod coffee for about 4S yean, and tot
the past M years was troubled with
stomach trouble.
"I have been treated by many physi-
cians but all la vain. Everything failed
to perfect a care. I waa prostrated tor
some time, aad came near dying. When
I recovered enaciently to partake of
food and driak I tried coffee again aad
It aoured my stomach.
1 Anally concluded coffee wae ths
cauee of my troubles aad stopped us-
ing It I tried ten snd milk la lis
piece, bet aelther agreed with me, thea
1 commenced using Fostum. I had It
properly made aad It waa very pleas*
lag to the taete.
1 have now uaed It tour aMathe, sad
my hsslth Is so graetly Improved that
I caa eat almoot anything 1 want aad
ean sleep well, whereas, before, I euf-
1 have found the cauee ot my trou-
Mee aad a way to get rid of them.
Tea caa depead npon It 1 appreciate
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