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I Chlca S0, III., Dec. 26—The annual
5* CSSs mee,ln 0 of the American Mathematl-,
itween Ad- Cal begin here today with a
to Drown a ° 0<l otondanco. The aeealons will
\ Prominent Society Woman is Being
Sued by iher Cousin, who Alleges
f That she Assaulted him at a Fash,
lonable Hotel—Many Sensational
Allegations are Made by the Plain
tiff In-the Case.
New York, Deo. 26—One 'of the
moat sensational trials In the history
of New York Is expected shortly,
when the suit for $100,000 damages
. brought by H. Frank Drugan against
Mrs. Emily F. Dunphy comes up In
l' court. Drugan alleges that Mrs.
Dunphy, who Is Ms cousin, commit-
, cd an assault upon him In one of New 1
York's fashionable hotels. * Because 1
" of the prominence of the parties and 1
•, tho remarkable charges mentioned
j In tha bill, the.case has attracted 1
t.widespread Interest. 1
■ f Young Drugan, who is hut-twenty-
■ l soven years old .was until last year
■ la member of the Jesuit Brotherhood.
■ ■ Tho defendant is the wife of John J. r
■iDunphy, a wealthy lumber merchant t ,
■Not Yonkers, N. Y„ and is noted for _
■her’beauty. 1 . a
Until December 1 of last year, the c
l^^dato on which ho'alleges the assault
ff.. w-as committed, Drugan was a teach- w
I ® er In St. Francis Xavier College, of J;
k*S,thls city, where ho was preparing to p
t lbecocie a Jesuit priest, but as a re- A
■ *ilt of the affair he was expelled al
■ v J|P ni <ne school pml is now out of the w
^Kdbugan bodily charges that the a.r-
hhn and that
■^^■rrason thereof bo ins suffered [ 0
fpSjMr physical and mental pain, dis- p,
and anguish, has iieen deprived
■ / hls vocation, ha3 euitcrcd groat to
humiliation and loss cl fi lends, that g r
■ rte reputation hns boon injured and i c1
■ that ho has bden otherwiso damaged.
■ .-Thu young man charges that his
I Cousin, who was then Emily Barrett,
^iored him madly rr.d that she used
to travel from New York to BMtl-
mpre, where ha then lived. In order
. to see Mm. He asaerta that the girl
expressed regret at hls entering the
/ religious order, and often declared
her Intention of manylng him. Among
other things, be says that while he
‘—pursued hls studies at Woodstock Col- ™
lego the girl attempted to pay fre-
. quant visits, but was prevented from
doing so, and that when he came to ~
New York hls pretty cousin again be- D “
.... came persistent and often visited 8
Xavier College In this city.
In a sworn statement Bled by the
plaintiff are other details relating to ***
visits and’ meetings between the J 10
couple, and many times reference Is trl
made to midnight suppra at restau pa
rants where members of a religious ““
order were seldom seen.' For some
time the hill etatee, these suppers con
tinned, and the relatione between the
two finally culminated In an episode Mi
at the fashionable Hotel Anaonla. be
which the plaintiff swears made him on
unfit to pursue hls studies for the on
prtetthood longer. thi
Drugan further assert* that Shortly
after the incident et the hotel he was th.
tortured so by hls conscience that he trl
became desperately ill and was com- trl
pelted to go to % hospital for treat- to
snent, getting leave of absence by no- on
tlfytng the Jesuit fathers that h« was on
unable to pursue hie studies. At the sit
hospital he said that hls oousln lav- thi
Uhed her attention upon him, and tw
later he was removed to the girl’s pa
home, where be remained until the su
young woman’s father ordered him ty
out of the house. In the meantime,
it Is said, the Jesuit fathers heard of mi
Drngmn’i relations with the girl and ke
served a notice of dismissal upon pa
him. Later, he declares, he became <-
estranged from Mrs. Dunphy, and all
efforts to renew friendship with her by
tolled. The suit followed. mi
In her answer to the suit Mrs. de
Dunphy makes an absolute denial or he
all the allegations mentioned In the wi
Among other things, she ac
1 Am, Deo. 26—The annual
convention of tho toiehera of Arizona
began here today end will continue
through tho remainder of the week.
The teachers will be addressed by a
number of prominent educator*.
Bennington, Vt, Deo 26—Alfred Ma
han, Charged wljh the murder of hls
four-yeaisold niece, Ethel Mahan, at
North Bennington, last April, was
'• A plea of In-
26—Many mem-
m >1 ‘ tn«n«ri| at
•North Bennington, !r * * **
al Placed on trial today. /.
a sanity will be offered by the defense.
50 Pittsburg, P a „ Dec. f-
fibers of the National Commercial
Teachers’ Association have gathered
- In Pl«sburg for their annual conven-
tlon which opens this evening for a
eesolon of five day*. L. A. Arnold of
- Denver,-Is the president of the’orga-
nizatlon. The convention will discuss
• all branches of commercial education,
t Tul, *> 0k,a -. Dec. 26—Tho Oklaho-
t Tea chers’ association began a
three days’ convention In this city to
day with an attendance of educators
t from every part of the new state. An
; excellent program has been prepared
t for the gathering. Prominent among
.the speakers from outside the state
. will be Dr. E. E. Sparks of the Uni- '
verslty of ChlcagJl ,
Indianapolis, ind., Deo. 29—The an. I'
nual meeting of the Indiana 8tate j 1
Teachers’ Association opened here i
! today wfc; an interesting program 1 1
today when Ernest C. St. Edraan.^k
sixty-one years ! n0on
f the train. St. I now
. expected to be Increased by several
and was said before tomorrow.
■ Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 26—Chargee
# preferred against Rev, Dr. William H.
KinP*v<l Shaffer, preaiding aldar of the west
JD1UCSB district of the, Philadelphia M. E. Con-
• vr ferenee, were■ presented before an
[J§ J 6£UT« ecoleslastloal court whloh assembled
_ today. Tho ccmmlt’so of Investlgs-
al courts are in tlon has refused to make publlo the
i with the crime nature of the charges. Th* csss has
The criminal attracted much attention as It It toe
boro »»«> Nnr first o" record In whloh a presiding
.nere were diu (|d(|r of thf Ph |, id#lphto conference
wae'brought before the court.
a preparatory ^mining at the Nor-
1 v/lch Military Academy, xupnlorm-nt-
Ing tile valuable personal Instructing
of hls fathor, who was ono of the best
known physicians of his day, young
Dewey entered the Naval Academy ,
at the age of sixteen. Immediately
upon leaving the academy, four years
later; In 1858, he was ordered to act
ive service and laoklng only a fow
months’ apace of time, he has now
been fifty-three years In the navy.
Admiral Dewey eay* that, excepting
the too close proximity of the bul
lets, the most Infeiestlng. training he
received alter leaving school wa* un-.
der Admiral Farragut, from 1801 tq
1863, In the Miaalsippl river squad-
Night Riders to be Prosecuted.
Nashville, Tenp., Dec. 26.—A Hdpkinsville, Ky., special
says a special grand jury has been ordered to rigidly investigate
the raid of night riders at Hopkinsville, jwhen two hundred
thousand dollars worth of property was destroyed. The state
administration declares that neither money nor efforts will be
spared to track down the offenders. The result of this announce
ment has been a panic among the night riders, many of whom
have left the locality. #
With tha Primitlv* Baptists.
The Primitive Baptist church of
fhl's city, as had been previously an
nounced, began its Christmah meet
Ing yesterday at eleven o’clock. A
good congregation attended thie very
Interesting sendee. Elder William
H. Crouse, of Cordate, was the speak
er tor the day.- He Is doubUesa one
of the strongest ministers of that or
any other denomination. Though
quite a young man, hls familiarity
with tha Scriptures and hls ability to
expound them to the satisfaction at
hls hearers Is unquestioned, Hls sub
ject was “Jesus"—Jesus In Hls mir
acles, Jean* In Hls parables and Je
sus in His sufferings. Many eyes
were seen to moisten with team ns t«
pictured the awful agony of Jeous
Christ for the sin* of His people.
Hls subject for the evening service
wss “Tho Utility of tho Preachod
Gospel." This v/u another masterly
effort, though he- did not finish hls
subject for the want of time. Hla
text was “Loose him and lot him go.”
This will probably bo bis text again
this evening. Go and hour It. He
mty preach some things yon do not
believe, but he Is so tender and char
itable with others that none can get
offended.
Elder J. D. Draughn, of North Car
olina, preached at eleven o’clock to
day to a large audience cf Interested
people. The sermon was a strong
one and will no doubt bear fruit.
Elder Crouse will preach again this
evening. If you have not heard him
you should hear him tonight, . If you
have heard Mm you will be sure to
Admiral Dewey at 70 Is mentally
and physically strong. He finds a
good, deal In life to keep Mm young
and to all npearances he Is no older
today than he was when he (ought
at Manila bay ten years ago, and the
vigor with which he commanded
proved that ha was much younger
than hla years.
Yesterday ha spent Christmas at
home, but this morning, as usual, t»
was up bright and early and at Ms
office before many of hls clerks had
reported for duty. He la president
of the general board, whloh keeps
him in touch with an that tha navy
does. At present he Is very much
Interested In the trip of the Ameri
can batleshtps from the Atlantic to
th* Pacific.
, Few public men so honored as Ad
miral Dewey baa been have more
deeply felt the appreciation of (he
country's esteem. He says that the
memory of the magnificent reception
whloh he received upon arrival home
from Manjla bay la one of the things
that have helped to keep hhn young.
Father Was Killed by His Son.
Cordele, Ga., Dec. 26.—Duncan Sheffield, a very prosperous
fanner living at Winona, near here, waa killed by his son last
night. Details of the affair are meagre, but it is said Sheffield
and his son had been drinking -to. some extent and became
involved in a quarrell about a horse and buggy, .
As yet the son has not been arrested and no warrant has
been issued. ’
The Roosevelts Off for Virginia,
Washington, Dec. 26.—President Roosevelt and family left
Washington at 11 o’clock today for Pjne Knot, Va., where they
will remain until next Monday. The trip was made in the
special ear Twilight, attached to the regulto train on the
Southern railroad.
Notice.
Please he advised that the notice
previously given to the public that
trains Nos. 11 and U. “Valdosta Ex
press." would he discontinued on De
cember 22, 1107, to hereby rescinded.
In order that the holiday travel may
not he Impeded, nor Christmas trad
ing. Injured, It has keen decided to
continue the “Valdoeta ExpresO”
trains In service until January 1st
1908 Inclusive, after which date said
trains will be d’soontlnued.
O. B. RHODES,
General Passenger Agent
Macon, On., Dee. tl. 1(07.
Agreement Reached for Fight
London, Dec. 26.—Articles of agreement were filed for a
fight between Tommy Burns, who recently defeated Jim Moir,
Lid Jin ?-Cc_3, the Irish champion, fight to occur in
and Jim Roche, H MH
Dublin, probably on March 17. for $2,200 a aide and a pnrse of
$7,500. f ■
The preaching will begin promptly
at 7:15. These meetings will continue
till .Sunder night morning and even
complaint.
■totes that she now hts In her pos
session more than 204 letters written
of the
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