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ENTERED JOURNALISM IN MEXICO.
Baroness Von Glumer at One Time Well Known in the United States.
CITY OF MEXICO, via GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. 7.-Baroness Von Glumer, known many years ago in New York society as Frances A. Bartlett, a famous belle, has entered Mexican Journalism on the "Universal," a daily paper here. Her marriage with Senor Oviodes, an enormously wealthy Cuban planter, was the sensation of the day in the United States. After the death of Senor Oviodes she married Col. Von Glumer, an Austrian nobleman who had taken service in the Mexican army.

The reputation of the Baroness for beauty is equaled by her fame as an indefatigable student. She speaks several languages, and occasionally has contributed anonymously to American periodicals. She has long cherished a desire for a more active life which will now be gratified.

CLIMBING AN EXTINCT VOLCANO.
City of Mexico, Nov. 10 via Galveston.-H. Remsen Whitehouse, United States Charge d'Affaires, returned here to-day, after having climbed the extinct volcano of Iztaccihuatl, 18,000 feet high. The feat has only once before been accomplished. Mr. Whitehouse was obliged to cut over 2,000 steps in solid ice in order to ascend, and one night he camped in a cave at a height of 14,000 feet. With the party were the German Minister, Baron von Zedtwitz. The expedition was undertaken at the request of the Alpine Club.
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articles at the booths for the sale of fancy work, and I walked up to the W.S. Station and took the 4:05 train for New York to attend a meeting of the A.M.A. Association. It rained a little when I went up and after the train left there was a regular downpour. It was raining when I arrived. Stopped and got some oysters at a restaurant and got to Woods studio in time for the meeting. There were only 9 members present and we could not do much still it was decided to abolish the $100 clause of the constitution and to retain the feature of caring for the work of deceased members. It is understood the artists fund is about disintegrating and the intention is to form a new insurance society on a different basis. Now that it has assumed that phase I have little interest in it and Whittridge sent a letter indicating that he felt the same. Wood is to get sufficient of the members to sign this resolution to make it constitutional.

Thursday Nov. 14" 1889. I went over and breakfasted with Mary. Marian and Sedgwick were there. Sedgwick very much changed and growing to look like Jamie. I saw Calvert later. He looks badly and unless he takes a rest I do not know what may happen to him. I talked with him about my buyers, the homestead and he assented to the proposition John made and which I accepted. I went to the bank and deposited $1550 which North and Dewey paid me (less $50). Then to Gilman Collamons and arranged with them to go to my studio and pack my china &c to send up home. I lost the 11:15 W.S. train but caught the 11:45 Hudson River. Brent rode with me as far as Yonkers where he is building a home. He wanted me to stop over and dine with him but I wanted to get home. He spoke very discouragingly of the prospects of the artists and expressed my feeling of an entire lack of enthusiasm. Got home and found Sara had gone to Kingston to Mrs. Livingstones to tea.

Friday 15". Van Etten and his assistant Rudolph Kenyon came this morning and surveyed the line of the street from Mrs. Folants over to Chestnut St. He first tested the measurement from the line between Van Deusen and me up to within 6ft (or thereabouts) of the N. line of McEntee Hill way. We then went over to the iron bolt on Chester St. at the N.W. corner of the line between us & Wolfe, measured up according to Van Burens map and sighted across to the point on Chestnut St. & McEntee hill way and it came out almost exactly. I gave Mrs. Folant and Mrs. Gregory the boundaries of their lots and we finished by noon. It was cold, the weather having changed. I had a letter from Bailey saying he had tried to arrange to spend Sunday with me but could not. The carpenters are enclosing Crosby's house in our garden. It is very high and a poor substitute for the mountains which it shuts out. Sara and I went up to the Forsyths to attend a meeting to revise the Question Club. I told them I would be unable to attend to it this winter but they would not accept my protest. The first meeting is to be at our house two weeks from tonight. We sat in their stately old parlor a grand specimen of interior of more than half a century ago. The carpet was put down more than sixty years ago. All the mouldings of the wood work and the cornice were very pretty and delicate as well as the stucco ornament above the chandelier. Mrs. Kolty read from some old letters of about 1765 which were very entertaining.
[[left margin]] Survey of Folant lot [[/left margin]]

Saturday 16" 20° this morning but bright and clear. Tom luckily got that celery in the cellar yesterday. Went down town and called at the cement co's office where I saw Mr. Lindsley. He would take nothing for sawing my apple butt for me so I left 50 cents with him for the man who sawed it. He asked me about cutting a line on our lot in the cemetery and showed me a map of the whole place. He allowed his blacksmith to make me a dozen iron bolts for boundary marks which were delivered this afternoon. This afternoon I settled with Tom and paid him
[[left margin]] Settled with Tom [[/left margin]]