The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-30
SAD END OF A LOVE AFFAIR.
The Fortunes of a San Francisco
Girl who Married a Russian Mo-
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Among Tuesdays arrivals by the City
OF Toxic was a distinguished party Of
Russian naval officers returning home
upon leaves of absence from the Russian
squadron in the China and Japan Seas.
The party consisted of Baron Rosen,
Baron Schlippenbark, Gen. De Witt and
Alexander E. Phillipus. Some of these
gentlemen passed through San Francisco
In the spring of 1877 as officers of the
Russian man-of-war Vsadnick. The men,
ories of the readers will probably recall
the romantic episode which occurred at
that time, in which Lieut.. De Kalands,
a Russian of high birth, attached
to the Vsadnick, and Miss Jennie Bur-
dick OF Hunters Point, played the lead
ing parts. 1t was case of true love, as
the succeeding double elopement and
marriage proved. Jennie was beauti-
full young lady, just eighteen years of
age, the only daughter Of Jesse A. Bur
dick, Superintendent of the Hunters
Point Dry Dock. The affair was genu-
inc romance-the loving couple fleeing
by night to he recaptured by an irate
parent, but the brave maiden, not to be
baffied in her loves desire, escaping again
the watchfulness of her parents, taking
her departure in the dead of night in
rowboat, joining her lover at Vallejo,
where they We're married the next morn
ing Then came triumphant second
and public marriage ON board the Vsad-
nick, where the pretty bride was made
welcome by the brother officers of the
husband.
The trials and tribulations of the
young couple were duly portrayed in the
Chronicle at the time. A reporter called
last night upon the gentlemen mentioned
above to ask after the fate and fortunes
of Lieutenant and Mrs. De Kalands.
The wife accompanied her husband to
Japan, from whence they soon after went
to the home of the bridegroom, ST. Pc
tersburg. What reception the couple
met from the parents of the youthful
husband does not transpire, but it does
not seem to have been of the kindest
sort. Nevertheless, they got on we'll, liv-
ing in each others love, acknowledged
by the aristocracy of the Russianbcapi-
tai, inwhose circle the fair American girl
was received with open arms. She was
apparently happy and contented in the
love Of her husband.
1t appears, however, that De Kalands
had lost some of his prestige among his
comrades in the navy for he left the ser
vice. Whether not his family also with
drew their support does not appear.
From the fact, however, that he accepted
the command of a merchant vessel bound
to New York, it may be inferred that
the young people were cast upon their
own resources. 1t was somewhat more
than year ago when De Kalands took
command Of the vessel, and, accompanied
by his wife, made sail once more for
America. They were destined never to
reach it. The German Ocean was safely
traversed, and while calmly riding at an
chor in Havre de Grace the husband was
stricken down with sickness.
The young wife, who had 80 bravely
battled for the man of her hearts choice,
nursed him faithfully, but without avail.
The days of her greatest happiness had
gone by, the husband to whom she had
SO resolutely clung when opposed by
father, mother, friends ana acquaintance
was called from her side by an inexora-
BILE fate. She buried him in French
soil, communicated the fact of his death
to his people in St. Petersburg, and they,
recognizing the true woman in the
young girl who had followed their son
from far-off country to his own home
only to bury him alone and forsaken in a
foreign country, invited her to make her
home with them. She accepted, and at
present she wears her widows weeds in
Russia.