The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-04
MINOR MENTION.
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Of Miss May Howard, the actress, who was
committed to the Insane Asylum from Shelby
county, few days ago. by her brother, John
Denis, the Louisville CourierJournal Of yester-
day, says
'This lady had many friends in this county
who will be panied to hear of the calamity that
has Eefallen gifted woman. When young
girl, May Howard made her debut in Woods
Theater, Cincinnati A few years later she
went to San Francisco and had marked sue
cess in the same company with John Mccullough
and Raymond, before either of those gentlemen
became stars While she was with this com
pany, Ralston, the banker, who afterward COM
mitted suicide in the bay, became acquainted
with the young actress, and manifested warm
admiration for her. She was an orphan, and
her struggles to reach prominence in her pro-
fession attracted the sympathy of the rich and
not very scrupulous banker Whatever his re-
lations may have been with prominent females
no charge was ever whispered that his associa-
ton with Miss Howard was not of the most cor
| rect character. One day, in half serious way he
tossed bundle of certificates of mining stocks
into her lap, saying: "Keep them; they will be
worth something some day" AS a matter of
fact, the stocks were almost valueless. In less
than two years, when the great bonanza craze
was making millionaires of scores of people on
| the Pacific coast, Miss Howard discovered that
her stocks valuable. She sold out for $685.
| 900, and accompanied by her brother John
| Denis, printer, went to Europe. She studied
| her art in France under competent teachers, and
| became proficient in French, music and litera-
! ture. She returned to the United States beau
| tiful, cultured woman, and became very popular.
In 1873 she made starring tour through the
Australian colonies, and won both fame and fort
une. In 1876 she returned to this country and
| starred with only partial financial success, in
Charles Reeds Wandering Heir" the Geneva
| Cross" the New Magdalen," and other pieces.
| The year following, after season in Boston and
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| spending year or more in the London and prin-
| cipal provincial theaters, she retired from the
| stage. But few of her friends were informed of
her return to this country What caused the
malady which has overtaken May. Howard is
| not reported. She was gifted and kind hearted,
| and deserves as she will receive the heartest
and broadcast sympathy, with hopes for her early
recovery"
| BILL to make voting easy, to do away with
the regular biennial and quadrennial shrieks to
| the voter to rally, and to save the expense of
| bringing the MANNED sick and halt to the polls
| has been proposed bv Hon. A. w. Paine, of
! Bangor, Maine, and will be introduced into the
Legislature of that State 1t is means for vot-
| ing by proxy. By its terms any legal voter
whose name is on the voting list, who is not per-
sonally present, may vote by proxy, provided the
authority to do so is in writing printed speci
| flying the vote to be thrown, directed to some
| person whose name is on the same list, setting
| forth the voters residence and place of voting
| signed by him and acknowledged before some
magistrate authorized to take the acknowledge
ment of deeds If any doubt exists as to the
identity of the voter or proxy, proof shall be re-
quired of both before receiving it, and upon proof
| it shall be received and counted and then fled
49,
The act provides the same penalties for forgery,
bribery or double voting that now apply to these
offenses aso that if at any time before the polls
close voter appears in person and desires to
withdraw any proxy vote purporting to be his,
and seeks to vote in person, he may do so, after
| first making oath before the presiding officer
that the proxy was forged or not executed by
him. At first blush it looks as though this were
| movement in exactly the wrong direction.
! law compelling man to exercise the suffrage,
unless he be unable from physical causes, and to
punish him for the neglect, would seem to be the
| most effectual method to reach the chronic
| stay at homes.
ANOTHER war has begun in which Madam
Sarah Althea Hill Sharon takes part. Her
lawyers having incidentally mentioned to a re-
| porter the existence of contract which gives
them half of whatever might be recovered from
the dear Sen," she emphatcally denies that
such is the case, and says if they get one-fourth
| it will be more than she has promised. The
lawyers had better compromise. He will be a
brave man who goes into litigation with the
frisky Sarah Althea after what has occurred, un-
less he is willing to have it proved that he is
married to her.
! ENcKEs st, which has again come within
the telescope field, is quite interesting, but is a
| very frequent visitor. When first seen. in 1856
| like many other COMETS it was not known to be
connected with our solar system In 1918 a
comet was discovered by NJ Pons the orbit of
which was computed by NJ Encke and identified
with that of 1856; and from that time to the
present it has regularly returned at intervals of
| a little over three years, and this is the comet
now visible in the great telescope at the Hastead
observatory, at Princeton. There are about a
dozen other comets Of short period, but none