Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-20

A show boat, owned by A. B. French,
of Cincinnati, and styled the New
Sensation, landed at our wharf yester-
day, says Mount Vernon. Ind. special.
Two of tn eperformers, Will Conkling
and Grace Gee, came up to town, Sc
cured a license and were married. Ben
Gee. the manager of the boat, is the
young lady's father, and he was opposed
to the marriage, and when he heard OF
the event he took the girl and locked
her up in the boat. Conkling went to
the waters edge this morning and with
tears in his eyes asked for his wife.
The old man was memorable aud after
some parleying he seized n shotgun and
ran the young man up the levee. The
boat departed with tho girl still cap
tive. Conkling says he will have his
wife if there is any law in the land.
An affecting scene was presented in
local undertaker's parlors in Tacoma
the other day. In II coffin was the body
of a young Norwegian woman. twenty
five years of age. The foot of the coffin
rested on the floor and the other end on
chair. BY the side of the casket,
which contained the remains of his
dead love. stood young Norwegian. A
photographer was taking their pictures
together. The corpse OF the young
woman was dressed in white and the
profusion of flowers indicatee that low
ing hands had cared for her. Her name
was Helene Eliasen. She arrived in
Tacoma from Norway several weeks ago,
and was to have become the bride OF
him whose photograph was taken with
hers. The young mans name was Olof
Aune.
The eight taps by which 4 o'clock
was announced upon the bell of the Red
Star steamship Switzerland as she lay
in the dock at Philadelphia, one after
noon recently, had hardly died away
when the sharp twang OF the dinner
gong reverberated through the ship,
and the steward marched through the
vessel, fore and aft, crying: Come to
the weddings! Come to the weddings!
Come on, everybody! Two weddings in
the second cabin" There was n rush
OF stewards and stewardesses, officers
and crews, and the few struggling pas
sengers who had not yet left the ship,
and the cabin was crowded when Mag
istrate Ladner tied a double nuptial
knot and made husbands and wives OF
two immigrant couples.
Among the 2l0 immigrants who were
shipped at Antwerp by the Switzerland
were two young girls VINO attracted the
attentlOn Ol lne SJeWufuesS, ana ab nef
instance the immigration inspectors
told them that they would not be per-
mitted to land unless they should first
find husbands for themselves. The
girls were Maria Mayer, who
came from Elberfield, Germany,
and Pauline Volz, whose home
was in Friedburg, Germany. Among
the steerage passenger was also Fred
erick Behle, VINO came from the home
of Miss Meyer, and was bound for De-
troit, which was the destination OF that
Young woman.
Upon finding that she was refused a
landing Behle stepped forward and i'm
formed the immigration Inspectors that
he was a friend of Miss Mayer, and had
come with her from her home. He
said that he was willing TO marry the
girl. Miss Volz was quickly rescued
from her embarrassing position in quite
similar manner, Peter Michael, "A shoe
maker, who lives at 80 Washington ave-
nue., presented himself on board the
Switzerland, and said he had come to