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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-12-19


"Probably it was the recollection of
that embrace that influenced her in
throwing up her engagement" remarked
Jocelyn dryly. you're dangerous
fellow with women, lingo, in some
senses! Peter make all your salutes
parting onoa-fnal partings. Well, to
continue, does she speak English
"Just as well as | do myself, returned
the general emphAtically.
Poor girl" said Jocelyn as if to him
SELF.
What are all these questions for
anyhow demanded lingo, after a
pause.
what sort of an actress is she?" went
on Jocclyn, not noticing the interruption
Realistic or conventional or what"
"Inje7endent, l should call her" said
the other. she doesn't seem to act
much anyhow, if you know what
mean Free -- graceful spontaneous"
he explained, waving his short an
shout, with forlful of mashed potato
in his hand "Worth your money to
see her Just walk about the stage" he
added, enGuliiIg the potato In lbs enor-
nous jaws.
"9hell dol" said Jocelyn, Leaning back
in his chair with the air OF man who
has succeeded in an arduous and ingen-
iou5. enterprise. Your famous Russian
diva, my dear SigDor Impresario, lives
not more than hundred miles from
|yncre we are sitting; and if know any
thing about human nature, and hers in
particular, she will make disappearance
rs per advertisement, and sing herself
and you up to your chins in bank notes,
not To- mention my modest little com
mi5sion.'
bah! What ails him now?7 said the
general, helping himself to another
croqdette.
Let me tell you little story" con
tiuued Jocelvn. "About hundred
mi'es from New York city there lived
once upon a time, beauriiul and tai
currd young lady, only daughter Of a
father who had brought her up in lux
/ ury, refinement and secluslOn. This
young lady had an amazing genius for
music, and n voice SO ravishng that The
lark5 came down from the clouds to lis
ten 10 her, and the nightingales grew
hoarse with unavailing rivalry. The
| best instructor in the world was pro-
cvred TO train her, and in The cOurse Of
u few years he turned her out finished
in every respect. But, unfortunately
f." 7uauEind, hcr affiueut C.rcuns.anl s
forbade her appearance on the pubGc
stage. ~ this iuncture, however, a
r,rr.j1 anti-l rhaDa-a of cirrT,r,Stanc meas al
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stitute. It's smart notion, but ex-
pect it'll do better To talk about than to
try. She'd slip mp somehow. She might
carry it out for a day or two but when
you come 10 two or three months. that's
another story! 1t would take better
actress than I've ever come across to
"She won't have to act at all. " Jocc-
lyn interposcd. "lhe public of course
will have made up It's mind beforehand
that she is the real original diva, and
the more unSophisticated she appears
the more convinced and charmed they'll
be. They'll take her Innocence to be the
diva's consummate hypocrisy, man alive.
and any unfamilia1ity she may show ON
the stage to be the perfection OF acting.
But, for that matter, when once they've
heard her sing they wouldn't exchange
her for all the divas in Christendom.
eff she can siug-yes!7 aaid the i'm
pre5ario rather aDey,icllly.
Odd you ever happen to naar cf a
gentleman by the nona Of Dorimur:"
inquired Jocclyn. putting down his
wristbands and folding his handsome
hands on the edge OF the table.
Odd DoulHar' H&tDcrl Best rnau il,
the profession. Daad now, poor old boy.
All. if he'd only kept hos VOICE.
"DOriln0r was the instructor | mon.
toned just now. lie went uD one da1
to hear her try her voice, ana the c0use-
quence was he stayed three Years to lis.
ten 10 it. He told me a month before he
died that sno WIS the finest sOp.nno.
with the gran3est method, he'd eyc1
known.
1.-The devil he didl Dori1nar was no
fool, that's a fact"
81 found her out before he did. If it
hadn't been for Inc where would you be
now, friend Moses
"Thats all right; bat I've got to hear
her first"
That's why told you to make ycur
arrangements to be ont Of town Tonight
Wen take tine noon train up there. Iye
telegraphel en- TO expect me Wen
settle with her tonight, and be back in
town tomorrow morning Now, a. to
terms. You'll havc to pay her what you d
promised the diva
ooh, | Will, will |? I'll see about that
returned the impreaario with 4 shrcwd
! g1imace. NO need Of me believing
She's the real diva rs well as the audi
rnco"
In that case we won't take the noon
train" said ,jocelyu firmly.
Say, my boy, what's your game ia-
/ quirei The other after pause, duriu-
| which the men had looked inteutiy ar
| each other DO yop want me 10 psy
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vertisements and paragraphs in every
paper in the Union. and everybody on
their beam ends to get the first sight OF
the great Russian prima donna Though
whether she's Russian, on Irish, or Amer
lean, the devil only knows; it's Just what
she's mind to call it), and my great
prima donna drops me a telegram that
she amt coming, by Jupiterl A nice
figure she makes me cut, don't she? Here
| am, with public record of fifteen
years and never once disappointed an
audience, or kept them waiting, or failed
to give them their moneys worth, and
now, after all my labor and planning
and contliving, this is the reward get
to be mado a fool of The jewel reputa-
ton, that's what she's robbed me of Id
sooner she'd done mo out of million.
But III be even with her, az sure as I'm
lingo, if have to send her an ounce of
dynamite in jewel CASE
she's never been heard in this coun-
try, has she:'
mo. nor in England either. I don't
suppose there's another man besides me
in New York today that has ever hoard
or seen her. Shes kept herself on the
continent and sung for royalty and kept
herself out of peoples way, as il she
, were royalty herseif-thats been her
game. And first class game IL l., TOO.
Wh'n woman can afford 10 play it, as
| she can. She never hOlicrs for herself;
/ she lets the Others do it for her. And
that's why the public viii pay higher TO
J listen to her--if they could only get her
.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Local News Notes.

William Shonaclzer. an express driver
was badly cut about the head and face yes
terday afternoon in a runaway.
Burglars entered the house of Dennis F.
Golden, No. 399 Virginia avenue, early yes
terday morning. and carried off jewelry val
ued at 500 and 81 in money.
Edward Davidson pleaded guilty yester-
day to stealing some iron from the Big
Four yards and Judge Irwin sent him to
the work-house for three months.
The members of the IRISH American Club
will meet in their hall Friday evening to
make final arrangements for their excursion
to Madison the evening following.
Jerry White, charged with attempting
to kill John Cooper at q dance, Friday
night, was held in $500 bond yesterday by
Mayor Sullivan to await action of the
county grand jury.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
to Edward +. Eaton and Margaret Sher-
man, William A. Sherman and Ida NJ
Stout, John w. Stout and Stella Jenkins.
John Burkett and Katie Bane.
Detective Thornton arrested James Good.
cOlored, last night. and locked him up on q
charge of grand larceny. He is only eigh t.
cen years of age. and is accused Of stealing
a pocket-book, containing SS5, from COM
penion.
During the past week there were fifty
two births and forty deaths in the city.
There are now twenty y-seven cases of scar
latina. twelve of measles and seven of
diphtheria on record in the Office of the city
Board of Health.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
FIRsT-cLAss FINANCIALLY.
The Board Of Trade Closes It's Year with Hand
some Showing on Right Side Of the Ledger.

The annual meeting of the Board of Trade
was held last evening for the purpose of
hearing the report of the secretary. Jacob
w. Smith. This. the eighth annual report
since the reorganization of the board, was
an admirable showing of the work done
during the past twelve months. Mr.. John
W. Murphy sat as chairman of the meeting.
The total receipts were $50. .O0l-20; disburse-
ments. s25, ,399.4s, leaving balance on hand
of S3.601.S2. The mortuary department.
showed total receipt Of s9057, with dis
bursements of s9,O25, leaving a balance of
e32 The following amounts 0ere paid
on deaths: William Hadley. s96s;
Wheelock p. Bingham, S963; ID. Black
more, s1,o53; +. S. Newcomer. sl.O46;
William Baird. s1.09s; Hamilton Hays.
Sl,071; Andrew o. Cherry, S1.067.
The resources of the board. including the
building. furniture and other property
were given at s60.171.s2. with liabilities
amounting to 81. .3S6.4s; balance of assets,
SIS, 1858. Two thousand dollars has been
expended during the year in improvements
and refurnishing. The membership at last
report was 472. There have been six deaths.
three forfeitures. and thirty-seven have
Bctu cltClcu tO fdCduClcs lnckC 10
now full membership of 500.
and in addition there are sew
enteen special members. Twelve appli-
cations for membership,are on file await
ing for vacancies to occur.
The report noted that at the close of the
last fiscal year the relief committee of the
board was engaged IN the good work of re-
lieving the sufferers from the Conemaugh
valley disaster. The report of the treas
urer of the committee shows the total col
lection of funds for the sufferers to have
reached the sum of SS.096.27, OF which
amount $1,000 was forwarded to the unfor-
tunates. leaving balance in the hands Of
the committee ofs .096.27. This amount was
placed with the balance of the
reserve fund held by them in
trust for such occasions. BY
the efforts of the relief committee the
city of Indianapolis had the honor of being
the first 10 respond to the cry for help. The
fund held in trust. here referred to. came
in timely use on the occasion of the Bowen
Merrill Company fire in March last. when
g, 900 was given to the firemen's relief fund.
Again. in the same month, when the terri
bic cyclone visited Louisville and created
such havoc, $1,000 was forwarded for the
sufferers at that point. The report was re-
ferred to q committee of three, consisting
of Edward Hawkins. Frederic Boggs and
VIM. II. Griffith The meeting then ad-
iOurned
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
AN OPPORTUNITY LOST.
The City Could Have Had the Jenney Electric
Plant Had an Effort Been Made to Secure It.

Mr.. Brainard Rorison, long q resident
here, now of Fort Wayne. was in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Rorison's interests are
with the Jenney Electric-light Company.
the removal of which to Fort Wayne lost
him citizenship IN Indianapolis, but he is
much pleased with the evident signs of
progress he sees here on all hands. Il am
sorry on the score of old associations and
friendships" remarked Mr.. Rorison, 'that
had to remove. indianapolis could have
retained the works had she taken any in
terest in the matter. The Brooklyn works
have been added, and we will soon employ
LOO men. There are some high salaries
paid by the company, and all the skilled
men are well paid. The two leading cleo
tricians get $4,000 year each. and their
assistants, score or more In number, get
from SO to IS day. When the matter of
removal was first agitated, Mr.. Coffin, one
OF the largest men in the company, said it
was immaterial TO him whether the COM
pany went TO Fort Wayne or remained
here. But Fort Wavne offered 100000 and
paid $50 year for each electric lamp,
while Indianapolis offered nothing, and
pays only $50 year for each of It's lamps.
The company, under these circumstances,
was really forced to go to Fort Wayne.
Mr.. Coffin did not desire to be placed in
the position of petitioner for q location,
and so Indianapolis lost us. / am glad to
see the place is waking up now. however,
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
DEVICE FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, June - Some time ago
mention was made in these dispatches of
the exhibition of a device for preventing
the collision of railroad trains This after
noon the device was tested practically on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, with fat
tering results. The Universal Electric
Railway signal Company, of Richmond, Va,
prepared about three miles of track on the
road mentioned, by placing thick wire on
an insulated wooden projection about three
inches above the track. This wire was an
ordinary iron telegraph wire, somewhat
thicker than those used. Two switch en-
gines were supplied with metallic brushes.
which were liked to brush along this
wire in the rear of the fire boxes. They
were connected with telephones in the cars
in the rear of the engines. The engines
were sterted out along the track. and as
soon as they had approached within about
a mile OF each other the fact of their prox-
unity was made manifest IN each of the
cars by the ringing of the telephone bells.
1t is designed to place these telephones in
the engines of regular trains, and as soon as
the bells ring the engineers can take mp the
telephones and converse with each other.
The system worked to perfection, and
demonstrated that accidents by collisions,
washouts and such causes can be absolutely
avoided by the use of this device. About
fifty newspaper correspondents witnessed
the experiments.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Services and Meetings.

Rev. w. X. Jordan will occupy the pulpit
at Hall. place Church this morning.
The Rev. John BrazeltcI, of North Ver-
non, is to preach at the Third Christian
Church to-day.
Rev. Joseph A. Milburn will preach his
first sermon as pastor of the Second Presby-
terian Church this morning.
A meeting will be held at the Second
Baptist Church Wednesday evening to
draft and adopt resolutions in the interest
of the colored race.
Bishop Knickerbacker Will preach at
Grace Cathedral, corner Central avenue
and Seventh street, at 1880 O'clock this
morning and celebrate holy communion.
There will be meeting of the members
of the fifth section of the Free kindergarten
tomorrow afternoon, at o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. III. s. Tucker, No. 341
North Delaware street.
The Rev. j. Hilliard Ranger will preach
the Baccalaureate sermon before the grad
uating class of the Young Ladies' Insti-
tute this evening In Grace Cathedral, cor
ner Central avenue and Seventh street
Tho Murphy gospel temperance meeting
at Masonic Hall this afternoon will be ad-
dressed by Bishop Knickerbacker and Mr.
Doutney, the temperance evangelist. Mrs.
Doutney VIII give several vocal selec-
tions. In the evening. at the same hail. Mr.
Doutney will begin his series of temper
ance meetings, assisted by his wife.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Events of Commencement woek.

The commencement exercise Of tho In
dianapolis Institute for Young Ladies will
occur this week. The afternoon art recep-
tion is to occur tomorrow afternoon, at the
corner of Pennsylvania and st. Joe streets.
The collegiate exercises will take place
that evening, and preparatory exercises
Tuesday afternoon, at o'clock. The same
evening the graduating exercises will occur
at Y. Nj. G. A. Hall. The class includes
Misses Bertha May Flack, Flora Kate
Anderegg. Florence Z. Huntsinger, Marga-
ret Nicholson, Della p. Ramsey and Fannie
c. Root
Commencement day at the Indiana In
stitute for the Deaf will be Wednesday
next. A heat programme with cards of in
vitation. printed by the pupils, have been
issued The exercises will include ad-
dresses by Dr. Rondthaler. the Revs. A. w.
Mann and Oscar c. McCulloch, in addi-
tion to essays and music by the graduating
class.
The graduating exercises of the class in
the Indiana Kindergarten and Normal
School will take place at the parlors of the
First Baptist Church Friday evening. Mr.,
John l.. Griffiths will deliver the address.
There will be display of the work done
by the schools
The twenty first annual reunion of Mrs.
Elizabeth j. Prices school will be held to-
morrow evening. at her residence, No. 407
North Illinois street.
NJ lrEinBtoh, iast nlgnt, sne leadlng
social event was the reception given to
Prof. and Mrs. Thomas G. Howe by Mr.
and Mrs. X. l.. Howe. This afternoon, at
o'clock. President Benton delivers the
baccalaureate sermon before the class of
1890. The class numbers eighteen
prizes have been awarded by
Miss Noble. In the class of 81 Miss Lee ID.
Layman was winner, and in the sophomore
class Reed Carr and Bowen G.. Bowel
stood first and second respectively The
tomorrow night, and the commencement
exercises proper occur on Thursday morn.
ing.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Howe-Armstrong.

Prof. T. c. Howe. of Butler University,
and Miss Jennie E. Armstrong were mar
ried ut noon on Thursday, 1T the residence
of the brides parents Professor Howe was
recently elected to the newly-created chair
of Germanic languages in Butler. and goes
to Berlin to study till the fall of '91. Miss
Armstrong is the only daughter of Hon. A.
x. Armstrong, and is a classical graduate of
the class of 80 at Butler. The ceremony
was performed by the grooms father. Rev.
X. l. Howe. of Irvington. About one hun
dred guests were present thlr-
ty-tive going up from Irvington
and indianapolis in special car.
The presents included handsome checks
from the fathers of the couple. Professor
travel during the summer in England,
France. Switzerland. Italy and Austria be-
fore going to Germany for the winter.
Prof. Howe was formerly on the Journal
staff
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Porter County Republicans.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
VALPARAISO. Ind, June THE twelve
townships of Porter county had 121 dele
gates at the Porter county Republican con-
vention here to-day. This forenoon Judge
William H. Johnston was elected chairman
and F. C. Culley and Z. Bowse secretaries.
This afternoon resolutions were ado pied
indorsing President Harrison and favoring
the general service pension bill. The fol-
lowing were unanimously nominated:
State Representative, George G. Greges,
q contractor, of Hebron; auditor, John w.
Elan. of Valparaiso; sheriff. Sheldon r.
Herick. of Valparaiso; surveyor. Henry
Rankin, of Valparaiso; commiss ioner of
Center district. James s. Fulton, farmer,
of Center township. The following were
selected by ballot: Coroner, DR.. H. G.
Coates. of Valparaiso: commissioner of
North district, Jacob Link, farmer, Of
Jackson township; treasurer. Martin Young,
of Chesterton; recorder, Thomas II. Pat
rick. of Valparaiso. On the fourth ballot
after q close contest for clerk of the Cir
cult Court. NJ. j. Stenchfield, of Hebron,
won.. Several Of the above were renomi-
mated.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
General Weather Conditions.

SATURDAY, June z, z p. NJ.
PREssURE.-The high barometer area
central this morning in Colorado is central
tonight with SO.S2. over the southern por-
tion of Lake Michigan. and covers the
whole country east of the Rocky mountains;
low area is approaching from theextreme
northwest.
TEMPERATURE.-Int the northwest in front
of the approaching low area the tempera-
ture is very high; so and above is reported
from North Dakota and Montana west
ward; GO and below in New Mexico and
northern Texas; also. from Indiana and the
lower lakes northward; 80 and below from
Lake Superior and Lake Ontario north
ward.
PRECIPITATION.-Rains fell in Washing
ton (State). southern Kansas and western
Texas: heavy rain, 1.94 inches, at San An
tonic, Tex, and still raining.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Court. an Investieation.

Superintendent Wright. of the Central
Hospital for the Insane. in regard to the
treatment Mrs. Miller received at that in
stitution. says he is willing to have an in
vestigation. He has done all he could per-
sonally to reach the facts. but as that does
not satisfy the patients relatives, he is
anxious to have the Board of State Chari-
ties. or others, take mp the matter. What
ever is done. though, must be thorough,
and there will not be wanting, he Gays,
any facilities to bring the guilty parties,
if there are any, to punishment.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Fatalities in a Burning Stable.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, juno Dan Crook, q
boy of ten years. was burned to crisp to-
day in the barn of his father, Pat Crook,
and his uncle. Tom Crook. was probably
fatally burned. The boy and his uncle
came to town about 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and went to the lads home. AS his
father was on the road as a
rag -peddler. and his mother was
spending the day in indianapolis,
they were unable to get in the house and
went to the hay-mow to sleep. While they
were asleep large pile of rags in the sta
BILE took fire from spontaneous combustion,
and the building was cnveloped before
they awoke. The uncle made his escape,
though terribly burned about the head.
hands, feet, and, in fact, all over his body.
The boy fell while trying to leave the NOW
and perished. Two horses were also burned.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08

On Tuesday the committee on arrange
ments of the Marion County Agricultural
and horticultural Society will visit the
experiment station at Lafayette. 1t is in
tended to make this the occasion of a
strawberry show. and members who have
choice berries are expected to take them
for exhibition. Premiums will be awarded,
as usual, by the society TO successful COM
petitors among it's members. The station
will show samples of large number Of
varieties il is testing
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08

The furniture and woodenware manu-
facturers, at a meeting held last evening in
the Board of Trade building, passed reso-
luton to get manufacturers together and
have them make their shipments over the
same road. This is TO be done where there
is more than one road 20 the same point. as
10 the case in shipping to Chicago, Cincin-
natl. ST. Louis and other places. The OBJ
ject is to get better rates than have hereto
fore been given to manufacturers in this
city. Another meeting. which will include
manufacturers of all kinds, will be held in
few DAYS
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
A Lady Badly Hurt.

Mrs. Joseph II. Byers. wife of a CONNER
cial traveller. living on North Delaware,
was severely hurt yesterday afternoon
while driving in buggy on West WASH
ington street, near Tennessee. A wagon
belonging to the Lilly Varnish Company.
and driven by Samuel Updike. ran into her
vehicle, throwing ber out. The lady was
taken into French's drug store. and was
Klingensmith and water-works officer
Petty arrested Updike and took him to the
station house. where he was slated for fast
driving
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Getting It ALI.

In Summer Draperies, Mattings,
Screens and the articles of household
use and ornament that the warm wealth
er time of year naturally makes promi-
nent, we quote you our accustomed
ability to fit out house or hotel with
equal ease and dispatch, and with as
perfect adjustment to the sense of the
surrounding in the one case as the other.
A great establishment Ike ours is as
fully equipped to satisfy modest. low
priced wants as large and ornate ones.
1t is worth your while to come and zee
how it is done.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08

ner. one case musical instruments, s77.95;
=. Bachmeler. Brookville. two casks wine,
en-ware. s264.2O w. J. Holiday * Co..
twenty-five anvils. s75.40; NJ. McManus,
four cases linens, S25465: Pearson IL Wet
eel, five crates earthen-warc. S220.40; Fred
Monninger, two casks wine, Sl47.2o; Daniel
Monninger. eight casks wine. 20; Kin
gan g. Co., 1,2S6 sacks salt, S346.0S.
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-06-08
Mineral springs RaIlroad.

The Indiana Mineral Springs Railroad
Company was incorporated yesterday with
a capital stock of $4,000. in s1OO shares.
and with the following directors: ID. J.
Mackey. T.. =. Huston, James l.. Mackey,
G. j. Grammer. w. j. Lewis. +. b. Morgan
and Edwin Taylor. The road is to be
about forty miles long. and will run from
Tszewell, Crawford county. through Craw-
ford. Orange and Martin counties to q
point on the Evansville a. Richmond rail-
road, near Indian Springs Station.