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thirty-tive nights, an unprecedented
event. And Mr.. Wallack was then six
ty-four years old.
His death was terrible blow to his
favorite child, John Lester Wallack.
Almost the last time I saw the latter
Lester spoke of the coming Christmas
and how he dreaded it, for ii brought
such sad recollections, and there were
'tears in his voice" as he spoke.
If the elder Wallack was unknown to
the present generation, his son John
Lester was not His personation Of the
hero in ''Rosedale" was one of the great
attractions of the day.
And he sleeps in an unnamed grave
so far as any except his family knows.
Harry Montague, his real name was
Mann, was also handsome man. Wom-
en- raved about him and men admired
him. He was the fad for months. He
sleeps to-day in a grave in the Wallack
plot beside his friend Lester. The spot
is covered by handsome memorial Of
hght-colored granite in the shape of
mound. on the top Of which is cut these
words:
.s.s 80
a. J. MANN.
Died August II, 1879
Aged 81.
On the front Of the stone is the simple
word:
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wit IN the true sense of the word. His
"Pocahontas" is one of the wittiest
plays ever written. Born in the Green
Isle, he was naturally lively and COM
panionable. He tried management
many times, but his efforts always re-
suited in failure. At one time he was
lessee of the old Bowery theater, after
he had failed with Brougham's lyceum.
He began his career in this country
at the Park theater on October 4, 1912,
as O'Callaghan in His Last Legs" and
he acted until a short period before his
death. Time dealt lightly with him,
and his laugh was as hearty and his
merriment as contagious at sixty-6ve as
It was when he first greeted the New
York public.
Close by, not hundred feet away,
sleeps Charles NJ. Walcot, the best Bob
Acres that this stage has ever known.
To witness his performance in this
character, with Brougham as Sir Lucius
OTrigger and Lester Wallack as Capt.
Absolute, was treat that New Workers
of a third of q century ago enjoyed
thoroughly. His gravestone is a simple
white marble slab-characteristic of his
retiring nature-with this inscription:
CHARLES MELTON WALCOT,
Born September 20, 1915,
Died May IS, 1858
On the top of the stone is small
marble book, on the leaves Of which
this sentence is engraved:
Earth makes no conquest. for now he lives
in fame though not in life
e---..----...
Another prime favorite at the same
theater was the handsome Laura
keene, whose restless ways were pro-
totypcs OF those of the Bernhardt; in
fact, the same restless tireless energy
was as native to the dead actress as it
is to the living.
Her resting place On Dale avenue Is
within sight of John Brougham's mon
ument. The plot IS inclosed with an
arhor vitae fence ard the monument is
Of granite; a base, on which stands
- Il
Ct I
J~sy uus-. 81
As.fss
~ IL :.
l~-s sesSeeeas
BEoCGHAN's TOMB. BUTTONS TOMB.
cross. Only this simple sentence Is to
be read:
LAURA KEENE
DIED November 4, lS71
This actress was English bv birth
She became leading lady at wallack's
IN 1852 and she was afterward lessee Of
Laura keene's theater. situated on the
east side of broadway, below Houston
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Os6ce and yards on Mosiey arc. be-
tween D~U@iAs Az .. and flrst st. nnd
EEaneh ysrsss AZ JE8on Cs&y. okfA-
:. onsLity, III Reno and Alaeo- Okla
.oas Territory.
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passer-by as the pauper who sleeps
without headStone or fOotstone in the
potter's field.
Truly, Ito this complexion must we
come at last"
Lester in his time played many parts,
but he never expected after LIES fitful
fever to play such a part as this-the
inmate of an unmarked grave.
1t was not SO many months before he
died that the comedian was the recipient
of a benefit that netted him twenty
thousand dollars, an entertainment
whose like has never been seen by the
present generation.
BY his side sleeps his whilom friend
and fellow-player, Harry Montague.
But the great, busy, busting world that
both have left behind, with their names
only traditions of the stage. has been
much kinder to the younger and lesser
actor, for a handsome memorial marks
the spot where he is resting in dream
less sleep.
Just above the grave of Henry Ward
.Beecher, trile higher up on Ocean
hill, facing the great. restless, heaving
ocean, whose bosom can be seen from
the spot, lies the burial plot of the Wal
lack family What visions the name
calls up. Three theaters have been
known as "Wallack' s''-the first on the
west side of Broadway, just below
Broome street: the second at Broadway
and Thirteenth street: the third at
Broadway and Thirtieth street. But
there is 10 "Wallack's' now. Even the
Kane mas disappeared, and the man
who made all three theaters to glow
with his genius sleeps in an almost UNI
known grave.
Perhaps no stronger commentary
could be made on ife-applause and
fame on one hand; an unmarked grave
on the other.
The burial plot is situated just back
of Ocean avenue. 1t contains five
graves. At the rear rises monument
of dark granite, four feet high. The
form is rectangular, with the top re-
ceding at an incline of forty-five de-
grees. Upon the front of the latter are
the words:
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Wife-Dear me, It's rainy Saturday.
and III have the children racing about
the house all day and breaking things
Husband - What have you usually
done on rainy Saturdays?
Wife-I generally sent them In to
play with the neighbors' children, bat
all / knew have moved away.-Good
News.
Returns Came In Early.
Husband - Er my dear, there Is
going to be a very nportant-er-elec-
ton at my club tonight, and may
Wife-very well. III wait up to hear
the returns.
''Um-er-are you interested In the
returns?"
"Yes, your returns. IN. Y. Weekly.
Not Exactly Q Failure.
Marriage was failure with them.
them"
well. you could hardly call it fail
ure. Suspension would be the better
word"
"SuspensionT'
eyes; they mutually agreed to sep
arete. IN. Y. Press
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Terrible H1s<Ake-

Oneenswaro Mereh2nt-SVhat made
that lady go out-of the store so hurried
ly2
Clersz-I don't1nnov. I was showing
her q vase (
"ws that what you call tt7-
Certainly"
CWnh a groan}-@We have lost her
custout forever. You sho7ld have
Gallo itsa vswx She's from Boston, -
CncagoSTribune H.
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This actress was English bv birth
She became leading lady at walack's
IN 1859 and she was afterward lessee OF
Laura keene's theater. situated on the
east side of Broadway. below Houston
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IHn't This Dreadfaly
Shelf I shouldn't marty you, do
you thinkyou would miss ne7
He-Of course not; a man only MrM
the woman he InarrieA-Detroit Free
Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-23

WIN. CoLER. IT. Prest CoLEH l. SIN, v. Pres
CHAs. II. Pool. CASHIER.
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Nen LkrlI

Very Likely.
do you know Dir. ThaaldDgton can
trace his ancestry back TO the hood7-
$50? ] presume ne has Inherited his
fear Of water, thenl~-Truth-
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Naturally, when speaking Of the Wal
lack family and the Wallack theaters,
there come thoughts Of the first theater
of that name and of the merry company
of ladies and gentlemen that made the
welkin ring third OF q century ago.
Of these John Brougham, Charley Wal
cot and William &. Blake, three great
comedians, also sleep in Greenwood,
within stones throw Of each other.
Genial. big-hearted, happy-go-luclry
but always gentlemanly John Broug-
ham has not been forgotten by those
whom he left behind. His grave, in a
nicely inclosed plot on Sassafras ave-
nue., near Mistletoe path, has over it
handsome square monument of Scotch
granite.
..-....-s
JOHN BROUGHAM,
{: Actor and Author. /:
Died July7, 1881,
/: Aged 20 years. q. !:
This Is what is engraved on the face
of the monument, and below it senti-
ment that shows the genial character
of the man:
!: To all my friends leave kind thoughts. :
On one side of the memorial is:
s-.'... -.-...-...--........'
ANNETTE HAWLgY,
Wife of John Broughan,
Born March II, 1917,
a: Died May g. 1870
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Not Exactly Q Failure.
HIS didate.

eyes; they mutually agreed to sep
arste.n-N. Y. Press
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Earth makes no conquest for now he lives /:
in fame, though not in life ::
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Il. J. MANN,
Died August II, 1879
Aged 81.
MONTAGUE.

On the front Of the stone is the simple
word:
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James W. Wallack was a handsome
man. even when he had almost reached
the appointed three-score and ten. He
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-12
GRIEF DESTROYS SIGHT.
Miss Custer, While Searching for Her Lover,
Is Sud denly Stricken Blind.

SHAMoKIN, Pa, Jan. 11.-While search
disappeared on the day he was to we'd her,
Mics Lillian Custer. of Oleau, N. Y, was
stricken suddenly blind. When the afflic-
tion came she was riding on Philadelphia
a. Reading passenger train. between
Shamokin and Mauch Chunk, but it was
not until she reached here this morning
that the terrible truth dawned upon her.
Nearly year ago she met John Harring-
ton. He wooed her and gained her consent
to marriage. Last Christmas day the
wedding was to have taken place. On that
day the guests were assembled at the
church. The ceremony was to be per-
formed at $50. and when the time came all
was In readiness but the groom.
A messeng ger was dispatched after him,
and he returned half an hour later with a
message that John had disappeared and no
one knew where he was. W hen Miss Gus
ter heard this she gave q shrek and fell
into the arms of her father. No tldings Of
me missing groom reached Olean until the
day before yesterday, when some one in-
formed Miss Custer that he had gone to
Norforlk, Va.
/, Wild with grief and driven almost insane
by the gossiping people, she decided to
search for the man she loved. Hastily
packing her satchel and donnlng her trav-
cling costume. she went to the railway sta
tion and boarded train. Late last even
ing she arrived at Mauch Chunk, and while
seated In the rear car gentleman entered
and engaged her in conversation. He got
Oft at the next station, ana Miss Custer
discovered few moments later that her
pocket-book containing about fifty dollars
was missing
The train had gone about three miles
out OF Mauch Chunk" said the young lady,
when my eyes, which have always been
rather weak, began to pain, and the book
which held in my hand was laid to one
side. Instead of growing better the pain
increased, and finally it was impossible for
me to see the people why sat around me. 1t
seemed as though q cataract had formed
over my eyes. / said nothing, as thought
it would be over in q few minutes.
Il waited, but no relief came, and at last
/ came to the conclusion that my contin-
nous grieving had made me temporarily
blind. Shamokin was reached. but it was
impossible for me to see my way. A man,
whom / afterwards learned was the con-
ductor, approached me and / told him of
my affiiction. He led me out on the plat
form and afterward placed me In charge of
several citizens. who took me to the hotel.
believe / will recover my sight. and unless
something is done to send to Virginia,
where John Harrington Is. will 60 on my
own accord"
Physicians who have examined Miss Gus
ter say she will always be blind, the optic
nerves having been put to too severe test
by weeks of grief.
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WAS HE INNOCENT2
Once Convicted of Murder, Thomas Callahan
Lived in Seclusion the Rest of His Life.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
VALPARAISO, Ind. Jan. 11.-Thomas CAL
lahan died to-day, protesting his innocence
of the crime of murder, of which he was
adjudged guilty and sentenced to the PEN
itentiary for life in 1868. He served but
twelve years of his imprisonment when
pardoned by the late Governor Hendricks.
Callahan was native of Ireland. and be-
came q subject of the United States at the
time of the late war. A draft had been
made for men to complete q regiment and
at meeting, one night. to fill
the quota dispute arose, and, in
the melee, man was stabbed to death.
Callahan was arrested for the murder.
found guilty and sentenced to Michigan
City for life. he protested his innocence,
and on this plea. supplemented by the ef-
forts of influential citizens. he was par
doned, and returned to this city. This was
in 1915, and until his death Callahan lived
the life of q hermit. He selected for his
habitation tlmble-down cottage. and
though possessed of ample means, preferred
TO live in complete seclusion. He never cut
his hair, and at the time of his death it
hung in long tresses down his back. For
seventeen years he has protested his inno-
cence, frequently in his delirium calling
aloud for mercy, and pleading with God TO
spare him the curses of the people who be-
lieved HIM guilty. Among CalIahan's per-
sonal effects were found several messages
to the people. In which he disclaimed any
knowledge of the crime. Callahan is be-
lieved to have been worth in the neigh hbor-
hood Of $4,000.
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the head. Judge Breyfosle and his son escaped
with bruises.
JAMES BURTON, Lafayette. iineman. two ribs
]. n. DAVIDSON. of Crawfordsville, head badly
cut.
: Fox, of New Albany. leg mashed and cut
EuoENE DYER, chief operator western Union
Telegraph Company, Lafayette. head cut.
G. w. LowDEN. Salem, z crushed
c. f. HoYT, of New York, hurt internally, and
ELvA MARSHALL, of ElliottsvIlle, side and face
EZRA HIBBs, of wheatfield, left arm broken
and right hand crushed.
MRS ANN HBBs, OF wheatfeld, slightly hurt
Her sronsn S ss W. eseapes GaHesIR Rus adosa back
jured.
Il. W. wHHEsIDEs, of Frankfort, seriously in
j. ]. ENRIGHT, Of Chicago, knee and head in
jured.
JUDGE MELVIN MCKEE. of Chicago. hurt in
head and hips.
Nat BEATTY, of Crawfordsville, injured inter-
nally.
DAVID MALsBuRY, of Romney, Ind, eye gone,
face smashed, arm and leg hurt
Mrs. ROSE EVANS, of Greencastle, shoulder
fractured and injured in left side.
Among others slightly injured are j. K.
Lowe, Monon superintendent; j. j. En-
wright of Chicago; A. John Foust. Will
lam Hall, David Jones and Will Smith. of
Charlottesville; William Durham. of Lin
den. Ind; Edward X. Klugman, of Louis-
VILE; H. Morrison. of New York.
The railroad officials are doing every
thing possible for the injured. General
Manager McDoel at once telegraphed he
would leave Chicago for the scene of the
accident.
Tonight, at 1850. Monon freight ran
into the wreck train. which was standing
at the depot. The caboose was demolished
and barrel of oil being overturned on the
stovel the car was soon on fire. In very
short time the train was in q blaze, and
also the depot. Nine men were asleep In
the car. One was burned. An alarm was
sent in. and when the fire company arrived
a big fire was raging. The depot was
saved. Two cars were destroyed. The &C.
cident was caused by failure of some one
to warn the freight train.
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designating of the time for the convening
OF Congress. It provides that the FIFTY
third Congress shall convene ct O'Clock
post meridian on March 4. 1898, when the
House shall meet and organize. Unless the
House is asked to continue Its sittinRs IL
will adjourn until the first Monday In De-
cember following. All members who were
not mbers of the preceding Congress are
ing to Washington All subsequent Con.
gresees. IL is provided, shall be organized
In the Same manner.
Representative White of Iowa introduced
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution so that Congress shall
have sole power to coin and issue money
and regulate It's value. This power, 1T Is
provided. shall not be delegated either In
whole or in part to any indivldual corpora
tion or association. Among other bills IN
troduced under the call OF states were the
following:
By Mr.. Scott of Illinois: Appropriating
Sl00, for the display of the corn product
at the worlds fair.
by Mr.. Chipman of Michigan: Request
ing the President to inform the House
what negotiations have been carried on
with foreign governments relative TO the
re-establishment and use OF silver coin as
legal-tender money.
By Mr.. Hatch of Missouri: Defining "op-
tions" and futures" ana imposing q tax
BY MI. Bland of Missouri: For the free
coinage of silver.
BY Mr.. Brosius of PennsylvsnIa: Appro-
priating 100000 for the relief Of the famine
stricken people of Russia.
Mr.. Dockery of Missouri asked unani-
nous consent for the immediate considers
tion OF the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be requested TO inform the House OF the ag-
gregate amount of unexpended appropriations
on account of the fiscal year 1891 at the end or
that fiscal year: also the amount OF expenditures
made during the first six months of the fiscal
year, 1892, giving tho information for both pc
riOds in detail.
Mr. Henderson Of Iowa objected and the
resolution was referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Mr.. Simpson of Kansas asked unani-
nous consent for the immediate considera-
tion OF q resolution recIting allegations
that the Department of Agriculture is
made the harbor of political employees and
that crop reports are made to boards of
trade and market wreckers and operators
before they are conveyed TO the knowledge
of tOiling husbandmen; and providing for
special committee of five members to in
quire into the workings of the department
and into the truth of these allegations.
Mr.. Hopkins of Illinois objected and sug-
gested that the resolution be referred TO
the committee on ways and means but on
motion of Mr.. Springer it found it's resting
place In the committee on rules.
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Greed Revisers to Meet To-Day.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE general COM
mittee on revision of the creed of the Pres
by terian Church. of which DIR. VIM. G.
Roberts. of Lake Forest University. is
president. will meet in this city tomorrow
at the Mission House, No. So Fifth avenue.
The principal object of this adjourned
meeting is understood to be the reception
and consideration Of reports of the action
of the various presbyteries throughout the
country on the subject of revision. The
committee had invited this expression of
opinion. 1t is believed by some who are
well informed that the final result Will be
the approval of the plan outlined by the
Chicago Presby terv. namely: 1.-The retire.
ment of the present creed as an historical
monument and the formulation and adop-
tion of q shorter declaration of belief. in
keeping with the requirements of the pres
ent time.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-12
A CELEBRATED CASE.
The Spirits Give Alleged Pointers About q
Missing Will Involving $4,000.
Special TO the Indianapolis ] ournal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE Barnes
will case. one of the most celebrated in
southern Indiana, was revived by receipt
of a letter to-day from j. F. Donaldson, of
fariston. KY. who claims his wife is heir
to Barnes's property and money. which
amounts to more than 100000. Barnes
died here about twenty years ago. and his
will has never been found, although there
were witnesses to one he made. He was q
bachelor and confirmed spiritualist. A
local splritualstIc society claims he left
them half his wealth. In 1888 the local
spiritualists claimed they had message
from Barnes that the will was buried IN
his coffin. Judge Parrott. now q member
of Congress. gave permission to exhume
the remains and search for the will. This
was done. but no will was found. Since
then numerous efforts have been made to
locate the will Barnes left. There are no
known heirs and since his death the prop
erty has become very valuable. The Ken
tucky parties claim relationship, and, if
proven. they will assume a fine estate.
The spiritualists are again worked up over
the matter as they have at all times con-
tended they would find the will and gain
half of the estate.
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PITTsBURG, Pa. Jan. 1.-THE trouble at
the st. Adelbert Polish Church. over the
dismissal of Father Pitulski, on the South
Side, assumed moro serious aspect to-day.
and threatens at any time TO break out
in q secular riot Several times the crowd
around the parish house became SO large
and boisterous that il was necessary TO call
on the police to clear the street Every
time Fathers Mickiewicz and kalasinski
showed themselves to the crowd they were
hooted and Missed. while Father Pitulski's
appearance Was the signal for wild cheering.
Father Mickiewicz says the trouble was
ali caused by jealousy on the part of his
late assistant He also denied the story
that Father Kalasinsk spoke o disparaging gly
of his predecessor ct Yesterdays meeting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-12
Moxement. of Steamers.

LONDON. Jan. 11.-Sighted: Ocean, from
New York. AT Swinemund: Polynesia.
from New York.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 11.-Arrived: British
Prince. from Liverpool; HISTORIAN. from
Glasgow.
NEW YORK. Jan. II. = Arrived: Nor
wegiap. from Glasgow.
ANTWERP. Jan. 1l.-Arrived: Wasland.
from New York.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 1l.-Arrived: America,
from Bremen.
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Touched Live Wire with Iron Bar.
JoHNsTowN. Pa. Jan. 1i.-M. Bukovis-
XII. a Hungarian aged seventeen years. was
instantly killed last might at the Cambria
works. An arc light was burning DIM and.
limo Gently. he reached mp with an iron bar
to make it burn brightly, and, touching q
wire, be fell dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-12
WRECKED BY A BROKEN RAIL
Monon Passenger Train Hurled Down an
Embankment Near Charlottesville.
Two Persons Killed Outright, Several Prob
ably Fatally Hurt and Large Number of
Others Injured More or Less Severely.
Members of the "City Club" Burlesque
Company We're the Worst Sufferers.

One ofthe Troupe Among the Killed and Others
Seriously Hurt-Suspicious Action of Two
Section Men-Another Collision and Fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-12
nurrying Up Dynamite Cartridges.

CHICAGO. Jan. u.-Mortimer McRoberts.
of this city, who has the contract TO fur
nish all the dynamite cartridges for the
United States army and navy. said to-day
that his factory. which is located at Du-
buque. has put on double force of work.
men. and is working night and day. turn
ing out their products. Not less than two
thousand men have been engaged for tho
work and IL is stated that the payments
made by the governments viii loot up into
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars. The
prospect o. a possible war with Chill IL
snmed TO be the cause for pushing the man