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THE TRaGEpIAN.s CAREER.
Sketch of Mr.. Booths Early Life and Sub
seqn~nt Success az an Actor.

Sketch of Mr.. Booths Early Life and SUBJ
segment Success Actor
Edwin Booth was named Edwin Thomas
in compliment to his fathers friends,
Edwin Forrest and Thomas Flynn. lie
was born in Bel Air. Md. Nov. Is. 1855. He
received instruction from teachers in the
immediate neighborhood OF his home. but
this tuition was neither continuous nor
thorough. He was thoughtful and studi-
Gus. and made much of his limited
opportunities. He was re,icent and
singular, profound and sensitive. and the
eccentric genius of the elder Booth
found in him an object of peculiar SYM
psthy. The father and son were pro-
foundly attached 10 each other from the
first. He was the fourth con OF the dis
tinguished actor Junius Bruins Booth, his
father being thirty seven years old when
Edwin first saw the light of day. As Ed
win grew up he was frequently taken from
school TO accompany hIs father on his
tours. Ills immediate entrance TO O thear.
ric career was made, however. accidentally.
Junius Bruins Booth. his father-rhe
rival o. Edmund kean-was then keeping
en- engagement at the Boston Museum. and
Edwin. as usual. was in attendance as his
dresser. Trsssil had been cast 10 the
prompter of the sheater; but 1t chanced that
this person wished To avoid the duty of act
ing IL. aud that be succeeded in p.rsuading
Edwin to undertake IL. This ARRANGEMENT
was made without the elder Booths knowl-
edge. and he only became aware Of 1t by
reading in the plsybill the announcement
of his sons first appearance, duly under
lined. "Foolv was oil be- said when be read
Sbis announcement. and this remark was lot
understood 10 signify encourag~msnt.
When night came. and Edwin had dressed
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TIE BELGIAN SUFFRAGE MEASURE.

Taxpayers and Onioehoiiers Given Two
Woes and Poor People Only One.
BRUssELs, April l9.-The scheme Of plural
or cumulative voting provided for in the
Nyessen bill allows o vote by every male
citizen aged twenty FIVE years, who has re-
sided ct least ono year In the same COM
mnne and has never been convicted of o
breach OF the Low. The. bill confers an adj
ditiOnai vote on those who possess the fol-
lowing qualifications:
FirSt-Every male citizen aged thirty five
years. or a widower paying government tax OF
at least francs In amount, unless exempted
from the tax on account OF his profession.
Second-Upon every male citizen aged twenty
value OF at least 1000 francs, who has been
inscribed for at least two years the ledger OF
the public debt. or in the stock book OF a bank
for savings as the possessor OF at least loo
francs in Belgian bonds
Third-Upon every male citizen aged twenty
five years who Is the bearer OF diploma or SUI
perior education or a similar certificate shown
that he has attended n complete course OF higher
instruction in public or private seminary. or
that is Milling or has filled public office, or is
holding or has held position. or is exercising or
has exercised profession requiring superior
education. the question TO what positions
and professions are To be regarded as qualifying
under this clause 70 be decided b. law. No per-
son 10 TO be entitled to more than three votes,
and voting IL made obligatory.
The action of the Chamber of Deputies
in passing the bill has com pletcly allay ed
the agitation among the industrial popula-
ton. The strikers here and ut Antwerp and
other places generally resumed work this
morning. and no further trouble is appre-
hended.
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SPRINGFIFLD, No., April 1a-Cassvilla
the county seat of Barry comfy WAS al-
most destroyed BY fire at 2:30 O'Clock this
morning Twenty-six business buildings
and q dozen dwellings were burned. Loss,
Sl50000: insurance. $4,000.
WoRCEsTER. Macs. April lathe great
tower OF the Clinton Wire Cloth Campany's
works at Clinton. les feet high. con tainin q
nine stories. with two fouf-story wings
adjoining. were Quilted by fire to-day. Loss.
$3.50, COO; fully insured.
SPgISGFIELD. o.. April 1S.-The paper mill
at EDon. O.. four miles weet. belonging To
the Columbian Paper Company, burned
late last night. Loss. S70.0OC; insurance
about $40. 000
PLYMOUTH. Mich. April 1S.-Last nights
fire burned several business blocks and en-
talieG q loss OF $4,000 Engines from De-
troit arrived TOO late to be of service.
DETROIT. Mich, April 19.-Kiing's brew
cry was damaged to the extent of from
$4,000 to S75.000 by fire this afternoon. In
surance 81 00O.
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A fight between Mexican brigands and
soldiers resulted in the death of four of the
former and one of the latter.
Forty houses at Stivno village Of Bo
hernia. have been DESTROYED by hre. Four
persons were killed and forty injured.
The Earl of Derby is suffering from an
attack of heart disease. Considerable
anxiety 10 felt regarding his condition.
The eastern wing of the Honhenzollern
aged by fire Monday night. Many price,
less works of art were destroyed.
President Montt. of Chill. has formally
accepted the reslgnatlon of the mem bers of
his Cabinet Senior Erraznris hos accepted
the task of forming q new Ministry.
The Orangemen of Scotland are reported
to be bnying arms. with the intention. 1t Is
presumed. of aiding the Orangemen OF
Ulster to battle against Irish homo rule
The municipal elections in Vienna have
resulted in victory for the anti-Semites.
With the aid of the middle class they Sc
cured forty-six of the 13S seats in the
Council.
The Pope has ordered that prayers for
rain be offered by Catholics throughout
Italy. Ram has not fallen for two months.
In other countries of southern Europe tho
drought has been hardly less persistent.
In southern Russia the crops have suffered
great damage.
The debate on the second reading ct the
home rule bill will be concluded In the Brit
lsh House of Commons OH Friday. Early In
the morning of that day Mr.. Gladstone
will deliver q speech on the measure, and
will be followed by the Right Hon. A. J..
Balfour, the Conservative leader in the
House. Nr. Bslfour will be the last speaker
prior to the vote.
A sensation has been caused at Berlin by
the fight to America OF Deputy Captain
Baron Open. His creditors have seized
his houses and goods. A Frauieln Lehman.
who lives in Potsdam. claims the property
Hs her own. "Opens wife has entered the
Westphaiia Institute as a Sister of Mercy.
accept she five children of the couple.
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his father for Gloster. and himself for
Tressti. the eccentric parent. who. be-
meath an outward aspect of indifference.
loved his son with the fondest affection,
took q chair. lit cigar. and. viewing the
youth with q critical eye, made this in
quiry:
do yon know that You supposed to
have been riding hard and farW
"ies. sir.U
here are your spursP
haven't any,"
Take mine"-holding ont one booted leg.
his little scene with King Henry vi.
When he returned his father was still sit-
ting negllgentIy in the chair. Give me
my spurs,' he said. again holding out HE
leg. Aud this was all the comment that
Edwin Booths first appearance ever ellie
lie learned subsequently, though. that
his father had been down to the wing and
had watched this first effort with evident
Interest anu satisfaction. and then fastened
back To his nonchelsnt pose In the dressing
Ioom. There never, surely. could have
been a more singular being than Junius
Brutus Booth. This little trait of chsrac-
ter Is but one of thousands that marked
him as a unique person. At the time OF
Edwin Booths first appearance he lacked
two months of being sixteen years old.
HIS REPERTOIRE.
The same season he acted Cassie in
"Othello' and MILFORD ID THE Iron
Chest" For more than two years. acting
in desultory and Intermittent manner in
his fathers company. the novice continued
TO progress. Being thus fairly embarked
In his profession. he started for California
in 1852. The characters which he enacted
at this time covered the entire range of the
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Other Deaths.

BosToN. April la-John Fox. at one time
q famous League ball player. is dead. Mr..
Fox played engagements with Baltimore
and Pitrsburg, OF the American Associa-
ton. ana was Ia crack pitcher with the
Boston League team in 1880.
CLEVELAND. o., April 16.-Charles B.
Williams, managing editor of the Plain
Dealer, was found dead in the Plain Dealer
office this morning. Apoplexy is supposed
TO have been the cause of his death.
BERLIN, April 19.-Jean Dufresne. Q cele-
brated chess master and author. Is dead,
aged sixty-four years. He was chess editor
of the Gartenlsube and other illustrated
weeklies.
ST. PAUL, MIMI. April 19-Theres Bon.
dot, aged l04 years. native Of Canada,
died III this city yesterday of pneumonia.
ROME. April 1a-John Addington Sim
moads. the well-known English Iiterateur,
died here to-day.
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VALUES HIS LIFE LIGHTLY.

A One-Legged Bicycnsr Rides Down the
Steep Steps of rhe National Capitol.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. April 19.-Charles G. Xii.
patrick. the one-legged bicy clist from Dam
VILE. ILL.,. has made himself famous with
the thousands Of wbeelmen ct the national
capital. He has performed the most daring
feat ever witnessed on q cycle herea bonts.
IL even surpasses the act of riding n dis
lance OF $50 feet on the guards of Cabin
Johns bridge. just west of here. a feat
performed some years ago. The bridge is
over one hundred feet high. and the guards
of rough stone bus twelve inches wide.
The Danville bicyclist has ridden down the
steep steps on the west side OF the Capitol.
The height and distance Is over one hum
dred feet. and the incline an angle of about
oDe-third q perpendicular. There is O
clear descent of about fifty feet. aud
the work of descending them on q wheel
IL wildly dangerous. Before attem ptina
the feat Fitzpatrick took out q life and acci-
dent insurance policy, which be mailed to
his mother In Danville. The precaution,
while sensible. was needless. as he rode
down without q hitch. He went like an
arrow from the bow. Had he slipped he
would probably have lost his life or his
only leg.
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EnxIend and Nfcaragua.

LONDON. April 19.-Inthe House of Com
mons. yesterday, Sir Edward Grey, Pariia-
mentary Under Secretary OF the Foreign
Office, stated. In response to questions. that
the treaty between Great Britain and Mica
ragua. signed in March. 1889. guaranteed to
British subjects the 'most favored nation
treatment In regard to any canal. railway
or other mode of transit that might be
established In Nicaragua. The ratifications
of this treaty had not been exchanged. how
ever. and. therefore. the treaty WAS not IN
force. Sir Edward added that nothing had
occurred between the two countries to In
validate the Clay ton Bulwer treaty.
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Fatal Accia.n, on a steamer

DETROIT. March 19-An accident. result
ing ia the death OF two men. the probable
fatal injury of third. and the
severe scaldiDa or fourth, oc-
currod Lake ST. Clair this morn.
ing. The straight back steamer Choctaw,
Cart w. W. smith, coal laden. from Cleve-
land to Milwaukee,. was entering the lake
when the cyl Under head blew ont. Nelson
Chambers. the cook. was 90 bad
ly scalded that he died with
In ten minutes. c. Jones' fireman,
died after being taken TO the hospital +.
y. Thompson was probably fatally injured.
The engineer. L. Smith. was badly bus not
dangerously scaided.
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DANGEROUS STORMS PREDICTED.

Hcavy Rains and Violent Gales, Followed
by Colder Weather in Indiana To-Day.
WASHINGTON. April l9.-For Indiana and
Illinois-Heavy rains probably with
dangerous local storms during the early
morning; clearing In Illinois during the
early morning; winds changing to high
northwesterly; decidedly colder.
For Ohio-Heavy rainfall. probably caus-
ing sudden floods in the small streams;
severe local windstorms; winds probably
changing to northwesterIy during Thurs
day evening.
The storm which was central in north cru
Missouri this morning has remained almost
stationary, being now central in southeast
Missouri. 1t has developed very great en-
ergy. 1t is accompanied throughout the
gerous gales and local storms with very
heavy rsinfalls. The barometer has fallen in
all districts from Kansas eastward to New
York and Pennsylvania, and In the north.
west and Wyoming Idaho Utah and on
the central Pacific coast; it has
risen in New England and the
Southwest. The temperature has fallen
Southwest the fall being 20 or more In
northern Texas and Indian Territory; it
has risen in Wyoming and Colorado. and
thence westward to tne Pacific coast
The storm will probably move eastward
during Thursday. with dangerous gales
and severe local storms in the Southern
States east of the Mississippi. Tennessee
derlng on the Lakes Michigan and Erie.
Very high. colder. northwesterly winds
Will prevail In the central and lower
Mississippi valleys.
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disturbances were felt to-day until noon.
when another violent shock caused q repe-
tition of the recent panics. The historic
houses of the poets Foscolo. Salomos and
others were tumbled 10 the ground. The
telegraph Office was partly wrecked. The
main section of the building still stands.
however. and the clerks remain at their
posts The harbor was thrown into vio-
lent c0mmOtion. and enormous waves broke
over the water front The British war
shin 1nfiexible has arrived with food and
teuta
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OBITUARY..

Miss Lucy Lsrcom, the Poetess Who Wrote
versea at Seven.
BOSTON. April l9-Miss Lucv Larcom
she p0etess. died last evening. She had
been i'll for some time. The day on which
Dr.. Phillips Brooks was taken i'll he re-
ceived a letter from Miss Lsrcom in which
she said she had presentlment that she
would never see him again until they met
hey ond the river"
Miss Larcom was born In Beverly, Mass.
in 1896. She wrote stories and poems when
seven years old. At ten years she contrib
uted 10 the Lowell Offering. attracting the
attention of Whittier. AT twenty she won't
to Monticello, H.. and was pupil In the
female seminary there. She then taught
schoM for several years. but was oom-
PEELED 10 retire owing to i'll health. She
wrote patriotic poems dnring the war an d
became editor.in-c CHI ief of Our Young Folks
MAGAZINE. acting in that capacity until
1874. Since then she has lived in Beverly.
Her published works are 'Ships In the
Mist aud Other Stories 1889. Poems
l1s6sl An Idyl of Work. Story IN Verse;
1876, Childhood Songs" QS77l and wild
Roses of Cape Ann" t1Ss0.l Since then she
has edited several collections of poetry.
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A steel Cruiser at Close Range.

Fort Monroe Letter In Chicago Record.
The lepdsman must get near one of tho
steel-clad cruisers il he IS to know ny thing
about million-dollar beauty. One mile
away the PhiIadelphia 10 simply q white
oblong body. standing ont rather sharply
against the deep azure of the sea- At half
q mile il has the general appearance of q
low-rig9ed steamer of ordinary size. When
your boat dances mp to the gsngway and
hooks for n fastening you seem to be- In the
shadow of sheer white precipice and after
You have reached the deck and are led into
the dazzling mysteries of the man-of-war
you begin to realize that you are on top OF
. floating arsenal, which 10 also military
camp and ~ parade ground. For some rea-
son tho big white cruisers are most decep-
tive IS To size until you get on deck and
find that four hundred picturesque tars and
thirty-fve natty officers are scattered along
the stretch from bow 60 stern and are not
at all crowded.
To describe In detail one OF these mon
steers. its steei-capped turrets IT'S electrical
appliances. by which tho captain IN the
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Count Bismarck sohierstein.

BERLIN. April la-Count Bismarck.
Scherstein. head of the noble and ancient
house of Bism arck -Schenhsusen. TO which
Prince Bismarck belongs. died yesterday at
Schierstein, IN Hesse-N assau. the seat of
the family. The deceased count as born
in 1909 aud WAS o cousin of Prince Bismarck.
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Charles X, Pebble.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April 19.--Charles
r. Peddle. general purchasing agent of the
Vandalia road. died this afternoon. He
had been with the company forty-two
wears.
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Senator Pa.o. i:.-Eiecs.d

Pasco was to-day elected United States
Senator TO succeed himself, receiving IS out
Of the 100 votes in JOINT session. There
were three Rbsentees aud the two third
party men did not vote.
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rn,rwe.,ber VIA Con,.s, D,.m,s..d

NEW YORK. April 1.-THE contest over
the millions of the late Daniel b. Fair
weather had heen set peremptorily for trial
this morning before Justice Lawrence. of
the Supreme Court. but counsel for the
plaintiffs did rot appear and the case was
dismiased
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PHILADELPHIA. April l9.-Arrivod: Illi-
nois, from Antwerp.
HAMBrRG. April 19.-Arrived: Gellert,
from New York.
LIZARD. April 19.--Psssed: Rhsetia. from
New York.
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NEW YORK. April 19.-News has reached
this city from Paris. of the death of A. p.
Rudolph. the French bIlliardIst. at his homo
In Paris. on April 4. Rudoiph's real name
was Peyrsud and he was about fifsy-eisht
years old. He had been all over the world
giving exhibitions IS fancy player. He
once champion of America. having
won the diamond cue from John Doery,
the ex-ohampion.
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Ball Players Who Have Signed Contracts
wAsHINGroN. April 1Q-President Youna
has issued the following bulletin:

Contracts-With Cleveland. J. G. clarkson and
j. X. Virtue; Brooklyn. Il. W. COrcoran and I. J.
Lysett; Philadelphia, w. Carsey; Boston, II. Z.
staley: ousyille. G.. Il. Pinkney. L. Whistler, T.
II. Brown and Con Lucid; Cincinnati. Charles
Hoover ami George W. Henry: New York, John
NJ Ward. r. Connor. George 8. Davis, w. B. Full.
Ter, L. L. Donohue, NJ NJ McQuaid, ]. J. Doyle.
W. II. Keller, A Rusie, @. i. King. III. p. Lyons,
j. II. Mc,Iahon aud +. ID. Burke.
Released--By Louisville. Q. Il. Bassett. April s.
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Anti-Pooi-sslIinq Law killed.

spRINGFIELD. Ill. April 1.-THE anti
pool-selling law was practically killed to.
day. being shelved by vote of 81 to u in
the Senate. Race-track gambling during
the worlds fair will thus apparently be
tree from all interference.
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Another Torn ado I'm Arkansas.

FAYETTEVILLE. Ark. April 19.-At noon
to-day tornado passed through the VAL
ley just south of this place. Its path
was abous three hundred yards wide.
and 1t left barren waste behind it.
Many houses were demolished. Out of one
family. whose names are Wright. consist
ing of eight persons, not one escaped serl.
GUS injury. A number of others are 70.
ported injured.
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Congressman-Elec Towpey's Serious +, L
ST. PAUL. April 1g.-James Towney. State
Senator and Congressman-e!ect from the
Fret Minnesota district, met with prob.
ably fatal accident this evening. He .eiI
down q fight of stairs alightipg on his
head and fracturing his skull
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snowstorm. TN Minnesota.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, April ia heavy. wet
snow has been falling in north western
Minnesota to-day and now extends all over
the State. Fergus Falls reports a fall Of
ton inches. and still falling, being the
MonLevideo where it is growing colder to-
night Osakis, Minn., reports one of the
worst snowstorms of the season, thirteen
inches having fallen to o'clock ton ight;
then there were no signs of the storm abst-
ing Park Rapids, Mimi, reports snow.
fall of twenty inches.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
The DOwagor Duchess OF Sutherland TIC
Ill tn BE sent To Prison.

The D0wager Duchess OF Sutherland Too
Ill to BE sent To Prison.
LONDON. April 19.-Thc dowager Duchess
of sutherland. who was sentenced to SIX
weeks imprisonm ent for con pt of court,
did not go TO jail. Aftor the imposition of
the sentence the Duchess obtained from
Justice Juene oil order permitting her TO go
q villa near Windsor. with the understand
iug that she would surrender herself
to the authorities to-day. 1t IS
now announced that the dowager
Duchess wns taken suddenly i'll at o. clock
this morning. Two doctors have sent cer-
rihcates to the authorities to the effect that
the Duchess is too i'll TO 60 TO Jail. sec
tion OF the press 10 trying TO establish the
argument that in sentencing the dowager
Duchess Justice Jeunc exceeded his en- thor
ity. and thesc papers point out in support
of their contention that peeress is exempt
from arrest In circuit case.
Salisbury Diseussra the Home Rule BIZ.
LONDON. April l9.-Tbe ann ual gathering
as she Primrose League was held to-day in
Covent Garden ;rheater. Lord Salisbury
delivered an address. IN which he dealt
with the Irish bOme-rule bill. He said be
hoped that If the House of Lords should
reject the bill for the separation of Ireland
from Great Britain. tho government would,
rs it threatened, not dissolve Parliament,
but again INTRODUCES the bill. lie would tie
only roo glad. he added, II the government
would continue their futile attempts at
impossible Legislation until the Unionists
would DO able TO impress the truths of the
question upon the electors
Znnse Still Qusking.
ATHENS. April la.-Zante was shaken by
aavera earthuuaka last midnight Sliuht
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znuse STU, Ou.Ltu,

ATHENS. April la.-Zante was shaken by
severe earthquake last midnight Slight
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BEEcHAM's PILLS sell we'll because they
cure.
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Local Weather Report.
INDIANAPOLIS. April 10.