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The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
HE HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.
Consequently Sympathy for Young, Cuu
ninYhAm was all wasted

Consequently Sympathy for Young; Gun
ninyham was all WastsA
When Dave Cunningham, the young man
charged with robbinR the room Of Bank
Examiner Wilson In the Grand Central
hotel, was on trial in the district court,
there were many Who wsro moved BY his
appearance to that extent that wishes we're
freely expressed that he might hs aoquit-
ted. Thess were others who looked for
that result because the state did mot have
any evidence of his guilt beyond the pos
session of the stolen property. and this he
tried TO account for BY the story that he
had bought IL. Tho jury. however. believed
him guilty. and he was scDtencsd 70 Deer
Lodge for one year. sheriff Curtis took
Cunningham over to the penitsntiary.
40 soon . tho sheriff and his charge not
inside tho prison walls. one OF the officers
of tho piace looked at Cunningham and ex-
claimed. "Well. what do you want here
again?"
II want my old quarte;s." replied Cum
ningham.
He got them.
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
Enge,horn Helena Business College.

Al plicants wishing to consult tho princi-
pal for years, half years or shorter
course of study at this popular and reliable
college. should call this month. Special
is offered for tuition and boards
mixing IT cheaper md moro profitable fol
Students to stay hsre thun to go elsewhere.
The school is in session now, and all de-
partments opon for inspection. All com
common English branches, music
and languages ars taught. Eleventh an
nual opening next month. Write or cal
On Prof. Il. L. Enaelhesn. N. A.. princi-
PAL,
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~ vim. south.

Convenient marketH good soil, pure water
and excellent climate are advantages to be
considered when looking up a home. busi-
ness location, farm. etc. Ma,yland and
S!fsinia etfori these. with many moro ad-
EaniRpeF. improved farm lands, adapted
10 ft'ek faih,np' Carving. grain, grass and
iruit oWinc, can be obtained Mt low
prices and upon eaay terms. Thriving
towns invite tho merchant, mechanic and
business man. Abundance of conl, timber.
ore. water power, etc. Free sites for manu-
factnrers.
For further information address III. V.
hlehl'ds !hnd and immigration agent, b.
d 0s X. H., Baltimore. Md.
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
HELENA IN BRIEF.

Capital City Music Co.. Ill Main street.
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22

P J Kelly, Spokane
Falls
] z schmit, Marysville
ilr & W Averill. Eutts
Mrs Averill, Butte
Allan Eedley. Lldorado
Henry Rorvick. Eldor-
bar
Mrs Z rood and fam
lily, Tom bstone, Ariz
Court ! heriff, Canyon
Ferry
j o flint. Augusta
G l. johnson, I ascade
NJ 2 1en-Eyck, LADDERS
burg
Mrs Masters. Deer
! odge
Joe Semenec. Winston
) Il. D arks, IoNnsend
Mrs Merritt and fam
lily. California
Miss assidy. Helm
vile
H 5 Hyatt, Townsend
Robt W Eell, tevens- ]
vile
A Il Miller. Dayton. o
q ,ioIasy
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22

> hereby given that. pursuant to resolutie
OF the board OF directors. meeting OF the stock
holders of the Helena district Telegraph oom-
70 wit No. 13 broadway In tho city Of Helena,
Mont. on the nth day of September, 1892, at
four o'clock p IN. OF that day for the purpose
affairs and taking suoh stops A. may be deemed
necessary In tho premises, and for such other
business ~ may properly come before tho
mestinR
by order OF tho directors.
7. II. kLEINsCHMIDT. President.
Attest +. W. WILLIAMS. fecrotnry.
Dated at Holsna, Mont. Aug. ~. 1888
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
Arrivals 81 tho Grand Central.

u Davis, Marysville
Mrs Davis, MarysviIls
A,rs bohmit and fam
lily, Marysville
Alexander Macauley.
i Lldorado Bar
S d French, Eldorado
Bar
John ] itzhugh. Empire
l. $ koSinson. Town
send ..
] 4 Stringer. Salt Lake
City
Mrs stringer. Ealt Lake
ity
Geo II Lloyd. Townsend
Herman w Kraus. Aug
nsta
Miss Farron, l asst Hell
ena
s A Merritt, California
g W Last Helmville
Mrs g East. Helmville
s Ogden, Helmville
j = keerl, Helena
Len Lewis. i ort Logan
Robt Smith. helena
j Nj Shay, Ovando
D + Miller. Dayton. 0
LY. Elkhorn
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
Receiver ted.

]. f. w. Clarke, of Dutriueille's barber
ahop and Philip T. Simmons. OF the Mer.
chants shop. have just opened new parlors
in the Opera House block and a.e reoeiy-
ing CUSTOMERS in their usual afable man.
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
Iefsl llsnhs at this oflos.

The LoYeiiest fiacs In Montana
And open all the year. is the Boulder Hot
hprings. Write or wire for rooma 10
G. O. BECKwITu,
Manager, Boulder, Mont,
The Helena independent., 1893-08-22
Arrivals at The fIs.ean.

A Snow, Iron Noun Henry Longmad
tain Mine Empire
II L ay ISIS. Marysville Alex Burrell. Marys.
Erwin. st Paul vile
L ~ Iacorn, marys- o d fanks. st Louis
willie Geo c Watson Mime.
a II osmer, Waltham, apolis
Mass ii IL Dunlapp. Augusta
tppenhelmsr, Hell A MoIison Elkhorn
ena j n Conrad, Anaconda
smart. St Paul Il Il Men eill and wife,
ii Il Leveaux, Inde- Wickes tunnel
pendence Felix Ioewenstein,
Alfred Lcewenstein, Paris, France
Paris, France Archie Martin, Denver
Borr. st Paul
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Of the great genius that makes the star. istn-
creasing too. An actress 10 cast for an Inn
p pSms Mif Ra he e Ssrt. and II ss Success Sss e TO %s afsic Gfy
to.thH2 ns w Oh R RsS %5satsnt''t Tho oorosn,,on o, 1.
Not By grinding over the lines. We absorb
the lines now IN the four weeks rehearsals
s sRs assff at sf hong 'f0 Study y i TAI at tho i f = "atre sr IN
tho light OF whatthe others do. ltry To think
fSas sx eifenm waat tsst n w9% Wba yGn WOULD nd n do or
some ether woman would do. but what that
girl would do. with her breeding and training
agree with me. and the worst critics are the
time tRiinEiDs over Tie situation; I study rso.
PIE consciously and uqcop sciously all the
, MSsre. t thS | ft sS 4 f most II In tsS .nss' rsaS sssry-
What is my %favorite book That is a dinf-
c cna question. some days ! want my Dickens.
try Is my cliiet delight. Books are like friends.
~ love for art in all its forms, must be includ-
ment that the drama requires OF her devoted
servants. You can't possibly learn anything
'ns s !; ssed ' XII fn Gyy tfss S int net Gsd nslD YOU yo sP
aaistsns Your iss@Itis,ss.. ' Tie snrsStsr; s%s
stnpc-struck girl in the world, don't believe
III NpU1un y TlRhIb. DVVhuSe i caro- TOO mUCn
about her privileges. rs Jean lngelow saya.
~ some man l liked was. nominated for .Presi-
dent : might want to vote for him. but j have
enough on my mind. without that. Some one
said once that Miss Armstrong was the kind OF
q woman you always opened the door for. and
l always liked tho person that said II. You
see. when women begin. to be broad winners
they bring themaelves down on n level with
men. and In tho hard fight Tor place sometimes
the finer graces get rubbed off and you get too
self-conldent and Independent to. he agree
the chlvaIry OF men. and it is a great deal
nicer to keep them. don't you think 80? l
don't know that ! have any very strong views
on general topics. Tho world seems a very
nice sort OF n place as 1t Is. or course one has
to got some hard knocks from tho public that
you give your life to please. hut YOU get
veneered over after n while with n crust OF
common sense or philosophy that helps YOU
out. don't like everybody and can't eTpect
AMI think the woman that knows her business
VIII always wear a gown that outlines, her
figure. All the same my new gowns are lined
half way M with crinoline. Had to COM
promise with my dressmaker on that.
y" And i don't like the. big theatre hat at all.
because 1T ,obscures the stage. puts the peo.
pie in had humor. and then they think they
going ~ the theatre bareheaded. for I krowif
half the other women in tho place would do
the same thing.
DO / feel all that I express in the play3
Yes. every bit. ! couldn't act II / didn't. am
as afraid as death OF that Indian calling out in
that weird. horrible voice beyond the stockade.
! have lived West and know what II means to
fallinto the hands OF those horrible creatures"
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q queer change in the space promised thsm
Tor that purpose. which has given the pro-
posed exhibit such q setback that the Inn
portance OF the industry cannot be clearly
shown. When the wine companies applied for
space at the Exposition the MANAGEMENT for.
warded them u diagram showing an allotms emit
that was satisfactory. The intended oxhib.
itors won't 10 a large expense in procuring the
fittings anu r%luipment necessary, for display.
ing Their products. according to the arrange.
ment Of he space they wsre To have.
Now lo companies have received a second
from the Fair managers owl a
space that has leen set apa TT for them which
y so different from that originally selected
that they cannot use II in tho way they have
arranrsi for making their exhibit. and
that any display they may decide to max. Will
necessariiy pc In a great measure hidden from
the sight OF spectators, and anything but n
clear showing of OF New Works mosfimpor.
sant lndus!Ties. A proper exhibit by the vine
cellars at the World's Fair would show to the
woTid some sprnrising things IA the develop.
usSAees mat can hardly be expected Aea."
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she came hero she was the nrst great foreign

she came nero pno WAS the uret Rrent fOrotQn
before abe had appeared in Paris and London.
A word rs to what she is, and what she
years. oil. f Sic Is. IN On all fG srob n'Sy .l at least sa
tied with at least ihifiy-six years to account
for her appearance and for thu, numher Of
iSs eS fhT q sas c sssn before ct pSo the s,, pa9l,' in S HAS, ia
and she has been before tho pu1lic since she
was very little girl. nearly a anartcr Of a
that she comes riGltinlly BY her genius. as
her grandfather. had some small fame as al
actor Of the legitimate who, adorned or pos.
Sc sffsEsH iso snS SS9 %ss pS Si%iSc 4. H Igor Sep n nns !'i amf
is. ssst T ot Ea9n Ssred Gs hsSy nss eS WSs Earn IN q
tho border limo between Piedmont and tom.
hardy. The general belief is that hers was q
she began to act. as a saaild her performances
inn n Yards ards s II ste playedint tie
daytime and at might. she was very pre-
cocious, 9ttraeted q great deal o. stienti sha
sible for her to continue her urwar,l course.
and the necessity Tor Contributing to tho sup.
port Of her parents. she made engagements
You'd her own little set OF provinces in north
ern Italy; She went with various iroup pc, into
spain ana RlI over SOutn hmoTlcb, pIE)iUR
lesser parts. not as q star.
Here her history refuses to ofer, details.
Never was there a more difficult task In the
way OF obtaining news about a famous person
than her case has proved. She will not tell
about her. Suffice it that she won her why. n
few years ago. to the position OF a star per.
former. Ten or O dozen years ago she married
an actor who afterward became q journalist.
It is known that she has separated from him.
abhorrence OF newspaper men: her refusnlt to lie
interviewed. and her disinclination to hnv.
any facts about, herself exploited In the press.
are supposed TO be- due. to the unhappy time
ternity. She has q child - years Did, = little
girl. who is now at school IN Dresden.
At tho Murray Hill Hotel. so say the other
boardsrs there. she lived entirely by herself:
a companion. called Miss SSeIhmidt. VII" at.
tended to such affairs rs called for roumuni-
cation between herself and tho hotol office.
Miss Schmidt yet remains. hor companion.
Nine. Duse speaks only Italian and French.
any one In the hotel. She had her meals in
her rooms. and they included a supper utter
each nights performance at the theatre. She
is very delicate in her appetite and particular
In her tastes. She had. her own waiter. who
staff. and on the one night that he was away
in each week his place was taken BY another
waiter. who might be called his understudy.
andkwho knew her whims as we'll as. her reEu-
r hotel, because she could not get supper after
the play. but it Is scarcely necessary to explain
that such would not be the case in any hotel in
New York between tho Hotel Hartmann at the
sSs ls,t and th the M imal,SstH h2tel ba in Hsrle I'M
people there were Americans. and. MS she
expressed 1t. lit is too hard to DO compelled
to have even ones slightest wish translated
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ABIGAIL FIRTH'S COFFIN PLATE.
She Kept IL as n Charm, and It Worked
Well Until the Widow Fell Down Stairs.

She Kept IL as n Charm. and It worke I'd
Well UntH the Widow Fell Down Stairs.
BATH. Pa. March e. Mrs. Abigail Firth's COZ
fin plato has been made available at last. Mrs.
Firth was O widow. we'll TO do. and eccentric.
both In life and In parting with life. She lived
at Kettle Creek. In 1880. ut the age OF 90
after n short illness. during which she refused
to have a physician. she. to all outward ap-
pearnnces. died. One OF Mrs. Flrth's eccen-
~tricities was the keeping in her house OF a
silver cofin plate. with her name. date OF her
birth. ard the word "Iied" engraved on It.
The blank following the word "Dled" her
nephew. who lived with her. had instructions
TO have filled in with the date on which her
death might occur. This plate she polished
every day. She had IA superstition that the
possession OF this ante-mortem mortuary
record prolonged her life. When. In 1880.
her death occurred. as was supposed.
her nephew drove next day twenty miles to
the county seat and had the blank on the
coffin plate filled in. When lie returned home
he found an excited and frightened group OF
neighbors at the house. and was not n little
startled himselt, to learn that his aunt had
come 70 lie again. and was even then out OF
her colin and back In her bed. with. every
prospect 81 respming eventually her former
trance; IN a Few weeks she was around again
attending TO her customary household duties.
aLiu u thhn ever III nef DolitI III the charm
OF the coffin plate. The iilled-in blank be.
came q source 81 constant amusement TO ner.
and sne hid tho word Died" engraved IN
the plate below thu iirs. one. with another
blank Tor luiu re emergency.
ln ISL the eccentric widow fell i'll again.
and after a few days d'cd The second time. ,,s
her neichbors say ia speaking Of il, Her
nephew. rot Tor q moment believing tngt sne
was not genuinely his late auntthis tims 2. mace
second blank on the coffin plasc filed In. But
Mrs. iirth was again. merely In a trance. and
came out OF 1t as "!Is had before. She got well,
and gave the, entire credit for her coming to
lie to the charm Of the coffin plate. Again
the plate was engraved with the word which
seemed to have an empty meaning as applied
to the case OF the Widow Firth. and the wait
ing blank was tho subject for her fayorite and
There aln,t room for any moro Of ,em." she
get a new plate.
but whatever charm the grim amulet might
have had against tho ills that flesh is heir to.
1t proved powerless against the lurking acct
dents Of life. Last Tuesday old Mrs. Firth
mado n misstep at the tor Of q long flight OF
stairs in her house and fell headlong to the
bottom. She was picked up unconscious. and
she never recovered consciousness She died
from internal injuries on Thursday. This
time there was no possible doubt that she was
dead. and the last blank on her coffin plate was
filled in as the record Of an indisputaGle fact
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SHE'S Welded TO HER ART.
TIE INTERESTING LITTLE THAT Is
KNOWN OF MADAME DUSE.

ehc Plays TOR Her Art and Not the Public
She Avoids Notoriety md Lives in Re-
tirement-Her Foor Childhood as n STROLL
ing Pinyer-Her Life In New York.
On the 18th OF January the woman who lie
called The Dus5" arrived In this town. She
came in q White Star steamer with q family OF
Boston folk whose acquaintance she made
abroad. II her name was on tho steamers
list. as It must have been, the city editors Of
the daily newspapers. who know nearly every
body BY name. and scan those lists for chances
TO get news. read It without intelligence OF its
import. Her managers. the brothers Rosen-
field. did not know she had come. They were
expecting her arrival a week later. with her
company, and meant to send q tuGboat laden
with flowers and champagne and reporters
down the bay to meet her. 1t was to avoid
that that che came quietly. ahead OF timo.
In the mean time. on the recommended
ton Of the Boston family. the Duse had put
up at the Murray Hill Hotel. The Boston
people told Mr.. Hammond. or Mr.. Jacques. Of
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. BRIGHT WOMAN'S TALK.
N ACTRESS VINO ISN'T TRYING TO
ELEVATE THE STAGE

-
MISS syoseS ~ "" SONS r
nounesd ana ine"ns views Aeo"s
Women and the Dramatic Profession-The
Stage 0nerc W omen Nest Excellent OPP
Opror,. n.,is.-I. Love with Her Work.
IL mas oeeh se'u VI Syone, hfmstrong, tne
leanine iaoy OF INC En,p'.e inea.re' that she Is
an .actress witno"1 nis.ory because net uia-
honus na'e he'o, ku,eu "e'"''lnns "u'en-
lure. anu nor Roou n"',o " no"oreu 'ne pro.
iession sue mas e"os. a9 ,ne s'hohyme o.
hnra-"oh success i"'"'' '""h '"o FOCUS Oh
SENSATIONAL eosslp
bu. mere Is U y - iomance IN INC
story vi Woman ~ ioSfie'lhs 'ne
lalien 'oi.unes !, ner success IN
q procession e"' "'op''" III '''""'eo VI '"e'f
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a swim Under Ice for Life.
from n, 81. koui. Gio5- Dsmoe al

CHEYENNE, Feb. 22.-There was a thrilling
life-savinG episode on the Platte River. loo
sommers. AGED 8. fell through a large airhole
in the ice into the river. Her oldest brother.
q giant OF II; plunged In after her. The young
the ice. and. swimming against a strong cur
rent. came to the surface through the airhole.
to death. but will recover.
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HAS PINcHED THE GRAPE GROWERS
Another Important New York Industry Gets
- Setback from Chicago.

Chief Executive nicer McNaughton OF the
State Worlds Fair board is all right In the
statement he makes In an Albany despatch
about the extent and importance OF the WITH
cultural industry In this State" said a promi-
pent Crane Crower OF tho Lake Keuka district.
but when he says our production OF gra,cs
and manufacture or wines are industries the
importance Of which will be clearly shown at
the Chicago Exposition. he evidently hasn't
heard the latest from Lake Keuku. the only
district where wine making has become
a conspicuous branch OF viticulturs, not
only In this State. but in the East.
As it looks now. the wine companies
that alone can make the display in that
branch will not be adequately represent
cd at Chicago. II they are represented at all;
not because they don't want TO be. but be.
cause chisase hAs at the eleventh hour nsds
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the hotel. that she was q very great actreas'
Therefore the best rooms In the mouse were
allotted to her-a suite OF three rooms on the
FIRST floor OF the ho,el. But she might as well
have been stopping az inc iierrepone house
In Brooklyn Tor all that the other ooarders In
the Murray Hill Hotel knew OF her greatness
or OF her presence. In a sentence from the
moment OF her arrival until she went upon
the stage a week or ten days later she created
NO more stir than II she mad been little
Margaret Craven coming to town from Ban
Francisco to take a subordinate part In one OF
the stock companies OF this city. In ton days
she was declared. by every theatrical critic In
town. to be q very great actress. and In an
other week she was the sensation OF the
metropolis and OF the winter.
This unexampled train OF circumstances BY
which she came unheralded and yet burst
upon the city as a star OF the frst magnitude
was due to her MANAGEMENT. her genius. and
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failed. The Duse. In the mean time, continued
her phenomenal successes In Italy and In
Spain. where she was also tho greatest favor
lite after the chief bull fighter Of each year.
A theatrical manager in Vienna named
Jauner. he whose house was burned with a
terrible loss of the lives OF the people In 1t not
long ago. was arranging an exposition OF mat
ters connected with music and the drama In
the old Vienna Worlds Fair building In the
winter OF 8 He was to open tho novel
show In May. 1892. Amodel theatre had been
built on the exposition grounds. and In it he
was to present some OF the greatest troupes Of
European players. Nine. Eleonora Duss
heard OF this. and instructed her manager or
her administrator (secretary. as We would
saw to write to Jauner for permission to open
the model playhouse.
"Duse2 Duso?" no SAID. when he read the
letter. " never heard Of such an actress"
60 he told his secretary to say that he was
sorry. but he could not ,bligs the actress.
Then she did a thing that was very like her.
Piqued and mortified at the narrowness OF her
m she instructedh her manngsrt to hire a first
class theatre In Berlin for February. That WAS
Just o year before her arrival here. The thea
tire was obtained and sho and her company APP
peared In 1t the first night to half "a house.
the first week 10 the greatest crowds that ever
besieged the theatre. She enjoyed then pre-
cisely such success as She Is having here. Mr..
Jauner. quite ignorant of tho offence he had
given her. and pnly mindful OF his own specu-
!ativs interest in human commodities. APP
preached ths Duse hat In hand and said that
he wcuih be houored r. she would omen his
model PLAYHOUSE in May. No. she replied:
she would not. but she would tell him what
she would do, she would return to Vienna
whenever he did open his model playhouse.
ana she would Eld lake his crowds TO, her own
iheatre. That was precisely what happened.
nhe came back to Vienna, and though Jauner
was doing his best with his, exposition. the
moment were all for Duse. Then It was that
the fosenfsld brothers secured her. She
Prague. and then went back to Italy. When
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Time ~AnnihuAted.

From r,hn 81 hg.
McHarlsm-How long did you know your
wife before you were married to her?
Murray Hill days.
Wasn't that a rather short sequAintancsp %
ask such qpestions. At the end Of those two
days ] felt had knoun her for i've yssra"
, 1893-11-06
Sdof feline Shweiter.
Srau Gberefa ReioY perfuat ihrem Sruoer
einen Repolper 5u entrei6en. nobel Der
Sdu6 Ios9eht uno ole Ku9eI iRr ms
2luoe orinot.

Srau S6ereia 9tet6p, 6ieoieit Sa6ren, ge=
trennt BON ibrem Wfanne, nit ibrem 22z
iGbri9en 8ruber Sobu Courtney, in bent
6auie go. 237 gSeit Saplor StraBe Iebt,
geriet6 am Samitag Morgen nit 9ebterem
in eiten beiti9an Streit, Der nit @rbittez
rung tpteber auf9enommen purbe, ais Der
iunge Wfann, Der Wtaurer iit, Qlbenbs BON
Der Nrbcit na6 Sauie 5uridfe9rte.
G~ourtnep grill i6IieBli6 sum 8eOoIper
unb ais Sic S1tpeitcr i6m bic @affe 3u
entretBen Deriucbte, 9in8 Der S9uB los.
Die &u9el Oran9 tbr ms linfe Nuge un6 lie
bra6 %betpuBtloS %5uiammen. Sic purbe
nacb Dem County 0oipital gebra6t, no Die
Qter3te crfldrten, baB ipenig @usit9t auf
ibre @enelung %porbanben lei. GoHrtnep
murbe berbaftct unb in Der Mtarpeu Str.
Station eingeiperrt. @r 5eigte ii6 tief be-
tImmcrt iiber ben 8orfaa unb erfldrte,
OaB bas gauge auf etnem un9lii6liben 3uz
faI berMbe.