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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-19
MIR. PARTRIDGE AND HIS ART.
The Young American Sculptor on a
visit to This City.


Mr.. William Ordway Partridge. the dis
tinguished young American sculptor, is a
guest at the Ebbitt House.
His statue of Shakespeare. which las re-
ceived the universal commentator of all
in Chicago, next month, and he Is at pres
emit at work upon a heroic equestrian statue
of Gen. Grant for the Union League Club
of Brooklyn.
He was interesting and entertaining this
morning when approached upon his ilvorite
subject
What Art Is.
"Our national greatness in art" he said.
will not result from any amount of striv-
ing or straining to be original. Art is not
invention; it is normal. helpful evolution.
1t is completion. No trick of color in paint
ing or cleverness of han lling In sculpture
can make a man or a nation great in art.
Art is the sane language Of the cultured
the assertion OF the soul.
THE evolution of art and the artist works
according to the universal Interchangeable
law. Suppose in physical nature, a tree
ward and so cast it's tortured roots into the
air, would it's life be any more satisfac-
tory? The smile is not unlike the artist
who is forever attempting something new.
genius must develop according to the law
of his life principle. 1t expands or con-
tracts with the mans soul
The diffusion of art ideas is necessarily
slow, but let US be content for we are taxi
ing giant strides. In the art of landscape
painting we are good as any school to-
day. In the art of wood engraving we east
ly lead the world, and the little We have
produced in sculpture holds its own.
1T is absolute sincerity alone which shall
make for u great art he continued.
"Why was Athens great? Because she edu-
Gated her world The men We're not merely
trained, as train children today in our
public schools, but they Were educated.
That means rounding out the mind, not fill
ing it's different crannes with facts and
statistics, which enable men to compete
with other men in the struggle for exist
ence. Athens educated, therefore her light
shines more brightly today than it did
five hundred years before Christ
His statue of Graut.
Tell me something about your statue of
Grant"
The Grant statue is nearing completion
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and is in position now to be finished at
short notice. My studies are completed. and
in making them l believe 1 have obtained
results never before, secured by an artist
For instance. by a new process we have
cast from the living horse in sections so
that Grant will not be mounted upon a ca
uaVer, but upon a living charger with ac-
ton in every limb and life In every muscle.
The casts, of course are life size but they
serve as guides for the heroic and colossal
enlargement Grant, probably will he ga 81
in bronze, either in Chicopee Mass or New
York; there is no advantage. except in the
matter of expense, in having work of this
Kind done in Paris"
You have added a new process 70 tho or,
OF today. Is our art in its spirit comparab bile
to the ancient-to the Greek, for instance?'
AS TAR as 1t went, and up to the light
winch 1t had. Greek art was, to ny think
ing, perfect. We shall never be able 70 sur
pass the aIcients on classic lines. but then
each civilization has its art and each art
its civilization. Art is not dead, and we do
rot seek the repetition only of the ancient
IDEAS and classic models; we have TO ex-
press the spirit of the nineteenth century
the real dawn of humanity I'm my opinion
Humanity and character seek today ex-
preston, and my study is to convey sin
every line and lineamcnt these ideas If
thought my art merely consisted in push
ing clay into this form or that a mere work
or imitation, l would abandon ii at once
and take up some calling in which l could
command at least, self-respect to saw Moth
Ing of ambition. The truth, as it seems to
me, Is that the art of the nineteenth CEN
fury is to express the civilization of the
nineteenth century. The ideas principles
and social order. and even the philosophy
of ancient times, are past, and Upon the
artist of today devolves the duty of ex-
pressing in form the ideas and the princi-
pies which determine the character of the
time, personal and ma tional We are to
have, too, in the coming century broader
and better ideas. and humanity will assert
itself and art will express its progress"
Mr.. Partridge possesses a handsome
thoughtful physiognomy, which lights IN
with enthusiasm when he discourses upon
the art in which his genius has already
made such impress, and while he has for
the past few years followed his work in
Europe. he will now remain permanently N
America.
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Norwood Institute,
18th STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
oc3o Mr.. and Ms. ". d. CABELT. Principals
Could shakespeare Write:

To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
In The Star of March Il, I'D. G. w"
says that If the samples OF Shakespedre's
handwriting exhibited in his five auto
graphs are any proof that he could not
write then, by the same evidence, We can
prove that Horace Greeley, Rufus Choate
and lots of other great men could not
write.
In 1853 sat up nearly all night helping
to copy a two hours eulogy on Daniel
Webster by Rufus ChOate, delivered at
Dartmouth College. 1 had taken full short
hand notes of the speech, ana was to write
it out for the New York Tribune. Henry
J. Raymond of the Times had brought from,
Boston IL law clerk who silid To be the
only man who could read Mr.. Choate's
manuscript. After the delivery Of the
speech MIR. Raymond got the manuscript
and he and l copied it as read by the ex-
pert. But he frequently got stuck and was
helped out by my Shorthand notes.
Horace Greeley, like William Shakes
peare, had a son and two daughters. The
sons died early. but the daughters grew up.
Judith Shakespeare, at the age OF twenty
six, witnessed two papers by making her
mark. Susanna Shakespeare, widow of Dr.
John Hall, betrayed her ilhteracy az the
age Of fifty seven, by disputing the I'M
mistakable handwriting of her late hus-
band
Suppose that 200 years hence the only
handwriting eXtant of Horace Greeley
papers in the last three Years of his life as
follows:
l. Hor. Circle, with an a above the final e.
2. Horace written over Grely.
3. The same, three years later, attached
to the first leaf of his will.
4. Hor. Grel, followed by grotesQue
scrawl, the whole name being three times
longer than the previous autographs.
3. Horace Grely, written worse than any
of his now known autographs, and With
an illegible scrawl prefixed, which was in
tended to be by me-" required in the
final signature to a will.
l once asked Col. Ingersoll how he ac-
counted for the fact that no letter by
Shakespeare had ever been found, and none
addressed to him, except one asking for a
loan of $50, (Which letter, by the way, HAL
liwell Phillips, Shakesp cares latest and
best biOBrapher, thinks was never deliver
ed. The colonel, with a men,, said: Il
account for it by the great fire in London
which destroyed ever SO many records"
The great fire was fifty years after Shakes
peares death at Stratford, and forty years
after BaconS death in London. Did it
burn up all manuscripts of Shakespeare
and spare all those of Bacon?
The five autographs of Shakespeare, now
widely published in facsimile, were traced
by me from engravings in the Congtes-
sional Library, and they coincide Perfectly
with recent Photographic prints of the
originals in the British Museum and Lii
brary Of London.
Shakespeare must go. W. Ii. BURR
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MARRIED MANY TIMES.
Two More Wives Of James Wellington
Brown Heard From.

James Wellington BrOwn,a polygamist with
the phenomenal record ot twenty-six wives
in the state OF Michigan alone,and with other
wives being heard fron ut times in ether
parts of the United States, has again come
in public notice through the Inquiries q
two Of his hitherto unreported Mcsdames
Brown.
4 letter has just been received from q
new Mrs. Brown in Buffalo Brown had
led to the altar in that city Miss Emma
Davis. lie lived with her three weeks and
then departed. He WAS next heard Of at
Frafonia. y. y. where he fen in love with
another dressrnaker. This was followed by
marriage and In two weeks another de-
se.;ion took place. To both Of these women
letters have been sent giving them details
of his former escs Dades. Nothing Is known
Of Brown s whereabouts.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re-
quested to hand in advertisements
the day prior to publication, In
order that insertion may be as
sured. Want advertisements viii
be received up to noon OF the day
Of publication, precedence being
given to those first received
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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.

WIMODAUGHSIS CI.ASSES-132S 1 ST. NV;
typewriting, eocution, chorus singing, Desarte,
modern language; terms, 81 month to MEM
bers ADA L. SMITH. Supt.
mh10-ow
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Mrs. NJ. Mcclellan Brown, who IS to speak
at the Luther Memorial Church tonight. is
one of the most eloquent and logical speak
ers Of the age. She has charmed her audi
cnces in both America and Europe for sew
eral years with lectures on various reforma-
tory themes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-19

Salvation Oil Cures Neuralgia, Csc.
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v HITI1NGHAM INST, TAKOMA PARK, DC. A
boarding and day school for young ladies and
children. Full graduating course In English.
Latin, modern. languages, etc. Address Miss
ROSS, Prin. mhl9-3m
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TUnkhannock, Pa, is much mvstifed
over the disappearance of Henry Harding
one Of the most prominent lawyers of the
tensibly to, attend the GrSN Amy en-
cdmpment at Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-19

At the services yesterday morning sixty
three new members were received by Rev.
DIR. Easton, the pastor OF the Eastern Pres
byterian Church
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quest Will certify scores 20 the captains Of
companies to be credited as part Of the re-
CURED practice
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-09-06
WAITE is NOT GUILTY.
Denver Police Ofacials, However, Hell
for Withholding the Lib0ns Letter. %*

{ Denver Police Ofiicials, However, Held
Tor Withholding the Likons Letter.
DENVER, Col, Sept. Ii United States
& Commissioners Hinsdale heard testi-
mony Tor the defense in the case OF
Gov. Waite, President Mullins, of the
fire and police board; Chief Of Police
Armstrong and Police Matron Dryer,
charged with conspiring to withhold
q letter from x-Matron Likcns.
The prosecution arraigned the &C.
cused severely. charging that Mrs.
Kate Dryer and President Mullins
were the leading conspirators, but
that Chief OF Police Armstrong and
Gov. Waite, in allowing themselves to
be used in carrying out the plot, were
equally guilty, whether they acted IN.
nocently or not.
Gov. Waite declared that he had
never had anything to do in the mat
ter whatever, and was greatly sur
prised when he learned that he had
been charged with an unlawful act.
''The letter was handed to me to
read" he said, land I had TO take it
in my hands to do SO. I immedi-
ately returned it to the person who
handed it to me and this is my
entire and only connection with it. It
might have been forgery for all ]
know, and it did1not attract my atten-
ton to any extent, asIconsidered It 81
little Importance. I did not think it
wise toaremove Mrs. Likens and OBJ
posed itsin every way
s After the arguments Commissioners
Hinsdale summed up the case, said he
could not see that the probable guilt
of the accused had been established,
and discharged the governor. The
other defendants, Mrs. Dryer and
Messrs. Mullins and Armstrong, were
held to the grand jury in bonds OF
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KNIGHTS OF PHYTHlAS.
officers Are Elected-Prizes Awarded for
Division Drills.

OMcers Are Elected-Prizes Awarded for
Division Drills.
WASHINGTON Sept 1.-The supreme
lodge Knights Of Pythias elected Of
fcers as follows:
Supreme chancellor, Walter B. Richie Ohio;
supreme vice chancellor, Philip Il. Colgrove,
Michigan; supreme prelate, Albert Steinhart
Alabama: keeper OF seals and records, "A. S. c.
White, Tennessee; master-at-arms, A. D. Car
diner, New York; inner guard James Moulson
New Brunswick; outer guard John w
Thompson, Washington, d. G.; chairman board
Of control. John a. Hinsey, Wisconsin.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4-The ten prizes
for division drills, uniform rank X. of
p. won by the following divisions:
First, Hastings, OF Hastings, Mich; second
Parkersburg, No. g. Of Parkersburg, w. Va:
third John Barr Glenn division OF Eau Claire
Wis; fourth Mystic, No. II, OF Girard, Kan;
fifth, New Albany, No s, of New Albany Ind;
sixth. Yellow Cross, No S. of Alliance, O.;
, seventh, Provost, No l. OF Kansas City, Mo-;
eighth, Terre Haute, No 3, of Terre Haute,
Ind; ninth, Lily, No. 49, OF Radcliffe. Ia;
tenth, Indianapolis, No. Sc, OF indianapolis,
Ind
The cavalry. drill prize was won by
the D.. D. Barnes Hussars, Of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, and the battalion drill by
the first battalion OF the First regi-
ment of Indiana, who were without
competitors. III 5s
A handsome stand of colors, offered
by the Evening Star Of Washington to
the regiment making the best appear
ance in the parade, was awarded to the
First Regiment Of West Virginia.
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! A MOB'S WORK.
Six Arrested Negroes Are Shot to Death
80. In Tennessee

Six Arrested Negroes Are Shot to Death
In Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 4. "A mob
OF armed and masked farmers inter-
cepted an officer on his way to Milling
ton with six negro prisoners at II
o'clock Fl iday night and shot the
handcuffed prisoners dead in the wagon
in which they were being hauled to
jail for trial.
Recently there have been number
of fires in the vicinity of Millington
under such circumstances as to indi-
cate that they were the work of an or
ganized gang of incendiaries. Cotton
gins, numerous barns and other out
houses, and one or two dwell
|ings have been burned aud the
diabolical work eliminated in the
destruction of the buildings on
the fair grounds at Millington. Sew
eral negroes were charged with COM
plicityu In these deeds Of Arson, and
yesterday evening Deputy Sheriff Rich
ardson arrested Dan Hawkins, Glenn
White, Warner Williams, John Hughes,
Ed Hall and Robert Haines, all col
ored, on warrants charging them with
the crime.
The men were not masked, but nei--
ther the deputy nor the driver, Atkins,
recognized any of them. None of them
lives IN that community, and it was
quite dark where the murderous work
was done. sE
Deputy Richardson Immediately APP
prised the justice of the peace of
what had been done. A jury was sum
moned, consisting of four negroes and
eight white men, and an inquest held
The verdict was in accordance with
the facts as detailed by the only two
witnesses 8,
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A NEW YORK DISASTER.
Two Fires on the East Side Result in
Four Fatalities.

Four Fatalities.
New YORK, Aug. 31.-Three men
dead, fourth, fireman, dying, and a
dozen families homeless is the awful
record of two fires in tie tenement
house district of the East side. The
flames broke out at 2 a. m. Wednesday
in asix-story sweatshop at 226 Riverton
street. At 81 Goereck street six-story
tenement was burned, dozen families
were driven out panic-stricken and
$17,0O damage was done. The River
ton street house was occupied almost
solely by sweatshops The second
floor was used as synagogue and a
portion of the third floor as Hebrew
school for boys. It's claimed that
nobody lived in the house, but
there were at least eight men
in the building when the fire
broke out. IL they were
watchmen, as it is claimed, they did
their work badly, for three of their
number are dead and a fourth cannot
be found. He ran away when the
alarm was sounde
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LATER NEWS.
Tho Holocaust.

|: DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 3.-The relief
train that went out yesterday afternoon
to Hinckley returned this morning with
stories that add horror to the piled-up
terrors Of the night before.
The dead are now known to exceed
400. That number of bodies have been
found, while all through the woods for
distance of 40 miles, bodies are doubt
less scattered. Every hour news from
the front increases the estimates of
losses of life. Many of those who have
returned say it issan utter impossibility
to give any guess as to the total num-
berof deaths, nor will there be any ac-
curate statement until parties of
searchers are sent out from the rail-
roads at intervals of every mile or two
and thorough patrol of the burned
district made
Besides the dead, there are the living,
often in worse condition than their
friends who sleep their last sleep. They
are in shelter, the best they can find, ii,
wells, cellars, fields, without food or
clothing, orsthe possibility Of getting
either, for there will besnothing in the
burned district yuntil tits taken in. M any.
are the families where there are half
burned, dying members. The cattle, too,s
have been DESTROYED, and often the yerv
earth burned. The loss of cattle has.
been terrible as much Of the immen
section burned over was dairy coun-
try and it is scarcely. an exaggeration
to say not an animal is left. rs
7 Out Of 223 dead bodies now Il the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-09-06

IN a patent case in New York recent
ly one Of the lawyers consumed two
days in describing the differences be-
tween two scientific appliances. When
he had finished the Judge quietly said
to him: "Now, Mr.. -, you will
please tell us what is the difference?"
The lawyer, it is said, hasn't recovered
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HUNDREDS PERISH.
Havoc Wrought by Flames in the
Mime sofa Forests.

w1pEspREAp DISASTER.

CHICAGO, Sept "A. Reports from the
portions of Minnesota. Michigan and.
Wisconsin in which the forest fires are
now raging show that the condition Of
affairs there is more than terrible.
The loss of property. at a low.
estimate, has already reached $12,-
| OOO, 1000, not including the stand
| ing timber that has been de-
stroyed But even worse is the loss Of
life which, it's feared, will reach rs
high as 1000. Nearly 400 cases Of per-
sons having persisted have already
| been received, while the reports as
| they continue to come in are increas-
Ing the list The best information is
that about twenty towns have already
oeen destroyed, driving thousands Of
families from their homes in the face
of the flames.
Worst Suffering ls at Hinckley.
The worst suffering is reported from
Hinckley, Mimi, and vicinity. The
estimate Of the loss of life there and
in the surrounding towns is being ln--
creased by every report. It is said
that strewn along on one street Of
Hinckley the bodies of twenty
nine victims were found, while
in another spot the charred and un-
recognizable remains of 1O3 persons,
were counted. A low estimate Of
the fatalities in that town alone are
now placed at 800 persons. Scores Of,
| others were discovered severely in-
i jured, while the list of missing was in
the hundreds. 1t is believed that at
least 100 victims are on the farms and
clearings throughout the burnt district.
The loss of life in and about Hinck-
ley, Sandstone, Polxegama, Skunk
Lake and Mission Creek will not be
known for weeks, if ever. The sur
vivors have been taken to Pine City,
where physicians cared for the injured,
while relief trains from Duluth, Min
neapolis and ST. Paul carried in tents,
clothing, food and every thing neces's
sary to cover the wants of the suffer
ing survivors. Very few persons are
leftin Hinckley.
| Supplies for Sufferers.
The extent of the suffering can hard
! ~ be described, but already the hand
of charity is at work, and the cities of
the three states are sending aid to the
sufferers. But railroads have been
injured by the fires, and in many cases
traffic has been entirely suspended,
thus preventing the starting ont
of relief expeditions. There seems
no hope for cessation of the
progress of the flames save an end of
the great drought. No such hope is,
held out, for while much-needed rain
is promised for other points dry and
fair" is the prediction for the burning,
districts by the weather bureau.
The Loss of Life.
Up to last reports the estimates of
the lives lost in the fires at different
points in the two states are as given in
the following list, and it is feared the
list is far below the actual destruction
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-09-06

SINCE 1868, a period of twenty-five
years, there have been but 2O2'divorces
granted in Canada. The explanation
given is that they cost too much. In
all but two or three of the provinces
parliament passes on the question,
no court being authorized to grant
legal separations, and only the wealth
Ter can afford the expense of par
liamentary hearing. They are now
clamaring for easier roads tolegal sep
aratiOn
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THE MODERN DRAMA. J
Il 4 . Dressed Coat Afralr and L.ek.

~ 10 DresS-Coat Affair and <Lacks thu
Goriness OF Yore.
The other night man went to the
theater who had not been for wears.
and he couldn't make it out, says Pear
sons Weekly. First of all he missed
the simple village youth, the virtuous
hero who was wont to take the first
prize at the horticultural society, or
else win the guerdon at quoits, or some
thing or other in the rustic revels. But
worst OF all he missed the dear old
fashioned villain, and although this
play had tremendous villain in it our
friend was not impressed with him
bit. He signs thus:
Il came away again, sadly disap-
pointed. The play was not what ex-
pected. j shall go no more to the play.
house. The palmy days of the drama
are over The theater has fallen into
the scar and yellow fifth act, and there
is no health in It'll The theater has fol-
lowed the path of literature and the
good old things are changed. I beheld
a lot of swell people in evening dress
on the stage. They spoke quietly to
one another, very much as people do off
the stage, and in very much the same
sort of language. This is not what I
want when go to the theater.
"What is the theatrical villain of to-
day? Is he real, good, old-fashioned
fuffian? Does he ever drag a helpless
maiden from the domiciliary roof Of
her ancestors by the hair? No, sir.
Does he ever say to the hero: Say one
word and thou art food for the wolves?'
Does he ever grab the heroine by the
wrist, drag her down the stage in
three strides, slam her down in a big
chair, bend over her and whisper
fendishly: IS death, maiden, but, by
my soul, love thee! Thou shalt be
mine! Yield or by heaven I'll
ssThat's all l know of that speech.
because BY heaven ZIP is the cue for
the maiden to spring up, and, throw
Ing the vill;sn half way across the
stage, to say: 'Unhand me, rufaani
And know, that rather than mate with
such as thou, I'd cast myself from
yonder battlement into the foaming
food beneathp
Sand does the william then say: Now,
by heavens, like thy spirit! love
thee all the more for it?'
"And does the maiden say: 'Merciful
powers, protect me?'
"And does the door open and the
hero rush in, armed with good, blunt
broadsword2 And Their do he and the
villain fence up and down the stage,
SKIES, Fights, shoulder blows, cut and
thr1lst9 Oh, no. These things have
given way to swallow-tailed coats and
high collars, and the villain is now as
big swell as any fellow in the show.
Oh, for the good old palmy days of the
drama, when the broadsword ruled
and there was gore! The modern
drama is too much like ice cream after
heavy dinner-cold and unsatisfy-
ing"