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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

not lOlloW ner, Sne
Is simply name and voice. She should
be something more when the voice Is
fresh, sweet, all-satisfying, all con-
vincing, the personality magnetic
enough to spread like wave through
the throng, and that the many who
nave listened to the rich phrases OF
song from Lillian Blauvelt's lips may
KNOW something OF the woman, l
searched for and found her very inter
esting. In private life she is Mrs.
Royal Smith, and lives in a sumptuous.
telescope apartment house in the up
per part OF the town, writes Kate Jor-
dan in Leslies Weekly. When she ap-
preached me in the rich afternoon light
l was impressed by the emphasis OF her
type. There is style OF pale, ethereal
eyed blonde who suggests violet, and
just as surely does Lillian Blauvelt
suggest a deep oolored, full leaved,
gracious red rose. 1t was strange to
find her a Brooklynite by birth, an
American in feeling and opinion, for
her face is that of a southern born
woman. This secret of song, hidden
and invisible in her throat, is not the
only gift Miss Blauvelt possesses. She
is musical in mind, and long before her
child's voice gave promise of its pres
ent power, she had mastered the tech
nique of the violin.
Il commenced studying violin play
ing under Richard Arnold when only
seven. After remaining with him
year or two l played in many concerts.
and | fully expected some day to be a
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
JAPAN's GREAT CATHEDRAL.
One of the Finest Structures to BE Found

One of the Finest Structures to Be Found
In the Civilized World.
When foreign architects visit Japan
and see the cathedral of Buddhism
for the first time they are generally as
tonished at the magnificent structure.
1t is executed in pure oriental style,
and is richly ornamented with cary
ings. II. Ito, a famous builder of
Nagoya City, designed it, The struc-
ture was commenced in 1873 and was
completed this year. The cost has
been estimated az $17,000,000. 1t
would have greatly exceeded this
amount had not numbers of Buddhists
worked without any recompense. AS
the structure neared completion the
committee having the work in charge
was much perplexed as to fire insur-
ance. They found that no company
would assume the risk on such valu-
able wooden structure, the danger of
destruction by fire being very great,
and thus the premiums would amount
to an enormous sum of money. AT last
the committee decided on design de-
vised by DIR. Tanabe. Numbers OF
powerful fountains were constructed,
both exterior and interior. which can
be made to play on all parts of the
structure at the same time. Usually
only one great ornamental fountain is
playing, rising to the great height or
157 feet. This is probably the largest
artificial fountain in existence, emitting
SO $50 gallons per hour. In case OF
fire all the water pressure is directed
through fountains. Thus every part
of the structure, both inside and out,
could soon be drenched, and any con-
hagration soon eXtinguished.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
Married I'M. Charming Nur.e.

A year ago Chester Smith, lineman
in the employ of the Central Union
Telephone company at Lafayette, Ind.
was seriously injured by fall from tina
top Of a high telephone pole. lie was
conveyed to hospital, where charm
ing little nurse ministered to his wants
for many weeks. Her name was Ella
Hynes of Brookston. and they grew so
fond of each other that the pretty ro-
nance eliminated in their marriage
one day the past week.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
She Marked aa a Man.

At Meadville the discovery was made
that Henry vandegriff, Jail prisoner
held there to answer a charge of arson,
is a woman. The prisoner confessed
that she is Mrs. Harriet Vandegriff, of
Harrisburg, where she says she has a
15-year-old son. Her husband is dead.
She worked as hired man for David
Peters, near Meadville. but quarreled
with him and left on account OF Peters
jealousy for the hired mans" atten-
tons to his wife. Jan. Is Peters barn
was burned. and next morning Vande-
grlff was found in a neighboring barn
sick. Now Mrs. Vandegriff is in the
female department and says she is glad
her deception has been discovered.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

PRINCESS FREDERICK LEOPOLD.
a. times, so that his most intimate
trends claim that he Is on some oc-
caSions not responsible for his acts. His
physician states that the black sheep
uermanys reigning family was made
mural and physical wreck by the beat
Iss winch he daily, and often without
."e ieast provocation, received from his
'a.ner The result Is that he Is an
epileptic, and on the least excitement
VI tnwarting of his will, is thrown in
'ioient temper, which he frequently
vents on his demure little wife. The
p''ncess as rule, bore this cruel treat
'aent with silent resignation, and, as
sue is an earnest Christian woman, her
revenge was the Offering up of devout
prayers for her husbands conversion
VI heart and soul. Her chambermaids
and her most intimate companions have
u'arVelled at her patience. Though
v,eryoody knew Of the bitter quarrels.
which were OF almost daily occurrence
IN The household, she managed 10 keen
,ue story Of the corporal maltreatment
az uVn the kaiser and her sister during
~ 'nese years until the day of the skat-
Jug accident, when, provoked by the
.asaes IRON her husbands whip. she
Sue clean breast of 1t all, and, amid
Iood OF tears, recited the long story
" ner secret sufferings. How. from the
s Sas ner first child was born-a little
s",-ner husband began to abuse her
uisplayed a sudden hatred toward
Nj now he often attacked her with
a., nss' Dragging of his great wealth
.ro. 'luicuiing her poverty; how he
u .a maltreated all of her children.
tlo 'I r 'ne exception of her only son-lit-
eva. "s prince had finally forbidden the
s, neiCise OF her freedom. She was not
~. 10 leave Glienecke castle with
"a to, ao MS special permission. and. driven
p'ration, she had listened to the
~ Ss"Sel OF two ladies of her court and
Su ANU actually dared to disobey and in
pr,s e III her favorite sport of skating.
ys.as 's frederick Leopold is only 30
n ,s. oiu' and, before her marriage.
ssh io0'' as Princess Louise Sophie of
vow on,eswig- Holstein, was a dashing
sSo s lady, ever full OF girlish glee.
"' always a great favorite with
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

]. c. Thompson, member of the firm
of Smith, Adams & Co., wholesale gro
GERS of Springfield, Mass, became wild
ly delirious at the homeopathic hospi>
tai at Albany. n. V. the other night.
He attempted to kill the two physi-
clans who were attending him by
throwing them out of a third-story win
dow. Supt. Congdon, of the house staff
was hit on the head by pitcher in the
hands of Thompson. lie received a
fractured skull and is seriously but not
fatally injured. Thompson will prob
ably die. He is suffering from typhoid
pneumonia.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

now for the minstrel business, and his
three partners are dead. Despite his
bad health, Birch finds his way TO the
theaters two or three times a week, and
his reflections on the minstrel business
are more cheerful than those OF most
of the men who have been in 1t. even
IL they are not iattering to the men
who are engaged in a similar line of
work to-day.
THE end of negro minstrc'sy came"
he said TO the writer the other day,
mot because the people grew tired of
IL. but because the younger men who
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

"
younger days played a negro role, and
Lawrence Barrett did the same. This
was not looked upon as undignified for
any actor, and many actors began their
apprenticeship in this line OF work.
Negro fun was for long time the one
distinctively American school of stage
humor. Within the last fifteen years,
which about measure the period in
which its fall had been accomplished.
there have been numerous minstrel
companies travelling over the country.
Now there are probably not so many
as three that find their way to the first
class theaters in any cities of the couu-
try. There Is one prominent organiza-
ton OF the kind, and IL seems about all
that the country can support.
The amount Of genuine negro fun in
any Of the negro presentations now Is so
slight that the performances are more
like a vaudeville act done with the aid
of burnt cork. This fact is mentioned
often as the most potent reason for the
decadence OF the amusement. which
was at one time the most popular form
of comic entertainment in this coun-
try. Some say, however, that the in
PRODUCTION of features not distinctively
characteristic of the negro did not be-
gin until 1t had begun to be manifest
that public taste was drifting away
from minstrelsy. In the attempt to win
that back the Ministries took on features
that had become popular in other forms
Of amusement. and ended by absorb
ing so many of these that the old-time
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
years old bl

more than Is. that being her age when
she was married.
It is related that on one occasion IN
connection with her newspaper WORK
she went to st. Paul's cathedral, where
Canon Liddon met her. He afterward
asked for the name of the pretty ana
simple girl" and was astounded 10 hnu
that she was the heroine OF famous
divorce case. He declared that ne
would befriend her and that Is how two
of the pillars of the church are the most
active advocates of Mrs. Crawford.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
A NOTABLE CASE.
u.roine OF the Charles Dixie scanda
In Current Literature.

Heroine OF the eharNs Dhho '
In Current Literature.
Il is not given to many women 10 De
mixed up in scandal and at the same
time be a prime favorite with great
dignitaries in the church.
A noticeable article, entitled AN OBJ
feet Lesson in Christian Democracy"
which recently appeared in the Fort
nightly Review, signed virginia NJ.
Crawford" is by no less a person than
the Mrs. Crawford whose relations with
Sir Charles Dixie lost the liberal party
in England capable prime minister.
For a number of years Mrs. Crawford
has been doing journalistic work; she
was befriended very keenly by Cardinal
Manning, who received her into the
Catholic church. She is now about 20
years old but is very pretty and looks no
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
THE STAGE.

Speaking of certain club festivities.
gentleman. who ought to know all
about Il, hits actors a savage left
handler by saying that the atmosphere
of the disreputable clubs in question is
highly charged with professionalism"
Is professionalism" then. a synonym
for indecency Eek.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

die is supposed to be the result OF an
unhappy marriage.
Last July Vanton, who had been
widower for many years, married Mrs.
frankie A. Meeker, a wealthy society
woman of Quincy, ILL.,. and two months
later his wife had deserted him, re-
turning to her old home. Later she
fled suit against her husband. claim
ing that he had Incorporated $500
OF her funds. The suit was finally dis
missed, but the loss of his bride
weighed very heavily on Vanton's mind
and he frequently talked to his friends
of his trouble. On Saturday three
weeks ago he was last seen alive. On
that day he called at the First Ma
tional bank. In a conversation with
Cashier Sidwell he incidentally re-
marked that living alone as The was and
having no family, 1t was his desire that
Mr.. Sidwell or A. A. Laird should settle
up his business in case anything should
happen to him. He also called upon
Mr.. Laird and expressed the same wish,
but, being of very eccentric charac-
ter, his friends thought little of his ac-
tons until some time afterward, when
1t occurred to them that they had seen
nothing of the attorney during the
week. Going to his Office, they found
The door locked. A policeman was sum-
moned, and, breaking in the door,
found the body. In the dead mans
hand was brief note telling where his
funeral garb and clean linen could be
found. Mr.. Vanton was about So years
Of age and went to Frankfort in 1875
from Middletown, n. Y. 1t was not
known that he had any children living
until he told Cashier Sidwell that he
had a son living in Middletown, and IL
was his desire that the son should have
his property.
Vanton, while a finely educated man
and able lawyer, had many peculiari-
ties. With the exception of his two
months honeymoon he for many years
did his own cooking and lived in his
office. new dirk on his desk indi-
Gated that his intention was originally
to cut his throat, but the fact that
Charles II. Anderson tried this route
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
von,an., p,.rr.ce herself.

A woman confined in the New Lon
don. Mo-. Jail was offered the freedom
of the sheriff's house II she would as
sist in the house work. She stuck up
her nose. said she was no domestic and
stayed right in her little cell. She is
charged with murder.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

on going, however, my husband accom-
panying me, but made an inward vow
to touch no food within those portals.
Fancy my horror when the first words.
according to Russian custom, were:
viii you come into the dining room
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

BLAUVELT Al SEVEN.
pupil of Madame .Fursch-Madfs, and
when she was away. singing in opera.
I studied with Bouhy. In him l felt
| had found my teacher. When he left
America l followed him to Europe to
study French repertoire with him"
"Did you appear in grand opera
abroad?"
Eyes; at Brussels I appeared as MI
rellle Mlgnon, and violetta. was COM
plimented by the queen. and may say
I was very successful. In Paris l
seng at miscellaneous concerts; also at
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
Heaven.

The scriptures teach us that heaven IS
n condition rather than locality. Hea-
ven is brought to us before we go 10
heaven. Apart from this there can DO
no heayen.-Rev. r. A. Sawyer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

never again to speak TO the
49, after the disgraceful scenes re-
Aa Ma in the newspapers about three
T Y, ago. which ended in the Emperor
william ordering the arrest and a fort
'ght's confinement of her despicabie
trsband in the royal castle. On the
D"ntrary the poor princess now, more
,hor ever. maintains her affectionate re-
,.,ions with the imperial couple, who'
besides her children, are her only com
,,rt since the prince has left Berlin and
has gone abroad, on what everybody
trovs will be an extended globe trot'
ipcognito. In fact, it is whispered In
.ourt circles that the couple will man
,,c never TO meet again. The presence
n tho nrincess in the white hall OF the
Sebloss on the occasion of the imperial
exclamation of the quarter-centennial
anniversary of the birth OF the German
empire fatty contradicts all these yarns
about the strained relations which are
,ald 10 have resulted from the scandals.
The princess entered the white hall sup
ported by the Empress Frederick and
her imperial sister. Her face was ashy
pale, and her whole bearing gave evil
dence OF long period of unspeakable
suffering. Those deep burrows on the
forehead Of a comparatively young wo-
man we're not simply the effects of a
brief illness subsequent to an accident
while skating. 1t did not require a
specialist to unravel these symptoms
That face and the stopped figure be-
trayed years of silent martyrdom, an
afectionate love scorned.
At all the courts of Europe there Is
not a lady Of kinder disposition and
sgeeter temper than Princess Frederick
Leopold. II is also known that her mar
rage with the prince was an "affaire du
occur" and to this day she fosters a
whole souled affection for her erratic
spouse. 1t was always supposed that
the latter reciprocated his wife's love
and devotion. The more charitable
ascribe the whole trouble to a disease
from which the prince suffers terribly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
HE ENDED HIS LIFE.
PATHETIC STORY OF LAWYER
vANTON'S SORROW.

After q Few Months of Welded Life
His Wife Made Serious Charges
Against Him and brought Suit for
Divorce.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
oyE WOMAN'S SCORN.
.,,.osss FREDERICK LEOPOLD
PR'Noaa,oNs HER HUSBAND.

.,... Princes Cruelty Toward
- =. spouse Has Turned the Emperor Emp .,
u,m-A Princess Tale or
martial Woe
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
THE NEGRO MINSTREL
HIS DAYS ON THE STAGE ARE
NUMBERED.
The Younger Generation of Imperson-
ators FAN to Perceive that the Peo-
pie Always Want Something New
Wall of an t)id Timer.

NE OF the things
that puzzle some
observers OF the
American stage is
the entire decline
OF negro minstrelsy.
Time was when the
personation of the
negro was regard
ed as an incident OF
an actors work.
Edwin Booth in his
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07

LATE CABLE DIS
patch from Berlin,
G er m a ny, says
there is no truth in
the story that
Princess Frederick
Leopold of Prussia
has of late persist
emily refused to see
her sister. the en-
press. 1t is equally
untrue that she has
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
FRANKFORT.

T FRANKFORT.
Ind, the other day.
Attorney Samuel
Vanton was found
dead in his Office.
A bullet hole in the
temple and a re-
volver lying on the
floor told that the
wound had been
self-inficted. The
lawyers decision to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
LILLIAN BLAUVELT.
THE BEAUTIFUL SONCSTRESS
Is AN AMERICAN.
In Private Life She IL Mrs. Royal smith
Interviewed by Kate Jordan She
Tells tho Story of Her Success at
Home and Abroad.

CONCERT singer
is but slightly
known beyond the
figure she presents
on the platform. in
fashionable even
ing clothes, before
fashionable audi
ences. The eclat
of the operate and
dramatic stage does
- A-ll a. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-07
TILLIE ANDERSON.
Winner OF tho women's sIx-Dsy Bicycle
Race at Chicago.

Miss Tillie Anderson. Chicago girl,
won the womens six-day bicycle race
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Nothing succeeds like success, nnl
that, maintains the New York Mail
and Express, is why the mild and
model dictatorship of General Porfrio
Daz is good for six years more iu
Mexico. He has had lease of life
that would have dazzled Old Santa
Ana, who was the first experimeuter
Mt individual Republican despotism in
the land OF the serpent and the cac.
tus. Santa Ana never held his job
longer than over one night at the
same time, while Diaz has made his
place practically permanent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

him to q dark room for two months to
repair an impaired eye, his next ambi-
ton was to print the best newspaper in
Ohio.
He inherited the Cincinnati Enquirer
from his father, and while there may
be some question rs to the realization
of his efforts he has certainly succeed
ed in building up an extremely inuen-
tial and profitable newspaper. Then he
fell n victim to the wiles of Cupid and
married Miss Mary 7. Beale, daughter
of General Edward f. Beale, of Wash
ington. The bride was about % years
old at that time and the groom ten
years her senior He has one of the
SWEETEST of the swell houses in Wash
ington. entertains handsomely and has
among his guests the biggest men of
both the Republican and Democratic
parties. Two or three years ago he said
he would not accept any political posi-
tion, but preferred the life of a private
citizen. Mr.. Mclean is very wealthy.
Some people estimate he is worth $20,-
000,0C0. He is a large holder of real
estate in Cincinnati, heavy owner of
street railway stock in Washington
and the chief stockholder in the princi-
pal gas plant of that city. He is about
is years of age, handsome, practical
and far-seeing in business sense.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
The EdelMeisS.

In certain parts of the Alpine chain
there are certain portions delivered
over to the chamois as their own, in
which no gun may be fred, where the
beautiful creatures may be sure of
rest and security, in which they may
nurture their young, and to which,
when hard pressed they may flee, as
as to cities of refuge. In Tyrol such
en- asylum is called Gamsenfreiheit.
OF late years it has become necessary
for law In Switzerland to extend its
protection to the edelweiss. This Pc
culiar and beautiful flower is much in
request, both by lovers, who present
it to their sweethearts, and also for
the formation of little mementos for
travellers.
The edelweiss does not require an
altitude so great that it is near the
snow, nor precipitous rock to
crown; che Poor plant has been driv-
en- higher and even higher and to in
accessible points us the only places
where it can live unmolested. At
Rosenheim, on the Bavarian plateau,
at the roots of the mountains, are
fields of edelweiss, where the plant is
cultivated to satisfy the Unsuitable
visitor, who insists on going home
from his holiday with tuft in his
hat, and on sending dried specimens
to all his friends. Cham bers's Jour-
nal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

By the falling of an overhanging
cliff near Hastings, England, an inter
esting slab of stone was exposed. 1t
bears on Its surface the clear impress
sion OF the foot of some gigantic ex-
tinct bird having three toes. Each
toe-mark is nine and one.half inches
long and shows that the original of
the imprint had claws two inches in
length. The bail OF the foot, where
the three toes should meet as center,
does not appear, indicating that the
portion OF the foot did not reach the
ground. From the tip of the middle
claw to where the spur toe mark is
seen behind is exactly twenty -four
inches. .t... 80.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Tie famous suspension bridge at
Niag ara Falls, which was built in 1855,
is to be superseded by new steel
structure, with an arch $50 feet long
and 260 feet above the water level.
"The old bridge, built by Roebling," {"
says the Chicago Chronicle, "was one
of the modern wonders of the world,
as it was the first suspension bridge
built for the purpose of carrying
railroad Grains. The new bridge will,
however, be a greater marvel of sci.
erce than the old. 1t will have two
floors, the upper for railway trains
and the lower for roadway, foot walks
and trolley tracks. The new bridge
will be built on the exact site OF the
cid suspension affair, but there will
be no interference with traffic, which
Is one OF its greatest mereels. The
work will occupy about six months. 4"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
New Process OF Making Maps.

William Kornmacher, a druggist in
South Scranton, Pa, has discovered a
process of relief map-making which
marks a new era in that art. They
are made by chemical process, and
the largest country can be done III
three hours, and, no cut being used
the cheapness of the process is easily
understood. The negative is done in
plas ster-of-parls, and from it the relief
can be finished in one hour. The coun
tries are accurately represented, Ink
mountain ranges elevated in proper
ton to one another. ana the river cours
es are sSown in depression, and The
maps can be colored and names i'm
printed thereon. This process can b;
used in the manufacture of hummer
able other articles.