The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

On the occasion of Henrik Ibsen's seventh
eth birthday, on March 90 complete Ger
man edition of his works will be published
at Berlin in nine volumes, under the editor
ship of DR.. julius Elias
The Rev. w. ii. Morrison, OF Manchester,
n. a.. has voluntarily relinquished $500 of
his 5000 annual salary because of the cut
of 10 per cent. in the wages paid at the mills
and the consequent hard times in the. parish
and the town.
Perhaps the greatest fortune ever made
by actor or actress is invested in the es-
tates of Adelina Patti She is worth to-day
over $2.C00000, and in the zenith of her ca
reer she was rated at many millions more.
Every cent OF 1t was made behind the foot
lights
Monsignor Edward McColgan. of BaIti-
more, who is very i'll, is the vicar general
of the Catholic archdiocese of Baltimore
and for more than fifty years has been pas
tor of st. Peters Church. Baltimore. Owing
to his zeal for temperance he has Leen
known as 1.-THE Father Mathew of Mary
land
Jean De ReszlSe could lose $4,000 and en-
joy peaceful nap an hour later. His lands
in Russia alone are worth twice that much.
The most prosperous evening in the great
tenor's career was in this country. He sang
for twenty, minutes at a Boston concert.
and when the proceeds were counted up his
share figured up Just 500 a minute.
Maj Asa Bird Gardiner, the district at
torney of New York, is on the retired list
of the army, and receives a salary as such
of $1,S75 year. His salary as district at
torney is $4,000 additional. Col. Theophilus
+. Rodenbough, who was appointed super
intendent of the Bureau of Elections on
Thursday is a retired officer of the army
at u salary or $2.620 a year, IN addition TO
his salary from the city of 5000 year.
When the big department stores of Den
YER lately undertook 10 dictate advertising
rates to the newspapers there and stopped
advertising i'll order to enforce their de-
mands the small stores took advantage
of the boycott and began TO advertise.
They got immediate results one house hav-
ing to call for police TO keep back the
crowds, while the large places were prac-
tically empty. A little dry goods firm that
had never been heard of before turned away
thousand people for want of room to re-
ceive them inside. The moral is obvious.
The discoverer Of Mount Bischoff, the
greatest tin mine in the world, which has
paid 81, 500000 in dividends, died short time
ago practically penniless. Philosopher
smith, as he was called, had pension of
1000 per annum from the New South Wales
government. but it did not enable him to
make provision for his wife. The New
South Wales Parliament was accordingly
asked to continue half the pension in her
favor, which it did by a large majority.
When Mount Bischoff was made into a
stock company Smith took large number
of shares, but, losing confidence in his own
discovery, sold them for a song.
Here is one of Nugent Robinson's remi-
niscences of Wilkie Collins: II was walk
ing one day toward Hamstead Heath with
Wilkie Collins. 1t was raining. Wilkie car
ried his white umbrella. Presently we
sighted. near a hedge, a very pretty wom-
an. dressed in white and accompanied by u
child. Wilkie stepped UP to her and prof.
fered his umbrella. She promptly accepted
it. and | said to him as she disappeared:
That's the last you'll see of it. He laughed
and insisted that it would be all right. He
lived iii Wampoie street and had given the
young woman his address. Well, time went
by until one day We two were again stroll
ing this time In Piccadilly. Suddenly IA
hanson was halted alongside of Us, 50
quickly that the horse WAS drawn back on
his launches, and that same woman leaned
out and handed Wiikie Ais umbrella. / dis