Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-28

tain Sigsbee and Lieutenant Vain
wright, the commanding and execu
tive officers, respectively, Of the
Maine. are living in Washington, and
have been widely congratulated on the
preservation of their husbands. In
the northwestern part of the city
Captain Sigsbee has a pretty home,
whose rooms reflect the artistic pro
clivities of both his wife and daugh
tiers.
Mrs. Sigsbee is the ideal wife OF a
man whose life is full of hazard.
She possesses in an unusual degree
that most requisite attribute of the
heroic temperament, the power of
eliminating self from the grave con-
siderations that must often confront
the woman whose life is linked to that
of man who belong primarily to his
country. In moments OF intense
anxiety and suspense, she is calm and
self-contained. While cablegrams
and dispatches were pouring into the
city and the streets were ringing with
the cry of extra papers, she waited
with gentle patience till her hero hus-
band should have time to remember
that she, too, would be anxious to
know that he was safe. While she
waited, her mind going over the
meager details contained in the first
dispatches, the well-nigh clothless
condition of those who had escaped
with their lives forcibly appealed to
her. practical woman that she is.
In appearance, Mrs. Sigsbee is tall,
with an almost girlish slenderness,
notwithstanding the fact that is a
grandmother of three weeks stand
ing. She wears her gray hair accord
ing to the prevailing fashion, a la
pompadour. Her eyes, which are her
most remarkable feature, are dark
and brilliant. She is daughter of
General Henry H. Lockwood, who
has been prominently identified with
both branches of our military service.
General Lockwood is still living, hav-
ing passed the four-score mark. Five
of his twenty grandchildren are the
children of Captain and Mrs. Sigsbee.
Their eldest daughter was married
last spring to Ensign S. E. W. Kit
telle. of the navy. A second daugh-
ter, Miss May Sigsbee, has not yet en-
tered society, nor is it at all likely
that she will She is devoted to art,
and is regarded as one OF the most
talented of the students OF the Art
League. where she has already
re sched the life class. The three
Younger children, Miss Ethel, Miss
Eleanor and Master Charles, Captain
Sigsbee's only son, are at school here
in Washington.
Captain Sigsbee is a man OF re-
nowned scientific attainments. For
the invention of his deep sea sounding
and dredging machine he was decorat-
ed by the Emperor William I. with the
Order of the Double Red Eagle OF
Prussia The experiments and labor
incident to this invention were per-
formed in the Gulf of Mexico not very
far from the tragedy of last Tuesday,
in the year 1874 Another noted
achievement OF Captain Sigsbee in the
interest of science was his perfection
of Sir William Thompson's invention
for taking temperature by means OF
water bottles. His model was shown
at the London exhibition, where he
received a gold medal. The general
expression of opinion in regard to
Captain Sigsbee's dispatch announc-
ing the disaster is that it was charac-
teristic and showed both the officer
and the sailor, requiring q. suspension
of public opinion and stating the pre-
else requirements of the situation.