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POLICE ARE CONFIDENT.
No Do1bt but M rider Mystery Has
Been Solved.
VICTIM WAS DOMESTIC EMPLOYED
All SOUTHINGTON.

Hartford Man Arrested for Completely in
the Crime-Girrs Remains Positively
Identified by Her Brother-Mole on
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

da Is the daughter OF a gallant Polish
baron who lost all-hope and courage
as well as fortune-in the struggle to
preserve the autonomy OF Poland.
Baron Scheele, whose family name is
Viarda. went down in the disaster of
1913, which rent Poland in pieces and
forever wiped 1t out as a nation. With
MS wife, who was OF the noble family
OF Segenitz, he retired quietly, feeling
mat the glory Of the name OF Viarda,
as well as that Of Poland, was forever
past.
Although Auguste Van Biene was no
more successful with "a Wandering
Minstrel this season than he was with
The Broken Melody" last, the former
play will be remembered by all who
saw 1t for the beautiful performance
OF Grace George as Gretchen.
1t would be interesting, II Il were
possible. to write up the careers of the
actresses who have begun at Days
hNaNNi ihVIC vac ~ tlIut Wne0 mis-
house was the Mecca OF hope to all
ambitious women. II took some time
for players to learn that II was a cul
de sac, and that usually those who en-
tered 1t came out the same as they
went In. From Edith Crane to Fran
ces Gaunt, from Creston Clarke's wife.
Adelaide Prince, to Anne Calverly, ac-
tresses would tell the same story. In
deed, to-day how many who know
Frances Gaunt's pretty face-and It
was associated all last season with the
naughty cause Of all the trouble in
THE Two Little Northumberland
that she was two seasons at Days?
Possibly Miss Gaunt learned much
there, but that she achieved honor or
had any chance to be seen, Is another
story. That is the reason why 40 few
know that such a host Of players were
ever at Days.
MAUDE MEREDITH.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04
At A QUAKER WEDDING.
Ceremony In Which There Was No CIvfl
Red Inne.


Without civil red APE or ministerial
Rites "A marriage ceremony was per.
formed yesterday as binding as any
such solemn contract possibly could be.
IL was a Quaker wedding, and took
place In the House of Friends in East
twentieth street, near Third avenue
Inc bridegroom was Russell BENJAMIN
Hodson of London and the bride Miss
Edith Haydock, daughter OF Sarah A.
Haydock, a minister OF the Society of
Friends In this city. The little meet
ing house was crowded with relatives
and friends, while many curious per-
sons attended to see a man and wom-
an marry themselves. Before the two
entered the building a period OF silence
prevailed; that silence so beloved by
Quakers. Annie S. Knight. a minister
OF the society, made a brief prayer, and
silence again fell on all. Then, from q
side door, the bridal party entered to-
gether and unaccompanied. He was
conventionally dressed, while thd
bride wore a modest gray travelling
gown. She was an unusually sweet,
faced girl, and every detail OF her
dress, from her hat to the lace-edged
hem OF her gown. was simplicity It.
self. making her natural beauty and
grace far more striking than II she
were covered with glittering Jewels and
rustling silks. The two advanced to
a center table. where a garland Of pure
white roses lay. Then, turning and
looking up into the eyes Of her chosen
husband, the bride said in a clear,
musical voice, that sounded like a gol-
den wedding bell In the silent church.
II take thee, Russell BENJAMIN Hold
son. to be my husband. in the pres
ence OF Sod and this assembly, and
! promise to be n faithful and loving
wife until God shall separate US in
death" The deep voiced bridegroom
then repeated the words, substituting
her name. and only changed the words
that were necessary. Then he took
enc end Of the garland of white roses,
she the other, and they tied the nup-
eal knot, %figuratively and literally. Her
Salf OF 1t was done before the smiling
husband had completed his. Both
then signed the marriage certificate,
and Herbert S. futile. as best a
and Amelia Haydock, a sister Of the
bride, as bridesmaid, also signed.
Charles w. Lawrence. clerk Of the
society, read the certificate aloud, and
the pair clasped hands. The nup-
tial prayer was intoned and the two
were one. After that all persons in
the place. relatives, friends or those
there out of mere curiosity, we're invit-
ed to go forward and sign the mar
riage certiicatc.-New York Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

spring of his life. If he had made any
Improvement in his house, II had been
FOR Dorothy. II he had planted a
shrub or a young tree. it had been for
Dorothy. He had bought a smart lit
tie village cart, thinking that it was
just what Dorothy would like to drive
herself about the lanes in-but ii had
all beer for nothing; and in that Bit
ter hour of realization he knew that
he would live out his life alone, and
that Dorothy Strobe would never come,
except in dreams, vain. hopeless
dreams, to be the mistress OF Holroyd.
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been left.
II have lost my head over all this
business he said, with a grim laugh
to himself; land she, poor little girl,
is probably worrying herself to know
whether she can afford to buy herself
a black gown. / must send her a line
down at once
Dorothy therefore, in something less
than an hours time, received the fol-
lowing note:
MY Dear Dorothy: / quite forgot
this morning to mention several mat
tiers OF Importance just now. First, to
tell you that when everything Is set
tied there will be at least a thousand
pounds for you. Your aunt has left
you everything. Therefore | have tent
into Colchester for Mawson to come
out and see you about the fun1.al,
which will be, of course, in every re-
spect as you wish to have it. May !
suggest to you that you shall carry
out Miss Dimsdale's often expressed
views on this subject-plain and good
and without ostentation? With regard
w s""i iho ~ IL NC bCoN "
you to employ your regular dress peo-
pie. l am obliged to mention this, as,
not being Of age, you cannot legally
pay for necessary bills. After next
month you will be the absolute mis-
tress of whatever the property will
realize. Always your true friend,
DAVID"
This Dorothy received soon after
four in the afternoon, just after Bar
bara had lighted the lamps in the
drawing-room and drawn the crimson
curtains closely over the windows.
There is a letter, Miss Dorothy,
DEAR" she said, glad OF anything that
would help to break the loneliness and
monotony of that awful day, land
while you read it I'll go and see IL
your cup Of tea isn't ready; you have
had nothing this day, and a cup Of
tea and a bit Of hot buttered toast1l
be better than nothing for you"
Thanks, Barbara" said Dorothy,
listlessly.
Poor child! she cried a little over
the note, because the subject brought
back the remembrance of her sorrow
again, but her tears did not last long;
indeed, she had wept so violently dur
ing most of the day that her tears
seemed to be almost exhausted now.
And then she put it back on the lit
tie table at her elbow. Poor David"
she said, softly, lit is too bad for him.
! wish l could have liked him: Auntie
wished it too. Dear Auntie! But l
can't. I can't, and Auntie liked Dick
best afterward. 1t made her SO peace
full and happy to know that l was 60
ing 20 be Dicks wife-that Dick was
going to take are of me always. And
yet. poor David! Oh! l wish he would
marry someone else. Elsie Caring
ton likes him so much-Elsie always
thought David vas perfect. / wonder
when l am safely out Of the way and
married to Dick. whether David could
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04
An Old Fashioned Judge.

Judge John Il. Mann of Milwaukee,
who for very nearly one-third OF a cen-
fury has served the people OF Wiscon-
sin as Judge, was honored the other
dry In the county courtroom, where he
opened a new term of judicial activity.
Judge Mann has occupied the county
bench for twenty-three years, and
prior to that service he was circuit
Judge for n complete term and for
part OF another. What made the occa-
sion and the judges record all tho
remarkable Is the fact that he Is
now n years old. and that In spite of
that advanced age his faculties are as
clear and his acumen as good as they
were a score Of years ago. The ancient
justice Is a New Yorker by birth. He
spent two years at williams College
and then vent to Union College at
Schenectady, where he was graduated
with the class OF '43. His first law
reading was done In the Office of Jacob
Houck. an eminent attorney OF that
time, and he was admitted to the bar
Just fifty-one years ago. In 1854 Judge
Mann came west and settled in Wash
ington county. Wisconsin. For eight
years he practiced law with his part
ner, the late l.. +. Frisby, and in 1859
he was appointed to the circuit bench
to I'LL a vacancy caused by the death
Of Judge Larabee. At the end OF the
term he was elected, served the full
time, and then came to Milwaukee,
where he resumed his practice. Judge
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

her in childhood, for when she was not
practiclng or studying. her father. who
was a hard master with himself and
equally hard with his daughter. set her
to copying music which he borrowed,
being too poor to buy.
There was no thought at that time
that Marcella would ever be a singer.
But for outside interest she would
never have reached her present fame.
Sturdily her father laid the founda-
ton Of her musical education, but her
fate might have been as lowly and as
sordid as his, but for the intervention
or W % men. The first vas an odd
characteristic travelling doctor, half
musician. He was known in Galicia
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

On! IL was SuCn
a miserable day yesterday" she an
swered ~mournfully. Il sat here alone
all day crying and thinking about
Auntie, except when"
Yes? When"
When David Stevenson came to
see me-
Dick could not help frowning a lit
tie. David Stevenson? Why did he
Gomez
We'll. because he is Auntie's execu-
tor-he has to do everything; and oh!
DICK. everything belongs to him now
the very house is his"
His. this house! Why, what do
you mean?"
Il will tell you," she said. "You
Know; but no, of course you don't
know. but | will tell YOU. You see,
Auntie had his house and all the farm
m so on, and also an annuity of eight
mare a year, which was bought for
her by a very queer old aunt Of hers.
well. David told me yesterday that
Auntie had also what he called some
loose money, and with this she spec
ulated a little, and did pretty well with
II. l dare say she was thinking of me.
poor darling. Well, two years ago a
bank in which she had a couple of
shares failed. and she had to pay up
a great deal more money than she had,
so she sold the Hall to David, for they
both thought then that / should end
by marrying him, and they thought
nobody would ever know anything
about 1t. David says he gave her much
more than anybody else would have
done, and that she was never TO be
disturbed while she lived. But IL IA
all David's now, and he says that there
Will be only about a thousand pounds
for me when everything is settled. But
l never knew a word till yesterday"
AN the fellow came and told all
this!' cried Dick, in disgust. why,
pom my word, 1t isn't decent. Can't
he even let the mistress be carried out
OF the house before he claims it?"
mo. Dick, it wasn't like that"
Dorothy protested meekly, anxious %
do even David justice. But, you see,
III II tAcIutOI, anu nODOuy can 40 any
thing without him. So he was
obliged to tell me that. and then I in
sisted on hearing everything else"
"Oh, see," somewhat modified.
Then you didn't tell him anything
about me?"
I'VE never mentioned you, Dick" she
answered quickly.
He did not speak for a minute, but
sat holding n Of her hands in his,
and Juggling at his mustache with the
other. Darling" he burst out at last,
"I've got such a lot to tell you, and a
good deal to confess to you, that /
don't know where to begin. But you
will hear all I've got to say-you won't
be frightened or angry, will your"
Dick she said, beginning to trem-
BILE, "ycu are not going to throw me
over?"
Throw you Overt" he repeated, half
amused. my dear. I worship the very
ground you tread on. Throw you
over! no, more likely you will be tho
one to do that"
Ito be c%ontinued.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

Marcella Sembrich, the famous sopra-
no. who. now that PATHS day is passed,
Is one Of the few singers, pure and
simple, left In the world. With the
critical estimate of these two women
! shall not NEEDLE here. Nine. Sem
brich's continental reputation was in
dorsed In America thirteen years ago.
and the verdict on Madam Viarda was
pronounced after this was written. But
the lives OF these artists are sufficiently
interesting, quite apart from their
achievements, to inspire enthusiasm
Tor them and encourage other aspir-
ants.
Marcella Sembrich was the daughter
OF a poor, wandering musician and
teacher. She was born in the tiny
hamlet OF Wiszinowczyk, in Galicia,
the most eastern province of the part
OF roland now in Austro-Hungary.
Her father, Casimir Kochauski-Sem-
Drich was her mothers maiden name
was, beyond question, a very gifted
mar He mastered every instrument
ne could procure or make and earned n
mean livelihood, teaching wherever, in
a poverty-stricken land, he could find
pupils. From her babyhood, Marcella
was the companion Of his wanderings.
Before she could walk he carried her
with him, and by the time she was four
years old she had learned to stretch
her baby fingers over the strings OF a
violin. and by the time she was six she
could play the piano and play it well.
There was absolutely no play time for
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CHAPTER VII.-(Continued.)
Il know 1t. But then you must re-
member that she had always been ac-
customed to live up to her full in
come-to keep her carriage and pair,
her gardener and her maids. Indeed,
Miss Dimsdale never had any money
TO spare, and 1t was in the hope OF
making nc e OF the loose money that
h had, money that was apart from
her estate and her settled annuity, that
she unfortunately bought, among 9TH
er things, two shares in a bank which
was not safe, which, indeed, failed and
left her liable for nearly as much
money as the Hall and the lands were
worth"
Then was my aunt a pensioner on
your bounty?" Dorothy cried, her face
all af1ame at the idea.
Certainly not with a bitter smile
at the pride on the soft little face. IL
was not to take possession until her
death, and she had always her an
nuity; but after that loss she never
lived in the same comfort quite as
she had done before"
Il never noticed IT," Dorothy put in.
Perhaps not. She was most anX-
icus that you should not do So
Then this is your house?' said
Dorothy, rising. Stay, let me speak.
/ will not keep you out OF your
rights. The day after she"-her voice
trembling-"is taken away, l, too. will
CO." and then she turned away, to
hide alike her anger and her tears.
David Stevenson rose also, his face
hard and set in response to the bitter
ness OF the girls tones, his hands
trembling, and his heart as heavy as
lead. A sharp reply rose to his tongue,
but 1t went no further, for all at once
the sight of Dorothy's grief touched
and softened him.
Dorothy! Dorothy!" he said, what
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04
CURED HIS WIFE OF '0ADpINo'
Connecticut Husband Locked Her In q
Room for Six Weeks.

Connecticut Husband Locked Her In q
Room for Six Weeks.
Husbands In New Haven, Conn.
have a very effective method Of curing
wives Of the habit of "gadding
around" One man named Bates, who
was afflicted with a gadding wife. es-
sayed to cure her by locking her up in
a room. He was driven to this act
because his helpmeet was rarely home
when she was wanted. and in conse-
Quence he seldom had a welI-cooked
meal or a tidy house to come home to.
Instead OF having a family row he
thought he would lock her I'D SO that
he would know where to find her when
wanted He fitted up an iron-barred
and ~padlocked door, and every day be-
fore leaving the house he locked his
wife In. This was done day after day.
Soon the enighbors began to miss
Mrs. Bates, and there was much spec
ulation as to the cause. When the
~neighbors went to the door to call
there was no response to their raps
and the house seemed deserted. This
seemed remarkable. for. there was a
time when Mrs. Bates was seen abroad
every day. Finally the mystery was
explained. The neighborhood was
startled n day at the sight OF Mrs.
Bates leaning out Of a third-story win
dow OF her house shouting for help.
Soon a group OF neighbors gathered
and to them the woman related a start
ling story. She claimed that for six
weeks her husband had kept her lock-
ed up in the house, and under no cir
cumstances would SO much as give
her the liberty Of stepping outside the
door in his absence. She had stood
the treatment as long as she could and
had decided to rebel. The excited
%neighbors told the police the story, and
In a few minutes an officer was sent TO
investigate. He found the woman's
story true. The door Of her room was
fastened with a huge iron bar pad
locked to the door casing. The police
sent at once for the woman's husband
and made him unlock the door and
remove the bar and paddock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

ran ! ever have said or done to you
that you should treat me like this?
have loved you all my life, just as I
that, surely? BY writing and asking
YOU TO be my wife. / certainly never
meant to insult you, and yet you seem
TO think l have done you some deadly
wrong to offer you what most men
consider the highest compliment they
can pay to any m The idea of
your talking of my rights here, when
your aunt is still lying in the house,
Is too cruel, too unkind. l am not an
interloper, who cheated my friend out
of her dues; on the contrary, / saved
her from all the unpleasantness and
the expense of exposure. She never
looked upon me as you do now. I
don't think, Dorothy" he ended re-
~proachfully. that ! have deserved this
from you"
Dorothy had hidden her face upon
the ch~imney-shelf. II am very mis-
cradle" she said, in a choking voice.
I'm very sorry"
David Stevenson drew his own con-
illusions from the admission; then af-
ter a minute or two Of silence. he said.
There is one thing l should like to
tell you before / go, Dorothy"
YES" very meekly.
1T is-don't think I am trying to
force myself on you when you are in
trouble, for 1t Is because you are alone
md IN trn,h1a that I must to1I vnr -
is that | think 10Y about you as I al
happens, n pair of arm will be al
ways have thought. and as / believe
I always shall think. And / want you
TO remember, Dorothy, that II ever you
feel any differently toward me than
you have done lately, you have only
TO send a line and say, David, I want
YOU Or II you choose to go away into
the world altogether, to marry, to do
anything, you know that, whatever
ways open for you, one lover always
ready to call you mistress, one man al
ways ready to lie down under your
feet. That was what | came to say
to-day"
There was a death-l like silence.
Dorothy struggled TO speak, but could
mot. Then she put out her hand in a
blind sort of way toward him. and
David bent down and kissed 1t.
Neither of them said a word more,
and after a moment or so he released
her hand. and went out OF the room.
knowing as surely as II she said 1t in
plain words, that Dorothy Strobe had
given her heart away, and that she
would never send for him in this
world; that 1t was all over, and at an
end between them forever.
So he went home to his own hand
some, lonely house, and looked around
as a condemned man may look around
the cell which IL to be his while life
las.s. lie was quietly and utterly
miserable. for until a few months ago
Dorothy had been the life and main
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Oddly enough. he could not bear 10
bear her sing, and she was to have de-
voted herself to the violin or piano.
At the age OF twelve she tried for ad-
mission to the conservatory of Lem
berg and failed. Tanowicz was not
discouraged. Indeed. later the failure
proved every way for the best. II re-
suited in her being taken to William
Stengel, a young professor, who at
once recognized her ability, entered
her in his own class, and devoted him
self unselfshly to her education.
When she was sixteen. Professor STEM
gel decided that he could teach her no
more, and, although he was a poor
man, he determined that M Of his
slender means she should have the ad-
vantages OF the Vienna Conservatory.
He took her to Professor Epstein, and
II was during that examination, when
she displayed a truly remarkable mas
terry Of the piano and violin. that, or
hearing her sing, Epstein advised her
to give up everything and cultivate
her voice. Two years were devoted
~ sluus inS III Niiah WIN lsdLupeIt
and other teachers.
1t vas In 1879 that Nine. Sembrich
ang with success In Dresden, and her
first London success was made in 1880.
Her first American tour was made In
1884, in opera, and was a great tri-
umph. Those who remember the sue
cess Of her operate appearances Al
not but regret that the artists present
visit IL only a concert tour.
Struggling students who are ambi-
tious of singing may well study the
career OF Marcclla Sembrich. No sing
or was ever more tirelessly trained,
NJ great career ever owed its triumph
to nobler sacrifices than hers. There
are singers gifted by nature. like Mel
ba, TO whom trjumphs come easier, but
not until a career is ended Is all told
or the result to be set down.
Personally Nine. Sembrich Is Il
charming oma Years ~ago-before
she ever appeared in o~peras-she mar
ried Herr S%tengcl, to whose devotion
to her gifts she owes her success, and
she has not found being a great artistic
Incompatible with being a good wife
and mother. These things are OF nc
moment in art, but they are, neverthe'
less, pleasant to know.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04

as Grandfather Tanowicz. He trav-
eled about, working cures among the
peasants, and, like the minstrel Of old,
he sang to the people his own COM
positions. which were full of patriotic
fervor. He had been a government
official at n time and enjoyed a small
pension. He devoted it to assisting the
gifted children OF a down-trodden race
wherever he found them. One day he
met Marcella Sembrich Kochauski,
and he Immediately took her under his
protection.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-04
Aluminium.

This metal is now cheaper for equal
volume than brass. Steel and alumni
UNI tubing Of equal external diameter
and equal weight have been tested
against each other. The aluminium
tubing had is per cent less rigidity.
but resisted buckling and crushing
better, In France 1t has been found
that a great saving in the weight of
railroad cars. n and one-half tons
per car. a be effected by substitute
Ing aluminium for brass wherever DOS.
sible.