Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-12

the floor of the house; she had been
shot through the upper part of the
body, with 1890 caliber Winchester
gun. The ball after passing through
the body, went through the lower part
of the mantle-bcard and was stopped
by the arch rock Young Wilkins,
when questioned said, L was sitting in
the door with my gun across my legs,
wiping it out when it fired. Killing
my wife was an accident. / did not
know the gun was loaded. 1t is I'M
derstood that the evidence adduced at
the preliminary examination disclosed
an entirely different story from that
told by the defendant, and intimates
cold-blooded murder. Reynolds coun-
ty is gaining an uneuviable reputation
for domestic tragedies.
The editor is receipt OF a card from
Mr.. and Mrs. David Delwyn Dickey of
Leavenworth, Kansas, announcing the
marriage of their niece, Miss Mae Nc
Fadden to Mr.. Roland Roy Conklin. in
Paris, France. May 4, 1898. The bride
will be remembered by the older resi-
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daughter of the late Mrs. Mary Nc
Fadden, and granddaughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Miller, who lived in
IrOnton in the early seventies. Twenty
years or more ago, however, the family
left IrontOn to make their home in st
Louis. In the eighties Miss McFadden
and her younger sister, Miss Alma, re-
turned to the Valley and spent several
years in the Ursuline Academy. 1t
was while "a student of this institution
that the young lady gave first evidence
of her wonderful gifts as vocalist,
and, after receiving her early training
there, inaugurated the career which
has been the wonder and admiration
of the western musical world. The
story of Miss McFadden's success, and
the incidents leading to her marriage
last Wednesday, is told by Sundays
St. Louis Post Dispatch: That truth
is stranger than fiction and that there
is often a great deal more romance in
real life than one can find in half a
dozen story books has been exemplified
in a most delightful fashion by the
wedding on Wednesday last of Miss
Mae McFadden, formerly of this city,
to Mr.. Roland r. Conklin of New York
City. A number of years ago Miss
made the biggest hit that
any St. Louis singer ever made in this
city, and consequently her name is a
familiar one to the musicians here and
all over the country. Her career be-,
gan more than 10 years ago, in this
Henry Altman, the we'll
known music master and vocalist at
that time, received his pupils in a suite
of rooms over one of the large shops
down on Olive street. Over Allman's
studio was third-story flat, in which
lived a sweet-faced, silver-haired old
lady and her granddaughter, clever
looking girl of about 10. This young
girl had attracted Prof. Allman's at
tention from time to time by her cor
dial, friendly manner and her general
of spirit. One day af
ter he had dismissed a talented pupil
who was making a study of grand
opera, he heard deep, rich contralto
voice ringing through the little fat
overhead. The song was Siebel's
Flower Song from Faust and the
voice was phenOmenally mellow, deep
and steady, like the tones of violon-
cello IN the hands of a master. With
out a moments hesitation Altman, first
door, demanded to know who the pos
SCISSOR of that fine voice was. The
young girl appeared, owned herself
the culprit and gave her name as Mae
And from that day she
began a course of hard, earnest study
Of vocal music under her benefactor,
with whom she remained for five or
six years. She then went to visit her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. D. d.
Dickey, in Leavenworth, Kansas, and
soon after obtaining position as SOLO
Lst in the choir of the Third Baptist
church in Kansas City. Miss McFad-
den had been singing almost eight
in Kansas City when one Sun
lay morning there came to the church
a man from Chicago, who afterwards
proved to be member of the music
committee and an influential pillar of
the First Baptist Church, in that city,
and Miss McFadden accepted a position
offered her in that church as soon her
contract expired. While singing In
Chicago and exciting the admiration
Of every musician and music critic in
that city, she attracted the attention of
a Miss Conklin, who was visiting there
from New York. The two came to
know each other and soon welded a
bond of lifelong friendship. After
Miss COnklin, an heiress and an in
Iluential church-worker, returned to
New York, she Immediately set about
making arrangements to have the won
1erful young singer go to the metrop
oils, where she might have a greater
chance of success. And so it was that |
in a short time an offer came to Miss
from the Church of the As |
cension in New New York CIty-an
honor of the highest degree. OIL
course the heroine of this little ro-
nance travelled eastward as soon as
possible, and subsequently, setthe town
on fire with her superb voice and ex-
luisite method of using it. Miss Nc
Fadden began her engagement in the
fall, and sang at this church until the
following May, when the church was
closed for four or five months. At the |
end of the term Miss Conklin, with |
whom Miss McFadden had been init
mately associated during the interim, |
a trip abroad. They would |
take with them a Miss Mclean of New |
York, and in Paris would meet Miss |
Conklin's brother, Mr.. Roland Conk- |
lin, millionaire Wall street broker,
,ChO had heen TRAVELLING abroad for |