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ELLEN TERRY,s pRBur.
Hes First Appearances on the stage,
Says the Great Actress VISA
Not q seseess.

From the time that I can remem-
Der il was always an understood facb
that one day I would 60 upon the
stage. My father. who was a very
charming elocutionist, and my moth
er, who read Shakespeare beautifully,
gave me my training.
I was only eight years old when I
made my first appearance at the
Princess theater. Ny father and my
sister were members of the company
playing there at the time, which
gave me some degree of confidence.
On the 2sth Of April, 1856, I began
my stage career as MamiIlius in sThe
Winters Tale" The cast was an i'm
teresting n
Leontes Charles Kean
Hermtone ..............Mrs Charles Kean
onicer Of the Court Of Judicature,
Servant Of the old Shepherd.
Miss Kate Terry
Mamillius .........."....Mi Us Ellen Terry
How my young heart swelled with
prideL can recall the sensation low
when 1 was told what I had to dol
There is something, I suppose, in q
woman's nature which always makes
her reconect how she was dressed at
any especially eventful moment Of her
life, and I can see myself as though
It were yesterday in my red and white
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30
Cable Notes.

The law of compulsory inquest, which has
hitherto existed in south Germany, is to be
extended to the whole empire.
Prof. Ferdinand Won Richtofen has been
appointed director of the newly established
German Museum of Oceanography.
Queen Victoria will present to the NUM-
cipality of Dublin, In memory of her recent
visit, a gold loving cup weighing LOG ounces.
Senior Mendez de Vigo, Spanish ambassa-
dor to Germany, will retire next week, and
will hereafter reside on his own estates
near Havana
A permanent automobile exhibition will
open in Berlin next week. Applications for
space have been so numerous that IN en-
largement of the original area was neces-
sary.
AS an outcome of an Austrian Parliament
impasse an imperial decree had been is
sued authorizing the government, in view
of the emergency clause of the Consti-
tuition, to continue levying taxes to meet
the state expenditure until the close of 1900.
The minister of finance was also empow-
cred to raise, in case of need, 80 600, 900
kronen to cover the most urgent expendi-
lures.
The London Chancery Court has refused
TO grant the injunction applied for by w.
A. Gilbert, the dramatist, to restrain Jan
cite Steer, the American actress, from con-
tinuing the PRODUCTION at the Comedy Thea
ter of the formers play of "Pygmalion and
Galatea,' on the ground that she had ma
terially altered the business as arranged
by him and as il had been played under
his direction by other actresses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30

LONDON, June 29.-There was a remark
able gathering of literary and artistic Lon
don to-day at a luncheon in the Mansion
House, given by the lord mayor. Mr.. A. j.
Newton, to celebrate the completion of the
dictionary of national biography. Fully
two hundred persons were present, lnclud-
ing Joseph III. Choate, the United States
ambassador; Leslie Stephens, the first edi-
tor of the work: Sidney Lee, the present
editor; the bishop of London, the Right
Rev. Mandell Creighton, D. D.; John Nor
ley, Sir Charles Dixie, W.. E.. III. Lecky,
Viscount Peel, Sir Clements Markham,
president of the Royal Geographical So
ciety; r.. w. Glider, Andrew Lang, Ed
mund Goss and Austin Dobson.
Speeches were delivered by Mr.. Morley.
the lord mayor, the bishop of London and
others. They all paid tributes TO the mag
just completed, and made complimentary
references TO America, caused by Mr..
Choate's presence. Mr.. Morley said he re-
gretted that men like Washington, Jeffer-
son, Hamilton and Franklin, who though
Americans were born English subjects,
were not included in the biography.
Mr.. Choate, responding to the toast of his
health. said he also was struck by these
emissions. He pointed out that only one
American woman was mentioned, POca-
hontas. and she only because she saved the
life of an English captain. Indeed" con-
tinued Mr.. Choate, everything relating to
Americas separation from England is ex-
cluded and the reader will not learn from
the biography that America ever came into
existence as a separate nation. But the
fact that Mr.. Morley claims such men as
Washington. Jefferson, Hamilton AM
Franklin is an indication of the bond which
exists between the two countries, a bond
which grows closer and closer as lime goes
on" Mr.. Choate' s last remark was
greeted with cheering.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30

ances, the unjust exactions. the u~nfounded
complaints. the nagging of cranks and the
hundred and one little phases
OF human nature with which we are called
upon TO deal day after day. Who was the
meanest man of my experience? Wen.
that's rather a difficult question 10 an
swer. but I'll tell you about a little scheme
of a decidedly original character which a
fellow worked here several months ago.
He came from the East. and. as he was
supposed TO be well vouched for he ran up
a good-sized bill. When he was requested
TO settle he took the proprietor aside and
informed him, with seeming frankness,
that he was temporarily. short OF funds.
but would have plenty of money in three
or four weeks. Pending its arrival he asked
that his account might stand and that he
be allowed TO sign due bills for what he
wanted at the cafe and bar. The request
was unusual. but as he seemed 10 be all
right IL was granted. A few days after
ward a couple of Baltimore ladies of his
acquaintance came to the city for a brief
visit and put up at the hotel. He at once
overwhelmed them with attentions and in
sisted that they take a seat at his table in
the cafe. The first time they did so he
took possession of their check at the con-
clusion of the meal, and they, of course.
entered a protest OH WE'LL he said, you
MAJ just give me the money and I'll pay
your check and mine together The ar
rangement was satisfactory and the smooth
gentleman thereupon StrOlled TO the cash.
ier's window and had both charged to his
account. putting the money in his pocket.
1t seems incredible that even a confirmed
swindler could play such a paltry trick on
a house that was treating him so gener-
ously, but he kept the thing up during the
entire stay of the Baltimore ladies. He
even assumed livery hire, for which they
gave him the cash, and had the amount
added TO his hotel bill. A few days after
the ladies departed he slipped away him.
self and has not since been seen. Then the
whole thing leaked out. For novel; and
original meanness / believe that case takes
first prize"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30
INTERVIEW WITH TowNE.
He Tries tn Prove He Is Now a Good
Chicago Platform Democrat.

SIOUX CITY, Ia. June 29.-'No: / nave
not just come from Sioux Falls" said Chas.
A. Towne as he stepped from a train at
Sioux Falls this evening. and I did not see
Senator Pettigrew there. l understand.
however. that he will reach Kansas City
on Monday morning"
1T has been reporfed. Mr.. Towne. thar
you ave stated your willingness to with
draw from the Populist ticket should you
not be nominated at Kansas City"
"I have not discussed the proposition at
all. Ii will be time enough to do so when
and IL the supposed contingency arises. My
name will be presented to the national
Democratic convention. and strength of
which / already am assured, and the gem
eral feeling of friendliness toward me by
Democrats leads me to consider my NOM
ination as very probable"
1T Is urged by some as a reason against
your nomination that you are not a Demo-
craft
II assume that the present authoritative
test OF Democracy is the Chicago platform
Of 1886. | have defended and advocated
that platform for four years I'm nearly
every State I'm the union. So far as the new
issues so-called are concerned. no man. in
my opinion. will be wrong with respect TO
them. who fully ~sympathizes with the
spirit Of the Chicago platform. All the
issues are only SPECIFIC forms of the great
general question whether the government
shall be changed from a government of.
for. and by the people into q government
for and by the few. The principal phases
In which this contest Is presented are de-
scribed as the money question. the trust
question and the question OF imperialism.
| have no hesitancy in saying that i'm my
judgment the most important question at
the present moment and the one destined
10 o~vershadow all others In the discussions
OF the campaign Is the question Of inn
perialism: The other questions relate to
choice OF politics for the Republic; this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30
UNDER BRICK AND STONE
TWELVE PITTSBURG FIREMEN ARE
BURIED BENEATH FALLEN WALLS.
One Crushed to Death and Eleven
Seriously Injured-Property
Loss About $500 200.

P~ITTSBURG. June 29.-One fireman was
killed and eleven injured and nearly $500, 600
worth of property was destroyed in a fire
that broke out in the machine shop of the
Best Manufacturing Company, on Twenty
fifth street. shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning. The dead and injured are:
Killed-David Williams, of No. Is engine
company. killed by falling walls.
Injured-Capt. Robert Evans, of No. 70
engine company: Fireman Peter Tantlinger.
of No. % engine company. may die: George
Slagle. OF No. % engine company; Timothy
Murphy, of No. % engine company; Lieut..
William Zipe, of No. 20 engine company;
Fireman Ziegler, of No. rs engine company;
Fireman Cavenaugh. of No. q engine COM
pany; Captain Mcclure, of No. 10 engine
company; Harry Hart, reman George
Premier, fireman.; Bert Lennox, engine COM
pany No. Is.
The fire was discovered at 6:1S and the
flames spread so rapidly that in less h
a half hour the entire plant. four stories
high and one hundred feet square was
burning. and it was feared that adjoining
property would go. The fire department
was quickly on the ground, however, and
by hard work the fire was kept within the
original limits. BY 7:30 o'clock the large
structure was in ruins. The fremen were
~ 1888
ing on a fire escape On the side of the build
ing. They had two streams of hose out
and were playing on the fire when suddenly
the walls began to topple, and in spite of
the shouts of warning given the men were
caught and carried to the ground by the
masses of brick and timbers which fell as
the wall collapsed. One or two of the fire.
men jumped. but even they were struck
and cut by the falling bricks and timbers.
Williams was taken out dead from under
a mass of brick and stone. His head was
badly crushed and he was otherwise cut
and mangled. Six of the others were so
badly injured that they were soon removed
to the West Pennsylvania Hospital.
The property destroyed was valued at
100000 and the stock of patterns and ma
chinery proba bly, $780, 900 more. Many of
the patterns cannot be replaced. The COM
pany manufactured pipe fittings and valves.
About $50 men will be thrown out of en-
ployment by the fire. The insurance will
fully cover the loss. The origin of the fire
is a mystery. The fire rendered three fam
lilies homeless, the walls of the burned
building making IL unsafe for them TO re-
main in their homes.
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why Women Are Not Money Makers
Hetty Green, In Harper's Bazaar.

In the first place, woman is entirely too
impulsiye for business. She sails gayly in
to the world of commerce, believing in ev-
erything and In herself most of all. A
certain stock may be increased temporar-
lily In value, owing to the enterprise Of its
owners, who are themselves advancing the
market. The woman speculator, with her
usual impetuosity, thinks: Il must have
some of that. If 1t is this high L can sell
il for more" She does not stop to look
ever the market: she has not trained her
judgment, but, with both hands out
stretched. offering her little all. she
plunges headlong into the grasp Of cum
ming spectators. The next day-or the next
hour ~perhaps-the stock falls in value.
She is just the prey the sharpers are
looking for.
If you must speculate. my dear woman,
know something of what you are buying
before you commit yourself. If a man is
very anxious to sell you something. go out
yourself and see if you have any difficulty
I'm disposing Of your prospective purchase
before you close the transaction. The
seller may simply be trying TO turn off
some worthless stock on your hands More
money is made in the end by an over
supply of caution than by ndiscriminate
recklessness. L am not advising timidity.
Quite the contrary. Be very sure you are
right first. then go ahead, and don't be
scared. You will make mistakes, of
course. Regard them as lessons-as money
well invested in danger signals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30

He Worships at the Shrine and Then
Says He In for the Chicago Platform.

LINCOLN. Neb., June 29.-The vice presi-
Dental boom of Representative Sulzer, of
New York, received local impetus to-day
with the arrival of that gentleman in Lin
coin. Mr.. Sulzer came on the morning
train and remained until late tonight. He
said his mission was to talk to MIR. Bryan
on matters pertaining to the success of the
Democratic party and continued: II have
no higher ambition in politics than to see
Mr.. Bryan President. and L will gladly
subordinate all my ambitions to bring that
about. 1 am not seeking the vice presi-
Dental nomination. A number of my
friends nave interested themselves in my
behalf and 1 understand are working for
me at Kansas City. l have had a pleasant
day with Mr.. Bryan and can say in a gen.
eral way that we discussed subjects relat-
ing to the success of the party in the COM
ing campaign.
1.-The platform adopted at Kansas City
will reafirm the one adopted at Chicago,
with strong additional planks on the issues
that have arisen since 1896. / am not In
favor of the least modification of the money
plank of the platform of four years ago.
The Democrats of our State-New York
feel quite hopeful of carrying it for Bryan
this fall. / want to see him elected and
care not whether 1 am chosen for the vice
presidency"
with a half-hearted reiteration of the Chi
cago platform so far as the financial plank
is concerned. IF there is an attempt to
evade that ISSUE" said he. II shall take the
floor. There must and there will be a di-
rect, emphatic declaration for silver at 16 to
l I'm the Kansas City. platform"
rs that Mr.. Bryan's he was
asked.
II cannot speak for Mr.. Bryan" was his
reply.
Ex-Representative j. Hamilton Lewis, of
Washington State, reached Lincoln late
this evening and made a brief call on Mr..
Bryan. He will remain here tomorrow.
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be nominated by the Populists for Pres
ident. having already been named by the
Democrats, and there was a strong effort
made TO have Sewaf. the vice presidential
candidate, also nominated. Such leading
Democrats as Senator Jones. chairman Of
the national committee. and William j.
Stone. membe of the committee for Mis-
souri,, We're on hand using every effort
10 bring about the nomination OF Sewah,
but they We're unsuccessful Now the Pop
ulists, aided by the Silver Republicans. are
endea voring TO have their candidate for
Vice President nominated by the Demo-
Gratis.
One objection that is being made to
Towne Is that his name on the ticket would
serve 10 emphasize the silver issue in the
campaign. just at a time when there -
n disposition in some quarters TO leave the
Endorsement Of silver TO the reaffirmation
o. the Chicago platform. On the other
hand. in trying TO concfliate the Eastern
Democrats on the money question. IL has
been suggested that some Eastern man
whose silver views are not so radical
should be selected, even IL Mr.. Towne is
being pressed by the Populists and Silver
Republicans who are Democratic allies.
Mr.. Towne will arrive tomorrow and will
confer with the Democratic leaders, who
are expected about the same time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30

In British Cities, as i'm Boston, Ii Has
Increased the Public Debt.
Boston Advertiser.

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The experiments which Boston has been
making in public ownership lave resulted
so disastrously that until recently little
has been said on this matter since Mayor
Hart came into office and began to wrestle
with the dispiriting financial accounts of
the city. Boston has learned by bitter ex-
perience that municipal ownership under
existing political conditions may prove a
very costly experiment. Consequently the
advocates of public ownership have grown
strangely quiet in Boston un6er the start
ling developments in one department after
another of Boston's work.
So far as any explanation has been Of
fered as to the failure of Mayor Quincy's
experiments in Boston. 1t has been argued
that the failure resulted chiefly because
of the peculiar conditions of municipal
politics i'm the United States. II has been
intimated that If these experiments were
made in foreign cities. where partisanship
is less obstructive in municipal politics,
they would have resulted more success
fully. The queer outcome resulting in such
heavy municipal expenditures. violations of
the civil service law. padding OF the city
pay-rolls, and startling increases in the
public deb of Boston, are all admitted
as indeed they must be. for they are ali
matters of explicit record; but still the
hope is held out hat while these expert
ments have failed in Boston. they would
have succeeded, say, in Great Britain.
IL is a matter of common knowledge that
experiments in municipal ownership have
been extensively made during the past few
Liverpool and Bristol. IT may be merely a
coincidence, but IL is surely worth notice.
that these British cities also have found
themselves forced, like Boston. TO borrow
money for the conduct of these public en-
terprises, which were intended TO pay for
themselves. While the Boston experiment
has only lately excited much widespread
comment through the United States. British
newspapers are commenting in caustic
fashion at present upon the curious fact
that public ownership there seems to result
In almost certain increases In the public
debt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-30
BREvITIES.

At Mountain View, o. T.. 1000 Indians
will appear painted and in native attire TO
assist in celebrating the Fourth of July.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the SUI
preme Council of the Order Of United Com
mercial Travellers is I'm secret session at CO.
lumbus, o.
The Newport Ky Rolling Mill Company,
employing 500 men. has refused to sign the
scale demanded by steel workers and will
shut down to-day indefinitely.
According to a decision of the court, the
Detroit Street-railway Company must pay
taxes on the increased assessment made
this year by the Board of City Assessors.
The assessment for this year is Sl0,247, 900:
for last year. 5000, 600. The court holds
that all franchises are taxable as personal
property.
The Ohio Supreme Court has adjourned
until Sept. 25 without having decided the
two important trust cases which are pend
ing. One of them is the Standard Oil con-
tempt case and the other a suit instituted
by the attorney general to Gust the Cont
mental Tobacco Company on the ground
that it is a trust.
The reduction in wages at the Brooklyn
navy yard will be from s to 25 cents a day,
in the following grades: Plumbers helpers.
blockmakers. brass finishers, tin r%oofers.
wireworkers, pattern makers, tool makers
and boiler makers. There has been an in
crease of 25 cents for the wharf builders
and ordnance men.
The elocutionists at ST. Louis yesterday
elected officers as follows: President, NJ. E.
Soper, Chicago, reelected; first vice pres
ident, Miss Cora NJ. Wheeler. Utica, N. Y;
second vice president, Miss Laura a. Aid
rich, Cincinnati; secretary, Edward P. Per-
ry, st. Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mansfield Irving. Toledo.
The Pacific coast borax works, at Ala
media, Cal, controlled by "Borax King
Smith, have been shut down indefinitely,
throwing one hundred men out of employ
ment. The shutdown is attributed to a
heavy advance in freight rates on crude
will be refined in New York.
John Smith. who shot and killed Banker
w. s. Ide in 1897, was pardoned at Column
bus, O., yesterday on the ground that he
was not responsible for his acts at the time
the crime was committed, having been
goaded to desperation by the loss of a large
sun of money. the savings of many years,
in the failure of the Ide Bank.
Farmers of the Quemahoning valley.
spot that has been selected by the Cambria
Steel Company for the erection of a dam
four miles long and having a depth OF Is
feet at the breast. The farmers declare the
dam will be a menace to public safety and
decrease the value of their lands. The
property owners below the proposed dam
claim hey will be in a constant danger of
a repetition of the Johnstown flood.
The Christie-street Commission Company,
Of Kansas City, Mo-, has secured an order
from the Appellate Court at Chicago which,
will allow 1t to receive market quotations
from the Chicago Board of Trade until the
case on appeal has finally been passed upon
tween the commission company and the
Board Of Trade now stand as they did prior
to the dissolution of the injunction against
the board.
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The silver Republican Annex.

KANSAS CITY. June 29.-The programme
of the Silver Republicans will be mapped
out tomorrow when Chairman Towne, of
their national committee. arrives. 1t is ex-
pected that Senator Teller, of Colorado,
will be temporary chairman and that l.. w.
Brown, of Ohio, will be permanent chair
man.. Bryan will be nominated for Presi-
dent on the same day that he is nominated
by the Democrats. The Silver Republicans
wouiu like TO name Towne for Vice Presi-
dent, but IL the Democratic convention
should choose another candidate II is quite
possible that the choice will be ratified by
the Silver Republicans.
Ex-senator Fred Il. Dubois. of Idaho, and
ex-Representative Charles S. Hartman, OF
Montana. arrived tonight and Joined the
Silver Republican and Populist boomers
who are urging G. A. Towne for Vice Pres
ident.
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Obituary.

TOLEDO, o.. Tune 29.-Mrs. Wiley Nc
Lean. s~ister-in-law of John r. Mclean. died
at the Hotel Victory. Putin Bay, this
afternoon of acute Brights disease. She
had been i'll three weeks.
MARIETTA, Ga, June 29.-Col. l.. N.
Trammell, president of the Georgia Rail-
road commission, and prominent in public
life in the South, died at his home at this
place to-day.
NEW YORK, June 29.-David Bell, for
merly one of the best known lumbermen
Of Canada. is dead at his home in this
city. aged se~venty-nine years.
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DAVIS FINDS NEW BEDFELLOws.
Chief American Aeitator for the Beers
Is at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY. June 2s.-Webster Davis,
who was assistant secretary of the interior
and resigned TO take up the Boer cause. is
a resident Of Kansas City. He said to-day
that he was going to do all he can to get
a plank I'm the platform expressing in the
strongest terms sympathy with the Beers.
He is quoted as saying: II did all I could
in Philadelphia, but failed, and now / am
determined to do what 1 can here in Kansas
City. 1 am strongly in favor of the Beers,
and / am determined TO stick to them
whether 1t suits anybody personally or
politically"
Mr.. Davis also made public a letter he re-
ceived to-day from the Boer envoy which
was written just before they sailed from
New York. The letter closes: Eve thank
you heartily for all you have done and trust
that you efforts may be crowned with the
success that such devotion as yours to so
good a cause as ours deserves"