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New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

More than one pair of eyes curious or svmpathet-
&c followed Herr Reinhardt and Ned Abercrornbie
as the young man guided the older to his seat The
blind professor rather striking figure tall and
spare with the long gray beard his breast and the
thin silver Curls falling from under the black silk
skullcap. 1t was a tgure, moreover Well-knOWn to
the musicians and musical students of the city
There were many in the Auditorium that night
who could have told their neigh bors who he and
something OF his honorable and pathetic history
how he had hidden fair, generation ago. to be the
most famous basso OF his day; how his singing at
Bayreuth had for him the praise and friendship
OF Richard Wagner himself; how he had come to
the United States with his wife and child hoping
TO win new laurels here; and how, even before he
had stepped on American soil, the blow had fallen
that wrecked his happiness and ended his career.
For his only child had been drowned in the harbOr
OF New York, and the father, crazed with grief and
blaming himself for the accident, had raved for
weeks with fever and delrium and had risen from
his bed IN a New York hospital shadow of his
former self, blind, gray-hared, and with only
fragment of his wonderful voice remaining.
There was another phase of the story than this
one of which the world had heard little When Emil
Renhardt had come back life after his long illness
his thin trembling hands, cropping in the cruel dark,
had ever found two warm faithful waiting to
his wife Elizabeth, serene, cheerful stronger and
Drawer than he who managed their present and
planned their future; II was she who encouraged,
strengthened upheld the broken man who was now
husband and child in one to her great love.
Gradually he had recovered somewhat from the
shock of his child S death and his sudden blind
ness; but one thing his wife had never been able to
persuade him to do-that was to go back to the
Fatherand which he had left all the jOV and pride
OF life. Drifting from city to city, they had at last
settled in Chicago, and there he had succeeded with
little difficulty securing enough pupils singing
to furnish a modest living; while his wife, born
Hans-AIlster that she made the little fiat they
rented into home simple but full OF cOZlness and
comfort. They had made friends; not many, per
haps, but warm ones. American customs and Ameri-
can speech had become familiar to them and they
called America home but still they were Germans
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17
The Waking Of Brunhi1d
By MARIAN WARNER w1LDMAN

are y'u stoppin'
for Dutchy? Amt
We late enough
now. for gracious
sakes:
" Just wait a
minute. My shoe
strings draggin'.
Hold my mitten,
Name.
The little group
OF shoP-girls wait
ed. impatiently
good-humored, as
she fumbled at
the united boot
lace. The gray
winter twilight
had been gone for
an hour. Like cor
udors of some CO.
lossal ant-hill, the
downtown thor
oughfares OF Chi
CagO were thrOn0-
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HIM from his happy reVerie. He
had not noticed before that the seat
beside him, the seat that should
have been his wife S, was occupied.
Curiosity and just a trace of resent
ment were noticeable in the voice
that whispered into Ned s ear:
" Who has Frau Reinhardt s seat,
lada
Ned glanced past the professors
gray beard. a girl-doesn' look
more than twenty Working girl, |
should say. Looks as if she didn't
know any too much" He glanced
again at Dutchy's half-averted pro-
file. -" don't know, on second
thought, but she's rather good
looking, professor. She's got yards
OF hair, very heavy and wadded at
the back of her head. There's not an
atom OF expression about her face.
| doubt il she's caring "a"
The professor turned away alb
ruptly from the speaker Another
long sigh, almost a sob, had shaken
his left shoulder. My child" said
the old man soothingly; and the
girl looked suddenly straight into
his sightless eyes, her own as
startled and wild as those of
frightened animal or a child that
has been disturbed in a too vivid
dream.
The professor was blind; but he
had something of that wonderful
sixth sense that sometimes goes
with blindness. He laid his hand
gently on her arm. Ny child, |
understand. 1t is the music-the
great music. You are feeling 1t
too deeply. Try to be calm. 1t
is perhaps the first time YOU have
heard it, the music drama of Sieg-
fried :"
She tried to answer, and at last
the words came. Il amt never
heard it-nor ANYTHING. | didn't
know there was such things" She
trembled again from head to foot
oh, | wish-I wish l hadn't
cOmel"
" Jerusalem! what a funny wish!
Aren't you enjoying it," Ned
New-York tribune., 1906-06-17

at heart On the long winter evenings. when the
fire in the little CRATE burning brightly and they
alone together, their conversation would drift
back, little by little, into the mother tongue. His
pupils had learned that it pleased the blind pro-
lessor to be called as he had been in his Young
manhood, and to them always he was Herr Rein
hardt still.
So they We're growing old together-Em Rein
hardt and Elizabeth his wife; and if he sometimes
looked gloomly back to the great DAYS when the
world seemed to be at his feet it Elizabeth who
understood and led his thoughts to happier things;
and II the heart of the mother still ached with its
deep and unhealed wound, the heart of the wife,
Tor loves sake, made sign.
He won his audience with his first wild, joyous
burst of tOrest song, this German youth with his
hthe VgOr, his magnetic beauty his matchleSS tenor
voice; and he held it as in the hollow of his hand
till the last heroic notes of the forge song had rung
trumphantly through the great theater, till the
snitten anvil lay in ruins the cavern floor and
the curtain fell the splendid final tabeau of the
first act. With blithe abandon, he had seemed TO
transform himself utterly into the glorious boy of
Wagners fancy. He had shown himself such a
SIegtried the master himself must have rejoiced
in-the Siegfried of Richard Wagner's noblest
dream.
1t was in turnult of applause that the curtain
fell and the postlude of the orchestra was drowned
in the wave of spontaneous enthusiasm.
The professor of music, rousing himself as from a
dream, lifted his head from his breast frowned a
in the old days at Bayreuth Then the curtain had
gone down in reverent silence and there had never
been this rude awakening from the beautiful un-
reality But the professor had grown used to mod
ern ways and quarreed with them no longer
He turned TO his companion and laid hand trern-
bling with emotion the boys arm. Edward
my son! You must remember this night always.
Let 1t sink very deep into your heart I've heard a
score OF Siegrieds good and bad but this is such a
one as one hears not twice in a lifetime. He is
seasons fayorte, this boy. great artist-a great
artist! The professors head dropped again to his
breast, and he relapsed into silence.
long shuddering sigh, close to his left, recalled
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! glare Of lights low cultured murTnuT OF VOICES
f,av1ness OF roses and freesias and Vloets IN lhe
arr beuildering atmosphere OF wealth and luxury
beauty and refinement, hled the -AndlloIIul Oh
- ~-,,,l-lrlg night of the season OF grand opera
4 large and brilliant audience had asseInDied 70
greet the Young German tenor, the tame OF "iose
splendid Siegfrled had reached the middle mt
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BOTH FOUND DEAD
MAN AND WIFE LIFELESS IN
BED.

OWOSSO, Mich, November II. Bert
Seely, who was under suspicion in connec-
ton with the murder of Edwin Edgar in
West Haven township last Wednesday. was
found dead in bed today, and lying beside
him was his young wife. also dead. They
were found by Seely's brother.
It is thought that the couple committed
suicide. There was no evidence Of a strug-
gle in the bed room, and on a stand near
the bed stood a glass with a spoon and a
white tablet beside it.
Edgar was found shot dead in the road
near his home last Thursday. In the course
of their investigation officers found that
Edgar and Seely had quarreled a number
of times. Seely was suspected, and the
officers yesterday secured from his wife a
statement that there had been a longtime
secret enmity between the two men as a re-
suit of an imputation of Edgar's against
her. She told the officers that her husband
had been subject to violent spells for
year, and said that she believed he ought
to be in an asylum. Both Seely and Mrs
Seely were to have been witnesses today at
the inquest into Edgar's murder, and it was
when he went to their home to discuss the
inquest with them that Seely's brother
found the couple dead today.
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ENGINE 3. RAN AMUCK
ONE KILLED IN MICHIGAN
CENTRAL DEPOT.

DETROIT, Mich, November 1O.-One man
was killed and several injured. three of
them badly today when a Michigan Gen.
trail railroad freight engine ran away and
crashed into the Third Street Depot, tear
ing down large section Of the structure
The dead:
George r. Booth Of Detroit, parcels agent.
The severely injured:
Donald Thomson, assistant district SUI
perintendent of the Pullman company;
Earl S. McUen, cashier Pullman office:
Bert Haner, Detroit. a Michigan Central
conductor.
The engine was switching in the yards a
mile from the station about Z o'clock,
when, it is said. the crew saw passenger
train approaching behind them, thought a
collision was about to occur and jumped
from the engine. 1t was running at good
speed and, unchecked. dashed into the sta
ton and hit the west wall. tearing out a
section twenty-five feet wide The second
and third floors over this section also COL
lapsed. Booth was killed in his parcel
room, near which the engine struck. Haner
was on the third floor and fell with the
wreckage from there.
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HAAKoN VISITS ENGLAND.
Party Includes Queen Maude and
Baby Prince

LONDON, November liking Haakon,
Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf Of
Norway, who arrived of Spithead late last
night on board the British royal yacht
Victoria and Albert landed at Portsmouth
this afternoon on a state visit to King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, with whom
they will spend a week at Windsor Castle
A series of festivities have been ar
ranged for the entertainment OF the visitors,
including a state banquet and luncheon at
the Guild Hall. The Prince OF Wales well
coined King Haakon and Queen Maud in
behalf of King Edward. altar which the
royal party landed amid salutes from the
dressed warships and the land bat
teries and took a train for Windsor.
On arriving there the visitors were met
by King Edward, Queen Alexandra and
most of the royal family. including the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught, who
had spent the week end as guests of Will
liam Waldorf Aston at Cliveden. The route
from the depot to the castle was lined with
troops and the royal travellers received a
splendid welcome from the inhabitants of
the borough, the baby crown prince COM
ing in for a full share Of the popuar
plaudits.
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TWO WERE KILLED.
Wreck on the Southern Pacific Near
San Jose.

Wreck on the Southern Pacific Near
San Jose.
SAN JOSE Cal. November 1.-Two men
were killed. another fatally injured and
many passengers more or less shaken up
and cut by broken glass in an accident to
the Southern Pacific sunset express No. 10
southbound from San Francisco to New Or
leans. opposite the depot at Sargents sta
ton, eighty-seven miles south OF San Fran
cisco at 9:35 o'clock last night.
The dead:
Engineer Gillespie.
Signal Construction Foreman Goodfellow.
The injured:
Fireman Garvey. badly scalded, both legs
broken; will die.
: 1t is also believed that four or five tramps
riding onfthe platform or underneath the
first car were killed.
The accident was caused by the explosion
Of the engine boiler, the force Of which blew
the depot to pieces, tore up the track for a
hundred feet on both sides of the place, and
turned over the first four cars of the train.
and none of the passengers In the cars was
hurt.
wrecking and relief trains from San
Francisco and San Jose are now at the
scene. The little town Is In darkness and
the rescue work is handicapped to great
extent because of this.
The explosion wrecked the telegraph
wires and 1t Is impossible to get full de-
tails.
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PURSUED BY VENDETTA.
italian Found Dying in the Streets Of
Chicago.

CHICAGO. November 12-Matale viver-
so, an Italian. was found dying, at mid
night, at Milwaukee avenue and Ohio
street. He was taken to the county hos
pital and an examination showed three
stilleto wounds in his back and two bull
let wounds in the back of his head.
According to the story told by his brother,
Angelo Viverso, and two witnesses, who
refused to tell their names or addresses
for fear of being killed. Natalie eloped from
Venice three years ago with the daughter
of a merchant after the girls father had
refused to sanction their marriage The
father vowed vengeance and it is believed
he had friends in this country who car
ried out the vow for him.
The two witnesses who claim to have seen
the attack and who are also Italians I'M
able to talk English. told the police through
the interpreter that shortly befofe mid
night they were passing along Milwaukee
avenue when they saw two men approach
Viverso from behind and attack him.
Doctors at the county hospital said
Viverso probably would not survive the
night.
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SOUTHERN PROBLEMS
RACE QUESTION UPPERMoST AT
NASHVILLE CONFERENCE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, November 1.-THE
second annual session Of the southern
immigration and quarantine conference
was called to order today at the capitol.
The conference was organized year ago
at Chattanooga and its efforts resulted in
directly in the enactment of better Quaran-
tine regulations by the federal govern
ment. This year the necessity for quaran-
tine is not as pressing as 1t was last fall,
and that question, while 1t will be discussed
to some extent, will give way to consider
alton Of immigration. The real purpose of
the conference is to bring about a more
equitable distribution Of the immigrants
who reach the United States from foreign
shores The idle negro class causes some
apprehension in the minds Of immigrants,
according to those believed to be well in
formed, and this operates against the south
receiving what it thinks is its proper share
of laborers from abroad. Various plans are
suggested for Kidding the south of idle ne
groes and the race question, therefore, was
early injected into the discussion.
Governor D. c. Hayward of South Caro-
lima delivered an address, in which he said
the coming of immigrants to the south had
a bearing upon the practical and direct So
luton OF the race problem. There had been
too much theorizing; 1t was time for action
He said: .-'
Gov. Hayward's Talk.
without precedent in the history Of the
world to be guided by nearly always mis-
construed and misunderstood the people
Of the south have for forty years sought
to reconcile differences. which were bound
to arise. between two races living upon the
soil. The races differ wildly in intelligence
and moral responsibility. one being dis
tinctly inferior to the other. Only till a
few years ago the inferior race was in
servitude to the superior, and, with no
preparation whatever, was given equal
civil and political rights under the Consti-
tuition.
Under such adverse circumstances no
other people on this earth could have sue
eeeded as well as the southern people have
done in meeting existing conditions, and
this fact alone should not only give
courage and hope for the future but should
entitle US to the trust and confidence of the
Sectional feeling. fortunately, is passing
away, and our people understand each other
better. Problems which were at one time
peculiarly southern are becoming national.
We Americans are more and more mu-
tually carrying the white mans burden.
We have been seeking for some time to
make some change in our political and
economic system which will affect the negro
alone and which will at the same time aid
In solving our problem"
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FLED FROM RUSSIA
GIRL SToWAwAY OUT OF ODESSA
has A LIVELY EXPERIENCE.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, November 12.-Disguised as a
boy, Miss Simboff, Russian revolutionary
worker. has arrived in London a stow
away in a steamship from Odessa She
is a singularly handsome young woman.
and it is remarkable that her masquerade
was not detected.
She relates that the police in Odessa or
ganized search for her. OF this she was
made aware through friends. The house in
which she was hidden was watched, and
she was beginning to despair Of any chance
of flight when the plan which she so reso-
lutely carried out was conceived.
Her Own Story.
within few minutes" she said today.
in describing her escape. my long tresses
were shipped of and 1 dressed myself in
out of the house and made my way with
out being suspected to the docks.
There found the ship and managed to
slip aboard unnOticed. / found a place to
conceal myself and remained there two
days. On the third day a man who came
to get some ropes found me and dragged
me before the captain.
THE skipper was an Englishman. I could
not understand what he said. but / easily
guessed from his angry gestures that his
language must have been as crimson as his
face was.
II was sent to the bunkers, where I was
required to trim coal. But this was too
hard work by far for me and I tainted.
'Thereupon l was sent into the engine
room, where my duty for whole week
was to clean parts of the machinery. This
was more like a woman's work. and I did
not mind It,
Finally was set to work at knocking
paint from a bulkhead with a chipping ham,
mer. In the last few days of the voyage
! qualified as a painter.
Nobody on the ship suspected was not
q
who told me he would keep his own counsel,
and he did"
Court Martialed and Shot.
KRASNOYARSK, Siberia, November IL.
Three soldiers of the local garrison who
, struck a sergeant and an officer yesterday
were Immediately tried by court-martial
and shot.
Moscow's Mayor Shoots.
MOSCOW. November PA bomb was
thrown at Mayor Reinot on Tver street at
IL o'clock this morning. Reinot, who was
not hurt. quickly pulled out his revolver
and shot and killed the man who threw
the bomb.
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GENERAL SHAFTER
CANNOT RECOVER
All Hope for Him Has Now Been
Abandoned.
END SAID TO BE NEAR
Another Physician is Now Hurrying
to the Ranch.
FAMILY ASSEMBLIES AT BEDSIDE
Career of the Army officer Who Dis
tinguished Himself in Many
Engagements.
END SAID TO BE NEAR
Another Physician is Now Hurrying
to the Ranch.
'AMILY ASSEMBLIES AT BEDSIDE

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, November IA
bulletin was issued today from the McKit-
trick ranch stating that Maj. Gen. Shafter
is near to death and all hope of his recov-
cry has been abandoned. DR.. Mitchell was
in constant attendance all night and DR.. A.
Schafer is now hurrying to the ranch.
Capt. and Mrs w. H. McKittrick and a
cousin and niece are gathered at his bed
side.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal, November 12.-At
1855 o'clock DR.. Mitchell telephoned the
following message to the Associated Press
representative:
General Shafter is very much weaker
and is now unconscious. The end is near"
William Rufus Shafter. soldier. was born
in Kalamazoo, Mich, October 10, 1885, son
of Hugh and Eliza Shafter. His father
was a frontier farmer, and after good
educational training in such schools as the
ueighborhood afforded, he began life in the
same calling. On the outbreak Of the civil
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SANTOS REALLY FLEW.
Most Important of His Aeroplans
Trials

PARIS, November I'm. Santos-Du-
mont made another series of experiments
with his perfected aeroplane in the Bots
de Boulogne this morning. In the fore
noon he made two flights Of between five
and six seconds, covering between fifty
and sixty meters each time. In the aft
ernon NJ Santos-Dumont met with better
success, and was only prevented by the
immense crowds which surged on the field
from accomplishing a sensational flight.
He SKINNED along at height of fifteen
feet and at II speed of thirty miles per
hour for distance of 215 meters when
fear that his whirling propeller would
strike the cheering people forced him to
descend. The right wing of his machine
was slightly damaged. NM. Deutsch and
Archdeacon and other aeronauts were wit
nesses of the feat, and the most enthu.
siastic were certain that the aeroplane
would soon fly for miles. The next trial
will take place at Longchamps race
course, from. which the crowd can be ex-
cluded.
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along the San Juan river, about a mile from
Santiago. Firing continued on the morning
Of tho ID. and on the Sd General Shafter
sent a letter to General Toral, in command
Of the Spanish forces in Santiago, demand
ing his surrender. This was refused, but
the flight of Cervera's fleet and its total de-
struction changed the situation materially,
and after much correspondence and nego-
tiation between the two commanders SAM
tiago was surrendered July IT, On the fol-
low day the city was occupied by the Ameri-
can forces. With General Shafter returned
from Cuba he was In command at Camp
Wikof. Montauk Point NY, but he remain
ed there only ten days, when he succeeded
General Merritt In command of the Depart
ment Of the East, September IL. 1893, In
January. 1880. he returned to San Francfsco
to resume his old position as commanding
general OF the district Of the Departments
Of California and Columbia He was retired
as brigadfer general October 49, 1863. and
June 80, 1901. was made major general.