The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-30

A message from New York says Lii
Ian Russell. the actress. is engaged
to marry Alexander p. Moore. pub
Usher Of the Pittsburg Leader. and Il
power in western PENNSYLVANIA poll
tics.
Miss Russell said so at her home
and it was confirmed by Mr.. Moore.
who was calling on his fiancc. Tho
marriage will take place in May.
This will be Miss Russclrs fourth
venture. but no one who heard her
girlish gigglc e tho telephone would
believe SO.
She has known Mr.. Moore for about
ten years. she said. Reports OF their
coming marriage were published last
May. hut nj. that time it was denied
by Miss Russell BECAUSE the marriage
date which had been set was so re-
mote. ...
Mr.. Moore is in New York spending
in which he said he was here TO have
q few talks with Colonel Roosevelt.
and to attend to- some other matters.
These other matters are explained.
Miss RussclI's first husband was
Harry Brahan,, q musical director,
who married her when she was q
chorus girl. They lived i'll Boston for
she eloped to Hoboken with Edward
Solomon and was married. and the
couple went to London. Braham got
n divorce.
After ten years of Solomon Miss
Russell divorced him. proving her
claim that he had a wife living in
London, The same year h married
ally as Sig. Perugini. Miss Russell
divorced him in 1898 and since then
she has been all alone.
When she denied the reports last
May of her immediate marriage to
Mr.. Moore Miss Russell said If she
ever married again she would retire
permanently from the stage. She
shortly after and since then has not
appeared on the stage.
With the death of Ida Lewis there
perishes a character romantic and cx-
traordinary. fearless and strong. 1t is
not to be supposed that Ida Lewis
ever posed as a hero in her own eyes.
for she is said to have been a very
modest and retiring woman. She
simply lived up to her opportunities.
When she saw people perishing in the
sea. her immediate impulse was to
save them Very likely she did not
stop to consider. Her story is this:
Her father, Capt. Hosea Lewis. was
the first keeper Of the Lime Rock
light house in Narragansett bay. The
mother Of the family died when Ida
was a child, and the daughter became
housekeeper. mother to her little
brothers and sisters. and her fathers
assistant. as rheumatism more and
more tncapacitated him from active
duties. She began her life saving ca
reer at Is. when she rescued four
young men who had. capsized their
boat, From that time, during her
! Wh0la life she uGoa IN hs ra1io1 on IN
save drowning persons. She saved
the lives of eighteen persons in all.
and each u at the peril Of her own.
She had been the real keeper of the
light house from 1850 to 1879. hut was
not recognized officially by the United
States government until the latter
date. In 1881 the government for the
first time made a formal acknowl-
edgement of her deserts: presenting
her with a gold medal. She was in
troduced to a big audience by an Of
fcer named French Ensor Chadwick.
afterward to become famous as Samp-
sons chief Of staff and the comman-
der of the New York in the Santiago
campaign, n now rear admiral. In
senttn" Miss Lewis the highest token
of merit Of the kind which can be
given in this country. the life-savins
medal of the first class conferred BY
the government for extreme herol:
daring involving. imminent r. 'sorg'
danger" He concluded by real ms ;.
letter from William Window. who
served as secretary Of the treasury UNI
der Garfield and Harrison. endorsing
the award. This medal bore a relief
Of Ida Lewis in her boat saving ror
from the waves, and theIi~.sc-.
I'm testimony of heroic =.
ing life from the peril OIL two<l1A41
Among the testimonials! ST. leaep gbl
were a subscription from the1ft4b6'
of Fort Adams. a silver ruddfn more
and boat hook from the Narrsidon to
Boat club of Providence. a silk white
nant from the Fall River line, a . will
house from Col. James Fisk Of tide.
Fail River line. a silver medal irons
an honorary membership and gold pin
of the Sorosis society OF New York.
complimentary resolutions Of the gen.
eral assembly of Rhode Island. a sill
yer medal from the Massachusetts
Humane society. a congressional gold
medal the cross ofHhonor of the