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Show MISS AB(flTS BM)iS. Some larbnutloa Xbont Her i0 Ifftlrs. w r Inner?- sit : At 8. 45 last evening sJjl that vis mortal of Emma Abbott was taken from the Templeton Hotel. Six members or heir 'company "bora the remains from-c the hotel' to tbe hearse. A funeral procession com-posed com-posed of several carriages followed the hearse to.tlie, Itio Grande Western West-ern depot. At 10 o'clock tie train left for Denver and (lie lody of Miss Abbott attended by the sorrowing sorrow-ing members of her company is now on its way to,CbIfago, thaliome of her girlhood. Mhs Abbott's father lireain Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, her mother, one'slsterand one brother flvcrln Chicago. Bbe supported all the, members of ber family, remitting to each, one a regular monthly ailowuice. Miss Abbott wjll be burled at Gloucester, Mats.! Sbq, had Jutt completed a SIOO,000Mmonument over her husband's grave.and by his side she n IU be laid, tyii" said that her will contains an injunction that her body be cremated aud, her ashes placed in an ufn beside her husband's hus-band's body. r - - MIks Abbott's estate Js estimated at $4,000,000. She owned valuable property ic Denver, Portland, Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, Omaha aud Chicago. She w as also a large holder of stocks and bonds. One incident Iu the life of Mis Ablott will Illustrate the force of her character as well as the depth of her love for her profession. A ffW years ago, while, playing at NahvilIe,Teuo., as washer custom, slie attended a place of worship, the nearest to her hotel at tbe time. The occupant of the pulpit happened to be a hidebound, hide-bound, dspe-ptic preacher. He entered iuto a violent denunciation of the stage nnd all its disciples, saying say-ing they were immoral, depraved aud irreligious. Miss Abbott stood up in tbe church and contradicted the preacher, telling him there was more immorality iu tbe pulpit than on the stage. This, though hardly true, showed ber independence and her faith in tbo goodnecsof her calling. I Miss Abbott's company will go direct di-rect to New York and there dls band. Mr. Pratt, ber manager, says It will takeMiint'a ear to ttraighten out ber affairs. The provisions of lliir will are not fully published, but It Is supposed that, after disposing of her relatives, she lias not forgotten a charitable institution pertaining to ber profession. profes-sion. - i |
