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    TIIE O SI All A DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1004.
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ABOUT PLAYS, PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
While th Muon 1 yet In the tenderest
Ot its budding Infancy, th promts could
net posefWy b brighter. Th few btllf
tliat have been presented at the Boyd
have ba retted with moet generous
patrwnag. an excellent augury for the fu
ture, when the real time for seeking the
. theater for amusement come. The Krug
ha shared In this prosperity to a lesser
degree, but this la because of the fact that
the Krug patrons are still taking their at
the parks, and will hardly be coaxed In
doors until the evenings get decidedly
cooler. Tbe promise at both house I for
much better business than last season af
forded. On tomorrow evening Messr. Woodward
Durgeea will reopen the Grand theater at
Jlioux City under the most favorable pros
H Is merely a coincidence that this
house was opened on Labor day, and at
the opening of the Tri-State fair at Bloux
City sixteen years ago. The first attrac
tion In what was then called the Peavey
Grand was-J. z. Littl World," one of
the good old thriller, with revolving
scene and mechanical appliances that were
considered triumph then, but which would
be looked upon as crude nowaday. The
theater ha hud a varied career sine It
wa opened, and has been under several
management. It ha now apparently en
tered on It most Important epoch, for th
connections of the new managers are suoej
at to Insure such attractions as will glv
Bloux City better entertain stent at the the
ater than ever. In connection with the New
Orand at Bloux City, the Arm has also
taken over control of theaters at Mankato,
Minn., and Bloux Falls, S. D., and these,
. with two houses at Kansas City and tbe
Boyd at Omaha, places It among the really
Important theatrical firms of the country.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward and' Mr. and Mrs.
Burgee and a small party of friends will
be el tbe Sioux City opening on Monday
evening.
The park aeaaon which 1 Just drawing
to It close at Omaha has been one of th
most successful on record here. At Man.
awa, undor new management and with
new idee the attendance ha been large
all summer long and the balance I written
n the right side of the ledger for th first
time In hiatory. Manager Byrne ha made
many new friend for himself and for his
resort and will have sharge of affair at
the lake another Mason. At Krug park
Manager Col ha had to contend with
some unfavorable weather, yet he has had
a line oj: attraction there sufficiently in.
tereetlng to draw people to the retort
against anything but a soaking rain, und
therefor hi reason ha been properu.
Open-air vaudeville ha become very well
established In Omaha and with the natural
advantages of the parks and the minor at
, traction provided by the managers the
resorts have well merited th upport they
have received.
Aad now the dramatist have another bit
of material to work up Into a powerful lov
tory. This tlme.lt Is furnished by the
princes of Baxe-Coburg, who has Just fled
for the second time with her lover. When
we watched Katherlne Wlllard play 'Th
Power Behind the Throne," we were struck
with the absurdity, seemingly so at least,
of setting the whole machinery of a king
dom Into operation to thwart the will and
bend the way of a simple little girl. Buch
notion ar so foreign to our Idea of pro
priety and procedure. Yet here we have
the drama almost produced In real life.
The princes of Saxe-Coburg J a daughter
f Leopold, king of the Belgian, a man
Who I not especially noted for his devotion
to 61 family, for hi rectitude of conduct
or for anything else save hi determination
to have hi own way, no matter at what
cost. Her marriage with the head of th
Htti principality of Baxe-Coburg was a
political arrangement, Into which th ele
ment of love never entered. Later on th
princess met and fell in love with a young
lieutenant, who reclprocted her passion.
Dlsoovery followed, inevitably, but th
prince of Baxe-Coburg didn't resort to any
of the mean that have been used by
wronged husbands since the establishment
of conjugal right. Together with hi royal
tather-ln-law he decided that the prlncee
must be Insane, so she was confined in a
anltorlum, which, mean a private ey!um.
There she has been held since 1897, until
on day last week. Borne relaxation of the
sternness of her Impiieonment led the
prlnoe to allow the princess to be taken
to an. Austrian health resort, under tbe
strictest surveillance, and here her lieutenant-lover
was waiting with a awlft-movlng
Chug wagon, and away went the pair of
constant lover to some country, undoubt
edly Bwltserland, where the royal husband
and the royal father can only follow with
Impotent wrath. Every detail of the elop.
ment la carried out with precision, Just a
It Is In th tory book, and thu all th
detail of th plot are furnlsed complete to
the purposes of any dramatist who can
tram up a line of mushy talk for the lov
ers, writ a few sufficiently calorific latter
and get the king and princes and other
Incidentals ready -for the stage. And at
this distance It looks much better than the
Maybrlck case, which has already een
dramatised. Just at present It aeems that
real life Is moving a trifle swift, even for
suoh hard working dramatists as Theodor
Kremer and Joseph LeBrnnc.1t. ,
In referring to "The Wheel." by whloh
name the new combination of burlesque
theaters I known, the Cincinnati Enquirer
thus sums up the case:
Borne Idea ot the centralisation of In
tercets which 1 uow the whole thing In
draniatlo management can be gleaned from
th statements Just sent Out by the bur
losque managers ahent the Inauguration
of their wheel" system. Into this sys
tem are incorporated forty theaters, wlilch
require forty show to fill their s.-usuu.
Most of the show are organised in New
lork and some of tliam have to start
out as early as ten days before the open.
Ing, which was isnlly Inaugurated last
week. 'A. conservative- estimate figures
the number of people employed on the big
S'rtuA of burlesque housvs as being near
to 1,000. The expenoes of the average bur
lesque show will be about a wiek. so
that the noceasary receipts to make the
wheel break even on the managerial enU
o" tneseaaon Is In round number close to
$1 .020,000. As It cost on an average pretty
near 5.CO0 nowadays to put a ouriesque
how on in proper shape this wi:i ndd an
other I2OO.0IK5 to the expenditures, making
It necessary for the producing managers
to receive for their share during the ee.
son of forty week over J2.iMi.000 before
thev can expert to mitke a cent of prollt
Add to this the more expensive cost of
operating th local theater and the figure
will easily exceed Kj.iXiO.ftuu In receipts trmt
must bf taken tn during tho season In
these theaters before eny profit can be
realised. The entire thing, however, 1
handled In Huoh a clean cut und systematlo
manner that even with such big expense
as ar staring them In th fnce at the
outset of the season most or th man
ager, both th (producing one and the
house operators, pluce a good rstlo of
profit t the right side of their books when
thn son closes.
This does not cover the entire burlesque
field for there are odd bouses here and
there which do not figure In the "wheel"
system at all. and a tiumbrr of vhow thet
are not InKudod tn the bookings, but It
represent by far the greAter share of the
buxlneas and Illustrate what a goodlv per
centage of theater-goer ar tatrons of
such houee.
Just why the 'Enquirer stopped Its cal
culation where It till ! not apparent. It
I a eaty' to eotluutte the income a th
outgo of "th wheel" and the result will
be Just as Interesting. If the forty houses
play an average of ten performance a
wtek, which Is about the rttular thing,
eve i nlghw . and three nulla, the
weekly Income ought to be at least 13.500,
which mean a total gate for th season
xt th forty house of ti.800.0do' or a profit
of 15. 000 for each of th houses after th
Enquirer' estimate of $3,000,000 for ex
pense I met. This isn't a high guess at
the receipt, either, for th Saturday and
Sunday performances, matinee and even
In?, ought to turn In $8,000 and that would
!eav six performance during th week
to produce th other $500. There Isn't any
great dangei of "the wheel" losing large
sums during the coming season.
earning- Events.
"By Right of Sword," which Bslph Stu
art produce for the first time In
Omaha st the Boyd theatr on Sunday
afternoon, I taken- from A. W. March-
mont's stirring novel of the same title.
The scenes are laid In Russia, and the plot
revolves around the adventures of a young
American nsmed Richard Hamilton, who Is
mistaken for Alexis Petrovltch, lieutenant
In the Moscqw Hussars, who Is about to
quit Russia to avoid a duel with one ofth
officer Of the regiment, Major Devlnskl,
end for other reason. He ha a very
pretty and spirited sister, for whose sake
the young American consents to masquer
ade a Alexia Petrovltch. Instesd of being
a coward, as ha been suspected, the new
Petrovltch proves to be a regular dare
devil, and a champion with the sword. Be
coming cognizant of a plot to kill the csar,
as manages to effect a rescue, and In the
end quits Russia with decorations galore,
and Olga Petrovltch a wife Instead of sis
ter. The engagement la for Sunday after
noon and evening and Monday and Tues
day evenings. '
At the Boyd theater for three night and
a Saturday matinee, commencing Thursday
evening, the suocesa "The Tenderfoot" will
be seen In all Its glory. It is the alkali
dust with th bright American humor and
delightful muslo that has mad "Th Ten
derfoot" a novelty apd a success and all
the result of two young American celeb
rities, Richard Carle, who wrote th book
and lyrics, and H. L. Hearts, who com
posed th music
"A Little Outcast" will be seen at the
Krug theater two night and two matinees,
beginning with a matinee today. It comes
with a wealth of scenery and tons of elec
trical appliances for those bewildering ef
fect which have been astonishing theuter
goers. A number of novel characters are In
troduced, among them being a new type of
"dop fiend" In th person of J'QuInn," a
once noted lawyer who, when under th
Influence of the drug, rave In every
language but hi own and I. In his own
word, "as the gods, knowing good and
evil, but untouched by either." Bob, th
newsboy, I playec by petite Anne Blancke,
who Imbues the part with her own per
sonality. Edward Davis la th leading
man.
"Th Convict' Daughter" comes to the
Krug for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
and a matinee on Wednesday.. The author
ha provided a play full of startling sur
prises apd. dramatlo climaxes. A clever
company of players, each one selected for
hi or her personal characterization, a
wealth of scenery and effects. Including
the approaching freight train, and daring
escape of the convict "Weary Willie,"
make thl a powerful play.
A story that treats of . vice, virtue and
strength I told In the play, "A Broken
Heart," by Miss Esther Rujaero, which
appears at Krug theater on Thursday.' Fri
day and Saturday with matinee Saturday.
A young miner becomes the dupe of an
adventuress who . marries him. for hi
money. Hi mother and the glr! he love
nd who love him are heart-broken at
the story. HI wife follows him home to
obtain money and kills hi best friend,
causing the blame to fall on him. The
adventuress repent Jut before tho sen
tence Is pronounced and declare the story.'
Bhe I sent to prison- where she die. The
young miner and his sweetheart are mar
ried and spend their lives in devotion to
each other and to th mother.
Cosstp From Stagelaad.
Kvrle Bellew's tenin nr Denver
TJr,r UP0OTfll- His company Is practlcilty
V mm supported mm during his
New Ycrk engagement In "Raffles."
Klaw & Erlanger Drury Lane spectacle.
Mother Goose." will be presented In this
city at the Boyd theater for one week, be
ginning Monday evening. April I.
A.,tt,ter from Cecil Owen brings word
that his opening weeks have been fafrly
prosperous snd that his eompany has been
well received In the play h I putting on.
Wilton Lackay will' open the season In
2.1 !l0;m A. Brady's big production of "The
?m Chlcai .5Brlr. September, and
will be seen In this city later. The cast
supporting Mr. Lackava numbers fifty-two
popple, , and is filled with actor and
actress of achievement and note.
Among the early openings on Broadway
Is Wallaces, which begin th season
Thursday. September 1. with George Ade
The County Chairman." Thla ,i
comedy I announced by Henry W. Savage
Willi P. Sweatnam and other actor of
wide refutation in the cast.
George Ade, the author of "The County
Chairman," "Tho Sultan of Bulu," "Peggy
from Pari." and other well known thea
trical attractions, arrived in New York
last week from his home In Indiana. He
Is now personally conducting th reheat s
ala of hi newest comedy. 'The College
Widow," which will be produced Septem
ber 13.
Up to date the young man who prepares
tho press notices for the Klaw ic Erlanger
"Mother Uooie" extruvag.nsa holds the
record. He ha adopted even sixty-five-foot
"special" bagguge cars as his number.
The limit wa five sixty-foot cars. Entries
hav not yet closed, and the new record
may vet be surpassed, but the ambitious
pr3 booster will hav to hurry.
Th season at Elltoh' garden. Denver,
ended last night, after the most successful
summer in the history of this remarkable
enterprise. Walter Clarke Bellows hna
managed the company and directed the
stage there for six successive seasons and
has brought the standard higher than ever
eaeh season, until now the Klltch garden
company Is In a class by Itself.
Merits Orimmr one of the conductors
engaged by Henry W. Bavage for hi pro
duction of "Purslfal," sailed lrom Oer
tnany this week on the Graf Wulderaee.
Mr. Grimm ha been the principal con
ductor at the Opera House at Stettin and
Halle. He will share the mus csl direc
tion of ths English presentation of Wag
ner's festival drama with Walter H. Roth
well. David Belasco serve notic thl week
on all newMpapera to accept no Items re
garding his stars and plays except such as
come with the stamp of authenticity from
his headquarters or accredited agent.
Thank. David; and what might happen if
some newspapers were si luconnlricrnie n
to publish an Item referring to one of your
aUrs or piaj wiluoji unauum, .Uu4
loftiness? Th advance agent In "York Stat Folk"
mHU" jii'riinnn i nit , . M. 0
type Is vouched for by "Doc" Breed of th
Krug. Breed was standing with a couple
of others In front ot the theatre, and was
commenting on on ot the "three sheets"
announcing th show, and especially re
marked concerning the horse. The advance
man overheard him and, honestly seeking
to disabuse the local msnsger of any mis
apprehension he might be under as to Just
what tbe company was bringing to hi
theatre, said very earnestly; ' Honest, Doc,
we don't curry that horse." And the doc
tor didn't smile until sfter the sgent left,
and then he and th other fellow srulleJ
"The Maid and th Mummy," which wus
the first big success of the New York
season and which hss had six very suc
cessful weeks at the New York theater,
will go on lis travels Monday next. It le
a strange condition of sffnlrs that a big
New York success Is absolutely forced out
on the road, but In the case of "Ths Maid
and the Mummy" it Is clue entirely to
prior contracts which cannot be abrogated.
The merry music snd bright lines of this
musical melange have won for It- host of
frlunds. and It Is more than probable that
wherever this work of ltd hard Csrle and
Hubert Hood Bower be sceu it will du
plicate that uevaa.
FROM JUNGLE TO THE ZOC
IIow the Wild Beast cf the Foreit Are
Snared and Captured.
SNOW LEOPARDS FROM THE HIMALAYAS
Tigers aad Lloaa frosa India, Monkey
from Africa, Ape and Serpent
frm loath Araerlen
Dangers of th Haat.
Th other day "Prince," the big now
leopard which wa th pride of the New
York Zoological garden, escaped from his
cage and was shot by a policeman Just
th animal wa springing upon him after
an all-night hunt. .
Th death of this beast wa a severe and
Irritating loss to the authorities of the soo,
for the snow leopard I on of th rarest
animal to be found In captivity. Thl par
ticular specimen cost $600, but was worth
far more than that. Ther I aald to be
only one other snow leopard now held prls
oner by man. and that one Is tn far-off
Peking, In the palace garden of the em
peror of China.
Bnow leopard Inhabit the, Himalaya and
their subsidiary range, away up in the
region of eternal now. They are rare.
ven there, and their capture la attended
by great difficulty and hardship. They ere
taken In a net, after the manner usually
adopted by wild beast hunter. The net,
about 200 feet square. Is tretched over the
snow and so arranged with draw-string
that It can be pulled up Into the form of a
big bag In a moment when th animal la
driven over It. It may take month to find
a snow leopard, and then days, or even
weeks, to corner him with a gang of beat
er and force him to run over the net.
But the real trouble In the case of such
an animal begins after nis cpture. in
transportation of a big wild beast from the
Icy slope of a Tibetan mountain
to an American soo 1 no slmpl matter.
Two other snow leopards were captured
with "Prince," but they both died. Taey
could not stand the heat of the tropics.
Prince was brought to America by a large
German wild beast dealer. He 'took a year
and a half coming to New, York In a soil
ing ship, which went from Hamburg
through the Mediterranean and the Sues
canal, across the Paclfio and all along the
coast of South America, stopping at the
port to take on wild animals. This long
sea voyage saved the enow leopard's life.
Net of tho Hunters.
Lions, tigers, panther leopards, wojves
and most animal of the Jungle are caught
In a net, which Is stretched In some open
pace, with the drawings looped over the
branches of tree so that they can be
pulled up at a moment' notice.
The net cloees and opens very much after
the fashion of a parachute. It la utiually
made of strong green silk, and sometimes
the captured beast get o hopelessly tan
gled up with It In his struggle that It has
to be cut away from him In fragments.
If the hunters come acroee a llonees or
tigress with her cubs, the man In charge ot
the party has to decide whether he want
the mother or the bablea He know th
chances are a hundred to one that he can
not got both. When the net is drawn the
mother la practically certain to kill the
cubs In her mad struggles. If the cubs are
wanted the mother must be shot before
they are netted. This rule applies to alt
fella animals.
Anaesthetics are almost always used In
the cere of fully grown animals after they
have been taken in the net in order that
they may be released from It and trans
ferred to the shipping cage in which they
are to be taken to their destination. Some
times ch'loroform lr administered, some
times ether. Needless to say, the saturated
sponge Is put on th end of a stick befor
it 1 held to th enraged animal' face.
Caught Napping-.
Not Infrequently the denizen of the
Jungle are caught aaleep by expert native
tracker employed by he hunters. Then
they are chloroformed, and they wake up
to And themselves In a cage. A lioness
and her cubs, which now form one of the
star attractions of a big American soo,
were taken In this manner. '
Elephants are captured by stampeding a
wild herd and driving It through the Jungle
Into a strong stockade built by the na
tive. After they have been left there for
some (lm, until their rage cools down,
they are brought out. one by one, between
two tnmo elephants, and, as a rule, speedily
become docile.
- Snake are noosed by a strong silk lariat,
usually after being smoked out of their
hole. In their rage they wrap their colls
around and around the lariat until they
become hopelessly tangled. They are then
easily Imprisoned In a bag or a cage, and
ether or gas la administered to them so
thai' th lariat may be removed without
danger.
Small monkey are seldom captured by
tho agents sent out'to'the Jungle by the
wild beaat dealer. They are purchased
from the native, a are also many small
animals and birds.
The native children place score of gourds
about the 'forest half filled wfth a mixture
of treacle and gum, or sticky substances
much Ilk those. The greedy monkeys
come to feast and get stuck to the heavy
gourds, so that the watching native can
easily capture them. They are commonly
taken In this way on th west coast of
Africa and In South America. In the latter
country they are sometime caught by th
lasso.
Trapping tho Toons;. .
Th big orana-outang and chimpanzees
ar seldom taken fully grown; when they
re it Is by means of a lariat. The mother
is utiually shot and her young cubs cap
tured by climbing up a tree after them.
They are dased by th mother's death and
readily respond to the friendly advances
ot the treacherous hunter, who approache
thein banana in hand.
Monkeys ar among the easiest of wild
animals to get, but quite the'most difficult
to transport allv to a soo. A man experi
enced In the business estimate that pretty
nearly 5 per cent of them die on the
Journey, a against 60 per cent of wild
animals generally. They are absolutely
unfitted for captlvllty. Even after they
hav been eafely brought to a soo, they
generally die In two or three year of
tuberculoBi. pnumonla or om bronchial
trouble.
Tbe wild beast hunter In tropical Africa,
both whit and natlv. Is always on th
lookout for a gorllla-at present the great
est prise that oould be oaptured. Ther
I non In captivity. Ther wa on to
th London oo, but It died In 1894. nd it
tuffed body I now In th British Natural
History museum. It only lived a few
week In captivity.
Gorilla ar rarely seen, even by th
natives, and a man might roam through
their habitation for six month without
ettlng eye on one. Thoy Inhabit the deep
est recesee of th African Jungle, and
when they ar discovered it I almost im
possible to rapture them. They cannot be
netted. like lions or tigers, for they spring
from tree to tree, and ar seldom seen on
the ground even for a moment; while their
terrible foroclty, immense strength and
wonderful agility give them a hundred to
on chance against th hunter. Bo roaay
live hav been lost at various time la
trying to capture them that It I aald th
wild beast dealer giv aiaadlpg Instnis-
tion to their men nver to trouble them
gain,. . i
Barrel for Bear.
Bear of all apccle ar usually caught by
means of an open barrel, through which a
ring of nail ar driven near th top, with
th point slanting downward. The food f
whloh the bear is fondest honey for some
specie, fish for a Polar bear 1 placed at
th bottom or th barrel a a bait Poor
bruin put hi head In, and th nails don't
trouble him until he tri to draw It out
again, by which time hi captors ar upon
him with a net.
It I hardly necaary to point out th
extrm peril of th life led by wild beast
hunters and their ntlv helper. However,
experienced and careful they may be, they
necessarily risk death every time they et
out to capture a dangerous beast Ilk a
Hon, tiger, leopard or elephant. All ot
them can tell stories of thrilling escapes
they have had, or of tragedies they have
witnessed. Like th lion tamer of the clr
cui, they almost always fall victim In the
end to the vicious teeth and claws they
hav defied, perhaps, for half a lifetime.
The best animal trapper I ever knew
aid a German hunter who brought some
beasta ovef to America recently, "was man
gled to death by a small spotted leopard In
Travancore, India. In spite of his experi
ence he took the leopard for a young tigor
cub a mistake often made In the Jungle,
they are so similar and went up to it
fearlessly, intending to take It by the nape
of the neck and throw It Into a traveling
cage. As soon as he got tiear enough th
leopard made a spring and fastened Its
teeth in his throat. There were several of
us near by and we shot It promptly, but
the man wa dead."
KELLY AMONG THE CHURCHES
Thomas J. Inspects a Number In Ire
land and England end Promise
a Lectnre.
LONDON. Aug. ' 18. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have been so very busy tnat
have not had time toN even draw any
money or write for any; because, in sooth,
the allurements of the IrlBh capital dear,
dirty Dublin and Its suburbs and holiday
places. Immediately followed by studious
pursuits In London, where you wl l ee
"by postmark" I am at present, prevented
any other occupation.
A I have not seen a Bee for some time,
do not know whether you have ever re
ceived or printed any of my letters, but
have continued to writ with the hope
that a few lines may Interest the editorial
rooms, even If they do not reach the pub
lic Indeed, they ar not specially so de
signed. At present London Is full of tourists; w
run across them everywhere. Yesterday,
at Bt. Paul's cathedral, we met Father
Janette, of Omaha (St. Joseph's hospital).
and he hurriedly told u he was "going to
Inspect dead royalty," and went on with
hi party; while, through a never-to-be-
forgotten courtesy, we were avowed to
proceed to the close inspection of the or
gan, and we were shown the service muslo
and other things of great Interest. Sir
George Martin is out ot the city, but we
are assured that he himself would have
taken us there, a he Is always glad to
be courteous to foreign organists. The op
posite I the' case with Sir Frederic Bridge.
In Dublin I had the honor of not only
Inspecting; but playing upon the fine old
Telford organ at Christ Church cathedral,
where famous men have made "solemn
musicke" In times past. Sir Robert Stew
art played there till the day before he
died. I thought It the most fitting thing,
therefore, to p!ay one of Sir Robert' own
compositions, and I played from memory
his beautiful tun to "No, Not Despair
ingly."
Why do o many beauty1-hunters In ar
chitectural lines pas. by Ireland? It Is full
of architectural and historical feasts. Hefe
Is this Christ Church with a history sine
the time of Strongbow. One of the walls
has been standing since the twelfth cen
tury, and has been almost two feet out ot
perpendicular for 300 years. It la, of course,
supported at the top by flying buttresses.
la Trinity library we ' saw the famous
Book of Kella (eighth century) and the
Book of Durrow (seventh century); marvels
of beautiful illumination; Brian Boru's
harp, autograph fac-slmtle of "Messiah,"
by Handel, and scores of others.
But if I were to write for a week I could
not bfln to tell of half of the Interesting
things wo saw In poetic, picturesque, pious
old Ireland. I have an Idea of preparing
an Illustrated lecture on my return and
having In it a series of musical, pictorial
and poetical sketches of what I have seen.
Tho old Cistercian abbey, at Greyabbey,
and the old parish church at Bangor I must
devote special columns to, for they were
Immensely interesting.
Now, we have seen St Paul' and West
minster pretty thoroughly, and I will per
haps have something to say about them
later. The reason I have not enlarged
u;on them now 1 that so many know
about ths great cathedrals of London, but
a very few are nt all uwur ot the many
glorle of th land of Brlcn the Brave and
St. Patrick. The fact tliut Irish scenes nro
more and more Interesting to me now, after
a careful search of many churches in Lon
don, la sufllclent to prove that ther 1 a
mine ther for anyone who is1 willing to
take two or three week there Instead oi
rushing past It a a Junction to th con
tinent THOMAS J. KELLY.
RELIGIOl'S. .
Londoners have had ample opportunity
to compare American preacher Kh thtli
own thla summer, tor many London pal
pita have been occupied by ministers lrom
the United mates tn year.
Australia ha now about 4.0W Methodlu
Episcopal churches, with over ltu.uuo mem
bers. Th late general conference held lu
Melbourne wa the tlrst of the unite.,
church and marked an epoch In Methodl-.i
hl tory.
Rev. C. L. Hutchlns, D. D., for twenty
seven years secretary of the national trien
nial convention ot (he Episcopal church,
announces that he will not b a candidate
for re-election at the approaching oonvtn
t.. ,i .11 iJoaion.
Dr. Htllls, pastor of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, has been lecturing and preaching
on the 1'aclMo coast. He ha purchased a
valuable ranch near Hood river station, on
the Columbia river. In Oregon, and it is
understand mat he means to go Into tbe
business of fruit raising.
A few years ago the reading of the Blbl
and Protestant worship were both forbid
den in tho Philippine Islands. Now Metho
dlt'. I'np'lts, Presbyterians, Congrega
AB11SEMKMI,
Two Great Big Days st
I rug
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....TODAY AND LABOR PAY.
HELEN MAY BUTLER'S LADIES' MILITARY BAND
Last AppcarsBcs
with
Hosier's Band
oSTw
THE CIIOSEN PLACE FOR ALL
DAY PICNICS i fKUSPS&EKSo..
LABOR
AMI SEMET.
KRUG- THEATRE
PRICES
ALWAYS
TIIE SAME
Two Night and Two Matinee Com
mencing Bandar Matin
GEO. E. GILL'S
PBODCCTION OF
A LITTLE
OUTCAST
Scenlcally and Dramatically k Co..
Little Anno Blancke
as Bob
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OOROROUS SCENES ALL CAR
RIED BY THIS COMPANY.
STARTLING ACTS OF THRILLING
AND STARTLING REALISM.
HEAR THE NEW SONGS
BY THE
ORIGINAL NEWSBOY QUINTET
SPECIAL Lfc&?R MATINEE
trrwxPGL woodward
SjJ A U BURQE3S, MORI
3 NlA-nts. Bcainnlna- Today Matinee
Extra Matlnoe Monday,
The Young- American Actor
RALPH
STUART
, And His Own Company In
The; Sensational Scenic Success
BY RIGHT
OF SWORP
A Romantic Comedy jln Four Act by
Mrs. Chas. Dnremus, Leonldas Westervelt
and Arthur W. Marchmont.
The New York Herald (Jan. 19.) said:
"By Right of Sword" Is a positive success.
Just as Presented at the
AMERICAN THEATRE, NEW YORK
FOR 100 NIGHTS
Prices-25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00.
Matinee 25c, 50c, 75c
THURSDAY, fRIDAY, SATURDAY
Matinee Saturday.
Tbe Dearporn nanageroent Presents
tbe Unrivaled riuslcal Comedy
The Tenderfoot
230 times la Chicago. 100 In New York
City. Brilliant Beauty Chorus of sixty.
Prices 25c to $1.50 Mat. 25c to $1.00
SEAT SALE i10.NuY.
tlonallst and EpUcoriiiaiM luiv iu-w.j
und mission in the lalanda, and many
thousand copies of the scripture ar dis
tributed. Portland (Ore.) haa a Japanese Methodist
Episcopal church. He v. 8. ttualuam is ths
paator. His people, who are musuy domes,
tlo servants or day luoorers, have mad
great aacridces to rale fci.VoO toward a
cnurch building, bishop Moore has ente.ed
upon his labors in Portlund and Is reach
ing the preacher and people through camp
meetings.
Borne of .the leader of the Protectant
church of Prance ar anxious about th
Dt-emJngly unavoidable separation of state
and churdh, and the represntallves of the
leading charitable associations are much
worried about their deficits. Tho Paris
Mission society is short 2u0,000 francs, and
several other societies have large deficits
and they are wonderlnK how thee can be
made up If the state withdraws lis annual
allowance of 1,500,000 francs.
The 100th anniversary of the death of
Barbara Heck, the founder of Methodism
In America, is being commemorated by a
large gathering of Methodists from the
United Btatee and Canada at her grave
In Blue Church cemetery, on the Canadian
"Id of the St. Lawrence, three miles from
Ogdensburg. N. Y. Through her effort ths
first Methodist sermon wa preached In,
New York in 1776. Afterward she and her
husband removed from New York to Can
ada. At this memorial service funds are
being subscribed to build a memorial hall
near the cemetery tor religious services.
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Armenian Revolutionists Bo sr.
WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Minlstcr Lelsh
man, at Constantinople, cable that th
Armenian revolutionists are rather active
at Van. He says some ,, Turkish house
hav been burned and amall encounter ar
not Infrequent, but there 1 no Indication
t any particular danger to foreign rest-
lent.
Retrotkat of German Croirn Prlne.
HERLIN, Sept. S.The betrothal of th
rown prince, Frederick William, and the
duchess Cecelia, ulster of the reigning
nd duke of Mecklenburg-Bchwerln,
'vbs renorted with some poelttvenes In
Bchwerln today, but I not confirmed by
the minister of Mecklenburg-Bchwerln
here or by the official news agency in
Bchwerln.
Be Want Ada Produce Results:
AUUseilEXTS.
Omaha's Polite Resort;
Park
and ths Ea'les Quartette
FROM A CANNON
AMlBEVRtTS.
(NIGHT
WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY
SUNDAY MATINEE
Two Nights and Wednesday
Ratines.
C0MMENCIH8 TUESDAY NIGHT
Th most powerful Melodrama
of th Day
COPiCTS
The Metropolitan Production!
A Play that Teuche the Heart!
PRESENTED BY
A Specially Selected Company
A Wealth of Beautiful Scenery rnJ
Effect
SEE
The Bicape on the flovlnf
Freight Trslnl
The Beautiful Senlhern
Heme)
The Unique Character
Weary Wflllel
The Hobo H rot
DAUGHTER
Ml MD
THE FASHIONABLE
TODAY AND LABOR DAY
PROFESSOR FACKLER,
SENSATIONAL FIRE-DIVE.
EDWARD VINTON,
Bona; Illustrator at Casino.
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Plantation Quartette,
POPULAR COLORED VOCALISTS.
BATHING
Baseball, Merry-Go-Roiind. Bowling Alley, Shooting
Gallery, Gypsy Camp, Menagerie, Baby Racks and Novelty Stands.
BASE BALL
SIOUX CITY As. OMAHA
SEPTEMBER 5, 6, 7,8,9. ,
VINTON STREET PARK
Double Header Labor Day. Game called
at 1:30.
COMINC-THIS 6EASON
Josef Hofmann
PIANIST
Fritz Kreisler
VIOLINIST
Managsmcnt, HENRY WOLFBOHN
OMAHA,
"KfMONDAY
Exhibition Grounds,
e Worlds lARGEST-ORANDESTBESTAMUSEMENTINSTrTUTIOIt
1CAS ONLY EXPRL5tN IAIlVLnwW.
aTril4 11 VoH?AttTM a asT amusimknt idcas. 1 -FrJ
HyALtTMg BUT
.OCl.TaKr..dl.7.VbnuMiMffatHjimtt .
7.W- BB1DOISORT. CONN,
CONDUCT. P on iwunu pw
THE ONLY CIRCUS EXHIBITING IN NEW YORK
Coming Undivided, Just as It Gladdened the Nation's Metropolis.
Containing Numberless Marvelous Attractions which Only this Institution can Present
Six Sublime, Surpassing, Superb, Sensational Surprises
Reproduction of tho Gorgeous DELHI DURBAR
Just as the Grand Ceremonial Pageant was Produced In India, with Living Represen
tatives of the Orient, Elephants, Camels, Bscred Beasts, Cars, Floats,
Men, Women and Children. ,
ANCILLOTTI, THE MODERN ARIEL
In th Death-Defying Deed, LOOPING THE GAP.
SOLO and CI1ICO, The Marvelous Unlcyclists
Executing a Carrying Act while Deacendlng a Ladder on One Wheel.
VOLO, TUB WIZARD VOL.ITA.NT
In a Wild, Rash Rid Down an Inclined Chut and Aerial Flight
A rull Htm cf Giraffes. 3 Herds
BABY ELEPHANT AKD MOTHER.
Smallest Hors tn th World. Jumping Horse. Leaping Ponies. Oymnsstlc r"a.
Acrobatic Acts. 100 Thrilling Acts. Esp.rt Perform.!-. Huge Col lec Mori of Living
Human Curiosities. Kxhlbl'lon of Model V. 8. War Bhlp. Troupes of Mldg.t. Ku
aian' Luncer,' and Performances by the Prodigies.
THE GRANDEST AND MOST COSTLY SHOW EVER PROJECTED
Two Exhibition Dlly, 3 and P. W. Door Open no Hoar Earlier.
General AduiWion, lucloding with feet-rest, Oc. Children Islef 10
Yr. KDc. ' '.
Reserved folding seats. 15 cents estra. Grand stund seats, , " cent extra. Bo seats,
11.00 and 1160 extra. Private boxes, with six sent", frnm a( to IU.U0. according to
location. All tickets are double-numbered tickets one-hrlf Is tsken up on entering,
the other half la returned to purchasers. Insuring tliein th - r-ais their respective
tickets call tor. Private box and 11.00 cltalrs fur salo at th Ileatun Prug Co., cur. loth
and Farr.am streets, snd on the grounds at hours of opining. All scuts hav foot
rest. All ticket sold at regular pricva. lie ware ot purtle charging mora.
SUPERB AND SURPRISING NEW TRIUMPHAL STREET PARADE
With Allegorical Floats and ta-hors Tm, at 10 o'clock A. U. .
will Exhibit mt MI Tstiitr, -- S. 1
AMlBE-rtftT.
.....15c, 25c, 50c, 75c
MATINEE 25c
10c, 25c and 50c
Thro Night and Saturday Matin.
CQMMENCIN3 THURSDAY, SEPT. 8.
JOSEPH C. LOGAN
PRESENTS
MISS AULA HILLARD
in tho Beautiful Romantic Comedy
Drama
A BrokenHeart
Mtsa Esther Rujaero, who has painted
a plotura that will live in the memory
. of lovers of true and life-like melo
drama, for a long time to come.
A Tret Story of Llfi In Celorsdo.
Play that IS CLB4N. CLBAR AND CLEVBR
Presented Hy a Company of
Most Capable Artists
AND
Magnificent Scenery.
AND FREE RESORT
-r-
Hla Program of
Ilia-ti - Class At
tractions for
th Closing.
Covalt's Concert Band,
In th Latest Musical Selection.
Professor Andrew,
Thrilling- Ballon Ascension.
EDISON'S MOTION
PICTURES.
BOATING
Mr. Kelly' s
Studio
will reopen
September 9th,
1904.
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SEPT. 12
20th, and Paul Streets.
of Elephants,
2 Droves of Camels
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