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.c O'O'OO fc'OO is ."--"w yVs?4 .', tWJ m -:dlt fw.9,1 ' j- u i. -"r tv. r..f'w .fi .hr.fn ii . i-tf riim-rvinnc?:ii?.is!: ji?Ri7 j wjitir vs-: -n -ixtw. -i 'c-v1 fe r? .sis-im m :"JBfj Mi,ayssAi.vJSiyfsL.cr( ,CvVpao " is? mboytom wraraiWi 'j )mn insiF illWMt I II T " A.'.l . . .1 -u ' J -v " - " ' -k . . . Ym.VF --j . t- WW.WWWJ. X Mssa&sfc's &MAUr' :. -yP. & w & r mi -r... 3saw i "V PoPdJ LAR PAPER op AV9PERN TIMES " . . .,A,:i'raikwJ.iiiY.'.nrvj-' l' k '- ! - v.vni: m Vol,. 7 No. 31 Lincoln, Nkhhaska, Satuhdav, July n, 1802. F'uicic Fivic Cotit ;:-UDED COL UMB1A . In Her. Intercourse With Europe, the Exchange Seems to be Against Her. Town TM Probably no western feinlnliio speaker has ever attl acted thu iittcutlon given Airs, Mary Lease, the Kansas woman who spoke at the Lansing Theatre Wednesday evening on po litical Issues. Hho is not at all a woman who would command attention by her nppeer nnce, being decidedly commonplace. Her face is pallid and void of expression, and she wears a general air of languor. Her head Is email and when she speaks she throws it back and wases it about in a troubled way. Her voire Is a sepulchral, masculine monotone, and her speech apiears to be dlillcult, not to saypalnlul. Tims lmmered, it cuitnluly seems remarkable that she has achieved a national reputation as an orator. Hut such she has certainly achieved, blie is a bom lolitician and the language and sentiment of her speeches are always forcible and admir able. Hho is a brainy woman and her ad vocacy of the doctrines and principles of the people's party is undoubtedly as sincere as can lie cherished by the humam heart. Her utterances are of the ultra order and touch the heart of the common people. She is con fident and fearless and would shrink fiom meeting no orator, however gifted, in the themes she has chosen. She is what I termed an agitator, and weie the occasion ripe sho would espouse it to couit martyrdom for fame. Wio Is the wife of a Wichita business man ami is the mother of itev ernl children. Could the political fates' so 'will It that the people's party may gain supiemiicy in na tional a trails, Mis. Inse will undoubtedly reap the richest lew aid within its gift in the nay of political piefeiiueut. The opinion has been generally expressed forsomo time past that Gen. Van W)ck Is likely to be chosen as the indeieudent candi date for governor this fall. Iheie is little certainty that such will lie the ruse. Van W) ck Is a candidate, It is true, and hopes not only to be elected but to leceive from an in dependent legislature the senatorial toga which wns stilpiH.fl from him several )euis since. Hut he has not any remiirkuhlv smooth willing towaid the oit of Ills aiubi tiou. There Is another aspirant for all thest. horors. John H I'oweis is the man, and in the recent state convention in this city a pretty accurate test vote showed I'oweis to be stronger than Van Wvek in theiatioof CbTto KM 1 'J. If those delegates letlected the preferences of tlieii constituents, Powers will be the next Independent candidate for governor, Van Wjck npiar to have ills coiulltted his old enemy, J, Bui lows, but he has not done up the lattei's Hilltlcal side partner In antl-VaiiVV)cklnn, the venei ihle John H. I'oweis. It has been claimed that u seveie attack made by Dr. Meictr ukiii the republican state cntialooininitttent its lecent meeting In Omiiha has slcktrutkid him as a candidate for the lepnlillcan iioiulnatiou for gov einor. Tlie doctor was imenv-d because the committee declined to base lepiesentutlon In the next state convention upon a vote which would give On al ii an undul) huge lepro- sentttion. Ho was also Incensed because the committee located the convention at Lincoln Instead of Omaha, and lie attempted to get even by denouncing the committee as In triguers and conspirators bent on defeating him for the nomination. It is said that Ids speech has effected Just what ho accused the committee of attempting, and that he will probably have his aspirations frostbitten in the primal ies at Omaha. However, he says ho is still in the race. The contest over the proposition to permit the Hock Island to cross O street at grade grows dally in bitterness and those who con tended that it was a local question, ertiiieiit only to those in the immediate vicinity of the projwsed crossing, are being apprised of the fact that the entile city is Interested In the matter. Asa popular drlv.iO street belongs to the people, of the city us a whole, and not to the people of Kast Lincoln en tiiely. Every citizen has a right to a voice in the discussion and adjustment of this vexed prob! tin. It is to be regretted that there is not some practical method by which the wish of a majoilty of the jteople could be aFCertained, that the question might be set tled accordingly. Doubtless the city council would gladly regulate Its action hi such mat ters by the wishes of the people weie tlieie but some feasible way of ascertaining what those wishes may lie. As it is meiubeisof the council must act tioii their own judg ment and trust to its meeting the approval of the majority. It is too great a iesKusl bility, and will dfteu defeat the public will Thepieseut troubled situation is likely to bleed animosities that will last for juirs un less some compromise is elfected. It is to be hoped that some way out of the tiouble will be devised and adopted that will lestoie liar mony between the neighbors who are now zealously availing each othei's diameters and leputations because of their bi'.ter feel lug in tills mutter. Hut little is heaid of the designs of the demociats. No one is mentioned piomiiiently as the gubernatorial candidate of tlmtpaity It Is geueially imilei stood, however, that Governor Hojd doesn't deslie a le-nomiua tiou. It is thought that he has had enough. Life in theolllce of Nobraski's chief execu tive has not been decidedly pleasant to him. Tills, too, hi spite of the fact that he lias only had about ii eur of it. . For a city of her Hpu!allon and suriound lugs Lincoln Is mauifestl) dellcieiit in appie cJutlou of athletic sporlsiiml kindle 1 diver slons It is not to be wondeied at that her people do not encourage prie-tUhtiu, dog tishllng and rat pit exhibitions. They ale spoils that are too far beneath the moial lone of tlie cult III ed (ssiple to Itceiveeveu the slightest leiogliitioll or eucouiagiuieut. Hut in n citv whose stiutsiuedall trnveiMsl by WO lilcj clt sills eel talulj queer that tlieie 1ms not U m rl'lllclelit Intel est to keep alive an oigiinued wheel 'lub. Tlie Lincoln wheel ciub hasgivtii up the ghost. Although the ell) has its fair piopiltioil of hasebtll clanks, it cannot maintain a team, and even sucli a uovtlty as a feminine, team draws a Ii alltl ciond ill Liiluolu than III many citie of 6,(1(111 people. 'I lie recent elfoi t to organ le u private malitla company among tlie swell joung men soon fell Hat from luck of Inteiest. It was luiossible to get the ouug men togetlier and started in tlie w oik, ami the ambitious projectors of the enteipiisj were finally forced t) give It up in disjtii'. A little Hrowu Hequard elexlr should be In Jectcd into local sporting ami athl-th pro jects to give them at least enough life to per mit of their ding giacefully and elfectlvely. An evening piier which is in Imminent danger of a shock of railioal rabbles on tills Hock Island ciosslug question, lias grown inordinately sensatlve in the matter and essays a seasick sort of humor at the ex pense of this column of TlIK CouilIKlt, this palladium of fashion and acme of good form in seersucker and jellow shoes "who wiltes of neckties and knee pants." Perhaps the "Town Talkei"of TllE Couiiieh has gone too far in ever mentioning this Hock Island iniuter, especially in view of the fact that a business lot on that part of U street which would lie just west of the proposed crossing, and a tlv e or ten act e tl act of laud near the proposed Not mitt depot of the Hock Island have not been vouchsafed to him upon which to found a piefvreuce In the matter. It is a fact that one of the piopi It-tors of the face tious and llery i veiling advocate of the grade crossing is lutei osteil in so ne lots on O street just west of the pioposed crossing, which would be greatly enhanced in value, w Idle another pi opi ietor of the same p (per sees a licit prospect in the locution of a Hock Island deiot between Noiiual and Union col lege, clo to tlie ten acies in which he lias a hair inteiest They are ex, letting and praj lug to encounter other suceis than seer suckers eie they get through with tills Hock Island business Meantime its upieutitirist has ened in crediting to TlIK Coi'lUKIl one of its own blight scintillations to the etftel that "tlie Hill ling sa) s it is anxious to see the Hock Island go ovei Ostriet at guide." The )ellow-peduled, sen sueke led "Town Talkei" disclaims the statement. The most nonsensical cilumity cry that lias iteen ntiscd in this vlclnlt) lor some time Is the ciy against thespee I of the stleetcuis. It h all done for an alfect. The demand h ts lieen made that they lie inn at a sp'ed not to exieed ten miles per hour. It will not le qulie an ariu of Millcjinen to enfoue tlie oiuer to tliat elfect recently issued by the isilice nutlioilties No one in Lincoln has seen a stieet cur liliilliiU faster than ten miles an hour '1 he speed ot out c ti s is much below that on mi uveiuge. Tin tlier tliiin tint, visitois fiom other cities ulwavn com plain of the luck of spetd of Lincoln's stieet iitrs. in neighboring cities the covei the pound much moie wifll linn tliov do In Lincoln, and he who patrouies lnith ieall-s that fact, often with a gieatdj.il of vexation and chaigiin. Ltwu spiiukleis that won't bleak at Hist seivice, i list and get out of older easily , U what the public wants Dean A: iloitou, as of joie, ketp a Hue ot them that they can full) lecoiiiuieiid and will be glad to show thelil to)ou ill I'll 10 stieet STRGE G05SIF i Hpeelal Coir nihil Correspondence.! New YoltK, July ti. Hetweeu ou and inn (and the Unittd Htates mail) 1 don't think tills is tlie kind of weather for nailing, not to mention writing. Hut jwrhaps tlie "little sheet" may serve to make copy, so here goes in spite of Apollo, wlio has Imsmi guildlug this part of the globe vv Hit a little too much llery glow, and almost baked the contents of my think-tank. A cold douche upon my massive If. tellect' The world must lie en lightened even if I catch cold in the attemp t. Fortunately I have something to write about and that is In inclf something very strange for the end of June. Monday a very pit as lug feature was added to Ho) t's "A Trip to Chinatown," mid Thursday David lleiidei son's ieUaculur "Hlnbad," new ineveiyde tall, was nrnugliloiit at me Harden Theatre. Of the other atti actions still running, none are doing fairly well now. "Tlie Widow's Dam e" when it was over left the audience dumbfounded. Four of them in oke lints and widows' weeds demure ami shy walked in Indian tile on the stage and sang a verse to veiy slow music. At a given note, however, the change is elet tile, the scene an dtclous. Up goes the skil ts, dlplit)lng a foamy white maze of llne-t lainbrlc and black silk stockings, (ben the mu-l" quickens and the sluqielv feet cut geouietiic figures in tlie air. At the veiy end It liecomes a c) clone in which In ads and heels and guuy skills and black gowns are mixed in a lie vv ililering whirl around eight K-rfe,tly fornud limbs and then they me off the stage and the bald heads gasp and call for more. "Sinbad" opened 'llmrsday at tlie Garden Theatre, foi the Hist time in New York To say that it was successful istnil) u)ingwhat whs to lie exacted It was moie than suc cessful, ii was gitat in fact tlie'jet extrav agan.a ever seen In New Yoi k It Is hard to say what its inot striking fetture is, One inerel) sits and wabhes a gorgeous, kaleiiliscopic ensemble of the gt-neinl fltntss of things in general. It is the stoiltd glau I dear of the east colloquially Intel pi eted by artists, inagiiiticeiitly handled, an 1 an at tiactiou whose drawing power, weie tile weatliei twice as hot, weie tlieie no roof guldens to cool off ill lietween acts, would not tie qmstioucd by tile venlest doubter III tlie land " The Holiher of the Hnine" cl vd Saturdii) alter an uufavoi tide run of four weeks, each one costing the ) tiling backer lllK)lll M.tKKI Ills total loss llg lies up llUll llllto $10.0(0, f, '0,1X11 of it having been wasted bt fore the mi tutu went up Tlie young uugel's name is Thomas 11 1'iult, and lie Isu maglilllcelit luvi, although it Is Mild lie nit) besiifel) tiusttsl with it llhtis toicll llld tile Hudson livei without an) ituxiet) on the pal t of the liis'uruuco s-ople So fat he has pail up without a whimper, but it seems to me he hasn't had his niiinev's worth of tun Ho is, howevei, iesn tel to be a vei) rich )oung mail, and tills is a flee COIIIItl v. 'The Vicj A'lniiiai" Is still living done hi the bowtls of the mongrel inooilsli building but to such lad business that it is a uoudr that pait of the building Is kept open The loss will bo heavy, but the toof gulden pu)s it and a little moie. The Arousons aie, how I over, loo shrewd to do so any more, or I am mistaken. "Jupiter," at Palmer's, has nrob ably pullisl in more money than the others, 1 but the business ha not Wen great. It Is the I Jolllest of the lot. "The Kohhel " Is the most I picturesque and "The Vice Admiiul" Is the I most tuneful. Lvtn the outdoor sptctacular I entei talniuelits, on the fringes of the city, aie not doing as well as was hossl, South Heiieh is too new, Kldoradotoo far out of the way, and Coney's Isle- well, It Isn't what It used to l "Jed Piouty" closes Huturduy ami "Jupiter" July !ith. , Dl'.NI.OI'. "Glorlaua" has been a Lincoln visitor ami the (Kipulace Is still laughing over what It saw and heard in a most charming jH-rform-mice Monday evening at the ijinsing. It was the night of July Fourth, but not witli standi ng cool and comfortable w ithln, and a large audience euJo)ed tlie entire entertain inent which Included a very clever oue-tet cuitalu-rulser. "The Major's ApHintmeut," a x'tlte ami most interesting little play tell lug the story of an old soldier whodld valient service on the Meld of battle and after wind died awaiting a pro mised public olllce which never ciime. "Glorlnnu," like all of Chailes Frohmau's productions, was stagtsl with an admirable company of true artists, and the piece was gl I'll u presentation seldom acconled sum mer attrai tlons Miss Henrietta Crewman's Ideal part of the whlow was a pleasing ami artistic bit of acting and won merited up plause. Miss Maiguret Ciossmnn, as Jes.le Chadwlck, was a pretty ami a'uiliitile char uctei, and as the bride, "looked just too sweet for mi) thing " The part of IeoKid Fit Jot el) n, who assumes n double role, that of a flunk) mid a nobleman, was credit abl) done b) Cliai Its Wells, but the princi pal featllle of the male cast was that of the Itiissiuu count. Much had Ixvn expected of this china ttr and Mr V. J llenle) dbap H)iuttd no one hi Ills dlleniutiou 1 lie facial ex pi esious were full of ti ue nut ure and as for his dialogue, it would l dltllcillt to conjee tuie an) thing moie iculistic III fact the en tire play ami company were of such excel lent met it Hint one Muds naught to criticise and much to admit e For the first tinid in tin ken of man the theutlicitl piofessiou in New Yoik has been stilled up Hilitlcall), an) as tlie sea -on will legin late, many of them nie anxious to know if tlie) haven vote mid if the) will be able to deKiil It Cleveland seems to tie the fav oi lie among them and he will ceitaiulv get moie at tin's votes than has ever been cast for any nun in Cotlitin Tlieie are alt 'lit ito.nno votes in the piofessiou, al! over trmcountl v, width could 1st k-ikiims! by the deinis'ratlc pait) this full if looked after, and in it till n wh) not given political plum to one tit thein' Ml Jovph Jelfeison, for lntauce, would make a dignified lepiesfiitn live tibinad. It is said that Floience once came vii) ueui lepieseuting the Itud of the flee at the Golden Hum, but someliDiv Hi ant didn't think the actoi's pull stiting enough then. Mi Jeireixn might tie sent to the couit of the pietty little queen of Holland, mid amuse her by showing liotv a Dutchiimii looked In America a hundred years qgo as "Hip." The little lady would lie sure to love lilui as much as we do, and Mr. Jetfursun has brains and money enough to hold his own 111 any court In Cliilstluudoui,or out ot It, Mr. Charles II. Hoyt would also make it splendid lepresuntativu abroad. TIIKATIUCAl. CHAT. Hrotison Howard's new play which is to be pioduced at Pulmer's In November Is called "ArlstiKiraey." Pietty Kdlth Keiuvard sails for LondcHt next vvtvk but returns In Heptemtier to join one of Chailes Fi oilman's companies. Frank Law ton, who is now whistling with great success at tlie Madison Squato roof garden, has been engaged by Fi an k McKee for the Ho)t army. Aronson has gone to Kurope, It Is said to I bring buck (leraldlne Ulmnr. Syl via Ger I rlsli, shu of the Uautlful lavender colored limbs, lias returned to New York and the Casino. Tlie New 11) ril"-Harrison opera "Venus," for which Gus Kerker wlil write the music, is almost finished. It' is belli; wri tteii, liko I the "Isle of Champagne," both of tlie au thois taking turns at the pen, and together evolving every line of both dialogue and lyrics. Tlie honors are perfectly even and tlie big ro) alt Ies sent by J Q Seuhrooke each week is split hi exict halves. Otis Harlnn, the favorite comedian who made a success hi "Mr Macaioui" and "l!o)s and Girls," and whose quiet humor was one of the features of the original "Uazlo Daz zle" tiio in "A Hrass Monkey," has bwn en guged b) Manager David Henderson for his Ameiitan Lxtraviiganza Company in place of Aithur Dunn who recently it-signed Mr. Harlan made his first apxaiatice hi "All Hatiit" at the Chicago 0ra House Sunday evening, July .11. Iittie Hlalr Pinker, author of " .Vhlte Hoses," which made a hit at the Lyceum Theatl e last seaxui, is at hei villa at Thiiuins-tou-Ht-tieut-Neck, IJiig Island (she bus ueiirl) tliiKhed a four act coined) , which Daniel Fiohinitn will prcsluceif found favoi able for his company. Mrs. Pin ker has done coiisldei utile dramatic writing foi sometime past, but while she lecetved prop-r Houulary couiensutinii, her name rurel) men tioned on the billlHianls as author Now she wants fame and moue) to) Nellie Mclleuiy has two novelties for her next seiiMiu which tK'gius at Oiuahi July -I w itli "A Night Ht the Ciicus " One is Tho. O'ltrleu who i to walk on hiseai, theothir a little ctMin fiom Nashville, Teiiu., ntiueil CliattiiiiiMigu, who ran do the buck a id whig dance out of sight Mls Mclleni) never looked betttr in her life, and she attiibute it to tlie exercise she has hi the ciicus tiusi ness. Her huslmnd, John Wt lister, savs she looks ns pi ett) us when she was 'ii, an I Ims straightway fallen in lovo with liei over iigiiiu She comes to the Liuslng I'hevtK July Mill , eosriMihii os v vii s i
