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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
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