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F\ TUB NORFOLK WEKICLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , MARCH 29 , 1907. NORFOLK MAY YET VOTE DOND9 TO YANKTON LINE , * * GOVERNOR HAD WRONG IDEA A New Dill Will bo Introduced In Ne. br.iskn Legislature to Correct Dill Preventing Bonds for Railroad Con- structlon Options. A now bill will bo Introduced In llio Nebraska legislature todny revoking the livw recently ennotod which pro hibits oommunltlps from voting boiulH for rullrond construction. Governor Sheldon la said to hnvo signed the former measure undf r the Impression thiit It restricted bonds only to Interurban - urban electric linen , but the'bill also struck steam linos. The governor has now nslted that n now bill bo Intro duced correcting the Btonm fciituro mid allowing boudti to bo voted for Btonm lines but not for electric linen. This will allow Norfolk and other com munities to vote bonds , If they like , for the Yauktou Southwestern rail road ; It will also allow northwoBlorn precincts to vote bonds for Lyman Waterman's road , If they desire. Get Option on Right of Way. Attorney A. A. Carney of Stauton , right-of-way agent for the Ynnkton & Southwestern railroad company , which proposes to build u line from Yank- ton to the Gulf of Mexico , by way of Norfolk , has securrtjl options on land along the line of survey , as far south us Colfax county. Ho has secured op tions on the land desired east of Nor folk , throughout this vicinity , with the exception of two JarniH. Ho has Agreed to purchase the land nt vari ous prices , circumstances having much to do with the value. The rates range from $30 per aero to $75. Card of Thanks. To the many friends nnd neighbors who have been so thoughtful and kind during our recent bereavement In the sad death of our husband and son , wo wish to extend our most profound grat itude. Mrs. W. U. Ilrnnsoh. C. W. Urnasch. THURSDAY TOPICS. ' John R. Hays was In Omaha today. Frank Moras of 1'lninviow Is In Nor folk. folk.J. J. Andlss of Butte Is In Norfolk to day. day.C. C. Clmrlton of Ulalr Is n Norfolk vis itor today. Dr. Thoiuns was down from Pierce yesterday. F. Moore of Crelghton was In Nor folk over night. W. R. Locke of Stanton was In Nor folk last evening. Win. Selling of Benson was In the city this morning. H. Barnes of Battle Creek stopped In Norfolk today. Myron Whitney of Randolph was In Norfolk yesterday. A. E. Re-mender was up from Mudl- i sou this morning. Miss ROHO Fedderson of Waterloo is In the city todny. Mr. nnd Mrs. L. Hnnsen of Tlldou are In the city todny. H. F. Henderson of Osceoln stopped in Norfolk yesterday. 12. A. Klnkald of Plalnvlew was In the , clty last evening. August Hnnsen of Tllden was n vis itor In the city yesterday. Mrs. L. Schinkcl nnd Miss Alice Reynolds of Nacora spent yesterday in the city. Burt Mnpcs returned nt noon from a business trip to Lincoln. Dr. Carl Schoinnl , was n Hosklns visitor In Norfolk yesterday. C. O. Carlson of Genoa stopped in Norfolk for a few hours today. Mrs. Grueber and mother of Hos- kins spent yesterday In Norfolk. Mrs. II. B. Vaddock was a Meadow Grove visitor In Norfolk yesterday. A. J. StelYe.s and John Boyer were Norfolk visitors from Humphrey yes terday. County Commissioner Charles Fuhr man of Stanton county was In Nor folk yesterday. August Steffen nnd 13. Eggert were in Hndar yesterday attending a conference - forence of Gorman Lutheran teachers. Lou Newell , of Walker , Iowa , re turned home yesterday after visiting in Norfolk and Crclglilou. In Norfolk Mr.-Newell was the guest of his cous in. Mrs. W. H. Clnrk. Win. Bonier has built nn addition to tlie cottngo occupied by D. D. Brun- son. son.Tho The Norfolk hand members will give a dnnco on the evening of April 15 nt Marqunrdt hull. A change is to take place in the ownership of the Reed harbor shop , C. J. Reed having made arrangements to dispose of his Interest In the busi ness to. his brother , E. B. Reed. A special meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church will bo held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clpck at the homo of Mrs. Morgan. The trustees of the church will bo present. Fred Schelly will open a new pop factory in Norfolk within the next week or ton days. The factory will bo located in the building which ho has had erected at Seventh street and Koenlgstein avenue. Thursday was the seventy-second birthday of Mrs. Julia F. Lamb of this city and in honor of the event her friends and neighbors joined in n pleasant birthday party nt the homo of her son , Frank Lamb. O. A. Sleeper , postmaster of War nervllle , was loser of the purse found In Noiiolk by R. 10. Williams. The purse contained $10 In cash and n clit'olc for something more than $10. I'ho money was restored to Mr. Sleep er before twenty-four bourn had lapsed , The suit of Dr. J H. Mnckny vs. .Mrs. Arvllla Choiioy In Justice , Lam- bort'n court was decided In favor of the defendant , Mrs. Cheney , for want of material evidence. Dr. Mnckny tuod for $ RO for medical services al leged In have been rendered by him lor the bencllt of Win. Woodworth at iho Instance of Woodworth'n Bister , Mrs. Cheney. The Norfolk baseball season was opened Wednesday afternoon when n team from the high school defeated the nine from the Norfolk business college In a practice game. The score stood 25 to 8 In favor of the high Hchool , Indicating an energetic If not in exciting contest. The business col- ego nine In just getting Into the Hold. They have written for n game with the Stauton high school. The Norfolk camp of the Modern Woodmen has entered on a member- Hhlp contest , whereby It Is hoped to Hccuro a material Increase In the lamp's membership during the next two months. The members of the ocnl lodge have been divided Into two opposing parties under the ro- cpecllvo leadership of Ed Bruoggeman ind 1) . F. O'Brien. The sldo securing the smaller number of candidates In the contest will tender the winners i Hinoker and nu Ice cream supper. The contest closes May 13. The Mod ern Woodmen have some eighty mem bers In Norfolk at this time. Norfolk will probably have a touch if district court next week. The Hprlug term of the district court In Madison county will convene In Mudl- HOU on Monday , April 1. The Jury has iron summoned for a week later. It B probahlo that routine court matters will engage JudgeWelch's attention In Madison for the first two days , bringing him to Norfolk ojj next Wednesday to tnko testimony In two cnses. Testimony to bo offered will bo In the divorce case of Hull vs. Hull and In the case of White vs. the city of Norfolk , the latter case In volving a dispute over n street line. Mrs. W. R. Brnasch , who brought the remains of her late husband to Norfolk for burial Tuesday , has not determined whether she will continue tier homo In Norfolk or not , but friends I'oro are anxious that she remain In Norfolk permanently. It has devel oped that Mr. Draasch had been along pufforor from Brlght's disease nnd that , lest the knowledge of his suffer ing might add to the worry of his al ready woo-bunlened father , eonlldlug nlouo to his wife the seriousness of tils condition. It was to get away from Norfolk when he felt an attack approaching preaching that ho left suddenly for Hot Springs. Among the patients In the Norfolk Insane hospital will probably bo added Frank Brink , the Poncn man Just ac quitted by a jury of murdering Miss Besslo Newton , his former sweetheart. The girl was killed the night before her wedding was to have taken place to an Iowa man. Circumstantial evi dence fastened the crime on Brink. Ho has been declared lusuiio by physi cians nnd was acquitted under Judge Graves' Instruction that , If ho was In sane when the murder vns committed nnd did not know right from wrong , ho was not responsible. Ho has boon taken to the homo of his father but it Is said that ho will bo oxnmlnod by a bonrd of insanity within a few days nnd probnbly sent to the Norfolk In sane asylum for treatment. If ho becomes - comes cured ho will bo released. It will bo recalled thnt the murderer , Rash , from Wnyno county , who brained his entire family with a soapstone - stone , was confined In the hospital here for a time and later released. Ho never showed symptoms of insanity In the hospital. HOMESTAKE MINE IS BURNING Fierce Fire Is Raging In the Six Hun dred Foot Level. Dcndwood. S. D. , March 27. A fiurce fire Is burning In the 600-foot level In the Homestako mine , at Lead , and It may become necessary to Hood that pu t of the workings to put out the flames. - * * ? .T A dozen miners were caught back of tbo point where the fire started and were rescued with difficulty A uum ber of them had been overcome by gas and smoke. Nine horses have been burned to death. The lire started in the stables at the 600-foot level and spread quickly to the timbered slopes between the Highlands shaft and the Star hoist. No mlneis. except a few to fight the fire , were allowed to enter the mine , Stolypln Misses Golden Opportunity. St. Petersburg. March 27. The Rech says Premier Stolypln missed n golden opportunity to "speak that healing word of peace that the coun try craves , " and that Instead he con fcsscd the government was still hesl tatlng between the duraa and drum head courts-martial. "Tho people are reminded of the wall that stands be tween them and the government , " the paper continues , and In conclusion asks "will the duma or the drum-head courts-martial survive May 37" Belek Held to Grand Jury. Chicago , Fob. 22. A coroner's Jury decided that arsenic poisoning causo.l the deaths of Mrs. Rosa Vrzal , Mar tin Vrial , her husband , and Tlllle Vrzal , their daughter. Herman Belch a fortune teller , already charged with having p'olsoned three other daughters of the Vrzal family , was held to tut grand Jury. PROBING DEEPER INTO BAN FRANCISCO GRAFT. TWELVE WITNESSES EXAMINED Telephone Official * and Bankers on the Rack as to the Story of Bribery to Get Franchises Satlifactory Day for Inquisitors , San FrunclHco , March 28. Twelve witnesses wore examined by the grand jury In Us Investigation of bribery and grult. These were , In the order named , Dr , Ferdinand Buttorllold , represent ing InturcHtu allied with the United States Independent Telephone com pany , the concern which desired to bid but did not , lor the competitive fran chise awarded to the Homo Telephone company , It Is charged , after approxi mately $200,000 of bribe money had been paid to administration olllcluls , $25,000 to the city of San Francisco nnd $75,000 to the earthquake and fire relief fund ; 12. Oppcnbelmer of San Francisco ; William Meaile , pres ident of the Central bank ol Los An geles ; Mr. Sluan of Los Angeles ; Frank M. Brown , u broker of Los An geles who had to do with the forma tion of the Homo Telephone company and who , It Is said , has furnished the grand Jury with evidence respecting the manner In which that corporation secured the San Fninclsc franchise after , It Is claimed , It had been Illc-i gltlmately bought by the Pacific' States Telephone company ; W. C. Patterson , vice president of the First National bank of Los Angeles , who was financially Interested In the oper ations of the Home company ; J. S , Torrance , a I s Angeles broker ; A , B. Cass , president of the Home Tele phone company of Los Angeles ; T. S. Parkhursl of Los Angeles ; Mr. Dole of Pomona , and Supervisor W. W. Sanderson of this city , one of the sev eral supervisors who are alleged ta have furnished the grand Jury with much of the ground work for Its 'In dictments by confessing to wholesale bribery practiced upon themselves by the two telephone companies , the local gas company , the United Railroads and other corporations. At the conclusion of the session District Attorney Langdon was asked' to make a statement regarding the Investigation. Ho replied ; "This was one of the most Important days thus far before the grand Jury a day ro spooling which It Is necessary fet the ofllcors of the prosecution to ob serve the strictest silence. I shall simply say that this was ono of tha most satisfactory days yet" This was taken to mean that the witnesses called or some of the more important of them , had given testi mony tending to corroborate the brib ery and graft evidence on which sixty- five Indictments have been already re turned against Abraham Ruef , nine against General Manager Louis Glass of the Pacific States Telephone com" pany , thirteen against Abraham K. i Dctweller , outside agent for the Homei ! Telephone company ; ton against J. V. , Halsoy , outside agent for the Pacific ; States Telephone company ; five' i against Mayor Schmltz , and out against Chief of Police Dlnan. Mayor Schmitz , In a statement ta i the Associated Press , denied the truth i of charges published In local papers i to the effect that the prosecution has i nhundnnt evidence that Schmltz prof ' ited to the extent of not loss than i $602.000 from participation In the' ! "boodllng" operations now being ln- vestigiited by the grand jury. "These i charges , " he said , "are maliciously 1 false and as soon as I am afforded tha i legal opportunity 1 shall prove them to be so. " FCR REVENGEJR ROBBERY Keystone Express Derailed by Wreck-j ers , but Nobody Is Hurt. Plttsburg , March 28. Train No. 20 on the Pennsylvania railroad , known ' as the Keystone express , eastbound. was derailed near Wllmcrdlng , Pa. , fourteen miles cast ot hero. The engine , two mall cars and a . combination baggage and smoker left the tracks , but no on6 was Tiuft. It Is believed the train was Inten tionally derailed and that the deed j' was done by the same parties who wrecked the Chicago limited train No. 23 at Stewart , Pa. , last Friday. The same plan was carried out and only the slow speed of the train ( thirty miles an hour ) saved it from turning turtle , diving over a steep bank and crushing out perhaps a score of lives. Both the eastbound and westbound tracks wore tampered with , one rail 11 joint on each track being displaced I within a few rods of each other. Railroad detectives started an In vestigation nnd the nnnouncemont was made that the derailment was un doubtedly the work of train wreckers , either for revenge or robbery. Wellman Expedition Getting Ready. Paris. March 28. The members of r the Wellman-Chlcago Record-Herald North pole expedition are completing the preparations of the balloon Amer ica , and will leave shortly for Trom- EOO , Norway , whence they will depart June 1. The balloon , or airship , lias been entirely reconstructed has new motors and possesses a lifting power of 19,500 pounds. The -best real estate operators are "satisfied to take a small profit" and 1 thus keep buying nnd selling nU the time nnd making their want ad. cam paigns continuous. SALVADOR EAGER FOR PEACE Requests Mexico to Intervene In Central tral American War. Mexico City , March 27. Mexico has been requested by the republic of.Snl vader to Intervene and use her bust efforts to bring about peace In Central tral America. Ur. Baltnzar Estuplnlan , the minis ter to Mexico from Salvador , received a telegram from the government , sny < Ing Salvador was withdrawing all her troops from Honduras territory and was eager for pvuco. Dr , Estuplnlnn then confetred with President Diaz , As n result of the conference a mes sage was Immediately Rant to Ambas sador Creel In Washington by the president. The contents of this dis patch were not made public , but It la stated on good authority that Presi dent Diaz ban Instrnctod Mr. Creel to Join the Amerlran government in demanding the cessation of hostilities Salvador has been an active ally ol Honduras. According to nn American who has Impottnnt Interests In Cen tral America , unless the war la brought to n close by Intervention on the part of the United States and Mexico ice shortly , n federation of Central American states , with President Zo- layn of Nicaragua at the helm , will be the direct end of the present conflict. BONILLA ORDERS SURRENDER President of Honduras Tells Tegucl galpa to Admit Nlcaraguan Army. Managua , Nicaragua , March 27. It Is stated on the highest authority I ' here that President Bonllln of Hon duras , after his retreat to Amapala I following the defeat of the Honduran- . Salvndoroon forces at Cholutecu by the Nicnrnguan army , ordered from Amapala the surrender of Teguci galpa , capital of Honduras , to the vic torious troops. The city Is now in possession of the Hondurnn-NIca- ragunn government Junta. urownson to Command Pacific Fleet. Washington , March 14. Complete plans for the consolidation Into one fleet of all American cruising vessels In the Pacific ocean were made public by the navy department. The order probably will go Into effect about the end of this month , when Roar Admiral Brownson will become commander-ln- chief of all American naval vessels in the Pacific. Rear Admiratl W. T. ' . Swinburne will become commander , of the second squadron and Rear Ad mlral J. H. Dayton will command the third squadron. Revolution Started In Venezuela. Wlllemstad , Curacoa , March 19. A dispatch received here announces that a powerful revolution has started In the state of Tachlra , Venezuela , with I General Juan Pablo Penlosa as its lender. BOOST IN STOCK PRICES _ Sharp Recovery Is Feature of the Day's Operations In Wall Street. New York , March 27. A complete reversal of sentiment marked trading in the stock market. Although Lon- i don prices were lower , the New York I exchange soon after the opening showed a much stronger tone than for ' some time past nnd quotations were advanced sharply on ve.'y heavy buy- < ing. The bears began to retreat on rumors that further government as- slstance for the money market was Imminent , and when the formal an nouncement came from Washington that such assistance was to be givei the shorts began to cover up their out ' standing contracts. At the same time | there was a renewal of purchases for Investment. The trading was wild and excited , as the bears sought to cover. Accompanying the upward movement was an industriously circu lated rumor that an enormous pool had been formed by the greatest bank- fng houses in Wall street to support prices. This report , which lacked confirmation , made It ap"peaf thai I $50.000 000 had been subscribed by ] t Bankers to buy stocks "with The oh'- I Ject of putting a stop to the recent precipitate declines. The extreme ad vances reached to over seven points In most of the Harriman and Hill stocks , to six or over In St. Paul , Ca nadlon Pacific and Smelting and from three to four points In a largo number of the most active stocks. The ex- ' tremo gains were not all held and the closing too < of the market was rather Irregular. TERMINAL BILLJO "GOVERNOR Conference Report | s Adopted In House by Vote of 58 to 25. Lincoln , March 27. The house ooa- curred In the report of the conference committee on the terminal tax bill. The vote was 58 to 25. The bill will now go to the governor. The senate passed the house child labor bill , amending It so as to exempt from Its provisions boys who work on farms and other boys between tha ages of fourteen and sixteen yean who have an eighth grade school cer tificate. The house concurred in tha senate amendments and the bill goei to the governor. The senate also passed the house bill prohibiting in the train service at night of telegraph operators lass than twenty-ono years old. The hofiso voted to accept the amended anti-pass bill and reported It for passage. It prohibits railroad passes for practically everyone oxcepl bo'na fide employes of railroads. The senate bill , Intended to forbid the Issuance of speolal llfo Insurance i contracts , was Indefinitely postponed by the house. I The senate killed the house bill re ducing sleeping car rates 33 per cent Recommended by Prominent Physicians. and Chemists CALUMET Baking Powder Perfect in Quality Economical in Use Moderate in Price ALLISON [ DENIES RUMOR Iowa Senator Says He Has Ar nounced No Plans for Future. Dulniquo , March 27. Senator All. son was shown a dispatch saying In would retire alter his present term and that General Dodge's return t Iowa meant ho was being grooinc. for the position. He denounced tfi < report with Indignation , and declare he baa announced no plans tor th future , lie evaded every effort to si cure a statement whether ho woul or would not ictire. A close friend < , his said IIP b''lleved no plans ha been perfected , but added that as th < senator will bo eighty yars old win , , his tetm expires In 1909 , he thougn ho would decline to enter on anoinei term PARDON'S FOR THREE. lov/a Legislature Votes Them Out ol List of Twenty-three Applicants. Dos Molnes , March 27. Pardons tc three life convicts have been voted by the senate and house committees of the legislature out of the twentj three who asked for mercy. Tin. three arc Betsy Smith , who Is serving a life sentence lor the murder of net husband in Dos Molnes ; George Weems , who is serving a life sentence for the murder of L. H. Rldpath ot Des Molnes , and Jasper Mason , who killed a lellow traveler in Dallas county In &clf-defense during a polit leal quarrel. Pardons wore denied tc seventeen convicts by other commit tees. The seventeen Include the Rains bargers. GIFTS FORJJOLLEOES General Education Board Distributes $625,000 Among Five Institutions. New York , March 27. The first dis tribution by tiie general education board since it received John D. Rocke feller's most recent contribution of $32,000,000 was made at a meeting of the board , when conditional gifts to tallng $025.000 were made to five edu catlonal institutions. The money was divided as follows Yale university. $300,000 ; Princeton university , $200.000 ; Bowdoln college. Brunswick , Me. , $50,000 , Colorado col lege , Colorado Springs , $50,000 ; Mills aps college , Jackson , Miss. $25,000. After making these appropriations the board voted to give a total of $42- BOO to colored schools. With the five principal gifts Is the condition that the Institutions shall raise a specified sum fndependent of the board's appropriation. Yale and Princeton are each to raise $2,000.000 ; Colorado college. $50,000 ; Bowdoln , $2G04000J and jUlllsaps , $100,000. These subscriptions- were decided upon after the board had considered applications from about 400 institu tions. Further distributions , It was stated , will be rnado before long. Storm at Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs , Colo. , March 27. A terrific sandstorm raged in Colorado rado Springs and vicinity and business In the downtown districts was prac tically suspended. Many telephone poles were blown down and plate glass windows were broken. The wind blow with a velocity of seventy-two miles nn hour. Suicide at Waterloo. Waterloo , la. , March 4. C. O. Dls key , committed suicide hero by hangIng - Ing himself In the cellar of his wife's home. He was a barber by trade and was recently divorced. BILL HAS GOOD PROSPECTS. C. E. Burnham Left Norfolk Hospital Matter In Good Shape. There Is every prospect that the ap propriation bill providing for $98,000 to bo used in improvements at the Norfolk insane hospital , and which was Introduced In the house by Repre sentative Alderson of Madison county , nnd passed with only ono dissenting vote , will this week bo passed by the senate , where it struck good sized snags at the beginning of the week. C. B. Burnham , legislative representa tive of the Norfolk Commercial club , returned from Lincoln last night after having been in the state capital all week looking after the measure. Ho says that the bill has every prospect now of going through. This Is a vic tory when the fact Is considered that appropriations hnvo during the pnst week or so been looked upon with suspecting eyes and when the passage of any appropriation bill , however worthy , was a difficult piece of busl- ness. FRISCO STILL A RUIN. Vast Area of Burned District Is Yet a Heap of Ashes and Debris. At least 10,000 people perished In t the San Francisco earthquake and V fire , Instead of the -100 or 500 reported by newspaper dispatches at the time of the catastrophe , according to the admission of practically everybody In that city. J. P. Losch of West Point , who has Just returned from a two months' trip to California , Including the devastated city , says that San Franciscans generally believe that at least 10,000 and perhaps more than thnt perished In the earthqunko horror nnd flames that followed. Dead bodies by the scores and hundreds were tossed Into the fire while the city still burned and were thus cremated with out any record being made of the corpses. Hundreds nnd hundreds of dead bodies were hauled through the streets nnd dumped Into the water before any thing like an accurate accounting could bo made. Chinese In untold numbers , many of whom had never seen the light of day , perished down in their underground swallow-nests. Buildings that burned with inmates were buried with ashes and dirt and there will never be any knowing how many unfortunates He In these un marked graves. < * Many of those who 'survived the fire are today succumbing to the nerve shock and many others , robbed of their families and friends , are now be coming Insane as a result of the mental - al strain that they have undergone. - San Francisco today looks as if it had Just been burned a week ago , ac cording to Mr. Losch. The down town district Is still a vast area of ashes and ruins and 1,200 wagons are being employed to haul away what remains still of the debris. A few frame shacks have been built in the down town district but business Is practic ally impossible because the public is unable to make its way through the ruins to get to this section. Inadequate street cars , which are running with electricity lor the first time In the town's history , are crowd- f-d to the guards with people and many are being killed because of this con gested condition. Passengers drop off the cars and are run over without at- nttrnctlng pnrtlcular comment. Many of the beautiful mansions that stood on Neb Hill are still staring at the streets In their ghastly condition of ruin , nnd will not be rebuilt. It Is the opinion of visitors that San Francisco will not be replaced as it wns before under twenty-five years , if then. f NORFOLK BANKS SHOW INCREASE Hlghwater Mark In Deposits and Re sources Is Reached. Bank statements Just Issued In Nor folk for March 22 , 1907 , show an in crease in deposits oinco the January statement of $121,939.89. The high wnter mark In deposits In the three local national banks Is reached by the statement this week , the total be ing $1,273,183.94. It Is an Increase over the year of $327,230.20. Resources show an increase since January of $126,475.05 , the total March 22 having been $1G47C74.83. This Is an Increase since n yenr ago of $3,400- 057.72. The seat sale for Miss Isabel Irv- ing's appearance hero Saturday night In Jerome K. Jerome's comedy , "Susan In Search of si Husband , " ono of the New York successes of the present season , will go on at The News busi ness office Friday morning at 9 o'clock. There are 300 seats on the lower floor of the Auditorium at $1 ; the parquet seats are $1.50 ; the first two rows In the balcony aro-l , the next three 75c , the next thrco 50c and the gnllery sents 25c. In the enst Miss Irvlng's compnny plnys at $2 prices. In the company are five act ors of prominence , each of whom has been a star In his or her own right The play is pronounced ono of the refreshing - freshing comedies of the year as It must bo slnco It comes from the pen of Jerome K. Jerome , and the com pany is ono of evenly-balanced excel lence seldom seen In the west. The attraction will bo ono of the most 1m- portant features of the theatrical season - son and from the mall orders that have boon received , It Is apparent that Miss Irving and her company will bo greet ed by a full house Saturday night