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> TIlE OMAN A DAILY DEEt.-SUN DAY , rAnOn 2.1 , 189i. G l
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FAMOUS INSURANCE CASE
Jury in the nmmon Litigation at Topeka
Again Disagrees
PART OF KANSM' NISTORY ' INVOLVED
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Blltccn "cnrA In Court , and on Thh , the
runrth Trial , Seven Jurors Were
for the l'lnlntiIT rind Flvo for
the Defcndnnt.
TOPDKA 1\:111I. : , March 23.-Speclal ( Tele-
gram.-Tho ) jury which has been out since
Tuesday In the celebratClI IIl1lmon Insurance
case In the United Stales circuit court In this
city was lIshnlssed ( by Judge Thomas today
because of failure to agree upon a verl1lct.
The first ballot taken Tuesday showed the
Jury as slIIIlIng ( seven to five In Mrs 1111I.
mon's ravor. There were many variations
, from these figures at the subsequent ballots ,
bat since yesterday morning but one Juryman -
man Joseph Young , has stood favorable to
the defendants and his opposition to the maJority -
c Jority was so sturdy that II disagreement was
neceuary. The disagreement was a sl1rprlse ,
as n. verdict for the plaintiff was looted ] for
during the last few .Ia's.
This Is the thllll : time the jurIes have ills-
agreed At the third trIal the plalntllt secured -
cured verdict . but n new trial was granted
= to admit Important ( ! evidence before excluded
b'or sixteen years Mrs. IIl1lmon has been
endeavoring to collect the slim or $25.000
which she alleges to be due as the amount of
the insurance policies issued upon the life
of her husband by the Mutual Life Insllr-
anco company of New York , the Connecticut
1 Mutual Life insurance company and the New '
York Life Insurance company , and made pay-
able by the death ot John W. lIU1mon. alleged
to have occurred on March ! 17. 1879. It was
only n short time after his marriage that
' 1IlIImon made application for Insurance upon
bin life to the extent of [ $50,000.
VOUCHED FOR DY DALDWIN
He was Introduced to the various lIe [ Insur-
.anro agents by his old frten ( ) Levi Baldwin
and who was known as a prosncrous cattleman
nllll who Introduced IIl11mon as n well - to-do
fanehman. Baldwin was a cousin of the
Miss Quinn whom IIl11moll had ( marrlerl. As
a result or his numerous applications Hillman -
man succeeded In obtallling Insurance upon
Ills life \ to the extent of $25.000 , and the
policies named his wife as the beneficiary.
It was proven at the trial that Daldwln
had paid the premiums 011 these policies , as
Hillmon nt no time had an Income exceeding !
$50 a month and the premiums on the policies
amounted to over $600 a year.
In February . 187 . Hlllmon and a man
named John U. Drown , who Is alleged by the
companies ] as being one of the original conspirators -
spirators together with a third person , whom
the insurance companies assert was one
Frederick Adolph Walters left \Vlchlta for
the west , ostensibly for the purpose or locat-
log ! n ranch.
On the 17lh of March , 1879 , upon a little
stream callEd Elm creek n man met his death
by means of a gun shot In the head and the
Identity of that person has been the subject
or this long litigation. The body was taken !
to Lawrence , where for several days it was
; publicly exhibited to the view of hundreds or
peollle who had known Hllhnon during his
lifetime. Opinion as to Its Identification was
divided. The coroner of Douglas county held
a second inquest over It and the verdict was
that It was not the body or Ililhnon but
that or another nun who had met his death
feloniously at the hands of John H. Drown
As soon ns the verdict was made public
Drown left the city and escaped to the wilds
of central Mtssourt. A warrant was Issued
for his arrest , but he was not npprehended.
During the trial the lllalnttt brought
numerous witnesses who swear positIvely that
the ' body was that or John \V. Hlllmon , while
the defendants have brought a corresponding
number who swear just as positively that It
was the body , or Frederick Adolph Walters
, and , among the latter am the parents of
. - Walters and ! about twenty of his former
friends and acquaintances \ from his old home
at Fort Madison , la
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XO ll.lllJ'ES1' IITO.lll1'.G'S WUOL CllUP
ropuatioPII Completed ; for the Work at
Cl\Rpcr and "Iclllity.
„ CASI'EH , Wyo. , March 23. ( Special Tele
grnm.-At the wool growers' meeting held
here yesterday the following schedule or
prices for shearing / , the comIng season were
adopted : Stock sheep , 7 cents per head : ,
bucks 10 cents : shearers to board them-
e selves.
It Is estimated that 50.000 head of sheep
w\1l \ be sheared at Casper ! , GO.OOO head at
DadKen ! 40.000 head at Lost Cabin and 30.001
lead at Johllstown. Thla wool will all lri !
marketed at Cnfper. '
. - - . Five shearing pens will bo operated at
Casper atone this season. The steam shear-
Ing plant has been leased to an English
firm and from the start : will be run at Its
full capactty. Shearing will commence
about April 6. but Ir the good weather con-
tlnueB work will start at one or the pena
y
I1t once. So far the winter loss or sheep
on the range amounts to notblng. The clip
of wool will be the best for years and wool
growers ! are hopeful over the general out-
look for the coming season Severnl
bands ot stock ewes have changed ! ' ; hands : at
$2.30 per head , 1111 against $1.75 offered for
the same class ot sheep last fnll.
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C.ILLHD IIUl A llUrliD 4A'D .1 LIAR
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From l'leht Narrowly Averted 10 the
J\Uosollrl Lower Ilouee .
JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. . March 23 ; The
house clime near closing Its session with
, a set.to between Mr. Spencer ot St. Louis
and Mr. Davidson of ' Marlon . one II repub-
ltcan and the other n lJemocrat. They engaged -
gagell In a wordy altercation over the reso-
lullon to adjourn nt 3 o'clock and III the
course of the argument Mr. Spencer In-
all1uutcd that Mr Davidson was 11 liar This
: Mr Davidson resented holly. "You contemptible -
temptible hound , " pointing his ringer lit
Spencer "you know you lire lying Oh , you
may shut your d-l mouthl"
Spencer was at a white heat , nUll the
lIergennt-nt-armli un(111. half dozen members
ran across the house to prevent un encounter .
g counter After the objectionable words hUll
been taken down ell was poured on the
troubled waters , the words were retracted
and peace reigned "
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\1'e..l111 or Four Attie . Gold Camp
UASVLINS , Wyo" , March 23. ( Special Tel-
grum.-Four Mile , the new gold pincer
camp , fifty miles south just across the
border In Colorado , Is TIIIldly forging to the
front Only about ten days ago $100.000 was
made payable to the Ollleslles of Denver.
This morning J. n. Adams of OmuhU- left for
the camp accompanied Dr. J. SV . Merton
'WlllIam n. lIa81eln8 , George I : . Perkins allll
\'l1l1l1m 1I0wnrd of I'rovhlence It. I. , to
close the deal for some 1r.oo acres of placer
land In the Dry Oulch district The land
sold runs 30 cents allli upwards In gold per )
cubic yard anti the'purchllse price runs UII In
six figures. / The purchasers contemplate the
construction of a big ditch from Snake river
which has already been surveyed anti will
'Islt that section to make arrangements
to begin work nt the earliest Ilol'slble ( late .
Tine cost of 1114' ditch ts estimated at nearly
$100,000. ( )
Wllh the large number of capitalists ai-
read ) ' Interested In the Four Mlle \ placer
atehls It Is bound to be a busy camp thlll
! season attorlllnl employment to hundreds
at men and resulting In a prol1table harvest
ot the yellow metal
A big gold hind Is reported from Seminoe
) No definite particulars 1111 yet ,
Pebt' Attorne'ant.Ior" : Tlmo tn 1'1 pout .
ASUINOTON , March 23.-Attomey
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Orffi'ory of Chicago , one of \Ir. ! nebs' coun.
eel , In his case now before the supreme
court at the United States , and ! \Ir , Edwin
'alker , special counsel for the government
were at the Department or Justice : toda ) ' .
Mr : , Gregory sought Attorney General
Olne"s consent to increasing from four to
six hours the time to be allowc to each
aide In the Pcbs argument which will begin
next .Monday. The attorney general , It Is
sahl , will not ask the court to make the
extension , but will not interpose IIn objec _
tion III case the court ts disposed to runt
tilt Tl'IUest Mr. Olney , however , ts of the
opinion that tour hours \9 \ quite lumelent In
which to present all legitimate arguments
on either IIlde.
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nllll time Hobben UIT with "tollel.
DAIrUIOm : , March 23.-Waller B . Swim
dell or time firm of Swindell 13005 . glass
manufacturers , who was on his way to the
factory with $2.00 to pay the men . was
halted on HU5.\letl street this afternoon by
two llighwa'mun , who commanded him to
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hold up his fnn { < 1s. Instead or obeying
them he threw up his Arms and knocklll I
the pIstols up. A terrific struggle ensued ,
In which several ! shots were fired h > ' the
robbers . one bullet knocking Swlnlelili ( hat
ort. Swlu'loll ! got out of his carriage anti
hurled rocks nt his ! MEntlnnts. They finally
jumped . Into n buggy anti drove art.
l'TIlBn 1' . LA LUJJIEn IS IJlMD.
Plulnltnlshn.l Jesuit I'rlesof Olnclnnntl
lJlel of IIrllht'll lJIIC&8
CINCINNATI , March 23. Father Stanislaus
P. La Lumlcre , a distinguished Jesuit , died
this morning at Bright's disease aged 73
years , lIe was born ot French parents In
Vlncennes , Ind , studied law and served as
clerk or the court In 51. LouIs before enterIng -
log the prlesthoo.l. lIe was located for many
rears In Milwaukee . where he was Instrumental -
mental III the building of St. Oall's church
and Marquette college. lie came here In 1889 ,
where he has been especially dlstlnKlIlshtd
for his ministrations to prisoners In jail and
to the unfortunate classes or soclely
Major J. V. \uok : Ucall.
HIESTOWN , W. Va „ March ' : : . -
Major J. D. Cook , reporter of the court at
appeals , lIed here today ot pneumonia , aged
72 'ear8. lIe was native of New York ,
but served In the confederate army Il8 rid u-
tans of the 'fwenty.fourth North Carolina
regiment , and ! was 0lflcln1ly complimented
for gallant conduct nt Antietam and Freder-
icksburg . tn which latter engagement he wes
severely wounded
nORth uf Lord C IRrrllco Paget
LONDON , March 23.-LoTlI Clarence E.
Pnget , O. C. n. , Is dead. lie wines born In
1811 , and married ( In 182 : ; Marlin : Stuart
daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Wnller of
the na\ ' ) ' .
John Hater 111 lira"
NESS' YOm . March 2.1.-JoI1l1 I\oster : ot
the firm of Koster , Ulnl & Co , music hall
proprietors , died ! today , aged 51.
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RELIEF .J'on TILE SJIllClWX 'ol.1ULIES
Governor of Wyomln ! l\tRkel aD Appeal
for Jllone1 Rllli I'rovlslons.
CHiYENNE , March 2.1.-Spcclal ( Tele-
grnll1.-Governol' Richards today Issued nn
address to the people ot Wyoming , "ollclt-
lug contributions to aid the destitute fnm-
lIIea at the unfortunate men who were
killed In the mine disaster at AIm ) ' . Newell
Beenu\IJ. manager of the mine telegraphs
the governor that money provisions and
clothing are needed GeneralIanager ! DIcit-
Inson of thc Union pacillc has Informed the
mayors or the severn I towns along the line
that free transportation wilt be furnished
for all contrlbutlons
Mayor Merrill or Cheyenne this after-
noon appointed n committee oC three promi-
nent business men to solicit donations In
this communi ! ) ' , A henellt will be given
next week by the church workers of the
city , the proceeds to be donated . to the re-
lict fund Manager : , Ueeml11 : : requests that
all cash conlrlbutlons be sent to North &
Stone bankers nt gVIU1ston. Clothing and
provisions should be forwarded to the re-
Hot committee at Alm ' ,
] d \ ' 'ANSTON " 'yo , . March 23.-Senrchlng
parties In the Army mine have recovered
nil the bodies except that of WnlterlllIer. .
Ot the number killed thirty-two were mem-
hera oC the Mormon church President
Joseph Smith Elder Seymour D. Young and
others will arrive hero tomorrow from Sail
Lake to attend the funeral
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C.IX BE N.ITUll.IlJZJU ) 111' .U.llml.IGl
Judge lUcks llnkcs an important JJcclsloD
U""I1"ctlll ! CltlzclIshlp.
CLEVELAND , March 3.-Judge ? Augustus
, J. . nicks ot the United States circuit court
today handed down an Important decision
In reference to the question \ oC whether n
foreign born woman become : ' ! a citizen of
the United States when she marries a citizen -
zen oC this countr ) ' .
The decision was rendered on nn application -
tlon flied by Minnie Whitehead of this
city for admission to cltlz'nshlp In the
United States ot America. 1\Irs. Whitehead
came to this country In 18G7 and later mar-
ried Thomas H. Whitehead , a native of the
United States. Judge lucks holds that \Irs. ;
Whitehead became a cItizen of the United
States by her marriage : to Thomas n. Whitehead -
head , n citizen thereof , and needs no cer-
Ullcate ot naturalization from his court or
any other to entitle her to the privileges
anti Immunities such citizenship confers
United States Judge Hann11ond. sitting with
Judge lUcks , concurred In this opinion ,
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nH'fJlWED l"lW.ll CULO.Vl fiRNih1I. ;
\VUo of on Army Ollicer Formerly of Omaha
Secarea n 801I"rnUon.
CLEVELAND , March 23. Judge Hutchins
or the common pleas court today granted a
divorce to Mrs. Kate F. Denham from Colonel
Daniel W. Denham of the United Slates army ,
who Is at present stationed at Lillie Rock
Ark. Mrs. enham In her petition alleged
extreme cruelly , drunkenness and gross
neglect of duty. She was given the custody
at her three children and awarded $150 per
month allmol1Y. The couple are socially
prominent In this city
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Stole for Eight Year. Before lie 'VR8 Caught !
DALTIMOHE , March 23.-S'dney W.
Sprague , 4-i years of age was arrested last
night , charged with embezzling between .
tween $25.000 and $30.000 In money
from the Freelnnd Loomis company
or this city. Mr. Sprague has
been In the corporatlon'a employ twenty-
three years ns clerk and cashier By
clever manipulation of the accounts , It Is
alleged , Sprague had been taking $100 and
$200 Ilt a time for the past eight years. Last
I Tuesday , when the amount ot the deralcll-
lion was known l1e was charged . with thE !
crime and made 11. partial ' confession and
refunded $5,200.
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Getting Butter from Whey.
1'1'UACA , N. Y. , March 23.-The agricultural . I
cultural dellllrtment at Cornell claims to I
have made on important ( discovery which I
will prove or great economic value to
farmerll. It Is found butler fat can be extracted -
tracted from whey by running It through a
selln.mtor. The department has now In
press a bulletin ex"lalnln the process. It
Is estimated the use ot the process would
save the agricultural Interests ot New York
state nearly $1,000.000 a year 01' 10 put II
In another way , the entire expense of maltIng -
log cheese : woulll be covered by what hall
heretofore been a waste
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\\111 Only Ir.tve . eleven on the Grand JllrT.
SALT LAKE , March 23. The constitutional .
Uonlll convention spent the most or the afternoon .
ernoon In discussion of sections 10 , 11 and 12
or the report on preamble and declaration I
or right Section 10. referring to juries
was amended , malting the number or men
seven on n. grand jury , and that live of
these could return an htdletnent Today Is
the last day that prolosltlons ( for insertion
In the constitution can be received and
next week will probably show some IIOS-
Ilive results on the work In hand
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Coilled the Oennlne Sliver ,
nAII'(1\101U ( , Md , March ! 23.-The finest
counterfeit qunrtel' dollar ever made was
discovered here today , It Is ot the series
ot 1SJ3 ! allll Is composed hugely or silver
Only the most adroit expert can detect It
from the genuine coin anti It la believed
to ha\'e been circulated In large quantities
'rhls III one of the rare Instances In which
rent sliver has been used In counterfelting
The metal Is now so cheap that It eountel'-
felt of the legal weight can be made at a
handsome 11rollt.
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Thlrty.Snv..n leara la the COIul\ll.r Scrvh'
SAN FRANCISCO , March 23.-Dennls
Donahue , who for several years past has
been British consul nt this port , today ten-
dered his resignation to his home govern-
ment , lie Intends to remuln In California
Consul Donahuo will attain his 60th year
within a few months During his thlrty-
seven years or consular service ! \Ir , Jnl\htle
hUll represented the Urltish government at
Puerto Cabello , Venezuela : Buffalo , N , Y. :
New Orleans , Baltimore and San 1'ranelaco
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NI'W YORK March 23. Frank Van
nl'eth , one of the excluded diamond cutters
who came over on the 'esternland , sue
needed ! In getting 11. rehearing today nt hills
island It then developed that ( he \I'all the
most wealthy diamond cutler In the world
Be claimed to be worth $100,000. and declared .
elared that he came over to \ 'IliitIr. ! . Coa-
terman , one or the Cincinnati firma who nN
supposed to have contracted for the men ,
Ills : examination will be continued Monday ,
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Afro tell for ElectIon : Cruoloellnll" .
NEW YORK March 23.-1 > urlllg last
night twelve men were arrested and taken
to IKlllee ; headquarters 011 warrants Issued
for the Indictments found by the exlraordl
nar ) " grand jury anti referred to Justice 111.
nary
gTa main In the court of over and terminer
yesterday . The men arrested were all elec.
lion Inspectors at the last eleotlon. They
gave bail thlll morning. Up to 4 Po m. the
total number arrested WWI I1Cleen.
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OliFERED AT THE THEATERS ,
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1Irlght Promise for a poet or Geed Thtngs
'l'hel1trlcl1\1y \
" 1492 , " the big operatic extravaganza which
all New York flocked to see during Its stay
In that city , and which even cultured
Bostonians found an irreBlstable attraction
for 0. greater length ot time than they have
deigned 1'0 look with favor upon any other
production or n spectacular nature , will open
a four nights' engagement at DoylJ's theater
this ( Sunday ) evening , with matinee Wednes-
wednes-I
day The piece , dEscribed at a historical
extravaganza , will be presented by IUee's
Surprise Party , an organization or sixty
people , which Is under the direction or Mr.
E. E. Rice In " 1492" Il Is agreed that Mr.
Rice has gone a step farther than ever In
putting together a show which Is al once a
prime novelty In Its way and selecting n
cCl11pany which has the requisite \ talent and
numbers to present every "feature" of the
huge entertainment In Its best form The
principal ( artists In the Surprise Party In-
dude : Mark Smith , Yolande Wallace , Will
II. , Sloane , Carrie Behr , Ross Snow , Gertrude
lulledge ! , George Paxton , Mae Osborne Daisy
Thompson lIugo Oruber , William McMahan
Sadie Evans , Wllllalll Carleton and a host of
other clever burlesf\uers. \ Among the prln-
clpal specialty performers are the European
eccentrics , l'usey and Headway ! , and Fleuretto
n dancer who Is said to give an astonishing
revelation or the 11ertectloll which may be
attained In the tersplehorlan art. The book
of " 1492" was written by 11. A. Barnett und
the music composed by Carl I'lleuger. Time
staging was directed by Mr. Rice and Is so
numerous In scenic , mechanical devices and
electrical effects that a amall army of workmen -
men Is carried by the company for the sake
at getting things In order for each perform-
ance The story of the pelece has a historical
flavor which centers In the discovery of
Amerlcn , although the subJect has been
handled In such a way that the most learned
stullent will find his knowledge I of time details -
tails of that great event somewhat muddied
after witnessing n production ot the piece
The first act Introduces the audience to the
king and queen or Spain and their ramlly. ,
Time royal group lire In very straightened ,
circumstances which necessitates that some-
thing be done at once to replenish the
treasury , Columbus has long since developed
a mania for discovering things and be Is
finally commissioned to g-o forth and unearth
America. The Spanish grandees accompany
him and upon arrival In this country the
first thing they discover Is New York City
lIB It stands today , and straightway they betake .
take themselves to the Madison Square roof
garden Their unfamiliarity with AmerIcan
ways leads to aU kinds of complications , and
the tribulations Illle up 80 thick that the !
queen Is obliged to open a laundry , with herself -
self as washwoman and the royal daughters
as Ironers , etc. The lat act finds them all
back In Spain , with the financial obligations
of the family wiped out by the gallant
Columbus who has brought over n few ship.
loads ot American gold ; lie also establishes a
new page In history by lIlarrylng the Infant
Catalina. The story of " 1492" ili told III a
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strictly up-to-date style historical accuracy
being put aside whenever the authors saw aa
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openlllg for n line or situation that adds to
the general good humor which prevails from '
the time the curtalll is rung up until It
descends The chorus Is a large one , and , like ' i
aU of MI' , IlIce's , Is composed at exceedingly' '
graceful and pretty girls , whose brilliant
costuming harmpnlzes pleasantly with the
glittering scenery which has made " 1492" the
subject of so much commcnt. The production
Is interwoven with beautiful marches ballets
bright music and all that goes to make
burlesque attractive. A prominent feature
at the entertainment Is a series or stereopticon -
opticon views showing the voyage or Columbus -
bus and n set scene representing an Ideal
home for the great explorer. The Importance
of the music If " 1492" necessitates the com-
pany carrying a complete orchestra of soloists
IIoyt's comedy , "A Temperance Town , "
which pleased 80 many of our theatergoers
a short time ago , will pay Omaha a short
visit on Its return from the coast , on Thnrs.
day evening March 28. As the piece left such
a good Impression , there Is no use tn going
Into details concernIng the prospective engagement -
gagement In this comely ( Mr. Hoyt alma
higher than usual . for besilles satirizing the
hypocrisies and rollle's rand farce comedy of
prohibition sentiment In small towns In
New England , he hits Hntroduced - stronger
dramatle Interest thbli ' Usual ' by weaving
pathos Into the fabrlolof'lhe ' play The piece
will be interpreted l by I the following cast :
Mr L , n. Stockwell.IMr : W. II. Currie , Mr.
Loa HarrIson , Mr W U. Culllngton , Mr.
George Ober , Mr I"mnlt Russell , Mr n , J.
Dillon , Mr. Claude Brooke Mr Frank A.
Lyon , Mr. John lIollalld [ , Mr. A. Mezzanc-
witch , Willie Lewis , ) ' MIIB Anna ] Itoblnsoll ,
Miss Marie Uart , Miss Maulle Ayers , IIIlss
Gertrude Dawes and Mills fAme Warner. Mr.
IIOyt will accompanyl the piece to this city
and personally lIuperltJnd the production
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That well known dxpollent of mirth and '
melody , DeWotr I1opp.r ; , with the assistance of
a coterie of clever comedians and singers and
a brilliant stage prot1uttlja ) or comic opera
In which superb seenla pilvlronment and elab-
orate costumery are important ' factors will
form the Irresistibly attractive magnet at
DoYd's New theater on 'Friday evening , The
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title of Mr , lIoPPer's latest addition ! his
repertoire or light comic operas Is "Pr , Syn-
tax , " the book for which being specIally
adapted for him by that clever verse writer
and librettist , J. Cheever Goodwin from the
fine old German play , entitled , "Aschen-
brodel , " and upJn : whlclb Tom Robertson
founded his famous comedy of "School. " The
muslo of the score , which Is described as
being remarkably melodious and tuneful , II
from the pen of Woolson Morse who wrote i
the sprightly musical numbers of ever popu- '
lar "Wang " The plot of the opera Is simple
and Its lines follow very closely the original
titer ) ' . The librettist has taken paints ( to omit
I\ij tar a.a possible time pathetic and melodramatic -
dramatic incidents which are needed for
contrast In 1I0bertaon's comedy adaptation
He bas , however , greasy improved Its action ,
Its climaxes and Its situations loy elaborating
the umuslng sides of tM characters and
touching but lightly upon JUly Incident ap :
pealing to strong emotion. The scenes of the
opera are not laid In seml.barbarous climes :
: the costumes worn are not weirdly or wildly
fantastic , nor are the characters grotesque :
Ion time contrary , Its locale Is placed In our
own country and the time of Its action the
I
present. The handsome dresses and gowns
I worn are strictly up to date and the person-
ages of Limo story are men and women at
today Mr. Hopper's supporting company In-
I eludes such well known people ns Edna Wal-
I lace-Hopper , Bertha 'altzlnger , Jennie ,
, Goltllhwalte , Alice Hosmer , Cyril Scott , Ed-
mund Stanley T. S. Guise , IT. P. Stone Alfred .
: fred Klein , H. A. Crlllils and many otimera
The sale or seats for Mr. Hopper's engage-
ment , which Is limited to two nights and one
matinee , will open on Tuesday morning at
the box omce.
When all Is said , there Is certainly a won-
derrul satisfaction when leavIng a theater to
feel that you have SEen something you can
recall with delight : to have seen a story developed -
veloped lhat has excited your Interest : you
have laughed uproarously at what happened
naturally and which was not dragged In In
such n fashion all to be an insult to your In-
telligence. Such 11. play Is "A Night at the
Circus , " which opens ut the Boyd 011 Sunday
evening next for two nights only The plot
IB " wholesome ' the Bcenery superb , the fun
unceasing the songs now and catchy , the
dancing pretty and navel the climaxes thrillIng -
log and the company excellent , headed by
that great American soubrette , Jolly Nellie
McHenry , who Is one of time greatest and
brightest on the road.
Clint of the Ntl'o.
Creston Clarke will star next season In
.
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"Hamlet , " "ltlcharll i1L . "Itlchelleu , " The
Fool's Revenge " "Davl(1 ( Garrlelt" and other
plays ( , James Taylor will manage the tour.
Richard Manslleld's long cherished ambition
Is realized He Is to have a theater of his
own In New York and be an actor.mnnager ,
just ns are Irving Tree Alexander and flare
In London Mansfield line taken Harrigan's
theater In New York from Edward Harrigan
for five year > > , with the privilege or renewIng
the lease for live years more. Mansfield says
he will have no orchestra and everything
about the house will be sImple , but lIub-
stantlal. The main thing will be acting ,
Olga Nethersole'li new play Is a superb
version of Prosper Merlmee's story of
Carmen , from which the book of the opera
was written , "Has It ever occurred to you
hol'l' ' alike In some respects are Trilby and
Camille ? " says ! Mss Nclhersole " ! loth love
fondly and both sacrifice Uelr byes on the
altar of duly Only In Camille' CUll a
father comes between time fond loves : In
Trllby's It Is a mother , lIut then Camllle's
10vo Is deeper , more IIrmly rooted , more n3-
sured than was 1'rllby' for Little Blllee "
It IB no4 a well known fact that Sardou Is
an occulls ! Yet title Is the case. Sardou believes -
haves firmly that all his best plays-at least
the main Ideas of his best plays-were given
to him by his alder He has never provided
a name for any or his Bernhard playa that
did not end with the letter "a" since :
'edora. " "Olsmonda " his latest
, work , was
first called "La Duchess d'Atheues , " but be I
changed the title a few days before the
producllon. Your genius , even your admirably
balanced mind , Is sometimes influenced by
superstlllom
When Frank Mnyn's adaptation of Mark
Twaln's story , "J'uddln' Bead Wilson " Is
produced at the Herald Square \ New York ,
on April 15 , the cast will include Mary
Shaw , Joseph D. whiting E . J , Henley E J .
L. Davenport Ignaelo Marlimetll Odell Wil-
liams , George Fawcett . J. C. Padgett , John E.
Ince and rank Mayo \
Tim Julia Marlowe-Taber $25.000 lJamage
suit against the Indianapolis Journal lies hUll
n setback for JUdge Baker struck out or the
complaint the three letters which Mrs. Taber's
lawyers had wrillen to the Journal demanding ( -
ing retraction. The judge also struck out the
Interrogatories orIIrs. \ . 'faber's lawyer which
designed to make the Journal give limo names
or time actors In Mrs , Taber's company that (
had been alluded to In the alleged libel as
poor performers This put Mrs. Taker In
the position or having to prove thut her sup-
porting company was not mediocre before she
can claim damages.
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1I101IAL ICRFUIIM.
OMAHA , March 23.-To the Editor at The
Dee : In a recent Issue you called attention
to the fact that the Massachusettl leglslll-
tune had defeated woman suffrage Cnn
you timid room for the statement that the
same hotly refuses to raise the age at protection ,
tectlon for girls from 15 to IS ! years Men !
who believe that the virtue of 11 child IIhouhl
be left to the mercy of moral outlaws can
he depended upon to hloclrlegislation favor-
Ing the I'nfTllnchlsement or women well
the ) ' know that when the women of this
nation secure representation In government I .
legislative enactments In time interests or
moral reform will not he put aside to suit
time convpnlence ot the baser sort The
raising ot the age of Ilrotection for girls to
21 years In Wyom" ! ' ; und Colorado , the only
states where the Interests of women mire
represented In thu legislature , proves this
VIOLA KAUlrll1AN ,
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University donllon I.ectllrol.
The university extension course of lec-
tures , which Is being given by I'ror. McBride .
Bride of the University of Iowa , will be !
completed this ( wl'ele. The ! third lecture will
lie delivered Monday evening , and the fourth
Tuesday evening , at the \\'oman' club
rooms. rime lectures already given Imve
proved , to he so 1I01lulnl' that un extra Illustrated
trated lecture line been t IIrrumed for on the
topic Microbes " for Tuesday afternoon
at 4:15. : at the sallie lace. An extra In-
dllcement Is held out to the children In the
higher grades ! : of the public 8chool to ut-
tend this lecture , which 18 said to he both
'lItertalnlng und Inlltructlve.
.
Organized heck ; l'urgllra at Rork .
JIl'NTINGTON , W. Va „ March 23.-
Check forger have been working In this
city heavily for the past three \a'II. \ J. SV ,
HO'III'who \ deltas to be from Chicago ! : ,
humus been arrested und hound over to I1wult
the action of the grand jury . J. W. DUll
lap u strl&nS'tr1180 lIusSl'd several forged
checks ! In the city last evening and this
morning , on the lrlll ! of Cole Crane & ( ' 0" ,
timber men oC Clnclnnutl. There seems to
be un organized band of them
I
mtr
I'JCSTICl.v I'ICiSlO , , '
veterans of limo Itcbeltlon Itomnmbcrod by
the ( immoral Government J
WASHINGTON , March 23.-Specll1.l. ( ) .
Pensions granted < , Issue ot March 9. 1895 :
Nebraska : Orlslnal-John U. Musick , Ed-
gar , Clay Helssuc-Jevl F . Perlelns Omaha , r
Douglas : Francis 1\1. Sageser DnaKelt , nocl"
OrIginal widows : , etc.-Mary Varies , Ord ,
Valley ; Loretta Ault , Pll1ltsmouth , Case
Iowa : Incroase-I.cwla Painter , Belle
lulne , Denton : Edward Smith , Brownvllle , 1"
Mitchell : Robert 'J' . Robinson Northrleld , "
Des Moines ! , Helssuc-John 1 < ' . \\'ull , Menlo
Guthrie f
South Dakota : Helssue-Jlrllrbhall Y. Colt , i
Madison Lake : Owen N. Collins Planletn
ton Aurora
North Dakota : Original-John 'V WIIII-
son New Salem , Morton.
Wyoming : Orlglnal-Oeorge Pool , nocle
Springs , Sweetwater ,
Colorado : Orl&lnal-Wllllnm 19. Reid Den-
vel' , Arapahoe : Loreto Corrnles , Trinidad ,
Las Animas OrIginal widow-Emllln !
Ooehrlnl , \Vestellff , Custer
WASHINGTON , Mnrch 23.-(8peell1l.\- (
Pensions granted , lactic ot March 11. 1895 ,
were :
Nubruslta : Original-James I'elJen , Hart-
lett , Wlleeler : Valentille 11. Baley , Cottonwood -
wood Springs Lincoln : John C , Augustus ,
Fullerton , Nance : Jlruh ( 1' . Page Decatur ,
Hurt Adllitlonul-I..ewis 11111 Falls City ,
tlchardson Incrcase-John F' . Charlleer ,
l\Iuywol. ( Fronticr neIH8ue-Ha.nsom SY
Iteld Gordon , Hherldnn
Iowa : Orl lnlll-Jameli JIr , Merrill , Shel
don , O'Brien : James I : . Balllnlter , 'Vood-
Line , Harrison ; James 1' . Head , sknloosa ,
ahasul ] ; Jeollllrll Bantt-s. Stlloyvllle ,
Mitchell SUIlllementnl-lt-orge : Wolf , Wnl.
Itcrv1l1e. Page Henewal-Jallll's U. Smith ,
1 8therv1l1e , liutmetI . Increase-8l1nK
I\Intherly , Shimmy , Fremont : Benjamin
StevellH , Lake View , Sac : John Spencer ,
Polk City , folk . Helssllu-Iufayctle F.
l\Iulllns , Atlantic , Cass : John Wilcox ,
Nashua , ( 'hlcka nw. Orlltlnal wldows-
Nancy Ann l'archer , Nodawuy < , Adams ;
PhylIlIlC Roberts , Curwln Titian
South Dakotu : Adllillonnl-Osmer 13.
Parker , Drooklnga , Urooklngs , ,
North Dakota : Orlglnal-I rnnlc Vials
Grand Forks , , Granll Forks . Original
widows etc.-Hachel II . Owen , I1lsmarCk.
Burleigh.
Colorado : Orhlnal-Davld W. 'rlhbettH ,
SS'alden I.ar"ner : John H. Skillman , Den-
ver Arapahoe : William ] I . 'fr"nhl" / , alias
William 'rrembath , New Castle , Oarl1eld.
Helssue-Nelson llolcomb , Denver , ArlllllJ,4
hoe ,
a
( 'ruller Ulleajo ( lIT Now York lnrhor ,
NgW YORK , March Z.1.-'J'he Unltel'
States cruiser Chicago Cnptllin ll1hun ,
was slghtell ore time Highlands al 4:30 : tlmis
afternoon 8he II returning trom the Med-
Iterraneun via Bermuda to time Brooklyn
navy yard l. where she wilt be lilted wll1
more powerful engines.
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ANDEnEB-AulI'ust , aged Z1 years , 11)
months lion ot Mr. and Mra. Gotllob' An.
deres Mnrch 23. 1896 . ut family residence ,
312 North Eighteenth street lruneral
notice later ,
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