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I AMUSEMENTS.
The event of the week , from the theatrical
, t well as the meteorological and every other
starnhpoint , has been the moituro whIch In
ttio form of itnow and rain , has fallen upon
. . this thirsty ian(1 and , hrIn&n up the stage
J ! precipitatIon from a deficiency to an exce
or the first time In a year , has brought with
II the golden promic'o of renewed proporIty
and atigmenteil means for theater-going and
kindred luxuries , 1'oe4bly the playhouses
3iavo sultored temporary loss through thl
beneficent visitation , but their light amictien ,
vliIci ! Is hut for a moment , iii not to he
wolghed even for that brief poriol of time
against the ultimate bcnoflts which vlil flow
to thorn aM other enterprises through the
breaking of the drouth.
- As a nlatter of fact , liowosor , It may be
' , doubted if the stormy weather kept many
Away from the theater . The two attractione
rented by the lloyd management were of
a 1(10(1 afld of a degree of celebrity which
sever falls to draw paying buil1cs3 to each in
' I Its own ePhoro of entertainment. At the
Creighton mo9t agrcoablo ierfornances ) of
' some of the hlrohman plays of past years
rwero , afforded by a company of nctors , for
the most part young and without oxceptLon
talented and ambitious to excel , who , coming
withi a certain amount of reputation as In
diViIUal players , but almost aitirely unknown
In the aggregate , yet were able to i1ear
oteatlily growing audiences and to make o
avorblo an Impreesion upon our public that
the engagement next year is bound to be a
financial as well a an artistic auccee3. It Is
.inderstood that the Frawloy company will
both close and Open a season bore In the
: eprt1g of ' 97 , the two events being separated
by the penitential eu'on of Lent. In vie
' of the excellent ricord made by thie atrong
organization during Its just completed week's
stay In Omaha , it Is safe to congratulate
, ' laycrn and people , aa well as the Creighton
. manag mcnt , upcn the fivorable outomo of
; negotiations looking toward a rcowal of rola.
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tions another year.
The attraction whichopene th week at
l3oyrl's and vlayed to overflowing liouias
during the two nights of it engagement , II-
Juatrates finely the .unaccountabho drawing
power which certain names posses9 and re-
tam when nil realion and excuse for their
optiIarity has passed away. Considerable
comment-some , as a .jatter of .courv& , hostile -
tile , and other gratefully sympathetic-has
been called out bY tlio omission in the notice
- . of the Opening performance which appeared
In theeo cblunins of all tuentlon ot the per-
Eon whose name apparently still holds Its
charm , however Inexplicably , for many
theator.goera who arc otherwise sound of
. mind and reasonably well balanced in judg-
T. rnent. One almost ventures to use the past
'r tense , since liar last appearance here-to say
lielil instead of holds-for her reception , at
leaut On the opening night , was none of tue
warmest ; the applause was nil far D'Angeils ,
and mny who had gone thither tlilrsting for
4' their annual experience of the "little dra-
r anatic cocktail , " came away with the taste in
their mouths of the flattest kind of small
boor.
It has been suggested , no doubt charitably ,
. that this once potent name was left unnoticed -
noticed here through Inadvortance , the loss
of a sheet of copy or seine such accident.
i One is sorry to see one's charitable motives ,
which hesitated to inflict needless pain upon
' ; 'this shrinking perecinallty by setting down
all the painful truth , so widely misconstrued.
It was a choice between a "roast" of the
. 3roportioris which the pretensions and not
the actual merits of the subject called for
and tli veil of charity , and one drew the
veil , as' best -calculated to cover that which
Is no longer attractive. even to those who
tornierjy admired. With the rrivate
t , o , "Iivess'of. player-folk The Bee' has nothi-
' lug to do so .tnng na they .keop to the
windy aide o' the law ; especially should a life
so given over toaseettc uses as the dno now
under consideration be 'acred from newspaper -
paper meddling ; and If the person ha question
should modestly stick to the sphere of professional -
fessional work for which her naturally
slender anul rapidly waning equipments fIt
. her , there would be no serious complaiat to
I nako. It Is whiexi she assumes stellar
' boners. and takes dollars In exchange for an
exhibition which , so far as she herself !
1 concerned , would ho deau at quarters , that
t one draws the line ; and If one draws as
. 'well tha veil. as aforesaid , surely on&s
humane Intentions shouid not go unrecog-
, nlzod.
The porformeacos of the Frawley c9mpany
and gratifyIng - '
were so generally delightful , so
. Ing in eonscientiou attention to detail , that
unfavorably any
coo hesitates to criticise
v minor point in Its vork. It is just this
? ' admirable completeness , however. which
brings Into promineflce by contrast , the
crudity and obsoloseflce of the means cm-
ployo4 to heighten certain etccts ! , startling
or sentimental , by the orchestral accom-
. panimeat of Incidental musIc. To point tile
entrance of the villain by an agitated move-
. meat oil the strings , and to play a subdued
niud tender strain during the hero s avowal
of his manb' love , or tue heroine's confes-
ston of her fall-those are familiar oxpedi-
cuts which ar& not without their effect upon
. . country audiences. aiiul , thio gallery sectiols
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. of city houses , but. the iustoin Is one which'
does not coi nuoncI itsol ti the public to
which the Frawlay company caters. This
' almost tlio only
' 'Is one of the things-and . .
one-ill viilcli this very praiseworthy oP.
- ganizatlon can conspicuously Improve the
: general tone of its porzorrnanccs.
The l3eo Is able this mopnlng to announce
with certainty the cngageiuieflt of Richard
Mansfield to appear at tlic CreighitOn for the
entire week. following rair weehc , next Sep-
tembor. The very cordial reception which
Nt. Manefleld met here lies given him a high
opinion of Omalirs and Its people , and it was
uis desire to play two weeks at thio Creighuton
Instead of one. So long an engagement , however -
over , oven of so strong an attraction , being
deemed inadvisable , contracts wore signed
; ? . last week for eight lerformances ,
as above , which will include Mr.
Naiisfleld'a entire vepertory and will ho
zutagad with a magnificence to which
Onisha has been hitherto a stranger and
which can only be compared to the rump.
thetis productions of henry Irving , It Iii
probable that one or two elaborate Shakes-
er1an revivals will have a place in Mr.
, ManriIeid'e list. of plays for next year , as-
. jeoilly "Richard III , , " In thio title role of
which this superb urtit baa already won
renown.
I At ' the floyd matinee - yesterday So Smith
Ifluehi auil his lIne company repeated 'Tho
. flivals , " and the short engagenient tormin-
- natul last night with a performance of
Narguorite Merlngton's comedy , "Au Ivery-
S - day Mait , " preceded by the one-act play ,
"Mr. valentine's Chriatnias. "
, i I would nut be an easy thing to have too
much at Mr. hluaseli , Certainly we are in
' no changer of tiring of him when his stay is
Uinlteul to two nights and a matinee , I'er-
hippa , vhen welc standu become popular and
t . profitable iii Omaha , he vihi sometime gIve
us a chalice to ace whether that length of
time can wither him or that amount of
utenu stain Ida Infinite variety. It is only
rcentiy that thl favorite coniodian has been
oven buapected of versatility bT tiuc general
public , which hISS fohlouved iiiiui at each iuc-
' cesalve stage of Mu progress In such' admira-
tiop a9 has threatened to crystallize him in
certullI hues at character parts and koei
: . hiliii luerlorco in iath5 less glorlouits than ho
- ' - wl3h1ea to trend , hut thu round of parts in
vuichi ) he lies just appeared at Iioyd'ii was
sutlIcientiy varied to eonvinc oven ( lie super-
Ilcial' observer that the linilt of his capability
Iaa not yet boeli reached. John Einiiy says
to his dissatisfied trieuIs ( , "You don't lciiow
. . my possIbilItIes ; " which in what. Mr. htusseli
' hiss boon this long time saying , anti still
tisyt , , to those who wihi listen , Acro. Mr ,
Valentine , John 1inpyl Tue actor viio CarL
' play thoni nil in oiio day , and all thoroughly
'well , is not 1acltin in versatility ,
Mr. Ilussehi's work In the exquisite little
sketth cahicul "Mr. Vaieutine'a Christmas , "
will ha enorahly considered to be the bet
which ho has done thus tar In his career.
Ihased upon a pathetic story by the editor of
Lifi ; which appeared some time ago in that
aplghttiy periodical , it has been arranged
for the stage by Charles F. Lout. antI at-
f ds Mr , Russell an opportunity to present
, a most pertect canieo.goin of the actor's art ,
Never has be haul a medium e completely
daptc to the heat qualities of his genius ;
never has ho so thoroughly suieeeetled in
sinking his own strong personality and divesting -
vesting himself of thie mannerims which are
nearly always with him , ills efforts were
admirably seconileil by Mr. Woodward in the
part. of the old negro body-sarvant , the only
other character In the piece , vhiIch , In the
hianils of this accom'hishecl artist , became a
thing of beauty , fit to rank with the Mr.
Valentine of the star.
In the bright diaioguo of "An Rveryday
Man" Is seen thto deft. touch of Miss Mer-
ingtnn , but the hand of ( lie brilliant author
of "Captain Lettarbtalr" is not apparent
otherwise in the construction of this later
Worlc , which is to a certain eitent disap-
9lntIng , The curta1n rices to the orchestral
accompaniment of "Mary anti John ; " the
domestic happiness of Mary and John Is revealed -
vealed ; the always hazardous experiment of
forcibly changing the current of a human
life it , triorl with ludicrous and inevitable
reuhts : ante the final curtain falls to the
renewed hiarmcinies of ° Mary and John , "
shutting out the hum of the bees , the
sIght of the hollyhocks antI snowballs in the
homely garden and the spectacle of ( ho
uninterrupted bhirn of Mary and John , It
is a pretty , clean , harmless play , based upon
that rare thing , an original idsa , and cot-
taming one of the moat humorous scenes
furnished by the contemfiorary stage. Poe.
plo can and do laugh at it without reitraint.
There are no tears , save such as may be
shied in sorrow over the employment of the
touch of melodrama In the matter of thid de-
falcation. It is a good contrast to "Mr Val-
entlno' Christmas , " which is nil pathos.
Unlike that finn performance , it is not calculated -
culated to add greatly to Mr. RUssell's fame ,
nor , one Is confident , to be very long ro-
taineit Ia lila repertory. There ir. not much
in it for tue company , outside of Miss Rati-
chUte , with was a gracious figure as Empy's
wife , and Mr. Denhaun , who as that physician
whom ( lie apparently intoxicated Junior
warden calls 'Old Dry Doe , " contributes
a most arthtie drunk to the symposium in
Rinpy's chambers.
It would seem that the warning which was
publshed : in ( ho evening papers relative to
late corners at the performance of 'Mr.
\alontinos Christmas" was more stage
thunder , inasmuch as the last tardy arrival -
rival was ushered to lila seat at precsohy !
8:80 : , stumbling over half a dozen people L.a
reach that resting place. Add to the annoyance -
noyance caused by these fashionably dilatory -
tory folk , the wave of bronchitis which a
quiet performance behind the footlights always -
ways calls out , and the inevitable chatter
of these neighbors who were exchanging
social gossip and explaining this incidents
of ( ho play , and it will be understood that
the fit't fifteen minutea ot the action on the
stage was little more than a pantomime ,
enjoyable as such , but not precisely what
those expected to experience who came early
In the faith ( lint the notice referred to had
had some other object titan to ( Ill space in
the newspapers ,
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A member of Mr. Russell's company , who ,
though lie is never conspicuous in the cast ,
contributes largely in his way to th pleasure
of the authienco , is th omclent stage maui-
ager , Stewartr Allen , in addition to ( lie
somewhat unusual qualifications for his posi-
( ion , which have kept him with Mr. Russeil
for a good many seasons , Mr. Allen has a
pretty gift of verse-making ; some of his
compositions having appeared in ( lie Dramatic
Mirror anti elseu'hiere. The following lines ,
suggested to Mr. Allen by the delightful performance -
formance of Mr. Russell in 'Mr , Valentine's
Christmas , " are here printed for the first
tinie :
The old man sat by the bright log fire ,
Dreaming a long dead Past ,
The sparks flew merrily higher and higher
As he dreamed of his first love , and last ,
His faithful old servitor , bowed down with
age ,
Stood by his old-fashioned chair ,
As lie turns o'er the leaves of his life
'page by page .
To the wondering menial there.
Chlo and Fr iiets Inez and Joan ,
Dead loves to his memory dear ,
But Agnes , the dearest , stood out there
alon e ,
Like a star In the flrmamen clean
Far away thougi she was on this Christmas -
mas eve.
Ho feels the sweet touch of her hand ,
Each heartstring- . memory attuned to
receive , - . I i
Like the tone of a melody grandh
The sudden heart failure , the faltering
voice ,
The knowledge of sins all forgiven ,
The Christmas chimes ring , the angels
rejoice - -
O'er the bachelor's Christmas in hicaveni
Comtiii U-V4-flt5. -
An event of more tban ordinary interest
to ( Ito theater-goers of this city will be the
appearance at _ ( lie Creighton , commencing
this afternoon , of the popular comedian ,
Eddie Fey. 1-ha annual ohgagofients here
for many seasons with ( ho Chicago opera
house productions are still pleasantly re-
niembered , Inasmuch as Mr , Fey has always
iii the past been associated with spectacle
and plays of the burlesque order , his appear-
aitco here in legitimate comedy will add a
new interest to the performance , In the
character of Captain Courtenay , in 'Tbo
Strange Ativeiltures of Mlz Brown , " ho has
a role entirely different froni any he bar
heretofore playpd , but if report Is true , his
success has been unqualified.
Miss hirown's adventures are said to ho
very funuy In reality. ( hero is no such
person in ( lie play. One , Captain Courtenay ,
ho is a regular up-and-up guardanian , falls
in love with a school girl , who iu a ward in
chancery. He has haul great success in
amateur tiieatnicals and Is presumed to be
an adept in disguises. At all events , forgetful -
gotful of the heavy floe , and long imprisonment -
ment penalty for so doIng ho Induces his
love to play truant and weds her privately.
11cr absence from her seminary is discovered
and sue Is hunted up by her principal , who
hits also with her , her lawyer and a Scotland -
land Yard cletoctjvo , who are after the cap-
taiii. Tlio palr are about to sit down to a
wedding dinner at the apartments of Ilajor
and Mrs. O'Gahiaghier , Warning is given of
( lie proximity of the ichoeiniarin , and ( lie
ofilcors of ( lie law. 'There Is only one way
of oscaie for ( ho captain , Mrs. O'Oaliagbior
suggests that ho go to her dreaiing room ,
cut off his moustache with the major's
razor end don petticoats and other female
attire anti for the nonce become "MIni
Brown of Portsmouth , " lie takes the ad.
vice , and , disguised , escapes from the lioum.
Not-so fortunate his bride ; she is captured
and taken back to school. Then the cap.
lain , finding lila dirguise so effective , do.
torinines on a plan to elope with his wife to
thu continent , ( lucre to remain until she he-
comes of legal age , Aided by hia friend , ( ho
major , ho is itiade a fellow pupil as Miss
Drown with his bride in the young ladies'
hominary , Thu scenes that ensue arc said
to be funny beyond description , IL takes
two acts to enable the married couple to
oscatie from the school anti to get tree from
( lie legal enibarrarsinente , but in ( lie end
they find all obstacle to tbttlr happiness removed -
moved , nod ( herr-after they baome models
of married military propriety. There vill be
a special iiiatlnec on Tuesda ) ,
Tlionias Kueno vtlb begin an engagement of
( hirer nights lit classic flad SliakespcsTan
tragedy-itt lloyd's theater next Monday week ,
Mr. Iiiiu huts ; uIuray been a strung Iaverite
iii ( lila city , and ( hero i eTery reason to
look for a large buiiines. Mr. ICene carried
with hiiiiu this seae.on a company of twenty-
four lople for the' eoaking hart , , anti in
addition to these his will put iiiiun this stage
of lloyd's forty other people , to coniposo ( lie
crowd which is reprcsoiited on the program
as "citizens , soldiers , servants , lords ,
inagnificos , populace , etc. . " and to liantilo the
seiery and look after the state ProPerties.
Monday nlrlit Mr. ICceno' will ha aeon in
" 1Cult , Xl , " which is regarded by niaiiy as
his best part. Tuesday be vihi play "fiche-
lIeu , " \'ednesday , "Richard III , "
"Little Miss Nuggett"will ha tue attraction
at Ibo Creighton for three nights , coin-
lnoncllig Sunday iniutittee , April 6 , ThQ cast
Includes such 'veil known artists as Herbert
Cawtborno , who will be remembered for hi
former success in this city ,
The new theatrical syndicate , coiupaed of
Menirs , Henry C. Miner , Jos3pii H. hiroolca
and I. If , McVcker ! , Contemplates a gorgeous
production of .Tiiine , t , lhorpr's Jatest work ,
"An Unofficial Patriot. " It is a war play ,
but written on er.treiy original lines. its
scenes are mlii in Virginia , auth one of its
leading chatacters Is a clergynian , Mr.
hferno's other play , "Shore Acres , " continues -
tinuos to meet with great ailecea ; wherever
It Is played. TliI cornetly will undoubtedly
have a fine scenic production In Lr.nlon , early
next season , The first liettOrln1000 of
"Shore Acres" given in Omaha will ho heM
at lloyd's theater on I3unday Monday and
Tuesday , April 12 , 13 antI 14.
1)uring her present tour of this country ,
Mls 1"tiller , now univoreahly known as "l.a
Loic , " has Introduced many dances new to
the stage , Whichi merit et'peclal mention
from the very fact. of their originality , and
which will be presented by her during the
appearance at the Creighton Monday , April
C. The five dances which created the most
faverabie mention ( luring the recent New
York engagenient were : The "fire dance , "
"L'i NulL " " " "firma-
, the "white dance , the -
mont" and ha Lyse do Nile. " The "fire dance"
serves for ( lie intrc4uctlon of the most start.
ling of ( lie new effects , ( lie dancer standing
oil ft plate of. glee's set in the stage , through
which a strong calcium light is thrown , as
are lights from above , The result is ( lint
the entire stage is in darkness oxeept the
Illuminated form of ( hue dalicer and thr scarf
which she waves about her. The contrast
irakes the whiteness of the gown and scarf
shine with absolute brilliancy , and the varied
colored lights which shine upon them change
their likeness to a etartiing resemblance of
flame. Mini Fuller deserves the credit of
introducing all dances of this sort ,
Others hiavo ( hone them afterward ,
but her's was the first and the
beet , These will probably' be imitated , like
( lie rest , but they are elaborate , and the
means of producihg them are apparently
difficult and costly , and good imitations of
them s'ill not ho produced easily.
Of ( ho many artists of ( lie Tavau- ' Opera
company , which will open a short engage.
mont at. the Crelgliton in the near future ,
Slg. Abrabamoif and Mine. Thea Dorre are
among the mont prominent. Mme. lorro's
, greatest success perhaps is Carmen , 11cr
rendering of ( lie role of the heroine In lilact's
charming opera it , raid to be niarvelouc ,
l'rior to coming to America shto devoted much
of her' time in Italy , creating the moat dliii-
cult. roles anti making for herself a reputation
which places her among the leatl'ng ringers
on the eperatic stage. . She will be heard this
year in such operas as "Mignon , " "L'AfrI-
caine" and "Carmen , " She is a beautiful
woman and Is certain of proving a popuhar
favorite ,
Omaha thieater-goore will be honored BpO-
daIly by the presence of the eminent Amen-
can actor , Nat C. Goodwin , on the atage of
hioyd'n theater in two pertornicices , on
Wednesday , April 15. The play which he
will present at thio matinee wihl be either
"In Mizzoura" or 'David ciarrick , " and for
the evening performance time now comeiiy.
"Ambition , " On May 1 Mr. Goodwin will
open withi the ahiistar company in 'The
Rivalo" at MeVicker's theater , Chicago , in
which ho liar been cast for an Important
Part. After this engagement Mr. GoodwIn
will start for Australia , where lie will play
the whole of the coming summer.
Following Mr. Goodwin's engagement at the
Boyd will come Stuart 1tob'on and hits cx-
cehlent company for three performances , the
engagement opening withi ( lie new anti sue-
cessfui comedy , "Mrs. Ponder-bury's Past. "
and imniediately following Mr. Itobron will
como Nellie McHcsiry in her new and up-to.
date comedy cahied "A Bicycle Girl. " Every
night in April and nearly every night in May
ha fllle&at the floyd with good attractions ,
The. prospects for ( lie financial and .artietic
success of time coming Anon ball grow
brighter as that event approaches and the
local costumers are"bunily engaged in preparing -
paring to meet the great demand for suits
on that occasion , The management pronuiecs
absolute freedom front the disorderly clement
which mars the enjoyabthity of the average
publIc ball , and announces that every effort
vhlI ho made for the comfort and thorough
enjoyment of thiosa attending. The list of.
patrons of the Anon from adjacent cltie Is
tlaiiy growing larger and the prospects are
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for an overwhelmingly largo attendance a't
Crelghtomi ialt on1Sturd y , AIril
' The cozy resort at the corner of Touth
and Harney streets , presided over by Fritz
Wirth and sacred to ICing Gambrlnus and
the orchestrions , is just now made unusually -
ally attractive by the presence and phenomenal - .
nomenal performances of two children , a
boy and a girl , who play that difficult instrument -
strument , the cornet , In a way which would
be a credlt to many adult operators upon
the silver horn. Even If there were no
other attraction there the work of these
little people would make avlslt , worth while ,
but "there are others , " which time hospitable
Fritz will take pleasure im making lcnmwn to
those who call.
The music-loving people of Omaha are to
be congratulated upon time announcement
that the itinerary of the Seldl orchestra
tour has been arranged to include this city
for one or two concerts In the not distant
future , The arrangement is due to the en-
terpr'o of Adolph Meyer , to whom w'e have
bi.en indebted for similar treats itt other
seasons.
The Woodward Theater company will open
at Boyd's with matinee today , presenting
( ho four-act comedy , "flessie , the Romp , "
There will be a change of play at every
performance , with. thmo usual matinees until
Sunday night , April 5 , Tho.box ouilce was
busy all day yesterday. thmo demand for'
o ts being very large , thus indicating that
time Woodwards ivihi do as much , if not more
buiInes' , than durieg their former engage-
meat , Time company has been strengthened
by the addition of two new people. Some
new and strong productions are promised ,
The company now has slteen people , and
early in the week will be presented three
of their most popular plays , "The Octoroon , "
"Streets of New York" and "East Lynn , "
The plays presented by this company are full
of comedy , sensation and dash , anti never
fail to please time people. A large number
of nosy epecialties will. be Introduced every
iiigiit. A large amount of special scenery
ha carried for each play. Including .caicium
and electrical effects. Those desiring gooth
amusement at very , cimeap prices will cer-
( airily be able to find It at Boyd's for time
next eight days ,
No lecture before the American public is
as entertaining and instructive as time
famous Frank Carpenter. Secure yoqr
tickets for the dollar coure of three lee.
tures at First Zml , J. church , April 8 , 0
amid 10 , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
'l'rle-N O Steal Moiljeslcn's Grailil Child ,
CHICAGO , March 28.-\Vithiin time. last
two vceka two attempts have been made
to kidnap the 4-year-old granddaughter of
Mme , Modjeska , the actress , Jn this city ,
Time first attempt was made whto a utiree I
girl had the child out ( or a wahk. A man
oizedthe child and etareed to run. The
r.urse followed him sovotal blocks , screaming -
ing for help before shiu succeeded in ye- I
covering her charge. That night Ralph
Imlodjeska , ( ho father , reCeived ito .anony-
nious letter warning hIm to l ave time city I
under penalty of losing hIS chId it lie refused -
fused , TIme seconti attempt to steal the I
child was made a few ilays ago. Since
then MothJeska hmaii rectilveti numerous
threatening letters and the father lisa taken
steps to ascertain their rource , He says
ha canmiot account for the attempts to steal
liiti child and drive him out of the city ,
Last Monday night the comispiracy took
a new and niarming turn , when an un-
kimowim ivan called at the lmlodjt.mka ! lint antI
hurled the contents of a bottle of cirboUc
nclt In the fuce of Jessie. nursemaid to
the child , The girl was terribly burned ,
and will be disfIgured for 11Cr.
The iaohice vere at once notifIed , but have
beemi unable to locate ( lie thirower , Do.
tectives have boon stationed around Mod-
Jeica's house over since , to watch for the :
kidnapper , should he return ,
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Colora.iu ' ( ' ( ) ) Caught I. ;
Di4VEfl , Mardi 28.-A special to the
Newie from Pueblo , Cob. , says ; On the
mmlimIcatiom , ; of two shareholders Judge
Thorpe today appoiiitcd A. 8. Day receser
fr the state of Colorado for time Granite
State Provident assclation of Manchester
N , IL. Time bank has done business in twenty -
ty siatci. The aUegatioim states that tIme
assets of thin company am-c $2,870 23 and 1
iii llal'iilthcs 13,132IGL.31 , A receiver for i
New Ifampshiii-u was appointed March Th ,
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' 1'raIi Hziii Orer em Child ,
MACON , MO. . Match 28.-Thio head of the i
i-amid-a.biaht.vear-olfi ebtld of Mr , and Mrs.
LivIngston of San Bernardino , Cal , , was
out oft' here hits afternoon by a north-
hound Wabash hiassongel' train. Mrs. lily-
Ingstomi , with the child , was visiting Macon
reiatire. Ti little girl wnm taken from
Ihie track when the train was iioarin ( lie
station but started back anti fell oim lime
raI ( beore the train stopped.
OXFORD ACA1TI1E1'INNER \ '
iii d
Wan Anybody'e ' Riorn , the Start to the
PunlhtLhno ,
' i 10
CAMBRIDGE UEATELIUIRD or A LENGTH
. (1 irmi
lumen hlouved lit ltittiglt % 'ntrivitii
( lie lIis SI.uti.Jiir .Agaimiit ,
tIle 'I'eniiuI3hiieii % % 'on
thiirltnec ,
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, iI.
PUTNEY , fog. , March 28.-Time Oxford
crew , to the eurpniso of almost everybody
ashore and afloat today , \vomi thu fifty-thlrJ
boat race between the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge by about a third of a length
after a moot exciting finich , Thus Oxford
has won thirty races Of the series to twenty-
two won by Cambridge , the dead heat of
1S77 making up the total numnbor of races
pulled. Tlmis is the seventh year 1mm eucces-
sion that Oxford has defeated Cambridge ,
The Limo was 20:00:04 : : and ( ho course was
time usual one from Putney bridge to time win.
ning post above ( lie Ship Inn at Mortimmko ,
distance about four and a quarter miles.
The morning opommed cold and ciiccries and
with Prorpects of a poor attendance , In time
eariy hours t' heavy downpour of rain
drenched time gathering sightreers and camireil
thiouundm , to decide to remain at homne. This
shower was followed' Intervals by other
rainfalls , acconmpanied by a cold , biting wind.
.ts a result ( ho crowds along time banks of
Old Father Thmanies were mmmucim mihiinmer thami
ueuai.
Cambridge was a hot favorite at C to 4
anti few takers at that. In tact , time light
blues wore looked upon , vrcvious to time start ,
as aimot certain winmmcrs , "barring ned-
demits. "
Cambridge embarked first , wcn time toni anti I
chose the Surrey ride 'of time river , whiichi was
a decided advantage , as halt. a gab of wind
was blowing from that simoro , or about soutlm-
west , raIsing lumpy \vater everywhere and
quite a little sea at ( ho bad imlacos.
The crows cnmbarked at 12:55 : p. in , and wore
cheered as warmly as possible ummder the clr-
cumstancer ,
At the pistol eliot at 1:02 : both bbate getaway
away sharply , Cambridge pulling a pretty
thirty-m'lx to Oxford's slightly more powerful
eweep of thirty-four.
There was little 10 choose between tlmem
until Clasper's boat.houso was reached tip-
preaching the first hahf-nmile , when time Caumi-
bridge boat nose almowod slightly in front ,
Time crdwa were pulling with great doter-
mhnation and splashing somewhat in account
of time rough water. .At the half-mile Oxford
laid down to it In fine shape , drov up and
shoved ahead at Waidens
MADE IT A 'DING-DONGER ,
At this there -was-great cheering , for it
made it apparent thmmita splendid ding-dong
race was to be rowed. . Gold of Magdalcn , ( ho
Oxford m'troke , evidently had his mmmcmi well
in hand and ready Itir. eame good spurting
work witifout anf dauigeof Limo distress tug-
nal being dhrplayed. But Fernie , the Cant-
bridge stroke , whoao training on board the
Worcester stood limo iii good stead , quickly
called his crow together and pulling a long ,
powerful , clean , mehtlngroko withm time high
feather chnractenirticgfrthis Canmbrltlge crew
( just the stroke fomeumeb weather and water )
rega'rmed ( ho lead ? nt.the Crab Tree wharf
nearing the one-andJcneL.haif.mile post , which
it , at the soap rorjts , a. littie higher up the
river. " -
Gold in the , meanw1iIl was sticking to his
work most grcedllytand , calling upon the
dark blues t lilt heniup again , th Oxford
boat lapped up to mvmmdpassed the Cambridge
craft at the soap . \vorks amid a storm of ,
-terrific cheering fIenmIboth shores.
tip : to ( lint point ttlfO race lied b lIh as
pretty a ode as ever as .Ptlfled. it was nip
and tuck , little o ; jmdthlng tO boos abe-
tvgn tile t\ It
in grar.d' ' st3'hC aM with plenty 'of resrve
fcrco in either , boat. .
After pasatngthme.-doap wOrk& Oxford kept ,
up the pace and led by nearl , a length at
one time. Fernlo thereupon called dn
time light bluec fc a spurt and they responded -
sponded with such vipt that the Cambridge
boat shot under Hainmeramitlm brkhge a short
length ahead of Oxford , and according to
tradition , , should have won the race
GAME TO THE I3ACICBONE.
Gold , however waaas fit as a fiddle-and
game to ( ho bacltbbne , Down the dark
blues laid to it and the manner In whioli
they drove their bcI t thmrough the water
soon 'hushmeti the jubilant cheering of the
partisans of Cambridge. Slowly but per.
ceptibly the dark blues gained , in spite of
the magnificent workof the Cambridge omen.
At the lead mills , on the upper side of
Ilanimeramith bridge both crows were pmiil-
log a powerful thirty-two and the prophets
who declared that Oxford would go to pieces
alter time first twd mlle looketi glum and
uncomfortable , for there vero no signs of
collapse among Gold's sturdy youngsters ,
who only gripped the-'s'ater more powerfully
as they aped by Time Doves , almost nose and
nose and gaining fast and furiously through
time choppy seas.
In fact ( lie strength of the Oxford 'mien
seemed to increase instead of diminish as
time struggle wore on and there was as much
dash In their stroke at time two miles as
, there was at time atarI ,
Under time imifluence of this tollIng work
the dark blues cut out. great work for the
Cambridge crew , but the latter was equal to
tim emergency. and responding with a beau-
tlfully sustained effort , It. draw away again ,
causing a hurricane of cocers to niso froni
the crowds on shore ,
A mono exciting .race could hardly be
imagined , and time enthusiasni was Intense ,
Cambridge at Tliozrmycrotta had a lead of
about three.quartors' of a Iemmgtim and both
crews were bending down to their vork In
the grandest mannpr possible. From there
to the three-mile pr'ht , about halt way between -
twoen Cliirsvlck church and Barnes bridge ,
time race was most psnishing both from time
pace set and the lumpy water.
GATHERING FOR TIlE FINISh ,
Cambridge succeeded in hioldliug a slight load
and shot under the bridge ahead of Oxford ,
wlmereuppn there was' another utormu of tip-
phauso and encouragement. The sightseers
thomigimt ( lie race was'eyer and that tile light
bIues , hma4 It heyon4 doubt. "Cambridge
winsi' was tile cry' which rang fromn Barnes
Lo l'utnc'y. ' Thmit , howmver , was without rock-
rifling upon ( he reserve force of Gold's gal-
ant men. The cheerimmgoply nerved tlmenm to
still another beautiful effortmmzmd down they
% vcuit to it as If their lives depenfird upon
th result. They aJmost llf'te4 their craft
over thi seas , ahtl diiove liar along in a man.
nor which will ionfe'ernembereth on the
litanies , The lomI * ? 'ientler ' racing boat
rainy toro'though Lhurater and there was a
aiighmty shout of amhtnJjgjj.on when it was semi
that. ( lie lnoroaoed power put Into ( be Oxford -
ford stroke was tIe.iUy taking this dark
blues up to their ivata.Fornlo replied with
amiotimer supreme effarfsind his plucky high.
blues backed Imlimi t1fi't ( ho utmost. They
oommltl not , hmovever'ow , ; oft their rivals ,
wiio clung to ( lmOmJlQrgeiy , and then began
10 oyenlmaui thorn Bt9atlily , slowly , but surely.
rrantic excitement FaIled on botim sides
of the river- '
Tue shouting was almost deafening , For a
inie off Mortiako cTiffThIi Cambridge seemed
likely to ho able to-heh her load across the
hush line ,
Hut this was notdt'ti Uo the case. As ( lie I
hurclm 'vas passed QxfoF4 put its fInal effort
mod there was a lIui&l1ron ( the dark blues
a'hich will be recorded in 'the history of rowI I
ng , it wits simply magnificent , The men
uhIed as If they 4maJ just started in the
ace and there was na , , roaistimmg it , The
lark blues ovcrtookh Cantabs amid for a
miOinemit or so it was &ioaa mind nose , with ( lie I
s'innhumg post in sight , and thou , putting
itihi more steam Iutt ( heir stroke , tIme dam'i I
iues passed time Canbrldge boat and tin.
aimed winners by a short third of a
er.gthi in 20:04 : : shlenlid ( line wi'en ( lie
veather and nought water are taken into
: onsideration , Indeed , , ( lila time tins only
) Cen beaten over this course upon three
ilcylous occasions. Cambridge in 1S73 did
lie trick In 19 minutes , 35 seconds ; Oxford
0 1892 did it in 19 minxtes , 21 secommds , and
) xford in 1893 won In 38 minutes , 47 seconds.
I..ast year Oxford won In 20 minutes , & 0
oconds ,
Icuiv ( Irli-nus MtuuIIiii Closed ,
NEW ORLEANH , March 28.-The Crescent
Ity , Iockey club's winter meeting closed '
today , after 10 days of racing , Tue
venther was hue : truck fast and attcnd-
toes large. .At thiC tiuction held In the
laditocic before ( he Ihu8 rtc , Cliattiinooga , u
c , liv Luke 1hhimekbmirn-Tiiscnloora. was polil
to (2. ( Young for $ S03. The otimers niTereil
imroiugh ( smell prices , thur tweiity-One head
realizing hut $2t.i. ( Tue new 1.ouiaiaiimt
Jot'key dliii's sprliig immeetilig opens Monday
nut ! rims six ihays. llesmilts
First race ; murso $2O. for 4-yenr-ohtls antI
upward , ehfin six fiirhoiigs : fey i.ochiel
(1 ( to 2) von , hiIl.ernla Qucoti (6 ( to 1) ) secontl ,
Asiilmmnml (2& ( to-I ) third , Time : 1lt : ,
Secoimth rare. puirsc' 2ti for 4-yenr.nl&Is atmil
upward , selling , one mmuie : Miss Clark ( to
2) ) won boc'iilmmvnr (6 ( in i ) second , Scnmele
( I" ) to iS timirti. Time : l:12i4 : ,
Tlmlrtl race , pmmrae 1210 , fmr 4-yrar-nids auth
upward , selling , mflhie .ani a aixteeimtim :
hlnrokchlno (7 ( to 1) ) son Ixlcii (5 to 2) ) second ,
1'eionIa (9 ( to 2) thIrd , Time : 1t4.
l'otirthi race , purse $ iO ) , imantilcap , one
mile : Iluck Mnsslo (2 ( to i ) womi , Van-
ltrmint (1 ( to 2) ) second , Dutch Arrow ( fO to 1) )
tlmiril , Time I :4i5. :
F'iftii race Purse $0O , for 4-'enr.olds and
ummwanl ; , meihiig , six furlongs : lump. Kin
( lalti (1 ( to 5) ) woim , hitirttih ) (7 ( to 2) ) recent
Pirate (15 ( to ) third. Time : li4 : ,
Sixthi race purse t200 , for 4-3'enr-oltIs and
milmwarl , , selling , six fiirlonqi * : Imp. CanOe.
mara (12 to I ) won , F'etival ( o to 1) ) ecoiith ,
bmicy hour (2 to 1) ) thIrd. Tinie : 1l6h.
I.ONU SHOP 'I'OOIC TIIH luG MDSEY.
\'hmei of l'nrtuiirnt 'i''eiit ) ' to Lute
Viii Chic hti.it 1111mM hlnhmil Ientm.
SAN F'ItANClSCO , March 28.-There was
a regular derby crowd in attendance today
at hay District track to witness time great
event of ( lie iuiterwinter season , the Burns
handicap , with its S7hOO added money , time
venthier being perfect. It was a foregemue
comiclmision ( hint ( lie stoke wommlil ho won by
a California hiors , for otitalde of Pat
Dunimo's colt I'epper the east was nractl-
cally without a uitnIale represcmitniive , Al-
timomigh these pretiictionme vere vorilletl , time
race resulted In au overthrow , tim winner
turning up in a 20 to 1 sliot , Burns & W'mmtcr.
hiouso's Lovedni , with Gnhlhin tip , opened up
favOrite at 7 to 5 , wIth Crescendo , Ted Soaum :
mmli. second choice at 2 to 1 Otm'iiig to a
tremendous lmiiige oum thin latter horse ,
i4'edal receded iii the betting , Creacentlo
being the 'irtmmmil favorite nt port time. Time
Australian machine rent the field away in
perfect alignment. Thit' startere were i'ep-
hmr. Lovedni , Service , Thiornehhlh , Wheel of
Fortune , Inip. Miss Brmumnmumrl1 Crescendo ,
Silver State , Vinctor nod Insial.ation. Service -
ice amid Imp , Mls lirumniel alternated in
tIme lead for time first part of the jorney , wlthm
Crescendo amid Lovetial lb close ntommtianee ,
nfltl . running easily. This order vas main-
( aloud with but slight choline until the
atm-etch , when Creseemmtlo naitmiuned the lend ,
closely 'followed by I.ovocla.i. A furlong
from home Lovcdtui took to time whip fluid
cries of "Creseentlo svinr" rose above time
ilhim , limit ivhllo Orlihin and Sloan were watch-
log each other Wheel of Fortune , with Shaw
up , came from nowhere witim a wonderful
hmtmrst of sieCd amid before it. could be real-
izetl , ( hilt imorse unshed by ( lie wire , wiuiimlmg
by a short lmeati from Lovetlal who just
bent Crercemulo for the tlaee iiy a head ,
Th time , 2O) : ¼ , is remarkably fast for ( lie
heavy condition of thin trimck. The winner
is a 4-year-old by Ganno-Jeminie ii , and Is
owned by Joe harvey , lie .hmis won some
good races here , being considered one of
( hit best : eng distance hmorse on time cn'mst.
lie was svehl played at 15 antI 20 to 1. Simaw
Wa , ; presented with $ l,00G by Joe harvey
for iil admirable rIding , Stmmmaries :
Flrut rzmoe , six furlongs , sehilmug : Mirambo ,
101 ( Siia' ) , 7 to 5 , sYon : Neva , 9-I ( Garner ) ,
0 to 5 , recontl ; Little Tough , 110 ( Ames ) , 2
to 1 , third. Time : 1:18. : Monterey. Ida H ,
Tumberose , Wild Rose , itosale ! , Harry Lewis ,
Erhmorance , Cochitu. and Moran also ran.
Second race , four fmmrongs : Casper , 112
( U , Grliiln ) , 2 to 5 , won : Lumlna. 103 ( Pig-
gott ) . 1 to ' 1 , second ; 11ev del Therm , 112
( Cochran ) . 10 to 1 , third. Tiumie : 0:49 : % . St.
Dtmntnn , Dolore anti llohienzohlern also ran ,
Third race , six funlnmmgs , selling : Palo-
macita , 94 ( fl. Jones ) , 4 to 1 , won ; Sernphmin ,
io : ; ( Shaw ) , 9 to 5 , second ; Thmmpkio , 102 ( Sn- !
den ) , 25 to 1 , third. Time : liGi. : All Smoke ,
Daylight , Anmmo Artlctms , Hanford. Raphael
Neillo G , virgfe A and Rome Harris aso
ran.
Fourth race nib and a quarter , time Burns
stakes , Imandkap , value $7,500 : Wheel of
Fortune , IOu ( Shav ) , 12 to 1 , von : Lovouiiil ,
103 ( if. ( lrhflhn ) , 7 to 5 , recond : Crescendo ,
107 ( P. Sloan ) . 8 to 5. third. Time : 2OS'4. :
installation , Service , Silver State , Imp. Miss
Ilrummei , Pepper , Vlnctor and Thornchlll
also ran ,
l'ifth race , about one mile and an eighth.
siecpcchare , handicap : Sir ileel , 138
( Sprnco ) , u ; to 2 , won ; Three Forks , 153
( Peter ) , S to 5. second ; W. I. . , Munson , 120
( Swlft ) , 0 to 1 , ( bItt ] , Time : 2:07y. : Hello
and Swltsure also ran.
,
Sixth race , six furlongs , selling : Kamsln ,
OIl ( Cochran ) , 7 to 5 , won ; Sir Play , 100 ( E.
'Jones ) . 7 to 10 , second ; Rhcnrdo. 07 ( Gar-
nOr ) , 15 to 1 , third. Time ; 1:15. : Realization
alt'o ran. -
, , SeVenh ' 'race- one mile : Logan , 103
( Shields ) , S .toO , won ; S inltar. 101 ( Cochran -
ran ) , to 1 , ' second : inp. Santa Della , 88
( Garner ) , i to 2 , thIrd. Time : 1424. Good-
% : in It also ran.
iLtY RiCE 31131ET AT THCUMSIOU.
, , trraimgeuiemitnComiipieted for
Successful AffaIr.
TECUMSER. Nob. . March. 28.-Speciah. ( )
-The May race meeting for Tecumseh neCti
no.ionger be comsIdered as being In embryo ,
but , rather , as assured , The Tecuinseh
Racing asrociation has secured enough
funds through subscriptions to pay all premiums -
miums and incidental expenses of the meet
and has organized for butiness as follow's :
P. H. Hopkins , president ; W. A. IrvIn , eec-
retary ; C. M. Chamberlin , treasurer ; H.V. .
Brandon , A. Gaiter , C. A , Pierce , ft. P.
Boyle and A. E. Frarcher , mandgers , Three
days' meeting will be held. May 27 , 28 and
-21) ) , on , thc local fair grounds. Mr. IrvIn ,
the secretary , will be pleased to correspond
with parties Interested in time meeting in
any manner. No horses , barred in S hiese
races , and nl Invited to compete , The ro-
gram , as presented by the management , Is
'here gtven :
, FIRST DAY.
2:30 : trot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;
2:28 : pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2-year-old trot , two iii three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECOND DAY ,
3:00 : pace . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
2:15 : trot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Running , unIt mile and repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ladles' bicycle race , halt mile . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
THIRD DAY.
3-year-old trot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 75
Free for all go-as-you-please , trot or
pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Running , half mile and repeat . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Bicycle race , half mile , three him five . . . . . . 25
TJ.LhI0 ANDI1ltStN. ICitill'S TIlE LEAD ,
Three Itiders Lou'ui lhtr Itceoril far
Veumiiule lii'iii4H ,
DETROIT , Mich. , March 28.-Tulle Andersen -
dorson of Chicago maintained her prestige
tonight. by winning ( ho eighteen hour fe-
mao biryclo race , which hint been In ) rog-
rests In time Auditorium all time week. Jon- I
nic Brown of Syracuse finisimetl second , May
Alien of Liverpool third. Penn Keyes of
Rochester and Lilly Williams of Omaha I
cpiht time ( rack at the end of ( ho seventeentim
hour to give Anderson , Brown antI Alien a I
chance to make better time. Ltmcy Bern ) ' ,
Elsie Gable and KIttle Staples stopped a
half hour aimort ot time eighteenth imour , beIng -
Ing unable to better their positions , Ander.
son brclo lien former elghiieeui hour record
hy oeven inile , twelve laps. Brown lowI I
erei the same record ! by nine muss , seven
laps , and Allan by clx miles , seven laps.
'Pho prizes for time five headers range from
$250 to $ ' 0. ( ho othermi who covered over 200
miles receiving salary an i expenses , Attendance -
tendance 3,000 , Closing scores :
Miles , Laps.
Anderton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t a
Prawn . . , . . . . - . . . , . . , . , . , , , , , , , , . , , . , . , , , aca 14
( thou..a , ; . . . . . . . . .
Iei'os , . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . , , . , , , . . , , , ' , . . B3 3
tS'illlimms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 3
tfliIC3 , , . , . , . , , . , . , . - . , , . . . . , , , . , , , , , , . , 331 5
labia . , . . , . _ . , , . . , , , . . . , . , . . . . , . . , , , . , , , 335 12
henry - , , , . , , . , , , , , , . . . . . , , . . , , , . , . . . . . . , 2l 3
1tiiciiii' ( ) itmiI'i itt I.ittlt , flock ,
LITTLE ROCK , ArIc , , March 28.-Time raem'
lug season was inaugurated here today
under auspicious circmirnstances , Time
weather was partly cloudy antI warm , tim
track was good and time imitendaneim viis C
large , The derby brought togetiipm- live
good horses. Oarlnn hiau' got this flag first a
Iiy a neck in a good start , with Sltike a f
imciid in front of Lady Incz. Iildkei conic to
time ( u'ont at ( lie. lirst turn antI mmmdc ( hum
IfliCO to the three quarter hole , whore lie
gave way to lIeu Ether , viiu inn easily thu
rntlro distance. In the stretch Lady inex j
came out of ( he bunch antI won hty a length
: ieverly in a moderate drive , with lien Edr
Et iioli In front of Ganlaui Bar. b'uuiimaries :
First race , for all nge. live furlommgs : Eml l
pera (2 to 5) ) won , 1'eiroiene tb to I ) seev
amiti , Helena Belle (5 to 1) ) third. TIme : ii
LffI3. :
Hecanmi race , riIng : , for 2-year-oitlmi , unit
nile : Ciitippie ( even ) won , Aianzaniliut (1 ( to i
) second , Charlie Iticif (0 ( to 1) ) third , 'I'iine ;
) ; Gl.
'l'imirtl race. time Arteansas derby , guarang
t'ed vaiu 2,000. one mile ; I.utdy hrmc. 1h7 ,
'ilmoupe ) , coupled wIth lien Ether , won in a
1r'e ; lien Eden. , 122 ( E'erk'na ) . I to 5 , i'ec-
) nd ; Ganlnn liar , 112 ( Tahoe ) , 10 to I , third.a
rimei l:13Ridkeh : % uuitl % 'iilimer also ran , hi
Fourth race , ro'ling , one unilo : Crevasse 'I
ii to 2) ) woim , Tooti (3 ( to 1) second Joe 0'
3nt (3 ( to 1) ) timhril. Time : 1:4G. :
1itthi race. sehiiimg , six furonga ; Leavltt
r20 to 1) and Uingbinger (2 ( to I ) i'an a de'ttl
meat. ICirk (10 ( to 1) thud , TIme : ll : + . Run-
lit. Jiiiigblnger (3 ( to 5) ) n'otm easily , Tizmae ; SI
Ll7h. : S
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Nh-huts ! , % 'uui hells ( It ; uii.i ,
NF1iV YORK , Mardi 28.-Tue chess match
ietweenV. . Iltehuills antI J , Hehmifyers bogmn ( I
a the "IComniers" club at hiustcw , on ( lie
'l'er Don , Russia , on Imlarehi 4. Steinita roui
lmo first game a Ruy Lopez , Which ies
oemiod by Simfrters , altar forty-our xiioves.
I'he aec nd miune , a Giuocco Piano , uvu alSo I
votI by lileInits fit foity-otme iflOVoL ii
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ChILL FOR LONDON SOCIETY
Sudden Change of Weather Compels It to
Doff Spring Punery.
LITTLE VARIATION IN S1YLES SHOWN
SHut Atteiiiiimuiee 1(1 ( Iii te'ev of the
liike ( if Caiiiiiitighi-hreuse' ( , , of
( lie 'oiue'ii list' ( ) iil' At-
triieSive ii'eatiire' ,
( Copyright , 1M , by time ti'soehntct Press. )
LONDIiN , Mardi S-Lomitloimera thtirlng
time early luart of thid vcck were ros'elhiiig iii
aimmmshmine and the mmmcrcimry at the 70 mark
In the simile , Time hmarks and iminium thor-
oughmfares were crowded with people , bask-
itmg iii time smmnshmhno amid airimig their spniumg
costumes. lImit on Thursday and Friday
there was a change ; imeavy gales swept
aroumid ( lie coasts , discarded overcoats and
winter wrapa Were again brougimt ( tile use ,
spring finery vmua under a cloud and time
parks begami to look forlorn again ,
Time exceedingly mild winter and corro-
apondingly early spring has hind much to
do with the prompt display of time reason's
fashions , both for moon's amid women's wear ,
amid time leading tailors have becumi display-
imig their wares for some tiummo past , and it
Is noticed that there Is little cimaimgea In
styles frommm last autumn. Time tlomibie-
breasted frock coat is still the riguer for
aommii-drcss occasions. It is mimnde , as for-
many , of rough inateriai , either iii blacker
or dark gray. The emily difference is In
the length of skirt , whichi Is a ( rule shorter
than before. 'Fime trousers , whmichm are shmowmi
itm influmlto variety of ( lark colors , nrc iitntlo
somiawhat , narrouver anti imavo time least suspicion -
picion of a spring at thin bottom , inor muorum-
ing coats time single-breasted cutaway stIll
holds its own , Thosa are made sonmewhiat
longer ( baum before and all varieties of inn-
temial are used. Seine of time fashmiommalmie
tailors urge a dtngouiai cheviot tipout their
customers. This immaterial Is either of ( ho
three colors , black , brown or gray. The
sack coat iti mauls somewhmnt mmmore closely I
fitting ( luau before , Ia a ( ililo longer tlmami
last season and has a straight back vithi
sides sphitt.
IN MORE SUBDUED COLORS.
Time leading imaberdashors have also long
displayed ther stocks. Of neckwear , the
lulalim auth mmmdc rcarfa are ; enernhly seen in
more subdueml colors ( haim a year ago. Time
atrahgimt collar is again to time fore amid is a
trifle deeper.
Time levee of time duke of Coinamight , , it is
noticed , was iminro slimly attended than
usmial upon the occaaloii of tumelt iuiictions.
incidentally , an unusual privilege was
graumted to C. B. Glbton , the artist , who was
allowed to shcetchm time coremmmony in time throne
room.
Society during all the past week has been
flocking to Cimelsea barracks , where ( ho
aimnual burlestiuc , acted by omccrs of thin
guards , was time great attraction , Thus year
time play was written by Colonel Sir II. Col-
yule , time music \ras by Edward Jones aimd
time tltio was "Nicoltime. " But it was a
very poor production , although nearly all the
smartest young officers were in time cast
and the chorus was composed of well known
society ladies , wearimig diamimond tiaras and
time costliest and most attractive costuimmos.
In fact , it baa been stated that never before
had such jewels and dresses been seen emi
a stage.
Tiu American tourists are beginning to
arrive In Lomidoim , prominent among time
early birds of passage being Mr. and Mrs.
Cimatfield-Taylor of Chicago , who reached the
British metropolis ( hits wee-k from Spain ,
where they received much attention. Mr.
and Mrs. 'raylor vcre received in audImice
by the queen regent informally In a somali
room of the royal pahaco. I-her majesty spoke
of time relati mis between Spain amid the
United States mmd depre'cated ( ho 'interfer-
once of time latter country In Cuba. "
The Chatfielti-Taylors are attending many
social functions here amid will sail for New'
York on April 4.
Richard harding , Davis , with his mother
and sister , Is still here , but mulll start
for time continent on Monday , .Whmiltm abroad
time party wilt visit Florence amid other Ituml.
Ian cities , alter which time yodrg iiterateumr
Wil1 go to St. Pct rsburg. Mr. Davis tommight
wIll attend the reception which henry M.
Stanley Ia ghllng to Di' . L. S. Jameson , time
raider of the Transvaal , arid the latter's
offlcdr'i.
The annual fur sales , just concluded , at
whIch time best furs In ( lie world are disposed -
posed of and wimichi are attended by whole.
sale buyers train alt countries wore very
successful. Chinehlhia established a record
price , several lots belimg sold at 21 (105) ( )
a dozen. Several specimens of silver fox
brought $25 each. Two unusually flue sped-
mens of sea otter ware bought by time court
fmmrm'Ier of Berlin for $1,200 each. Emission
sable showed aim advance of 20 per cent
over last year's prices.
ENTERTAINED CELDI3RITIES.
Mrs. Ronalds , ( lie cmmarming American
hostess , hind mumost el ( ho celebrities in Len-
don at her umiuleaio last Smimiday , including
( ho duke of Saxe.Coimtmrg and Gcthma , William
A. Astor , several ambasoadors ( including
Thomas P. Bayard ) , Mezdumes Moretomm
Frewen anti Jacic Leslie and ninny others.
Mme , hlka von Pabinay. thmo imopilar , prima
donuma of time Savoy theater , was amommg time
singers , and Fay Davis of Boston , Mass. ,
recited ,
It Is reported that ono of the reasons
which prompted the ummarquis of Salisbury
to go to ( lie Riviera after leaving London
was time desire of the queen that her
iatmgiiters , Prineceases Christian , Behtrlco
and Louise , should ho made duchesses in
their own right. It is added that lien ma-
Jeaty was also desirous of conferring a dmmke-
[ mm UflOfl ( lie premier , which hmoumor lie do-
dIned a few years age ,
The harcimess do ltoques bias been in town
ill tue week , lndefaligahlo in lien efforts (0
procure ( lie release from Imrison of her daugim-
ten , Mrs. Florence Maybrick , She hmas seen
Liio lord chief justice , Baron Russell of
ICihioween , time officials of time Unitqd Statea
ambassy and mnammy others on tIme subject
moth on Tlmurmtday time baroness vent to Ails.
bury prison , where siio was allowed thirty
aminutee' convorratioum with imer daughter in
ho presence of a warden ,
Time baroness tie btoques and other friendo
) f Mrs. Maybrick will not accept the ruccimt
innouncemeii ( ot Sir Matthew White Ridley ,
ho secretary of state for the home depart.
iment , as ofilcial and they will umot relax their
fforts to obtain the roleaco of tIme uumfontu-
ate woman ,
It Is reported that time betrothal of David
) . Wells , sccond secretary of the United
tates embassy , to a young English woman ,
ilhI shortly lie aimimouimccd.
Mrs. Langtry hiss roitl to Sir Charles Rivera
Vllson , iresldent of the Grand Trunk rail-
omd of Canada , her hmeautlul home , 31 i'ent
trest , , near Cadagarm Place , presented to h'ir
0 1891 by tIme late Abingdoim Ihaird , tue well
nowri blmorting maim , Time hioummic originally
oat 32,000 ,
According to a weekly paper ( lie total
imioumit of tIme fortune of ( he Rotimechiltl
emily here and on tue canthiiont Is
4t10,000,000.
Gossip OF TIlE ThEATERS.
Time next production at ( lie riterloa wlii
3 tue new play by Messrs. I'emrker and
arson , eimtlticd "Rosemary. " Tue play is in
our acts , time actIon of ( lie fIrst thireu lani-
ng at the tiutme of ( lie ilueerm's corommatlon ,
hiie ( ho fourth , wimicii is imhunost a moimo-
ague for Charles Wyndimani and reveals hiinm
im tIme character of an octogenarIan , takes
lace on jubilee days.
E. U'iIIarti , who returned to Lommdomm
his week horn llotirimemouth , is bmmsily cii-
aged iii rehearsing time new play by henry
u-thur Jones , which lie hopes to hiroiluco at i
me Garriek shortly after Easter , 'flie mmmiiiio
nd 11101 of the play are not yet divumhgetl , m
ut there will be a imtroig , axc for Mariumm
'erry.
Stewart Ogilvie's new pin"Credo , " will
h ) be lrodumced at ( lie Shmitesbury im about
e aammmn tinie , m
Wcedoii Grc'ssumiith Is meeting % 'itii great
access in 1mi new ilay , "This ltomnmimtce of a
hmopwalkor , " at ( lie Vaudeville. I
Clam' ) ' Urahisimi wIll produce a new amusieh !
aunedy , tmmtithed "On time Mardi , " aoiiio
mmm in i4ay ,
Time nnoriiioua Success ol ( lie "Sign of thu
ross" still contlumueta at ( lie Lyric , 'fur 1
) Otim lierformimaimco vlii be given during limo
'oak befora Iaster , Wilson Barrett is now
lyIng oJgi perforimanccta a week , two coni
anles ore touring the provinces , and two i
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Too
MuchKnife !
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'I'be use of the surgcomm's Iculfo Is be.
comiting so general , rcstmltkig fatally
iii such cm large mutmmnber of cases , as to
occasiomm gemmermil ahau'ni. 'I'Ime press at.
almost daily auuhommucca the ( icathi of sourn
tumifortunate whose systciit could not
witlistaunt time shock of an operation ,
auimi whose life was crtmchly sacrificed to
( lie keen blade of time surgeon.
of course , itt sommic fnstnticc an
operation is Imeccsaar' , niml is time
only lflcflliS ofanv'nmglUe- such cases
are cxceedhiigiy rare. So imiany utcathis
occur tiiitler these cotiditlomis , however ,
( lisA time vmiblic ii ; bcgiimimimmg to realize
( lint the doctors are too hasty hi rcaort-
imig to the kiitfe , amid if stick a tnte of
nflaira continues , there will before long
be a gciiernl upnisimig against such immeas-
tires. It is btmt rensouttble to believe
( tint time majority of operatiomis are
uminecessary but when time fatal mistake
Is discovered too lttte , onty time cloctora
ever know of their error , and though a
Prcc0m1 life ii given up , the public is
assured that death would have resulted
iii spite of time operation , and who is
ever time wiser ? ,
The folly of resortimig to the knife lii
cases of cammeer , Is tlcIfloIistrnted every'
tunic it is undertakemi. 'rime disease Is
Iii the blood ammd the cancer or sore is
butt the otmts'artl manifestation of a
terrible comidition of the entire c'mrcula-
( ion. To cut out ( lila sore , therefore ,
does not in dny way effect the disease , '
amid it cams easily be rceii that the only -
correct treatiiiemit is to get at the seat of
the disease , amid purify time blood ; the
sore vihl then heal up naturally. $ .s.s.
istlmcnmostpowerfttl blood remedy marl ;
anti is the only cure for cancer.
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MR. WIT.LIAII ! VAI.FOz1f.
To submit to an operation , is to voluii-
tanily emidanger one's life , without the
slightest hope of being benefitted.
Mr. William Walpoic , is a wealthy
planter residing at Valshtown , South
Dakota , and is well known all over the
state. Under date ofJanuary2oth , 1896 ,
Jic writes ; "Aboutthrccyears agotherc
canto under nay left eye a little blotch
about the size of a small pea. It grew
rapidly , and for the pastyear , shooting
paits ran'iu every direction' . I became
alarmed nod , consulted a good doctor ,
who pronohhceditcamicee' , and saidthat
it flaunt be cut out. This I , wouldnot
consemit to , having little fnith in the in-
discrienimmate use ofthe kimife , though I
was alarmed at nay condition. Reading
othe ninny cures niade by S.S.S. , . I
determined to give thatxmedmcinea trial ,
and after I had takcnit a few days , the
cancer became irritated amid began tois. ' .
charge. This afterawhmile ceased , leaving
a smahl.scab , which finally dropped off ,
and only a healthy looking little
scar remained to mark the place 'where
the destroycrhad held full sway , Worda
are inadequate to express my gratitude to
the great blood purifier , S. S. S. , anti I
write this hopingtlmat itinay betlaeineans
of leading other sufferers to a cure. " 5
Cancer is not incurable , but the only
means of curing it is to rid the blood of
time disease. S.S.S. never fails to do
this , but it is the only reniedy to be re-
hicJ upon. It is guaranteed purely
vegetable , and cures Cancer , Scrofula ,
Jczeiima , Catarrh , Rhmetmnmatisin amid any
other disease of the blood. Other blood
diseases often develop into such alarm ,
lug conditions that the doctors think an
operation necessary. Serofula. for instance -
stance , often diseases tile glands of the
macck to such an extent that an operation
, , is looked upon as absolmmeiy the only
relief. This is also a-grave error , as the
-disease is in the blood and a' real blood
remnedy is time only cure.
Aim operation never did cure a blood
disease. Beware of the knife I
Send for our books on cancer and j
blood diseases , nmailed free. Swift Spo'
cific Company , Atlanta , Georgia.
AMIJSE3ItONTS.
TilE CREIC I1TON ,
Three Nights. Ccrimrmicimcumg !
rdTINk1Ii'rcDAI 2:3O
'I'ONlGHT , ItT 8t1 ,
Eddie The Strange
Fey Adveiitures of
Miss Brown.
l'rosonting .
21(4 TIlS'ilI 'J'JtfS'It Y ,
l'rices-23c',35cSdc , 75c , $ I.t)0 ,
April 5-7-8 , MiLLIe Misu lu'uggnt.
Aliril 0 La i.oiu Fuihor.
BoyD , 8 lAY4. COMMiINCIr4O
A S SUNiAYMATMAiCii2Q.
Special Itettirn iiumgagemeriI or the
\VOODVAR9 \ ' ! 'IIEA FER Co
Sunday Matinee ,
"BESIEU THE ROMP. "
Sunday NIght , I
'NOT GUILTY. "
l'rices-llotim mill harts of time lmuUsC ,
' coNi
WIRTH'S ;
tier. 'I'i'ii ( ii uIjl liii i'Iii'y hits ,
lto-rngrtgeunent of the ,
BilOlifi FlliI Liiies O1ChSI1ll '
V'rnm this Royal Anmiirluni : , 1.Iidjn , .lCii ,
Concert O'et3' eveiihiig , 8 to 12 , Mumtirmecs ,
moriday ! , 'i'hursthmy arid iiatmiiday , 3 to 5 ,
oinpaimIoa wIll soon leave for AmerIca wIth '
iIo aaimsc play ,
The imemv play upon which Mv , Barrett is
migaged has iiiti liigii-mw'.modimn tItle , "The
isugliters at Bab > 'ioim. "
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V1ueilier i4.irji'ihe'i Oiiuimiipiops ,
S'itlEL.ING , Vii , , Murcii 2--T1me
( ( urnoon garnemi between tim Brooklyim
Linileii Oi'oS't' ) hiumimpiuii bowlrt and
'imeohiimg' iimuuaeI : an eight roen leant
natt'b. whIch was won b ) ' lJrolcl'n , 1,268
o 1.111. In Ihi.a i'pmciol , three mcii mutr'i -
or $200 , iiownvsr , % Vhrellng surprised It : ,
nsterners , who v'mngeioi , a tmssmtlieap of
burly puts itt eath gamime , by tui-niui iii anti
vIumnhiig Iwo gaines without lime aI'I of Iii.
imundicap. .
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Itiiters 'Vito n-lft for Itsgmeitua ,
I'IIINCE'L'ON N , J , . '
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