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THE OMATIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBTUTAUY 14 , 1897. 18
CRITICAL STUDY.OF HISTORY
Eouud Knowledge of tbs Primary Rciimsito
of Historical Writing.
A MULTITUDE OF ANCIENT ERRORS
Cattxi > lcm > iiti MlHrcircxnti < ritotiN ( at
I'VictVcliTim 1'nlHclinodN At-
tnukcil itnil Ovt'rlbrowii l r ,
Modern
III.
The laws that should regulate any study
are not to be laid dnvtn a priori by any
mortal on his li e dixlt , They must be cr-
rlvcd at by reasoning. To discover them we
ought to consider In particular the end In
tended In that study , and then find out
what proccra l.i best Milted to attain this
end , As oratory U mraut to convince and
pcrunade , and therefore should be such
throughout as to produce conviction and
pcrsuaslcu , so history behg Intended to In
struct should bo so composed aft throughout
most efficiently to convey sound and use
ful Instruction. For this purpose the
knowledge Imparted must Itself be of She
soundest kind , and It must ho conveyed to
the rentier's mlml In the manner In which
it can bwl be received and rnUlncd , On
this brief code of historic laws all critics
arc agreed.
And , In particular , no critic would dare
to deny that the knotvledgo Imparted tuuot
be ot the-soundest kind. Truth Is llio pri
mary rcqutMlo In historical wrlllims , and
all the world , In theory at least , agrees with
Cicero when he writes ( Do Or. II , 15) ) : "Who
does not know that the first law of htalory
Is lb.it It shall never dnro alllrm what Is
false ; secondly , that It &bali ttaro tell Ihe
whole truth ; that there be In the narrative
no susplcloon of favor nor ot dislike , " A child
may be * delighted with a play of fancy ; but
n man who Is a man Indeed , In his more
carnrat moments al least , wants truth , and
values it more highly than any amount of
poetical Imagery. As we Ki'i older anil
wiser wo care letn tor what la Imaginary
nnd moro for what Is real. We then under
stand thai an historical work Is not to be
appreciated so much by the beauty of Its
style as by the welghly teachings of wis
dom which It contains. We learn as we
got older to esteem a man more highly on
account of moral worth than of physical
and. mental power , to praise a good , honor !
and' prudent man , though he wears a mean
apparel , for more than a well dressed fur
with empty head , conceited mind and de
praved heart. Hut even In youth , truth Ute
to the mind whal ftood food Is lo the body
an essential clement ( or Its development
and healthy condition.
MISREPRESENTATION OF FACTS.
For tlu > absence of trulh in history noth
ing can atone , no style however beautiful
no name however popular. It a history 1 :
false In mailers of great moment , It Is like
poisonous food ; heller nol lo touch It than to
hava all Its contents thoroughly assimilated
unless wo bo provided with such antldolcs
ns will .render the mental poison compara
tively harmless. And still It Is certain thai
many historical works abound tn mlsrepre-
aenlallo.ns ot facls , In erroneous principle.1
and erroneous conclusions. Therefore sc
many minds ot young and old people art
saluratcd with mental and moral poison
Imbibed from. , the fountains of false hlslorles
as Iho syslem becomes hopelessly vlllnlei !
from the miasma of a marshy sol ) . Sue )
men spend their lives , often active and In
fluential lives , with false views of govcirn-
monl , of soclely , of human nature , of re
ligtop and moral principles ; false views n
their highest duties and of Iht'ir wolghllesi
Inleresls. Such are many misguided philan
thropists , revolutionist socialists , anarch
Ists and nihilists ; men , perhaps , many o
tliL-m , al least , who might have been tin
atronglh and Iho glory of their respective
nations , and who , through false views o
honor and ot rights , are become the 'bane o
society. They are the blind leading thi
blind ; and their number Is dally Incrcasln ;
In our own beloved land of liberty.
It Is , of course , not pretended thai all er
rors of historians are equally pernicious
If mlsstalomcnls occur about Ihc number !
of men that perished In a given battle , aboui
the armor of certain troops or the nanny
of their commanders , no material harm 1 :
done , no hindrance is put to the learning o
wisdom on the part of Ihe reader. Hut thosi
errors are pernicious which affect the prac
tlcal conclusions drawn from the facls nar
rated , above all , when those conclusions re
gard the highest Interests ' of humanity
Willfully tt > falsify 'history Is one ot the
most detestable crimes that men can bi
guilty of. If it is a barbarous act , am
ono not tolerated by the ISV.-s of clvllizci
warfare , to poison the wells from which over
the enemy nro to drink , what crime must 1
bo to poison the wells of a friendly city'
Still , this poison only Infects the body tli.i
must die sooner or later ; but the faislfiei
of history poisons the fountains of the mind
destroys too often Iho eternal welfare o
souls , and loosens Iho bonds of human so
clely.
EIIROHS POINTED OUT.
It Is therefore an Important task to poln
out the principal ways In which the fountain :
of truth have been poisoned In histories
that such fountains may cither be cntlrcl ;
avoided , or Ihelr waters used togclher will
proper antidotes. This tatk we are perform
Lf- Ing In the present critical study of history
If It Is nijeessary for this purpose to crlt
Iclso with severity some historical work :
which In many respects ate the pride of lit
oraturc , It is not that their real merits an
denied or Ignored ; but ihilr brilliant beau
tics entitle them lo special consideration
besides , the poison must , for the commoi
good , bo pointed out there where It Is mos
frequently Imbibed , and where the water :
containing 11 arp the most refreshing ant
delicious.
Of course It Is not supposed that man ;
ot our grpat historians have striven dellb
eralely to misrepresent what they knew l <
bo llio irulh. The crlllc dcaH with the lit
erary productions themselves , and not will
the motives of the writers , except In as fai
as these enable us to understand their work ,
and to appreciate them according to thcli
true deserts. Htiildcs , TYI > remark witi
pleasure that within this century a vns
change for the bctler has taken place li
historical writing with regard to the al
Important rule of fidelity to the trulh ; ant
much of Ihe glory of this reaction belong !
lo the great JOngllsh and American hlsto
rlnns , to Maltland , Llngard , Hallam , Mn
caulay , Allison , Miss Strickland , Allies
Prcseott , Bancroft and others of Iho motion
school.
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Owing lo their devoted labors , many In
veterate prejudices have gradually boor
lessened , many stereotyped nils tatcinents
liixve been generally abandoned , and othorp
are dally gelling moro and more out ol
fashion. "These Elortes , " wrllea Macaulay ,
referring lo contemporary accounts of Ihc
"Popish Plot , " ore now altogether exploded ,
They have been abandoned by stalc-smcii
to aldermen , by aldermen lo clergymen , by
clergymen to old women , and by old women
to Sir Harcnurt Lees , " This Is undoubtedly
true ot mcst loading historians , though over
with some of them there Is wldn roam left
for Improvement , Hut In multlluJps of
text books , cyclopaedias and other second
hand compilations , only the grossest nils-
Hlatemcnlii have been omllted , while a vast
amount of mlsrepresonlatlon remains , and
the Etream of literature that carries down
historical knowledge to future generations Is
Bill ! far from being pure nnd wholesome.
MODRKN HISTORIES.
Sllll the Improvement mpde In all de
partments of history Is very great. If any
one. for Instance , will take the troubleto
compare the Encyclopaedia Hrltannlca of 1S4S
or the Kucyclopaedla Americana of the same
year with Applelon's publication of thu now
( American Encyclopaedia of 1859 , or , better
still , with Us later editions , ho will bo de
lighted lo EOD what progress has been made
_ In this respect , To take a particular ex
ample , look In Encyclopaedia llrltannlca
of 1812 for "Leo X , " a name which had
oven then been redeemed from darkest cal
umnies by the honest historian Itoscoo , and
you will llnd sonio very serious charges
against that conspicuous figure of the He-
nuUsaiu'ii period. In Appleton's new cycle
paedia all these slander * uro laid aside , and
ho stands forth as a truly grand character ,
. human , Indeed , but yet shining clfulgenl
u in 111 the constellations of great men. The
slanders now Inld aside vcro such as af
fected causes and principles ot action as
much as they besmirched historical per-
And the changn thus effected
proves that o ! Lite history la no more Trbat
Talleyrand called It In bis day. "a con-
spltacy against the truth ; " nor need wo
say cow what Sir noUrl Walpolo ld to
ha ! on Horace : "Quote mo not history , for
that I know l fulse. "
Evsry year of this century has ssen some
vet-Man fnlsfhood Attacked and overthrown
by zornn Oo-jghty champion of truth ; and
Mill many othc-r mlsslaleinents nnd mltrep-
reuonintiunr stalk about challenging every
bold and honest" knight In this modern cru
sade. "Within the last two or three dec
ades alone , " wrote Frederick Schlegol In
the early portion of the century , "so much
has been .vhiorcd and produced In this de
partment thsl historic knot/ledge has been ,
perhaps , fig much extended In this short space
if time as formerly In RE many centuries.
Jtfplta these acquisitions however , history
m .mother sMi is ullll defective enough ,
ilr.toi'ic ttnlb hero and thnre veiled by many
clouds of error" ( Mod. Hist. , Ltct. 1) ) .
Schlcgel would wonder nud rejoice If he
c3uU uow rciurn to life and sec how many
clouds hsve been dispelled since his day ,
and yet the sky It far from clear.
To promote the good purpose of dispelling
; ho remaining clouds , we think wo can done
no bettor than lo trace the various ways In
which history nan been falsified. The ul-
: Imalo object of our study Is lo accuslom
ourselves to rfiad history cautiously and
wisely , to notice false , views and fal o state
ments a wo meut them , to discover them
whtro they are mcst carefully hidden , so
that truth may prevail. Verllas , vlncai ,
Vcrllas Imperct !
TRUTH VIOLATED.
Now the ways in which truth has been
violated In history are many and various.
They are suggested by the different phrases
of Cicero's rule : The first rule , ho says , Is
that It shall not dare say anything false.
False statements will bo first subjected lo
Iho light rtf cur X rays. Next , he soys , "It
should dare tell the whole truth. " Un
just omlMiiosti.vlll ba next scrutinized. Let
there bo no suspicion , ho cdds , ot favor or
dislike. This mailer , I mean lo Ireal under
Ibrco heads : Unfair Inuuonduex , false the
ories , blind prejudices.
To begin with false statements : In order
lo discover Ihoso and recognize them as
such In our historical readings wo must
consider tbo principal sources whence they
arise ; wo shall study them under the fol
lowing heads : 1. A want of reliable docu
ments ; 2. An Indiscreet zeal lo promote a
cause ; 3. Prcsumpllon , or judging without
proper cxamlnallon ; 4. Pandering to popu
lar prejudices ; 6. Deliberate 'falsehood to
gain a point.
A want 'of reliable documents : Of the
historians who have thus been led Into
false statemcnls , wo have a striking exam
ple In the father of history himself , good ,
learned , honest and pleasant old Herodotus.
You notice that I speak of him without
reverence and even with affection ; ho de
serves both. The beautiful simplicity of
his style rovcals him tons as a most amiable
character ; and of learning ho was a prodigy
In his day , over four hundred years before
the Christian era. He had probably gone
to moro trouble to acquire bis copious In
formation than any other historian has
ever done , traveling through extensive portions
tions of Europe , Asia .and Africa , In those
days when travel was neither easy nor safe
nor comfortable ; his books were the work
of a lifetime , and the Ireasures he collected
were Invaluable. Ho visited In person all
the places of which he speaks In his Uni
versal History , and lhat he was n careful
observer Is apparent from the detailed ac
count ho gives of every object.
Take , for Instance , his descrlp'.lon of the
Egyptian crocodile ; sea how clear and
srcjllc It Is , how copious tn detail ami
"Imost throughout how accurate , and withal
how interesting ; "I proceed now , " he writes
( H II paragraph 68) ) , "to describe the nature
of the crocodile , which durmt ; the four se
verer months In winter eats nothing ; It Is
.a quadruped , but amphibious ; It is also
ovip.irous and deposits Its. eggs In the sand ;
the greater part of the day It s | > end& on
shore , but all the night in the waler , as
being warmer lhan Iho external air , whose
old Is IncroiFed by Ihe dew. Nn animal
lhat I have seen or known , from being at
Irst so remarkably diminutive , grows to so
vast a size. The eggs are not larger than
thoseot geese ; on leaving Ihe shell Ihc
young Is proporllonally small , but when ar
rived at Its full size it Is sometimes more
than seventeen cubits in length ; It has eyes
like a hog , teeth large and prominent In
proportion to the dimension of Its body ; but ,
unlike all other nnlmala. It has no tongue.
It Is further and most singularly distin
guished by only moving Us upper Jaw. Its
feet are armed with strnni ; fangs ; the skin
Is protested by hard scales regularly divided.
In the open air Its Elgin Is remarkabl }
acute , but it cannot see at all In the watsr.
Living In Ihe waler , Us throat Is nlwayo
full of leeches. Heasts nnd birds unlversallj
ivold It , the trochllus alone excepled , which
from a sense ot gratitude , It treals with kind
ness. When the crocodile leaves the water
U reclines Itself on the sand and generally
toward the west , with Its mouth open ; the
ti'ochllus entering Its throat dcatroys the
leeches. In acknowledgment for which scri-
ice it never docs the trochllus Injury. "
A MULTITUDE OF ERRORS.
Recent travelers confirm these details , ex
cept the Item regarding the trochllus.
Herodotus must have confounded a single
Instance ho witnessed with a general habit ,
nut of course past events could not have
been observed by him ; they had to betaken
taken on the authority of other men , anil
thus ho was led Into a multitude of errors ;
yet not with that credulity wlilch Is often
attributed to him. See. for Instance' how
ho qualifies bis account of the fabulous bird ,
the Phoenix ( Hook 2 , Sec. 73) ) : "They have
also another sacred bird , which , except In
a picture , I have never seen. It Is called
the phoenix. H Is very uncommon , even
among themselves , for , according lo the
Hleropolltans , It comes there but once In
the course of COO years , nnd then only al
Iho decease of the parent bird. If It bears
any resemblance to Its picture , the wings
nro partly of a gold and partly of a ruby
color , and Its form and size perfectly like
the eagle. They relate one thing ot It which
surpasses nil credibility : they say that it
comes from Arabia to the temple of the
sun , bearing the dead body of its parent
enclosed in myrrh , which it buries , " elc.
Hut on many occaslona be simply records
what he heard or read , leaving his readers
to form cnt'rcly Ihelr won Judgment as In
hojl ; 1 , sections 2 , ; ' . Still in Ills narrative
ho frequently becomes so graphic , telling
mailers of Iho distant past with all their
least details , thai U Is very ovcldenl he
could not have learned all thai ho relates ,
but he must have drawn on his frrtllo Imag
ination for the minor features of the events.
"Tho great events are. no doubt , faithful ! )
related , " nays Macaulay In his Essay on
History , "so also are , no doubt , many of the
slighter circumstances ; but which of them
it Is Impossible to ascertain. We know
there Is truth , but wo cannot exactly decide
where It lies. " Hut wo know now more than
Macaulay did In his day ; wo have dlicovercd
that many even of the important events
luvo been erroneously narrated , Hut the
fault lies In the want of reliable documents.
Two learned French writers of our times ,
scientist ! ! and historians , favorably known to
English readerF. ) . Lcnormand and 13. Chev
alier , In the preface lo their manual of the
Ancient History of the East , correctly re
mark : " \\'e can now apprecUte at their
true value the Ideas crude and confused
In even Iho bcsl of them which the writers
of classical anllqully have lefl us of na-
lions whoso languages Ihey did nol know ,
and of an historical tradition probably al
ready falsified when they gathered Iho few
fragments which they have preserved.
Nevertheless , we may end we ought still to
speak with respect of the accuracy with
which Herodotus has related what was told
him by th7 Egyptians and Persians , and
with Sympathy for the zeal which Dlodorus
Slculus lias ehown for learned researches.
Wo ore also bound to accept those traces
of manners and customs which they have
collected. Dut to reproduce as a whole the.
facts which they relate and to glvo them
as nn account ot the chain of principal
events In Egyptian and In Assyrian history
Is not to glvo a summary of that history
suitable for young people , for It would con
voy an absolutely untrue Idea.
"Tha sterles of Herodotus and Dloilorus
about the Egypt and Assyria are no moro a
real history than one of our own country
would bo which suppressed the Invasion ot
the barbarians , the feudal period and the ro-
nalasauce , which made Philip Augustus the
predecessor of Charlemagne , and Napoleon ,
the on 6t Louis XIV , and which explained
the financial dllnculllca of Philip le Del by
Iho disaster of the battle of Pavla. Neverthe
less , such , with some corrections borrowed
from Joaepta'u. U the character of the ma
jority of the standard works. "
ERRORS HLENDKD WITH FACTS.
U U from mch authorities that Rollln haj
: o gather most ot the facts for his Ancient
History , which Is found on the shelves ot
countless libraries In this country and else
where , and from which have been compiled
many text books of ancient history still In
use for the enlightenment of the rising
generation. Although ho Is In many re
spects an excellent writer , and hns drawn
correct principles and lessons of real wisdom
From the materials at his command , still
there are In his volumes numberless errors
blended with real facts In wild contusion ,
3lnco Champolllon first deciphered the
Egyptian hieroglyphics the extensive
llscovcrlcs made all through the
east by scholars and antiquarians
mvo thrown a copious flood of light
in the most ancient portions ot the
history of our race In the homes of Its
earliest civilizations. Not Egypt alone , but
also Phoenicia , Syria and Assyria , Cyprus
and Lucia , Phrygla and Armenia , Persia
and India , Nlnevah and Uabylon , have
yielded up their ancient records of Inscrip
tions and tablets , temples and tombs , coins
and basreliefspyramids and sculplured
rocks and the whole history ot the cast has
been rewritten. And yet what Lenormand
and Chevalier wrote in ISfiD Is still to a
? reat extent true at present. They say ( lb. ) ! '
"At the present day 'one cannot without
unpardonable Ignorance adhere to such a
history as has been written by good old
Rollln. and all the tribe ot his followers.
What would bo said of any professor , or man
of Iho world who would now speak ot four
elcmcnls or of Iho Ihrco quarters of the
habltablo globe who would , with Ptolemy ,
make the sun move around the earth ? And
yet It Is much In this slyle llml Ihe groal
majority of our historical works speak oven
now on the subject ot Egypt and Assyria.
The absolute necessity of the reform ot
which wo speak must , therefore , be ob
vious to every one. "
Still we need not throw good old Rollln
Into the fire , as might be Inferred from
this criticism by an Incautious rcasoncr.
Much may still be learned from his precious
volumes If proper discretion bo used. Qcorge
Rawllnson , In his Ancient History ( p. 19) ) ,
gives us a correct view of this matter : "The
earlier portion of Ihls work ( Rolltn's An
cient History ) , " he says , "Is now an
tiquated and must bo replaced by wrllcrs
who have had llio advantages of recent
discoveries. " Rawllnsnn's own learned vol
umes and the Ancient History of the East
of Lcnormand and Chevalier will supply
mosl of what Is needed to correct and sup
plement Ihc statements of Rollln and his
numerous followers. X. RAY.
COSSll * Allot" ! ' NOTED PEOPLE.
Dr. Gale , medical superlnlcndent of the
Kentucky lunatic asylum , on one occasion
dismissed an attendant , and said In speak
ing of the matlcr lo Luke Blackburn , who
was Ihen governor : "Ho slruck one of Ihe
patfonts and I discharged hlm. " > "Dis
charged him ! " thundered DIackburn , In an
Instant wrath. "Why did you do lhat ? Dy
, sir , you should have killed him. If a
man were to strike one of those poor un
fortunates In my presence I'd strike him
down upon tbo spot. "
M. Martini , the .celebrated gunmakor , who
died recently In Switzerland , began to make
rides forty years ago. It was nol until
1SG9 , however , when a combination of the
Martini breech action with a Henry barrel
was selected from a large number of rifle
Inventions and submitted lo the British
government , that he achieved fame and
fortune. The whole of the Hrlthih army Is
now provided with these weapons. The
manufacture of Ihe Martini-Henry rifle Is
now carried on by the llrltlsh government
at a factory at Enfleld , ten miles northeast
of London. About 1,500 operatives are em
ployed at the government factory , and It Is
estimated that each Martini-Henry rlfie
costs England about 43 shillings.
Dr. Mary E. Walker has again begun to
hold levees in the capltol at Woshinglon.
"Time , " says Iho Waahlnglon Posl , "has
dealt very gently with the doctor and her
brown hair , carefully trimmed after the slyle
of a college professor , has yet very few silver
threads. Her dress U that of a man. and
her shirts , collars and cuffs are In the latesl
slyle. A llltle red carnation adorns the lapel
of her coat and' her overcoat has a short
cloak over the shoulders with a velvet col
lar. This remarkable woman owns consider
able property near Oswego , N. Y. , which , for
the last quarter of a century , she has been
trying to donate either to same government ,
to the state or to some wealthy Individual
who will construct thereon a hospital for the
treatment and cure of consumption and all
throal and lung Iroubles "
Frank Thomson' , Iho new president of Ihe
Pennsylvania railroad , was a pupil and
protege of Ihe road's Inspiring genius , "Tom"
Scolt and ho has been continuously in ita
service since he ws a boy of 17 forty years
ago. As first vice president his name has
recently been almost as famllltir tu Ihe gen
eral public as that of the lamented Roberts.
Parhaps It is not so well known that Mr.
Thomson achieved a brilliant record during
the war In the construction of new lines of
railway and the reconstruction of aban
doned ones In Virginia. He was then onjy
20 , and It is related that Stanlon , on taking
his advice , said lo Colonel Scott : "Is It
possible lhat wo have waited three days to
get the opinion of that red-headed stripling ? "
The "stripling" is now At llio head of the
greatest railroad system lu the world.
The Washington Post says that Henry
Walterson Is passionately fond of music ,
and a pathellc and lender melody always
brings Iho tears to his eyes. "Loving
music as he docs , when , the yearning to
hear It is upon him , the brave Henry will
sit down to the piano , surcharged with
Chopin , Schubert , Wagner or Gounod. Then
the Irouble begins ; what with defective
Bight , a restless , nervous organization , Iho
music in him surging for expression , he
makes n wild slap at the bassi , probably
striking the wrong note , to his Intense tor
ture starts In on Boincthlnz which Is aa
wild , weird and ominous as Alpine thunder
towind up with a climax which makes him
vibrate In his seat , and leave him an ex
hausted wreck , with a world of muiilc still
unexpressed , his sensitive ear and refined
taste telling him thai Iho cfforl has been In
vain. In spllo of a naturally line touch and
an artistic temperament. "
Archbishop Keane has been appointed by
Iho pope canon of SI. John Lateral ) , In
Homo. "The appointment as canon , s.iys the
Hultlmoro Sun , "Is one of Iho mosl lucrative
gifts In Homo In the power of tint pope. H
Is In Iho nature of a sinecure , at least as
long as ono remains in Rome , for the canons
put in an appearance at Uielr church when
they please and as they pleast * . As canon
of St. John Latcran. Archbishop Kuano will
bo required to say ofllccs both morning and
evening. For this ho will receive some
thing over -100 francs a month. According
to the number of times ho usslflts nt the
olllccu lib recompense will be increased , the
money * being divided In wbal are known
as 'distributions. ' As each canon enters hla
stall at the beginning or end of each recita
tion of the ill vine oillco his name Is laken
by a clerk slltln : ; In the lowest bench of
Iho choli- . The appointment of Archbishop
Koano us canon Is bolloved to bo HID IIret
Instance of an American prelate or priest
Tucolvlng this honor. There nro several
foreigners canons at Rome , and among
them la ono Englishman , but no Americans. "
Ex-Allorney General Wllllsms of Kansas
ys lift Is responsible for John Hay's start In
Ufa. Hay lived In Warsaw , III. , and \VI1-
llatr.a v.'p.s btudylng law at Qiuncy. Hay
was a country pool in those days the "Un
lettered Hani" ho subscribed hinm'lf. He
wrote a quality ot poetry that made Mr.
Williams tiled , and IiU rural airs and man
ners were Blmply killing to the practical
Qulncy boy. "I'll drive that Isllow off the
river , ' * Mr. Williams declared ono day , and
so ho did. Mr. Williams got hlmscli' to
gether ono day and wiote the rotti-nest tort
of alleged vtrscu. Those ho tlgne * ! "Tho
I'nbuciercd ' Hard , " and caused thorn to bo
printed on ccaraa brown wrapping paper ,
such as giocers used in those -.lays. Then
h atolo up lo Warsaw , mid in the dead
hour of nlghl he posted the "Unhutlered
Hard's" verses all over town. This took Ihe
conceit out ot Hay In an hour. A slern resolve -
solve caino into bin face , and the- next week
he loft the town , going to Springfield , where
Lincoln took him Into his law office , and
afterwards Installed him In the whlto house
as his private secretary , " \\hatevor John
Hay Is or will be , " Mr. Williams once said
to a reporter for the Kansas City Star , "I
made him. If I bad not causal him to sco
himself as others Haw him he- would never
have left Warsaw , aud leavlut Warsaw is
what gave him his start. "
Review of the Week's Events
. For the Week Ending Feb. 13.
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CUHA February Q | Severe fight In southern I'lnnr del Hlo , Spanish loss 15 ,
Cuban 7 ! stone building blown up by Insurgents In outskirts of Havana , while Span
ish patrol wns passing , killing 15. February 10 : Dr. Onspar Uetancourt , released
Monday , expelled froW Cuba. February 11 : Spanish nttthorlllcs nollfy government
that Sylvester Sco/vol Avlll bo given civil trial , but must bo held at S.inctl Splrltns ,
where ho was nrr < jst < ) | l ; Caplnln Hlantn , with 200 Insurgents , trapped In nn nmbuscndo
by GOO Spanish troop ? near Muriel , rctreals find soon springs nn nmbuscndo on hli
pursuers , rotillng Ihem with severe loss and capturing largo supply of rides nnd
ammunition , '
SPAIN February S : rubllcntlon of reform decrees for Cuba severely crlllclssd
by parly organs nnd Wcyler's recall Insisted on na necessary to success of llio
policy. February 11 : Communication from Mlnlsler Dupuy De Lome accepts lenders
ot lied Cross society.
ENGLAND February S : Prince of Wales presented Dr. Nnnseii with the special
medal of the noynl Geographical society. February 11 : Farewell banquet lendercd
Minister Haynrd by Hoynl Soclolles club nl London.
TIMIKEY February 7 : Several Cretan villages 'burned anil Inhabitants seek
refuge In llrltlsh nml French vessels ; two Ironclads In repair nt Toulon ordered to
prepare for nn expedition to Crete. February S : Greek squadron arriving nt Caneu
did not salute Turkish Hag. February 9 : Christians at Canon holsled Greek ling
nnd Invited Greek fleet to train on the city. February 10 : Commanders of foreign
men ot war notified captains of Greek war ships that no Isolated action on purl
of Greeks , bombarding Cnncn , will be toleraled. February 11 : Torpedo Ilotlllii com
manded by Prince George dispatched by Greece lo Island of Crclo causes greal en-
Ihuslnsm nt Athens. February 12 : Hcrakllon nnd thirteen villages In Crete reported
In flames , and massacres continue.
OTHER LANDS February 7 : Plague broken out nt Kandehar , Afghanistan ;
plague at Hombay gelling beyond control , even vultures on "Towers ot Silence"
dying ; serious riots nl Hamburg owing to collapse of dockers' strike , followed by
nearly ICO arrests. February S ; Fanatical liiHurgentH under Gonzlhlrto patrol rivers In
steam launches mainly In province of ISahla , In lira7.11 , nnd devastations causing reign
of terror , February 11 : lirltlsb defeal forces of the emir of Niipo lu West Africa with
fearful loss , only one European hurt ; scilous famine reported In southern Hus'ln ,
peasants eating horses and rats. February 12 : News from Slam reports ample
amends made for Insults to German representative at Hangkok ; Mussulmans at Tripoli
eli pillage n Jewish synagogue ; advices by steamer Empress- China Indicate recent
reports from IVillluplne Islands to have boon garbled through Spanish press censor
ship. '
HOUSE February 0 : Committee on appropriations reported favorably $200,000 for
Transmlsslssliipl Exposition , J125.POO to complete Ihe Omaha postotllco and has made
available In the general deficiency bill JTH.OOO for the Soulli Omaha bulldliif ? ' . February
10 : Senate bill passed to prevent carrying obscene literature nnd articles designed for
Indecent or immoral use from ono state or tt-rrllory Inlo another ,
SENATE February S : Hilt rearranging judicial districts of Texas passed over
president's veto by vote of 57 to 1. February 10 : Senator Morgan announces with
drawn ! of the Nicaragua cjinul bill for present * session ; agricultural appropriation bill
passed carrying approximately fWr.O.OOO. February 11. Diplomatic nnd consular ap
propriation bill oas.ied carrying $1.CI3,30S. February 12 : Pill passed authorizing ap
pointment of nn additional Judge of United Stales circuit court In Indian Territory ,
nnd joint resolution Introduced to abrogate Clnyton-rtulwer Irpaly with Great Hrltaln
laid on table ; confirmed nomination of Martin A. Knapp of New York ns Intcrslnlc
commerce commissioner.
JOINT SESSION February 10 : Electoral votes of the forty-five states formally
counted and election of McKlnlcy and Hobnrt ns president nnd vice president re
spectively proclaimed , the vole being : McKlnlcy 271 , IJryan 17C ; Hobart 271 , Sewnll 149
Watson 27.
1.KRISI.AT1VI3.
NEBRASKA HOUSE February S : Hill favoring woman suffrage defeated by
vote of 43 to 3G ; bill passed providing for li public library committee and for organiz
ing a system of traveling libraries for the stale : February 9 : Ullla recommended
to go on general file , providing for location of a normal school nt Scotia , Neb. , en
abling' women to vote at municipal elections and authorizing county commissioners
to appoint Judges and clerks of election.
SENATE February S : House bill passed for appropriation of $10,000 for Inci
dental expenses qf.pcsont ; ; legislature. February 9 : Hills passed to recount the
ballots cast for constitutional amendments relating to judges of the supreme court ,
providing for full net weight nnd measure In nil articles sold In orlglnnl packages ,
providing for coiinllW to vote bonds for election of county buildings nt special elec-
llons , requiring tJiat-chatlel mortgages on household goods must be signed by both
husband nml wlf * } , . rndnclng time In whlcli nppenl may be tnkcn to supreme court
from one year to slx montlis , nnd for Insuring' treatment of infants to prevent future
blindness. February 10 : Joint resolution passed memorializing congress for ratification
of Irenty of nrbltVtttlAn signed between United States and Great nrltaln. February
11 : Bill Introdur-ld .to prevent Intimidation of voters In exercise of llio elecllvc-
franchise ; bill patjned .denning n legal newspaper. February 12 : Commillee In Jeff coat
contest re-ports ncnltiHt contestant.
OTHER STATES'-i-Febrnary ' S : mil Introduced In Idaho lower house appropriating
$ .10.001) to TrnnsmlssIsKlppI Exposition ; both houses In South Dakota adopted favorable
committee reports ; on-equal suffrage amendments. February 9 : Tennessee legislature
passed bill prohibiting sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper. February 10 : Montana
legislature voted down a woinnn stitTnico measure by vote of11 to 27. February 31 :
Lower house'nt Des 'Molnes ' passed hMl to make mulct law apply to special charter
cltle-s. February < 12.i'Movcmcnt ' of Kansai legislnlors lo cnnct n maximum rale law
rcsulled lnronslilfrnjllon , | byrallroadH of a. compromise on n 20 per cenl horizontal
reducllon on frolKlitsrosolutlon ' ; : ( ( passed Utah lower bouse to Investigate recent sena
torial election ; ICnmnis lower house passed bill to abolish the metropolitan police
system , nnd senate'passed n resolution ashing1 for the Initiative nnd referendum to bo
submitted to popular vote In sbnpe of an amendment to the constitution ; Missouri
senate passed the aiiti-trusl bill , which nullifies all contracts for sales with triisls.
I'OlilTICAIj.
February 11 : Announced lhal no further" extension of civil service rules will be
made during present administration : S'lerman , Guge , Algcr. McKenna and Wilson de
clared ns only names that will anthorlln lively be 1-Ivon ns members of next cabinet
until nfter Inauguration. February 12 : llcportcd that Tammany's candidate for
mayor of Greater New York will br > nicbanl Croker , provided he consents ; Ohio He-
publican league convened at Xane.svlIIe.
CO..I .IIH It CIA I , A.M ) IXIM'STlffAl , .
NEW ENTEnPIUSES-Frbruary fi : Confidence Gold MInlnp and Tunnel company ,
Hooper , Neb. , authorized capital stock S2 000,000 ; Mechanical Hallway Slsnal company
Omaha , capital stock $1 O'O.noi. February n : The Molly Hill Gold Mining company
Chevonnn. Wyo. , eanltnl stock $1C01 CO ) .
HANK FAILlTRES-Fcbruary 9 : Stntc Savings bank , Atlanta. Ga. . capital JIOO COO
deposits $7oCOO. February 11 : Hankers' Exchange bank , Minneapolis , Minn. February
12 : Commercial Savings bank of Leeds' , suburb of Sioux City , la. , liabilities $11 .TO , )
assets $ .17fl. > n.
MERCANTILE FAlLTTRKS-Fobni'iry ' 9 : Pennsylvania Smelting company. Salt
Lake City , Utah , assets $ : i:0 000. liabilities I370.COO. February 11 : The Odd Fellows
.Mutual Life Insurance company , Mdwaukeo , WIs. ; Central Hell Telephone company
of Venezuela at La portc , Ind. , capital stoclc SJCO.OOO. February 12 : Mclntyro Bros. &
Wilson Dry Goods company , Oskaloosn , la. , llnbllllics J.13.SOO , assets JI0030.
CHIMES AM ) CASI'AI/I'IIQS.
FIRES-Febrnary 11. King , t Uhl b'ock. Cleveland , O. . loss SIOO.OCO ; thirty hull-l
ings In business part of Piano , Tex. , loss JlfOOOO. February 12 : Four-storv building at
Chicago occupied by George- . F. Foster , dealer in uniforms , loss $10JCPO , nlsn badly
damaging six-story building nilfnlnlng occupied by Powers ft O'Hrlen , elaborate saloon-
Western Department building. Ottawa , Out. , lots JIOO.COO ; Lancaster Medical institute !
Lancaster , O. . Dr. Simon of Jackson.W. . Vn. , Keeley iiatlent , perished.
SUICIDES February 7 : Bert nishop shol nnd killed himself , despondent through
sickness , awed 25 ; Joseph LaFond. Omnlin , ngvd 3.1. February 8 : IIiiili Unlfln nnd
Charles Leamnn of Scotia , Nub. , or vicinity asphv.vlutcd In hotel nt Grand Island ,
Neb. ; Mrs. N. S. Hnrnham of Chicago took chloroform at Stark , Fin. February 0 :
Peter Nelson , typhoid fever pallent near Wayne , Neb. , despondent over recent death
of wife and ehllil. cut his wrists with penknife. February 12 : Andrew I'lcketl , aged
77 , found In room hanged lo bed post.
OTHER CHIMES February 7 : U. S. Warner , former bank cashier , nrrestod on
chnrgT' of embezzlement at Columbus , Kan. ; Henry Thompson , nllnn Lotnmsky , sup
posed to be one of HlrHchberg < pawnshop robbers , arrested nt Chicago. February 9 :
Members of Davis pang of burglars arrested nt Omaha made confession ; westbound
Santa Fo train held up near Nelson , Ariz. , one of the robbers killed nnd other
escaped with little booty ; store of F. A. Clnnssen , Beatrice , Neb. , burglarized. Feb
ruary 10 : Footpads badly hurt nnd rob Charles Drlnkwnter , secretary Canadian
Pacific railway nt Montreal. February 11 : Ed Day , another member of Davis' gun"
of biirglnra. nrrestc-d at Omaha : February 12 : Hev. William Tonnlsn , colored , of
Kansas City arrested nn charge of burglary nt Osceola , Kan. ; Mark W. Townscnd
arrested nt Hllzvllle , Wash. , charged with murder of Ills wlfo ton years I\KO In Grant
county , WIs. ; W. W. llurnes , cnshler of Cudahy'n branch house nt Brooklyn N V
nrrc-sted for embezzlement ; Wilbur Flowern convicted at West 1'olnt of hog stealing'
and ills brother. Thomas Flowers , declared not guilty. '
.ACCIDENTS February 7 : Collision between frelpht trains on Louisville & Nash
ville road near Montgomery. Ala. , Itl'lH engineer nnd brakeman and fatally Injures
the fireman ; steamer Iuck ) < ? yo Stale Htramleil In Blue river near Louisville , considered
lotal loss , valued nt $40,000 ; sleumcr Natchez seriously damaged about twenty miles
below Vlcksburg. February 8 : Admiral liunco'ii squadron reaches port nl Charleston
S , C' . . with the Mnrblelienil serloinly damaged , thrco men drowned , one. crushed to
death and seven badly hurt February 9 : Collapse of scaffolding causes twcivo men
lo fall n distance of ' ItO feet In Cornwall , nil killed ; Union Pacific enstbonml overland
llyer Jumped track n'C'Omaha ' , killing Fireman Thomas ICrau.se. nnd fatally Injuring
Engineer W. H. VanNoy. February 11 : Eight-year-old Kiillo Htnwlcz utruck nnd
killed by n Mllwnukefreight , , train at Oinaliu ; ntcamshlp Mackinaw went aground nt
Mnrro-A-stone Point on Paclllo coast : twenty pallors of the British steamer C.iyunls
drowned In wreck 'm'-ir ' ' Us ante France. February 12 : Paul Wagner and wife as
phyxiated In bed at Milwaukee by coal gas ; holler explosion In coal inlno .it \ -uiiirs-
Held , O. . killed Jolm.-Wlllock and badly Hcnlded two men.
\VIKH IS NOT AI.O.Wii > TO THSTIKV.
I'riiHCi'iilloii of a Alomlirr of I InDnvls
( iniiMT llrmiurlit to ii Unit.
The police struck a snag Friday after
noon in the | irosecu\lou \ of Ed Johntion , alias
I'll Wllllti. one of the , alleged members of
tile Davit ) gang ot burglars and thieve.1.
Johnson was holng _ lried an an Information
charging burglary , fn which ho was named
as co-defendant with Cllarjcs Orleans , alias
Davis , llio leader of tbo gang. It accuued
the twq men of burglarizing the residence
of Ilcv. Charier. E. Taylor on North Twenty-
surcnth direct ot a quantity of ullverware
and other articles. Davis bad been arraigned
and hud waived examination. He was bound
over to the district court In the mini of
$1,200 , Immediately thereafter Jolmwon had
been arraigned , Ho pleaded not guilty , and
his preliminary hearing was begun Friday
morning. , Thu principal witness for the
state wait Mrs. Orleans , or Davis , wife of
Iho leader. She was expected to testify that
oho , was prixiuiit when Davis and Johnson
brought tlui stolen property to the Davis
housw. When eho was called to the atanj ,
however , the defence objected lo her teitl-
moiiy oil the ground that nhu could not be a
wltncus , Inasmuch her
M husband wa a ca-
dcfcndanl. It was argued that she munt
nccfjaarlly Implicate hur husband , thus caus
ing a violation of a t-octlon of Ihe t'tulutcs
which does not allow a husband or a wlfu
to teollfy against the other. The state
maintained that the wife's tcutlmony coulU
bo properly token , Inasmuch as the hus
band hud already paeaed beyond the Jurisdic
tion of the court by being bound over.
Pollco Judge Oordon hold with the defense
and would not allow Mrs. Davis' tetillmony
to bo Introduced against Johnson. An a
result the cat > o against Johnson was dla
in Im til and another complaint was flle <
against him , charging him with Die saint.
burglary. Tbl Is lo bo heard next Wodnea
day afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Gunnel Andrews lectures before
fore the Ulwutuuqua college at the Firs
Methodist church tomorrow evening" or
"Poetry nml Prose of Iteal Life. " Miss
Duinont will give a couplu of numbers on
the violin. The lesson of the evening wll
embrace. puperH an "Thu Athena ol
PcrlcluB. " by Mr. Harrison ; "Plato , " by Mr
Korl ; "Egyptian Art. " by Air. Goxs
"Mycenae , " by Sir. Glsh : "TlryiiB. " by Mr
Huttello ; "Grecian Architecture , " by Mr
Garrison.
AMUSEMENTS.
rrohably the most dlsilngulshlnfc feature
n local Ihcatrlcnl circles of a week which
preasnted few distinguishing features , was
ho rcmarkablo nml altogether unprecedented
business donn by Mr. Woodward and hla
company at the Crclghton. H will not sur-
irlso nny one wlro tried lee late to got
seats for one of these performances to learn
that on ono occasion , which prob.ibly mntkcd
llio flood-tide of the business , 603 standing
room tickets were sold , Rnd that the seating
'apacity of the thciter was tested twenty
liws In two week ? . They were very well-
johaved and orderly crowds , too , The men
cpp their eat bolwoeu acts quite as ROII-
ernlly as those do who make up more pro-
tonllau * oiidlenrca , and the line , "Ladles ,
ilc-iso remove your lints , " which nppwufl
in promlnont placed on every page of the
theater play-hill , was quite unlvemlly
heeded. Pome heada of hair wore thoa-by
uncovered which had evidently trusted on the
protection of a hat to conceal the evidences
of a haply toilet. Hut what of that ? Nobody
went there to neo somebody's coiffure. H
Is singular that ft fact so self-evident , should
not be as widely recognized by fashionable
miillonccs ,
The Woodward company lias appeared here
on ecvcral former occasion * , mid has been
favored with constantly InoronsliiK patronage.
Few can be found lo deny l.ml It Ima de
served nil It has received. ltn pcrform.inceD ,
oven Judged on ihelr merll8 , will compare
quite favorably with thcwo of a number of
other orgAnlzallona which have exacted ten
times the Woodward price of admlralon from
a longsufferlmpublic. . Hut people who pay
10 cents for n dramatic entertainment arc
apt to no with very slender expectations :
and In the cane of the Woodwards It may
truthfully be said that their expectations
nro always more than realized. The com
pany as at present constituted contains come
excellent material , the plays presented nro
well selected , with n view to plonalng the
class of theater gocra to which the cheaper
repertory companies usually cater , and the
animated picture machine is a perpetual
source of delight. All In all , It would seem
that It Omaha Is over ready for a summer
season of cheap theatricals. It will not be
neccyaary to look further than Mr. Wood
ward for the man to provide It.
The advent of Frank Daniels In comic
opera Is an occasion which has resulted. In
awakening a considerable amount of Inter
est among his many admirers In Omaha ,
who will doubtless see to It that his engage
ment here la properly patronized. With
both houses taken up for what seems a
long period of time with a class of enter
tainments not specially popular among the
regular theater-goers , the appetite of the
public should have been so whetted thai
an attraction of this magnitude and char
acter would prove Indeed attractive. Mr.
nanlels used to bo a very funny little man.
Ills last appearance here , In "LittlePuck. "
at Uoyd's four or live seasons ago. Is still
plcasurably remembered. There la no rea
son lo doubt that ho Is fully as amusing
In comic opera as ho was In farce comedy.
Ho has a very fair singing voice , which
is an attribute not too common among light
opera comedians : and ho Is reported to have
lost none of that Irresistible drollery which
went far 'to confer upon the early Iloyt
farces llio success which they undoubtedly
attained. His "Wizard of the Nile" Is said
to bo a suitable vehicle for his especial
equipment as a fun-maker , lo be well con
structed both an regards music and book ,
and to give employment to some very clever
principals and to a largo number of spec
tacular young woman In the chorus. What
moro can bo demanded In the way of an
evening's entertainment ?
With James A. Herne occupying the pul
pit of an orthodox church In Kansas City
of a Sunday night ( where , by the way , ho
addressed the largest audience that ever
crowded Itself Into that particular sacred
edifice ) ; with Otis Skinner and Frederick
Wardo and a score more of scholarly actors
nml actresses lecturing from time to time
lo people of oilier cities upon loplcs con
nected with the stage , the question sonic-
times suggesls Itself , "Why Is It that Omaha
has never availed Itself of Ihc similar privi
leges which It undoubtedly might enjoy ? "
It la not easy lo llnd a satlsfaclory answer.
Elsewhere , Mr. Warde or Mr. Skinner may
be persuaded lo speak to an audience of
High school pupils and their teachers , or
Miss Itoso Eytlngo or Miss May Hobson
may consent to address a woman's club , or
Mr. Hcrne may be prevailed upon to oc
cupy a pulpit and talk about the relations
of church and stage. In Omaha , so far as
is known , no actor's voice lias ever been
beard In any public place except a thciter ,
although doubtless any of the players men
tioned , and many others , would willingly
have let the public see the less familiar
sldu of them.
Xow. on Ihe principle verbum napi-
enli , it may bo suggcsled that Mr. Herne
will soon play an engagement In Omaha ,
bringing his beautiful pastoral play ,
"Shore Acres , " which lias been seen here
before , but never with him In the cast.
It remains to ho seen If any minister , or
thodox or heterodox , will Invllo him Inlo
his pulpit If his slay includes a Sunday.
The young people who sang "Plnaforo"
last mouth for sweet charity have been In
duced to repeat the entertainment nt a
matinee In response to a general deslro ex
pressed both by those who saw the original
performance , and by those who , being un
able to secure desirable seats , stayed away
on that occasion. A good many rough places ,
inseparable from a first amaleiir attempt ,
will doubtless , bo smoothed down with a
repollllon of Ihe oponi. Principals , chorus
and orchestra , which are quite- unchanged
in composition , have been hard at work
during the pi.nt fortnight , and all are con
fident that the second performance will he
decidedly bstler than llio flrst. Prices o !
scats have been radically reduced for this
matinee.
r Kvcnl.l ,
Laat year a new comic onora attraction
commanded the attention of the musical
world. Frank Daniels , who bad been touring
tills country with bin own comedy company
for many years , and had frequently amused
us with his character of "Old Sport" In n
"Hag llaby , " and with' "Little Puck" nno
oilier plays , formed n business arrangement
with Uvo young managers , LiShelle & Clark ,
organic ! a comic opera company bearing
Mr. nanlels' name , and produced "The
Wizard of the Nile. " The popularity of the
star , the atlracllvencss of the opera and the
carefulness and completcncfH of the produc
tion seemed to achieve success at a bound ,
and placed Mr. Daniels among the foremost
of comic oj > era come'dlans , us ho bad
previously been among those of the dramatic
tUagc. In n year not especially kind to
producers of comic opera , Ibis company and
open , whlcli la the ? aniL as will bo seen ui
lha Crolghlon tonight , was stated to bo most
prosperous , and was admltlcd unquestioned
to rank with organizations for many ycura
before the public. The opera was from hands
known to bo competent , the libretto being
the work of Harry H. Smith , the author oJ
"Itoblu Hood" and many other attractive
Mode * , and the music by Victor Herbert , the
violoncellist and leader of Ullmoro's band.
The company was e < i competent , the uconcry
as eluboralo and the costumes as costly nml
dlvrnlfled as the wldo scope of Ihe story and
Its Hgyptlai. atmosphere would allow. The
quaint Idea of making Mr. Djnleln , as the
wizard Kibosh , forced to make love to the
Cleopatra of history , when a girl of 1C , anil
to struggle Ineffectually with kcr absolute
Ignorance of love , was admitted lo elve
whig opportunltldn for mirth to thai
comedian. The music of Iho opera lian tie <
come popular oven whcro the opera Itscll
has not been presented as yet. An Interest
ing circumstance In connection with thlt
opera'n success and ono which has ncvei
been accorded previously to any Amerlcar
opera Is that Its popularity has attracted tin
attention of iranagcm across the ocean , am
It has already been given a production li
the German language In the Carl theater
Vienna , and a London presentation of "Thi
Wizard" Is now rapidly neurlng Its llmo ai
the Prince of Wales theater.
When cUrtlng for the present season thi
management resolved to do all In their powci
to make the organization In I to second yeai
as attractive an In the first , and In the man ]
places In this bcason'a route , which the ;
were not ftblo to reach laut year , and o
which this city la one , It Is ausertcd tha
the production will be the EUIUD lu ever ;
1t. > f. I * } . * W 1 |
particular at during the run of four month *
which It WAS riven last season at the Casino ,
Now York. The scenery and costunfPs wor
replaced with new and the entlro original
company was rc-engagcd with the single cx-
eeptlou of the role of Cleopatra. For that
Mis * FranrM Miirl < hinU was secured and hai
been most pleasantly received throughout
the present lour. Miss Louisa Hoyco la still
the lively apprentice Abydos ; Walter Allen
Is King Ptolemy , Greta Hlsloy the queen ,
Louis CAts.ivanl the royal Kgyptlan weather
prophet , and Leonard Walker the muslo
teacher , Ptaimlgan. The chorus received ,
especial mention everywhere last season , and
Is re'alncd entire for the present one. Tha
musical purl of the production Is In eharga
of Fran ! ; Pallma. who lias been Its musical
dlrrelor since Its Inception. The local en
gagement will bo for four nights , with
timtlneo Wednesday. Positively no Advance
will be tnado In prices.
Fronds Wilson will appear at the Crelgh
[ en for three nights , commencing Thursday.
February 25. with a new comic opera. "Half
a King , " words by Harry 11. Smith and
'
music by Ludwlt ; Knslander' , who have re
vised and rewritten It from the French of
Letterrlcr and U'anloc. The t > tory of "Halt
a King" Is 8.1 M to be full ot nrtlvc 800:103
and continual movement. DuVe do Chateau
rgaux , being heavily In debt , wishes la
marry bis son , Hoitorc , to Liiclndc , daughter
of the wealthy liuke do la llochc-Trumenu.
The eontrncllng parties arr.inge to inert at a
pleasure resort , wheiv not'only the wiMllhy
congregate , but nl o mountebanks and bo
liomlaiis. The leader ot the mouiiUb nksTorc > -
schappe. Is there wltU his adopted daughter ,
Plerette , her would-ba lover , MUtlgrl ? , ami
n band of followers. Hunore Is in love with
Talto , who savrw him from assault and
robbery by the mountebanks. Tercschappo
and his followers then rapture the Duke deli
li : Hoche-Trumcau. with his secretary and
hli daughter , and , dlsguh-tiig themselves na
theln captives , proceed to ths house of Duka
de Chateau Margaux. Plrretto , who Im
personates Luclndp , Is nbitit to be married
to Honore , when Luclnde , ivho had managed
to escape , appears and Induces Plerette to
ivnounce her plai. Terrsohappe and Pleretto
resume their mrtunleb.Hnk costumes and re
turn to their old llfo. The girl is about to
wed her lover. MlHtlgKn , when the parjy Is
arrested for kidnapping Du'.te de la Itoclic-
Tmmeau. IJxplanatlons follow and It Is
learned that PI wet to N Ihe ( laughter of the
kidnapped duke by an early alliance. The
Identification is brought about through halt
of a playing card , the king of diamonds ,
which was attached lo Pieretto's clothl.ig
when Tereschappo found her. The duke
produces the other halt of the card. Iloncro
and Plerette are betrothed and everything
ends happily.
John 13. Ilenshaw , who has been loug and
favorably known In this city , will he llio
Attraction at the Crelghton for three nights ,
commencing Smid.iv. February 21 , heading1
a large company ot comedians In "The New
Nabobs , " which this year Sears Ihe ad-
dlllonal llllo ol "Dodge at ihe French Hall. "
This papular farce in lUi now dress Is
promised to be even move enjoyable than
heretofore and a prosperous engagement Is
anticipated. Seats will he placed on sale
Thursday morning.
Crolghtou Muaic hall will be opened as a
first-class vaudeville resort Saturday. Fcb-
inary 20 , under the management of Paxlim
& Hurgess. IVrformarres will bo given
nightly at this new pines of amusement , with
the exception of Sunday. The prog.am will
bo change.l weekly and every effort will bo
made to please Ihe patrons thoroughly. A
number of well known vaudeville favortUo
will assist in entertaining.
The Nebraska Music hall this week .pre
sents several new entertainers , the list of
features Including the following : The Fnn-
tas , acrobatic dancers and aerial balancers ;
the ilorrellcs In their sketch , "Pastime ; "
Mao Dayton , Joe Osborne , Hflle Nnri'ls , Maud
Dayton. Nelllo Ilond. May Cameron. Dolly
Illshop , spectacular dancer ; May Kllsworth ,
Slgnor Zrenyl , the equilibrist , and Uertha.
King.
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Suits to order 815 to $50.
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