THE OMATTA SUNDAY BEE, JUKE 9. .1007.
Gas. Electric
AND
Combination Fixtures,
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Dull Week Girei Dealeri Chance to
Look Around.
HOME BUILDERS STILL ACTIVE
Inside Proper r U Hard to Get, a
Buildings Being Added lo Sum of Omaha's Visible Evidences of Wealth
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Owner Are satisfied with I- !
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17, week Just cloned baa been ono of th
dullest In real estate transaction that haa
been experienced in Omaha for a consider
able tlmo. There were two causes every
where assigned for thla temporary lull In
the great activity of the market. First waa
the weather which waa cloudy, cool, damp
and rainy all the week. There la positively
no use, real estate men aay, In trying to
get people to buy property, when the eun
Isn't ahlnlng. Cloudy, rainy weather seems
to cast an Irresistible gloom over people
and no matter how great a bargain may
be offered It does not find a ready taker.
"When the weather has become fair again
the people come In flocks to buy and to
close deals that have been postponed on
account of' the unseasonable weather.
The other cauae which waa assigned by
ome for a alownesa in the real estate mar
ket waa the fact that nearly 100 of Omaha'a
leading men of affairs are away on the
trade excursion. It la pointed out that 100
Buch men would by their absence, neces
aarily, clog the wheels of the real estnte
world. They are, for the most part, men
who have large interests and whether It
be for buying or for selling, their absence
has had a retarding effect on the market.
But the cry everywhere has been for un
ahino and with that requisite the market
will resume Its customary activity even
with the trado excursion still In the far
west.
The brief lull haa given the bulldora and
contractors time to catch up with their
operatlona to some extent. The weather
had had almost no effect on ectlve building
operations except In a few cases, where the
buildings were still unenclosed and a day
or day and a half was lost on such con
tracts during the last week.
Prospective suburban home builders have
Cast a speculative eye toward the recent
big deal In country property made by the
Bhimer ft Chase firm for some capitalist
or capitalists, the 'Identity of whom is not
divulged. The tract purchased was the
land surrounding Seymour lake, the for
mer home of Dr. George V. Miller. It In
cludes nearly 1,000 acres and is said to be
one of the prettiest and best locatod pieces
of land In the state. It is gently rolling,
with good drainage, many trees and ample
railroad facilities. It lies only a mile and
a half from the end of the West Q street
car line and could be reached either by an
extension of that Una or an extension of
the west side Hanaoom Park line. It waa
Intimated that the land would be used for
a manufactory, but thla has not been con
firmed, and marry incline to the belief that
It Is to be sold In small acreage plots for
the building of suburban homes.
Patrick Place, a tract of land lying be
tween Miami and Lake streets, has been
platted and will be placed on aale by
Oeorge & Co. early thla week. The' plat
contains fifty-two lota. It la owned by
Mrs. Patrick, widow of the lata Matthew
eon T. Patrick.
O. M. Natttnger haa purchased the eight
room, modern house at 1610 Pierce street
from T. F. Green, an eaatern man, (or
13,000. He will put extensive repairs on the
property. ( ...
Through the Payne Investment company
a transfer of- the property, consisting of
three seven-room cottages, at Sixteenth and
Burdette streets was made during the last
week from John D. Belts, of Kansas City
to John W. Toung. The conslderati.fi , waa
110,000 and tha property was bought aa an
Investment. , '
Real estate dealers report an unusually
large number of houses being sold to per
'ona moving from other places to Omaha.
The number of properties sold to persons
of thla class haa been very noticeably
large during the last few month and is
taken to Indicate an Influx of population
consequent upon the great commercial
growth of the city. Furthermore, so great
la the demand for houses that any vacant
realdences or newly finished dwellings are
apoken for long before they are vacated or
.completed. A builder of flats recently re
ported that he had every apartment in a
large houae apoken for before the ground
had bean broken for the building. It la
also a well known fact that many people
are kept from moving to Omaha because
of their Inability to get a plaoe to reside.
Every real estate man knowa at least a
few of sach cases.
Among the few sales of the last week
was that of the ten-room dwelling at 26S8
Douglaa street to Mrs. Belle Oberst, who
will occupy It upon-moving, with her fam
. lly, to Omaha.
s.C. orsD oarTU, ramth man tnah mahmo
, Tli a Payne Investment company sold 4,000
acre of Colorado farm land last week to
J. L. Miller, a weatern Nebraska man, at
$6 an acre. The buyer paid spot caah for
the land. t
1 Charlej Cope Is having plana drawn for
$3,000 worth of remodeling and Improve
ment to his house on Twenty-seventh
street, north of Cuming street. He will
Install steam heat and add a kitchen bed
room and boiler room to the half basement
. and a kitchen and bed room to the first
floor.
A decided stringency tn the visible sup
ply of Omaha real estate Is being felt by
buyers and real estate men. It la difficult
to buy a piece of property close In for
the reason, it Is said, that the owners are
very well satisfied with the returns re
ceived at present and that such aa con
template selling at all are holding on for
higher prlcea.
Reatdenta tn tha west part of the city are
predicting a boom tn real estate and build
ing property there consequent upon the
opening of the Happy Hollow Country
club. It la a well known fact that building
la alwaya stimulated by an Institution of
that kind and the Happy Hollow club was
Instituted at a tun particularly suitable
for a real estate quickening tn Its sur
roundings. During the' last week Oeorg
tt Co. Bold five lota In Dundee, weat of
Fifty-first street The lota are within three
block of the Happy Hollpw Country Club
house. One of the buyer haa had plans
drawn and given the contract already for
a fine residence.
If w plana for the Toung Women's Chris-
laa Association building were drawn dur
ing tha last week and bids have been
asked for. Tha plans, aa made, call for
building the Sam In aise and arrangement,
but with aome of the more expensive
trimmings" left off. Bid must be tn by
June It
J. H. Duinont tk Sons report the follow
Ing sale for the week; west front lot on
Forty-first avenue, north of Davenport
street from Alfred Cornish to J. O. O'Con
. nel; 180 rr ef land In Kim bail county
from th.Vrah S. Paiu estate of Huston
itBS
UNION PXaFICTB
to Mrs. May M. Orris of Stanton, Neb.j
lot on Thirty-eighth avenue, north of Har
ney street, with eighty-five feet frontage
from Clara 8. Kountze to William J.
Ifynrs; fourteen acres of improved fruit
farm on the upper Florence road from
H. E. Seybolt to William E. Tarton for
$5,000; six-room house Bnd three lots on
Halcyon Heights from William E. Tarton
to H. E. fleybolt for $$,000.
The Iron fence business In OmaHa has
enjoyed a very material Increase t:.is sea
son. The Anchor Fence Manufacturing
company report a largo numner of order
booked dally, pushing their factory to It
utmost capacity. They are now running
night and day to keep pace with the In
crease of business and report a large num
ber of Inquiries for this class of fence.
Among the most recent orders are the fol
lowing: 'A. E. Thor, J308 South Twenty
third street; H. R. Hermnnsen, $238 South
Twenty-third street; Oscar Johnaon, 30
South Twenty-third atreet; W. F. Stoecker,
821 and 826 South Twenty-fourth street; M.
Kennard, 680 South Twenty-eighth
street; Louis Weymuller, 969 North Twenty-
fifth street; J. A. Davis, 814 South Twenty-
nfth street; J. L. Gray, 828 North Nine
teenth street. South Omaha; John Fagen
berg, 3220 South Twenty-third street
URCHIN STOPS COURT TRIAL
Goes Flshtnar and Whole Machinery
of Law Is Tied t'p la
Meanwhile.
Because Everett King, a 14-year-old col
ored boy, went fishing for crawdabs at
Cut-Off lake Saturday the machinery of the
criminal court came to a standstill Satur
day morning.
Everett was wanted, at a hearing on a
motion for a new trial in the case of Enoch
Enlx, colored, convicted on a manslaughter
charge of killing Harry Lockman. The
hearing waa set for 9:30 o'clock, but Ev
erett could not be located and It was con
tinued until I o'clock. Aa he could not be
found at that time It went over until Mon
doy morning. '
Everett wa one of tha principal witnesses
against Enlx. He testified he had aeen
Enlx strike the fatal 'blow... Now W. W.
Dodge, attorney for Enlx, haa an affidavit
algnod by the boy saying he wa mistaken
In giving the evidence and had been intimi
dated Into giving it. He now says he did
not see the blow struck. As soon as County
Attorney English beard the affidavit read
he demanded time to bring Everett Into
court to aee what he would say on the
aland. A aubpoena wa Issued for him and
tt wa found he had gone to Cut-Off lake.
Fred Good, bailiff for the county attorney'
ofllce. Inspected all the bay and Inlet of
tha lake, but was unable to spy the much
wanted witness.
In addition, to the boy affidavit Mr.
Dodga presented a sworn statement from
one of the Juror that prejudice against
the colored race on the part of six of the
juror waa the cause of the conviction
Other affidavits were made Impeaching
some of the testimony for the state.
HOURS WHEN BOYS CAN WORK
Not Before Six in Morulas Nov After
Elarht at Night, a Mes-
6a turd ay afternoon Probation Officer
Bernstein Issued orders to the manager
of messenger office that hereafter no boy
employed by them would be permitted to
work before 6 o'clock In the morning nor
later than 8 o'clock in the evening.
The order waa accompanied with the
Information that beginning Saturday
night, the name of every messenger boy
would be taken and If any waa found
on duty during the hour declared unlaw
ful the manager of the agendo would
be arrested and bo would the parents of
tha boys. Boys under the age of 16 are
covered by the term of the law, and
no boy between the agea of 14 and 18 can
be employed at .any time without special
permit.
The probation officer are also having
some trouble with proprietor of pool and
billiard halls who permit minor to play.
The manager of one house Is alleged to
have perimtted boy to gamble and thl
case I receiving close Investigation at the
hands of the officers.
BURNAM ANSWERS FOR CITY
Files Answer to Old Blackbara Gas
Street Llahtla Con.
tract Salt,
Ctty Attorney Burnam Saturday morning
filed an answer to the old injunction suit
brought by Thomas W. Blackburn to pre
vent the carrying out of Jhe contract for
atreet lighting with the Omaha Gas com
pany at $- per light The suit ha lain
dormant since early In 190$, but haa been
revived aa a part of a campaign It la al
leged to secure the forfeiture of the
franchise of the company.
The answer admit all of the material
allegations of the petition and that the
ordinance passed by the council was In
valid and null. It says the majority mem
bers did not proceed under the rule of
the council and Instead of the action being
that of the council tt waa merely the act
of five individuals.
The case will come up In tha hearing
for a permanent Injunction within a few
duya. The membera of the present city
officials have been substituted for the
original defendant.
liver tervle to Kssms,
TOPEKA, Kan., June $. A party of prom
inent Khnsans. Including Governor E. W.
Horn and staff, and Mra lioch, loft today
for the Lravue Inland navy yard to present
to the b&Ulenhto Kansas a 150.000 stiver
service, the gift of the state. Governor
Hoclt will make the presentation address at
tha eKrrcUes, which will take place on
CXMMIBSART BTOREJIOUBIi
THE MOST NEEDED CHARITY
Home for Convalescent John M.
Burke's Selection for Benefit.
PRACTICAL IDEA OF AGED CROESUS '
Reason Why He Has Devoted More
, Than Four Million Dollars to
Thl Purpose Gift Made on
Ninetieth Birthday.
NEW TORK, June . The recent gift
made by John D. Rockefeller and Mrs.
Russell Sage, one for educational and the
other for social betterment purposes, recall
the provision which John Masterson
Burke, a nonagenarian of this city, haa
made for the erection after his death of a
home for the care and treatment of con
valescent In or near the borough of Man
hattan, but preferably in Westchester
county. Mr. Burke will be 95 on July 1
next With the exception of a slight in
ternal trouble, which makes it necessary
for him to avoid exerting himself, he Is
still hale and hearty' and In good trim to
pass the century mark.
It was on his birthday In 1902 that he
announced a donation of $4,000,000 for the
establishment and maintenance of the con
valescents' home. The gift came as a
great surprise to the general public, as Mr.
Burke was known to few person a a very
rich man.
Some of hi business associate knew tn
a vague way that he wa a man of means,
but he waa not generally rated as a mil
lionaire. Like Fayerweather, the leather
merchant whose will when opened after hla
death was found to contain bequest to
colleges of something like $6,000,000. Mr.
Burke has led a very retiring life and has
taken no part In the usual gayetle of the
world. . ,
Since the donation wa announced Mr.
Burke ha added nearly $500,000 to the
benefaction, which accordingly now
amount to $4,500,000, and which, tn pro
portion to hla wealth, I far greater than
the Rockefeller gift of $43,000,000, or the
Mra. Russell Sage gift Of $10,000,000: It will
take the bulk of hi fortune, with the ex
ception of a legacy of $4,000 a year for his
faithful companion, Mia Vlncenta M.
Fensley.
Lives In Old-Fashloned Way. '
Mr. Burke Uvea In an old-fashioned house
at 18 Weat Forty-seventh street No
change have been made In the decora-
tlon or furniture In year and the neces- j
alty for a quiet life precludes the Idea of
any change until after hlc death. Even
then there may be no change, for he haa
directed that the house be turned over to
Miss Fensley after hi death.
Although not ill In the usual sense, Mr.
Burke ha a nurse to care for, him, and he
occasionally receives visits from his family
physician. The slight ailment from which
he suffer require him to move about a
little as possible and for that reason he
never goes out
His faculties are as clear a ever and he
Is able to transact business with hla law
yer, Frederick H. jDenham of 170 Broadway,
or. with the member of the corporation to
which he entru.ted the g!ft to build the
home. HI. complexion I. t, a. rosy as a
young girl' and he signs papers In a bold,
firm hand and without the use of glasaea.
There Isn't an unsound tooth In his head
and hi legs are still those of an athlete. .
. Mr. Burke continues to take a keen In
terest tn the affaire of the world and he
Is particularly Interested in the doings of
the financial district He either reads him
self or has read to htm several newspaper
every day, among them Wall atreet publi
cations. Mr. Burke never married and haa
no near reiatjvea.
When he retired from business a num
ber Of years ago he decided to dedicate
In hi lifetime a substantial part of his es.
tate to the relief of worthy men and
women who, notwithstanding their willing-,
nea to support themselves, have become
wholly or partly unable to do ao by reason
of sickness or misfortune. He has had In
mind particularly those people who are dis
charged from hospitals before regaining
sufficient strength to assume their regular
employment. , ' '
' Members of tha Corporation.
Among the original Incorporators of the
corpora' .on to which Mr. Burke tur led
over the gift 'were the late Abram S.
Hewitt William Hubbard White, Edward
M. Bhepard, Frank K. Sturgla and Mr.
Burke himself. Ha met the other Incor
porators, according to agreement in Mr.
Denham'a office and there the transfer was
mado.
Lyman J. Gage, the former secretary of
the treasury and president 'of the United
States Trust company, wa once also a
director, but he resigned when he gave up
bualnesa to go to California to live. He
wa succeeded aa vice president by Mr.
Bhepard, who still hold that office. The
lata J. Harson Rhoades, the president of
the Greenwich Saving bank, waa also a
director up to the time of hi death. Mr.
Burke is the president of the corporation
which I known aa the Winifred Masterson
Burke Relief Foundation. It was named
for Mr. Burke' mother, who died thlrty
flve yeac ago.
Mr. Burke ts still the president of the
foundation. Frank K. Sturgi Is the treas
urer and Mr. Penham la secretary and
counsel, although he la not a member of
the board. -Among the director now are
C Adolph Low, Edward 8. Maraton, Rotert
W. Pe Forest. R. Fulton Cutting, Erskme
Hewitt, Jarne 8. Alexander, Ir. John B.
Billing, George I Rive and W, H. H.
Moor. Thar la Still on vacancy In the
board.
Wkt Shall Be Admitted.
The deed of trust provides that all per
sona needing rest aa a mean of cure shall
be eltgibl for aduitaalon Jo thla convales
cent hospital, but m far a posaibl the
self-respect of the applicants is to be con
sidered and a moderate charge may bo
made to (hem. In case the patient prefera
thla will be considered as a loan, to be re
paid without Interest and without aocurlty.
It Is especially provided In the deed that
the directors of the foundation shall estab
lish a thorough, careful and kindly system
f choosing as beneficiaries men and women
who beyond all reasonable doubt are within
the purposes described by the founder, but
the founder, appreciating the frequent
Buffering caused by tardy action In giving
relief, urges that the methods to be used,
so far as they are consistent with propriety,
hall be aa expedltioua as possible. It Is
also provided that arangements may be
maae with the city for the care of
malignant cases, either by the erection of
suitable buildings or by assuming the cost
of treatment In such cases.
The trust deed makes It plain that two
considerations are regarded by the founder
as of vital Importance. First, that the re
lief shall be given to aelf-respectlng persons
who have been able as a rule to maintain
themselves, and second, that the rellof
should be temporary and not permanent
Mr. Burke doea not wish to establish an
asylum or to provide for a body of pen
sioners. In giving the trustees the power to
modify hi plan he provides that "the fund
shall be used in such a way as not to in
crease but to prevent the growth of
poverty, the chief purpose of the founder
being to help those who give or have given
evidence of being willing to help them
selves. The plan contemplatea that provision
hatl be made at the hospital for the recep-
iinn tt ' .1.1,., . . .
wi tiuiuron noi proper subjects
for any existing hospital, but requiring
careful attention In order to prevent more
aerlous ailments. Provision will . also be
mad for supplying nurse at a moderate
cost to families having sick cases requiring
special treatment1 under 'the superviaion of
the attending physician.
Katlve of New York.
Mr. Burke was born at 1 William atreet
and lived here all his life. Mn.t t,i.
fortune waa made in the South American
trade and tn Investing In real estate. He
owna large parcels of property In thl city.
niun, iexas ana the northwest.
Among his associates tn business before
he retired were Abram S.s Hewitt, n.i,ii
Bage, Samuel Sloan, William H. Vander
bllt Commodor Van Santvoord, Judge
Sanford, Moses Taylor and Paul O. The
baud. Those who know Mr. Burke best
say that he I very warm-hearted under
hi rather reserved exterior. He h. e..
frle becaue he has outlived them, but
wnu remain are enthuslaatio about
i.i viiaracier.
Miss Fensley, his Companion.
t7f.:apUln Fens,ey. wealthy merchant
of California, who died after toalno- all M.
money. The captain wa a friend of Mr
Burke and since she haa been in the house
she haa been greatly devoted to the aged
man.
Always leading a frugal life, Mr. Burke
was a great foe to what he considered
waste. In this classification he put un
necessary expendlturea. uch a ornamenta
tions in residences and institutions.
It la said that St Luke's hospital waa
' -,.- , v, 7 " lne nnal 6
J Jned a wfll mav," "Vl he had '
"Xlry TegatT.'" T
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once
i hi.
uary legatee. St. Luke's
pled a plain old structure at Fifty-fourth
atreet and Fifth avenue. The site was so
valuable and the building ao old that the
hospital decided to sell the property and
move to Morningside Heights.
Mr. Burke Is aa Episcopalian and tn polt
tica he Is a democrat He used to be a
friend of Samuel J. Tllden, whom he greatly
admired aa a statesman.
He I also an admirer of Grover Cleveland,
e never smoked and he never drank
He never smoked
stimulant except those prescribed by hia
physician.
The announcement of his gift In 1903
brought a horde of beggar, grafter and
fakirs of all kinds to the house, but none
of them ever succeeded tn seeing the philan
thropist. The announcement of th discov
ery of a new millionaire and a generous
one also brought a flood of begging letter
which welled Mr. Burke's ordinarily mod
est mail to enormous proportions.
Charity Mont Needed.
One thing that led Mr. Burke to establish
the foundation for the particular purpose
he indicated in the trust deed waa that he
had carefully examined Into the condition
of charity work in European cities and waa
struck with the utter lack of -provision In
New York for the care of those who, after
receiving medical or surgical treatment tn
a hospital, wero discharged as cured.
Homes for the reception of convalescents,
Mr. Burke discovered, were maintained and
liberally supported In many European cities,
some of the most prosperous being tn Lon
don, and Inquiries here showed Mr. Burke
that for .early a score of years persons
prominently Identified with the charitable
movement In New York had vainly at
tempted to enllBt the hid of the Charity
Foundation society and other institutions
of a like nature In an effort to establish at
least one home for convalescents, In or near
the city. Thl discovery rounded out Mr.
Burke's decision as to how he should dis
pose of the bulk of his fortune.
Refleetloaa cf a Ilarhelor.
What kln,d of a mixture would Christian
Science and the colic make Inside of a
man?
Living In the suburbs ts a splendid train
ing In not caring whether you go to Jail or
not.
Aa long a a man can kick against tha
government he feel he ha a good deal to
live for.
A good many people seem to think it'
a disgrace not to have money, but a worse
dtgrac to get it honestly.
When a man la engaged to a girl her par
ent wait all night for him to go home, and
when they're married aha walla all night
for lAu to coin home. New York Pre.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
OPERA AND SINGERS ABROAD
Salome, the . Dancer, Makes Trouble
in Gay Paris.
GERALD UTE FARRAR AT OPERA
Caraao Wants More Pay In London
Goiter Mahler to Leave Vienna
Opera Censor nt Con
stantinople, The ballet la, Just as Important to the
Paris public now as It was In the days of
Meyerbeer. Even In "Salome" the dance of
the seven veils was regarded as the most
Important point In the performance by the
audiences that went to the Chatelet to hear
Richard Strauss' opera.
After the first representation Jokaanon
appeared before the curtain, bringing with
him two Salomes, one the singer Emmy
Pestinn and the other Mllo. Trouthanaowa,
who had waved the draperies in the dance.
After a while the ballerina got Into the
habit of taking a recall after the dance,
which brought two Salomes simultaneously
In view of the audience. The composor
protested and the dancer retfred from the
cast, declaring that It wa Just as In
artistic for Herr Strauss to appear after
the opera between Salome and Jokaanon
as for her to take ah encore.
The performance on the first night did
not begin until twenty minutes later than
It was announced, but the doors were closed
when the prelude began and not a spectator
was admitted,- In spite of the fact that
many had paid as much as 100 francs for
a seat. Km my Destlnn Is said to be vocally
very fine, but in action and appearance
not comparable to Olive Fremstod.
Farrar ft Success In Paris,
Geraldlne Farrar has sung Marguerite
and Elizabeth at the Grand Opera tn Paris
and met with sucfess," although her per
formances have aroused no unusual en
thusiasm.. It is tk long time since such J
youthful dramatic -talent and beauty have
been combined on that htstorlo stage,' but
Parisians now care more for their old
favorites than for such qualities.
The theater under the management of
Pedro Gallhard haa been conducted for
singers abfc to pay for their engagements.
It was usually thought necessary to have
beauty, but it was even more necessary,
for the singers to be so situated that they
could pay high prlcea for their posts and
bo content with a meager salary. That la
the reason why the standing of the opera
house has steadily declined. It 1b because
Parisians have In thla grown accustomed
to mediocrities that Miss Farrar'a appear
ances have not created more sensation.
The Opera Comlque, In addition to re
viving Debussy's "Pelleaa et Mellsande,"
has Just produced "Circe," by the brothers
Hlllemacher. The legend Is taken from the
Odbssey. Among the singers waa a pupil
of Jean de Reszke, named Maggie Tate.
She ts English and ts said to have made a
success. Edmond Maraucourt supplied the
text
All the singer were taken to the Musee
Clu.iy to study the poses of the Greek
statue there before acting their roles.
What precaution they took to keep In
tune la not recorded.
There waa recently a cycle of Russ'an'
concerts in Paris. The singers were Fedor
Chaliaplne. Katorsky, Smirnoff and Fill
poff, and Mmes. Tcherkossy and Zbrouleva.
The pianists were Rachmaninoff and Josef
Hofmann, who waa the only Pole among
the artists. The operatlo composers rep
resented on the program were Glinka, Boro
dlne, Mouasorgaky. Cut and Rimsgy
Korsakoff. Arthur Niklsch conducted the
concert, but Rachmaninoff conducted cer
tain of his own compositions. Hofmann la
too popular tn Russia to make It expedient
for him to emphasise hla Polish ancestry.
He played fourteen recitals In St Peters
burg alone during the last season.
Straass' New Opera.
Richard Strauss says he will possibly
have his new opera ready for production
next year. He ha selected Hofmanna
thal's version of "Electra" and ha altered
scarcely a word. He will devote hi sum-
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' FOR SALE.
This beautiful new home, $58$ Pratt St, larg room And reception hall, built
In Full of 1KH6, just newly dttorated, Is all modnrn, having good furnace and bath,
combination gas and el.-vtrlc fixtures, full cemented basement good lawn aj)d fine
shade trees. Lot 46x114 ft. Well constructed throughout lac at ml on quiet street,
close to car line, reatun for selling, owner leaving city, on account of bualuea change.
Price 13.4&D. i'vr further particulars inquire of
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mer vacation In the Bavarian mountain
to work on the opera.
Ignace Paderewski In spite of the 111 fated
"Manru" la going to tempt fortune with
another opera, to be founded on the) old
Indian legend of "Sakuntala." Catulle
Mendcs, who made the French version of
his first opera, has prepared the text.
Gustav Mahler has Indicated hia intention
of aurrenderlng the control of the Imperial
Opera house in Vienna at the close of the
present season. Ho has been the con
ductor and also the artistic director of the
opera house since 1SST7 and has raised It
to the position for the foremost opera house
in the world. He was at Lclpslc, later at
Budapest and then for six years at Ham
burg before he was called to Vienna.
He mado himself very unpopular by
letting the artists aee that he was to be the
manngcr of the opera house and would
allow no other control. Ernst Van Dyck
resigned, some of the other artists were re
leased and Theodore Relchmann Is said to
have died on account of the treatment he
received nt the hands of the director. But
the average of the performances waa much
better and the opera house was placed
through Mahler's efforts. on its present high
level.
Maude Roosevelt, said to be a first cousin
of the president of the United States, has
recently made her first appearance in opera
at Elberfcld In Germany, singing Elsa In
"Lohengrin" with success. She is probably
the same Maude Roosevelt who Is the
daughter of a New York Blnging teacher
named I.e Vinson and acted for a time In
the company of James Hackett. Her re
lation to the Roosevelt family la very re
mote. -
Felix Welngartner's old early opera "Qon
eslus" has recently been revived with great
auocesa.
The last survivor of the family of Moxart
died the other day In Salzburg at the age
of 80. She wa Countess Von Sonnenburg
and her paternal grandfather married
Marianne, the sister of the composer. Of
Mozart's children only two survived him.
fsrsie .Aike More Pay-.
The season at Covent garden opened 'this
year with a production of the Nlbclungen
rlng, which was heard there first a quarter
of a century ago. "Haensel and Gretel"
was aung In German at Covent garden
for the first time. The novelty of the
second week waa Nlcolat'a "The Merry
Wives of Windsor."
Nellie Melba wa too ill to sing at her
first appearance tn "La Boheme" and her
place wa taken by Pauline Donalda. Aa
Signer Caruso receive only $1,000 a per
formance at Covent Garden and draws
larger audience than any other singer, he
ha notified the management that he will
not appear there after the conclusion of
the present aon unless hi fee I In
creased. Out of the sixty-six boxholders
at Covent Garden this year twenty-five are
Americana.
Charles San t ley celebrated hi fiftieth an
niversary a a singer In London last week.
He made his first appearance half a century
ago. More than $10,000 waa realised at his
concert and masses were said for him In
nil the Roman Cathollo churches' in Great
Britain. The pope sent him a ' blessing.
Santley became a Roman Cathollo twenty
seven years ago.
Emma Albanl, who sang first tn London
In 1SG7, has Just started on a concert tour
through India and other Britiah possessions.
Wossily Sdfonoff ha Just conducted the
London Philharmonic tn Beethoven pro
grama. Censor at Constantinople.
It Is difficult for any operatlo enterprise
to thrive in Constantinople, as the cenaor
keeps a Jealous eye on all libretto that may
reflect on the divine right of king or sug
gest any moral prejudice of the country.
The other day "Aida" wa Interdicted, and
only the protest of th Italian ambaasador
and the alteration of certain title made It
possible to produce the opera. "La Favor
Ita," for instance. Is forbidden on the
ground that king never have favorites, al
though the opera ts allowed If aung a
"LAonora." "Othello" must be ung aa the
"Jealous Husband," and all kings must be
obliterated. No murder la allowed to be
repreaented on th stags.
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