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THE GALVESTON TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904.
I DOINGS OF PLAYER FOLKS, i
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* News, Gossip and Comment About Old Friends and New $
$ Coming to the Grand This Season. J
CURRENT ATTRACTIONS. *
Saturday—Matinee and night, Edward
Morgan in Hall Caine’s “The Eternal
City."
Sunday—Matinee and night, “The. Little
Homestead.”
Tuesday—Matinee and night, William H.
Turner in “David Harum.”
Wednesday—Matinee and night, West’s
Minstrels.
Friday — Matinee and night, Blanche
Walsh in “Resurrection.”
■When Mr. Hall Caine came to prepare
“The Eternal City” for the stage he did
not find it necessary to lay violent hands
character of "David Harum” the New
Orleans Picayune says:
When the dramatists annexed “David
Harum,” Edward Noyes Wescott's re-
markable character creation, to the stage,
they displayed as much “boss” sense as
is ascribed to the edcentric banker and
horse trader in the story. Harum is an
intensely quaint conception. He is bank-
er, humorist, horse trader and humani-
tarian. He lightly passes on matters
about which he is deeply concerned.
While his soul is yearning to do a right-
eous thing, when his heart is burning
with the gentler impulses and tears of
tender devotion are welling in his eyes,
he forbids those about him being serious
tremely funny as well as being filled with
tuneful music and catchy airs. It is
elaborately staged with magnificent scenic
effects and beautiful costuming, and is
proving one of the hits of the season.
Wagenhals and Kemper will present
Blanche Walsh at the Grand opera house
on Friday, matinee and night, in “Resur-
rection” with a company comprising over
forty people and with the complete pro-
duction as seen during the four month’s
run of. the play at the Victoria theater,
New York.
Interest in the event is naturally pro-
nounced, more so probably than has been
shown in any offering on the local stage
during the present season. It would be
surprising if this were not the case, for
Miss Walsh’s personal triumph no less
than the salient features of “Ressurec-
tion” have been almost a constant topic
for dramatic gossip ever since the first
performance of the play.
Because its theme deals with the-penalty
which society imposes for breaking its
law's, the play has caused much argu-
DAVID ROSSI EXHORTING HIS FOLLOWERS: EDWARD MORGAN AS ROSSL
upon his story or the characters which
figure'in it. The tale was discovered to
lend itself easily and readily to dramatic
. purposes.^It was not expected, of course,
that Mr. Caine, who as the. author of
“The Christian” proved his ability at
dramatic construction, would be able to
compress into his play, “The Eternal
City,” all the incidents of the story: it is
more to the point that the author-drama-
tist has been able to construct a drama
which satisfies the public’s expectations
and is worthy of the talents of such pop-
ular players as Edward Morgan, Sarah
Truax and Frederick de Belleville. By
preserving Donna Roma’s goood name in
the play, Mr. Caine has gratified the pub-
lic’s oft expressed desire. That Roma and
David should in the end “live happily ever
after” was the hope of every reader of
the book, and to run counter to this de-
sire when constructing the play, the dram-
atist wisely appreciated, would have been
a source of disappointment to every spec-
tator. .So, then, in the drama there is no
intimacy existing between the Baron
Bonelli and Donna Roma, although the
Baron, in order to satisfy his own selfish >
intentions, would have it appear such was
the ease. In the play the fair and adora-
ble Roma’s good name remains unsulied
and she is finally discovered safely en-
folded in David’s strong and honorable
arms, thus transforming the finale of the
tale—in the book a tragedy, ift the drama
a happy fruition of love’s young dream.
Mr. Morgan will present “The Eternal-
City” in this city at the Grand opera
house today, matinee and night.
“THE LITTLE HOMESTEAD.
The depths to which an unscrupulous
man will sink in a base and all-absorbing
desire for revenge, is shown in the char-
acter of the villain in “The Little Home-
stead.” He seeks to wreak his revenge
for an imaginary wrong upon bis former
college chum, through striking at the
sanctity of his home and in a moment of
weakness the wife succumbs to the wiles
and assists in wrecking her own home and
happiness. The retribution which sooner
or later overtakes evil, befalls the villain
as he is planning even more wickedness.
The unfortunate .woman creeps back to
her little homestead to atone as best she
can to the man she has wornged. In pity
the husband opens the door to her, folds
her in his arms in sorrow and brings the
smile of peace to the dying face with his
words of forgiveness for the repentant
one. This delightfully interesting story
calls for some fine bits of acting, which
are admirably executed by the clever com-
pany which will present “The Little
Homestead” at the Grand opera house on
Sunday. Prices: Matinee, 25c and 50c;
night, 25c, 50c and 75c.
Of William H. Turner’s portrayal of the
by talking about a horse trade.
William H. Turner’s “David Harum,”
as portrayed at the Crescent theater last
night, was so natural that one almost
felt at times as if the actor was about
to sell a horse to every man, woman and
child in the house. Probably other actors
of the realistic school could do as well
with such material to work on, but it is
hard to conceive of a more correct inter-
pretation of Harum than that given by
Turner. He has mastered the detail of
the role. He has the pose, the manner,,
the eyes that are typical of the horse
trader. He affects the dress, the way of
jamming his hands down his pockets, of
standing first on one foot then the other,
of smiling when confidence is waning and
shuffling the feet or whittling and feign-
ing a sort of abandon when it is most
effective in carrying his point. Turner,
in fact, is David Harum as nearly as he
can be.
On next Wednesday, matinee and night,
at the Grand opera house tthe Wm. H.
West Minstrels will make their annual
appearance in this city, and as is usual,
Manager Sanford B. Ricaby has several
novelties to present to his patrons. Six-
teen great singers are with this organiza-
tion, the largest number ever carried in
minstrelsy, and great attention has been
given to the orchestral and chorus effects,
while the soloists will present the newest
and best compositions of America’s great-
est song writers.
Leaving the beaten paths and drawing
out of the rut into which minstrelsy has
fallen during the past few years, Mana-
ger Ricaby has introduced a novelty into
the Wm. H. West Minstrels in the shape
of an operatic comedy, entitled “The
Wizard of Boz.” As may be imagined,
it is a burlesque on one of the popular
oneras of the day. and is said to be ex-
mentative discussion. Some of the scenes
it depicts are not nice but fortunately
they are very real. From all that has
been said and written about it “Resur-
rection” is a powerful play, true in its
delineation of human motives and emo-
tions and it is picturesque in outward
show- It is interesting, and more.
In the role of Katusha, Miss Walsh is
said to exhibit emotional power and
strength far beyond that which anyone
suspected she possessed.. She reveals the
simplicity of the peasant girl, the brutal-
ity of the depraved woman, and the calm
dignity of the penitent in splendid fash-
ion. Her acting in the scenes of extreme
passion are described by those who have
seen it as being startlingly realistic and
that she holds her audience spellbound.
KNEELING AT PRAYER.
Dress of Young Bride Caught Fire and
She Burned to Death.
Barnett, Ga., Jan. 9.—Mrs. Charlie Lane,
of Powellton, aged 18, and a bride of only
a few months, was burned to death while
kneeling in prayer. Her father, who lives
in New Orleans, has been notified of the
accident and is now on his way here.
As was her custom, before breakfast
she knelt at her hearth and in some man-
ner got too close to the fire, which was in
an open grate. Her skirts caught fire and
were in a bright blaze when she noticed
them. She made an effort to wrap bed
clothing around her body, but the flames
enveloped her and made such, headway
and inflicted such pain that she was unable
to extinguish them until practically all her
clothing had been burned away. She was
frightfully burned, and from the first her
life was despaired of. Mrs. Lane and her
husband were among the most prominent
and popular young people of this county
and are well connected.
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REACHED A CLIMAX.
War Scar© Has Had an Important
Influence Upon the Stock
Market.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 9.—The war scare and
the weak statement of earnings of the
United States Steel corporation for the
December quarter have had an important
influence upon the stock market of the
week and have helped to- prevent the
expected January demand for securities
with the seasonable easing of the money
market. Some sentiment has grown up
during the course of the week that the
unfavorable conditions in the iron and
steel trade have been adequately discount-
ed in the stock market. The war scare
also seems to have reached its climax.
There was active speculation in a group
of minor railroad stocks on unconfirmed
rumors of a combination.
MOUNTAINEERS’ “DEAD LINE.”
An Interstate Feud That Cost the Lives
of Hundreds of Men.
“My boyhood home in Hancock county,
Tenn., was the scene of many deadly en-
counters,” said W. G. Garvise, now of
St. Louis, at the Raleigh, to a Washing-
ton Post reporter.
“Hancock is in East Tennessee, away
up in the mountains, and borders in Vir-
ginia. In my youthful days the state line,
which separated it from Lee county in the
Old Dominion, ws .commonly spoken of
as the ‘dead lineifu Between my country-
men and the VifgiYnS’mountaineers there
raged incessant feuds of the kind that
meant killing whenever there was a meet-
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ing, whether accidental or premeditated.
As a lad, I often j saw wagons drive
through’ the little , town I lived in with
one or more corpses of men slain in
these desperate affrays. Whenever a Han-
cock man crossed over the ‘dead line’ he
knew he carried h& life in his hands, and
it was the same, yyay Kith the Virginians.
“I have hearty it asserted, .and do not
believe ’it an exaggeration, that in the
years of the existence of this interstate
war there were between 650 and 700 Han-
cock men slain. As , they were just as
good shots as their foes, the loss on the
Virginia side must have been equally
heavy. Within the last decade, I am glad
to say, the feud has almost, if not quite,
died out, and a much better feeling exists
than of yore. But even now, recollecting
what the former conditions were, if I
were to go back to the old home, I’d feel
some hesitation .in crossing the ‘dead
line.’ ”
LUM SMITH DECLARED SANE.
Ill Fitting False Teeth, Not Madness, That
Made His Snarl.
New York, Jan. 9.—After hearing Lum
Smith, the advertising agent who says
that he is being persecuted by the Stand-
ard Oil Co. because he has discovered a
way of decomposing water and producing
illuminating gas, tell at length the story
of his career, a jury in the supreme court
decided that Smith is sane, and Justice
Scott ordered that he be released from
custody. Smith was sent to the insane
asylum on Ward’s island some weeks ago
and got a habeas corpus.
Dr. Flavius Packer testified that one of
Smith’s delusions was that he could make
gas from water and that he was oeing
persecuted on that account by the Stand-
ard Oil Co. Dr. Packer considered that
Smith’s habit of showing his teeth and
gums when talking excitedly was another
sign of insanity.
In reply to Smith’s counsel, Dr. Packer
admitted that he had not inquired into
the truth or falsity of Smith’s charges of
persecution and did not know that Smith
had a patent for decomposing water’ into
its constituent gases. Smith’s tendency
to show his teeth was explained by the
fact that he wears false teeth and has to
screw his lips around to prevent them
from falling out when beds talking rapid-
ly. ' If' ’ >.T .
One of the things Smith testified to is
that he has an income rof $1000 a week
from the rental to advertisers of a classi-
fied list of 4,000,000 names of out of town
customers of the large jstores. He said
that the Bellevue^doctors wouldn’t listen
to him and called his facts delusions.
TO PICK HIS OWN GIRL,
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Madrid, Jan. 9.—The Epo^ writes today
that the planned prigageriient of the young
King Alfonso of Spain to the much
younger Princess Maria Del Pilar, daugh-
ter of Prince Lodwig Fernazdin, of Ba-
varia, has been given up, owing to the op-
position of the King’s "mother, Queen Ma-
ria Cristine, and especially because the
king, who is most stubborn, positively re-
fuses to marry a girl he has not chosen
himself.
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Texas News Notes.
A $25,000 fire occurred at Anson.
Gas fumes at Batson are producing
many fatalities.
East Texas Odd Fellows have organized
an association.
One Mexican was found dying and an-
other dead near Laredo.
Oil producers have a plan for holding oil
in storage during slumps.
One Mexican was badly shot and a war-
rant is out for another Mexican at Rose-
bud.
What is claimed to be the biggest pro-
ducer in Texas has been brought in at
Batson.
A Fort Worth man was fined $500 and
given a year in the penitentiary for wife
beating.
The state is to make a survey of some
of the Batson Prairie lands to determine
title to school land.
Negro educational convocation of the
general Baptist convention of Texas is in
session at Houston. ) -
W. H. Peck got a $2000 judgment against
his brother in a personal injury damage
suit at San Antonio.
Committee to arrange for the big Meth-
odist meeting at Waco in May met in
that city yesterday.
Immigrants from the north comment on
the differences in climate and conditions
between their sections and Texas. .
Four drunken Indians started to execute
a war dance in the San Antonio passen-
ger station and was promptly arrested.
The Texas, Sabine Va'lley and North-
western is to be extended north from
Longview to a connection with the Texas
Southern, probably at Gilmer.
The News Briefed.
C. M. Pepper, Pan-American railway
commissioner, is in Mexico.
Ihe British home fleet left Portland for
the Spanish coast yesterday.
A Tokio dispatch intimates that nego-
tiations will continue, with a chance for
peace.
The Russian reply to Japan was yester-
day communicated to Lord Lansdowne
at London. •
The house appropriated $250,000 to fight
the boll weevil and passed 115 pension
bills yesterday.
About 116,000 tons of coal have been
shipped from Cardiff to the far east dur-
ing the past week.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions again debated the Panama canal
treaty. The debate will be resumed Mon-
day.
The older statesmen of Japan did not
meet yesterday. They may confer today.
Meanwhile wild rumors are in circulation
in Tokio.
Japan has determined to continue nego-
tiations. The discussion will continue a
few weeks, during which a breach of the
peace is improbable.
The cabinet yesteday decided to order
Admiral Evans and his fleet to Subig bay.
They want to keep him out of Russian
and Japanese waters.
The senate listened to Mr. Scott in a
brief speech in favor of an isthmian canal
by the Darien route, and then discussed
the postoffice investigation resolution.
The cabinet yesterday added half an
hour a day to the time to be worked by
employes of the executive departments of
the government. It affects about 100,000
employes.
It is intimated that the state depart-
ment is miffed at Reyes’ request to send
the Panama correspondence to the sen-
ate and proposes to do as it pleases about
the matter.
An explosion of dynamite in a mine in
the Guadalajara district of Mexico killed
20 miners and resulted in the death of an
American mine owner in his mine a league
away by falling rock.
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
It is exceptional to find a family where
there are no domestic ruptures occasion-
ally but these can be lessened by having
Dr. King’s New Life Pills around. Much
trouble they save by their great work in
Stomach and Liver troubles. They not
only relieve you, but cure. 25c at J. J.
Schott’s drug store.
THE TRIBUNE’S DAILY FASHION HINT.
CHILDREN’S FRENCH APRONS ONCE MORE IN VOGUE.
It is rumored that small children will
once more adopt that very useful article
of dress so extensively worn some years
ago, the French apron. Made of Persian
lawn, with pretty ruffles, and showing
the yoke, sleeves and part of the child’s
skirt, it is very becoming.
The illustration shows two pretty de-
signs for children’s aprons. The one
trimmed with briar stitching ties on the
shoulder with soft ends of the same
fabric. The other is more elaborate,
with a full ruffle around the yoke and
edge. The little square neck is made of
embroidery inserting, and the ruffles are
■edged with Valenciennes lace.
FINED HIMSELF
The Price of a Meal For Family of Re-
creant Husband.
Lima-, Ohio, Jan. Mayor Theo. D.
Robb had before him in police court
Frank Thedick, with Mrs. Thedick as the
prosecuting witness. Thedick was up to
answer for abuse of his family. The wife:
appeared with four small children, whose
clothing was scant and whose pinched
faces told of want. The wife said her hus-z
band had been drinking, that there was
no food in the house, and that they were
almost starving. The mayor was puzzled.
If he fined the man it would take food
from the home; if he sent him to jail
the famfliy would have no support. After
a puzzled look Mayor Robb said:
“I fine myself the price of a square meal
for ydu all.” Then taking the little ones
by the hand he led the half-starved family
to a near-by restaurant and presided over
a big dinner which he personally served
them.
“And I believe it was the first square
meal they had this winter,” remarked the
mayor, as he came back and finished po-
lice court.
RING-TAILED HIPPOPOTAMI.
Seen By Delirious Artist Reproduced ■
When He Recovered.
Tiffin, Ohio, Jan. 9.—Mayor Leister, of
this city, has a sketch madfe by Joseph
Ericson, a Chicago artist, who has been
confined in the city prison for the past
week with an attack of delirium tremens.
Upon his recovery and before his libera-
tion he made a sketch of the strange mon-
sters and awful scenes which his disor-
dered brain had conjured up. The hippo-
potami are depicted with a vividness that
is startling and are more eloquent than
any temperance lecture. Before his de-
parture Ericson presented the picture to
Mayor Leister, who prizes it as a me-
mento.
Europe has four and a half miles of
railway for every 10,000 people; the Unit- j
ed States has twenty-five miles.
COW DIDN’T FLY.
Owner Thought She Was an Airship, But
He Found Her in a Well.
Marion, Ind., Jan. 9.—Edward Darter, a
retired merchant of this city, went to his
country' home and discovered that a cow
was absent from her stall in the stable.
He followed the tracks in the snow to a
point in the rear .of his dwelling. Here
the tracks ended,. and it appeared that
the cow had raised and flew’. An investi-
gation was made and it was learned that
the animal had not ascended, but had de-
scended. At t^le bottom of an abandoned
well Bessie was discovered sitting with
head erect. A number of farmers were
notified, ropes and pulleys were procured
and the cow drawn to the top. While sus-
pended in the air over the well the rope
broke and the cow again fell to the bottom
of the well, a distance of 20 feet. She was
again hoisted to the top and landed on
solid ground. She walked to the stable,
drank three pails of water and then ate
a hearty supper.
diseases of the Kidneys, Livet,
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