New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26
LEADING CHICAGO TOPICS.
THE STORY OF A RUINED CAREER.
HOW DOUGLASS r. HALE WAS ENTrcgD AMONG
THIEvEs-THE STAGE AND TIRE PULPIr-ILLt
N0Is rARMERa IcrKprsrrn In A nIscoYrRY

THE STORY OF A RUINED CAREER
HOW DOUGLASS r. HALE WAS ENTrCED AMONG
THIEvEs-THE STAGE AND THE PULPrr-ILLI.
NOIs FARMERS INTERESTED IN DISCOVERY.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.I
CHICAGO, Nov 25.-The plot for melodrama is
are ldy prepared for the playwright in the story Of
Douglass X. Hale. which has made a great sensa-
ton in Chicago and Milwaukee. Not long ago SIR.
Hale was the manager of the Chicago Clearing
House and stood high in the esteem of bankers and
in society. While in this position his house was
robbed. The burglar was arrested and sent to tho
penitentiary. In the course of some negotiations
for the return of the plumber Mr.. Hale made the
acquaintance of the burglars wife, who succeeded
in getting admission into his house. and 50 ingrati-
ated herself into the affections of the family that
she became a member of the household. Upon the
discovery of this circumstance Mr. Hale was dis
charged from his position. The next act in the
drama the death of his wife, who was
an invalid and his marriage with the bur-
glars wife, who had obtained divorce
from her husband, who had become a convict.
After this Mr.. Hale failed to find employment any
where and disappeared from the city, and now turns
up in Milwaukee where his wife IS under arrest for
stealing diamonds and he himself is suspected Of
being accessory to the theft Later developments
show that the woman has been the wife Of one bur-
gar and the paramOur of another; that she herself
is an accomplished thief and that other members Of
her family are likewise thieves. Hale literally fell
into den Of thieves. led on by very smart, in
sinuating aud handsome woman.
The large sale of seats for Manager McYickers
lecture. on November 2S, shows that great interest
is felt in what he has to about The Pulpit, the
Press and the Stage" The TRIBUNE correspondent
asked him from what point of view he intended to
treat the Pulpit and the Press, and his reply was
" From the point of view of truth. with the full
knowledge that truth is seldom pleasant 20 those TO
whom il is applied. The only thing / fear is my
own lack of ability to handle the subject have
chosen. Perhaps my hardest blows will fall upon
the Press. which is not sensitive and strike back
with that which may at least resemble truth. The
Church shall treat with far more rcspec; than it
has ever bestowed upon the Stage; not from any
fear but from the fact that my calling teaches good
will to all. shall claim nothing for the Stage ex-
cept its birthrigh and make attempt 10 shield it
from its shortcomings. shall make no assertion
which cannot be maintained and add no syrup to
disguise the bitterness of truth"
The Rev. Mr. Min is to have a rival and Edwin
Booth competitor. The young man. Mark G.
Lyon, who shot at Mr.. Booth two or three years
ago in McVickers Theatre, und-r the insane im-
preston that Mr.. Booth was his father was recently
released from the ElgIn Insane Asylum, having
been pronounced sane by jury. He has since been
employed as a clerk in Keokuk, and now announces
that he has made arrangements to play g Hamlet"
next season and hurt Booths business. Mr.. Min,
in despair, has fled to Germany to study. At his
present rate of progress it will not BE- long before
Lyon will get himself sent to the asylum again.
The Rev III. VI. Scudier, late of Brooklyn, and
now pastOrof the Plymouth Congregational Church,
this city preached his first sermon last Sunday to
Iai nd on Ql
a brilliant reception in the church parlors, at which
not only his own flock were in attendance but sew
eral of the lea ling clergymen Of other denomina-
tions and many prominent citizens. His welcome
very cordial one.
Arthur Bryant, the oldest surviving brother of
William Cullen Bryant living at Princeton. Ill.
underwent an operation a few days ago for gam
creme of the foot, the being very like that Of
Ex-Governor Hendricks It is thought now that he
is entirely out of danger, although he is in his
eightieth year.
Unsuccessful application of the processes for max.
ing sugar from sorghum, discovered by Professors
ScOve and Weber, of the Illinois State Industrial
University, has caused great excitement all over
the State and farmers are getting ready to go into
the sorghum sugar business. which will give them
larger proit TO the acre than any other product
On 250 acres the company who have been using the
HcW processes udN6 pIOuuCcu I-ObOoO pOuuus VI
sugar and 22,500 gallons Of molasses, valued at
$4,000, or an average of $76 to the acre.
DR.. Damrosch's first concert In Chicago was at
tended last evening by moderately large audience
The failure is to be attributed to shockingy bad
management on the part of a Toledo manager, who
bought the concerts. The programme very
attractive One including the Parsifal Prelude"
Cowen's Scandinavian Symphony, and smaller num-
bers that are old favontes. This was unfortunate,
as 1t at once suggested contrast with Mr. Ihomass
Interpretation of the same works. The Doctor re-
ceived a cordial welcome, but Mr.. Thomas is IN no
danger of being disturbed in his proprietary inter-
est here. The morning papers are courteous but re-
served in their notices The Doctor is too iinical,
and his readings too sentimental to commend him
enthusiastically to Chicago, which has beeu accus-
toned to a b0lder and more commanding style OF
generalship.