Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-01
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Full Dress Rehearsal of
the Passion Play.
AN IMMENSE JAM, HUNDREDS
TURNED AWAY.
NO Interference from
the Police.
THE PLAY RECEIVED WITH
MUCH APPLAUSE.
Morse Called Before the Curtain and
Greeted with Applause.
CRITICISMS BY THE HERALD
AND TIMES.
What Senator Jones Thinks
OF the Play.
What Senator Jones Thinks
OF the Play.
SPECIAL TO The SENTINEL


NEw YORK, March 3l.-A full dress re-
hearsal of the Passion Play was given last
night. The theater wa4s j-mmed. So
grea. was the crush that tie doors had TO
be closed, and hundreds were tnrned away.
The play was given in full, without police
interference, and received much applause.
SalEi Morse was called before the curtain
and made a speech in which be said he
was happy and full OF thankiulness. Quite
q sensation was caused by the drop curtain
almost taking fire from tie footl!ghts. 4
large police force was present. Loud ap-
plause followed the lowering Of the cur
tain, and there were calls for Morse which
would admit OF no denial. When the
author appeared. and the cheers which
greeted him had subsidized, he said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: l have much on
my mind and l will say only a few
words to you. After all my troubles hap
piness has at las. come to me, and l thank
YOU for the kindness with which you have
greeted the Passion.
The five following sets were well re-
ceived, the scenery in each being tasteful
and faithful, it is said, to history. Christ
appears first in the fourth act, at the
Brook Of Kedron with his Twelve disciples,
and again III the fifth act, before Pon:ius
PLATE, which is. perhaps, the shortest act
in the play. These are tie only two acts
il which the Savior appears.
The Herald has the following: In +ha
gallery st the Passion Play performance
last night sat Senator Jones.
What have you TO say shout it," asked
the reporter.
'sWell, there has been a great deal OF
misrepresentation Of the play in San Fran
cisco. l. was not objected TO by the bet
ter class of people. /. was only the big
oted, strict, f~ault-fuling Christians who
were against ii. They would not accept
anything, good or bad. I am here .o-nigh.
TO see what this play is. I don't under,
stand how it can be interesting without
being sacrilegiOus, and if it be made
proper i. will he stupid. | am confident il
will never shock any one who stays away
what do you think Of the two or three
acts you have seen 2"
We'll, the play is here and l am here.
I was let in for nothing. l don't feel that
Morse and are more than even. I don't
think it will run on its sacri!egious merits.
Ii il is an interesting play it will succeed;
If dull, ii won't run. l don't think il will
last %fore7er, by the present appearance.
They make il great mistake by having am
ateurs. In San Francisco the best actors
were employed. If you have a man to
represent the Savior, he must give an ex-
allied type Of the character, instead OF this
Aminadab, sleek fellow, who, out in the
mines, We would call a forty parson power
thief The Herod is good, but you can't
run the Passion Play on Herod."
The Herald says editorially that it must
be admitted that the work is not what
fancy has painted it. The scenes at which
religious persons were expected to hold up
their hands in holy horror were not pre-
scented at all. There was no last supper,
no agony in the garden, no betrayal, no
beating, no buffeting or browning with
thorns, no bearing Of the cross TO Cal
vary, nc crucifiXion. The story as pre-
sented is entirely without offensive fea-
lures. Neither does it appear to promise
TO exert its great moral influence, which
the author claimed for it, for the text is
far too verbose to be impressive, and
the acting too little and feeble to excite
any one for or against any character.
Among theater goers it may be a nine
days wonder, no more.
The Times and other papers bestow
moderate praise. The audience was rep.
resentative in character, fully one-third
were women in fashionable attire and poll
ticians. Especially the city officers, theat-
rical folks, lawyers, journalists, doctors
and gentlemen Of clerical aspect were
seen in the orchestra and balcony chairs.
There was a large gathering Of the He
brew element, and a startling array Of
bald heads. The entrance was by ticket,
and men and women struggled with diff
fculty through the narrow doorway.
Clothes were torn and watches stolen,
aud one woman tainted. Morse said he
should give four or five representations
for church charitable institutions. The
scale of prices, although not fully de-
cided upon yet, will probably be 50 for
orchestra chairs and the first three rows
in the balcony. The remainder 81 so
each, and admission tickets 81.
Claiming the Title of Queen OF
Guinea.
New YORK, March 3l.-There 10 a respect
able middle-aged colored lady, named
Rebeccs Barnes. who resides in Camden,
N. j., that has set up a claim tina. she has
become a royal h%eiress. with the title of
queen OF Iulutd. one uAs llveu q secluded
life for many years in Camden, and never
until recently spoke Of her royal blood,
although she said much Of her mothers
and grandmother's slavery, and OF the
families with whom they had lived. which
corresponds with the information which
came from Mr.. Leodgley, her slave owner.
Efforts have been made on the part OF a
firm trading with Guinea to discover the
descendants Of the Queen, who was stolen
80 years ago, with other slaves, on the
Guinea coast, and sold to planters in the
South, and who, Mrs. Barnes says, was
her grandmother. A large amount OF val
uables have been left in the hands OF a firm
of coast traders for the heirs of the old
Queen, should any be discovered. Several
persons have been thoroughly convinced
OF the truth Of those statements. and have
written to the State Department and else
where in search OF information az to the
best methods to follow in order to secure
the estate for the woman.
More Bodies Discovered.
BRAIDwooD, Illinois, March 3~1.-Seven
more bodies have been discovered in the
extreme part Of the southwest entry at the
highest part Of the workings. They were
found on the timbers above, where thew