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SHERMAN IS a kIssER-

CAUGHT on TIE FLY To THE GREAT AMUSE-
BiENT OF A SAN FRANCISCO AUDIENCE.
Gen. Wn. T. Sherman, "Oid Tecumseh, !"
IA knoxn 20 be one oil ths most interchangeable
kissers Of pretty girls in the land, and, re-
ferring TO his foBdness of that sort of enter
taiument, the San Frahcisco Post gives the
following amusing accounts OF his perform
1uoes IN that city. ="4 he return q fiias
Alice Harrison TO the city recalls an incident
in her career when member Of the famous
California Company of four or five years
ago, which may provoke a smile from those
who witnessed the occurrence in question,
About the time of Miss Harrisou's farewell
benefit at the theater Gen. Sherman was
visiting the city, and, with his staff, occu
pied a box az said performance. No sooner
did Misa Harrison appear on the stage than
the Old war-horse snufisd the battle from
aiar, and began 10 grow restless and uneasy,
The staff Winked at each other, and 500 n
their chief suggested the propriety of going
behind the scenes to compliment the
beneficiary. AS soon as the staff were be.
hind the scene9, Gan. Sherman pitched in
with the remark that he hadn't kissed aDy-
thipg since b,eskfast. he was standing III
the middle of the stage, with his back 10 the
Curtsin, and absorbed IN bestowing pater-
nal kiss upon Alice, and, feeling like q just
admitted angel sliding down butered rain
bow, when that ifnpisn young lady saw that
the prompter was about TO ring up the drop
Quickly placing her hands over the generate
ears so be could not hear the bell, she % cked
him against the curtain. As everyone
knows this is wound around huge woode u
roller on the inside of the canvas. The
generals eoat-tails were cau2h t by this IS the
cnri5In went up, and psIofe The psou,P5el
could reverse he molten, the astenished mau
I'D farz -
like sheet from clothes .lins. The su.
diencs went off into Mysteries of merriment,
while the members OF the staff lay down o.
the floor of their boxes and absolutely
howled, for they only knew that those con.
vuisiveiy .clutchi1g legs and venerable glitera
belonged 10 the commandments chief of ali
our armiesN
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HORRIBLE DEATH.
4 Woman EiiIed BY an Elevator Aeei.
dent.

SAN FRANCIsco, April ga peculiar
soc dsul il the Nevada Block elevator yesier-
day resulted Ia the horrible death Of sn IN
known wonau. About noon the elevator,
which is In the fms bank building OF Flood
& Fair, bonanza kings, went up az usual,
with a woman. mar, and the elevator boy.
Between the first a1d second floors some OF
the hoistlrg machinery got out Of order and
he cage became fast. 10 vain he attendant
eudesyored to move 1t upward or downward.
He then climbed up the side of the cage and
opened the trap door from the top. Per-
cesvipg that q person could climb from the
cage top 10 the secoud floor isndiEg, he so
informed the lady, and then assisted her
through the trap opening, AS she was climb
ing through the second floor doorway the cage
suddenly shot upward, and her body WAS
caught between IT and the casing over the door.
Death must have ensGed instantly. The
body was so wedged il between the cage and
the door that il was found i'm possi BILE TO move
The cage without cutting away the wood work,
and csrpeu;ers we're ssnt for. The uoias
made by the accident was plainly heard in
sdjscent Offices and the inmates rushed out
to ascertain the cause, only to discover the
inaHimate form of the woman, suspended as
il were between heaven and earth. The body
remained for nearly an hour and half in
the position where the elevator had Left l.,
the head being caught between the front Of
the top OF the cage and the casing of the ele-
vator well. /, was a sight horrible in the
extreme, yet it attracted crowds OF people,
whose morbid curiosity drove them TO break
through lines of policemen. At last two
worI;men from the main elevator factory
came and, getting upon the top of the cage,
pried up the spring Of the safety each, and
with rush the cage fell to the floor below,
-. L. IL
The BODY fell through the hole in the cage.
Upon examination it wac found that the
neck of the unfortunate woman was broken
| and the face horribly dis6gured, the nasal
bones being torn Of and the eyes torn from
their sockets. There were cuts about the
rest Of the face, but 30 little remained of her
featured that it was impossible, almost, 10
identify her by sight. She was plainly
dressed, about forty years Of age, and had
$500 in her pocket She has not yet been
| identified. The elevator boy was badly
hurt His arm was broken
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DIR. JOHN 2. NEWMAN
The Episcopal Minister Who is 10 be
Pat GA Trial for Denying the
Faith Once
Delivered TO the Saiats, Denies Any
Purpose Of Mere Sen5atiOnalism-
A Lawyers View Of His Case.

NEW YoEK.-The Tribune of Monday, re-
ports that the Rev. DR.. John 2. Ne|man
preached on Sunday night ct the Madison
Avenue COugrsga tionai church 10 large
congregation, among whom were several He
brews. TIE subject of the discourse wss
"Judsism aad Christianity" and not a few
persons were attracted 10 the church 10 The
expectation that the sermon would contain
criticisms similar to those uttered BY DR..
Newman some Sundays ago. The preacher
treated OF the Scrip,ural history OF the ides
OF q Messiah aud the fluff lmeat in Christ Of
the prophetic character ascribed to the Mes
siah in Inc Old Testament
az is q fact now" ne said, "that modern
Jewish theological opinion Of the character
Of Jesus of Nazareth has changed from
older uttersnces. The voice Of hate Is ST.
fenced aud voice of praiae is raised 10 the
sublimily OF His lie and nature. Even
Rabbi Browne, learned Jewish rabbi Of
our own city, has said that he was the purest
ideal oil man" Dr.. Newman paused for a
moment and then continued: Il took occa-
sion recently to refer to a man l called an
spostsfe Jew and 20 he is. He is an apos-
tate and he is an atheist. Those are proper
words 10 the English language, and used
them properly. i have no; one word OF
what l said TO retract. II is enough for NE
W hbOh NudL hlClC 10 ~ AZ WIZ Sbhth4NS "
be an ibfiel of inGdel., and that man pre-
sumsd to insult the Christian character, in
teligenoe aud morality ofthis metropolis by
passing criticism upon the character OF Jesus,
even si,er all that has been said by his own
race in testimony 10 His virtue and His
supreme nobility I do not seek the praise
OF Christians Of His personality; turn tc
men who ara the most pronounced iGtdels
and these even bow down before the spien-
dor of that matches charscter-the man
Carlst Jesus"
Later on DR.. Newman spoke OF the con-
tributions Of the Jewish race to art, science
literature, poetry and music, aud the pros
perity it had preserved through the oIdea
Of Christi IN persecution. snow l hope" be
added, shat the man who breaches in the
Lexington avenue synagogue will hereafter
give me the credit OF having compliment
sry idea of the Jewish people. That answer
is sufficient for--welI, a man who spoke be
fore he thouuhtO
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THOMAS
Au.ical Festival at PiItsburg a Grand
Sgccsss-B0Oth Takes Vienna By
Storm-Sherman a Kisser.
The Deadhead Question Discussed by the
Managers OF New York and Very
Generally Condemned.

C1NoGENATI, May 2-Tbe Dramatic Frs,i.
val occupied a large portion OF to-day aud
tonight. julius Cesar was repeated al the
matinee, occupying four hours, and Much
Id about Nothing tonight flied three ard
hall hours. Al each performance fully 1910
people we're present. The nigh: perform ice
introduced Nile. Rnea, her oUly appear
auce during the Festival. Aside from Bar
rett aud E!lsler, the cast was largely made
up from her company. Some dIsaP-
pointment was felt in the early
part Of TO nights play by the reproduction
Of scsnery used at the former performances,
but the chapel scene, prison scene ard
greet scene, in the last act, all
new, made ample amends. Raea was
literally overwhe med with flowers aad
applause at the end, where she charges
"Bsuedic," TO 'kill CLAUDIO dead" John
Ellsicr took the part Of "D0gbsrry," Chls.
Plunkeit that Of "Verges." Their scenes
were well received
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ley hardly Up to the average, but little Of The
former sowr. Native hay, our only spTirg
good E and. Cotton not a / planted, some
up Tne stand will De good, having had
rains lately. There will BE- less plas;fd,
owing TO The low prices sni scarcity Of is-
bor, particularly at picking. time. Planters
sre Oehin& Riih spring ploNing. S2riog
planting Of all crops about the same a. last
yesr. There will be = large crop Of Eai!lst.
Our season snd planting tuis year Is about
twenty days lafe, Notwithstanding wheat
prospects are good, the recent rains having
given new life, and planters beTe sre cheer
iul and bCpe5ul
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cav. the Mississippi AID passes dowa he
Arcaa'alsya channel, in few years tue cut
ling for q tYelys-ioot channel would cat
isr beyond the &c 405. Az Of Asj Stick
usy's calcu alton; on 2 depth 0. thirty lee, Is
wanted. To allow toe Mississippi TO pass
down the A!choialaya then, means much
more than ruin 10 Baton Rouge, New Orleans
and other PLACES, it means shutting uP Ct
the owner from mercantile c3mmunieztiCn
With the sea except at an expense 100 grave,
probably, 10 be contemplated. We canDot
help pointing out how the United States CO.
gineer looks to isities if the mouth Of The
A,chsfalaya should be improved, and how
utterly futile CoEden's impotent Outlets
would be 10 a case such az that contemPla-
ted by that officer. The condition Of things
shows how necessary it is that the whole
valley of the Mississippi should cling IN.
shaksbly 10 Mississippi river improvement
aud the jzt,y systsm Of the River Commis.
aion
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MJAleriens tsea,I,.

SAN FRANCISCO, May "A death involv-
ing much mystery has Just been discovered.
Lottls Hunslnger, pretty miliiner, twenty
years old, suffering from neuralgia, visited
he office Of Seth Cooke, brother OF the
late millionaire, Dan Cooke, for what pur-
pGss is not known. While there chatting
with Cooke, she took up bottle of DR..
Fowier's patent neuralgia pile, aud saying,
On, these will cure my neuralgia" swat
lowed number of hem. After breakfast
ing, Cooke complained of feeling un-
we'll, and died that evening. The medical
men called in failed TO report The case, SIS
did also the coroner. A cofin was ordered,
bat before the funeral took place the atten-
tioD OF the police authorities was called 10
It. The coroner's jury reported that he died
from pIeurisy. This was considered Strange.
The mailer Is under investigation
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Eapissoa on operate Deadheads.

"When l first came to New York, in 1877. D
said Col. Mapleson to a Herald reporter
"ihers were 900 names on the Academy OF
Music free list, and Col. Stebbeus Heaven
bless himD assured me that it could net be
reduced. o. all sides l was warned against
making dangerous enemies of those 500
desGheads. Nevertheless 1 gradually got
them down, ard now there are only nine
nsmes on the list. I was told that these
privileged persons had been ADMITTED free
foE SO many years that they had vested
rights in the Academy. When I went TO
PhiisGelphis to bring out my operas there
were $40 dezdheads on the free list, eco of
which were stockholders. Ga the opening
Patti night every one of them was on hand
but two, and they sent excuses saying they
were sick and could not possibly come out
Ii was great treat to read their noies CT
apology.
"There is crest deal 10 be said on this
subject" continued Col. Mapleson, putting
his foot on little bronzs lon which had
been presented him by the King If Bavaria.
There are many people supporting the
opera who have a right TO Tree admission,
and they cannot be called deadheads. The
blue bloods OF the city, who spend their
money freely for opera houses, are the back
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BALTIMORE, May 2.-Monday night about
10 o'clock while Miss Anna Traverse was
going from the house OF her sister TO her
oSn home, three blocks distance, in the
northwestern section, she was assaulted BY
Two colored men, ~ho felledher with stone,
and then cut her throat and robbed her OF a
few dollars. She was found early Tuesday
On the vacant 10. where she was assaulted,
ard taken to her home. She is the daughter
Of tue late VIM. n. Traverse, who several
times represented Dorchester county in the
General Assembly. she is not expected to
survive her Ipiuriez
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Ohio odd Fellows,

AKRON, May 2-Iu the Grand Eacanp-
msot OF Old Fellows 10 session here to day,
tie exciting quee.ion wac Thelher 10 Eubsti-
TUE un.ioTm degree ia he camps, instead
OF the patrisrchal circle, to which last the
Sovereign Grand Lodge is opposed. Two
resolutions were passed; ons was to not grant
charter 10 uniform degree camps Of ihe
Sovereign Grand Lodge, and the other was
InsiFuct2Gg Oaio's delegates TO the Sovereign
Grand Lodge 10 secure the repeal Of legis.
ialiOn lnimicai 10 pstrisrehal srciati-s
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NJ Duff, Of Days Theater, was found 10
his office overlooking Broadway. what do
l think OF the deadkead system" said he;
Il have but one opinion. 1t was twenty,
three yeaTs ago Wien | me 20 New York
ana entered upon the theatrical business. /
was against deadheadi,m then, aud have
rsyer changed my views. There is no
reason why thester shoald give q man
It's ssats without pay, sny more than
tailor should give man coat for
nothing. We hear q good desl about 'the
profession An actor thinks he should have
seat because he is IN actor, but [ nsEsr
heard that clerk shouid have. suit OF
clothes because be was mpioyed in tailor
shop. The billboard system should be re-
duced. Time was, in years gone BY, when
tbsAssrs- ksd-. -sff..csiians -tef hthographe.
lie saloon keepers we're glad 10 get lAtm 10
hang up in their windows without dreaming
OF receiving ti5Sets for doing it, but since the
circuses and a certain theatrical manager be-
gan distributing free passes among the peo-
pie 90 il they were oi no value il Is imp0ssi-
bl@ ,.oS 20 ssst- r,''r aafds put into a window
without giving from four to eight tickets.
A woman came 20 me the other day, and
after complaining OF the steepness OF the
stairs, the decorations on the wall aud the
size Of the room, said, I want a couple Of
| seats; | belong to the pfoiessioDp
10 what profession do yeu belong? l
asked.
COB, I'm a contradict she said.
avery Well,' I replied; 'one OF our sing
e.s is very sick, and If you could oblige her
family by taxing her place few days shs Ii
be very glad At this the lady who be-
! longet- TO The profession sPrang to her feet
and said l was no gentleman; that l had in
suited her, and few cut OF the room in ter
| rib'e rage. Isever received 80 much abuse
N my life as she gave me during the minute
| aud ! hslf that she remained.
| Country newspaper correspondents who
represent such papers as the Block RiUsr
| BHz=1rd sni the Red Gulci Aanihiiator feel
hurt ii they can't have a section Of the par
| quat for Themselves and friends when they
come town TO buy goods for their Western
houses. ESeTy drummer who can write a
| piain heDd and point joke gets the local
editor OF bis village TO give him card and
authorize him TO act 40 the New York cor
respondent while he is in the city buying
goods and seeisg the elephant"
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Gel. AOrehead Tor Com nlIssiomer.Gen.


We heartily indorse, says The Vicksburg
Haoid, the suggestion Of the Memphis
APPEAL, that the DIrec ora OF the Cotton
Centennial make the president OF the Cotton
Plsnters ASCOT stIon, Col. F. G. Morehead,
commissioning general Of the Exposition. He
lie the man above all others best fitted for
this very important position. Col. More
heads untirIng energy, his knowledge ofmen
and measures, his standing with the precs
and the people, will be Invaluable to an en-
terprise Of this character. HIS success in
getting The ehsrter through Congress WAS a
triumph of management and tact, aud HE
efforts since then prove that he is the man
10 keep up the Co;ton Centennial boom.
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Bolivar on lne Delta Le,se District.

10 commenting upon the position of the
Greeuville Times concerning general Lsvee
District, the Rossdals Leader publishes the
following from correspondent: The Times
expresses exactly the sentiment and feeling
in Bolivar county. Bolivar has always been
for general leyee system, and
last summer, when the matter. was
being agitated, used all its infu-
euce TO get special session OF the Legisla.
lature that one might bs inausursted. The
attempt failed and the result has been shown
by the iIfgh wafer of this year. The Missis-
sippi Levee District, or District No 2, as it
has been called, has been protected almost en-
tiTely-only one small break having occur
red-that at D.nnis's, and this is already re-
paired and protected against the food now
coming down. Bolivar advocated general
levte sssiem-not because Bolivar or Dis
trict No. 2 needed it, but because the whole
delta has : common interest in the levees;
and in this, as in everything else in this
world, sin union there is strength"
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The Usual Spring strlues at 81. Loui.

ST. LOUIE, May 2.-The union stonecut-
tiers and plss,ersrs went on a strike to-day.
They presented demand On tine bosses yes
terday for an increase from IS so to 81 a
day and the establishment of uniform rates.
The employers refused TO accede, and this
morning about 500 slonecltters and eco
piasterers qui, work. The bricklsyers will
tomorrow demand an increase OF half dol
lar day, which the bJssis will not accede
10, and they will probable strike. There are
ruslors Of the usual spring strikes in various
trades.
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MILWAUKEE, May "A large pumber of
shosmsEers are idle at present, claiming that
they cannot make living wages, owing to the
extensive introduction of machinery. In one
establishment, where over twenty men were
lately employed, there are but half 4 dczsn
working to-day. There ia no organ ized
movement on the part OF the shoemakers,
and not likely to be. The change has come
gradually, as three or four prominent estab-
liaments have, one alter another, introduced
new machinery. The men are looking for
other work, and take the situation philo-
sopbically. Oae who lost his place tonight
said he worked whole week on case Of
boots and made only 81 80.
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Mr.. Newton said 10 the reporter that he
had not sought the newspaper notoriety at
taching 10 his sermons; that after the
charges were framed the trainers were the
FIRST to furnish the press with the contents Of
the presen;ment and their reasons fer max
ing il. 1t was only after they had begun the
prosecution in the newspapers and sought to
Iufusnce public opinion against him that be
had undertaken 10 defend himself By the
aeunS paasua
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MON BoacIeaiut on nesdbeads.

Mr. Boucicsuit was found 10 the midst Of
rehearsal Of the S.gu5ran a the s ar Theatsr.
{ Il is impossible 20 abolish the deadhe2d
system," said he. at is accepted 10 London
sni Paris aud mas been from time immsmO-
rial. In Paris certain number q places
are set apart for persons belonging to the
seryics' list, then the author OF the play is
allowed a certain number OF Tree tickets; the
press aiso hasiJ privilege, tden certain actors
and actresses have q specified num5er OF
tickets. The oiGqVe GENE II Tor two or
three VOWS OF ssaLs, snd after this the pro-
fession az large is entitled to 4 large number
Of places. In case # NIT OF 2 continued
run Of piece, the iIea list Is cut down, but
not entirely abolished. There Is an Office in
Paris which IS always open Tor the sale Of
privileges is, for The sale OF deadhesd
seats IN spite Of these established customs
| do not hesitate 10 Esy that The system ID
ruiuous to any order Of tGeAlrlcaia. 1t IL
true that the bill aud the iitaogrspa seryice
ia entitled to pay for it's work, eitaer 10 meal
or malt. Ii q manager chooses to pay for
billboard in seats, 1t is his own lookout; the
owner of the billboard should certainly be
paid. I don't thick the sale of c0mpi
mentsry tickets can be prevented even by
Law. One has perfect right 10 give com
plimentary ticket to his brother or friend
In case he can't go 10 the play himself,
and l don't zee what is 10 prevent a man
from selling his ticket if he wishes
to do 60. Al means have been tried, and ali
have failed to prevent il. In the course OF a
year l receive many letters from people
wanting tickets on various pratenses. A lady
wrote that she had seen me act in Ireland
and England when che was wealthy; now
that sue was poor aud lived in Harlem she
wanted admission for herself and daughter.
The trouble with the deadhead system is
THAI when man once gets tree pass TO a
thea;er be will never pay, aud If The favor
Is refused ne gets aUsry and won't 90 az All
whereas, if he had never received a free
ticket he would continue 10 be good Gus
toner"
"Is it true that the English system is more
strict 10 regard to the free list than the
American"
"No. l have ssen stacks ii tickets given
out by the London theaiers. Paris is the
worst for deadheads, aud always has been.
TIE Paris eia4se requisites the applause. The
chief OF the Clique srT Snges vita -the- mana
ger and author regarding how much demon
s,rstiou there-should bs and in what paris Of
the play /. should come. l have seen the
cIaqus il this country; have heard It's ap.
piauss in Wallack's old theator. WAC is re-
spoasible for it do not kuow, on, I am GER
tain that Mr. Wsilack had nothing to do
With it. The coqus is part OF the deadhead
rystemH
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CONGESTION of the lungs, Inflammation of
the throat and difficulty Of breathing fire.
quently result from a severe cold. The
remedial properties combined in Dr. Jayns's
Expectorant are especially designed to break
up fsverish and inf Immatory tendencies,
remove construction OF the throat, and by
bringing about a free expectoration, pro-
mote natural respiration and speedy cure.
A reputation maintained for forty years af-
lords TO all guarantee of the practical
merit of the remedy
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Ths Great sou,hern aeneay.

Rosadalis cures scrofuls, rheumatism,
white swelling, govt, gOiter, consumption, broa-
chitis, nervous debility, malaria and ali diseases
of a kindred nature arising from an impure condi-
ton OF the blood ROsadalis gives new hope and
LIE. Read this lett-r: / have been a great suf
ferer with iBaammatOry Theumau n for the last
twelve months. WAS induced o try your prepare
ton, Z lsadzlis and have been greatly benefited
NY hands and feet sui enlarged, but feel 50
much better, that l want to continue taking the
Rossdalis ARS n. Y. DANCE. Rehoholh Va
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KANSAS CITY, May 2-Tne Indicator will
publish tomorrow very full special reports
from all the principal wheat-growing c9un-
ties Of Kansas, showing the coalition OF the
winter wheat crop OF that State at this time.
The reports go 10 show that the wheat crop
WILL De abort twenty 10 tEenty.f five per cent,
Allowing the season from now on to be favor
soie. 4 large psrt OF the wheat acresge
Will be devoted 10 corn, on account of wheat
having been winter killed.