Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-15

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- IN ~ 1lln Nssy @. Caldwell, .
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- S1saary ooenell lately h osssioa In
I1N(noeA ~ tho foundatiou of D Catho-
r. unlvoeGlty, has sxoltsd vssy gsnsrai In
tqGuo4 but o0mpaxatlvuly ntt1o bee been
oonted eouosenine lglD Caldwell hsreslf
q ~ autsssdsuED. lt nov trenspirss that
NJ poeeFnal Grasdfhtber was James II.
OA6Wsll, a eeeoe Of high rspute from
1919 . 1919. he was born In England in
l5oa - 9 his irst sppeara.ce on the
eIS51oe theatre. He came TO America
9 1915 With Manager Holman, and
nads his American debut st Charles
~, 8. O., IN November OF that
ysar. He was mar Of wonderful energy
ond had many ups and downs. both -
astor and manager. In 1917 he managed
. thsstrs IN the city Of Wsshinaton in
1873 he built theatre In Petersburg, Va,
where Junius Brutus Booth played in
1891 in January, 1920, he engaged the
French theatre In New Orleans and gave
the FIRST season Of English performances
in that city acting himself all the leading
high comedy roles, such - Beloourt,
Doricourt, Duke Aran1a, Benedick,
Young Wilding, Charles Surface. Felix
0ossamer, 60 He commeuoed the erec'
tion Of the first Enelish theatre in 1921,
and opened Il January 1; 1924. He had
Junius Brutus Booth for his stage man.
ager thsre and Edwin Forrest - an actor.
Ia 1898 he built the Nashville theatre In
1897, he altered . building into theatre
IN st. Louis in 1898 he completed q
theatre In Nstchez, Miss, and In 1889 be
I'LL e. L. T.
0oumenced the nrst and tho finest theatre
on the site Of the present st. Charles thea
tire. New Orleans, on the 9th Of May, 1885
Of the same year. He retired from
the stage ON the nth Of January, 1S43
appearing ~ Vdpid in "The Dramstist.
In the interval between 1880 and 1888 b,
bufIf other theatres besides those named
including one as Huntsville, Ala, snl
probably at Savannah, Ca. and Mobile
Ala The circuit held by him was sold tl
Russell B Rowe, theatrical managers Il
those days, the former being the father o.
the famous actress, Mrs. Farren. Al.
though beset by all tho trials and misfor
times Of such an adventurous and uncer-
tain business career. Mr.. Caldwell pressr
ved the highest character for probity, and
In the end justified tho confidence Of hil
friends by his business success.
He was very fond Of public life, and
became leading citizen In New Orleans.
He was the first president Of the Gaslighi
company. which ha eatahliahad there. III,
was In Baltimore in 1919 Whsrs Mr. Rom
brandt Psale began the manufacturing ol
illuminating gas at the old museum, after.
waads the City hall, on North Holiday
strcst, and gave great attention to the
processes Of gas making. His experience
evidently led him eventually to his success
full effort to INTRODUCES II in New Orleans,
which he did In 1888, thus lying the
foundation OF the great fortune that va,
bequeathed to his son with the significant
name. 'William Shakespeare Caldwell, .
and By the latter to his two daughters
Mr.. James H. Caldwell was twice married
--6rst to Mrs. Twomley, of Fredericks.
burg. Va, and Afterwards to Miss Rowe,
daughter Of Manager Rowe. he continued
to reside In New Orleans until 1868, When
chafng under the rule Of Gen. Butler, he
left there and went to New York, where
he died at the ago Of 20. Sept. II, 1858,
His grand daughter. Mary, was born In the
samo year. Tho writer Of this sketch met
him IN the Crescent city In the winter of
lS62-'53, but . few years after his retire
mont from tho stage, in the prime of his
manhood, already Opulent, useful, and full
of advanced business ideas that had after.
wards rich fruition, enabling his grand
daughter ct this day to lay the fonndssious
Of . school Of theological learning, the
good results of which will doubtless entend
to tho end Of time.