Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-26

MANAGER FoED BEGINS INJUNCTION PROCEED

The .sMik ado I'm Court.
| MANAGER FORD BEGINS INJUNCTION PROCEED
INGS IN THIS CITY.
Mr.. John T. Ford yesterday brought suit
| here, through his attorney, Mr.. A. j. Carr
against Messrs John w. Albaugh, Harry Allen
and Samuel w. Fort, for an injunction to re-
strain them from producing Gilbert and Sulii'
vans opera of the "Mikado." Judge Hagner
| issued writ returnable Friday, directed to
Messrs. Albaugh, Fort and Allen, directing
| them to show cause why they should not DC re-
strained from producing the opera fortb that vii.
| liam y. Gilbert and Arthur sullivan, Doth OF
London, England, aliens were the first and
| of y certain dramatic and musical composition,
viz, a comic opera entitled THE Mikado; or, the
or aceompaniment making part Of said work,
| has always been and is now kept strictly pri-
vate with said Gilbert and Sullivan. and those
| having their license to perform the same, ana
| that only i'm manuscript copies for the use only
of the orchestral and band players in such
The authors. the bill said had an arrange.
ment of the music for the piano. made by
George L. Tracy. OF Boston. who transferred the
| right to copyright IL in the United States to
| Alex F. Browne, of Boston, who upon March
18th last entered the title OF the composition in
tie office of librarian of Congress. and COM
piled in other respects with the copyright law,
| two copies of the printed score, being in due
| time delivered at the office Of the librarian of
| Congress. The circumstances attending the
| assignment by Mr.. Browne of all his title under
| the copyright to r. D'Oyle Carte, to whom
Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan had also assigned
| all their rights in England are recited. On the
| I'd Of July last X. ID Oyle Carte Mr.. Ford says,
| granted TO him the sole and exclusive right,
| year tn produce said opera Mikado in the state
| of Maryland. District of Columbia, and other
southern states.
1t is set out that without some instrumental
accompaniment public performance Of the
words aud vocal parts of the opera Is practically
impossible. MIR. Ford asserts that in accord
NM In Inn nv
his contract he has commenced preparations
for the production of the opera in Baltimore,
Washington and in other cities of the south. He
recites the facts that the defendants have, not
withstanding the compliments rights, pro-
duced the opera in this city, "fraudulently an
nouncing the same AS under the management
OF said Harry Allen, who is an irresponsible
person, being, and having been for some time
past, simply an empioye Of said Fort and Al
baugh; and that said announcement has been
made for this city for the purpose OF relieving
said Fort and Albaugh from responsibility, and
Is the result OF a fraudulent continuation 10 de-
prive your orator of his rights and entail upon
him large losses, as he has for weeks past been
expanding large sums OF money announcing,
advertising and coStumlng, etc, SO as 10 prop
erly present said opera
lie says the opera produced by the defendants
| is the opera the exclusive right and license TO
produce which owned by your orator, with
the exception Of the orchestration ~ played by
them He further alleges that the opera of Gill
to the opera-going public by the name of "The
MkadO, and that the name indicates 10 the
oper:l-soing public that the said original opera
in its entirety will b. given. and also gives It to
| understand that the performance announced
under that name will be of the said opera, and
that the defendants said announcement that
they will play The Mikado tends and does
niislead the public, TO the complainant's nani-
fest injury.
A Summer Meteorological Change.
To the Editor OF THE EVENING STAR
Nothing attracts those who have little or no
knowledge oi IL subject So much as q strong con-
trast. This will concentrate their attention and
prom pit them 10 ask about or to investigate the
| cause. The sudden change of weather of Tues
day (25th) in this respect an excellent
initiative. The weather for some days had been
very warm and oppressive. Why? Because, as
heretofore explained, Glow WAS on high
hne-t. G.. the areas OF low barometer. one after
another had passed over the country on q line
OF so or 500 north latitude, whereby south
winds were caused, which were the more and
more heated as they passed over great extent
of territory.
On the 25th we had peculiar map. Nature,
at least i'll this department, is all the while
"laying herself OUT to be peculiar. On this
day we had the old 'lOw' in the northeast,
causing great heat, and sure to bring "local
storms generally all along the outer borders
from Maine to the cotton states. n new slow"
was stealing upon us from the West Indies.
say stealing upon us, for the reason that, having
few no stations IN the southeast, we have
little fOrewarning of flows from that quarter
This itself promised a change, Is it would cOun-
teract the influence of the northeast "low." 1t
seemed to be only skirting the coast, yet the
chances were favorable for more or less infiu-
ence of north winds and rain from it.
In addition to this, there was "high" in the
northwest, which had caused the mercury in
the thermometer to fall, out west, on the line of
$50 To 400 N. lat. The northeast 'low' was a
powerful factor, and he kept up the heat and
oppression as long as he could. The severe
local we got from his baleful influence coun-
teracted somewhat his own fury, but had it not
been for the other influences at wOrk-the Slow
off the southeast coast and the high in the
west-we would have had only a temporary re-
influence
east "lOw' and the northwest ''high" was too
much for him, so on the morning of the Goth
we have most delightful weather. /. p. n.
THE HANDSOME COTTAGES being erected on
Kenyon street, near Whitney avenue and 14th
street, by New York capitalists, are rapidly ap-
preaching completion, and eight ten more
Will be erected at once some OF which will he
brick. The houses are models of neatness and
convenience, and are intended to be sold at
reasonable prices on easy terms. Street cars
schools, beautiful parks and churehes are con.
venient to these villas, and much inquiry is
being made for property in that locality.
EXCURSION RATES TO Cox's STATIoN.-The
passenger department of the Baltimore nd Po-
tomac railroad announces that round trim ex
cursiOn tickets, good for two DAYS, will be sold
To Cox station. on Pope creek line, At the low
Saturday will be good to return until Monday.
inclusive.
Alexandria Affairs.
Reported for THE EVENING STAR
THE PUBLIC SCHOOI.s.-The public schools
here will open On Tuesday next and continue
unth the close OF next July, making Il session
OF full ten months. The teachers meeting to
receive registers and prepare for the work OF
the session will be held next Saturday morning
at O'Clock at Peabody hall.
THE BOYCOTTED VESSEL.-SOme efforts have
been made to induce the caulkers at work ON
the schooner n. Denike to strike because the
vessel was bOycOtted in Baltimore, but no effect
was produced. The repairs going on and
The vessel will be ready for sea in Il few days.