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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

ef the production of sigma" have perhaps received the most marked recognition in his eaRtatas, "The Sleeping Beauty, 1" ''The Rose Maiden, ,'' The Water Lily" and his oratorio Ruth" He also composed one of the most popular songs of the last dec sde-"The Better Land" It is this charm ing ballad which has brought him greatest fame among the masses, and the reception accorded his opera in critical Milan is there fore all the more remarkable.
 Another composer whose recent work has brought him fame and is certainly likely to bring him much money Is Emilio PiZzi, the composer of the music of the opera Ga briella," which was written specially for Adelina Patti, and which the great canta- trice recently produced. The librettO is by c. A. Byrne.
 Pizzi, as may be inferred from his name, is an Italian, and there are those who say that he is destined in time to wrest from his fellow composers the niche in musical history held by the immortal Verdi, and for which so many are now striving. Pizzi is pupil of the great maestro, Poncielh. His two fellow students were Mascagni, the composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana," and Leoncavallo. who wrote the music of ''I PaGliacci," which by many is regarded as the most remarkable composition of recent years. The fact that Adelina Patti selected Pizzi to write her new opera, when she might have commanded the services of any living composer, is indeed a great cOmpl- ment to the remarkable abilities of Ponciel- lis pupil.
 It is impossible to understand why it is so, but the impression nevertheless pre- vails in England that American audiences are unable to appreciate thoroughly ar tistic comedy and that they require all sorts of forced situations, impossible com plications and improbable Climaxes to in terest them. That tEi, true as to the i'm preSsion and not true ;l> the facts is well illustrated by the follow. cal, :, extract from a Rote which Manager Cu.-r.,ss Frohman has
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16
To K.c, n,uo Cotton From Fading.

Dissolve an ounce of sugar of lead, soak the print or lawn in this solution two hours, and let it dry before being washed and ironed. In this way any shade of blue can be kept from fading when washed, according to The House wife.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

Of 6T queens of France only l3 have died without leaving their histories q recoryl of misery. Eleven were divorced, executed, 9 died young, : were soon widowed, cruel ly treated, 8 eNiled. The poisoned and bro ken hearted make up the remainder.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

verbiage. and it is scarcely necessary to say that Mir. lrving's excellent company ex- tracts all of the latent beauty from them. Of course MT. Irving was the Cardinal
 Wolsey, Miss Terry the Queen Katherine and Mir. Terriss the king.
 Mir. Irving is drawing better and larger audiences with Henry VIII' than with anything that he has yet presented since the
 first week of Beckett" and it is possible that he may keep it on during the greater part of his engagement.
 By the way, it is an open secret that the
 grand opera season has played hob with the
 business of Irving and the unique feature of the affair is that the theaters are across the street from each other and both they and their stars are under the management of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau.
 Emma Calve, the remarkably gifted French singer now at the Metropolitan Opera House, has been very much annoyed by the fact that she has always been spoken of as Madame" She says that she cannot understand how the impression got abroad that she was entitled to the designation, although she admits that it is very general | ly and almost universally applied to her ! She says that inaSmuch as she has never been married she should be spoken of as
 mademoiselle. Incidentally it may be add | ed that Mile. Calve, so far as is known, has | no present idea of doing anything to en-
 title her to the distinction of being called | madame.
 MT. F. H. Cowen, whose opera Sigma" | was recently produced at the Dal Verne
 theater, Milan, where it was received with
 great enthusiasm, is not an American, as
 has been generally supposed. He is, how
 ever, worthy of especial distinction from | the fact that inc is the first English speak
 ing composer to have his work thus intro i duced to an Italian audience.
 1 MT. Cowen was born at Kingston, Ja- | maicA, and is now Al years of age. He had l the advantage of studying music at Leipsic i and Berlin, under the tutelRge of Sir John Goss and Sir Julius Benedict, two of the
 most famous composers of that day. An
 important point to Mir. Cowen's credit is | that his compositions arc not all of the same
 school, but embrace a wide variety of styles
 His musicianly qualities up to the time
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

she Is said to receive is well earned. Her phrasing. is correct to a nicety, and in the middle register the notes arc limpid and sweet, while her trills and runs are mag plhcently executed. As bravura singer Melba is not approached by any one living Her highest notes are taken with such ease that the marvel of the achievement is scarcely appreciated.
 Melba is a great favorite here now Be fore the end of the operatic season pre- dict that she will be an idol among the real judges of music, of whom, alasl there are none too many in this city.
 From grand opera to plain spectacle is rather a long step, but the managers of the Metropolitan Opera House are making Us take it by giving their Worlds fair spec tacle America" on alternate nights. This may be good idea from the pecuniary standpoint, but there are many who are of the opinion that it dctracts somewhat from the eclat of the opera season. Of course the spectacle is really sort of faraway and rather vague lesson in American history set to music. In the unfolding of our prog. ress from the day C. Columbus, Esq. came over up to the present time numerous fe- males of numerous ages play important parts, of which superfiuity of costume is not a marked feature.
 The different dances are eXcellently con ceived, faultlessly executed, and the people are brilliantly costumed. In short, Amer ica" is unquestionably the best thing of it's kind ever seen in this country. Beside it, all the splendors of The Black Crook" pale into insigniflcance, while by compari- son "The White Pawn" is but a common place memory. It would surprise no one to see America" run through the season at the Metropolitan to enormous receipts, while there are those whose judgment is generally considered good in such matters who believe that it will prove a potent sum- mer attraction for New York. So many persons, however, saw it at the World s fair that it is a question whether Amer ica" can expect to get much patronage from visitors to this city.
 Henry lrving's production of Henry VIII" which Is the current attraction at Abbey's new theatcr, is an artistic tri- umph, especially in the matter of scenic accessories, historically accurate costumes and cleverly contrived groupings and ef- fects.
 Henry VIII" as compared with some of Shakespeare's other works, is not q partic- ularly good acting play. It rather lacks coherence and is chokcfull of unnecessary speeches, but it is in this very superabun- dance of worls that the greatest merit of the play lies, for they are veritable gems of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16
AqterbuTV BOil5l Works.

and N K R. k. formerly the W,ter5ury Male abe Icon Co -rAun isl an being practical B ,iler VI Iker. I am prtI a-ei [" dn all kinds CT Boiler Water Tank Tnoke Stack, Tar llestinS Far laceS. Aule4rn- Pa l>. P ate Ani sheet Iron Work nf a.l Dt~.ri .'tlNo~- Order hy mall VIII -ecslva pru1lpt attention
 JAdES J DUFFY.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

story he had learned the night before of his own unfortunate mother, and how she, too, might have been as friendless and wretched as this poor wayfarer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

They seated themSelpcs on one Of the
 benches under the Times.
 "They told me that the marechaussee were searching for woman who had escaped from them while under grave charge. She was probably the mother
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16

You must have more confidence in yourself, my lad. Where will Germenil find more eligible son-in-law or one he would like as well? He knows you are no gaspilleur who will squander Clemen-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
FOUND DEAD.

Redmund Burke Drove His Family from
Home and Afterwards ~ Was Found
Dead.
BRECKENRIDGE, Mo-, Sept. 1S.-Red-
mond Burke, residing in the south part
of town, has for years past been ex-
tremely vicious toward his family, beat
ing them and often Withholding even
life's necessities from them. Some two
weeks ago he drove his wife and little
bow from the house, threatening to kill
them If they ever entered the house
again. Mrs Burke went to Kansas
CITY at Tullis court, where she has
married daughter living.
Yesterday morning about 4 o'clock
Mr.. ]. r. Peck and ]. T. Alexander,
who lived near Burke's home, were
awakened by the screams OF some per
son "a II in trouble, which was followed
by heavy groans. gradually dying away,
but heard no words. At daylight they
made an examination and from indica-
tions concluded that Burke had been
tarred and feathered and driven from
town. and not until about o'clock did
they find him.
About that time others Of the neigh
bors had joined in the investigation
when he was found in his bed entirely
lifeless, without any clothes on, but
neatly covered with q quilt The back
door had been broken open, and tackled
to window, printed with lead PEN
ell on a piece Of card board, was this
notice: "Three days to leave or worse
-Klu-Klux."
Upon an examination of the body no
bruises were found. but piece Of -four
sack was tied about the neck and had
been twisted tightly, showing that
death had resulted from stranRulation
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
SEEKING DEMPSEY'S PARDON.
New and Startling Evidence Sworn To by
w. X. Easton.

New and Startling Evidence sworn 40 py
w. X. Easton.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 20.-When the
PENNSYLVANIA board of pardons meets
in Harrisburg this afternoon the case OF
Hugh +. Dempsey, eX-master workman
of district 8, Knights of Labor, will be
acted upon. A petition signed by 3d.
900 men in western Pennsylvania
will be presented, asking for his
pardon. Dempsey was sentenced
to the western penitentiary
for seven years for having been at the
head of the conspiracy in the poisoning
of the non-union men ut the Homestead
mill during the memorable strike over
a year ago. The others implicated
were Robert j. Beatty, sentenced to
seven years; James Davidson, three
wears, and Patrick J. Gallagher, five
years.
William r. Easton has made a sworn
statement which shows an attempt to
dynamite the mill, treats of the poison
ing of the working men and soldiers
and relates the fatal methods used by
the Pinkerton detectives in bringing
the guilty persons to justice. The fact
that poison was administered to sol
diers is entirely new to the public, and
the whole statement contains evidence
that was never before brought out
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
ORDERED TO STOP GINNING.
High-Handed Methods Resorted 70 b
Cotton-Growers.

High-Handed Methods Resorted 70 By
Cotton-Growers.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2O.-A large
number of cotton gins in Bienville
parish, La, were placarded last night
with notices to the owners to discon-
tinue all ginning until further notice
under penalty Of having their gins
burned out. The notices further state
that If the merchants press the farmers
for not marketing their crop they will
be waited on by regulators
The movement is the same as in Mis-
sissippi and aims to force up the price
of cotton by allowing none OF it to be
ginned or shipped until it reaches ten
cents pound. 1t is the general opin-
ion in Bienville that the owners of
gins will obey this order and that bust
ness will be dull in consequence.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. ia pc
culiar condition of affairs exists among
the farmers in dozen or more of the
largest cotton-producing counties in
South Alabama. They have formed a
combine and swear that no cotton
shall be ginned or sold before October
in order to force the price to 10 cents
per pound.
Those in the com bine are living
rigidly up to its rules, while those who
refused to 60 in have been warned not
to sell any cotton under penalty of
having their ginhouses burned and
death for the second offense. Several
ginhouses have been burned in Clarke
county. AS the bills of most farmers
fall due on October and as they have
sold no cotton, they are in bad pre-
dicament.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
HYPOCRITE UNMASKED.
The Man Who Raked Out Cover nmsnt
Gold Jumbo Among Thieves.

The Man Who Raked Out Cover nmsnt
Gold Jumbo Among Thieves.
Sept. 9O.-Henry Coch-
ran, who stole sl34, 900 from the United
States mint, and who is posing as a
weak-minded man, is shown to have
been consummate scamp For years
he has lived alone in a big house at
Darby, suburb. 1t stands back 100
feet from Woodlawn avenue and is
perched on hill. Chief of Secret Service
Drummond has investigated the house.
In the parlor, dining room and other
apartments, where the public visited,
were religious pictures, Bibles and
hymn books. In the cellar was found
a false door, which flew back by touch
ing a spring. This led into a
tunnel that ended ut the street,
the mouth being concealed by glass.
In the house were trunks full of cloth
ing, thirty-two new hats, razor for
every day in the month and twenty
pairs of shoes Six crucibles for melt
ing gold were also found. as well as
dies for making counterfeit coin. He
had the top of his house fitted up like
smelling room and could drop to the
cellar on trap door and then run out
the tunnel in case he should be sur
prised. False panels in the walls
showed secret closets and the place
was in reality a monster thiefs den.
Cochran was a devout Presbyterian
and shielded his wickedness by o re-
lipious cloak.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
BuSHYHEAD'S BOOM.
People Going Where They Can Get Lots
without Fear OF Contest.

People Going Where They Can Get Lots
without Fear OF Contest.
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept Cox
Chief d. w. Bushyhead received his
patent from President Cleveland for his
100 acres at Kildare this morning. This
Is the first patent issued for land on the
Cherokee strip and is formidable
document. covered with green ribbons
and red seaIS -Kildere- is booming-
The owners of lots, fearing no contests,
have begun to build, and carpenters
and mechanics of all kinds are in de-
mand at fair wages. The sidetracks are
full of cars lumber laden. Bushyhead
has large tent on the ground. in which
are half dozen clerks hard at work
selling lots AS a matter OF fact, the
Cherokee towns of Wharton, Cross and
Kildare are the booming towns, for the
reason that the people, realizing the
impossibility of ever getting clear titles
70 the lots in the other towns, on &C
count of the numerous contests, are go
ing where they can buy lots outright
for about the same amount OF money
Il would take to file on the Others. to
saw nothing of the countless costs OF
lawyers fees, contesting bonds ana
other incidental expenses
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
FLOWER GARDENS IN ITALY.
Some OF the Effects OF Rare Beauty In
Various villas

Some OF the Enccts OF rare beauty N
Various villas
The Villa Mutt had once the most
varied system of flower gardens of any
villa in Italy. The house is literally
surrounded by them, all at different
levels, and one might walk out OF any
story of the house and find ones self in
a charming garden The villa has now
gone to almost absolute decay, and
only the vaguest outlines of the ar
rangements of these gardens can DO
discovered. There is therefore very
little there which could be SO repro
duced as to convey any idea OF what
had been. The "bosquet" is on n ter
race resting above the upper garden,
and is reached by fine stairway,
which begins in full sunlight and ends
in the heart of the grove in the densest
shade. The reservoir is above this, and
has seats about it. There are two
villas in Frascati belonging to the
Borghese family, one of which, the
Villa Taverna. has been kept up as q
family residence, and the other, Mon
dragone, is now occupied by Jesuit
school. The palace and the scale OF
the gardens of the latter are OF great
size; but with the exception OF tine
terrace in front of the house, and an
avenue of expresses which leads up to
it from the public road, there is moth
ing left but architectural details. The
walls and fountain of the old garden
still exist, and also pavilion and coll
onnade of remarkable dignity at one
end of it; but the RACED parterre Is now
used as q playground for boys.
The Villa Taverna has very charm
ing flower garden. which is reached
from one wing of the house 1t Is raised
above the road and is, in fact, inelosed
and supported by architecture so that II
seems to be literally an apartment OF
the house. The central fountain here
Is a very handsome one surrounded by
laurels cut in a circular form. There
are some interesting fountains let into
the wall, and the balustrade which con-
meets the garden and the house is a
very good one. Beyond this there Is
little here to detain one, though path
which leads from the house to the grove
is interesting on account Of the unusual
open character given it by the use OF
deciduous trees-something quite un-
usual in Italian villas.
With such magnificent views, and
with slopes SO delightfully."- accidented,
| IL seems IL would be difficult for an art
ist-pardener not to produce beautiful
results, particularly rs the Italians IN
their construction of summer villas
rarely allowed ideas of convenience TO
interfere with their desire TO produce
a beautiful effect. Charles A. Platt IN
Harper's Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
rour Land Chalmers Killed.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Sept ~
Narth of saltwater four men were
killed for claiming land which already
had claimants. They rode together,
and when warned off the land they
replied that they would take their
chances at the law Office. The con-
troyersy occurred close to a corner
stone, where the four prior claimants
were gathered, and in second each
man had put bullet through IAN In
truder.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-23
Yellow Fever Epidemic.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. ia special
from Brunswick says:
Eleven new cases Of yellow fever and
IN epidemic declared
Such was the announcement made
by Col. Goodyear at the board Of health
meeting yesterday, sending thrill OF
terror through the grief-stricken resi-
dents of Brunswick present
With heart breaking sorrow, hun
dreds rushed 10 the trains and it will
need no military force to depopulste
the city. There are the poor in Bruins.
wick. for whom the government and
people of this country must think.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17

ST.. PAUL, Mimi, June 1.-THE rain
predicted for to-day in the Northwest
by the signal service did not come, and
there is no longer any doubt but that
the young grain has been seriously dam
aged. A hot south wind has been blow
ing over the fields OF South Dakota for
ten days, and not a drop OF moisture has
fallen. The surface OF the ground is 80
marched that unless rain comes this
week thousands of acres OF grain VIII
not be worth harvesting.
In view of the excessive moisture
South Dakota fell heir to this spring
and the heavy showers she has had
since, and especially on the l4th inst.
the above dispatch to the Inter Ocean oil
Chicago illustrates how anxious certain
parties are to discount all favorable
prospects of this booming young com
monwealth. IL they will only be consist
emit enough in their Misrepresentation t.
thus keep it up until the Dakota farme'
san get his prospective twenty-bushel al
acre harvested and marketed, We wouie
not complain, as we know OF no bette
way to secure him a dollar per bushe
for his wheat, and he needs it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17

The following 10 the program for the
coming meeting OF the State Alliance IN
this city, June %, q and q:
June 26: The delegates will meet at
the court house at 8 p. m. sharp, and Will
be called to order in the court at
$40 %. M. There will be a meeting at
the opera house, to which everybody il
invited. The following are the exercises
Address Of welcome by Hon. FL. J. Pat
terson, mayor OF the city; response by j
r.. Lowe, president of the state alliance
Address by Hon. H.. L. Loucks, presi
dent of the f. A. and |. U. Subject
Decentralization of the liquor traffic"
June 27:: The State Alliance will NEE
at the court house at 0 a. N. for tn
transaction Of the regular order OF busi
ness. At $50 p. m. there will be a pub
lie meeting at the opera house. addresse
nv DR.. e. w. Fish, editor OF the Grea
West.
June 2Sth, the third day, viii be
farmers picnic day, at the Chantauqu
Grounds. Gen. Paul Vandervoort an
other speakers Of national reputatio
win be present.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17

A robber tried to get into Conductor
Prothero's house at WATERFOWL the
other night while the family were goue
and a Miss Simpson was occupying the
house alone. He had removed the
screen outside and was just succeeding
IN raising the window when Miss Sinp-
son who had secured a revolver from a
bureau, opened the door, rushed out and
cooking the revolver in his face told the
fellow to git" He "got" double quick,
and then the young lady tainted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17

Plans have been submitted by Indian
Agent Brown OF Pine Ridge for the sink.
ing of three artesian wells on the reser'
vation-one thlrty-tive miles from the
Rosebud agency and n forty-five miles
east of the Pine Ridge agency and the
third thirty or forty miles from Stand
ing Rock agency, not far south OF the
North Dakota state line. These wells
are for stock-watering and irrigation
purposes, and will determine the extent
of the artesian basin and its application
10 purposes OF irrigation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17
Guests Only to BE Plucked.

Lakewood, N. j., is eminentlya resort
of high pines and high prices.
| was staying at a certain hotel at
Lakewood, but'happening to ba at an
other cine nearly every day during one
Of my leisure hours of the afternoon, !
had formed the habit of getting shaved
there.
One day the boss approached me with
an air at once mysterious and apologize,
and said c~onfidentially: II beg your par
don, sir; ! thought you were q guest OF
the hotel, and ! have been charging you
IS cents a shave. That Is my price tc
the guests only. In the future it viii
cost you only Is cents"
The moral was sc obvious that / smiled
involuntarily. One uses snares to catcl
pigeons. but once caught one pluckl
them without remorse.--New York Her
aid.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17

The state democratic central commit
tee met at Yankton on the 10Th inst,
and decided to call the convention for
the nomination of supreme judges at
Scotland, Wednesday, September 6, 1893.
Each county is allowed M delegate for
each fifty votes or fraction thereof cast
for Couchman for governor at the gen.
eral election in November last. This
will entitle Lake county to nine dele
gates.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-17
A Novelist Turns.

D. Christie Murray, the English novel.
list, turns on his critics in a brief note te
a London paper to demonstrate that
truth is stranger than fiction. OF a re
viewers charge that IN episode in one
of his novels was wholly Incredible
Mr.. Murray says: II got that story or
the spot and had full proof Of its accu,
racy. In fact, / built the novel on thai
genuine bit of history which your re
viewer thinks Incredible"