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which has been running only a year or
so. now has circulation of 5000 copies.
all paid for in advance, the larger portion
at the rate of 81 per year. and the re-
mainder at the rate of so cents in clubs
of 100. The editorial offices are in Wash
ington. but the mechanical work is done
in Alexandria for the purpose of avoid
ing the Typographical union, the Press
mems union and the other labor organiza-
tons. Composition costs 40 and so cents
a thousand in Washington, and the
wages of pressemen are higher than in
any other city in the world, because the
government sets the rates. But in Alex
andria there is no typographical union,
and the senator may not only employ
non-union men, but may regulate his own
wages. This will furnish an interesting
topic for the next populistic convention to
discuss.
But there is little doubt the Silver
knight has a large and growing curcula-
ton. for Editor Stewart has been COM
PEELED TO buy n couple of new i'm
proved presses. which are now being
set up in his Alexandria establishment.
In addition to his editorial and sena-
torial duties Mr.. Stewart is looking after
the management OF the Order of the Sill
yer Knights of America, which is a very
profitable adjunct of his paper. and must
be the source of liberal incomes for some
OF his associates in the free coinage cru
sade. The objects of this organization,
as defined in its constitution, are Ito en-
courage and promote fraternal love: to
comfort and care for the sick: TO relieve
the distressed; to inculcate patriotism; to
teach correct principles of finance; to
elevate and protect the masses of the
American people and to champion the
free coinage of silver" 1t is composed Of
temples. grand temples and supreme
temple" and all males and females OF
good character above the age Of IS years
may become members by sending 81 to
Oliver c. Sahin. who is the supreme sec
rotary. as Mr.. Stewart Is the supreme
president. Fifty cents OF this sum goes to
the credit Of the member for one ytar's
subscription to the Silver Knight neWspa-
per and the remaining 20 cents IS the
compensation of the organizers. After the
payment Of this initiation fee members
are required TO pay 10 cents a month for
what the constitution calls supreme dues,
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been contradicted-that w. A. Brady
and Jim Corbett spent something like
$40. 900 to prevent fight between Jim
my Blowhard and Fitzsimmons last
year. They recognized that a defeat
for Corbett would mean his retirement
from the stage as well as from the
ring, a loss they could not risk. Cor
bett was playing" in Chicago the past
week and this is what the Times-Her-
aid man has to say of hint is timely
and interesting: James j. Corbett
whose sole and only claim to public
recognition was gained in the prize
ring is appearing this week at the Hay
market I'm a play called "A Naval
Cadet Victorious persons of almost
every class seem to imagine that the
stage is their legitimate refuge when
business is dull in their ordinary line,
and as the emoluments they receive
are greatly I'm excess of those bestowed
upon many talented and respectable
actors, they can scarcely be blamed
for this conclusion. The fault lies with
the public and will continue, active and
offensive, until the rabble are educated
up To an understanding of the fact
that a man may be a scientific slugger,
a daring bridge jumper, a good base
ball player or an expert safe cracker,
and yet not be fit for the duties and
privileges of a respectable Thespian.
spectacle appearance and an intimate
acquaintance with the details of box
ing, bag punching and kindred arts.
This is his entire endowment. OF dra-
matte power. there is not a trace in his
entire composition. He has been taught,
as the youth of 10 might be, TO walk
through his part and recite lines in a
perfunctory manner. Practice has
smoothed away some of the awkward
ness incident to his first months on the
stage, and i'm this sense there is some
Improvement. But the ability to walk
across the stage without becoming tan
gled up In ones legs is not necessarily
an evidence of fitness FOR dramatic
work. If this were the only essential. IA
great many well-bred men with no his
trionic talent might aspire to a stage
career. There are various other things.
however, that a real actor must be able
TO do. AS the name implies, il is essen
tial that he should act An actor who
does not act Is no more worthy of con-
sideration than the slugger who does
not slug. Mr.. Corbett is drawing large
audiences to the Haymarket and to the
managerial mind this is a stronger
proof of merit than any clean bill of ar
tistic merit from the critical pen"
Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, the young
California singer with the great neck
and phenomenal voice did not meet
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with the expected ovation during her
late New York appearance. The pa
pers, while they marvelled at her re-
mafkable voice, were not at all carried
away with the quality Of IT, One critic
voiced the general opinion as follows.
"Of course she makes sounds a mile or
so above any other known singer IL is
a matter Of taste whether those sounds
please or simply startle but they are
absolutely true in pitch. and that fact
makes her singing of the key in her
lower tones all the more difficult To I'M
derstand. II Miss Yaw could be rescued
from publicity. built up physically and
punt down Nocally' be infused with
magnetism and educated into artistic
information and intelligent vocal phras-
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ed with polite as with rough. uncouth
language, the heroine suffer as keenly
in silks as in rags. and the comedians
be as furry in neat attire as In loud
checks and stripes The company IS
made up OF such well-known people as
Daniel Frawley. Charles w King.
George w. Leslie. Maclyn Arbuckle.
Wilson Enos. II. ID. Blakemore. II. s
Dufsield. George BoswOrth. Frank c.
Thompson. Thomas Philips George
Osbourne. Blanche l.. Bates. Hone
Ross, PhOsa McAllister. Jennie Ken
mark, Lansing Rowan. Helen Mason
and little Mildred. IL carries its own
special scenery. each Of It's plays Is
deliberately mounted and costumed. and
10 produced under the personal direc-
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BuyIngUp Southern Delegates.

The scramble for Southern delegates to
the republican national convention is hot
ter than ever. Alabama has been thor
oughly canvassed. but II is not certain yet
who has bagged the largest number. and
now the rival buyers are i'm Georgia. one
trouble in Georgia is the inability TO tell
who has the goods 10 deliver; IL used TO
be Boss Buck. but a rival has arisen who
has beaten Buck in some of the districts
and his contracts are not worth as much
in the market as they once were. Buck is
said to be a Mckinley man at present.
while Pledger. his rival. is a Reed man.
with T. Thomas Fortune OF New York as
an active assistant. Quay is said to have
a man there also. and so has Morton-the
others are not yet heard from.-Spring-
field Republican.
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|GREEN ROOM TALK


Butte. Feb. PA feast OF good
things will be served by Manager Ma.
guire during the remainder of the sea-
son, and will be inaugurated on Mon
day night by that charming actress and
beautiful woman, Marie Wainwright
On Thursday night the Frawley COM
pany, one of the strongest dramatic
organizations that ever visited Mon
tana, will open an engagement of three
nights. Following the Frawleys comes
Corinne and the Kimball Opera Com
ique company in "Hendrick Hudson,
Jr.," and then Louis James, Josh
Spruceby." Frederick Warde, James
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No claim to Distinctinn.

Yer a blow, we arr one newsboy
was heard TO say 10 another i'm New
York the other day. Yer ar a liar,"
NO | haint, Yer blowed around that
yer fadder was sent TO Sing Sing fur
tree years. And wasn't hep NAV,
only got two months at de island, All
de kids is on TO We and ye'd better tum-
bic over yer neckr'
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Carried His w In Ills Pocket.

Benjamin Franklin once wore his wig
in his pocket at the court of Versailles.
When he was about to present himself
at the court for the first time he was
informed that a wig was essential.
Fra nklin's head was so large that no
ordinary wig would begin to fit II.
However. one was found sufficiently
large to pass him through the ante
chambers. after which he was permit
ted TO remove the ridiculous conven-
tional appendage and place IL in his
ample pocket.
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Senator Stewart and Carl Browne Are
Working Together-Profitsbl BILE Venture.
From the Washington Post.
1t is a common practice for literary
people to form partnerships like lawyers.
doctors and architects, on the theory that
in union there is strength. particularly
when one partner is especially vigorous
where the other is weak. The latest lit
erary combination of this sort has been
arranged between Senator Stewart of Ne
vada and Carl Browne. the picturesque
young artist who played Sancho Panza to
Coxey's Don Quixote during the march of
the Commonwealth army upon Washing
ton two years ago. and afterwards mar
rled his daughter Senator Stewart writes
the editorials for the Silver Knight and
Browne makes the cartoons to illustrate
them.
The senator claims that his paper,
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ing, there would be a glorious and hon
orable career before her. AS she sings
now, the danger seems to be that her
efforts in altissimo will sweep away all
lower voice. and ultimately strand the
Dresden-China singer upon an arid
waste of shadow tones and shadowy
audiences. Birds are adorable I'm their
cadences and trills, and Miss Yaw
comes as near to them in some of her
vocalizing as a human voice can: but
she is not a bird, and consequently
must Guido even the traditional night
ingale to give equal pleasure. Let us
hope for more color body, and tenn
permanent in this unique voice as time
develops the intelligence back of IT,"
The withdrawal of John z. Henshaw
and Verona Jarbeau from the Pass
ing Show company left that organic
alton badly crippled. In giving his
reason for leaving the company and
refusing to appear in a cheap house
in Cincinnati Mr.. Henshaw is quoted
as saying: when / closed my own
company and starring tour to join Ca
nary & Lederer's Passing Show COM
pany. the principal incentive that
caused me to do so was the repeated
assurance on those managers part
that IL would be a great advantage to
me to be the principal attraction OF
such a high class organization, play
ing only in highpriced houses. / add
ed that If / were to play the smaller
priced theaters / would do so with my
own company, but with no one else's,
thereby reaping the great monetary
result they claimed to be forthcoming.
In spite of this ] saw my name headed
the cast in the Cincinnati papers, so
had no other course than the one j
have taken"
Fred Meek's language may not be
strictly polite nor very elegant but no
one will have any difficulty in conclud-
ing, from a perusal of his letter to the
Standard a few days ago, that he
questions the truth of the story sent
out from Vancouver about alleged
financial aid extended to Miss VAIN
wright by Louis James.
In the Dramatic News the route list
describes the movements of $50 COM
panies. There are probably at least 40
or so organizations, great and obscure
whose names do not appear in the list
Counting the grand total at 430 travel
ing companies, and their average week.
ly outlay for railway fares at $3.50 for
each company, we find that the money
paid to the railroads by combination
managers amount to $64, 500 each week.
or 81, 557, 900 in a season of 35 weeks.
Very few people know" says Henry
Irving, that Edwin Booth and play
ed together in Manchester in 1862 1
was young man then, and Booth was
In the midnight of his marvellous ca
reer. We were together six weeks. My
feeling for him was one of love and
reverence. 1 sometimes believe that
shall never look upon his like again
But over all his life was the shadow
of great tragedy. You could read II
in his face, and 1t tinged all he said
and did"
Leopold Jordan, the well-known
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which he is noted. gives II out that he
has accepted" the terms of a French
syndicate for his appearance in Paris
next fall. He will appear as a black
smith in pantomime. AS a black
smith, Corbett would be an undoubted
theatrical success.
New York reporter asked Bern
hardt IL the present was her last Amer
lean tour. rs this my last American
tour?" Bernhard smiled as she
echoed the question. 81 suppose II is
she said. with a little sigh. You see
l am getting old. My stage career must
soon end"
Kirkland Calhoun, the only man of
that name with the Calhoun Opera
company in recent years, is now play
ing Charlie Hoss in "Hoss and Hoss.'
Carrie Roma, prima donna United
states marine band; Leanora Consens,
contralto, Robin Hood company; Ida
Godbold, soloist, Souisa's band; and
comprise the Verdi Ladies Quartet. The
members of the quartet are all well
known to Butte theater goers.
James F. Randall, writer of the song,
Maryland, My Maryland" gave to a
baltimore audience his theory that the
ghost in Hamlet is an evil spirit sent
by Satan to tempt the Prince to muir
der.
A bill is pending in the New York
legislature requiring the dressing rooms
in New York theaters to be at least s
feet wide, 10 feet long and 9 feet high,
dimensions which, 1t is claimed, are
necessary for good health.
1t is announced that Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckee Rankin will star together next
season.
Bernhard says she never really
kisses on the stage and that kissing is
bad form. She probably has some con-
sideration for her leading man.
Corinne will be at Maguire's opera
house March 9, 10 and IL.
Louis James comes March 16. IL and
18th.
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Aluminium.

The production Of aluminium in this
country has increased from SO pounds
i'm 1883 to $50 900 pounds in 1895. and the
estimate for 1896 is $500. 600 pounds. the
process for making IL having been
greatly improved. The price at the re-
duction works ranges from so cents to
IS cents a pound. Applied electricity
explains the ease with which the light
metal is now turned out.
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ton of Walter Bellows. who for sew
eral years was stage manager of the
New York Lyceum company. The
plays to be presented in Butte during
the company's brief stay are 1.-THE
Senator" THE Lost Paradise" and
Men and Women"
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James ]. Corbett is evidently losing
his drawing power as a stage curiosity,
and to attract attention to himself he
once more pumps wind about meeting
between himself and Fitzsimmons.
There was a story told the Standard
and widely published-and IT has never
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| theatrical manager and author of that
| catchy song, He is n Son of a Cum"
appeared recently with Ely Coghlan, a
sister of Rose Coghlan. before the Man
haitian Athletic club in a new and
original farcial operetta entitled Two
Jolly Crooks" written by Mr.. Jordan.
They were well received.
With apparent seriousness a New
York dramatic sheet says David Be
lasco Is one OF committee appointed
to go to Washington to lobby for a
COPYRIGHT bill drawn in the interest
of playwrights and for the discomfit-
ure of pirates. There must be some
thing wrong somewhere.
Frederic Paulding has been engaged
as leading man for Margaret Mather.
The other members of her present COM
pany are w. s. Hart, II. A. Weaver.
william Davidge. Margaret Feeley.
Louisa Marcelli and Maggie Harold.
The repertoire includes Romeo and
Juliet" "As You Like II" Leah" THE
Honeymoon" and THE Lady of
Lyons"
A New York correspondent states
that a theatrical trust will be formed
to control a chain of 81 theaters
stretching from New York to San
Francisco. The parties 10 the combi-
nation are AL Hayman, Charles. Froh-
man. Nixon and Zimmerman of Phil
adelphia and Rich and Harris of Bos-
ton.
Modjeska was instrumental in intro
ducing the now famous Polish pianist,
Paderewski. into the musical world.
When in Poland. some years ago. Mod
jeska met and heard Paderewsld and
recognized his genius. She advised him
to continue studying and advanced a
large sum OF money for his education
on the piano. -
A hotel and theater is projected I'm
New York. on Thirty fourth street.
west Of Broadway. The hotel will be
IA stories high. with 500 rooms. and
the seating capacity Of the music hall
is TO be 1000.
Corbett, with that surprising gall for
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Leopold Jordan, the well-knowr
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Kirkland Calhoun, the only man of
that name with the Calhoun Opera
company in recent years, is now play
ing Charlie Hoss in "Hoss and Hoss. .
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Corbett, with that surprising gall for
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A LITERARY PARTNERSHIP.

Louis James comes March 1e. II an,
18th.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1896-01-25
lNDlCE De COBERNACION

Aprobando ell expediente del Ayunta.
mientO de ArecibO estableciendo un ar
tfculO sObre licores-Idem el i0em de Lii.
do Ia Capital modif1cando la tarifa del ar
bitrio sobre venta de terrenOg-Idem del
idem de Coamo para Ell impuest0 de consul
mo do 1895 96-Remitiendo resolution
inBtancia de don Carlos B. MeltZ SOlici
tando Sc conceda la Succession de don Jo-
us ]. Acosta ell servicio de impression de Ia
Gaceta Ohcial--Traslado del Gobierno Ci.
viii de Oviedo, referente al moZo BOnifacio
Alvarez v otros-Resolviendo el recurso
de alzada interpuesto por ell Ayuntamien.
to de Ci3les contra una resOluci6n q. OtOr-
G6 & D.Miguel Morell los beneficios de Colo.
mias RricOlas-Nombrando para ell Regis
tro dc Ia propiedad dc Guayama don
Juan Iri2arri-Acusando recibo de I'm co"
municaoi6n dando cuenta de hsber expe"
dido tftulo de Procurador 8 dom Dario r.
Rol0-RemitiendO instancia de don Clau,
diO C6rdova solicitando Sc anule ell NOM
braImiento de don Federico Garcia para la
Ggcuela de Humacao-Traelado de Estado
TemitiendO copia de los 0rttculOS l. s.
del Real Decreto de s de SeDtiembre de
1871 y articulo SO de Los aranceles consu-
1areg para su inserci6n en- la Gaceta-
Aprobando ell nombramiento dc Provisor
Y VicRriO General de esta DiOcesis heCho
favor de don Buenaventura Bea-Real
Decreto trasladando & la fiscalia de la
Audiencia de Vigan don Jose Robles y
Lacheeas-Real Decreto idem la idem
dc Mayagisz don Dionisio Conde y Sic
RrR-Concediendo Real auxiliatoria para
ejercer la Abogacla en- Ultramar don
NiCanOr de las Alas.
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El dia de AfO Nuevo ha sidO un Qra~
to acontecimiento, gracias a la suave tenn
peratura de este invierno hasta ahora
exceptional. Dirlase que estamos en- Mar
20. Basic decir, en- corroboraci0n, que
algunos arboles SO han cu'iarto de verde
que on el parque de Buttes- -Chaumont
han brotado margaritas blancas.
En- almacenes y tiendas fu6 tai la
abundancla de compradOres de aguinaldos,
que la policia tuvo que intervenir obliganz
doles a entr IF por grupos de diez.
Sc ha comidO y bebido de firme. Al
"Heraldo" de Madrid envi6 una lista, YER
daderamente monstruosa, del banquete
pantagru6lico.
Con las salchichas que sc han consul
mido-dice I'm afcionado este g6nero de
calculO-podr1a darse una vez media la
vuelta las fortifcaciones de Paris. Con
los budines podria orillarse las dos aceras
del boulevard VOLt0STe y del hipo dromO de
Vincennea. Con las terrinas de hfgado
de patio podria 1lenarse la enorme sala de
S'Pas.Perdus" de la estacion Saint Lazare
Har1a falta IN tren de "a wagones para
reexpedir los cestos vacios que trajeron las
Ostras consumidas ell primero de aflo. Con
: los quesos podrfa elevarse una columna
vinos y licores que Sc bebieron, podria ali
mentarse durante dos dias las bocas dc
las mangas de riego que tiene Paris.
En- esta loca algeria de- vivir quizas
entr6 por mucho Ell deseo de olvidar las
tristeZas del afio que acababa.... En- ell ci
tado "Heraldo" he hecho 81 resdmen del
s5, dicienco:
"Explicome & Henry Maret, todo desc
iado, llorando sobre las ruinas del tiempc
viejo, lamentando que Ell excepticismo
haya caido, como sombra de muerte, sobre
Ia podrida terra, cuyas esperanzas no tu-
vieron ocaso. ...
Elafio IS termina hoy, en- Francia, lC
mismo que empeZ6: en- Ell tango.
''Echamos & Reyes Emperadores
CON Ell pretexto de que 81 derecho heredi
tario no garantizaba la inteligencia. "
que hemos hecho? Trio & Theirs una Goa
liei6n que tampoco pudo sostener al hom
bre que habfa elegido. Grotescas villa
MAS de la camarilla de Grevy echaronle
del Eliseo. Carnot recibi6 una pufialada
en- el vientre. Aburri6se & Perier, se
trabaja por hastiar Faure. Los trabajoa
parlamentarios reddcense & cancanes, es.
candalos calumnias. Nj una sola re
forma Sc ha cumplido. Los trabajadores
y los pobres diablos dicen 10 mismo: Ma
| d0! iN0da! "........
La indignidad ha llegado al punto de
que un periodista urdiera, ssp0r gGNGr dos
c6entos frGncos", ap6crifa lista de chan
chulleros panamistas, y que I'm peri6dico,
necesitaiadO 0NnaeptQF Ia t6rddG", dieGa
el monstruaao espectAculo de deah0nHar
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LOS BlLLEIES DEL CAME

Por datos que poseemos y que juzga
mos rigurosamente exactos, han quedado
de diez doc9 mil billetes sin ser canjea
dos por plata, dentro del termlno marcado
por la Intendencia de Hacienda. Sea por
nuestra proverbial apatia, por ignoraneia
de los tenadores del papel por las difficult
tades con que SO tropieza en- los pueb'os y
campos de Ia Isla para trasladar remitir
& esta Capital los referidos billetes de can
je antes del % del actual, es 10 cierto que
resulta muy triste para aquellas personals
que dieron sus mexicanos por un rap3l
que les resulta hoy sin valor ninguno.
Comprendemos muy bien que las of
cinas del Estado han cumplido rigurosa-
ment9 las prescripciones del Real Dacre
to sobre ese particular, por 10 tanto no
es nuestro amino censurarlas en- 10 mas
,mfnimo; paro CON ESQ resultan algunos
miles de duros quitados de la circula-
ci6n para sensible perjuicio de
infelices canpesinos, que los pierden
por complete.
Entendemos pues, que serfa un acto
muy plausible de justicia, que los seflores
Gobernador General Intendente de Ha.
cienda hieiesen presents 10 que ocurre al
sefior Miristro de Ultramar, SesperanZados
de que, obrando este con la equidad que
acostumbra, geflalara nuevo plazo para la
completa recoiida de los billetes de CAME
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comerciantes importadores baaaron sus
calculos para las ventas, en- un cambio go
bre Espafia de 25 por ciento, y al efectuar
los reembolsos, tuVieron que soportar un
alza inesperada, hasta IS por ciento iHan
reclamado alguna compensation de sus
deudoresP N6;y aunque Ia solicitaran NADIA
conseguirfan, siendo Ia negativa tan natu-
raj, como ahora 10 es Ell no hacerles una
bonifcacion que, nj procede, nj pretenden.
El precedente de 10 ocurrido cuando ell
capje de Ia macuquina que pudiera argiir-
se, no es adaptable al case actual, puesto
que aquella operaci6n constituy6 una YER
dadera mejora de situaci6n, al ser insti-
tuidos unos trozos informes de plata, de
ley peso escaso, por la moneda nacional
que en- aquella epoca estaba ajustada &
peso .903 ~ mil6simas conservaba los
cambtos la par Ademas, un error
no autoriza otro.
Aun podrfamos robusteoer nuestras
ahrmacloneg con la cita dc otros ejemplcs,
pero nos parsce que con los mencionados
basta para las per6onas dc buen iuicio.
Soy de listed con la mayor considera.
cion ATTIC. g. 8. q. b. 8. m.
ENRIQUE VIJANDE.