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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

to and from the porte to his legation
can be called . guardship. Officials say
that for the present. there is no need for
q guardship fox the United States lega-
tion at Constantinople, and 1t Is believed
thas the ramor that Mr.. Terrell is nov
ing in that direction probably has Its
foundation in suggestion that Was un-
der consideration some time ago. when
there was reason to apprehend riosing
In Constantinople thst might endanger
the United States legation. AS the
United States Is now regarded as one of
the greatest powers of the world, there
10 no reason why its minister should not
be accorded all the privileges granted
the representatives OF other nations.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

DELEGATE CATION, Of New Mexico,
openly charges that Governor Thornton,
Of that Territory. not only 10 not op-
posed to prize fighting, but is aiding
and abesttng Dan Stuart to the best OF
his ability in the arrangements for Q
mill between Maher and Fitssimmons.
The anti-prize fighting bill, however,
recently passed by Congress and signed
by the President, will, 1t IL hoped, with
the aid of State laws, prove On effectual
bar to all further arrangements for q
prize fight anywhere In the United
States.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
WILL WE HAVE THE BALLET?
Lillian Lewis Says mo-" But the Local
Manager Says "Yes,n

Lillian Lewis Says NO." But the Local
Manager Says eyes,"
The production OF ..Cleopatra" has its
troubles as we'll as other people, and
the bare limbed and barefooted girls
who dance In the barefoot ballet furnish
no little quota Of this. Mas Lewis
wishes 20 eliminate the ballet, but Man.
sges Hooper wants the production as 1t
has been given in the large cities, and
insists not only on announcing it, but
on having 1t preaented-bnrefoot ballet
and all
Women without stockings can make
trouble'just as we'll, II not better, than
women in stockings, and the barefoot
BALLET in the Lillian Lewis production
OF CLEOPATRA" seems to have corner
N the trouble question. The manager
OF the company mad an idea that bare.
foot ballet In "Cleopatra" would be big
novelty and bigger sensation, and
after convincing Miss Lewis that dane,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

erg in Cleopetra's time wore their feet
and limbs bare, he obtained her consent
to have barefoot barelimbed ballet las
high as the knee) in the third act of
cleopatra" Now 1t seems that the
novelty as we'll IS the sensation Of the
barefoot dancers has assumed greater
proportions than the fair Lillian ealcu-
lated on, end correspondence Of pep
perry temper has passed between Miss
Lewis and her manager. The difficulty
began on account of the method Of the
barefoot ballet announcements to which
the actress objected, but her objections
now are conferred on the bales isaelf.
Hiss Lewis has spectacular produce
ton OF CLEOPATRA" II Is in fact q big
dramatic spectacle, and there ia nothing
more consistent than diyertisemens
by barefoot dancers. This ballet has
made an enormous success and ia big
drawing card, and OF course Miss Lewia'
manager has 40 desire to eliminate the
barefoot ballet.
The agent OF the company while here
received instructions from Miss Lewis
which explain the causes belli
Your announcements regarding the
barefoot ballet In the Lillian Lewis pro-
duction OF Cleopatra do not meet nv
approval OF all. l recognize the fact
that barefoot dancing is charactarislic
OF Cleopasrs's time, and III keeping with
the voluptuous sensuousness for her
character. It Is not, therefore, the
barefoot ballet itself that object to,
but your manner of announcing IL. I
cannot see why you should advertise the
barefoot balles at all; II 1t ia in the pro-
duction, that seems to me enough. You
know and / know that barefoot dancing
WAS in vogue in Oleopstra's time; that II
10 the oriental custom at the present
time to dane, in bare feet and that
these oriental dances are worship, a
sort Of religious eloquence, IL 1 NAV
say class OF praying with the feat,
which the dancers do. But your an.
nouncements seem to me to convey the
idea that there is 'Teilby' dance in
Cleopatra and that Is what object to-
In fact. do not wlsh 1t done. My pro.
duotion OF Cleopatra ia grand drs-
mntic spectacle. You have surrounded
me with truly ster cast OF classic
| artists, for such actors as Edmund Col.
lier. In Mark Antony and George
Wessells, in 'Enobarbus, may be surely
termed star artists, and there 10 no
need OF these announcements of the
barefoot ballet. 1 wish you to conform
to my wishes /"
Seen by THE TIMES reporter, the
o emit said: "In the first place, we have
o contract to present 'olaopatra' here in
its entirety. and, as Manager Hooper
insists on this barefoot ballet, shall
| give 1t. In rsuly to the letter In which
Miss Lillian Lewis objects to my an
nouncements OF tho barefoot ballet, |
have this to cay. This same barefoot
ballet Is not only positive novelty,
but seneation of such magnitude that
1t would be folly On my part not to
announce 1t recognize tho truth Of
what Miss Lewis says. The produo-
ton of CLEOPATRA Is magnificent
dramatic spectacle. The cass which
supports her includes Edmund Collier
and George Wessells. and ia ssar oaas,
but this barefoot ballet has made. q
grand sensational success, and, as .
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

We publish elsewhere in THE TIMES q
bill introduced in the house Of delegates
by Mr.. Berkeley in relation to the
duties of ministers OF religion. Com
ment jusi now on such bill is not
needed. 1t speaks for itself.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
ADJUSTMENTS.

Roland Feed in "Lend NE Your WIFE
"Blsck Crook"
Roland Reed returns, PRESENTING his
great success, "Lsnd Me Your Wife. -
one OF the greatest laughing hits the
popular comedian has ever had, at the
Academy OF Music Wednesday, Feb
ruary IL. The play Ia Of French origin.
put IT Is admirably adapted and the
humor Is not only Spontaneous. bus
American. Mr.. Reed has part exactly
suited to the quaint, dry, droll fun, Of
which he Ia showing himself a master.
that OF Maine sea cspsain, with
pretty daughter and handsome
nephew, who are In love with each
other. But Captain Tarbox ships his
nephew off to New York with an allow
else.
Dick, the nephew, writes his uncle
enss ne mas married, not expecting the
unexpected happens and Dick ia COM
PEELED to borrow the wife and b,bv q,
his friend, Tom Bunting, to avoid de-
lection. Scarcely is the arrangement
made when Captain Tarbox and his
daughter Kitty arrive at Buntinp's
house believing 1t to be the nephew's.
Then the trouble begins. The burden
OF the fun m akiDg, as q matter of
course, devolves upon Mr.. Reed, the first
and second acts being productive of @
perfect cyclone of laughter. The young
star, by make.up that Is sinRularly
grotesque, not touching in any way upon
the grotesque, and a facial expression
that In Itself tells past of the story,
manages to extract great deal OF
Amusement for the audience out of the
o "a entanglements with which the play
begins and the completing situations
winch he manages to make all the more
complex.
The Big "Blaok Crook" Coming.
MsnaRer Hooper, of the Academy OF
Music, announces o special attraction
for next Friday evening, February IA,
When the grand spt ctacular play, THE
Black Crook" will be presented by
large company representing the original
cast during the remarkably successful
years. revival of the play at the Acad-
envy OF Music, New York. Three mag
nifcent ballets have been specially ar
ranged by the famous M. Bersrnm, one
being composed exclusively of child.
rem, the entire company being astired
IN gorgeous new costumes, In costly
silks, satin5 and velvess. Elaborate
new scenery has been painted by lead
Ing metropolitan artists of note, and
brilliant artistic effects in illuminating
the various animated scenes OF count
less colored electric lights There will
be grand marches headed by the beauti.
fil and stately fair Amezon's clad in
dazzling armor, and among the numer-
Gus artists OF European reputation en-
gsged to contribute specialtiea will be
the famous quarte.te of FRENCH dancers
NJ
Leontine, Adele Cammis, premiere
dancers. and Sirscco; also Rexo and
Reno, from the Cirque Ciainelli. ST.
Petersburg. II is promised thst the
production will eclipse all previous at.
temp at high class spectacle.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

business man, 1 cannot see whv r
should keep this fact under O. buahel
basket. 1 have nowhere, in NV AM
nouncements, mentioned the .Trilbv'
dance, but have held myaelf to the fact
thar this Is an Egyptian barefoot bal
!es, beautiful In its construction and
fastidious in lite reflnement,"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

So far as lie known in Washington,
United States Minister Terrell has not
spp)!ed to the porte for authority to have
Ia her guardship enter the Darda-
SO, and In fact the minister has
n II had one snch vessel there. unless
!. sle steam launch used to convey him
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
ohio Repubiioan Convention

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 8.-The Republi.
can State convention ia to be held in Co
lumbus March 10 and II, and Joseph b
Foraker Is to be temporary chairman.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02
TIE MAXIM GUN.
Its Inventor Relieves That II WIN Put
an End To War.

seattle. Jan. -, lE6.
To the Editor: noticed an article In
your paper a few days ago, stating that a
Maxim gun had been sent from England
10 tbs country. leaving the impression
that II was an English invention. Hiram
Maxim, the inventor OF the Maxim RAPID
firing gun. was born and raised ia Pts
cataqus county. Ne. the same county
where / have lived most Of the time for
the past sixty years When Mr. Maxim in
vented his gun. ana secured letters patent
for the same, he tried 70 make contract
with our government TO furnish a large
number. but falling % do so. ne went 10
England aud succeeded In making a con-
tract with the English government
Six years ago he returned 70 his old home
IN Maine and gave a public exhibition Of
his wonderful gun IN Dexter. Ne. I was
present AZ the exhftation. At this trial the
gun vas discharged thirteen times IN a
second. I said 70 Mr.. Maxim ~ would
not take many OF those guns 10 annihilate
an army"
.sNo." SAID he; IF the other fellows d.dn't
have them"
..Rut II they didg'' why. then. they
v-o,,I8 not fight. I contend that my invsn-
rlen vIIi tend TO stop war II Is such a ter
-.ble engine OF destruction that war would
b. murder
Nj Maxim s now in England perfecting
RS afrshir or flying machine From last
accounts Il seems 70 b a success
L. ". KEESE-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02
FROM COWBOY TO PRESIDENT.
Ascension Of Paul Kruger, the Ruier oil
the Eransvaai.
New York Telegram


Here is a brief outline OF the Transvaal
ruler From cowboy 10 king fifty describes
the transition in his life from his niteenth
10 his seventeen year. Born in ColesbesFg
district Of Cape Colony, on october ~, Ie-o'
Stephanus Jahannes Paulus Kruger, or
more familiary Dom Paul. received his
training in the weld, on horseback, with
a gun in his hand. His father belonged TO
the Dopper or Separatist church, whose
members at that time gave more attention
to physical than mental accomplishments,
so that Paul was not seen much IN the
school bench. In 1885 the great trek
(march) began. and the krugers took part
in the movement. Paul being ten years
old After spending a year in the Free
State. the family crossed the DTahens-
berg into Natal Then followed the muir
der of Retief and his party, the laasers at
the Bushmans River We're attacked, and
when Dingaan's Zulus were driven OFT
with great loss. the trekkers left the Ill
fated land and entered the Transvaal.
For some time the Kruger family re-
manned at Mooriver (PotchefstrOom).
then the seat of government, but agbse-
quentiy moved north Gard and settled in
the Rustenburg district, observes a BOs-
ton Transcript contributor. In his eigh-
teenth year young Kruger was elected
field cornet (outside magistrate), and I'VE
years after commandant. After serving
nine years through hdllE wars
he was promoted 10 the post of command
art general then 10 acting president, and
since 1883, as president of the republic. II
is commonly asserted, and with truth, that
President Kruger knew no physical fear;
in fact, In the kaffir wars he had to be re-
strained from deeds of reckless daring. As
youth turned into middle age, his acts be-
came marked by blunt straightforward
ness and determination, tempered by a
considerable amount Of shrewd Judgment,
which enabled him 10 grasp the situation
where more cultured minds were at a loss.
But if ever there existed in this world
a government that combined all the es-
senti9ls of a comic opera, excepting the
music, OF course. IL Is the government of
the South African republic.
when the president gets an idea into
his head h--fs fire can't get II out" is
an expression frequently heard IN the
Golden city.
When the president wants a bin passed
and the legislature is opposed 20 II. he
threatens TO resign. That always brings
them TO his way OF thinking. II has often
happened that Paul Kruger has threat
ened TO resign five or six times at a single
meeting. and that after each threat his ball
was passed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02
The biggest Fool az Large

=. ,be individual who persistently neG,ecfs
80 neaua and the means q preserving
80 restoring i. May persons who are
- Institutional idiots do this They are
.,,,,i,e ob{ects Of compassion as well as
~snsure. a failure q appetite, loss q
s,eep and fiesa, impaired digestion, an IN
s-~tafn state % the bowels AMI symptoms
- n&,{ousness are - many warnings -
sra auproach u disease To disregard
t1e-y, = A85ect fciig. Nstca offeu1i.4 uxtETe
"a Gu. time VunIsheS severely. IL n4T
fatally. That genial and t80gDn& n5g re5i-
$50 preventive o. bodily n13scalef in the
share u car9uic disease. fI0stetteT's
Stomach BitreFs W.. if resorEea 30 ln
time. avert tauss disorders. II s1e Tfrn3v1l
- p-hich IL e aaso faltv adequate. Among
these are ehr0n1c Indigestion. liver e1u2-
paint kidney troubles corsts faa iieEls Eses-E-
ousness, rheims tlsia and malaria
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-02

binary prosectIie and Il Is Just as simple.
Il would Be perfectly feasible 70 fire sueh a
coil ~ wire. II would 1ncsfi as Il Travelled
and from the end connected with the DINA
mo 4 could ~ kept highly charged. Every
man = struck would be killed There
wcnstin-t - AIRY wounded II ar engzEzrusrt
where sgsea ordnance was used. Flesh and
b5oa3 couldn't stand w against zslah
slaughter O. that would make The adou-
ton u thar cert o. var engines would -
ore OF the r. y effective arguments far
universa! aroltFation thaS could BE- de-
vlsedH
But shooting go miles Of deadly wire al
az advancing enemy is not the most TER
rihle q Edison's fancies. The heavy coil
o. wire could no doubt he hurled several
miles. When t. struck. the myriad fields Of
tke coil would spread over an enormous
area twisting aHd turning in and ogr and
catching scores OF men where she'll would
pass harniessly BY. But there IL something
worse, and This device = one Of which Ed
son Is surest- II involves successful aerial
navigation. but that fs not considered q
hln6rance by him.
"An the other fellows who are trying
that" be says. are working on the wrong
track. Maxim has tried il and can't make
IL work. He's got the wrong notion. I'm
not going u tell yOu what the right idea is,
bat l think l know. 1 have made a good
many experiments. and ] am sure I've got
ny base principle. After you get that it's
only question Of development OF details"
This terrible instrument Of destruction
which Mr. Edison contsmpIates = an aerial
torpedo. Il can be made TO rise BY its own
energy. and IL viii propel itself through
the ar. Ii viii travel at height OF about
a mile. and for ten miles ri least Mr.. Ed
son thinks he can control its fight. Il IS
possible that In a developed stage he can
control IT'S fight for greater distance.
TX can DC so arranged before Il is started
that IL shall descend after trayelng any
desired distance not greater than ten miles.
and Il can be SO coutrved that the charge
Of geiatiDe. dynamite or whatever high ex-
pioslve is used. can be exploded by the in
pact OF collision or by time fuse. II can
carry ar enormous charge of high expiO-
sive and would do tremendous execution.
Mr. Edison cites the inability OF the Ger