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known r~aconteur, in speaking Of the
last disastrous, venture made by Abbey
Schoeffel and Grau, gives some inter
eStlng facts concerning the salaries
paid the great singers of that COM
pany. He shows that Jean de Reszke
insisted ON 6. percentage of the re-
celpts in addition to his salary. and
his ~honorarium for a nights perform-
ance often amounted to So, 500. Nine.
MeIba, who was content, the first sea
son, with 1000 a night. raised her
terms until she received 81, 500 a night.
CalVe began at $1,000. and also reached
1900. These salaries seemed extra
VACANT enough in comparison with the
$500 to $500 a night paid to Calye and
Melba in Europe. But the singers were
not content. AT the end of last season
Nine. Melba, on the strength of her
proolglous success on the concert tour,
demanded 50, 500 a night; and. not to
be outdone by her rival, Nine. Calye.
insisted thai she should be paid a
similar sum-. AS these are the hest
singers Of modern opera, it Is possibla
that the management might have
yielded to their propositions if n ar
gument could be put forth to make
the public pay the increased Salaries
by giving a higher price for seats. But
1t had already been demonstrated that
music lovers had decided upon the limit
Of their expenditure to hear even tha
greatest singers. After the first per-
fCrmance of Les H~uguenots' it was
settled that even a cast comprising the
W De Reszkes, Maurel, Plancon.
Melba, Nordica and Scalchi would NOT
induce the public to give more than *
a ticke The cost of the principals
alone IN that performance amounted to
over $1,000, to which heavy sums were
added the salaries of the lesser singers,
chorus, ballot, orchestra and the gen
eral expenses Of the. house. In these
circumstances Mr.. Abbey very proper
ly declined to acGede to the new terms
Of Media and Calve; and it is TO he
noted that the ladies. did not get into
a temper over their. disappointment.
signed contracts to return this
season at the former remuneration
Our own singers, = taking example
from their foreign comrades. demand
ed constantly increasing salaries. Dur
ing her first season Emma
Eames received $3.50 a night:
during her 81, last she had
$3.50 a night. Nordica. who was once
glad to get $3.50, now demands 81. 600.
Whatever way they looked, our opera
managers were puzzled. Damrosch
a to pay 81 900 a night to Alyarv.
and a similar sum to KIafsky. Ger
man, French and italian opera seemed
doomed to temporary extinction on ac-
count OF the exorbitant valuation that
great singers. placed upon their SER
vices. Ostensibly they were correct in
argument. Jean de Reszke is the most
celebrated of modern tenors; MeIba is
the chief exponent of the bel canto; in
such roles as Carmen, Santuzza and
Anita, Nine. Calye Ia ~unrivaled: ard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
BISHOP OF
Rev. John ID. Morrison Honored by
the Episcopal House of Bishops.

The Rev. John D. Morrison, who was
recently elected bishop of Duluth by
the house Of bishops Of the Protestant
Episcopal church of this country. has
been chosen to occupy one Of the two
new bfshoprics created by the last gen
eral convention. He will not be conse-
Grated until the various dioceses Of he
church have been notified and the con-
sent of all the bishops obtained.
Bishop Morrison is Of Scotch descent
and was born in Canada about fifty
years ago.. After being graduated from
McGin university, Montreal, he was
ordained a priest in the Church of
England. A few years later he was
called to Herkimer, N. Y, and became
a member of the Protestant Episcopal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

force Of inventors at work in the
laboratories of it's shops.
The General Electric company has
entered the railroad field on the New
Haven road at Nantasket Beach, near
Boston. BOT companies are straining
every nerve to bring about the adop-
ton Of the electric system on some
one of the great railroads. The West
inghouse company has a little the ad-
vantage of the General Electric in this
contest, if its motors are equally eff
f~ective. cheap and economical. because
Mr.. Westinghouse is hand in glove
with the Pennsylvania railroad. and
the Pennsylvania is not only the
richest and the biggest. but the most
enterprising of the railroads Of Ameri-
ca. A road that could go through a
Johnstown disaster without skipping a
dividend can afford to throw out it's
enormous steam equipment and put in
electric motors more quickly than any
other road in the country, or in the
world for that matter. So the rail-
road world Is watching the Pennsyl-
vania railroads experiments with keen
eyes.
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church Of the United States. His sue
cessful work in Herkimer resulted in
a call to st. Johns church, Ogdens-
burg, about fifteen years ago.. For the
past six years he has been regularly
nominated as archdeacon of Ogdens-
burg by the clergy Of that city, and
has beer as regularly appointed by
Bishop Doane, of Albany, who speaks
in the highest terms of him..
The new bishop Is a well known
scholar in language, especially In He
brew n Greek. He received his
divinity degrees from Union college,
Schenectady. He is an effective
speaker and a man of strong personal
attraction. Owing to the large ex-
pense connected with the establish
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

ment Of two new bishoprics the other
Jurisdiction will probably remain va
cant for a year or more. The Duluth
district, which has been assigned to
Bishop Morrison, requires an annual
expense of about $40. 200 for the salaries
of the bishop and his assistants. and OF
this sum $40, 900 has been raised within
the bishopric.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
ELECTRICITY ON NEW YORK "L'
ROADS
ROADS

Just now the "L" is experimenting
with a motor invented by a New York
man. This motor is being operated on
the Thirty fourth street branch. It
uses the direct current n the storage
battery. The storage battery lays up
part Of the current when its whole
strength is not needed to run the mo-
tor-on level places or running down
srade-and when the direct current is
not strong enough to take the motor
up grade the storage batteries furnish
the additional power.
The Westinghouse people do not
think much of this system. They say
1t is beautiful in theory, but in practice
1t fails. They think that the motor
row In use on the branch IL" will be-
found fmpracticable in service on the
main line. Their present experiments
are all with the direct current. They
have the motors and the cars, and the
most serious question they are con-
slderlng is the method of transmitting
the current. There are only two great
electrical concerns in the United
States-the General Electric and the
Westinghouse If Mr.. Westinghouse
and his associates were not so wealthy
and so Independent, there would be
only one. The General Electric swal-
lowed all its rivals except the West
irghouse long ago. Mr.. Westinghouse
takes much pride in his electric con-
Germ, and he did not go into the COM
bination. He did enter into litigation
with the General Electric over patents.
however, and this litigation, involv-
ing the companies in hundreds Of suits,
threatened to eat up all their profits.
Last summer they got together and
came to an understanding by which all
these suits were dismissed, and the
companies now work in harmony, but
there are strong rivalries between
them for the production of the most
effective motors, and each has a large
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
A Matter OF Weather.

Atlanta Constitution.
Dinners very late. waiter" said the guest
at the rural hotel.
Yes. sub; des ez de steak wuz fxin' ter
br'iie de sun went benin a cloud, but he'll ba.
out ergin be'fo you kin eat dat wortermilI-
ION"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
AN INVENTORS INDUSTRY.

Mr.. Westinghouse works harder than any
of his employees. in spite of his $15. 900. 900
fortune. He is often at the works at Z
O'Clock in the morning. He is in control Of
a dozen other important interests as well,
and he can give only a part of his time to
EACH. But the electrical works are his pet,
and he is to be. found there oftener than
anywhere else.
One Of the sure indications Of the drift to-
ward electric locomotion is a contract made
between the Westinghouse company and the
Baldwin Locomotive company, of Philadel-
phia, the greatest makers of locomotives in
the world, by which the two companies are
to work together in the construction Of
electric locomotives. All the car construc-
ton is done by the Baldwin company, and
the motors are put in by the Westinghouse
company.
A writer in an electrical journal recently
figured that the Pennsylvania railroad be
tween New York and Philadelphia could he
operated by electricity at a saving Of is per
cent. 1t will not be long, probably, before
Mr.. Westinghouse will ride in his private car
behind an electric locomotive from Pittsburg
to Jersey City, and possibly be taken by
electric ferry boats across to New York.
George Grantham Balm.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
STRUCK.

He wheeled out into the country,
To breathe the sweet, pure air;
W a rugged landscape. and even ha
Was much struck by the scenery there.
Detroit Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

We have done mor fine trade since Wednesday morning than in months
past People are "lethng CO. and it is true that stocks are pretty low in mos
storessGood times are here now; don't delay or you will come too lae for
eve our big stock can't last forever What we have W will sell or the basis of
must pay more for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
A Correction.

Philadelphia North American.
Wrecked-Lovell. / believe you said, In
writing poetry?
slilnp-No. sir. I didn't. 1 said he was
writing rhyme.
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On the Continent.

Washington Times.
First American Tourist-Why do you al
ways buy a third-class ticket?
Second American Tourist-Because there
are no fourth-class ones.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
A Severe Test.
Texas slftlngs.

Texas SlItingS.
Promise me that you will be true to ma
while I am away" said a Houston youth to
the object Of his affections.
She-I promise, but don't make me break
my word by staying away three or four
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
Garments.

We boldly state that u stock is the best and our values at So so, $3.50.
$1,000 to SI5oo unequaed. We know the goods are right and that it is
impossible or us to geta additional stock to sell at these prices, for the prices in
the Eastern markets area advancing already and we shall have to advance u
prices later SO com low and save money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
THE WESTINGHOUSE PLANT.

This big factory, with its electric cranes
and electric lathes, which handle castings
the size of a small house as easily as though
they were children's toys, is the most interest
ing part of the Westinghouse plant. But the
most important part Of 1t is found in the adj
Joining building, in which the Offices are
located. Here is the laboratory for expert
ments, in which a corps of electricians are at
work steadily trying to make improvements
on the devices in use. There is a drafting
room In which the plans for these improve
ments are made, and if there seems any
chance that they will be useful they are
patented by the Westinghouse company. In
addition to this corps of inventors, the COM
pany has a number Of electricians working
in their own laboratories on devices which
VIII be offered the company for adoption.
Nikola Tesla was in the employ of Mr., West
inghouse at one time, and the WESTINGHOUSE
company holds twenty-nine patents on Tesla's
polyphase system, subject to a royalty to be
paid to the inventor.
The terms made with a man of reputation
as an inventor are that he is to receive a
salary, or retaining fee, and either a fixed
sum or a royalty or both for any invention
OF his which the company may adopt. The
young electrician receives only his salary, and
his inventions belong to the company.
This question was discussed by the navy
department at Washington some years ago.
Many naval officers busted themselves making
improvements in gun carriages, etc., for the
use OF the navy, and some of them contended
that the government ought to pay for their
inventions in addition to paying them salaries.
1t was determined finally that If a man was
assigned to work out an improvement or a
new device, using government material and
government time, his inventions belonged to
the navy department; If not, it belonged to
him.
One Of the consulting electricians of the
Westinghouse company is a graduate Of the
Naval academy. o. B. Shallengerger. He
used to be superintendent of the works, but
now he lives at Rochester, where he has a
laboratory of his own. He is the inventor of
an electric motor of which the Westinghouse
company has sold more than 100, 600.
The company has a punching establishment,
blacksmith shops. brass foundry. iron foun-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

dry and carpenter shops. 1t employs about
1000 people. Many of them live in East Pitts
burg. many in the little towns near by. Mr..
westinghouse has no theories about indus
trial colonies, and his men and women live
where they will. A club has been established
for the Office employees. however.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
Electric Seal.

We have Electric Seal Garments off all kinds. They are very swell and Of
fine quality. The prices are low. We want your trade, and are sure that we
car convince you that our garments are superb, and that our prices are close.
Try u.s. and see
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Miss Beatrice Langley, the highly accom-
plished and beautiful young viclinist who is
coming to America next week with Nine.
OF the British artillery. She was born in
South Devon. and as a mere child disclosed
a wonderful capacity for understanding mu-
sic. Her musical affections centered on the
violin. and before she was nine she made
her appearance in public as a performer. On
that occasion she played the obligato to Bre-
gas well-known Serenade at the Antient
concert rooms in Dublin. The vocal music
was furnished by her mother, Mrs. Lang
ley, and the infant prodigious fiddler was re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

ceived with the warmest enthusiasm. In
1885 the then rising young musician became
arpupil OF Joseph Ludwig. Subsequently she
1883, at the Crystal palace, she made he act
ual debut. Miss Langley at once won pop
ular favor. She was In demand for con-
certs AMI played at the London Symphonies,
perial institute and elsewhere In the Eng
lish capital. Her marvellous talent has called
iortn rich from the public. She
public the difficult A minor variations Of
Paganint.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

equipment is complete George Gould
and Russell Sage will pay their long
promised visit to the Westinghouse
works to examine the plant and con-
slider the adoption Of the system on
the 81"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
IN FAVOR OF THE TROLLEY
WIRE.

The Turkey Hill equipment is on the
trolley plan, and Mr.. Westinghouse
thinks the trolley system is h n
which railroads will adopt. 1t is the
cheapest form Of construction, and the
use of the polyphase current, by which
the power a be carried for 100 miles
or more over a slender copper wire,
will make the construction Of power
stations at short intervals unnecessary.
The cost Of maintaining these power
stations has been one Of the principal
obstacles in the path Of the trolley for
use in long distance journeying.
For city use Mr.. Westinghouse has an
other system, which is probably too eX-
pensive for suburban use. Some cities
will not permit street railroad COM
panies TO use the trolley. New York
is one; Washington another. The
railroads in those cities are using the
underground trolley or the cable Sys
tenn. Mr.. Westinghouse system diff
fers from both of these. He has two
wires laid between the car tracks in
wooden castings. At short intervals
on top Of these castings are metal but
tons three inches in diameter. These
buttons are mounted on stout springs,
and they are not in contact with the
wires until a metal shoe on the loco
motive or motor car touches them and
presses them down. There are two
III A4S9S OA1OSOy O1S IN S1SAA w - -
AS the motor nov along they press
the buttons down on the wires and
form a direct circuit through the mo
tor on the car. This button system
has been in use on a suburban road in
the district of Columbia for about
eighteen months. 1t has been in use
at the Westinghouse shops here since
they were completed, a year ago last
summer, and I saw a light motor haul
ing a train Of freight cars through the
yards. drawing its power from the but
tons between the rails.
Everything about the works is operated by
electricity. You go to the second floor in an
elevator which is run by a Westinghouse
motor. Every line of shafting in the building
gets its power from the big electric power
house which stands beside the railroad track.
The huge cranes which travel from one end Of
the factory to the other, swinging thousands
Of tons of metal off the floor and depositing it
swiftly but quietly at it's destination, are
operated by electric motors. Even the fur
naces in the big boiler room are fed with
coal and stocked by a Westinghouse electric
device.
The main building Of the Westinghouse
works is 754 feet long. 1t is arranged so that
the castings come in at one end and move
along step by step from one machine to
another, until they reach the other end, COM
plete and ready for shipping, without retracing
a step on the way. Then the electric freight
train comes along and hauls them away for
shipment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Two new peras by Scandinavian
composers are in curse Of being
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Mascagni's La Giapponese" is to
have its libretto translated into Eng
fish, with a view to It's performance
in London and the United States.
screen, a young Japanese couple, and q
cruel father.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

"Minnetonka Beach March," tunefu1
and easy, a composition by Minnie
Terrell, has been received from w. J..
Dyer & Bros, publishers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The ladies' chorus Of the Mime
apolis Ladies' Thursday musicale. IN
der the direction OF Emil Oberhoffer.
made It's first appearance at the meet
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-19
Another Big Invoice of Dress
Goods

At oOc the yard we are showing II new
arrival in the highest novelty effects of
the season in all the new shadings of
green, red and navy. These goods are
46 inches wide, the peer in style of any
- stufs i'll this market, and are going
ike hot cakes. Such goods as these can't
larry long at this never before heard of
price. 50c the yard. See them.
At l2 l-2c, another lot of strictly all
wool ~ inch wide novelty effects, worth
anywhere, 10c.
AT Poe. big range of shades and STYLES
in strictly all wool 36 inch wide nov
city dress stuff
The higher novelties of the season in
the better grades of dire IS stufrs are get
ting low with us. We have done great
selling in these goods this season. We
still have unbrokcn assortments. how
ever See the stylish things we are now
showing for the colder months. Prices
range from 50c to 81. 30 the yard
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-19

anu more than .creditably rendered The
-en9're cast was good, but the major char
u ~, all showed conscientious work
~ Inc parts OF Messrs. Chas. McGrath as
curry Grantley, Harry Arnold as james
Coruoh, Misses Lulu Eipey as Florence
Sr"ntiy, and Bessie Warren as Blanche
HIerlinS, We're we'll taken and most en-
enthusiastically received by the audience.
cumming through the play there is vein
vi genuine fun, which gave Mr. Wood.
ward as NJ L. NIuggs, n fine opening
Tor comedy work, throughout which he
Kept the house in.hilarious, uproarious
I. and jollity. Miss Oracle Beebc as
Saliie was u typical Servant girl, and
n,''ue decided hit in her comic singing.
were the merits of this troupe fully
khown 1t would play to packed houses,
lof 1t is cheap in only one respect-its
prices. The costuming of some of the
H''ies calls for special mention, being ex-
ceeoingly rich and handsome. This even.
ihg at 2;3o a matinee will rbc given, in
whlch by many requests will be repro
uuced the hit of Tuesday night, 1.-The
treat Diamond Mystery" To. night the
anghable farce of "Our Strategist," in
which Mr.. Woodward is ut his best, will
be presented, and we predict for him a
1ull house. The curtain rises promptly
mt SID O'clock
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-19
BLANKETS AND COMFORTS.

The time has now come
when yon must provide your
self with blankets and com-
'Forts and we are prepared to
show you an immense stock
and at such prices that you
cannot refrain from making a
selection when you can Guy
an all wool ia Blanket at
$3 per pair that you'll pay 81
for elsewhere and 81 for a
satlne.covered comfort-large
size, that will c st ST. SO else
where; then why not buy from
US? While we are on the sub.
ject we would state that we
have SO pairs white blankets
slightly solled that we propose
to sell at one-half their actual
worth, beginning Monday
morning; first come will get
the best.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-19
Black Dress Goods.

At 59c the yard ) pieces more of that
very heavy black boucle dress goods
which went 50 fast last week This is an
unparalleled Offering of intrinsic worth
ana style at little money worth SSc
See it.
At 5pc the yard, pieces more of the
great bargain in 54.inch wi lie. wide
vale Diagonal serge, worth 15c every
where.
At SSc the yard, pieces of the very
great selling wove and tuftcd effects in
ol- men wide novelties, in black; real
value 81. See them.
At 3oc the yard, ) pieces of 54-inch
wide vale diagonal observation-disclosures
black, every thread wool, worth 60c the
yard.
At 81 25-Another invoice of the rapi
selling black frcizc. We were out of
these for II few days
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-19
PUBLIC BUILDING OK FIRE

Yesterday morning about G:3O O'Clock
the alarm of fire was sounded and the
Juniors responded and the cause of the
alarm was fire i'll the new postonicc
building. 1t seems shat it had been
started on the second floor in Il heap of
shavinGs, but how it happened no one
seems to know. \ passerby happened
to see the smoke and spread the alarm,
mus averting what might otherwise have
been most damaging fire to the beauti-
ftl new structure. \ number of the
workmen on the building who board in
the vicinity were soon on hand and bv the
use of II few buckets of water soon had
the flames under control but not until IL
large portion of the floor had been com
pletely ruined. The greatest damage,
however, was to the walls of the building
which were backcred hy the dense smoke,
making it necessary that the work Should
he done over again. The total loss is es-
timated at 5000, fully covered by nsur-
ancc.