The Irish standard., 1896-11-14
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Al new play ~ Ne Kees Rankin with the
4 author. himself IL the lea ding role IS the
attractive announcement of the 1ou fol
lowing IA Boy Wanted.. ,,'ssss Mckee Rankin
I isone Of the most produc aatthQ actors
\ on the stage today. 81 His Iirst e1t success
i vas The Danites, s and he Later created
I thu we'll known playof The Izan kuS XIV Co.'s
onel, . 1.-THE Canucl e and ther Lays. In
his latest effort New York Az &c 1s,,'' Mr..
{ Rankin is said to have reached the zenith
Of his career as an author. AS the title
would indicate, the play locates Its action
and deals with the phase of life ii the met
ropolis It is strong emotional drama
/ with sufficient comedy sprinkled in to re-
ieye it from ANY somberne as.s As Phillip
Garth, Mr.. Rankin demonstrates his fine
ability and keen perception as an actor.
The part is a robust one, toned down by
the pathos and refinement for which this
actor is noted. 1t Is Acknowledged to be
one of the best representations ever given
by this actor in his long stage career. Mr..
/ Rankin will be assisted by q cast Of rec
ognized strength and the company roster
includes the names Of several players
whose starring career stage history re-
cords. II,
An estate valued at $20,160e is the OBJ
ject of a hot contest now being carried
on before Judge Steele Of the probate
court. The estate belonged to Matteas
Klauk, an octogenarian who died about
one year ago. BY will he eft the proper
ty$t to Mrs. Anna Kuth, who had acted as
his housekeeper for some time previous
to his death Now the will has been con
tested by niece of the departed, Miss
Angela Helcher, who claims that her url-
cle's mind was deranged when he wrote
the will, and, furthermore, that the bene-
.ficiary used undue means to influence the
old man so as to make him bequeath his
property to her. Contestant also claims
that she was sick when the will was
proved in March last and that she knew
nothing about it until it had been admit
ted by the probate court
& Gus Heege's new play, "a Yenuine Yen
tleman," is attracting widespread atten-
%ti0n and no little discussion among the
Swedish element. The Skandinaven re-
marks with much earnestness that !" "A
Yenuine Yent.eman' ar ala hanseenden
at vida hogre konstnarligt varde an You
Yonson.' Stycket ar afdeladt fyra akter,
sderaf den forsta a iva tablaer. Den foTstss
at dessa spelas ombord pa en- transatlantisk
angare just utanfor Southampton och den
aDilra Ellis Island "a Yeluine Yent.e-
man will be produced upon an elaborate
scale by Manager Jacob Lifts company,
headed by Mr. Heege who will give us in
Sven Hanson a new and original Swedish
Characterization, and the best thing he has
ever done. b,
David Blakely, a, one time we'll known
and highly esteemed citizen of Minneap-
oils, is dead. His death occurred sudden
ely In his office in Carnegie's Music Hal,
New York, last Saturday, and is supposed
to have been caused by apoplexy. Mr..
BlakeIy was born at Binghampton. N. Y,
and came to Minneapolis when Is years OF
age. He was in 1860 secretary of state,
and had also held the position of editor Of
the st. Paul Pioneer Press. Mr. Blakely
was for some time proprietor of the Trib-
une Job Printing Company, and a part
owner of the Chicago Post. AS the man
ager of Gilmore's and later Sousa's band,
he achieved much fame and fortune, Mr..
BIakely leaves wife and four daughters.
Edwin T. Bennett, a former newspaper
man of this city, is behind the bars-in Bay
SIS 600 from the Bay City Tribune. Ben
net was at one time proprietor of the Min
reapolis Star. Later he became manager
and editor af the44Bay City Tribune Com
pany, which faileds some time ago. He
was arrested In Chicago, Monday, just as
ne stepped off the steamer barge -Spry.
The warrant for his arrest was sworn out
by JOHN E. Eddy and Edward p. Caring
ton, stockholders of the paper. Bennett
was at one time prominent in Michigan
Pythian circles, and served I! a term as
grand chancellor of the order .insasthat
state.
2 One OF the most successful of the Charles
Frohman productions recently made in
New York is that Of the Thoroughbred
which will be. seen at the Metropolitan,
Minneapolis, for. three nights and a sSatur-
day matinee beginning Thursday night.
The piece is a comedy by Ralph Lumley.
TIE cast" Is headed by. the uproarious CO.
median, Thomas @. Seabrooke, and con-
tains several other well-knoWD, people.
III thepscene representing Ascot racing field
there Is shown merry tally-ho party,
which lis said to be one of>the many charm
ing stage pictures seen In Mr.. FrOhman's
productions, Seats will be on sale Monday
morning.
The following citizens have been Sc
lected to serve the county as grand jurors
during the December term Of court: w.
II. Dunwo cody, j. S. Pillsbury, O. G. Wy
man, F. NJ. -Laraway, w. T. Decker, ]. d.
Taylor, l.. G. Pauly, ]. a. Ridgway. John
w, Thomas, John Egan, j. +. Calhoun,
E q, Barnaby, George A.. Duvignaud,
Nelson Williams G. B. Heffelfnge Wal
ter Babcock, C. A. Nimocks, Joseph B.
Hudson, H. G. Darrow, II. B. Lewis, Will
lam Gunderson, A. G. Dunlap, Clarence
A. Warren.
a Richard Corey, an old and respected
pioneer and early setter, died on Sunday
noon last, at his residence, 1925 Grand
street northeast, at the age of 74. Mr.
Corey moved to Minnesota in 1S47. and
had resided in this vicinity ever since that
time. He was well known and highly
esteemed by all who knew him. He
leaves two sons and two daughters John
w, d. NJ, Mrs. w. Walsh and Mrs. +.
Storch. The funeral was held from his
late residence Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock. @
B Rev. Lawrence Zawadski, 40 years of
age, died Saturday night last. attSt Mary s
hospital of Bright's disease, having been
an inmate of the institution since March.
He was native Of Poland and came
to this country 16 years ago. For
number Of years he was engaged IN active
Catholic church work in the eastern
states, but six years ago he came to Min
nesota and settled at Delano, officiating
there since in his clerical capacity. His
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