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The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-30
Arrested for Poisoulng Chr,dr.n,

COLUMBIA. s. c., July u. Rachel and
Antonio Nelson. grandmother and
father Of three children, varying from
IS months TO I2 years, have been ar
rested at Edisto on the charge Of poi-
soning them. They died few hours
after eating bread said to have been
made and given them by Hanna Nell
son, their mother. The food was test
ed by giving 1t to fowls, which quick
~ died. No cause Of the crime IL ~
signed. nor why the mother was not
included in the charge
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Jusf shs Fieee.

Cobble I've got one Of the finest sub
urban homes you ever saw--soild conn
fort, old man.
6tons Thet ~ I'm thinking about
buying . sn6us1baa pIaee nyDSM.
Cobbls Thsn buy xlns. Brccklyn
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Richard c. Fleming died It his lats
residence. $50 Tracy avenue, ct 50
o'clock Saturday aftsrsoon u1ter -
illness of one week. The imnsdiaAa
cause Of his death ives pneumo1ta.
which resulted from . hlct n ~ ~
lsdministered BY Dssnis 1fahsnsy, =
notoriouss north end .sAue, whqM 1els,
Ing hed attempted ia eFrsp ~ n
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Paragraph ~. relating to manufactures
( Of siik. Il changed 20 az to modify the de-
scription Of Jacquard figured goods by pro-
viding that they shall BE- made on looms"
and that thsy should be dyed n the yarn
and contain two or more colors in the NIL
ing" The fats Il left 1t % Per cent ad va
Paragraph IA, IN rslAtiou % cotton
tread and carded yarn, was amended BY
tie conference % ~ To provtde thAt shrsad
scolofsd bsseche4 eonesds sts., % - e
- 2dvnnced beyond the condition Of
sins3es " grouplAg u twisting Of two Or
mora sin6ie yarns. On al nuMbers exceed-
ing ~ And up - ~ AZ made dut1ahle at
Vnn.ausfteri,1fs . cat PEI nuu6sr per
pSnnd, aaS Oh threads Of the saxis class
numberin3 = and abovs, thrse-tenths nf
= acent per pound pr numbsF. n the-
petGfah house bin thorD vus ~ eivi2qn. -
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Efefs oE ghtee-tant11, Of - cent pr num-
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
Theater Hats of Glass.

A new theater hat which Will meet
with the approval of both sexes has
just been introduced. II will be made
Of a material th~t viii permit women
to wear any si;a theater hat they
choose and yet meet with no objections
from the persons who sit behind. This
new headgear viii be made entirely of
glass 1t Will be pliahle. like ordinary
straw or felt. light and transparent r.
viii not break If you drop II. and 1t is
quite as fashionable as To it's style as
any tneater hat made OF felt or velvet.
The hat is made OF very thin prepa-
ration of pliable glass which has beer
prepared with certain chemicals to prs
vent II from breaking. Its main ingse-
dent is silicate OF soda. The glass is
perfectly transparent and makes a
most effective foundation for trimmings.
The glass can be bought by the yard
IL one Is fortunate enough to know
where 1t is manufactured. 1t is so plln-
BILE that II can be easily plated or ruff
fed and under the deft hands of a mil
liner can be made into very fascinating
transparent bows.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
Bathing.

Katherine Germaine Is bright. live
ly woman and is continually playing
pranks on Golden. who is Jointly starred
with her in 1.-THE Isle of Champagne"
While the company was touring Penn
sylvania recently Golden thought he
would turn the tables on her, and after
filling an amateur reporter full OF weird
tales he sent the adolescent representa-
tive of the rural press to interview her.
The guileless follower in the footsteps
OF Horace Greeley called on the lady,
and after asking her opinion ON every
subject he could summon up-money
question, art, love and poetry-he at
last stuck his courage way up to the
desperation point and anxlously in
quired how she kept her good looks
through all the fatigue and hard travel
of the road.
do you battle in milk" was the
question he put at last.
Battle in milk? Well. I should say
not" replied Miss Germaine. when
want to preserve n thing. / pickle It,
l battle In vinegar
Miss Germaine has not yet had the
pleasure of seeing her interview in print.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

Martha Mortons comedy "a Bachelors
Romance" probably noticed similar
ity between Its story and that told by
The Duchess in her novel. "A Little
Rebel Tho similarity has been noticed
in other cities and each time Miss Nor
ton has emphatically insisted that her
play was original. and that she knew
nothing about the novel.
When her brother. Mr.. Michael Nor.
ton, was spoken to in regard to the
matter recently. he declared that his
sister was not In the habiteof reading
novels. and he did not believe she had
ever perused one by The Duchess
II have not read a Little Rebel" he
added "but so far as I can learn II Ia
like the play only because they both
tell the old, old story of middle aged
man falling in love with n young girl.
The similarity is purely coincidental."
II Is one of the best known facts of
the stage that almost all comedians
think they would shine best in tragedy.
Nat c. Goodwin has asplred to play
Iiamlet and MIR. Sol smith Russell
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
Stories Of the STAGE.

Willie Collier tells this story. When
he was call boy at Days theater, there
was poor mans printing office under
the carpenter shop in the yard at the
rear of the theater An old stoop Shout
dered fellow was the boss. He had two
assistants, one man about his own
age and the other n shiftless, never So
Der sort of a character. The old man
had habit of borrowing kerosene oil,
coal. matches. etc, from his neighbors.
but in time his list OF excuses and
promises wore out, and he had to go to
neighborlng stores and 81 his supplies
by hook or crook. His credit exhausted
he at last worked one particular shop
man, who was susceptible to fattery,
by remarlting how much the trades
man reminded him of Augustln DAILY.
DO you think so?' said the man of
oil and matches. Really, you fiatter
me-"
Not Bit" said the old printer. 81
never was more struck by n resem-
blance. BY the way may / ask you to
fill this can with oil and let me hand
you the change tomorrow"
With pleasure" said the resem-
blance. beaming with good feeling, and
the can was filled. In time this sort of
thing wore out with the old printer. and
lie thought the idea might be worked
once or twice by his assistant. So the
other old man was sent to fatter for
oil. He did 1t all right. Then II came
the shiftless fellows turn, and he hus-
tied out with the can as II the mission
We're the simplest thing on earth. Don't
make any mistake" called the old man.
Remember, he looks like Daily. Au-
in
Entering the little grocery he fairly
threw the can at the beaming proprie-
tor and. plucklng up a handful of
sweet ralsns, blurted out between
chews: FIN it up. boys. You look like
Gus Tindaly, the club swinser"
Charles Sporleln is the chief property
man of the Grand Opera in Cincinnati
and has been there for years He was
never known to cnthuse over anybody
or anything. This artisan has sat in
Vulnerable times In the light Of the
genius of Booth and Barrett. McCu-
Tough. Davenport, the Russens. the
Goodwins, the Robsons ana Cranes the
Sotherns and Drews and the whole list
OF people who have come and departed
the boards of this house. Through all
this experience Sporlein has worked
and fused and nddled around and
watched his cues ana attended his bust
ness without uttering a word of praise
for any bit of acting. however fine. But
The Heart of Maryland caught him.
Mrs, Cirter's mobile features hypno-
tlzcd him. Her play OF the various
emotions as shown by her face and
form fairly charmed him one night.
sitting ON az old hair trunk back OF the
scenes, this man % vast experience was
profoundly moved by the pitiful tale
OF Maryland Calvert. At the close OF
the beifry act, as the almost exhausted
actress was carried from the curtain to
her dressing room, past the place where
Sporlein was seated, he arose, doffed
his hat the first time in his life TO any
body, and calculated in the presence of
the nst2nished actress, by -, Mrs
Carter, you're peach"
Many persons who have seen Miss
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

that the erstwhile apostle of nstheti.
cism had done forever with play and
novel writing received general Gre
dence. As an evidence of how much ac-
curacy there is In this. 1t may be said
that there are at the present moment
IN this city two manuscripts by Wilde.
one of them is of a play and the other
is novel. The latter Is said to have
been accepted for publication. while no
definite answer has yet been given with
regard to the former. The novel, as |
understand it, Is to be brought out 81
multaneously in this country and Eng
land, and the name of Wilde will be
given as the author. 1t Is whispered
that If arrangements can be made to
suppress the fact of Oscars connection
with the play 1t win be accepted at
once for prompt production in this
city.
The difficulty in the way of this ar
rangement is that Wilde sub 1itted his
play some time ago to the well KIN vn
English actor Charles Wyndham, who
was delighted with 1t and at once
agreed to use 1t, Secrecy was enjoined
on both sides, and no inlxling of the
matter leaked out until q short time
ago. when, through the medium OF one
tar letters. the whole story, or what
purports TO be the whole story, got
abroad, and there the thing rests
1t has been limited that Oscar Wilde.
who has ever been an admittedly good
press agent, may simply be doing
little free advertising with the idea
that It will ultimately benefit him. but
the suggestion involves such shame
lessness on the part OF the suppositi-
tious offender that it is impossible to
consider 1t for moment. and the story
as given is probably correct in the
main.
May Irwin Is drawing large crowds
to the Bijou theater. where she is play
ing her annual engagement, in THE
Swell Miss Ftzwell." a farce by Harry
a. du Souchet, the talented author OF
MY Friend From India" THE Man
From Mexico" My Wlfe's Step Hus-
band" etc, The piece was originally
chrlstened 1.-THE Countess de Caglac."
but the playwright very correctly
thought the present title n better one,
and 1t was adopted. 1t is probable that
THE Swell Miss Fitzwell" is the best
thing in which Miss Irwin has appear
ed since she ceased to be member OF
Charles Frohman's forces. When she
was later with Peter f. Daley as lead
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

| Bostonians-an assertion which Is so
| manifestly absurd as not to command
attention. 1t is now given out on the
| Rialto that If II had not been for Miss
TWINS stage manager "The Swell Miss
Fitzwelr' would have been the most
| pronounced sort of a frost" 1t is
doubtless true that no farce Is really at
Its best when first produced, but In the
case In question at least ! happen to
know that the success OF the piece is
| due to the complications in the story as
1t was told by Mr.. du Souchet, and that
while there have been many minor
changes, some of them doubtless for the
better. nearly all of them were made
necessary by the fact that the public is
willing to accept Miss Irwin only in
plays In which she has ample scope for
the exploitation OF her a. 'ty 10 sing
darby songs with gusto.
That Mr.. Du Souchets farce shNr De
funny despite the many CHANGE aich
were deemed necessary is n tripute to
his masterful ingenuity in the cpnstruc-
ton of light plots, ana 1t is so regarded
by those persons who look beyond their
noses. But Mr.. Du Souchet's case Is no
exception TO the general rule 1t Is the
same with all successful plays. Some
one is bound to crop up as a would be
sharer of the credit. When, however.
the piece is failure, these individuals
remain conservatively In the back
ground and either refuse to have any
thing to say or else magnanimously
and mysteriously admit that In spite OF
their marvellous ability and Efforts the
play was 80 hopelessly bad that IL was
impossible TO whip IL into shape"
This, too when sometimes these very
&c
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

I remember. was star for a brief pc
Rod. She gave no evidence Of the pos
session Of extraordinary ability aud
some time afterward went to England.
where she rapidly made her way. until
She was recognized as an excellent nc
tress. Last year, when Daniel I'roh.
man had an option on "a Lady OF
Quality" he would have produced II
but for Mrs. Burnett's insistence. in
accordance with promise made to
Mifa Calhoun. that that young lady
should have the principal character.
Mr. Fruhnon proving equally stubborn.
he did not get the play. I rather think
that he hes earnestly and frequently
regretted that he did not give Miss cal
hqun the part. now that the piece has
developed into q money maker with
her as well as with Miss Arthur.
ARTHUR CRISPIN.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
They Agreed TO Differ.

Ezra Kendall was starring through
Michigan during the Worlds fair, and
NIKE Lipman was running theater
in Ci'eago. II happened that Mike had
an open week, and he thought Ezra
just the thing, SO he telegraphed:
Can you play n week? Have a week
open through disappointment. Business
big"
Ezra replied:
Yes. Send terms"
Mike replied.
81 take first thousand, you take Sec
ond. and then We VIII divide. Bust
ness great
Kendall answered:
Il will take the first four hundred.
and you can have the rest"
Mike got another attraction.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

sion between Mr.. and Mrs de Wolf
Hopper. will have the leading role in
Sousa's new opera, THE Bride Elect"
a new American tenor has been added
TO the Damrosch company. His name Is
Ellison Won Hoosen. and he is little
known In this country never having
been heard in opera here.
Hugo Wolf. the Viennese composer.
has developed such eccentrlcities that
his friends have been obliged 10 nut
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

him In an asylum. y society formed In
Vienna to spread his works made II it's
FIRST rule that none of the members
should have anything to do with Wolf
personally.
The present cast OF 1.-THE SPORTING
Duchess" includes Rose Coghlan, Cora
Tanner. Ffolliott Paeet J. II Stod-
dart. Harry Lacy and Louis Massen.
In Berlin they have new farce In
which the animated picture scheme.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

lean and will open in New York In the
early opring.
Playwright Blaney had considerable
trouble IN selecting his chorus for his
latest production. IA Hired Girl
which. by the way, is a musical ex-
.ravaganza, departure from anything
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

tried in this country by John ]. McNai-
ly In THE Good Mr.. Best" is employed
with what appears to be high degree
OF success.
Henry e, Dlxey is using his memora-
bic Adonis costume in his new de-
parture In the field OF magic.
Lew Dockstader. the minstrel, has as.
signed for the benefit of his creditors.
Nine Tavary is singing grand opera
numbers on the vaudeville stage.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

that has yet come from the pen OF this
gifted young playwright. One of the
features is burlesque football game,
and 1t was deemed necessary to select
ladies of imposing physique to fill the
important positions.
Joseph Haworth played Macbeth so
good and hard" the other night in
Chicago that, as James O,Donnei Ben
nett expresses II in The Journal, "the
nub few off the royal soepter. sailed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

over the heads OF an astonished orches-
ira and hit the plush curtains of stage
box with resounding whack."
on the order card of n New York res
taurant much patronized by the pro-
fession is to be found Dove a la Jar
beau" Doves and Jarbeaul What's
the matter with Lamb la CDella)
Fox9'
Nella Bergen, the handsome woman
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
DEsERET EVENING NEWS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER u, lsy7

ing woman and since she became fun
fledsed star, she has used conslomera-
lions which were merely vehicles for
the exploitation OF her peculiar though
,indoubted abilities as female farceur,
but in the piece which she is now us
Ing she has play with real and n
very funny story which would go"
without May Irwin or any other star.
1t is a strange thing that there is so
frequently a disposition TO detract from
the credit due 20 the a-thor of a sue
cess. How often has It been stated
that "Robin Hood" was made by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24
THEATRICAL NOTES AND NEWS.

c,' 'SN'd siers, manager of 1.-THE Isle of
lEne company. has closed a
ue''-cs To produce IN this country the
20 MIR, Tlof;inaa's Story This
t,e's Is nsv running In Vienna, hnv-
teen en- tho boards there for the
i~S' i n.onths -'hc cast will be Amer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

Sousa's new opera. "The Bride Elect q"
win be given by company including
Nella Bergen, Albert Hart. Christie
Macdonald and Melville Stewart.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-24

has at least desired TO appear In classic
drama. William IL. Crane. too, has con-
fided to his intimate friends that he
thinks he can make people cry quite as
well as he can make them laugh.
There is one ostentatious comic man
on the stage however. who is perfectly
content to continue in his present line
OF work. He is Harry Conor.
About 10 years ago-before / had
heard of MIR. Hoyt." says Conor. II was
quite little tin god in the church in
Boston of which l was member.
used to recite The Charge of the Light
Brigade and The Burial of Sir John
Moore and several of the deacons told
me that tears chung to my elooution.
When the next theatrical entertainment
was arranged In the chapel for charity.
IT was decided that ! should appear as
Richard III in a slice of that play. l
was afterward told that no performance
of the part ever given in Boston was so
full OF hidden meaning as was mine.
That cured me, and have ever since
been perfectly happy to merely en-,
deavor TO cause little laughter now
and them
During the visit of the christopher.
Backus was taken In to the extent Of So
in rather unique way by colored en-
ployee of the theater at which the COM
pany was playing. MIR. Backus was
making up for matinee when the coll
ored individual put in an appearance
at his dressing room and proceeded to
unfold a long tale OF dream he had
been favored wiki the previous night.
In which he saw a certain horse win Il
race easily.
He wound up by asking for loan OF
SO that he might go straight to the pool
room and play the tip. Mr.. Backus gave
him the money, and he left, but return.
ing moment later said:
Say boss, dat horse was comm In
easy--jes' walkin in way head oh de
rest-an II you'll glib me two dollahs
noah III play him for de whole Eve"
Mr.. Bacius sporting blood was up.
and he iished out two more. The de-
lighted dreamer hurried away. invest
ed the Ave and won ss5 The actor
learned with interest Of the veriHca-
ton Of the dream and waited patient
~ for the dreamer. Two days elapsed
and no signs OF him, but on the third |
day he appeared pretty well battered
from the effects Of $S5 spree
Thinking the original loan about all !
he would stand show nj collecting, |
Judging from the mans appearance Mr. /
Backus mildly requested the return OF /
the five.
why, paid YOU responded the sue.
cessiul Interpreter OF visions.
"Oh. no." demonstrated the actor.
Yes, did" insisted the man. II |
come right back heah after | done won |
de money an paid you dat Eve dollahs"
mo. you didn't do anything OF the
sort said air, Baclus very firmly. sec |,
ing the 1--WE grow fainter and fainter in
the distance,
Well" responded the man after a
pu2zling interval Of reflection. den ]
mus have dreamed It. dat's all"
And that was all the actor ever re-
ceived from the prolific dreamer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
NORDICA'S FUTURE PLANS.
She Signs a Contract to Sing With
Damrosch.

New York, March 4.-Mme. Lillian Nor
dica, prima donna, decided several mat
ters of great personal Importance today.
She determined not to sail for England
on the New York next Wednesday, but to
accept the terms of Walter Damrosch and
remain in New York until April. At the
end of her engagement with Danrosch
she will go to London and report at Co
vent Garden to fulfill the contract which
she claims to hold with Manager Grau-
If Mr.. Grau does not accept her ser
tract.
''She was never in better health or
voice. said her agent, Mr.. Sanford, with
touch of enthusiasm, land she IS sure
of being accorded a great reception when
She appears at the Metropolitan to sing
with Damrosch's organization. Yes, the
negotiations are about closed. The en-
gagement will begin March and will
keep Nine. Nordica in New York until
week for four weeks, and viii sing Elsa
in Lohengrin' twice, Isolde once, and
Brunhilde in tSiegfried once. She will
probably appear a fifth time at a farewell
matinee with Lili Lehman, singing in
'Lohengrin.' Wait and see the friends
she has
''What of her contract with Mr.. Grau?''
'.Why, nothing, except that she will
hold Mr.. Grau to it. She Will sail for
Damrosch is at an end, and will insist
that she has had a contract with Mr.
Grau. She signed that contract herself
in the presence of friends whom she has
as witnesses and will insist upon its be-
ing recognized binding"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
THE DYNAMOS BLEW OUT
Causing the Destruction of the Union
Traction Co. Power House,
Philadelphia

Philadelphia, March 4-The power
house of the Union Traction company
at Thirteenth and Mount Vernon streets
and Ridge avenue was destroyed by
fire last night. Two men lost their
lives and several others were slightly
injured.
The damage from the fire will amount
to about $3.50, 900, fully covered by insur-
ance.
All the principal lines in the city are
tied up.
The fire broke out shortly after 6
O'Clock. Thousands of persons had to
walk home. The fire was the direct re-
suit of the blowing out of the eight
dynamos in the power house. Sparks
flew in every direction and in an in
slant the place was in flames. The
house was a three and one-half story
brick structure.
The steam pipes extending from over
q dozen big boilers in other parts of the
building. but separate from the dyna-
mos, broke with a volley that sounded
like an explosion. This frightened the
horses attached to a chemical engine
and caused them to run away, resulting
in the death of one man and the injury
of several others. The building was
valued at about 100000 and the cleo
trical machinery consisted principally
of four big dynamOS, valued at about
$50, 600 each; four smaller ones, $4,000
each; switchboards, $4,000; testing ma
chimes, 10000; 80 ton and 15 ton electric
cranes, $12, 900 and S. 900.