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that marred the career Of his father. On
one Of these nights the American tragedian.
Edwin Forrest, was sitting far back IN 2
James Oakes. the acorn Of the New
York Spirit Of the Times. Oakes told me
afterward that the only comment Forrest
made on his prospective rival was. ny
don't the young man learn his linesT AZ
Edwin had imbibed most Of his fathers
great characters by ear in the theater. he
did not trouble himself with the midnight
oil. But now, as recognition OF his nne
powers came to him, he felt forced to con
tend for mastery with the holder OF the
dramatic crown. The fault that was toier-
ated and condoned in his father couldn't %
overlooked In this promising son. Edwin
himself began to perceive that the time nao
ccme to chasten and curtail the Bacch1o
ebullitions that destroyed his great fatner.
If he expected to reach the height on Wnlcn
the master sat supreme. Edwin Forrest
still held the scepter and was In the very
zenith of his great powers when the daring
young actor made his gallant attack on the
intellectual world by his ideal presentation
York. 1 saw him quite often during the
hCndred-night run Of this play. Chatting
cne day he said: II understand you acteo
Charles de Moor in German in San Fran
CISCO 1 intend to visit Germany some day
and should like to play Hamlet in that
language"
He Acted In Germany.
He acquired this notion from the fact
| that he had acted Iago to the Othello Of
the distinguished German actor. Bogomll
Dane son, who spoke the part of the Moor
| in German. Nine. Scheler spoke the part
| of Desdemona in both languages. AS
| was then to appear in German as Othello
| with her at the Stadt Theater, our CONVEX
| sation naturally flowed in that direction.
| He did go to Germany, although he stuck
| to his own vernacular. surrounded by Ger
| man players, who were his greatest ad-
| mirers. Ovatons greeted him everywhere.
| the actors crowning him with laurel. His
| triumphs there and his brilliant associa-
| tion with Irving at the Lyceum Theater.
| London. are matters of record. His splen-
| did career in this country has furnished
| themes for many loving poetic pens.
| In the winter of 1859 l was in Ealti-
more acting with Avonia Jones. who later
| married the tragedian, Gustavus V Brooks.
| In Australia. Avonia and Mary Devlin
| were very intimate. Edwin was then at
| home laying desperate siege to the sus-
| ceptible Mary, who was a CHEEKY. bright
| and pretty girl. We were all young then.
| and exchanged the secrets of lovers.
| met his stately mother and accomplished
| sisters, Asia and Rosalie. Asia afterward
| married John Sleeper Clarke. the comedian.
| and settled In London. Edwin took me
| out to Greenmount cemetery, where he
| had placed a noble granite shaft over the
| grave of his father, with the simple in
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NE OF THE MOST
important members
Of President McKin-
ley's cabinet Is the
Secretary Of Agricul-
ture. He has to do
with the bettering Of
the farming inter-
ests of the United
States, which are
said to be in a worse
,ondition today than
hey have been at
any time since Cap
49, SNNAsa
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Result of Environ ment. !.

From the Detroit Free Press.
why that man was always Grabbed
woman hater." sneered the young lady
from Chicago.
That was before he had met our De-
troit girls" smiled Miss Cadillac. HE ad-
mits his misfortune in having been brough ut
up in Chicago"
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THE BOOTH DYNASTY
Some of the Peculiarities of a Distin-
guished Family.
DESCRIBED BY ONE WHO KNEW THEM
Genius Maned at Times by Mental
Perverslty
AN OLD ACTORS MEMORIES
DESCRIBED BY ONE Who KNEW THEM
AN OLD ACTORS MEMORIES
Written for The Evening Star.

lire of sanity was
touched by several
members of the ex-
traordinary B o o t h
family | think will
be conceded by all
who were acquainted
with their history,
and certainly by all
who came in contact
with them.
1t has been my hap
piness to know them
all personally, from
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MR.. RAT OF RENO COUNTY.
POpulist Statesmen Nuke Merry Ovcl
His Request for a New Name.

PopuIist Statesmen Nuke Merry Over
His Request for a New Name.
From the Topeka State Journal.
A to-be-pitied individual. residing some
where in Reno county. whose ancestors by
some malicious streak Of fortune became
possessed Of the surname Rat and care
fully handed it down unchanged from gen
Grafton to generation, succeeded In having
a bill introduced in the present house OF
representatives asking that he be allowed
by law to establish new family name. Inc
n nembers Of the house. realizing the man
unfortunate plight, cheerfully acceded 10
the request and passed the bill, but when 1t
reached the senate Saturday afternoon II
net an entirely different fate Not only dlo
the members of that body ruthlessly
slaughter the bill. leaving Mr.. Rat TO con-
tirue living with a name which is undoubt-
edly the bane Of his life, but they also took
the opportunity Of having fun at MT. rat
expense.
The bill came up under the consideration
of local mea sures. and was at once opposed
by Senator Farrelly, who stated that the
Names and had turned down bills OF a sim
| liar nature, and that no exceptions to the
| rule should be made. He was followed by
Senator Hessin. who said:
II know the rule of this body has been
not to act favorably on measures of this
Kind, but If there was ever an exception
| think we have reached 1t in this case. l
| think that we should not only grant this
mans request. but should also give him a
nane and therefore offer as an amend
| ment that the word hole be attached to
| the name Rat.
| Senator Farrelly-"As an amendment to
| the amendment, 1 ask that the amendment
be laid under the table,
| Senator Hessin-"As amendment to the
amendment to the amendment. l want the
man who proposed it to be laid under the
"a w
| Senator Jumper-'I move that the amend
| nent to the amendment to the amendment.
| and the men who propo sed the amen linen; 8,
| be all stuffed in the hole together.
| With all the fun, nobody said anything
| that even approached second-class wit
| Some member finally moved that the bill
| be recommended not to be passed This
| motion carried. and Mr.. Rat will be COM
| PEELED to either bear up under his load for
| at least two Years longer. or apply to the
| district court in his county to give him the
| relief he wants. The latter Is the shortest
| and most satisfactory way to manage such
| matters, and the legislature is justified in
| not paying attention to bills to change
| names.
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left the field TO his rival and eloDed with
the sweet and beautiful woman who be-
came the mother of family distinguished
for great talent and beauty. He went to
Amsterdam. where II is said he acted III the
Dutch language He was an accomplished
iinguIst for ii Is of record that he appeared
as Orestes In Racines tragedy al the
French theater in New Orleans, where he
received the highest acclaim. Theatrical
tradition abounds with stories and anec-
Gotes of the vagarieS and eccentricitils of
this singular genius
Elder Booths Facetiousness.
George Jameson. an excellent actor once
told me that he was strolling with Booth
alorg ST. Charles street, New Orleans, when
he tJamieson) made some remark ABOUT
the weather. Booth fell upon his knees
there and then, exclaiming: 20 wise young
man. how much more art thou than tiny
locks" l told this TO Edwin one day. and
he said. The old man was guying him"
One night he gave us his idea of Othello
nom ne made as black a negro What
with his wretched dressing and handy legs
he was sorry sight. Not even his fine
reading could save it from occasional rip
pies OF laughter But despite his eccentrici.
ties, he gave US some great acting during
that - me. memorable week. His Ricn.
arj and Shyiock were intense and thrilling
in tE=ic whiriwind of passion.
The great scene in the Iron Chest will
W:lford is still vivid in my memory Hi
secret. was appalling in demoniac fury
The flesh still creeps at the mere recol
lection.
Yet when the wonderful actor came from
the scene he was as playful as a kitten
i had the part of Fitzhardinge, an oil
man When he first saw early in tn
evening - scrutinized me most mysteri
ously. What do you play?' he asked
'Fitzhardnge," said !. My boy. my dea
boy. this won't do at all. You are no
made up properly. Come with me an,
III fix YOU. and he did. i found out wha
amused the actors when / glanced into
mirror | was made up like Scaramouch
The great man was having fun with me.
Kindly FoOtIight King.
Yet he was kindness itself. I was yer.
young and very nervous and had mislai
my cane. No young actor can play a.
old man without a cane! The great ma
hunted every corner until he found 1t
When in Washington Booth and Genera
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Hopeful Views Of the New Secretary
Of Agriculture.
HIS own EXPERIENCE IN IOWA
Our Big Corn Crop and How tc
Make 1t Pay.
EXPERIMENT STATIONS
We OF THE MOST

copyrighted 1897. by Frank g. Carrenter.)
Written for The Evening Star.
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An Opal.
A rose of fire shut in a veil of snow,
An April gleartI athwart misted sky:
tewel-a soul! gaze deep II thou woulds: know
The fame wrought spell of its pale witchery
And now each tremuloas beauty lies revealed
And now the drifted snow doth beauty shield.
So my shy love, anesth her kerchief white,
Holdeth the glamour Of the East in fee;
Warm Puritan-who fears her delight,
Who trembleth that she yieldeth me-
And now her lips her hearts rich flame have
told;
And now they pale that they have been SO bold.
-EDNAH PROCTOR CLARKE,
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1t matters little. what it is that you want
whether a situation a servant-a
want ad. in The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
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Edwin Booth had been In California fol
some years acting a wide range Of charac.
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Paris, May 19.-The United States BIZ
metallic commission, consisting of Sen
ator Edward Wolcott of Colorado. ex-
Vice President Stevenson of Illinois
and General Charles ]. Pavne of Mas
sachusetts, has arrived here.
The commission Will not take any
steps officially until General Horace
Porter. the new United States ambas-
sador TO France, has presented his ere
dentials. Then. through General Por-
ter. the commission will ask President
Faure for an audience Upon that oc-
casion the commissioners will present
their credentials to the president and
will await the appointment by the
French government of delegates with
similar power as their own. with whom
they Will confer
The commissioners are staying at the
Hotel Vendome. They will remain here
for about a month. and will then pro-
coed 10 London. where they wiz de-
termine upon their future plans. Ac-
cording to the French premier. NJ. Me-
line. there is not the remotest hkeli-
hood of France taking the initiative in
calling a monetary conference until
Great Britain agrees to take part in
such a conference if it is called.
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MILITARY MATTERS.
Changes That Will Cause a General
Shaking Up.

Washington, May LIT rs expected
that General Bliss. who has been an
pointed a or-general. will be re-
tired from active service at his own re-
quest some dav this week, under the
10 wears service law
General ]. R. Brooke, the command
ing officer of the department of Mis-
souri, at Chicago VIII then, it is ex-
Dected. be promoted TO the major-gen-
eralship, to retain that rank until ne
retires for age in 1902. The president
is expected TO raise the colonel this
week 10 the rank of major general. to
succeed Generals Forsyth. Bliss and
Brooke 1t is believed that Colonel H.
c. Merriam. Seventh infantry, the COM
manding officer at Fort Logan. Colo
RADIO, Colonel ]. F. Wade. Fifth cav
airy, the commanding officer at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. and Colonel T. NJ.
Anderson, Fourteenth infantry, ccm-
handing his regiment at Vancouver
Barracks, Washington. will be the Of
ficers promoted, though other influen-
tial officers are making a vigorous
cam align for the promotions.
Colonel r. T. Frank, First artillery,
commanding officer al Fort Monroe,
Va, is the leading candidate in the ar
tillerv.
shaking up in the army. The DEPART
ments of California, Dakota, Colorado
and Texas will all have new command
ers. General Brooke will remain in
charge of the DEPARTMENT of Missouri
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authoritative facts set forth like ju-
dicial finding of a court in an official
report He complained that Mr.. Fora
ker wanted the senate to act on infor-
nation which he was not at liberty
to disclose. The practical thing was
TO propose mediation, and If that was
rejected, to have the facts presented
10 the senate and take the action the
facts warranted. What Spain had de-
clined was what any Self-respecting
natio1 would deciine-that while she
retained Cuba she should make laws
for that part of her kingdom without
the dictation of the United States.
That was not declination of media
ton.
Twenty years ago Spain had said
there might be circumstances under
which she would accept mediation, and
if the facts claimed by the senator
from Ohio were true it must seem to
him that the golden hour had arrived.
Mr.. Hoar called attention to state
ment in Secretary Olney's letter, which
Foraker had not read, that the war
by pitched battles. but by applying the
torch TO plantations and striving TO
starve out the Spanish soldiers by de-
Stroying the plantations and business.
IF 1t was true that the insurgents
were this destroying the property OF
American citizens, was it a violation
of the rules of war that they were
banished or punished by death? !
would like a report from the commit
tee OIL foreign relations on that point.
He did not know whether if Cuban
or an American citizen were caught
red handed in such business he should
net be put to death. Federal soldiers
had been executed in the American re-
'bellion after a trial by a drumhead
I court-martial for burning a military
bridge. Even though Spain had re-
fused to pay American claims. Mr..
Eoar argued, it did not follow that she
;'ould not be compelled to pay them.
England had once refused point blank
70 pay the Alabama claims. and the
same power which had forced England
to pay these claims would force Spain
to pay.
Mr.. Thurston CRep.. Neb.) took the
1oor. intending 10 address the senate
vilen the Cuban debate is resumed.
During the morning the senate
passed bills as follows:
Authorizing payment by the United
States of state and county taxes on
and held in severalty by Indians;
ytanting medals to the survivors and
heirs of the volunteers of the Port
Hudson Forlorn Hope storming party;
regulating the pay of non-commis-
slcnSu Oihcens VI TIC a my
l, 1898. as follows:
Sergeant major, quartermaster-ser
-eant and first sergeant, $50 each per
month: sergeant. $25; corporal. $l9;
lppropriating s125.00O for public
building at Altoona. Pa; $4,000 for a
puilding at Mammoth Hot Springs,
Yellowstone park; 100000 for Evan
'ton, Wyo.; $3.50, 900 for Oakland, CAL;
authorizing two bridges across the
Mississippi river at or near St Paul,
,tinn.: making Great Falls, Mont, a
port of entry.
AT o'clock the senate adjourned.
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WILDE IS FREE.
Liberated from Holloway Prison,
London. at 9 a. n. Yesterday.

London, at 9 a. n. Yesterday.
London, May 19-To avoid probable
ielnonstra ton. Oscar Wilde. who. on
Msy 25 1885. was sentenced to two years
II Drisonment ct hard labor for immoral
practices. was not released from Read
.E iail, where he has served out his
sFs3ence. but was transferred last night
ial ARRANGEMENT made by the home sec
retary.
He was liberated at 2 o'clock this morn
ing Contrary to expectations. there were
10 friends to meet him. either, at Read
ng or at Holloway. The prison fare
seems to have suited him. as he weighs
quite Il pounds more than when he en-
Tered the Jail. For several months the
prison AUTHORITIES have omitted the nsual
nair and beard-clipDing operation in his
ease. and during the whole term he has
had less than the usual quantity of tread
mill discipline. His prison duties have
been to bind books and mark coal racks.
His conduct has been most exemplary,
md his health uniformly good. Not once
was he compelled 10 enter the inf1rmary.
bout five months ago he became rather
restless in the expectation that his good
conduct would obtain some remission OF
his sentence. He twice appealed to the
visiting justices. only to learn that re-
mission was never granted in the case of
the offense for which he had been SEN
fenced.
London for few weeks rest. after which
ne viii resume his literary work. He
may 90 to France or Italy for few
months. but he says his present exDecta-
He has not decided whether he will write
under = DSeudononym or over his own
signature He admits that he has sew
eral offers under consideration and says
that so Tar as his movements are con-
cerned he will covet neither notoriety nor
oblivion
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD:
Note Written by the Captain of the
Manistee Fourteen Years Ago.

Bayfield,, Wis, May 19.-Five miles
south of this harbor. half imbedded in
the sand on the beach, James Taggart,
a lumberman. discovered the first mes
sage from the 40 persons who persisted
in the wreck of the steamer Manistee
nearly II years ago. 1t was a note
carefully inclosed in a heavy glass boz :
tie. The writing had faded with the
lapse of years and the glass of the
bottle was worn thin with its con-
slant beating against the sandy shores
of ChequamagOn bay. The message on
the note was as follows:
November, 1888. Left Bayfield, at
1:10 p. m. Just in sight of Michigan
light house. We may not survive the
storm. Heavily laden and hard to turn
in the storm. Captain Mckay, steamer
Manistee."
The writing had faded so as to be
almost ineligible. There is a general
impression here that the message is
genuine The action of the sand and
waves on the bottle shows that it had
keen tossed around the beach for a
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THE HERALD BULLETIN

PAGE ONE
Consular Reports of Cuban War.
Senator Cannon on Cuba
Bimetallic Commissioners in Paris
Dynamite Outrages at Butte.
PAGE TWO.
Greco-Turkish Situation.
PAGE THREE.
Bullion-Beck Slump.
In the Blue Mountains.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial
PAGE FIVE.
Sylvester Hicks Pleads Guilty.
News Notes From Nearby.
More Jubilee Donations.
Mr.. Bunting's Death.
PAGE SIX.
ogden's Great Power Plant
Cedar Gets the Normal School.
Mrs. Hamilton's Case.
PAGE SEVEN.
The Markets of the World.
PAGE EIGHT.
The Act of Dare Devil.
ARROW" Eddy Fined.
In Railway Circles.
Some Living Pioneers.
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long time. The faded writing also
proves eonclusively that the note was
not written a few weeks or months
ago for the purpose OF hoax.
The Manistee was q wooden steamer
and was owned by the Lake Michigan
and Lake Superior line and traded be-
tween Chicago and Duluth. On the
night she went down she was on the
way from Bayfield, TO OntagnOn on her
trip to Chicago.
With the exception of the floating
wreckage nothing was ever found
from the steamer until the bottle was
picked up. A belief was general that
the machinery gave out that night in
the gale and the spray had frozen over
the falls to the life boats so that it
was impossible TO lower them TO save
the crew. This is further strength
ened by the fact that the City ofDuluth
went through the gale all right.
The cargo of the Manistee was
largely mill stuffs. and therefore she
could not have been Overdeep in the
water.
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Luettgert's Wife Said to be Alive.

Chicago, May 19.-Ex-Judge w. o.
Vincent. attorney for Adolph Luettgert,
the sausage manufacturer, accused of
numbering his wife, has issued a state
ment to the public in which he asserts
that Mrs. Luettgert is alive, or was
four days subsequent to the date upon
which the police claim the murder
was committed. She was last seen,
it is claimed, at Kenosha, Wis. The
attorneys confess they have not the
most remote idea of the woman's
whereabo if she is still alive.
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PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.
It Has Caused Split in the Popu
list Ranks.

ilSL hd1hS.
topeka. May 19.lThe agitation for
the enforcement of the prohibitory law
in Kansas, renewed recently by the
state temperance union as a result of
open violation of the law in Topeka,
has developed a split in Populist ranks.
Governor Leedy appeared last night at
Hamilton hall, where the temperance
people held a second big mass meeting
At the first meeting the governor and
police commissioners were-e roun6iiy
denounced for failure TO enforce the
prOhibitory law.
Governor Leedy startled the audi
ence by a little denunciatiOn on his
own account. He declared that the
state temperance association had fallen
into the hands of agents of the rail-
roads and corporations and that they
were making of it political weapon
instead of an instrumentality for
good. He asserted, further. that the
city government of Topeka did not
assist the police in their efforts TO
enforce the law, and he declared that
if the temperance people were honest
in their. agitation the liquor traffic
would very quickly be abolished.
The governors remarks caused a
retort from ex-United States Senator
PETER.
Il am ashamed of him." the ex-sen-
ator shouted. Mr.. PETER deplored the
governors attack upon the temperance
people. and intimated that the state
administration was not sincere in its
attitude toward the liquor traffic.
Annie L. Digs, another Populist
leader, spoke in the same strain,
though she declared that Governor
Leedy was doing as well as any other
governor since John A. Martin, a
pronounced temperance man.
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international Postal Union.

Washington, May 19.-The delegates
10 the international postal union were
given a reception al the White House
tonight by President and Mrs. McKin-
ley. Between 400 and 500 guests in all
were present. During the reception a
luncheon was spread in the dining
room. AS the reception was about to
close Major Frank =. Hastings. secre-
tary of the Hawaiian legation, who was
in the green room, was taken suddenly
i'll and fell unconscious. The illness
proved to be an acute attack of indi-
gestion. Restoratives were applied and
later he was sent to his house in a car
riage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-20

st. Louis. May 19.-The Republic
this morning says: A tremendous
sensation has been produced ii the
ranks of the american Protective as
sociation in every section Of Missoslrt
by the suspension of Is councils Of
the order in St Louis and Kansas City
for participation in the recent runap
convention held IN this city under the
Misrepresentation that it was a
regularly called state couneif OF the
organize ton. In addition TO this, half
& doZer-sf tkss issz.s e.et'.ei.,--' & ~ -
bers of several of the SUSPENDED coun-
ellis have been Individually suspended
and win have to answer 70 charges be-
fore the regularly constituted duthof-
tiles
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HANDSOME. Pious. BIT \. G.

Fhcenix. Ariz.. May 1s.-Fred Lucas.
a handsome young mar. arrived here
last February. He sought the hesl So
ciety and was very active in caurch
work; took EXPENSIVE CHARTERS AT the
Ford and invested money in iocat
telephone enterprise On Monday might
he left IN custody of an officer rom
Indianapolis. representfng an eastern
savings Institution, which yong Lucas
is accused Of having defrauded out Of
a large sum. Lucas and his father,
Thomas L.. were in the abstract busi-
ness at Huntington. Ind They are ac--
cused of having raised loans OF 900
upon abstracts of property wherein the
name Of Fred Lucas was substituted
for that Of the real owners.