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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Sequachee Valley News.
PubIisheI evrry T0ursdal.
A Former Sequachian.

We publish in another column a
notice of a former Sequa5hian, John
NJ. Blackburn, and we are glad to
know that he is moving up III the
world. The people Of Tarrant Go.
are perfectly safe in Johns hands,
who is a good and careful engineer
Tue portrait accompanying the no.
tice we do not reproduce as it does
not demonstrate IN his case the filing
qualities of Texas beef, but there IS
time enough yet. Good luck to you,
John.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Ice.

Theice on the lagoon has been
some four or five inches thick for
the last week aud has afforded
much amusement to the boys.
Sunday there was regular mob on
its shining surface 1t was inten-
ded to cut and harvest this ice this
week but the rain probably put a
sop to such enterprise.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Four TURKEYS.

Dallas Dixoa brought down four
wild turkeys at at a single shot
while hunting in Sequachee Cove
one day lost week.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Bought a Farm.

Rev. Jacob Houts has bought the
Lasater farm on the New England
Investment Co.'s property one mile
sputh Of town. The price paid was
$500.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Patents Applied For.

Mr.. c. J. GustafSon has sent an
application for additional patents
covering his valves and the process
of making them, which we hope he
will succeed in obtaining.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-02-04
Amendment.

Hereafter Rev. Jacob Houts will
preach at Owen Church on the 1st
Sunday in each month at IL a. IN.
and at Mt Olive near WnItwell on
the 3rd Sunday at the same time.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Columbia Theater.

For the fifth week of their engagement
the Frawley Company will, tomorrow
evening, present "a Sec.al Highway
man" made famous by E. NJ. aud Joseph
Holland. The play was dramatized by
Mary T. Stone from Elizabeth P. Train s
story. The central figure in the play is
Courtice Jaffrey, a thief. moving in
society, admired, popular. good-iooking,
and, by all but one strange woman, be-
lieved honest. Jaffrey has in reality be-
come "sociaI hignwAyman, and is the
author of series of bold crimes. He has
stolen diamonds from a duchess whom
his handsome face has captured, and from
a wicked Spanish lady, known as Sonora
Leila CaDrices.
His pure love for a pretty, upright girl,
Elinor Burnham, first awakens his re-
morse and then his penitence. Some uf
the incidents in the story border on the
melodramatic, but the play was highly
SPOKEN of by the critics when it was first
produced in New York.
Fourth of July week at the Columbia
wilt be given up TO comedy by the Fraw-
ley Company. A revival of 'The Great
Unknown and The Two Escutcheons"
will be made in Difference 10 many re-
quests.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

character of the contract entered into be-
tween the parties, and Justice Garoutte,
who gave the decision, said:
AS we view this whole question the good or
bad words of this undertaking is immateria|,
Tor the reason tnat the venture was in no sense
executed and until executed both parties
given an opportunity for repentance and
rescission. Putting this case against
the plaintiff as bad as it may be imagined he
transferred his stock to defendant to be used
IN corrUpting servants OF the respective Gov
ernments. The transaction progressed no
further The stock was not used.
No one was corrupted and the stock rot
stained. The parties intentions to the use
to which this stock WAS to be put is not the
controlling factor. Ie is not what was in
tended TO ue done with the stock that chTiStens
the trans action, but rather what actually
done. II defendant had disposed of the stock
remedy, ior the evil would have been accom-
plished = and his plea for relief would
not have been heard.
Our investigation has led US to the examina-
case opposed TO the doctrine Ola right OF re-
eovery upon the part of plaintiff where sim
liar facts are preseu ted. his stock
Was still the property OF the plaintiff. The
title was stiIl i'll him. SioSS. as long as he re-
tanned possession OF it, as long as he did not
apply it according 10 instructions, held it
purely as The agent OF plaintiff. If he con-
verteu il 10 his own use it would be criminal
embeZzlement. To support his present posi-
uon certainly would not Se in the interest of
sound public policy, but, on the Ontrary, 1t
would be offering premium uDOn-the dfshon-
esty of agents, servants and baillffS.
After reviewing briefly several other
points in the peculiar transaction the
to have standing hearing of his case IN
court, where Sloss' position, that he owns
the stock IN question by right Of purchase,
NAV be heard
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
SOME NEW THINGS.

In newly patented bale tie one end OF
the wire is formed into a metallic button,
over which the loop in the opposite end of
the wire is slipped by the binder.
A newly patented cotton or freight
handling hook has a coiled spring in the
handle surrounding the shank of the hook
to relieve the sudden pull and jar OF
handling heavy packages.
Rug clamps are now made to be at
tached to the under side of carpet or ru z,
with teeth to drive into the floor and pre-
vent 1t from turning up or snpping.
Anewly patented paper clip, which can
be easily attached to a file of papers, is
formed OF piece of spring wire bent into a
spring, with the ends at right angles with
the main portion of the clip, so they can
be sprung apart and pressed Into holes cut
in the back of the paper.
In a newly patented pair of scissors
there is an auxiliary cloth-cutter attached
to the Iower side of one blade, consisting
of a knie blade lying parallel with a
smooth surface in the handle, to slit the
cloth as il is pushed along.
To assist in spiking rails fast to the
ties where they are not firmly Dedded a
recently patented bar has two prJngs,
which slip oyer the rail on either side and
under the lower edge OF the tie, to press
il against the rail.
L
metal lamp is nearly empty, a new device
is formed of bali float inside the lamp
with pin running out through the top,
to which a smaller ball is attached, which
drops as the ball lowers.
A new comb has metal teeth mounted
on a flexible band lying inside a curved
back, with a screw at one end 10 sire tch
the fabric or push the teeth close to-
gether, thus making a coarse or fine comb,
as desired.
A new device to hold bandages on
horses legs to prevent interference is
composed of a leather cover, inside which
is a rubber reservoir to surround the AMI
mails leg over the bandage, the leather
cover being strapped tight, after which
the reservoir is inflated by means of q
valve.
A newly patented dinner-pail has, be-
side the usual compartme ents for food and
drink, a lantern III com Dartment in one
end with a reflector al the back ami glass
in front, the flame being used TO heat the
drink also.
A hitching- post which can be lowered
out OF sight when not in use has a hollow
metal tube which sets in the ground Level
with the curb, inside of which Is a sliding
post which can be raised up and locked
fast for use.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Chutes Free Theater.

To-day the Chutes will inaugurate a
grand summer season. The casino will
be turned into a free theater, the tables
Will be taken out and series of perform
ances, to begin every afternoon and even
ing, will be commenced. The opening at
traction will be Adgie, the dancing girl,
and her troupe of trained lions, which
aroused so much interest at the Orpheum.
Twice uaily she will give her dangerous
dances in the den with the lions, Prince
and vicious Victoria and Trilby. The ami
J mails will be fed in full view of the audi
ence. The Royal Minstrel Marionettes
have also been engaged and Zera Lemon,
female prestidigitateur. Master Law
renee Lemon, boy singing comedian,
and John Spickett, desert ptive vocalist,
will conclude the programme. Admission
remains the same.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
WASSERMANN'S VICTORY
The Supreme Court Gives Him
a Chance to Recover
His Stock.
How the Alaska Commercial Company
Tried to Get Government Seal
ing Leases.

The Supreme Court has reversed the
action of the Superior Court OF this City
in the case OF Max Wassermann against
Louis Sloss, the president OF the Alaska
Commercial Company, and ordered the
canse re emanded for new trial.
The action was 20 recover 400 shares of
stock of the company that Wassermann
claimed Sloss held in trust, and to which
Sloss set up title as his own. The
case was nonsuited, Ihereupon Was
sermann appealed. The motion for a non
suit was based on several distinct points,
but principally upon the fourth, upon
which ;he nonsuit was granted.
According to the facts presented the
Alaska Commercial Company was en-
gagged in the sealing industry and held
certain leases from the United States and
Russia which were about to expire, and
which the company desired should be re-
newed
SlOss was engaged in efforts for their re-
newal. Sloss presented to Wassermann.
who held 400 shares of stock, ''that in
order TO obtain such new leases, or any or
either or them, 1t would be necessary for
him, the defendant TO be in such a posi-
tion as to enable him to interest certain
persons his h in authority and influence
In the respective und ertakings and with
the respective governments aforesaid; that
all OF he mem bers of said company should
be willing to make some sacrifices to that
end; that in order TO place the defendant
in position in high authority and inf1u.
ence, ETC., it would be necessary for him
(Sioss) to have certain amount OF the
stock OF the old company at his disposal.
Wassermann believed these statements
and transferred to Sloss the 400 shares of
stock TO be used for the purposes stated.
The case was thoroughly argued as 10 the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Der of distinguished visitors went
down from London and as many
church dignitaries as could be
accommodated thronged into the chapter
house, which is part of the cathedral
itself. A couple of days before the read
ing the Prince of Wales had visited Can
terbCry, and to show appreciation for the
prince Of English actors the decorations
were left intact to welcome Sir Henry
Toward the end of the reading, whether
acciden tally or not, the strains of the
great cathedral organ were heard Dealing
softly in the distance, as if, in the words
OF FItzurse which Sir Henry had just
quoted, there were "thronging in to ves-
pers half the town." So profound was
the reality of the impression that for a
moment time seemed annihilated and
many of those present, in Imagination
leaped the chasm of 800 years and pic.
tured to themselves the tragedy so vIvdly
told by the actor which had occurred
within fifty yards of where they sat.
The following description OF Sir Henry's
reception at Canterbury is given by a
well-known London writer:
There were no vacant seats in the chapter
house when the Dean rose to express in glow
ing terms his obligations for ''the conspicuous
service rendered" By the eminent actor,
whose reading brought more than 600 TO the
restoration fund. sir Henry, who is not 10 be
ouldone in eloquenee by Dean Farrar himself,
thanked him for the sweet and gracious well
come ana opening his book, which was as
big as a church Bible, the service-I mean the
reading-began. There were many there ac-
customed to addressing large audiences-con-
gregations, should say-but 1 do not think
there was any one present Qf Mr.. Dean will
allow me 10 say SOY who could have held the
attention OF his listeners for two hours to-
gether as Sir Henry Irving did There was no
fdgeting, there was no coughing, there was no
interruption OF any other sort than applause.
At first the audience did not seem TO know
whether they ought to applaud or not, but we
did not all come in with holy orders and the
very venerable Dean, who knows a good
thing, set the example with his own very
venerable hands. Yet 1t was all as decorous
as deeorous could be.
MARIE EVELYN
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Grand Opera-Housc.

A romance of Kentucky, play known
as blue Grass" is to be produced to-
morrow. What will give it an additional
interest is the fact that Maud EIna Hall
created the principal partsof Mary Brand
aad starred in the original Eastern pro-
duction of the niece, which won much
success. It's author, Miron Leffingwell
knows the South. There is to be much
new and picturesque scenery, and the cos
tuning will make feature. The cast is
to include Virginia Jackson as a laugh
ing, ingenious Southern girl; Lorena At
wood as scheming but beautiful adven-
turess from "up North" Viola Alperti,
who has played in most OF our local
theaters, is TO make her first appearance
in MOrosco's stock company as an old
colored "aunty." The cast also includes
Mortimer Snow, Leslie Morosco, Landers
Stevens, Fred Butler, John J. Pierson and
George Nichols
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Sutro Baths.

Novel aquatic contests and entertaining G
vaudeville acts have been provided for
Sutro Baths this afternoon. Swimming
under the water will draw three money
prizes, a back-swimming racs two prizes
and a three-legged swimming race three
prizes. The Ordways, champion trick
bicyclists, and the Mullin sisters (Katie
ana May) cornet duetists and soIoists
will also appear. The Mullin sisters are
we'll known all over the United States
as corneIists. They are mem bers of the
International Ladies' Orchestra, and have
scored success with that organization.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

really bordering on their dotage. George
Osbourne, however, b as not been given the
secret of perpetual youth. Both on the
stage and eff it. he looks a well-preserved
middle-aged gentleman, and as several
decades-to put it mildly-had paipably
passed away since he sat beneath the
culver nG aspen tree, he would have been
wise had be refrained from posing as the
contemporary OF "B ack-eyed Susan"
The fact is, ''The First Born" has been
such d bowling success at the Alcazar,
that the impression seems TO have gone
abroad that anything will do to ring up
the curtain on the Chinese play. This
Will dou btless be all changed when
BeIasco- returns with his new company.
am told that the new drama which
Francis Powers has written for the Alca-
zar Is a story of the present Greek-Tur 4
ish unpleasantness. 1t is divided into
tableaux and scenes. hut not into acts, as
Powers, nothing if not original, objects to
the hackneyed chopping of play into so
many acts. He thinks il is like mehng
out the drama with tape measure. In
his new play Powers himself will play the
role OF the Grand Duke Cons antine, and
May Buckley is to be a Greek girl, be-
loved of the Prince. The actor-play-
wright generally effects villains roles.
and on that account it may be assumed
that the Grand Duke is not all light and
virtue Mrs Powers is TO be Turkish
slave, win just four lines to say, ell told.
There are some heavy roles In the play,
put they are nearly all in the hands of the
men, as the interest lies largely In the war
story.
Edwin Stevens improved the shining
hour when called on for speech on Mon
day night by reminding his hearers how
much the Tivoli management was giving
them for their money: lyon would APP
p-eciate such a 50-cent show in the East
because you could not get it" lie said.
Really when one ponders over these words
it is hard to imagine how such pro-
gramme can be given with much margin
of profit for the management Gustav
Hinrichs, Chef d'orchestre of National
reputation, is conducting a big and ex-
pensive orchestra. Edwin Stevens is a
well-known star Although wang IS
not one-star opera-and for the matter OF
that it is not being played in a one-star
way-Thomas G. LsaIy as the keeper OF
the royal elephant gives Stevens race
for honors, and II William II. West were
a visitor instead OF permanent resident
he would get a great deal more recogni-
ton than he is receiving for his spirited
impersonalion of the bibuous old instruc-
tor of the Siamese troops.
EIvia Crox SeabrooKe was the original
Marie in wang" and her singing of mo
Rose Without Thorn" was, ana still is,
one of the pleasantest bits OF vocal work
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Orpheum AnniVersaru.

Next Wednesday will mark the compile
ton of the tenth year of the career of the
Orpheum, and in honor of the occasion
the management announces a special pill.
Lew Dockstader will tell lot OF new
stories and sing new longs, Garfield and
Carleton will change their operate bur-
lesque, Caron and Herbert will continue
their comedy acrobatic performances, and
Josephine Sabel, the Russell brothers,
Johnson and Dean and Conway and Le-
land, the merry monopedes," will all have
something special 10 offer. Smith and Full
Ter, "bam boobell" and marin ba phone"
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
TiVoIi Opera-House

The merry operetta WAN" with Ed
win Stevens in the role of the Regent, has
scored great success at the Tivoli Opera
house, and will be continued until further
notice. The orchestra, under the direc-
tion of Gustav Hinrichs, does excellent
work. The next production will be the
comedy opera. The Isle of Champagne, /"
which scored an enormous hit throughout
the East. The book was written by AL
fred Byrne and Louis Harrison, and the
music composed by the fovorite ex-leader
of the Tivoli Opera house, w. W. Furst.
"Tbe Isle of Champagne" has never yet
been nrod ueed in this City.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

sorts of mischief, but "beneath his ragged
shirt beats a true heart"
The curtain for The First Born" will
go up promptly at 9:30 o'clock every eve
ming OF this week, and ANDY Blake" be-
gins al S:15 o'clock. Interest in the Chi
nese play has not subsiued and the audi
ences are still very large, so there is no
telling what week will see the last of the
unique little drama. A professional mat
inee of "The First Born will be give n
Thursday afternoon, July 1, commencing
at 3 o. CLOCK
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

one of the most dissipated roues in the
history of England, but his manners were
unimpeachable. On the same day with
the Prince was born, according 10 the
play, GEORGE Carterei, the son of a county
baronet. George has enshrined his royal
namesake in his heart as the most splen-
did Prince that ever lived, and gives him
a royal devotion worthy of better cause
Both men love the same woman, the COM
moner honestly and the Prince as a pass
ing caprice. The deno1ement of the play
is the Princes remuneration of the girl in
order that she may marry his poor but
honest rival
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
MARIE EVELYN.
Baldwin Theater.

Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theatel
Company will commence the second week
ot its engagement tomorrow night pre-
senting for the first time in San Francisco
THE First Gentleman OF Europe" by the
author of Little Lord Fauntleroy."
The piece concerns itself with a sup
posed unseIfish action in the life OF the
Prince Regent, aflerward George ".
This First Gentleman of Europe was
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Alcazar Theater.

Andy Blake, d" two-act comedy by the
author of London Assurance" will be
revived at the Alcazar for one week, COM
mencing Monday, June g. Mrs. F. M.
Bates is cast for the character Of Mrs.
Blake, and Mr.. Osbourne will be General
Daily, gouty war veteran. Andy Blake
is pEinter's apprentice. he is il lor all
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Violated the Liquor Law.

J. c. Bingham, proprietor of the Keystone
Restaurant, 1907 Market street, was fined 500
on Friday by Judge Conlan for selling liquor
without license, with the aftermath We of fifty
days in the County Jail. Bingham's attorney
gave notice of appeal. This is the case in
which IntZ Forrest, waitress in the restau-
rant, was first arrested but on Bingham ad-
mitt1ng that he was the proprietor of the
place the case against her was dismissed,
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Fell Dead.

Kiuet Younghaus, milk-dealer, fell dead
yesterday al his residence, corner of New
Hampshire and Twenty-sixth streets. He was
walking up the front steps when the stroke
came upon him. He had been su bject 10 at
tacks of dizziness, and few minutes before
his death he complained of being dizzy. The
deceased leaves a wife. The body was taken
to the Morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

players, will make their initial appear
ance before San Francisco audience, and
Alex HeindI, the young 'cellist, will give
new selections. Next Wednesday evening
every lady occupying a reserved seat will
be given a copy of souvenir, comprising
cipal performers who have ever appeared
at the 0rnheumt
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Dramatic BreVities.

Walter Damrosch's home at Jenkintown,
Pa, was robbed of silverware last week. The
reason the deft burglars did not steal his VIII
low Grove Orchestra Is because the band has
a string attached TO It.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

T. Henry French is in Europe. So is Max
Freeman, and last Sundays Mercury hints
thai Max lett by way of Hoboken because OF
some unpleasant rumors regarding mis- late
dabbling in comic opera at the Bijou.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Captain Cook" is the title OF the operatic
production which is 10 be tried on 1.-THE Mad
isOn Square Garden In the auditorium July z.
There IS to be reel live volcano, and the mu-
sic is by Noah Brandt of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

W. H. Cranes new play. "A Virginia Court
ship" has for its leading part u character not
unlike the Bob Acres OF The Rivals" Eugene
Presbrey is the author of the new play.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Seymour Hess. who died recently at the resi-
dence of his father. Jacob Hess, was a light
comedian of abiI. .ty, and was in The PassIn G
Show" and other burlesques. Mr.. Hess leaves
a widow, who was Florence Carlyle. the
actress, before marriage.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Mrs. Thomas Whiffen OF the Lyceum Theater
Company will make her first appearance dur
ing the present Baldwin engagement as Mrs.
O.dfeld in 1.-The First Gentleman OF Europe
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

A carload of paraphernalia for the produc-
tion of 1.-The Heart of Maryland has arrived
here. The season is 10 open at the Baldwin
shortly.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

Sir Henry Irving has been drawing
church and state together with a ven-
geance lately. The chapter-house of Can
te-bury Cathedral was recently restored,
and as it was in Canterbury that Gilbert
a Beckett, the Arch bishop, was murdered
the Dean thought it would be a very ap-
propriate and graceful thing TO inaugur-
ate the chapter house with a reading OF
"Becket' by the famous modern imp per-
senator OF the part. Sir Henry was
charmed to comply and Canterbury
was charmed TO have him. A num-
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

in the score. Sweet-voiced Myra MoreIla
II strictly lin it" and so are Helen Har-
rington, Irma Fitch, Jennie stockmeyer
and the rest of the women in the cast.
he staging and costuming of Wang"
are good; new topical verses have been
added, and, taken altoge ther, it would be
hard for even carping critic to find any
thing much to say against the opening of
the TlyoIi's light opera season.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

The Queen was recently very much touched
by the singing of THE Wearing of the
Green" Now, Julian Edwards, is the chance
OF your life. You shou.d take Brian Boru"
to London. ana If the Queen hears al the
good Irish music in it the opera viii get q
vogue undreamed of By even Secret Service
Gillette.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

THE Grand vizier," ''Angeline, the Circus
Queen" and Madeleine, or the Stolen
X S." will be the operas to follow ''The Isle OF
champagne" in the Stevens season at the
Tivoli
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

The Supreme Court, or rather jury in that
court. decided last week that Fay Templeton
gets 500, 900 LETT her by Howell Osborn. But
she will have to fl ght 10 actually secure the
cash. and no doubt she daily sings her own
quaint composition, Il Want Yer, Ma Honey,
Yes Do"