Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-03-28

to Rome, and only on assurances that
they meant to abide by the delegate
decision that the Pope consented to in
| tervene. Mgr. Del Val is therefore
given plenary power to settle the con-
| troversy, disciple the recalcitrant bish-
/ ops and place Mr.. Laurier and his fol-
lowers in case Of their refusal to abide
by his decision, in such plight as 10
practically ruin their political prospects
! or force them to turn renegade to their
obligations to his holiness. AS a mat
ter of fact, Mgr. Del Val is going TO see
Mr.. Greenway at the earliest possible
moment, and ascertain exactly how
much concession to the Catholics Mr..
| Greenway is willing to make, while on
| his side, Mgr Del Val will state to Mr..
Greenway the exact, irreducable min
imum of the church's demands. Mgr.
Del Val hopes these views will be so
nearly alike as to enable a prompt set
Element. Should this be so, Mgr. Del
Val will not hesitate to beat down all
! opposition of the bishop party in Que
bee. He does not intend to combat the
bishops, but he will not permit their
opposition to extend beyond the ire
ducible minimum which the Pope has
fixed"
Influenza is rampant here, though of a
| milder form than heretofore. There were
| twenty-four fatal cases in London last
week, the highest in two years. Among
the prominent people suffering from in
fuenza are Mr.. Gladstone, the Marquis
of Salisbury, Sir VIM. Harcourt, Lord
George Hamilton, and others.
The coming season Of grand opera at
Covent Garden already begins to at
tract much attention in the world Of
fashion. No season in years has been
so much discussed, and promises by
reason Of the jubilee celebration, to be
so brilliant. That the function will
be under new management, owing TO
the death of Sir Augustus Harris, is
another theme Of remark. and Mr.. Grau
Will have TO follow in the footsteps Of
the man who first made Italian opera
permanent feature Of
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF LONDON.
The management have followed the
precedent established by Sir Augustus
of not issuing a formal prospectus or
making a series Of definite promises
which it might be inexpedient to carry
into effect 1t is probable that most Of
the standard operas will be given. The
list of artists will be practically the
same as last year.
The new opera entitled "Diarmid,"
for which Mr. Hamish MacCunn has
written the score and the Marquis of
Lorne the libretto, is at last completed
and has already had a private recital.
The opera is a kind of Scottish tistian
and isolde.
Mr.. Trees new theatre, "IIer Maj
esty's," is rapidly nearing completion.
1t is far and away the handsomest
building of it's kind in the metropolis.
The material used is Portland stone,
and the style of architecture is COM
bination of French renaissance and Ital-
ian. The main entrance is from the
Haymarket and the doors lead, by
short stairway of white marble, into a
foyer running the entire width Of the
building. The proportions Of the audi
forum are superb and wonderfully ar
tistic The great width of the house is
so admirably proportional that each
seat will command a view Of the entire
stage. There are but two tiers above
the main floor, and they are so arrang-
ed that the actors will seem to face one
continuous sea of faces, there being no
apparent brake behind the pit
Mile. Jeanne Block, a coincidence
now playing at the Folies Bergeres, in
Paris, has signed a contract with Ham
merstein's Olympia, at New York. The
terms of her engagement call for a sal
airy Of 81 500 per week, for eight weeks,
s.. 600 to be deposited with her bankers
one week prior to sailing.
Dan Leno is also under contract to
appear at the same house, beginning
April "a, at the same salary. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Leno received $3.50 per
week in London from the syndicate
controlling the music halls, the artist
appearing at three houses in one even
ing. Lettie Lind has been offered 81
600 per week for the Olympia, whereas
her salary in London is $500.
Gen. Boulanger forms the central fig
ure in a play, "A La Vie a Mort" by NJ.
Pierre Denis, recently produced at the
Nouveautes theatre, in Paris. The first
scene shows the General at a military
Dali, WleIe ne HeelS AlduaUl de hcIIdll.
In a subsequent scene he is shown at
the height Of his political fame. Then
comes the fight to Brussels, the death Of
Madame de Kerlain. and the Generals
preparation for suicide.
Beerbom Tree has secured the French
musical play without words, "Chand
(MarchanD D-Habits," which will be
done at Her Majesty's theatre during
the season.
Albert Chevalier is talking Of pro-
ducing a comic opera entitled The
Land of Nod" for which he has himself
written the words. while the score is
the work of Alfred West.
With but few exceptions the theatres
are feeling the effects Of the Lenten
quiet The music halls are, however,
doing a regular business, and the same
is trne Of the Garrick. Most OF the
West End houses will be closed on
Good Friday.
PARKERSBURG.
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