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example we have ever seen Of har-
monious, easy. Well-balanced acting"
No stronger Endorsement is possible.
No clearer proof can be had that
American dramatic literature has at
last broken down the barriers of preju.
dice by sheer merit. and compelled a
reluctant acceptance by the most con-
servative of dramatic judges - the
British public. :, ,,.
What Mr.. Gillette has done he can
do again. What he has done other
Americans can do. The future Is as
sured for no subject has been declared
to be of so little dramatic interest to
Englishmen, or difficult of a sympa-
thetic hearing as our, Cifil war.
William Sampson, of the Giffen-Neil1
stock company, holds q peculiar dis
tinction among American actors. He
is the only actor on record, who ever
played two different parts in two
different theaters each night. and re-
ceiyed two different salaries for each
impersonation. 1t was few years
ago, when Sampson was a member OF
William Cranes company. James Neill
Of the Giffen-Neill stock company, was
also a member of the same company
One day Neill was. summoned to see
Augustin DAILY with the idea in view
of his playing Juvenile, business with
that organization. He was wanted tc
play parts second to. John Drew, who
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WHITE BUFFALO.
Only One Ever Seen Was Never Cap
tupeG.


tured.
During the summer Of 1875 bands of
Indians returning from a hunt far out
on the plains brought in stories of haV-
ing seen at different times and in differ
ent places, and always in the center
of large herd a white buffalo, says
Forest and Stream. They had used
their best horses in the effort to over
take it, to no purpose, never being able
to get anywhere near the animal At
ffst we did not pay much attention to
these stories, but still it kept cropping
up from different camps, and at last in
the fall of 1875, I myself had a chance
to verify the truth of the report. L had
been sent on duty north along the Red
Deer river and was camped near a
large band of Blackfeet, who were
hunting south of that river. The
buffalo had moved north in vast num-
bers and the prairie was black with
them.
had gone out one morning with a party OF
Blacifeet to see one of their hunts and also
to try and kill for myself. My horse a
good one, and much faster than any belong
ing to the Indian hunters 1 had got detached
from the party, becoming tired of the slaugh-
ter, and must have been at least twenty miles
from camp, when | made for a small clump
OF timber not far off, intending to build a
hre and roast a portion of some buffalo meat
had on the saddle with me. AS l approached
the WOOD a band Of about 100 animals burst
out from the brush and made off for the
south and yes, most certainly, in the middle
of them a white buffalo Although they
were a quarter of a mile away there could
be no mistake about it; he there as large
as life, and quite white, and running like
deer There was no time to much more than
take in the scene. but l gathered up the reins
and was after him, determined to bag that
buffalo or kill my horse.
Oh, what race it was, mile after mile;
and although all the band. with the exception
OF about a dozen, had split off and gone in
different directions, the white animal, with
his body guard of about dozen. kept at
about the same distance ahead. l could eaten
a glimpse of him now and then, and there
was no doubt he was snow white. Get within
shot l could not for many miles. At last
they began to tire. and, although my horse
was tired also, l had hopes of coming up and
getting a shot. Alas! for such chance. or
sudden my horse lurched forward on his
nose, sending me over his head onto the
prairie, and turning someTsaqlt himself,
missing me by only few feet. He had put
hopes of a white robe to a sudden end.
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daughter. and referring to her ilus-
une afterwards and whispering: Damn
1t, Miriam, you've lost whole seasons
hunting for nothing" a little farther
on she says:
i after that time Jack and L had
agreed TO regard everything that was
iborn to us as a boy, and to treat il
Gaccordngly. and for the rest of his life
my husband taught our three children
Ito ride, fish, shoot, swim, fence, fight:
'wrestle. throw. run and jump until
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ton exits and entrances for all those
who desire to make use Of them. The
approaches thereto will be constructed
in the same manner as the track itself,
and no one who is on foot will be per-
mitted to use them, unless an emer-
gency makes it necessary.
The plan further provides for the stationing
of physicians at intervals of two miles, each
of whom should be ready to respond to a
call that comes from point within mile
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ropolitan last week, will the coming
week be seen in one of. the smallest
parts in "The Amazons." that of Orts,
a brutal poacher. Mr.. Sampson, who
did not appear at all last week. will
play the leading role in "The Amazons.' -
An actor in a stock company like the
Giffen-Neill, must be versatile. >.
Two of the most delightful comedy
characters conceived in any modern
comedy are those Of Lord Tweenways
and Andre, in ''The Amazons.,"I Count
De Grival Tweenways is an insipid.
fragile little Englishman, who Is con-
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A Popular Resort.

Lake Park Hotel at Lake Minna-
tonka is the most popular tourist re-
sort in Minnesota. 1t Is only half
hours ride from Minneapolis, and
reached by frequent trains. The ac-
commodations are in every way of the
best, and prices extremely reasonable.
Good fishing, boating, yachting and
bathing. Hotel will open for the sea-
son Of 1897 on June Oath For further
particulars. and beautifully illustrat-
ed pamphlet. address
A. B. Cults, G. P. & 7. A. NJ. & st.
L. r. R, Minneapolis. Mimi.
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Is the foundation Of all business. The
Annual Convention of the National
Association of Credit Men will be held
at Kansas City. June eli next. The
Chicago Great Western, the best and
shortest line. has made a rate of fare
and one-third on the certificate plan
for the round trip Take advantage o.
this rate For full information apply
to c. E. Robb City Ticket Agent 5th
and Robert SITS.
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was then the leading man Of Dalys
theater. Neill declared, as he hadroften
done before, that he would not work for
Augustin~ DAILY under any circum-
stances Sampson, who was present
when the note arrived, said: eff you
will not accept the engagement why
couldn't l get it,
TT wouldn't do any harm to make a
try" said Neill ..-..,
When Sampson called upon Mr. Daily,
the latter, said he wanted a young man
to play minor comedy roles, but before
engaging him.. he wanted to see him
act so as to judge his style, and he
wanted him to act on Daly's stage.
Sampson was playing part with MI.
Cranes company, and consequently
could not accommodate Mr. DAILY with
out throwing up his other engagement.
He only appeared in the last act OF
"T'he Senator" however, therefore, MIR.
DAILY made an arrangement With Mr..
Crane whereby Sampson was to appear
in the first act of The Tempest2gat
Days theater, and then go to the
Star theater and appear in his usual
role in The Senator This he did,
and his comedy proved so pleasing to
Mr. Daily that he was kept under
salary with the DAILY company for
seven years, having severed his con-
nection with that organization only a
few weeks ago.
Next week in 'EThe Amazons' Mr..
Sampson will play the leading role, that
of Galfred, Earl of Tweenways, an
insipid but delightfully."- unconventional
young English nobleman.
- r ...s
The season of 1S96-97 is going out in
a blaze Of limeiight and a final swish
of lingerie with the presentation of a
Round Of Pleasure" at the knicker-
becker tomorrow evening and The
Whirl Of the Town" at the Casino on
Tuesday. says the New York Herald.
These are the final important produc-
tions Of the theatrical year, and when
they have run their course we shall
have nothing new to look forward to
until the autumn reopeningS. s. .....-:.
Interstate Park and Dnlles of the
st. Croix.
On and after May 29th the st. Paul
& Duluth Railroad will run. daily. ex-
cursions st. Paul to Taylor
Falls, steamer .'Gracie Kent" via
Dalles of the ST. CTpixzto saltwater,
connecting there with4(S; train for S..
Paul. Rate for entire -four $1.5O. Of
fees 1896 Robert Street and Onion De-
pot. :. - h. + -. :.sz-..,-s.-- p.
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Amanda (alghting from her wheel at the
roadside, where Mortfmore awaits her,-Have
l kept you waiting long, dear?
Mortimore-Long? Many cycles have 2assed
since the hour appointed for our meeting
Judge.
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Another Boy Who Didn't Know.

'Pa, what is a pessimist?"
"a pessimist my son, is a person who
never goes out on his wheel without expect
ing to puncture his tire. Puck.
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PRINCE LUIGI ARRIVES.
On His Way West to Climb Mt. ST.
Elias.

NEW YORK, May 29.-Prince Luigi
Amadeo, of Savoy, duke Of Abruzzi,
and nephew Of King Humbert. of Italy,
who left Rome to make an ascent of
MT ST Elias, in Alaska. arrived on
the Lucania today He was accom-
panied by four aides, Chevalier NJ.
Cagni, an Italian navy officer; Cheva-
lier Francisco Gonella, Chevalier Wit
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"Do you see him in courta'' asked Mr.

"Do you see him in courtr' asked Mr..
Cormac
NO. sir"
You see the prisoner in court"
Eyes, sir"
''Is thai Captain L. w. WelIerT'
mo. SIR" replied the witness emphati-
| caIly. "No more like him than you are"
Mr.. Black-The man you refer to was
named?
Lee Weller"
II understood you to swear he was Lee
Wellington Weller"
''He had both Names"
You don't know whether it was Lee NJ.
or Lee w. ?''
81 never saw his signature"
Would you swear he was not as young
as 3O?'
Il would"
''If there be man named Lee W. Weller
who is but 80 years of age be would not be
the man you knewP'
mo, sir"
You say you knew this man?''
II have seen the Lee Weller I knew
about twenty times at least. He was
never on my ship. He was passenger
on board ship called the Southesk. His
wife died on board while we were in New
castle. L saw him several times both there
and in Sydney. The first time l saw him
for ten minutes only. and l saw him again
IN Newcastle about a fortnight later, per-
haps l was with him about a quarter of
an hour each time | saw him after that
These interviews were separated by inter-
walls of two, four or five days. Inever ad
any particular business with him, but m ct
him as l would meet any friend. l do not
know whether his name was Lee w. or
Lee NJ. Weller"
Here Mr.. Black requested the prisoner
to stand up, which he did.
Now" said the attorney, turning to
fhnr Gtnll h4
this man differs from the man you refer
to-"
"The man knew had darK, curly hair
and black whiskers and was not so tall as
this man. l should say that the prisoner
is feet 81 inches in height"
What were he habits OF the man you
refer to?" [Obiection.l
DO you know this mans name?"
mo, sir. But l will swear he is not Lee
WeIler.''
"Do you mean you will swear he is not
the man you knew as Lee Weller?"
Yes, sir.
"But not that he is not named Lee
Weller?"
mo, SIR"
When you knew Lee Weller in sgd
ney," said Mr.. Cormac, "he resided at
Manly Beach?"
Yes. sir. never saw his wife,"
What year was this ?''
Elgn teen nlnety-SlX.
What ship was he on at that timer"
THE Southesk. His wife died on
board'
Mr. B!ack-Did you see Bim as late as
October?
mo, sir; l was nearly here then. left
about the 23d OF Septem ber."
How late did you see him ?"
about a month or two before. 1 can
not swear to it.
Mr.. Biack-We move to strike out the
evidence as wholly immaterial and irreIe-
want.
The court overruled the motion.
An adjournment was here taken until
Wednesday next at 2 o'clock, by consent.
Counsel on both sides will in the mean
time arrive at some arrangement whereby
counsel for the defense may be permitted
to examine the prisoners effects in order
to satisfy thems selves that these are ac-
tually in the same condition as when first
confiscated. Commissioner Heacock left
the matter entirely in the hands Of Mar
shall Baldwin.
The courtroom was cleared and the
prisoner conveyed to his cell in the City
Prison.
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on 2"
Yes, sir. l found him on the British
shiT Swanhilda"
"Where is she registered?"
81 don't know
"It is British shin?"
''lt flies British flag"
w here did you see her firsrP
- bout the middle ground buoy"
How far at ses?"
In the bay OF San Franci CO."
When did you first see the Swanhilda ?"
Some two OF three years ago." replied
the witness, amid laughter.
81 refer 10 this OCCASION"
II boarded her between $50 and 6
O'clock"
WAS she anchored?"
'She was not. She was towing"
'She wasn't tied to any wharfp
"Oh, no; she could not be when she was
towing
''She wasn't connected with any wharf?"
"How could she be?"
Il ask you ss matter OF fact.
No, certainly not"
when you vent aboard had you any
OTHER paper in the nature of a warrant
other than the warrant you refer to as
issued in january"
Il had only that one warrant"
WHO was the first man to whom you
spoke?'
Captain Miller, the pilot, and then
Captain Fraser. 1 asked fraser if he had
the man aboard his ship"
Where was the prisonerf'
II suppose he was knocking about the
main deck"
Where was he when you first saw
him ?'
'On the starboard side of the ship, near
the ca bin door,"
This is the man here?"
Yes, SIR
What did you say to him?"
Throw your hands upP
HE did SOP"
II guess sos" responded Bunner, nom
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ing OF the inventory continued and the
court rose when it was finally COMPLETED
until clock.
On resuming Consul General J. w.
Warburton WAS called to the stand. After
having given his full name, residence and
occupation, he stated in reply to Attorney
Cormacs lnterrogatories: Il am the
person who made ana verified this com
plant. did so in my off clal capacity. I
am intimately acquaini ed with Sir Julian
Pauncefoie, who is EN- bassador Extraordi-
nary and Plenipotentiary for Great Brit
ain. served many years in the London
Foreign Office aud am familiar with his
signature"
I'm the regular course OF your business
dld you receive instructions from Sir
Julian Pauncefote, concerning this mat
ter?"
Il did. In the shape of a signed COM
m municatlon and telegrams"
These were read and were DESIGNED to
notify the Consul General of the Butler
murders, which were spoken of as having
been com mltted under circumstances OF
terrible atrocity," and to inform him of
the fugitive.s escape from justice in the
ship Swanhilda, and of the Embassador's 9
application 10 the Government at Wash
ington for his extradition. in accordance
WIN instructions received from her
MaJesty's Government. The telegram .
were dated respectively Decem ber ii and
Deem Der II, 1895, the latter being merely
coniirmatory OF the former.
do you know from your connection
with the Foreign Office that it was his
duty as EN- bassador 10 present a reouisi-
non ior the extradition of criminals?'
Certainly"
"Y ou say in your complaint .unon in
formation and belief based upon certain
Information received from her Britannic
MaIesty's Government and from autben.
tlcated copies of sworn Information
any7" een
Il have. They were both duplicates
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BUTLER IN CANADA.
IF Not a Mounted Policeman He
Was Familiar With the Regina
Barracks,

SaI dSHSs
If Butler was not mem Der of the Cana
dian Northwest mounted police he is ia
miliar with the barracks at Regina and
the people who were stationed there at
the time of the Riel rebellion.
Last night Alexander J. Smith, an ex-
member OF the force. now living at s07
Kearny street, called upon Captain Lees
and said he knew a man named Ashe who
was a mem Der of Troop B, stationed at
Regina.
Detective Wren was sent to the prison
with Smith, so that he could have an un-
interrupted talk with Butler in his cell.
Smith looked at Butler for moment or
two and then spoke to him, telling him he
was member of Troop B. After hearing
Butler talk Smith came to the conclusion
that he had never to his knowledge seen
him before.
Butler talked with Smith about the
police at Regina and was familiar with
the officers and men. He mentioned the
names OF several, among them Commits
sloner Irvine, Captain Deane and Horner
the head saddler. Butler seemed to have
even better memory than Smith as 10
some OF the doings at the barracks, and
knew everything that went on there.
Alter Smith had finished his conversa-
t1on with Butler Smith said: That man
isn't Ashe, but l am satisfied he has been
Der OF the police. 1t was after the
rebellion that l joined and he might have
been there at that time
Smith returned to Captain Lees and re-
ported that he failed to recognize Butler.
although he seemed to be quite familiar
with the Regina barracks
When Butler denied to aptain Lees on
sunday that he had made statement tn
GALL reporter that he was a mem Der of
the mounted police during the Riel rebel
lion the captain reminded him that he
had few days before made the same
statement to him, which he had appar
emily forgotten. Butler WINGED. and
oiurted out that he was only IN Jest when
he made the statement.
Captain Lees is determined to find ont
what Butler did while in the Canada ~
Northwest, and be will communicates wi h
different authorities there on the subiect
Inc Inc captain is inclined 10 thing that
butter, II not a mounted policeman, was
connected with the Regina barracks In
some way during the Iebellion.
Prisoners sentenced to Stony Mountain
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among the prisoners effects. Mr.. Black
asked at that juncture that these docu-
ments ght be read subject TO their re-
lection by the court should it subse-
quently transpire that they had been in
any way altered.
do you find there" asked Attorney
Cormac. "the picture of lady in a
frame?"
"Yes, sir.'i
Did the prisoner make any statement
concerning that TO your"
The prisoner told me that this was his
wife"
The above reply referred to the picture
of Mrs. Lee Weller.
Mr.. Black sharply demanded: Where
did tie prisoner tell you that2"
AT the City Hall"
"When?"
Wien we were examining his goods"
Attorney Cormac resumed his direct
examination, continuing TO enumerate
articles mentioned in the inventory. The
witness ex planned in reference TO one or
two documents that a mark had been
placed upon the same in order to identify
them. Mr.. Black asked in reference to q
certificate OF character granted to Lee
Weller in 1888 by the captain of the Alma
dine, whether he was familiar with the
handwriting of the defendant.
Witness-Yes, sir.
I'm whose handwriting is that paper
Just read ?"
81 don't know"
rs it in this mans handwriting?"
at is not"
Mr.. Black here approached the prisoner
and asked him to write a few words on
a piece OF paper. He made no Immediate
use OF this, however.
In due course the package OF strychnine
found IN the sweat-band of the prisoners
hat was unearthed. "After we had taken
him to the City Prison. SAID Bunner,
''we stripped him and in the sweat-band
OF his hat Detective Egan found this pack
age. | was present when it was found"
He added in reply to q question put by
Attorney Pidwel that he was not per
sonally aware at the time that it con-
tanned poison. Still the wearisome read
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BUTLER IN ALASKA.
An OhIoan Thinks He Knew Him
There as Desperate Mis-



sourIan.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, Feb. S,-Esta S.
Smith of Tippecanoe City, fifteen miles
west OF here, was employed by the Gov
ernment at Afognak, Alaska, during the
years 1892 and 1893. He declares that he
recognizes the picture and description of
the Australiqn murderer Butler, which
appeared in the papers of last Wednesday,
as those of man who slept in the same
room with him in Alaska. In talk with
your correspondent to-day Mr.. Smith
said:
Butler when l knew him was always
nervous and uneasy. He could not sleep.
He was man VINO had plenty of money
and spent it freely. Butler was a sailor,
and claimed to have been born in Clay
County, Missouri. During the war his
parents moved to Nova Scotia. He was
known along The Pacific Coast as Captain
Peter Summet Butler, and was about 80
years old. Tbecame very well acquainted
with him and consider him one of the
most desperate men | ever met. He was
terror to the people, and the landlord
where We boarded endeavored to get But
ler to leave as all were afraid of him. He
was afterward found at Sitka, Alaska,
where he was caught robbing till.
however, Win the use OF his ever
ready revolver, he managed to escape. In
short time l again heard of him at Sitka,
where he robbed commercial warehouse
of 1000 Salted sealskins. He gagged the
agent and threatened to kill him and his
Indians if they should raise the alarm.
Butler never co1ld speak good word
for the laws OF his native country, always
cursing when anything was said on that
subject"
Mr.. Smith is positive that this is the
same man, and considers him the pirate
of the Pacific Coast.
Esta Smith is now prominent lawyer
of Tippecanoe City.