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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-27
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While this incident was In progress
challenges to fight duels, and showers Of
billingsgate and other insults were eA
changed on all sides, until the interior
Of the house in every way re-embled an
inferno. A number VI young Cxecha anh
Poles made a rush for the president.
tribune and attempted 10 tear down llr
Wolf from the position he occupied, and
they in turn were attacked by a number
Of leftists. and disgrAeefil .,TimmAg~
was the result. This was only the b.
ginning Of the fighting During the pre-
liminary scufiling soms VI the young
Czechs struck DR.. Wolf. and this caused
such sn uproar that q regular pitched
battle with tsts followed. lasting for a
quarter Of an hour.
Herr Seheenerer, the leader Of a section
Of the German opposition. caught hold
Of and brandished over his head one u
the ministers arm chairs. and was eyi.
IDENTIFY about 10 hurl il at the heads oi
his immediate opponents, when he was
seized and disArmed by Herr Hagenhotrr
Oas Dsputy Was straaEI<a.
By this time the disorder waa Of such
. general nature that even the public in
the galleries cried Crime upon tho dep.
utiss \ Polish member. Herr Poar.
rushed upon another member, Herr
Pferehe. and was nearly strangltng him
when Herr Pferrhe, on the impulse Of the
moment, drew a penknife from his pocket
and opend II, but he was dtsarmrd by a
colleague before any further harm was
done. Herr Pferche waa by that time ~
exhausted by the choking he had rScviv
ed and ~ overcome with eHcitsmsnt
that he tainted, still further adding to the
sensation
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-27
LIKE A MOB OF MANIACS
sgDlAa ~ AUSTRIAN CHAMBER.
Knivea Wore Drawn, ChAiFa ana
Fists nr0HEht Into Rsauisi'ien
and Ons ot the LAwmakeFs ch"k-
ed late . state Of IaSenstbility'

Vienna, Nov. 25,--The members OF the
lower house Of the reichssath yesterday e1'
celled themselves in producing the most
disgraceful scene yet witnessed In that
branch Of parliament. The turbulence re-
suited from a motion that only one OF a
number Of similar petitions against the
ordinance making the Czech language CO
ordinate with the German in Bohemia
should be read and printed. This order
Of the government has been the basis
Of many uproarious scenes which have
been described in these dispatches for
number Of weeks past, although the
question Of renewing the compact be-
tween Austria and Hungary, provisional
" at least. has been mixed up in all the
bitter feeling manifested by the German
and anti German elements.
The members Of the left party protested
uproariously against the motion referred
to, stigmatizing il as Oppressive and lille
gal"
President Abrahamovieh was greeted
with cries OF Polish scoudrel,' 'swind'
Ter" "blackguaTd" and "Badini eunuch.
One deputy was stabbed in the hand,
another had his collar bone bronken, an
other received severe scalp wounds
Count Badini, the premier. with a
sneer on his face. watched the combat
throughout. Herr Wolff declared that he
would bring his revolver to the next sit
ting.
Finally the committees Of the lower
house became so disorderly that the pres
ident Of that body. DR. AbrahamoVleh'
was once more compelled to suspend the
sitting, and he sdon aiterward left the
house
The departure OF the president was the
signal for a scene Of the widest disorder.
DIR. Wolff, the German nationalist leader
elambered up into the presidents tri-
bune, seized heavy bell and swung Il
to and fro, materially increasing the dis.
order prevailing. The bell, however. was
almost Immediately wTenched from Or.
VOLTS hand by Deputy Pollock.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-27

The highest range Of mountains are
the Himalayes. the main elevation be-
ing from 1900 70 1900 feet.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-11-27

The arst steel pen was made in 1850.
The times., 1897-05-09
The Church Choir ousted.

When it was proposed once upon time
TO introduce an organ in church in
Scotland ar old lady Of the congregation
declared that she would never consent 10
having God praised by machinery. A
clergyman in a neighboFing State has
now gone far beyond the organ. A few
Sundays ago, after the congregation had
gathered in church, he mounted the pulpit
carrying phonograph under his arm.
Then he placed it on the desk, turned
it on the congregation and sat down
That photograph played a violin solo.
read a Psalm, prayed an eloquent prayer.
led the singing of the hymn, and after
the service had been preached pronounced
the beDedictnn- Doubtless the II verc,id
gentleman will not stop there, but VIII
speak his sermon into the phenograph on
Saturday and send il TO church by
messenger boy on Sunday morning, while
he remains at home and really makes the
day day Of rest The congregation
would not be likely to object to the plan,
for they could go to sleep when they
wished TO, without having the parsons
eyes fixed upon them, and If the sermon
was too long some good deacon could
do what he had often been longing to do
before, but dreaded to, switch 1t off.
The plan wonld also end all the rivalries
that exist in church ehoirs and in many
ways conduce TO peace, harmony, and also
economy Philadelphia Inquirer
The times., 1897-05-09
The End of "A Feud.

1t IS seldom In this workday age tnat
one encounters genuine family feud, in
hented from sire to son. through no ,eSs
than six centuries. Such a feud actually
existed in the dominions OF Queen Victoria
until short time ago, and its final settle
nent was brought about by heingenuu1s-
ness OF a boy of nine
The two leading Anglo-ITish families in
Ireland have long been the Fitz-Geralds
and the Buffers. From being comrades in
arms or the invading strongbOw, they be-
came by degrees rival baronS and fierce
contestants for the eyice-sovereignty OF their
adopted country. In the wars Of the roses
the Buffers sided with the white rose Of
Lancaster, the F1tZ-GeraIds with the red
rose OF York Factions gathered around the
two great houses, and the hitter fCud
bToughtforth death and bloodshed from Us
early as 1880 down to the wIlliauite wars.
The Buffers, whose chief had obtained the
dignity OF Earl OF Ormonde. succeeded in
crushing the power OF the elder branch OF
the Fitz-tieTalds, Earls OF Desmoud IL ia
told of a warike Desmond that while be-
ing horne prisoner on the locked shields os
his feudaI foes clansmen, the Buffers
taunted him with the bitter words:
Where is the now proud Fitz-Gerald:"
To which the indomitable earl an
swered:
''FitZ-Gerald is where he ought TO be
on the necks of the Buffers
This proud reply win give an IDEA OF
the intensity Of the strife.
Now, it happened that his naiesty's
irish yicerOy gave a garden party in the
yiceregal lodge at Dublin, and thither
were hidden by accident the Marquis of
Ormoude, head of the Butler family ffa-
miliar to Americans through his yachting
interests, and the little Duke of Leinster
boyish ehieftain of the house of Fi1z-
Gerald. With the duke, who was not
quite nine years of age. came his wid.
owed mother one of the beautiful Dun
combe sisters
The Duchess OF Leinster lost sight Of
her son for space, and in going TO look
for the lad, found him engaged in earnest
conversation with tall. elderly gentle
man, in whom she was surprised to recag-
nize the Marquis OF Ormonde. What was
her horror when, on approaching LeaTer,
she distinctly heard the youthful Geraldine
remark in somewhat slangy phrase:
We'll, suppose ought to punch your
head ON account OF the feud; butt say, you
know, you're too jolly decent a chap for
that. Can't we shake hands and call it
square,
With the utmost gravity Lord Ormoutle
grasped the small hand OF his hereditary
foe, and when the amused mother came to
congratulate them on the happy settleIuens
OF 500 years of bitterness. she found the
young hopeful perched. like his famous an
cestors. on the neck of the ButIer-Atlanta
Journal.
The times., 1897-05-09

An aniable but unsopbisticat.,d public
INDUCES itself in consider able misplaced
sympathy for the Cherry Sisters in their
exhibition at the Bi jou last week, or at
least for the exhibition which the public
made OF them. These simple rustics are
not all pastoral veneer, They know
thing or two, and perhaps three The
moment they cease to be the targetof vege-
tables their commercial value ceases. They
are so bad (artistically or inanisticallyl
that they are good. They know it, and
they try to be just as ungainly a. possible
They are far from being the fools n the
case. In way they are extremely clever
Much OF their goings on Is acting pure arr,
simple; but the audience doesn't know 1t.
Score one for the Cherry Sisters It simuly
is a chance Of James Owen O'Conner mul-
tiplied by four, In the feminine gender
If they caredtO speak their mi nd they vo uld
probably say: You give us your garden
truck, but you give US your dollars, too.
Sc who carcs?'' Wise cherries. Their Iowa
philosophy is all right, There's no mort
gage on their farm. This week the Bij jou
will have a new drama, The Confederate
Spy"
The Grand has q repeater this week in
the Black Patti and her Troubadours, and
the Flynn and Sheridan City Sports is
no newcomer to Kernan's They are
both favorites
The times., 1897-05-09

The Caive concert On Wednesday was In
most respects a great treat But the
prima donna overshadowed every one else
1t was a plain case OF eclipse. And what
a-<adiant sun she is. With all the warmth
and splendor and vitality of the lord of
the sky, she dominates her profession with
few equals There are but four e.rinently
great sopranos now Calye. Nordica, Meiba
and Eanses We should be very proud
that two of these divas, Nordica and
Eames, are American women, born, bred
and wed The attendance would have
been larger if the prices had not been SO
high. There is not an orerw helEning pen
chant. even among those best able. TO
pay IS, TO near prima donna sing three
Songs Yet such is the commercial status
of the prime dunno that they leave no
pickings for their managers, unless the
prices are as high as they think they
can squeeze the public Nordica packed
the Lafayette at So, and the Columbia
The times., 1897-05-09

The friends Of the four gentlemen OF the
Madrid Quartet and the Hany citizens
under obligation to them for gratuitous
appearances for charities and benefits dur
ing the past two years, Will tomorrow
night have an opportunity of reciprocal
ing their courtesies- They give a grand
concert at the Columbia Theater, assisted
by the most prominent talent in the city.
The program is long one, and it is an
exceedingly good one in every detail. The
display of the names of the volunteers is
reason enough 10 attract people TO the
theater, but the popularity OF the Ma,lrids
will doubly insure their success in their
concert Tickets have sold very fast, and
the remaining seats to be had will, no
doubt, be cleared off the board before
tomorrow night.
The times., 1897-05-09

The Columbia is decidedly musical these
days. Last Monday Huberman made even
greater triumph than on his first APP
pearance, aud was the hero of a little
scene, hereinbefore described, which sell
dom falls to the lot of others OF the
popular idols He had the first people of
the city, artistic, social and diplomatic,
actually at his feet. They crowded about,
kissing the 10y, pouring out their raptu-
ous adula ton, which be did not understand
at all. and begging for autographs. One
enthusiastic maiden a tabernacle maiden,
whom one should suppose to be far too
sedate for any such enthusiasm-had no
paper for her autograph, SO she ripped
off her linen cuff, and somewhere in her
boudoir today, doubtless conspicuously,
she has tliatcuff withthe cherished tracery
of Huberuan's autograph to show envious
friends.
And the genius that causes such furore
is in every way wonderful and worthy Of
It. Young Huberman is without a peer
as a yIoIiniSt At thirteen years he has
accomplished the united feats Of Sarasate
Caesar Thompson and Isaye. Not alone
la technique and temperament, but his
reats of memory are miraculous de plays
long concerto over once or twice and
1t is nenoriZed forever. His memorzcd
library of music includes more than most
Of the other artists can play from note
In the TWO public and one private recital
he has played the most eXacting mdsic,
written for the delicate instrument of
which he is master. Yet for his concert
tonight lie has an entirely new BILL He
might go on this way for weeks and never
once be in need OF new material, or play
from note The concert tonight is really
In response to the ovation given him on
the stage of the Columbia last Monday,
but for the sake of those who cannot
afford high prices but wish to hear him,
he has lowered his scale for this last
American appearance. Next Thursday
he sails for Europe, not to return, he says.
for many years.
The times., 1897-05-09

FRANKLIN Fyles has written a play for Au-
gustGs Pitou. who will produce itearly mex I
season. Mr. Pitou describes it as anAmen-
can romantic drama, with its scenes at
West Point and In the Cumberland moun-
tains in Sc L. tits not "a war play, in the
sense that it contains any battle episodes,
but the war provides background for its
The times., 1897-05-09

A Kansas paper once said OF a perform
ance Of Hamlet Its good piece,
but it's too all-fired full OF quotations I"
Here is another criticism worthy OF place
somewhere near that one:
The Glen Eden tAnz) Eagle Eye Optic
says: The theatrical performance which
visited Glen Eden last night was one OF
The times., 1897-05-09

The rose matinee" at the Lafayette
Square opera House las proven quite
success, but that Of Wednesday last was
morelargely Y attended than the management
imagined it would be, and hence this story
Tuesday evening it was learned, upon
consulting the advance sale" sheet, that
the number of roses ordered from the Phila-
delphia nurseries would not supply the de-
mand, and hence Business Manager A j.
Clark telegrapiied To Philadelphia to send
an additional supply, and then he went
nome and slept the sleep OF ftheinnocent
The next morning dawned clear and
bright, but at 10 O'Clock no roses had come.
The hour OF II passed and still no flowers,
and Mr.. Clark nsrvous ustenperamentbeg began
to worry him, and by 1 O'Clock the placid
countenance of Nh. Clark was so changed
that his friends would have felt worried
and called in doctor. In the meantime
Manager Aibaugh WIS equally uncomfort-
able, aud, although the Hay was by no means
warm, Small streams Df peTspiratiun were
chasing each other down his spinal column
Then the two gentlemen decided to go on
a tour ADMINISTRATION, and they made bee
line for the Baltimore and Ohio station.
''Yes, the roses had come, said the baggage
agent, and, without losing a second, Clark
ordered the first colored man he could see
to get them in tow. take them to the
Lafayette Square rs qlTick as you can,"
almost screamed the now delighted and
exuberant Clark
''Does you mean it, boss" queried the
colored man, with a grin.
do 1 mean it?'' replied the delighted
'here s a half-dollar to hurry"
without word the messenger departed
ON dead run with the roses under his
The times., 1897-05-09
". JEFFERSON DAVIS"

The end Of April provided 8 long list Of
matrimonial happenings among weil-knpwn
actors. Though the ceremony occurred on
the first day OF April the marriage OF r.
d. Mclean and odette Z yler, wasannounced
only last week On the 18th, In San Fran
cisco, where Otis Skinner is playing a
months engagement, Guy Post and Sara
Truax, of tue popular players Company,
were married. Al. Fields, the proprietor
of Fields Minstrels, took for wife Eelle
Stewart,i in st Louis, the 22d. On the 27th
in Chicago Gracia Quire, became Mrs
Charles ID. Van Studdifor,i.
The groomis St Louis millionaire. The
bride was this season one o the prime donne
of the Bostonians. She has retired from
the stage, and, in view OF her many accom-
plishments and bright future there, it seems
too bad that opera should be robbed by
Hymen. on the last day OF the month, in
New York city, were married Sosannah
Hudson and Alfred Bradley Mr.. Bradley
is brother OF Madelaine Locette RyIey,
and he managed the preliminary tour of
"The Mysterious Mr. Bugle."
The times., 1897-05-09

Tuesday evening the stage OF the Co
IuIBbia Theater Will be given over 10
the prett Y little Jerome X Jerome's cou.-
edy Of Barbara and the famous comedy
classic David Garrick.' The two plays
form the bill OF an entertainment given by
the ladies and gentlemen Of the Carroll
Institute Dramatic Club, Washington scrack
amateur dramatic organization. The bene-
ficiaries on this occasion will not be the
club itself. The receipts will be handed
over to the Athletic Association of the
Catholic University. Friends of the uni
versity and of the athletes have shown
fine zeal in disposing of tickets, which in
dicates a big house.
The times., 1897-05-09

This week presents several amateur en-
tertainments OF considera bic Interest To-
morrow night at the Columbia will take
place the Madrids' grand concert This
popular quartet has gratuitously given its
services to nearly every amateur enter
tatnment for two years, and now the young
men modestly come forth with the best
amateur talent in the city, and offer their
friends whom they have so often favored
in the past an actual bargain
On Tuesday evening at the same theater
the Carroll Institute Dramatic Club will re-
peat David Garrick' and Jerome X. Je-
rome S Barbara. These popular and ac-
complished players are always sure of big
house whenever they volunteer their SER
vices. They act as well as many rl.ore
famous professional organizations Their
benefit this week is for the Athletic Asso-
citation of the Catholic University.
The times., 1897-05-09
CHANGES AT THE THEATERS.

Bionislaw Hubernan gives his last AmcTi-
can concert at the Columbia this evening.
He has consented to q lower scale of
prices than he has played to before, and
doubtless his house will be packed. This
thirteen yeaI-old boy is a genius of the
first magnitude, as those who We're so
fortunate as 10 hear him in his two other
concerts know. He plays with rayish-
ing beauty, and the difficult maZes OF
the masters sift simply through his magic
fingers as If nature and not AIT accom-
plished his wonders; IL is nature in large
part. To have accomplished the m3rYels
that Huberman does it must be that the
forces of nature are especially potent He
caresses his violin and wings from the
strings sounds such as no doubt dwell
in it Until some such master suggests it
again. His selections tonight include Mir
great concerto, noctarne by
Chopin and Spa nish dances by Sarasate.
The times., 1897-05-09

The National viii take up. the thread OF
Is season tomorrow night after having
been dark for week 1t is good policy TO
chose house when no attraction up TO
standard is to he had The National Will
profit On the losses Of last week. Had
they kept open it would necessarily have
heen with performance below its sustained
grade
Bad performances drive people awayfum
the theater into other channels of aInuse-
ment Just as a good performance stimulates
interest and creates desire for more of The
same thing. manager never wilfully
serves an inferior attraction. Like the pub
lie, he is fooled often on his part. Some
times 1t is by the Misrepresentation of the
purveyors of the attractions; sometimes by
the ridiculous misplaced and often sub
sidized criticism Of the New York penny
dreadfulS, or often the disturbing element is
chance Itself. merely the fortune OF war. as
in a new production. All the conditions
precedent for favorable outco me are placed.
good actors, good stage manager and good
stage dressing, but there is locked up in The
uncertain possibilities Of a new play the
Success to make fame and fortune, and Oh
the. other hand the failure to cry for IN
Instant fuaHgati0n.
In resHning their season the big Avenue
tlseatcr presents Stuart Robson in drama
tization of OPie Reads story, The Jack-
Inns - IL was done by Mr.. Hart, who has
ofIicisted for MIR. Robson as adsptor in one
or two other instances THIS comedian has
for wears been searching for Successor to
The Henrietta, in whichhe as the victim
OF Tie overwhelming popularity OF single !
part BERTHE has pursued him ever since
with the oninoUs shadow of a Nemesis |
He has bounded hack and forth from one /
role To another, as ifin game of ba ttiedoor (
and shUCtlecoek, bat always rings in his I
ears Ihe distressing toleratve criticism Of |
the public, yes, good enough: Robson is /
always good, bot not so good as Bertie, the |
lamb 9" Now, at last, il is claimed by and |
for this comedian that he as a comedy role !
superior 20 that terrible success. Let us |
hope so. We shall see tomorrow night |
With MIR Robson on this trip is Mrs |
Robson, May Waldron, d woman Of beauty, |
charm and talent as remembered in her |
performances OF several years ago, be- |
fore she Sought the rest Of domestic life |
at their Massachusetts country place.
The times., 1897-05-09

Here is specimen OF advertising by a
New York provincial theater manager:
''Bon-hon souvenirs (boXes of Candy) to
ladies and children matinees. Special offer
ings every day. Our prices lower than else
where Extra value in seats The regular
81 kind for 20 and 80 cents Fine silk
finished gallery seats, with embroidered
silk dots, 10 cents. Never sold anywhere
else less than % cents The most exquisite
novelty in theatrical goods ever shown
And again TO this effect
"Bon-bon souvenirs toladies, children with
paid tickets at daily mat A great sale
for balance Of the week. Every seat sacli-
flee We are offering leader from now
on at 90 cents. The regular high-grade 81
ones We must unload this immense stock,
and will sell the best grade at 80 cents.
Take the elevator TO our top floor and in
spect the finely y-finished hardwood chairs
ut 10 cents
The manager who directs or permits
such advertising as this has nistak ken his
calling. He ought To buy remnants at
bankrupt sale Of out-of-date goods and
peddle them.
The times., 1897-05-09

The second of the summer stock seasons
iaaugurates its run at the Academy this
week in the coming of the Cummings Stock
Company Much has already been said of
this company in the public press. There is
nothing TO add until reveals itself to the
public tomorrow night IL comes after
winter seaSoninLouisviile, and should bring
arepertoire OF plays u whicheach me1nberis
Well adapted and in which everyone is weIl
trained The opening play is DeAiiile' S labor
play, The Lost Paradise" Everyone knows
the inherent strength OF this drama twill
doubtless be given fine opening presen ta-
tion. The prices at the Academy are 10 be
but % and 80 cents
The times., 1897-05-09

The most encouraging reports come from
New York city a bout the company which
istoplay this summer at the Columbia The
company is now complete, and as it stands
now it is one of the finest stock companies
ever organized, not alone for summer work,
but for permanency, in New York The
members are all well-known people, and
many of them are sure to be conspicuous
socially Turing their stay
Joe jefferson was so pleased at The
roster of the Columbia stock that he ap-
piled for a place in 1t for his son William,
who has heretofore acted only in his
fathers company. Joe wants the young
man to get good stock experience Mr..
Jefferson will probably bring some of his
horses from Buzzard's Bay stable, and lie
has already engaged apartments at one of
the swell uptown hotels
Katharine Grey VIII tring her maid, and
she has written for stable quarters for
her horse, which is to be brought down next
week. She prefers horseback to the bicycle.
Henry Bergman will be accompanied by
his wife and their pretty little ve-year-old
daughter Josephine. The entire company
is expectedon Wednesday, and though they
have been rehearsing for two weeks, they