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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30
a vIGOROUs DENIAL.

The responsibility for the very peculiar
policy sodpted by the council in its deal
ings with the mayor can be shifted neither
to the shoulders of that gentleman, nor yet
to those Oft. d. Davidson, who is supplying
the city with power and lights notwith-
standing the puerile effort so to do.
Mr. Townsend did not call the meeting
for the purpose of having the council pur-
chase the brewery property, any further than
heretofore indicated-to merely sign, as in
duty bound. the notifications for such a
meeting, at the request ofthe council.
II has been urged by members Of the
council that it became necessary for the city
to provide independent power for the pump
ing station, because Mr. Davidson had re-
peatedly refused to enter into a contract
with the ci.y-consequently the whole water
works system was within the power and
within of one man to render it Ineffective at
any moment. The facts are, and the proof
is herewith Submitted, that during the past
four years and more, until week ago-long
after this present agitation had eventuated-
Mr.. Davidson had never been requested by
the council or the mayor to enter into any
such contract Mr.. Davidson has always
been ready to execute contract which
would be mutually satisfactory. There is
no sufficient reason why he should not and
no particular reason why he should desire
it, so long as he was being promptly paid
for his services at price satisfactory to him
and the city.
Mr. Davidson submits the following card.
which ought to be sufficient, for he is the
soul of honor, but for fear it might not be
conclusive and convincing, he brings to his
support the statement of aldermen who have
served upon the council in unbroken chain
since 1894.
A CARD.
That l have been requested to enter
into contract with the city for furn-
ishipg power and lights since 1893,
and have refused SO to do, is unquali-
fiedly false. The only time within that
period when such thing has been
suggested was last week, when Mr..
Ward suggested that by entering into
such a contract the existing trouble
might be fixed up, and that talk was
informal, nor did / then refuse-but
expressed willingness to do so at
any time when a contract to which
both parties could agree should be
presented by the council.
T. d. DAVIDSON.
. 2 K s I
It having been currently reported
through the city that t. d. Davidson
has been repeatedly requested by the
various city Councils during the past
three or four years to execute con-
tract with the city for furnishing
power for operating the water works
and for lighting the streets of the city,
and that he has repeatedly refused to
make such contract, we, the under
signed members of the council during
the years Indicated, desire to state
that during our respective terms of Of
fee as Indicated, no such request,
to our knowledge, was ever made of
him.
A. o. ScRIvENER, 1894 to 1897.
ALEXANDER MOORE, 1895 to 1896.
"A. E. IRWIN, 1895 to 1896.
JAMES INGRAM, 1896.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

George C. Thorpe, the newspaper
man who was 'skilled'' by the Turks
in Crete, arrived in Minneapolis Sat
urday afternoon in the best OF health
Mr.. Thorpe says that while he consid-
ers himself lucky to have got out OF
Crete with a whole skin, he, is utterly
unable to account for the origin OF the
leport that he had been killed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

JERRY isl political column yes
terday says that people should talk
politics from everlasting to everlast-
ing. So they ought Jerry, II their sal
aries depend on it.-Princeton Union.
Just like an officer for all the world.
They think no one, not under official
salary, has right to talk politics.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

81 l,een . ffered him. He is, however,
= candidate for Congress, and such be-
ING the case he is forced to take an
abiding interestin the State camp
He realizes that it will be very easy
matter for the State convention to
make his reelection to Congress I'M
possible by presenting ticket which
willnot inspireenthusiastic confidence.
It will be an ssoff-year' election-the
wear when the Republicans always suf-
fer by reason of apathy, and it any
element of disgust is superadded q
nomination for Congress in the sixth
and seventh districts would be very
ant to be a vacuous honor indeed.
1T Makes difference, sometimes
as To who is who. That is the case
with our city council. During the
Miner administration the council en-
ployed the HERALD to do some work
reasonably worth $3.50, and a bill for
that amount was ordered paid by the
council. The mayor refused to sign
the city order, and the amount net
warranting the cost OF collecting, the
matter was dropped for the time.
When the present council and admin
istration came into control, the bill
was represented as legitimate, hon.
est claim against the city. Did this
council pay it? Well, no. Did 1t
Mead that it was not just and equit-
able claim, as reason for REFUSAL!
Not bit of it: They simply said that
inasmuch as the former mayor and
administration had refused to pay
what The city owed, they didu't pur-
pose it. In short they supported
and approved the action OF Mayor
Miner in declining to sign an order
authorized by the council for work
ordered and performed-and for re-
fusing to sign an order for the pur-
chase of property the city neither
wants nor can afford to purchase, this
same council proposes to impeach
Mayor Townsend. But that is its
calibre-no one need be surprised at
anything it does-unless that some
thing have thread of common sense
and wisdom running through it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

FOR SALE "A good Crawford bicy-
Gle, in perfect condition, for $25. In
quire At Star Hotel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

Our prices are very low, and you
can save money by purchasing of
US now.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-30

Reduction on all lines of Foot
Wear. Ladies', Gents and Chill
dren. Full lines of the best makes
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04

the Moors were driven out of Spain,
which was in 1892, year ever mem
orable to all Americans.
l found Albania almost desolate on
my recent visit, for it had been subject
to that most awful of earthly vista
tions, an earthquake Nearly all its
buildings had been thrown down, its
public hall and churches all but destroy
ed, and among the ruins the people
were wandering about aimlessly, seek
ing out their lost relatives. Even an
enemy of the Spaniards could not enter
tain feelings toward them other than of
pity and commiseration. Their condi-
ton was most pitiable, heartrending,
and could but exclaim as l looked up
on this scene of suffering, ''Ah, woe is
me, AlhamaP' The losses from siege OF
capture, saving the dead, can be repair
ed after the enemy has retreated, but
who knows when the next visitation
from the earthquake will occur and rem.
der abortive all efforts for reconstruc-
ton? Among one group of ruins which
l photographed priest and some sis
ters of charity were going about ad-
ministering succor to the wounded and
such consolation as they could afford to
the dying. There is little hope for AL
hama and no possibility for it to recover
Its ancient prosperity.
l have mentioned my visit to Alba
ma i'll order to present different phase
of life here from what the ordinary
traveller sees. What with their rebel
lious subjects in Cuba and the Philip
pines and earthquakes at home added
to their ever increasing poverty and
steady decline as nation, the Spaniards
are more subjects for pity than of envy.
Spain has been a glorious country. He1
sons have written their names high on
the monument of fame, but that was in
the long buried past. Today the coun.
try is poverty stricken, decaying, hol-
low hearted. Although it possesses a
sturdy population, true hearted peas.
antry, yet its so called higher classes and
the nobility are vainglorious and unre-
liable. 1t is strange fact that, while
the real Spaniard is very decent sort
of man, yet his government has forced
him into a position in which be is COM
PEELED to pose as the bloodthirsty tyrant
and oppressor of mankind.
J. A. EIDRIDGE.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04

doomed out of all reason, like so many
of her predecessors. She was then I'M
der engagement to j. w. Wallack, the
father Of Lester, and her debut occur
red in 1854 at Wallack's theater, at
Broadway and Broons street. The fa-
nous Hall Wilton LOOK after her in
terests here. The comedyNsS "The VIII"
was at first decided upon for the open
ing bill. But Wallack finally put it to
one side in favor of 1.-THE Lady of Ly-
Ons.
During her career i'll this city Miss
Keene was the manager at different
times of the Metropolitan, afterward
the Winter Garden, and Laura Keene's
theater, afterward the Olympic. She
was successful at both places although
her artistic temperament was SO strong
s.and her sense of economy in the matter
of stage productions so weak that she
seldom found her bank account uncom-
fortably large. Her companies contain
ed the best actors of the day. She was
woman of indomitable energy and
was at the theater from morning until
night attending to the details of the
productions, and the result of her meth
DDS were so manifest that ere long the
famous Wallack company was obliged
to look to its laurels. Not single de-
tail escaped her. remember well how
one day, when a new and very green
woman had been hired as a cleaner,
Laura tucked up her $500 satin dress
and was soon on her knees showing the
slavey how to scrub the stage. This
was foolish and unnecessary, but it
serves to illustrate the actress watchful-
ness and contempt for work when she
thought some good purpose might be
served.
Sothern's Jokes.
What a number of successes Laura
Keene scored with her company, of
whom she was the leading womanl In
fact, she never had, so far as l can re-
member, single emphatic failure.
Her taste in costuming and stage effects
was intuitive, and she never went
wrong. l am inclined to. think that an
artistic inheritance was common to her
family, for the famous Keene of Lon
don Punch was Laura S brother. Speak
ing of this brother, remember that
when we presented Shakespeare "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" he sent
his sister mechanical contrivance de-
signed to practically illustrate Puck S
feat in putting girdle around the
world in less than 40 minutes. 1t was a
most ingenious affair, and man who
understood its workings had come over
from London especially to manipulate
it. He was a Frenchman and under
stood very little English. Ned Sothern
the elder, of course-had part in
.the piece. He was an irresistible joker,
and he determined to have some fun
with that machine. In some manner he
contrived to ''fix" the Frenchman, and
I with Mary Wells connivance got in the
way Of the mechanical Puck, Instead of
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
SPAIN is PROSTATE.
How She Is Beset by External and In
ternal Troubles.
Especial Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
MALAGA, Spain, March 17.-BetWeeh
Cadiz, in the southwest, and Barcelona,
in the northeast, lie several Spanish
cities which, i'll view of the present
American complications, are sufficient
ly important for casual mention.
This city of Malaga, best known to
us for its wines and raisins, is Ill about
the same decadent condition Of them
all, except Barcelona, where dwell the
enterprising yankees of Spain. - AT
the present time Malaga lives manly
Oh the memory of its greatness, contain
ing very few buildings of Importance
and swarming with beggars. Much far
ther north we find Valencia. capital OF
the rich province of the same name,
once noted as the seat of Mohammedan
learning. 1t was captured from the
Moors by the renowned Cid i'll the eleV-
enth century and was known then, as
now, as the garden spot of Spain
Between the two last named lies the
picturesque port of Alicante, famous for
its ancient castle and the view out
spread therefrom, its episcopal palace,
its tobacco factories and cathedral. IL
we should diverge from our journey, or
rather prolong it to Barcelona, we
should find this latter one of the finest
cities ON the Mediterranean coast OF
Spain, inhabited by apeople strangely
at variance with the luxury loving and
slow going southe1ner.
The Spaniards are like the little girl
in the nursery book-when they are
good, they're every, very good, but
when they're bad they're horrid. "
There are no brigands here except in
the remotest mountains, but the mass OF
the people are cruelty Impoverished. In
the midst of land created for the gar
den of Europe, capable of producing
nearly erything grown in the tropical
and temperate zones, the bulk OF the
Spaniards are yet poverty stricken to
the verge of starvation. This will &C
count for the feeling Of uncertainty
have alluded to- for if they can't get the
means for subsistence by honest labor
they are likely to try some other method.
Between Malaga and Granada are
the mountains containing the towns IA
nous in the history Of the Moorish wars
of the decade preceding the discovery OF
America. One of these was Albania,
which was taken by the Spaldart.s at
er a terrible tattle and its iuAahiients
put to the sword. So awfld v7Gs tbe
slaughter that the event has bc~o per
petuated in Moorish-Spanish song, the
refrain of which is, Gay de mi (woe is
me), Alhamap' This mountain strong
hold of the Moors fell i'll the year 1882,
and ten years elapsed before the last Of
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04

beset with thorns. The policeman on
duty at the church door told him Il,
couldn't take the Photograph. That
"riled" him, and he said he would.
The policeman told him to move On.
He said he wouldn't. The policeman
came after him, and he took his place
IN the steps of the church, saying he
was ON private property aud outside the
policeman's jurisdiC ton. Then the
church deacons came out and told him
to leave. He went out on the sidewalk
and walked up and Gown. Presently
the captain Of police c.,me along, and
he called another ofiicer--a broad back
ed officer-and gave him some secret i'll
structions The photographer called a
sturdy negro boy who stood near, cross
ed his palm with silver and gave him
some instructions too. When the congre-
cation came out, Mrs. Cleveland stood
back i'll the lobby waiting for a signal.
As she left the church the broad police
man stepped i'll front of the camera.
But the negro at the same time dropped
on his hands and knees, the photogra-
pher sprang on the negro's back and
snap went the shutter of the camera,
l am sorry | cannot record the tri-
umph Of the photographer. He found
when he developed the plate that some
thing had happened to it believe it
was light strickland the picture was
a failure.
An amateur had as funny an expert
ence with Mr.. Cleveland's children.
The semipublic part Of the White House
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04

with enormously full ruches of pink
silk null or other light material, and
the ruffies around the necks are sudden
ly blushing pink, instead of remaining
white, as they were week ago.
Not all gowns have hats to match, but
the most of them do. There was a very
elegant Louis Somebody Or other suit
of havana broadcloth, the skirt plain,
but the coat in the orthodox form, with
a little gold embroidery ON the collar
and revers. The stock was of ivory silk
null, and the full cravat was of ivory
Lace. The hat i'll this instance was a
plateau of black chip, with a whole lot
of double dark violets both on top and
under the back brim, which was turned
up sharply. Mingled with the violets
on top was full high plating of point
d'esprit lace.
In one house l saw lovely gown
just finished. 1t is now packed away,
to be opened only when the days that
melt mems brains to the right consist
ency for falling in love with the wearer
shall have arrived This is a creamy
white silk null, made up over water
green taffeta The skirt is gathered
very full and is untrimmed. There is
an olive green velvet draped belt Above
this is French gathered waist, which
shows under slashed heliotrope bolero.
This bolero is of velvet and is prettily
worked i'll silks of darker shade. The
stock is of the olive velvet, with far
ing collar of the heliotrope velvet, with
ruffle of green taffeta The sleeve
caps are of velvet, with narrow rufies,
one of the taffeta and one of the silk
null. The tight sleeves are of taffeta,
with the silk null gathered in valois
style over it.
There are so many new ways OF max
ing up the goods l have described fully
i'll the last few weeks that one scarcely
knows where to begin.
One more lovely dress will men
ton. This was for reception or any 9th
er occasion requiring very dressy COS
tune. The dress itself was of notified
green and brown taffeta, with the up
per portion Of the bodice made of ivory
silk muslin laid in accordion plaits.
The sleeves, caps and cascades down
the front of the skirt were all of ivory
oriental lace. The half girdle was OF
deep heliotrope velvet. and so were the
tight collar, the puffs and the sleeves,
and four large bows set at the bottom
of the skirt, two ON each side. The
wrists were finished with very full ruff
fles of lace. That above the collar was
not very full. There We're little clusters
of black plumes on top of the shoulders.
These noticed were removable So l
suppose they are added only when the
most dressy effect is required. The ar
rangement of the revers reaching i'll
points to the waist line and tapping
back over the velvet half belt is par
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, March 30.-Considered
from every standpoint, Laura Keene
was probably the greatest woman ever
connected with the American stage. To
those who Are familiar with her rise
from obscurity and her struggle for
fame not only as an actress, but as
manager, her career is all the more re-
markable. I knew her intimately for
years as friend and stage manager, and
/ must confess that the woman's pc
culiarities were, as much as anything
else, responsible for the interest with
which used to regard her.
! think it is not generally known that
Laura was as girl bSTmaid at the
Scotch Stores in Oxford street, London.
She was also famous i'll small way as
1.-THE lass of Richmond HILL, in Sur
rey, where she used to serve ice cream
to the gallants of the Royal lancers and
the other crack regiments which were
stationed there from time to time. I do
not know exactly how she drifted to-
ward the stage-she was always reti-
cent on that point-but she got there
eventually and made quite an impress
sion in England. She was married to a
man named Taylor, who was a pretty
bad egg, and was told by her that he
was transported to Van Dieman's Land
for his Observation-Disclosures in signing the
name of another man instead of his
own to piece Of negotiable paper.
beginning of Great Career.
Laura Keene, toward the close of her
career, was called the Nine. Vestris of
America, but when she first came over
here it was not generally thought that
she would be an unqualified success be-
cause of the fact that she had not been
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
Confession of a Poster Artist.

Sympathizing Friend-I am awfully
sorry to hear that your work was re-
jected.
Poster Artist don't mind disclosing
the secret to you. l know you will keep
it. The fact is that l am color blind by
gaslight, and l painted group of green
trees, thinking all the time that 1 was
using pure red.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
Gun FIints.
J. A. ELDRIDGE

The Oldest industry in Britain is still
carried on at the village of Brandon, on
the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, and
is in Furnishing condition. 1t is a
mandatory of gun and finder box
tiints. 1t appears that there is no regu-
lar flint factory, but the work is done in
the little sheds, often at the back of the
townsfolk's cottages.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04

crossing the stage from the right and
disappearing, as it should have done,
the figure went flying from the wings
to the footlights, where it acted in the
most unaccountable manner, falling
over and carrying terror to the Puck in
the flesh. The Frenchman and his clock
work dummy disappeared from the cast
after that one performance. much to the
relief Of everybody except Sothern.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
FANCIES FOR SPRING.
SOME OF THE NEW HATS, CAPES AND
GOWNS.
The Judicious Use of Handsome
Gowns For Dress OccasiOns-ResuIts of
an Inspection of the New York Whole
sale and Retail Stocks.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.
New YORK, March 3O.-Gray and
pink have always been pretty when
brought together, no matter what the
material, and it seems that the dress
makers have come to that conclusion
all at once this season, for notice pink
Oh many of the gray gowns, hats and
short capes. The capes show the pink
only as lining and ruflings around the
neck. The new parasols now shown for
next summers wear are of gray surah
or taffeta, with pink lining and a great
fluff of pink crepe lisse or chiffon as
rufles. The capes are not so full and
fiuted as they were before They are
more likely to fit like military capes.
Hats of gray satin straw are shown
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-04
BEHIND THE
! FOOTLIGHTS.
Personal RecollectionS Of Laura
Keene and Sothern.
THE RISE OF A FAMOUS ACTRESS.

From Barmaid to Leading Lady Miss
Keene's Hasty Temper and Other Pc
cuIiarities - SOtherns JOkes-JefGersOn,
CouldOck and BOucicauIt.