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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-16

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Is open In The evenings.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-16

AUCTION nj Shcn Bros, Jewclry
store to-day At $50 and $50 y. M.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-16

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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
TiVoli Opera-House.

Wagnerian opera Will occupy the whole
of this week.
1.-The Flying Dutch man" will be given,
with fine scenic effects and a cast 1nclud-
ing: William Mertens as Van der Decken
the Duichman; Sig. Ablamoff as Daland,
the Norwegian captain; Rhys Thomas as
Erik. the hunlsman; Arthur Boyce as the
steersman; Tlllie Salinger as the poetic
Senta and Bernice Holmes as Mary, her
nurse. The male chorus will consist of
twenty-four voices.
Wagner based his poem on one of the
best known of Northern European popu-
lar legends, that of the Dutch captain
W no swore 10 double the Cape of Good
II ope III the teeth of furious gale, or
ke ep on sailing forever. The devil took
him at his word, unless he would find a
woman TO love him unto death. On Mon
Gay Effie Stewart will sing Senta. On
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday even
ings 'LoheDgrini will be repeated, with
Effie Stewart Katherine Fleming H in
richs, Signor Mi,helena, William Me;-
tens, John ]. Rafael, w. II. West and
Signor V ,viani in the cast. The Hugue-
notS is III preparation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
HEAVY BATTERY SHOTS.
Result of the Annual Practice
With Solid and Shell An
nounced.
The Proportion of Projectiles Fired
That Struck the Vertical Tar
gets Aimed At.

The result of the annual firing practice
OF the heavy bait ries of the Third Artil-
lery stationed on this coast Tor the current
wear is announced in general orders by
command of Brig adler. General Shafter.
With the Is inch guns used in coast de-
fense there was used solid shot weighing
450 pounds and shell weighing from 343 to
$50 pounds, and the charges of powder
were from 90 pounds mammoth to 13O
pounds sphero-hexagon. The batteries
engaged in the practice were and L. OF
Alcatraz, D. II and of Anger Island, u
of Fort Mason. G and K of the Presidio
and NJ of Fort Candy, Wash. Each bat
terry fired rounds, 3with OF and with
shell. The range was between 247O and
200 yards. Batteries A, e, 6, ii and l.
each made hits on the vertical target, d
and l are credited with 3 hits, k with 4
hits and NJ with only l nit. d made
ricochet and 3 ricochet hits. The value OF
the hits ranged from 10 165 Battery u
OF Angel Island is credited IN the order OF
merit with No. 1, while Battery NJ of Fort
Canby is the lowest on the list, namely. ..
With the 12- nch breech-loaGing rifles
three rounis were fired by all the bat
teries except the one from Fort Candy.
The projectlle used woI"h he'd 1000 pounds
projected by $50 and 460 pounds OF pow
der. The average range was 676) yards.
On the vertical target Bq teries d and E
each made one hit, II, | and l. each made
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Columbia Theater.

On account of sudden illness Francis
Carlisle has been compelled to retire from
the Frawley Company. This has neces-
STATED stop being put to the rehearsals
of Sue" which was TO have been pro-
duced tomorrow night. The manage
ment has decided to revive De Mile and
Belasco's 1.-The Wife," one OF The most
popular plavs in the Frawley repertoire.
Rehearsals for Augustus Thomas new
play are now going actively forward. The
author says that this is his one eve lam b
OF comedy, ana those who have attended
the rehearsals pred ct that Thomas Will do
as we'll in comedy as he has formerly done
in plays of a more serious nature.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
The 1900 Celebration Committee.

The 1900 celebration committee OF Bay City
Parlor No 104, n. S G. W.. met last Wednes-
day nigh t and elected the following officers ::
H. G. w. DInkelspiel chairman, l. Lindeman
vice chairman, Eugene w. Levy treasurer.
Charles Lindeman secretary. The following
committees were then appointed: Press
printing end uniform, Julius Gabriel CHAIR
MANI, NJ Savannah, f. w. Levy; decora tions
and headquarters, A. lsraelsky tcha1rman); !;
Sanford Fegenbaum, Saul Magner; finance,
NJ Savannah (chairman), Z. w. Levy, :. Feig
enbaum. NJ. E. LIGHT, l. Lindeman; music, d.
L. Hollub (cnairman), LLindeman, II. L Gunz-
uurger; refreshments, G.. Lindeman (chair-
nam, NJ. E Licht. A. Israelsky. This commit
lee was appointed by Bay City Parlor for the
purpose Of raising funds and making prepara-
iions for the grand joint celebration OF the N.
S. g. W.. to be held In San Francisco Sc eptem-
byr 9, 1900. Arrangements nave already been
made by the committee for grand benefit,
minstrel entertainment and ball TO be held IN
N. S. G. W. building on Thursday evening
Noyember %
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
pronounced it that 'at''). The gaglet was
the hit OF the evening.
MARIE EVELYN.
Baldwin Theater.

Crane will give "a Virginia Courtshlp
its first prod uction in any theater TO-
morrow night. The work, which IS by
Eugene Presbrey, deals with early colo
Mai days. The story and the scenes take
one back to the beginning OF The present
century, when Virginia was colony and
he country boasted OF roomy old man
sions, of sturdy men and fair women, and
when The chase. the minuet anu the heay-
lily laden dining able furnished the
pleasures OF the hour. In fact PresbIey
admits hat he took for his models the
old-fashioned comedies. The story is one
OF love and intrigue.
la n Richard Fairfax is the principal
character. The jor is fiery, perpery
old gentleman, whose kinsman, Lord
Fairfax, was one of the earliest settlers in
the colony. From his ancestors the
maj1r has inherited many arist ocratic
tastes. Adjoining the majors estate is
thai of a very pretty French widow, Nine.
Constance Robert. The TWO are great
friend. but take different sides when war
breaks out between France and Eng land.
The love-making plications which
center round the estrangement OF the two
families form the basis oil the plot. Crane
will be NJ a ior Fairfax.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

two hits. and A three hits, while 6 and h
q d not make hit. A is credited with
two and d with one ricochet shot. A is,
No. in the order of merit and stands
lowest, namely. eighth.
Battery Nj practced at Fort Candy with
the eight-lnch rife, firing five shots at a
17OO-yard range and five more at 270O-
yard range, using ballasted Sheli weigh
ing I6I pounds projected By thirty five
pounds OF powder Al the first named
range the battery scored four anu at last
named two hits The mean absolute de-
Walton was 1856.
The eight batteries, which do not in
clude the one at For Candy, praetlced
with the twelve-inch breech-l loading rif1ed
mortar using 1000 0-pound shot. with
charges of powder varying from 4)M to 10
pounds. at ranges varying from 1880 TO
4971, and from 7223 to 1910 yards. Not
one battery made "a hit on the vertical tar
get, and the mean absolute deviation IN
yards was from IL 80 to 406 66
With the SO breecn-Ioading mortar
twenty-pound shell and twenty-poUnd
shrapnel projected with smokeless pow
der, the batteries fired eight rounds OF
shell and seven of shrapnel. With the
former the range varied from 1927 10 1880
yards, and with the latter from 1874 20
1541 yards. w tn shell the .viation was
from 09 10 SO IS yards, and with shra pnol
Battery G, diane 80 dummies; h. So; X ,
40; l., 81; Z. %; l, u, and a and D. D.
Three shots were fired with the fifteen
inch pneumatic gun, using dummy pro-
jectiles, at 3451, 1900 and 2542 yards ran ges.
The air pressure in eacn case was 1902
pounds TO the square inch. The first shot
struck 159 yards short and 55 right, the
second 305 yards short and so left and the
third 272 yards short and "a to the left.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

to hang human characters and human
EN- motions but, rough hew it as she will,
business is prosaic, and il clogs The inter-
est of "a Fool of Fortune" considerably.
The entrance of Powers, the scheming
operator, or Lloyd, the hero's partner, is
always the forerunner of a business dis.
cussion. Audiences hate business discus
sions, even if they are enlivened by the
suggestion of impending ruin, so no
amount of good acting on the part OF
Powers or OF Lloyd won favor till the last
ac:. Then Percy Brooke's feeling bit of i'm.
persona;ion as the broken-down partner
Is so effective that ne is forgiven for buy
ing Sunset and discussing the doubtful
wisdom OF the purchase for two acts.
Powers was finally taken into favor be-
cause he pleaded for Sunset in the last act
with real energy and despair. Why Pow
ers wanted Sunset, or what he would have
done with it if he had got it were ques-
lions that very few of the women could
have answered.
A cynical Frenchman once said that
woman's mind Is only gallery of echoes,
and Martha Morton is often accused of
being more than usually feminine in this
respect. There is no denying that "a
Fool OF Fortune" contains echoes of "The
Henrietta" Unkind people go so far as
to say that Miss Morton (she was Miss
when she wrote it) wanted to try what
she could do with The Henrietta sub
ject. In spite OF this likeness, however,
IN spite of the business and the dull first
act. "a Fool of Fortune" is really a clever
play. 1t has quantity delineated touches
OF character. the climax is unusually ar
tistic and last but not least it affords the
versatile William H. Crane opportunities
of beguiling his audiences of their laugh
ter and their tears.
There is nothing very heroic in the role
Crane plays. Elisha Cunningham is a
Wall-street broker, and, incidentally, a
snob of the first water. He wears loud,
imported clothes, makes use of like as a
conjunction, and boasts braggingly that
the Prince OF Wales shook hands with
him on the grand stand at EPSON. But
Elisha's vulgarity is not aggressive be is
too breezy AMI jovial and childlike and
bland to jar upon any one. When he is up
in the world Elisha will not go back on an
old friend, and when he is down in the
depths he struggles bravely to fight for
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
At the Orpheum.

Eight new faces will be seen this
week. The Nicholl sisters, two pretty
girls who blacken their faces and do
coon songs and dances, head the list
They come from London and are highly
spoken of throughout the East. The
original Girards, Kate and Emil, the cele-
brated "leg mania" performers, are on the
list, as well as Richard Pitrot, the famous
mimic.
In addition to the well-known person
ages whom he portrays he will add several
local cele brities o his lis. Irene Frank
lin will be new to San Francisco. She is a
young character lmpersonator, and her
work has made her favorite with many
audiences. Mccarthy ana Reyno ds, Irish
character sketch artists and great San
Francisco favorites. will make their ap-
pearance after long absence in what
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Grand Opera-House.

''SIaves of Gold" from the pen OF Emil
Grandin, will be the attraction at Mo-
ro>co's next week. 1t is an exciting
melodrama, dealing with a miser's love
for his glistening hoard, and his sttem pt
to unlawfully secure more pelf by substi
ting another child for the lawful heiress
to large fortune, who has Just died.
In the third act some of the leading
characters are emtom bed in the coal
mine, which the villain has fired. The
scene shows the interior workings OF the
mine; an explosion and fire scene and
finally a flood OF real water submerging
the mine, just as the resculng party
arrives.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

conducting was sam pie of the overflow
days OF prosperity, and when adversity
marked him for its own the atnos OF
Cranes efforts to keep up the OLD spryness
beguiled sensitive Inc I'm bers Of the audience
of their tears.
Miss Frances Stevens, who played the
lngenue, is vivacious California girl, and
many of her friends and admirers were in
evidence at the Baldwin Theater on Mon
day night to welcome her home from her
Eastern successes.
Nothing captures the dear public so
much as a brand-new freak. Well mean
ing people talk about ins piration and
gerius and all that sort of twaddle, but
they know in their hearts that genius
would starve every time il it were forced
into competition with a real live freak. If
you have any curiosity to proLe the popu-
lar passion for freaks drop into the Or
pheum and see El Zobedie go through is
'Exercises Surprenants Il 'Equilibre. The
way that boy defies all the laws of nature
and art in the manipulation m of his linn bs is
enough to make artists weep and
scuiptors grow pale and shud-
der. Ell Zobedie uses his feet
for hands and hands for feet and ends
by doing ''Ta-ra-ra, boom de- ay," in the
attitude that ancient navigators attrib-
uted to inhabitants of the Antipodes.
While he is doing it he looks less human
than some of the coutortions that fascin-
ate your eyes in josshouses. The audi
ences show an appreciation for his ex-
treme freakiness by salvos OF applause.
Zobedie is just the sort OF turn" that
hits the taste for freaks purveyed to by
music halls and saffron journalism. Dom t
worry, the public does not want senti
ment. 1t is being slowly educated up to
en- Joy freaks, and it gets them.
Michelena dropped a gaglet into the
performance of "Mignon' on Monday
night that would have astonished the late
lamented Ambrose Thomas and his
libretti>t. Mignon had just appropriated
Feiina's tinery and war paint when Will
helm Meister entered and was supposed to
gently guy her for her quick change. In
stead of saying the lines of the opera,
Michelena (Wilhelm Meisterl gazing: at
the trsnsmogritied NJ gnon. inquired feel.
ingly, Where did you get that hat?' (he
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
At Sutro Baths.

An interesting bill of specialties. in ad-
dition TO exciting water events, is prom
ised at the Sutro Baths this af ernoon.
Ozara, performer on the tight wire, will
make his first appearance. Les Remondes
will present new character dances, the
three Leondas will appear in their aero
ba tic act and Antonio Peril will balance
objects varying from a cartwheel to a strip
of ordinary newspaper-all on his chin or
nose. The relay race for boys over 220-
yard stretch Will be swan, with three
ieams of three boys each competing. A
1C0-yard obstacle race for men will also be
contested and prizes will be awarded the
winners OF each event.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Musical Mention.

The celebrated Spanish tenor, Antonio
Aramburo. will give three concer s at 223
Sutter street on Tuesday evening, Septem-
Der 81; Thursday evening, 23d, and Friday
evening, Oath. He will be assisted by Miss
Anita Casals, soprano of high range
Miss Ida Valerga and Carlyle Petersilea.
The critics OF South Americ ~peak OF
Antonio Aramburo in terms If the high
est praise.
Miss May Lucne Potvin, the young pi-
anst, who created such a favorable I'M
preston on her last appearance, has de-
cided to give another recital before her
departure East. This will take place at
223 Sutter street next Wednesday even
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
At the Chutes.

At the Chutes free theater, Florine,
fire dancer, will make her first appearance
in America, and by special request Pro-
lessor Marlin's trained dogs and Dan
Meader's Royal Marionettes will be re-
tanned. The marionettes are great favorites
of the youngsters.
A number of other speciality performers
will make up the bill. The feature, how
ever, wall be the "Chuteoscope," said to be
the best projecting machine. Tne views
for the opening are a number OF European
scenes. The scenic railway, chutes,
haunted swing, "Trip 10 Ogden" merry
go-round and many other attractions at
the Haight-street grounds are as popular
as ever.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
The Oberon.

Herr Stark friends and admirers turned
out in force to welcome his Vienna Or
chestra back to the Oberon last week.
The programmes were highly interesting
and were spIritedly rendered. Many OF
the well-known patrons of music were IN
attendance during the week.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Alcazar Theater.

The success of The First Born" con-
tinues to be so great that the manage
ment has decided TO continue 1t next
week. This will be positively its last
week, for the Garrick Theater New York,
awaits its actors.
Preceding the Chinese play, Sidney
Grundy's three-act farce, "a Serious
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

, Tangle," will be presented. This is a
tried play and one that has always given
satisfaction. O>bourne will play Uncle
John, and Miss Foster the new mem ber
of the company, Mrs. FeatEerstone, gay
married woman. Misses Buckley and
Crosby and Messrs Toland, Fullerton and
81 ear will also be in the cast.
"Hazei Krke" has been in preparation
for two weeks and will follow this week 5
bill.
Wright Huntington has been secured as
leading man by the Alcazar. He will ar
rive here in few DAYS.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Damages for Mclean Brothers.

In the United States Circuit Court yesterday
jury in the case OF the Mclean Brothers
against the Mountain Copper mine brought in
verdict in favor OF the plaintiffs for
$40, I05 S5. The suit was brought TO recover
on contract for work Gone and materials
furnished.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
League of the Cross Cadets.

The armory members of Company L, League
of the Cross Cadets, will give entertain
ment and social al Mission Parlor Hall. Seven
zenith street. above Valencia, on Friday even
ment is promised. The proceeds will go
toward the armory fund.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Alleged False Imprisonmept

J. w. Ellis has sued John P. Gallagher fox
$50, 900 damages because OF false charge
and arrest for alleged swindling OF an inn
keeper
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

A. NJ. Palmer, with whoop and yell, has
emerged from Cimmerian Chicago TO inform
us all that he has signed contract TO man
age Ri chard Mansfield.
That is all right, but who will manage
Palmer?
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
Dramatic BreVities.

Miss Tillie Salinger has sung with success
this summer in Chicago, ST. LOUIS and Louis
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

Frank Rushworth, young tenor from Chi
cRgo, whom Mr.. Hammerstein claims to have
discovered" has been engaged for the LA
Poupee" east.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

they call "cross walk talk" El Zonedie.
Adrienne Ancion and John G. Fox and
Katie Allen remain.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

| Miss Virginia Cranna will give dramatic
| entertainment at Native Sons Hall next We'd
| nesday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

Crane played the DELIGHTFULLY."- human
chara cteI OF Elisha for all it was worth.
His breezy spryness was almost indecent,
considering Cunningham's years. but it
suited the character and charmed the
aud ience. His clever take-off of Sousa's
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

The managers of Miss Isabelle Evesson, who
stars jointly with Estelle Clayton this season,
are sending for tn notices that Isabelle owns a
valuable diamond, formerly the property of
Prince George OF Prussia. This IS, of course, g.
preliminary to the said jewel being stolen.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

tune with the old swagger and audacity,
and bears no Ill will to the partner who
ruined him. He only reproaches the bat
tered, seedy-looking Lloyd because he has
lost all pride in his appearance. why
don't you take more pleasure in looking
respecta ble?" he asks grum blingly, and
taking a rose from his own frayed but
carefully linked buttonhoie. he asks his
partner TO smarten himself up with it.
The scene between the two is rich in
touches of human nature. and would do
credit to a Daudet or Coppee.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

Francis Coppee, one OF Frances most sue
cessful dr. matists, is a very sick man. To
read the articles that he has written since his
illness is a sad task. He apologies in every
line Tor fear that his pen has los some of its
charm, and he tells you OF his bandages and
the sickening smell OF the drugs that pervade
his cham Der.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-03
The DInner-PartY.

Polly wished to give dinner-party
to her cats, Diogenes, John and Broth
er, so her mother gave her a dime and
told her she might buy three fish at
the market. Polly trotted away, and
when she came back with the fish she
called the three cats and tried to get
them ready. She tied a ribbon around
each of their necks, but 1t was not an
easy task, because they smelled the
fish. Then she spread towel on the
floor and set three plates on it, and
tried her best to make the cats sit
down beside them. But they cried, and
jumped about, and behaved so badly
that at last she shut them outside the
door. Then she put a fish on each
plate and a little dish of catnip in
the middle, and opened the door. Do
genes was the last one in, but it wasn't
because he wanted to be polite, for he
jumped over John, who was small, and
ran right under Brother, the great big
striped cat, and was first at the table
after all. On the table, l mean, for
he ran right across the cloth, shifted
at all three plates, snatched the big
gest fish and dragged 1t under the
stove. John took his fish into his cor
ner behind the cupboard, and Brother
carried his under the sink After a
minute Diogenes left his fish and went
first to one cat and then the other, and
tried to take theirs. But John slapped
him, and Brother growled so that he
was afraid, and went back to his own
fish under the stove.
Polly was shocked at such behavior
and ran to tell mother, who only
laughed.
81 was afraid they'd disappolnt YOU"
she said. But never mind. They
are having good time in their own
way"
So Polly went back and picked I'D the
plates and the towel and the catnip.
And she peeped under the stove and
behind the cupboard and under the
sink, and she saw mother was right.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-03
without a God.

Two little girls were talking togeth-
err. One of them said something about
God.
There isn't any God, said the other.
my papa says so, and he knows"
But there is" said her companion.
my papa says there is, and he knows.
But"-after thinking moment-"may-
be your papa hasn't got God, and
that's why he thinks there isn't any,"
Then she went on to tell the other
about her pape's God
That's nice" said the little girl
whose father said there was no God. II
wish"-very thoughtfully-"my papa
had God!"
Her father-the man who had no God
heard the conversation between the
children, and he began to think the
matter over as never before. without
a God! He felt alone in the world,
and friendless, when the full mean
ing of the words struck home to him.
Had he been mistaken? Was there a
God, after all? Night and day he
thought about it. Il am in the dark, :"
he cried. IF there is light, let me find
it?" And he did find it.
The other day he heard his little
girl say to her friend: "oh, I'm so glad
My papa's got a God, too, now! And
he thanked the God he had found for
the childish words that set him think
ing what terrible thing it is to be a
man without a God.-Eben e. Rexford.