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BICYCLE RACE WAS FATAL.
Gsbhard was ThFown and Injured SO That He
Died-Hyatt BADLY Hurt.

M~AMARoEECK. N. Y, Sept. 17.-Frank Hyatt.
10 years old, son of Prof. O.. Hyatt OF New
Rochelle. was seriously injured while riding his
bicycle on the Mamaroneck Athletic Club track
last night. The fork OF his wheel broke, aud he
was thrown violently to tho ground and rem.
dered unconscious. He did not recover until
this morning. whom he was removed to New
Rochelle. 1t is believed that his skull Ii frac-
tured and that he suffered internal injuries.
MOUNT VERNON, Sept. l~7.-Frank Gerhard,
% years old. died at the home Of his stepiather.
Charles Weber. 81 Mount Vernon avenue. this
morning from the effects of q bicycle accident
which he had on Labor Day while racing at tho
Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge. Gebhard
was riding on the last lap when he struck a
small boy who had attempted to cross the track.
aas tatnn 10 his home, where blood uoisoninS
set in. He was a member OF the Eleventh Seps.
rate Company and of the Mount. Vernon Cycle
Club, and was q fast rider. His funeral win DO
held Sunday.
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TammAns Invest. In q Newspaper.

Being absolutely without direct newspaper
support in the coming municipal campaign.
Tammany Hall has supplied the deficiency by
securing the services OF the Daily Telegraph,
which will appear next Tuesday morning as a
red-hot advocate OF Tammany. The DAILY 7rie.
graph was known as Mr.. Croker's paper q few
years ago when II was Daily America.
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Gov. Ru.hssIrs y0r.IslA wsaalus Aaalysr.ar,

"sPRIEGFIELD. o.. Sept. l7.-Gov. and Mrs.
Bushnell celebrated their fortieth wedding ami.
yersAry to-day, surrounded by their family.
Yesterday was the Governors slxty.third birth.
an sll-day reunion. which closed with an elab-
crate Inner
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THREE GIRLS BURNED.
Tho Eldest Ono Died In Trying 20 save III.
Other Two.

CHATHAM. Ont, Sept, l7.-Present Towards
house at Port Alma. Ont, on Lake Erie. was
burned to-day and his three daughters. lG, 10,
and 6 years old, lost their lives. Howard, his
wife. and three sons narrowly escaped death.
The O. year-old daughter lost her life in rushing
into the burning house and trying TO save her
two sisters. who were in bed.
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WnEELWoMAN MORTALITY HURT
She Ran HeadionE Int y Track nj west
broadway and yasey Street.

broaoWny nuu tesey street.
Louise Verse. 10 years old. Of 80 Rector
street. was, 1t is thought. mortally injured last
night while riding a bicycle down West Broad
way. She put on speed at the slope near yesey
street and ran headlong into q two-horse truck
which drove into West Broadway from that
thoroughfare.
When Morris Fox of sos Baltic street, Brook
lyn, who was driving, pulled up his horses the
girl lay on the pavement at the rear wheel.
whether 1t had passed over her or not is not
known certainly.
On the arrival of the Hudson Street Hospital
ambulance DIR. CatherwOod found that one of
her ribs was broken and that she was suffering
from internal injuries WHICH might prove
business at 40 Stanton street.
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Cable Car wrecks Track.

William Glynn of SO Rutgers street, while
q truck across Third avenue. at Twenty.
seventh street, last evening, was run into by a
slightly injured. The truck was wrecked.
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PARK POLICEMAN INJURED.
Thrown from mis- Horse. which HAD Besu
YriGhtened by = Bicyciist.

Park Policeman John Doolady. to whom was
awarded the blue ribbon at the last Horse
show for having the best mount and making
the best appearance, met with a serious acct
dent last evening. While no was riding west
through seventy-second street, near Columbus
avenue, his horse became frightened at a BIZ
cyclist. The animal reared and plunged :and
finally threw DoGlady. The horse fell on tho
he right leg. Park Policeman Ferguson ran TO
Doolady's assistance. He called the. Park
Ambulance, and the injured policeman Was
taken to his home at 8 West Sixty.fourth street.
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SAYvILLE, y, Y, Sept. l7.-Oscar Simonson, a
local bayman, while out for weakhsh and tluc-
fish, yesterday captured IA diamond.backe ter.
of the bay.
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wAsHISGToS, Sept 17.-After a talk with the
President to-day. Senator Psnrose OF Pennsyl.
yania said that Thomas l. Hicks OF Philadel.
phia would be appointed Postmaster Of that
place.
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ACCUSED HIS CHILD OF THEFT.
John ami Has His RIeven.Year-OId
Daughter Committed TO n Protectory.

MOUNT VERNON. n. Y. Sept. 17.-sadie
Cummings, the 11.year-old daughter OF John
Cummings of South Second avenue, was ar
raigned in court this morning on the complaint
OF her father. who charged her with petit lar.
ceny. Yesterday the child stole S5 from n
neighbor. The girl was sent to the Catholic
Protectory by Judge Schatz on he request OF
her father. This is the second time that she
has been in court within six months charged
with petit larceny. The girl was liberated the
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STATE Lisusr Dsalsrs to Meet at Censy I.Iana.

The fifteenth annual convention OF the New
York State Liquor Dealers Association will be
held At Feltman's Pavilion. COney Island, on
Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday OF next
week
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PreMIsn On Gela IN AlsElco.

CITY or MEXICO. Sept. 1.-THE premium on
gold here to-day was 1870 per cent
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The ralk Of the Tswn.
simpson,s new Loan ofnos and safe peposit V.nIt.
"S west Axd -. near BroAdwAy-AdV.
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GoRD0y,s UNIFORM CASE.
A Msmsato or the Famous Fighter Takes
from the DeryiaheS.

CAIRO. Sept. l7.-AboArd one OF tho boats rS
Gently captured from the dorvishes at Berber
was found a uniform case marked "Gordon
Pasha," the name and title Of the Inflated Gov.
ernor.General of the Soudan who was killed by
the Mahdists at Khartoum on Jan. %, 1888.
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.gt0ekIOa's new StOFy
Begins in to-dAy's consMsr0taJ AaVsrtISsr.-AdV
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Arrlvsd-ss Britain King. from An,wsES
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would be an adornment to any light
opera company. In her action she was,
of course amateurish. but she inn
proved notably in such la-eT represen-
tasions as "Fatinitza," THE Crimson
Scarf" etc. If Henry Clay Barnabee,
the inlmitable Sheriff of Nottingham, Z"
takes her in hand there will be little
fear about her stage department. Well,
Salt Lake IS now the anxious parent of
goodly brood of songsters who are
trying their wings alone out in the
ceTulean, and there is little fear but
this newest addition to the soaring tribe
viii give the proud mater no cause 70
blush for her offspring.
Speaking of warblers brings TO mind
that one of The gentiest and mellOWest
Of cur singers, Helen Sherman, leaves
us for good and aye next week She
is one OF our Starlings, whom we can i'll
afford 10 lose. but otr loss is some one
else's gain; and report has it that THAI
some fone else in the far away east is
growing decidedly impatient at our re-
Juetanee TO ulfaSten the door of the
next week, and another of our liquid
tnroated songsterS takes her flight. let
Us hope, 10 swell the chorus OF those
who are proud to claim Utah as their
natal land
The opening Of the new season is here
and society is hurrying back from the
mountains 10 be in attendance at John
DreW's opening. Nothing more notable
c,oaI5 we have with which to usher in
the season of '97-S, and If we only get
a part of all we expect, I shall have
something more interesting to tell you
il my next MARGE.s
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But 1T was excellent training, and the
next year found me ait the Royalty
theatre in London. Afterward 1 was at
Drury Lane for a year and was with
Wilson Barrett for about the same
length of time, making quite a success
as Spider in THE Silver King" In 1882
Arthur Wall came over to London to
get English PLAYERS for Wallack's the
a'tre. I was engaged and came over
intending to stay six months. 1 have
remained Is years This is how Amer
lea became nv home and became an
American actor"
o o o
London, Aug. 2S.-The theatrical
year of London has reached the lowest
level of its ebb tide and the advance
guards of a new season will be ushered
| in There are about a half dozen the
aires of the first class whose doors are
! open this week, but LondoneFs do not
lack for amusements, for all OF the
400 music halls, great and small, which
the city supports, are under full steam.
The numbers of American performers
on the music hall stages are remark
able. but the most popular feature of
the bills of the Palace and Alhambra
are the American geographic with
American views, and the cinemate-
graph, displaying photographs of the
| jubilee procession
Despite the abundance of the thea
tres which strike for the entertainment
of Londoners. there are no less than a
dozen new ones in progress of build
ing, to be launched into the stream of
competition this fall. Most of the
dozen are erected in the suburbs, the
most pretentious of them being Chris
tian's and the New Grand.
The Harris memorial committee, or
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gained chiefly by theatrical people to
erect a memorial to Sir Augustus Har-
rls. has secured contributions amount
ing to $4,000. One thousand pounds
| sterling of the subscription will be de-
voted to founding a ward in a city hos
pital for the care of needy actors The
remainder will be expended for the
erection of a memorial in the form of
drinking fountain to be erected beside
the Drury Lane theatre.
The Donizetti commemoration in,
Rome on the occasion of the one hun
! dredth anniversary Of the composer g.
birth and the fftieth of his death WIFE
be made notable by the performance
of the operas Lucia" La Favorfta''
and ''LElinir d'Amere." by several Of
the greatest singers of the world
The name Of SignOr Patti, VINO has
been billed to take part in the opera,
has, through confusion easily explain
Nine. Patti will sing on that occasion,
which is untrue.
| Elaborate preparations are being
| made to celebrate the centenary at
| Bergamo and at various italian cities
| There will be a DOniZetti exhibition
at the Bergamo theatre, GymnaStic and
| Alpine tournaments and three grand
concerts at which Media, SiSnora T'ua1
Martucci and others will sing.
| Preparations are being made for cele-
| brations at Paris and Vienna.
| DIR. Conan Doyle is engaged upon a.
new play which will be staged at the
Haymarket theatre in the course of the
season. The idea has been furnished
| him by an old story from the pen or
| Mr.. James Payn. the novelist.
| ChevaIier Scovel. the American tenor
| who married a member of the New
York family of Roosevelts and who has
not been heard in his native country
| for years, is spending the summer at
Carlsbad. studying the part of Tristan.
J The health of Nicolh has somewhat
| improved and his friends have some
| hope of his recovery
| May NJ. WinnOppe, a London beauty,
| and an amateur actress of high stand
! ing, has signed a contract with a Lon
don manager to appear professionally.
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son doing business in When London
Sleeps" Mr.. John H. Bunny is the
comedian and stage director-the
George Edeson Of the company; Charles
Charters, the light comedian, who was
formerly with Ward & James and
Stuart Robson; Russell Bassett, char
aeter, is an actor well known in this
city; Addison Pitt, juvenile, has been
with Richard Mansfield and the Grand
stock company in Boston; William
Park, who does characters and acts as
assistant stage director. The company
also includes: Sully McCook-Guard, a
relative of the famous fighting Nc
Cooks, who spent three years at West
Point. failed to pass, owing to failing
eyesight, and took to the stage.
a letter from Mrs Jennie HaWley
woodrow to a friend in this city. dated
in New York last Sunday, confirms the
announcement OF her engagement by
the Bostonians. Her letter bubbles over
with enthusiasm and excitement, both
of which are entirely pardonable when
it is considered that the position she
has taken is one that many an old pro-
fessional has hanfIered for in vain.
Jessie Bartlett Davis takes very good
care of herself, and one of the clauses
of her contract is that she shall not
sing oftener than five times a week,
and never twice in one day Hence the
understudy, and though Mrs. Wood
rows appearance will not be regular
or frequent in the leading role, she will
probably be kept at study work in
minor parts, and given an opportunity
to gain stage experience. which will
be invaluable and will open the door
to urdoubted future advancement.
Mrs Woodrow's letter, from which we
have been permitted to make extracts,
says: What will you say, when l tell
you the news? I have signed with the
Bostonians as understudy to my favor
ite singer, Jessie Bartlett Davis. 1
sang by appointment for Mr.. Barnabee,
Mr.. Mcdonald and the musical di-
rector: they were kind enough to say
they liked my voice and my appear
ance and [ was at once engaged. Be
fore coming here had sung in Chicago
for both Mrs. Davis and her husband.
Needless to say 1 was scared nearly to
death, and when L think of the work
in store for Newell, words fail me.
Oh. how 1 do hope 1 will succeed. /
begin rehearsing Tuesday morning. The
company play Manhattan Beach for
two weeks and then go on the road
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and shows him sans the moustache ne
had to discard to appear in the role OF
the man of 40 and then as the aged
grandfather.
Mr.. Drew's visit will be douloly in
teresting this time, coming as he does
with what is generally considered the
greatest personal and professional tr1-
umph of his career, the inuch-talked-of
Rosemary which has a subtitle in
the language Of OpheNa, That's for
Remembrance" and was written by
Louis n. Parker and Murray Carson
Those who had ina gined that the liml-
tations of Mr.. Drew's stellar well-doing
had been completely tested will be sur
prised by his Sir Jasper Thorndyke in
This play. Not only is it unlike any
thing he has ever done, but it is said
TO be by far the best achievement Of
his entire career, whether as Augustin
Days versatile leading man or as
I Charles Froiman's star. Such a state-
ment may seem like eXaggeration, but
its Justification will no doubt be fully
Demonstrated here. For three acts Mr..
Drew personateS an English country
squire of the early Victorian era-or
rather -pre-Yictorian era, for the action
takes place On the eve and the day of
the coronation of England's queen. The
/ last act is supposed to occur on the day
, Tit SOlQtI JuDllCC VI ASlO4 AeA 10 icing
celebrated In it Mr.. Drew appears as
a nonogenarian, and does what is con-
ceded to be the best piece of character
acting to his credit. Rosemary is q
most delightful play Certainly no
comedy. CIR drama ever produced in New
! York had SO many pretty things said
about ii as had this play during It's
/ five months run at the fashionable EN-
4 pire. The women 7Syed over it, and the
J 11trl1
telling how sweet and lovely it is.
g g &,
Mr.. Drew's company this year is
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/ have signed for two years. Remem-
Der me to all friends, and tell them all
to pray for me-
Although Mrs Woodrow does not say
SO, it is proba bic that her engagement
was brought about through her cou-
formerly the tenor of the Bostonians.
Her Salt Lake friends all join in wish
ing her every success.
The Lyceum will be the first house
to open the fall season. Tomorrow
evening the Faust Musical Comedy and
Novelty company and London Bell
Ringers open there for a week, and if
the organization is as big as its name
indicates it ought to be certain of good
patronage. This is the company when
was originally booked at the Grand
Lyceum prices for this attraction are
fixed at Csc, 35c. and SOC. with half
rates for the Saturday matinee.
Local music teachers look forward
to the coming season as a very pros
porous one. Several professors have
kept up their classes all summer and
all the others resume Sept. l. Profess
sor Mcclellan, Who has been kept in
Payson of late owing to the death of
his father. reopenS his studio on Tues
| Gay, ana mas already booked ~ pupils.
Professor Weihe is kept constantly on
the go and the opening of the theatre
will increase his duties. Professor
Careless puts in five days each week
here and one in Park City. Mr.. God
dard has been teaching all summer.
Professor Pratt is one of the continu-
Gus summer and winter workers, as are
! also Madame SWenSon and Mr.. Stayner
Professor Daynes is charging his great
organ operations and has several prom
ising pupils on the tabernacle instru-
ment. Professor Radcliffe, who has not
been heard of lately before the public
will have his hands full this winter.
| Mr.. Pedersen's big band keeps him in
! active training work. Magnus Olsen
has very few competitors in his line,
and he, too. looks for a, busy season.
| Carl Darlington, the clever pianist OF
/ the theatre, will take a select number
of pupils in his spare moments. Evan
I Stephens, who is now due here from
his out in the Yellowstone, will not
| take up any new line of teaching, as
his hands are full with the great choir
and Mr.. Bassett will monopolize the
! Juvenile field, Miss Flanders, whose
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headed by Isabel Irving instead of
Maud Adams. Mrs. Adams, the old
Salt Lake favorite, Mauds mother, is
with the company. and the other we'll
known players are Harry HARDWOOD,
Arthur Byron, Daniel Harkins, Frank
b. Lamb, Grahame Henderson, Victor
Moore, Mrs. Deloss King and Miss
terday indicates a big fashionable turn
out on Tuesday evening.
@ @ g
The Grand is to try stock com
pany for the fourth time, and Manager
McGarvie announces his opening for
the evening OF Sept 20; in what play
is as yet undecided on. Every farce
will be a new one to Salt Lake, and
Mr.. McGarvie says he is confident that
their wearers viii win their way with
our audiences. hard as they are to
please and despite the fact that his
people viii have numerous powerful
memories to play against when they
take up their habitation on the boards
of the Grand. The personnel of the
new company is as follows:
The leading lady and gentleman are
Ethel Brandon, who we believe is the
wife of the well known comedian, L. r.
Stockwell. She is now with Fore
paugh,s stock company in Philadelphia
and will bring with her Miss Polly
Stockwell, her daughter, a young SOU
brette Miss Brandon has played lead
business for years with success. Her
Wis a Wis will be Mr.. David Murray,
said to be a six-footer and hand
some man. The others of the company
are: Olive K. Hoff, juvenile, q coast
favorite from Los Angeles; Eleanore
Browning, Juvenile, who was last sea-
son with a popular stock company at
Baltimore; Mary Basil Tracy, who does
characteristic last season with F'roh-
mans Charity Ball" company; Mr..
, Leander Blandon, juvenile actor. played
in Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. last sea-
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Aug. %.

Dear Hal.
The slumbrous, unruffied calm of our
summer has been broken at last. With
out a moments preliminary warning.
when the readers of our papers had al
most forgotten what theatrical intel
hgence looked ike. came a bolt out Of
the clear sky in the announcement Of
Jennie H2wley Woodrow's enga cement
by the Bostonians. How the city edi-
tors reveled in it, The artists We're
turned loose, reporters given carte
blanche, and our Jennie" was given a
booming that Will startle her when she
sees 1t, as much as it viii tickle the
2i9ntien7anly manager who set all the
advertising springs in motion. OF course
il was q part Of his business to have his
new find talked about, hence his pro-
clamadon regarding mis- having secured
an "apostate Mormon" The truth is
that neither Mrs. woodrow nor any Of
her people were ever connected with the
Mormon church in the remotest degree.
She came from Denver. where she still
mas an aunt, and her earlier education
here was in the Sisters academy.
Chroniclers of the young lady's local
experiences in opera have. oddly
CROUCH, omitted all mention of her
first notable appearance. This was IN
"Iolanthe." on Dec so, 1885, when she
sang the title role in Gilbert & Sulli-
vans opera under the direction of Prof.
KrouSe. In the same cast were Mrs.
SiegeI. Mrs. Leviberg. Miss Russell
Miss Young. Miss Savage, "a sister OF
the songbird Of today J. T. Dunbar
James NIcCurdy, Willard Squires, Mr.
Crawford and Mr.. Jennings. Mrs.
Woodrow made the hit of the opera,
which was given several times. and The
Herald then said that as far as voice
and appearance went, the young girl
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Stage Whispers.

Henry Miller's starring hour begins
Sept. 20.
The London papers are already engaged
in booming Maud Adams.
The F'raWley company did the Great
Unknown" In San Francisco last week 10
enormous business.
THE Heart of Maryland is the great
est success San Francisco has known for
half dozen seasons.
The Wagner summer season at
Bayreuth this year is said 10 nave Deen
the most successful ever known
Madame Scalchi leads a concert com
pany which comes west during the winter.
Her manager is corresponding with Salt
Lake houses
Viola Pratt Gillette leaves for New
York within ten days. 1t is probable that
the gifted singer may be heard in opera
in the metropolis during the coming
winter
The company which will support Maud
Adams includes Robert Edeson. W. h
Thompson, Eugene Jepson, Guy Standing,
Margaret Gordon, George F'awcert. Jessie
Mackaye, r. Peyton Carter, Eorman
Campbell. Thomas Valentine, Wihred
BuckIand James Ten Eyck. Lille b.
Henry, and Frederick Spencer.
Clara Morris viii make her first ap-
pearaace in New York as a, vaudeville
star at Kelth's Union Square IN sept o
says the Mirror. 1t was on the Stage OF
the old Union Square theatre Unat Sne
won some of her early triumphs, and now
she wiz tread its boards twice a day in
a meIodramatic sketch called Blind
Ii1=,tice, written for her by Kenneth
Lee.
Mirror: Henry e. DfXey, after success
fully resisting tempting offers made him
by the continuous managers, has finally
succumbed. and viii soon Join the ranks
of the vaudevillians. He signed contracts
last week for an eight weeks tour OF the
Keith circuit, and has also made ar
rangene nts to play al some of ulle best
vaudeville houses in other parts of the
country. DiXey Will give a half hour en-
tertainrnent IN evening dress, and viii
in,fr1duce the speciaIties and limitations IN
which he has been SO successful in tht
pa5l. with many novelties which he ia
now cOncocting-