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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

and consequent adventures OF Fred
Bowden, young Connecticut lawyer,
who has married into very respect
able Hartford family Of Emanuel
Whiffietree. Bowden is addicted to an
occasional day on. to secure which
he has an imaginary friend in New
York. whom he names Jack Robinson,
TO wire him periodically 10 come down
at once. important case for you TO ar
que" To his conflding wife he ex-
plains that Jack Robinson Is his silent
partner. and II is strictly business.
Miss Kaufman. an old maid relative OF
his wife's family. discovers in fash
light photograph OF Casino audience,
Mr.. Bowden sitting in box with a
strange lady: she shows this picture
to his wife's family. and he explains
that the lady Is Mrs. Jack Robinson
The family decides 10 go to New York
to a cycle show, and incidentally TO
meet with Mr.. Bowdens friends. Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Robinson. and the willy
Bowden hires a man-Tommy Potter
Ito tmpersonate the mythical Jack
Robinson. The family, on arriving in
New York. go to a hotel, and while
they are waiting In the parlor the
lady whose Photograph they had seen
In the box in the company OF Mi Bow
den makes her appearance. and she Is
Immediately recognized by the limo
cent people as Mrs. Jack Robinson, z
and they greet her as such. She, be-
Ing woman wise In her generation,
accepts the title, although she Is really
the Sonora Terra del Fuego. the wife
OF a very fiery gentleman with that
name. He also turns up, and Is greet.
ed as Mr.. Jack Robinson" which Mr..
Bowden explains to him Is the equlyal-
ent OF his name In English. Then the
hired Jack Robinson appears. and Il
assigned to the rank OF Junior" The
rntangllng OF this knot and the solu-
ton of the mystery occupies another
act. and all ends happily. The cast.
Fred Bowden. William lngersoll; Ar.
chile Thorpdyke, Bert c. Thayer;
Emanuel Whihietree. James o. Bar
rows; Senior Terre del Fuego. Godfrey
Stein: Tommy Potter. William Winter
Jefferson: Walter. Frank Beamish
Mrs. Bowden. Katherine Grey. Mrs.
Whiffietree, Mrs. Kate Denim Wilson;
Elsie. Grayee Scott: Sonora Terre del
Fuego. Jeanette Terrell; Miss KauiY
man. Pearl EyelynRe. Emma. a waiting
maid. Carrie Berg.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

Maude Raymond, who has been on
the stage for seven years. obtained her
first engagement OF Importance with
Rice 4 Bar.ons Rose Hin English
Folly Burlesque company. working all
through the show. Her specially at.
tracted the attention OF Manager Har-
nv w. Williams, OF PittsbEg. Pa, who
engaged her for the road tour OF VIII
Iiams' own Speciality company, Win
which company she remained until go
ing with his Meteors company. she
next Joined "A Pair OF Jacks" play
ing the soubrette role very ereditabiy.
She next appeared as a feature OF r.
win Brothers Specially company for
thirty-tiye weeks season, following
that engagement with a tour with the
'.Bilrs Boot" company. in which she
played the souhrette role. She was
then engaged by James j. Armstrong
for the Boston Howard Athenaeum
company. the tour lasting ten weeks,
and she then appeared with Fields q
Hanson's Drawing Cards, finishing the
season. Donnetly K GtTard next So
cured her services and assigned 10 heE
the soubrette part In THE Rain
makers" role in which she made q
marked success. Fourteen weeks with
Tony Pastors road show then followed
her last season having been spent with
sam ScrIbner's Harry Williams Own
company. in which her work received
most favorable notice. She has nllrc
many extended engagements AZ New
York variety theaters. long runs al
Tony Pastors theater. HammsFstsin'l
Olympia and Roster & Btars Music
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

even among the thousands OF strange
and sensational cases that the Califor-
MIA courts have had to deal with. More
than once during its bitter progress
were the hands Of the attorneys-the
leading practitioners at the bar-swung
around with pistols. The air was
murky with threat and bribery. Re
fore 1t was done lawyers whose stand
Ing at the bar had never been oues-
toned we're driven from the courts
More than one witness found himself
in the penitentiary for perjury, and
many others who ought to have gone
there escaped. The lawyers ceased to
be mere hired fighters and the enmities
among them engenderd in this case
endure until this day. There Is we'll
authenticated story OF a blank check
which passed from hand to hand and
finally came to the judge who tried the
case. He could have filed 1t out for n
million and he was a poor man. He
spurned the bride and decided the case
against the millionaire. This fudge
was young able brilliant and ambitious
The enmity of Sharon has followed
him ever slice. All California applaud
ed him. but his public career stopped
right there. SO the Bell mansion came
into California politics. There is much
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

the house being closed and torn down
at the end OF that time. The next an
gagement and the longest and moa,
noteworthy In her career. was AT zinn.g
Casino, Brooklyn. where she onened
when George II. Huber took tho man.
agement, and remained for eight ron.
seeutive years, saving the time con.
sumed In her bridal tour I'm Eurono
she having become the wife OF Man
ager Huber at the end of the SECOND
year of her engagement. This imnort
ant event occurred June 20, 1899 ana
since the end Of her long engagement
at her husbands house she has been
heard very little In pubIic--benoa,
performances, church concerts ana an.
pearances for charity's sake bavin.
embraced a majority OF her annears
ances-up to the past season when
she enjoyed four months run M H.
ber's Palace museum. her engagement,
there having closed only few weeks
ago. She is gifted with a very swee,
and powerful voice, which has been
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
FOR THE vgHAspA

~
Steamer chairs. with cushions O e
tonne, are comfortable. GROWING w
and flowers clambcring up The ~
add TO the pretty effect.
In another corner OF the vcranda !,
hammock Is swung and n there = =
than one hammock 70 much the H'
Hay. freshly dried, makes a splsa.
stufflng for the hammock ps'~
which should be made OF crasa
blcached linen.
The real drawing-room OF tne v
tager IL the broad piazza. when ~,
be made decorative rs well as con's
able. The FIRST thing Is TO sia'n
floor with one Of the prepared tlpp
that II may he easily wiped up
satisfactory results.
The side on which the sun sa's
should be protected with ban.
blinds. which can be purchased ~
ly In the Chinese bazars, OF when w
are number in Chicago. These ~
are provided with strings and ea'
raised or lowered at will.
One end OF the piazza may DC y, "
rated by gay Japanese screens y
a small reception room, where y
iced drinks may be served. a rev
chairs. rattan divan and gay.'0r
India stools are scattered about ~
wicker tea table has an cmbro''Ii n
linen cloth and service OF DEM
other table holds the latest mas
and book
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

or its tenants have been mixed up in
almost every sensation that has stirred
the Pacific coast. 1t has always been
the House of Mystery.
Just now it is ruled by an old negro
woman. who sometimes exercises ty-
rannical power over the widow OF the
man who owned it and his children.
This woman was once a slave, the
story goes. She is now on her death
bed, and possibly that fact gives
courage to the eldest SON of the dead
man to bring suit against his mother
that the darkness of that household
may be dissipated and the old bag be
forced to loosen her grip upon the d.
vided family and its fortune. Every
body in the west knows this negro wo-
man, who has trailed through the
courts like a black shadow in case
after case involving the richest fam
lilies ON the Pacific coast. Nanny
Pleasant is the name they all know
her by. How she came to California
is lost in the mazes of the tangled
stories that are told of early days on
the coast. 1t is enough to date her back
ito the time when Senator William
Sharon was in the flush of his fortune.
squandering millions in his evil pleas
lures. II was boom time on the coast.
The Comstocks had yielded up their
half billion dollars worth of bullion.
and it was his share of this that en-
.abled old Sharon, the most vicious
probably of circle of rich men, the
like of which had not existed since the
ancient regime, to defy every law and
lconventionality. James G. Fair was
another of this ilk. Thomas Bell. who
owned the House of Mystery, was an
other.
Sharon had started Nanny Pleasant
Jas the housekeeper of magnificent
bachelors boarding house. The men
who frequented this place could pay
fortunes for discretion, and though
Nanny Pleasant has been twenty
times upon the witness stand only in a
single case has she betrayed what went
ION in this house. Had she gone in for
Matchmaking the old woman could
have drained the richest pockets in
lCdllIOfuid, out Lnere was strain Oh
loyalty in her mixed blood that held
her true. She could afford it. 1t was in
this house that the saddest and most
dramatic romance of the west began
Senator Sharon brought to the house a
beautiful. delicate, refined young south
ern woman, who was then known as
Sarah Althea Hill. Long afterward
this girl claimed Sharon as her hus-
band produced the contract of mar
riage that the California courts de-
cided was written by him. 1t was in
this house according to the testimony,
that the contract was drawn up. and
NANNY Pleasant was witness to il.
There was CONSERVATION when Sarah
Althea Hill proclaimed herself William
Sharon's wife and sued him in the
courts for divorce. He was a million
aire twenty times over She had moth
ing with which to oppose this fortune
until Nanny Pleasant threw all her
wicked savings into the scale against
the millionaire. That trial stands out
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
Murderer caugh. in Lumber 9, :,

Scranton police were notified the 9th.
er day OF the capture Of George Van
Horn, who murdered Mrs. Josephine
Westcott in Scranton last August, at a
numbering camp In Illinois, known az
Wadena. Van Horn had boarded with
Mrs. Westcott and was in love with her
but she repulsed him and finally or
dered him away. He secured entrance
to the cellar by an outside door, and
when she came down to get edIbles for
supper sprang upon her and cut her
throat with razor.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

have prosecuted him as murderer and
justified his deed.
For a while the Sharon-Terry-F Field
ravelling must be dropped, for il
leads far from the Bell house, and in
cidents more immediate to it press for
attention. but the thread comes back
to the STORED mansion before 1t ends
in the most pathetic incident Of ALL
One morning in October, 1892, Thomas
Bell was found dying at the foot OF the
great staircase. Somehow ne had fallen
over the baluster rail at the head OF the
stairs. He died without telling how
1t happened. 1t seemed impossible that
1t should have been an accident, yet
Bell was reputed TO be worth twelve
millions, and nobody could understand
why he might have thrown himself
over the railing to the marble floor
There were dark whispers OF a still
more terrible explanation, but nobody
knew and nobody dared voice an ac-
cusation.
Nanny Pleasant had long been
Bells housekeeper. Though he had
seemed to have voice in the govern
ment Of the home 1t was Nanny
Pleasant, shrewd. spotlessly aproned.
suspicious and watchful. who guarded
the great glass doors. No visitor ever
passed that portal without first coming
under her inspection. Her word was
law. Her ostensible master or mistress
might be in plain sight at a window
but this impeturable old dame would
tell the visitor nobody was at home
IL the visitor was a stranger and asked
for any member of the family he had
first to tell Nanny Pleasant his bust
ness there before his card even went
In But II there was anything to hide
nobody knew it. To this day nobody
has told why this city mansion was
guarded like a beleaguered castle
Nanny Pleasant will never tell. She
is more than 80 years old now. and re-
ported on her death bed, but she still
holds the reins over that household.
Four years had passed since the mys-
terious death Of the millionaire
Thomas Bell. Much had happened in
the interim, but this story cannot be
told in natural sequence.
Four years after old Thomas Bell so
strangely fell to HIS death. his Oldest
sen, Fred Bell, went over the same bal
lister rail on the third story and fell
to the hall below, where his father was
killed. Fred Bell did not die. hut
broken limbs and bruised joints kent
him cripple for eight months. He fin
ally recovered, but he never explained
the accident.
There was a story of a midnight
hunt for burglars, during which the
young man stumbled over the railing
cut the Bells never told any details,
The fall is as much mystery as the
other one four years before. though
Fred Bell is not naturally a close
mouthed young fellow. Nobody knew
that there was strife In the big house
until the other day, when Fred BaII
filed a petition in the Superior Court
praying for the removal of his mother
as the guardian Of the persons and es-
tates of her children. He asked to no
appointed In her stead, and charged
his mother with drunkenness and in
decency." He had much to say about
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

trained with great skill. her natural
musical talents enabling her to make
The most OF her gifts, which she does 10
the inyarlable delight OF her hearers.
She is very comely. has graceiui
stage presence, and is prominent 10.
cal favorlte. a place she has gained
through her unyarying attention 10
the samllest details OF her art. and TO
Der effective rendition OF all the songs
she presents in her repertory.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

Jimmy Albums. late Of g, ra,,,.
formerly catcher for the Decatur and
other base ball teams in Central M M
nols, was convicted in the Mason conn.
" Circuit court. at Decatur. Of erana
larceny. lie and party named Reed
VINO forfeited his bond. robbed n yo,,r !
man IN private room few month";
Itentiary. 'Ae pen
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
The King Of Forger..

Daniel ID. Noble. who was at one time
the leader Of the most notable and at
the same time most dangerous band OF
forgers and bank burglars in the world.
was arrested last week in New York.
Thousands upon thousands Of spurious
e. notes were made by Noble and his
gang and they cut a wide swath
through Germany, Belgium and Swift
zerland in 1880 In 1866 he was the
leading spirit in the Lord bond rob-
berry. which Melted him, Frank"
Knapp, James Griffin and Little" Pet
tingill almost s1,7O0,OOO. He was i'm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
MAuDE RAYMOND.

hall being the most prominent and sue
csssiul periods OF her local appear
ances. Her methods are asrlkinEiy
original. and she has. by careful and
studiouA attention to her chosen call.
ing. established herself in arm favor
throughout ali the leading cities o. this
couutry.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

plicated In the robbery of Leonard
Jerome in 1867. Mr.. Jerome's loss was
well nigh 100000. Noble served six
teen years in Milbank prison and was
serving term Of FIVE years in Auburn
prison when he escaped. He will prob
ably have to finish that sentence now.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
LUCK OF A nos.
he was the first to Dises,.r -
NOUS Wessslto. ~

NOUS "ssseitoa Mine.
A simple-minded Boer--that /
was simple minded at frst.sa
ed the famous wesselton s,' 'a|
mines In the most extraordIpars
ner. lie had been out on The ss,'
ter the horses one evening xss'
noticed small animal called : -
cat" seTaping away the dir ,,..
hurrow. Some peculiarly az ~
led him 10 put some of II into n. NJ
kerchief. and take II home xA.. |.
examined II that night. To N. =.
ishment and delight he found =
three-carat diamond. Furtbe, -
at the "meercat's" hole reys.l.d +,
diamonds. and before six month"; 1.
passed the Dutch farmer Nv
offered and refused 800. Goa =. I
farm.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

The drying house of the st. Clair
powder mill at WetherelI Junction
caught fire and blew up few DAYS
ago. The fire started outside the build
Ing. No one was injured. The origin
Of the fire is unknown,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

Germany il not only fertile ID as
poasrs. but Il would seem alsa = :
s,rumcnt makers. II u bus ! 40
time since Rister's viola.alss sesnF
known. Since that wc have 80
something about a violotss sna . y
lono. or similar namea. and tAs stfs
invention Ia draxpon horn trsusl
The nsw instrument II oval shapst 2
terminates In a horn representa-
dragons head. with ~ jaws "
open. and a curved tongue IN ~ e
de. The cup shaped mnuthpssa
bent like that Of tho bass elAfias Z
dragon horn trumpet possesses ~
valves and an apparatus Tor ihs ~
iation Of tho sounds which hllow :
player to pass. without ceasins g NC
from the loudsst forte 10 the
piano. The timhrr IL described y 7
taking Of that Of the como q y.
and that ot the trunpci-
the name. The happy iuFerll
W. Moritx, Of Berlin.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
:, IN. seaside.

Maude Why do the people ~
waves are forever AZ war; The b@]
Because they are forever shellihf
beach
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
HOUSE is ACCUSED.
THE BELL MANSION IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
IT Is INTERVIEWED WITH MANY
OF THE SLOPES TRAGEDIES.
1t Was to Its Portals That senator
sharon First Brought Sarah A. HUI
The killings of Millionaire Bell and
Judge Terry Recalled.

HE House of Mys-
terry is opened at
last. The old Bell
mansion on the
west side Of 0ctayia
street, between
Suffer and Bush,
San Francisco. is
about to give up
its secrets, For a
quarter of a CEN
fury this old house
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE STAGE.
The Latest Play OF the Too Much
Johasoa Pattern--It Is Gated Jack
Robinson--some Buricsqae stars
Notes OF the stage.
ACK ROBINSON

ACK ROBINSON"
a three act comedy,
by Walter 5. era
ven. was acted for
the first time ON
any stage at Metze-
rott l. LGckett's
Columbia theater,
Washington. d. c.,
the other evening.
The plays deals
with the duplicity
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

Large pieces % silver shaali
wrapped in either green haln. sAzs
OILS leather. or. at the wors. "a
hannelr,,c. and a liitis camphw ca
should be always packed ~ sfi
~ shis 10 said 10 preserve che sals
merink bloom natural 10 hss slss
which too frequent cleaning assfs
Forks and spoons should b. wnaF
up IN the same var.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04


Mime Schult was born In New York
city. and. aside from brief engagements
at the Boston Howard Athenaeum and
in Philadelphia. her professional
career has been confined 70 appear.
ances in New York city and Brook
Ign. She first appeared publicly al the
old Bowery theater. singing In the
choruses and assuming small operate
roles. Her first music hall engage.
ment was at the Germania Assembly
rooms. In the Bowery. whore she sang
for three months. going thence TO
Goeble's Music hall. In upper Third
avenue. where she remained nine
months. retiring only because the
building was torn down to make room
for mercantile establishment. She
next appeared at Prospect Garden Mu-
sic hall. where she remained two years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04

To remove stains from silver ~
eially such a. are caused 81 nss,s,|
or by neglect. use sulphurie sesa ri
blns II ON With a little csanes M
then rlnsing the articles most esst4s
a, ones. For less lngralnei slain, !.
pulp Of a lemon. whose juice IA y,
used for lemon squash. mar " rexs|
mendsd as both efficient ana haraz
Indian silver and brAks are Euz
cleaned BY natives with isna0n q Rsa
u mag BE as wrli to uaFa ko4wlss|
srs In these days. when pretty ssrs
f. such consideration. thar xAzss a
have To Frheat dish 10 silver "a
from which IL Il Impossible 10 50 y
eatablc you should bali 81 aaas
tin With hot water. then lag 4 Ans
shee, OF paper 10 this. and TIA cd
the silver dish on this. after saa
!, viii saks no harm from the I'D
Of the oyen.hsat
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-09-04
THE CARE OF silver.

All silver used entirely for Ell
mental purposes. such a. ss4...
twhen In usel. eandelabra. trsy. : \
kinds. etc, should be 30 srearss :. \
require nothing beyond a rsguI,.
every so often with 4 elsss
channels. This IL easily done 4, =
Ing them properly laequered ~
great addition 10 their utility ma /,
appearance. In cities, especIalI, 81
yer furnishes with fearful rss.s's|
fogs. OF course. are fatal. q - n
gas. while sulphur In any form 80
er matches. or eatables, such !. u.
ste. IL absolutely destgue,iys & !
due gloss and brilliancy of The ~
Another cause Of dnilness ID ss,es,
ness In putting away the silver MI
stiil wei All plate should h ,,,|
fully dried before storing II ~.
over, all stains Of whatever Alma .s..
be al once attended 10. for II - n
for any time they eat into he M
and require the trained hands d, n
versmlth before they are o. rr |.
again.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-06-28

Refusal Of queen Victoria 60 Eater ~.
Paui's Cathedral.

Refusal Of queen Victoria 60 Eater ~.
Psul's Cathedral
The Review of Reviews has
rather startled the English world
with the news that the Queen re-
CARDS the whole commemorstion
ceremony with keen personal dis
like. She Is very old, and to drive
for six miles through crowded
streets in the midst of perpetual
roar of cheering, to which she
must listen quite passively or ut
terly exhaust her strength in at.
tempting to acknowledge it, is an
ordeal from which any old lady
might we'll shrink. But her Min
listers, therein representing the
unanimous feeling of her subjects,
have decided that the sacrifice is
one to which she ought to submit;
and the Queen, now as ever loyal
ly subordinating her own personal
wishes to what is regarded as the
public welfare of the realm, will
take her part in the great process
sion. Her Majesty, however, has
adhered to one thing. She sbso-
lutely refuses to leave her car
riage. The clergy do not like the
Queen 'srefusal to leaveher carriage
to enter st. Paul's Cathedral as
rather too much like Nonconfor-
mists holding the service in the
open air, and they would prefer
that the Queen should enter the
walls of the consecrated building.
But Her Majesty is firm, and the
services, therefore, will take place
in the open air, much to the scan
dial Of many Ritualistic ecclesias-
tics. Hitherto, she has worship
ed under the dome of an Anglican
Cathedral or the Presbyterian roof
of Scottish kirk, but this year for
the first time, says Mr.. Stead, she
will take part with her people un-
der the broad, blue sky, and will,
by that simple act, ofiiciate as rep
resentative of the church universal
in fashion that has hitherto been
impossible to any Pope or Caesar
of them all.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-06-28

The finest of breakfast sausages
are to be had at the Central Meat
Market on Nuuanu avenue. Tele-
phone 104.
New suitings and pants patterns
are arriving by every mail steam
or for l.. B. Kerr. He sells single
yard at wholesale prices.
Torchon and Valenciennes laces
are still in great demand. l.. B.
Kerr has choice lot, which he is
selling at lowest possible rates. '
Sharkey will defeat Maher if
he drinks the new o. p. s. Wits
key that is just put on the market
at the Anchor Saloon. Also,
Half-and-Hal and Seattle Beer.*
City Carriage Co.. j. S. And.
rade, manager. If you want a
hack with good horse and care
tul driver ring up Telephone l13,
corner of Fort and Merchant
streets. Hack at all hours. y
Kroeger Pianos, sweetest in tone,
Jas. W. Bergstrom, sole agent, cash
or installments. Warerooms at
G. Vests, Masonic Temple. Of
fee at Thrum's Book Store. Tun-
ing and repairing. No. Tele-
phone BAT.
We don't expect you to give us
the preference if what we have to
sell is inferior or our prices high
er than our rivals, but when we
offer a superior article for less
money, you do yourself wrong
by not looking into the matter.
Call and see our samples of
portrait work. King Bros, ITO
Hotel street