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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
MERRIMAc HERO TO MARRY.
Reported That His Choice is Miss
Crane, the Actress.

Chicago. Ills, Nov. 1s.-If il reported
that II. X. Peterson, Of Charleston. s.
G., who was coxswain of the steam
launch that braveiy followed the Merri.
mae 10 the mouth of Santiago harhor
will soon marry Miss Charlotte Crane,
the actress.
Miss Crane Il the actress whose
presence at an arisfocratic military ball
ia Charleston, s. G.. last winter created
such furore ON the part Of the society
women of that city.
Mr.. Peterson is now in Charleston
Mias Crane IL 1T present in this city
playing III local theatre.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
ENSIGN WALKER ORDERED TO
THE PANTHER

Ills Ship WIN be Stationed ~ San
Juan Walker Native of North
Carolina.
Washington, d. G.. Nov. IS (speeiall
Envign g. II. Walker, Of North Caro-
lima. who served through the war with
spain on The cruiser Nashville, has been
ordered to join the cruiser Panther,
which II 10 proceed 20 San Juan. Porto
Rico 10 be utilized as station ship This
means the future of Ensign Walker Is
10 be IN Southern waters. He will be
third ii command Of the Panther
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
ASSIGNMENT or RRIaApIhR.

Washington, Nov rs by direction oe
the President Rrigadicr General WI
liam W, Gordon, United States Val,tN
teeE who WAS member oF the Porto
Rican evacuation commission, baS heeR
assigned % command the Second hlis~
AIDE, First division, First army eoras. ana
ordered 70 join that command az MaeoR.
Ca.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
DREYFUs NOTIFIED.

Paris. November 49, The Governor of
French Guiana has gent a dispatch to
the Colonial Office here saying Alfred
Dreyfas. the former French officer IN
dergoing imprisonment for life on Devils
Island, has been notified Of the revision
In his case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
BULLETS FOR LIBERTY.
Two conyiefs Seriously Injured and the
Guard Dead.

Columbus, Ohio. NOV. ia desper-
ate attempt WAS made by TWO c0nyicte
~ escape from the penitenfiary about
O'Clock this morning as b result 0f
which Guard Charles y. Lanterbaugb.
Of Mount Vernon. WAS shot aud killed
while oonyiets 0Aeil and Atkinson re-
"eiyed injuries u a serious nature, and
both are now 10 the prison hospital
BY some means eonyiets OtNeil and
Atkinson, who are serving 10 years each
for robbery, committed IN Cleveland. OH
tained possession of a revolver and tried
to shoot their way 10 liberty None Of
the old prisoners took part IN the revolt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
NEW YORK TROOPS ARRIVE.

Athens. Ca. November 1S.-rhe Two
Hundred and Second New York regiment
arrived here to-day aud went into camp.
The regiment was met by n band and
il cheering crowd Of 5000, which om-
panied the boys to theis winter home.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
WEEKLY BANK cLEARINGs.

Now York, Noy. ~ The total bnnk
lcleaeings for the week we're Nj 727. 17J,-
465; per cent inerease. 352. Exclusive
of New York, Self,6Gs ,063; per cent
inerease, 1879.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
TREATY IN his POCKET.

Paris, November 1s.-La patrie says:
Lord Chamberlain has returned from
America with the draft of treaty with
the United States concealed IN bis
pocket"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
THE TICKET SPLIT.
One Democratic and one Republican
Senator from the Goth.

Marion, \. G., Nov. Speciall ~
The official connt Of the returns from
the Twenty Ninth Senatorial district
was made here to-day and resulted in II
split ticket. ID. A. Lowe. Democrat aud
Ill. T. Campbell, Republican, being elect
ed. while j. :. Burke, Democrat, and
ii. T. Click. Populist, were defeated.
The official count is as follows;
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-19
TELLER SAYS SILVER IS NOT DEAD
Will be the Issue in 1900 and Will Win.
War Questions Will Then be
Secondary.
I lSnneial to The Worldl

. Especial to The
Henry NJ Teller when asked for the
. World to-day frees wcrede replied
silver is nodea mike emphatic possible.
whe the straight Chicago
a
frontan the result was disastro
1896 patience with
methods the pefogging politicians He stood great principle
of
his or sp0Is ohick
by
the Government and material eurbg Of the Of the national
n
win thep have sunk secondary position
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
would more neatly I'LL the void crested
by the retirement Of Miss Allen from
the Empire company.
ARTHUR CRISPIN.
New York
THE TERMAGANT.a


Since Miss Olga Nethersole has de-
termined to visit the United States this
season there must be a lively sense Of
interest with reference to her new play,
"The Termagant," recently produced at
Her Majesty's theatre, London.
'The Termagant'' is said to be an IN
happy and misleading title for the play,
as Beatrix, the heroine, is not at all a
brawling, scolding, boisterous woman.
In reality, we are assured, she is quite
amiable and rather piquant, which is
certainly desirable in stage charac-
ter designed to enlist the sympathy and
interest of the public.
Beatrix and Roderigo occupy the cen
ter Of the stage most of the time, and
the well rounded poetic language with
which the dramatists have invested
their sentiments bears a distinctly lit
erary and also a decidedly dramatic
tone. On one occasion ROderigo, who
has been subject to the tickle humor of
Beatrix, appears in disguise, and the
following bit of dialogue uttered at that
moment will serve to indicate the play
full manner of the dramatists:
Beatrix-I am sure you are the dull
est listener ever woman had.
Roderigo-Duller than this Roderigoo
of-what is it?
Beatrix-Triana (furious). Oh, that's
a name I shall never forget!
Roderigo-Happy Roderigo! So am
duller?
Beatrix-By ST. Ursula, yes! What
ever he was he was not dull. He said
(breaks off,
Roderigo-Yes.
Beatrix-iDo you think I'll tell you
what he said?
Roderigo-I thought you were begin
ming.
Beatrix-Not I.
Roderigo (resigned)-TheTe is no
need.
Beatrix-I should think not. But
coming from the music OF the words
sounded strange, for here was a wild
man of the woods, ferocious, untamed,
passionate, a tiger. l was horribly
afraid of him.
Roderigo-Afraid?
Beatrix-Horribly afraid! He never
knew it, though, for can look fierce,
too. when like. So l told him hated
him.
Roderigo-That's worth remember
ing
Beatrix-So I poured torrents of
abuse upon him.
Roderigo-Did he seem frightened?
Beatrix-Not he. He stood like a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
TIE GOTHAM STAGE
AS VIEWED
BY ARTHUR CRISPIN.

from the standpoint of stage effects,
after an absence Of couple of years,
is again prominently represented at
the Empire Theatre in this city, where
John Drew is presenting his latest satir
ical comedy, THE Liars" The En-
pire has always been a lucky house for
Jones, and some of his work has there
received better treatment than, in the
opinion of many good judges, it de-
served. If there is the slightest excuse
for a problem, Jones is certain to ram
one into his play. All sorts of ques-
tons which are supposed to be tabooed
in polite society are more or less bold
ly treated by this shrewd stage pur-
veyor, who realizes that there are GER
tain people who seem to imagine that
patronage of plays in which prescribed
subjects are introduced is an evidence
of knowing the world" They like to
be considered "blase," and thereon,
aside from the undoubted ability of
Mr.. Jones in a certain line, will be
found the secret of the greater portion
of the success which has come to him
since he adopted play carpentry as a
profession.
The problem" in "The Liars" ap-
pears to be the question of the extent
of the culpability of wife and her
lover, who have not actually become
outlaws from society simply because
the opportunity has not presented it.
self. They are not ashamed of their
conduct, or, rather, misconduct, and
only regret that circumstances have
conspired to keep them ostensibly re-
spectacle in spite of themselves. AS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
Copyright, 1881


saw the new Glen MacDonough
play, Kate Kip, Buyer" in which May
Irwin Is starring, the other night, out
OF town, and there can be no doubt that
Miss Irwin has the best medium in
which she has appeared in many years.
The piece turns upon the rivalry exist
ing between two boom towns, each of
which aspires to the designation of per-
manent capital of the State. Upon this
selection hinges the material welfare of
the young man who in the play is Miss
Irwin's fiance. Through the mendac-
ity to which Miss Irwin appears to be
perpetually condemned on the stage the
matter is Strengthened out satisfactorily
and every one is made happy excepting
only the rather negative villain, who
has stolen a Japanese uniform and mas
querades as the hero of the Chino-Jap-
Rnese war.
AS usual, Miss Irwin is supported by
m excellent company. Her old stand
by, John G. Sparks, is of course cast for
the role of a prosperous and shrewd
Ir;shman, who is able to outwit every
body but the star, and. that naturally
would never do. lgnaciO Martinetti, al
ways a capable actor is well fitted with
tire role of an anarchist, who, to prove
the depth of his devotion for one of the
gentler SEX declares in AN imprisoned
manner that he would even go to work
for her. The women, who in an Irwin
farce are usually simply backgrounds
for the star, are all pretty and are, be-
sides, able to act.
Mime. Pilar-Morin plays a japanese
girl in English with a very slight
French accent This lady, who has no
superior in the world as a pantomlmlc
artistic and who will be remembered as
the original exponent of the title role
of 'L'Enfant Prologue" in this city at
Days theatre, is absolutely wasted in
speciality, which might be well received
in an entertainment of different ma
ture, scarcely "gets hand" The au-
thor of the play, Glen MacDonougn,
seems to have once more struck MS
gait as a writer of farce.
had a talk the other day with Mr..
ALBERT Mellen, the secretary OF the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
BROADHURsT, THE PLAYWRIGHT.

BROADHURST, THE PLAYWRIGHT.
George H. Broadhurst, who has won
fame as an author of farce, is an Eng
lishman and halls from the little town
OF Walsall, Staffordshire, where his ag-
ed parents still reside. He drifted into
the theatrical business through his
brother Thomas, who was an expert &C
countant, and was engaged by M. B.
Leavitt to straighten up his books.
Leavitt at that time had several thea
tres and attractions and quite few
inexperienced book-keepers. George
became the treasurer of the Windsor
theatre. Chicago, and afterward the
manager of the Bush street theatre,
San Francisco. While there he met
Bronson Howard, who first put the idea
into his head to write play.
His first was The Spectator" which
he gave to Joseph Brooks to read, with
a view to getting William H. Crane to
produce it. Brooks rejected it. but ar
terwarG produced "The Fool of For
tune" which was similar to The Spec
ulator"
Broadhurst. Of course, does not accuse
either Crane or Brooks of pilfering his
play.
Writing farce is very easy for Broad
hurst. He completed What happened
to Jones'" in 80 days. The ideas and
lines came to him so fast he worked
about IS hours day for fear he would
lose them. Serious work is much hard
er for the author He has been three
years writing The Latest Chapter" and
will not produce it until next season, as
the company required to interpret it
must be a strong one. Why Smith
Left Home" was written in San Fran
cisco last winter. He considers that
Smith" and Jones" have no merits as
literary works.
Broadhurst considers that there are
but TWO things in writing farce. One is,
to make people laugh and the other TO
bring money into the box office. He is
always careful, however. never to touch
upon anything suggestive.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

that the profits of Miss Adamss sea-
son in New York City last year were
in the neighborhood of SITS, 900. These
are his figures, of course, not mine, but
she certainly was a phenomenal sue
cess and must have made lot Of
money.
And, when one stops to think OF It.,
this is not SO bad for girl who lit
tie more than half dozen years ago
would probably have been delighted to
accept an offer of life position on the
stage at very much less than 500 a
week.
1t is doubtful if New York has ever
had season in which there were SO
many early successes as the present
one. There has not yet heen a single
unqualified failure in the city, and
there have been many emphatic sue
cesses In addition to The Little COT
poral," in which Francis Wilson is de-
lighting large audiences at the Broad
way Theatre, one Of the most notaDie
hits is Alice Nelson, the newest comic
cperatic star, who is doing splend1dly
at Wallack's in 1.-THE Fortune Teller,
the book of which is by Harry b.
Smith, who is also responsible for the
Wilson piece.
Mr.. Frank L. Perley, the manager OF
Miss Nielsen, declares that If he can
make the necessary arrangements his
star will not have to leave New York
this season, but as Miss Julia Arthur
is to follow Miss Nielsen at Wallacks'
and as the time at most of the other
first class houses is fully booked, it Is
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

accodnt e tho water, No were con.
pellep to stand all might. About ter
O'Clock next morning, we started back
20 emp for breakfast, and while there
tho lghting commenced. When va
reached the entertainments again. The
city had SURRENDERED.
We forded river on our march
into the. city. carrying our guns and
ammunition over our heads. Small
parties Of Spaniards kept firing at a.:
after they had run up the white nag.
That night we slept In a church, and
now we are quartered in an old opera.
house. Our battalion guards prison
and does patrol duty. We are havina
a great deal Of trouble with the nas.
uves, and expect them to turn on Us
any minute, but we will soon Ak them.
/ have piece of the Spanish flag that
we hauled down from fort and will
bring it home with me-"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
cob Lit has six companies.

Jacob Lift has six companies.
May Hampton is to star next season.
"In Old Kentucky is to be given in
Berlin.
New York has three popular price
stock companies.
Patti was born February 10. 164a.
Her father was a professor OF music.
James X. Hackett mas made his start
as a star in "The Tree of Knowledge"
Leander Richardson declared that
"The Christian" may be a greater nit
than "Trilby."
j. NJ. Barrie, author OF THE Little
Minister" has furnished another com
edy. 1.-TWO Kinds of Women"
The successor TO THE Belle OF New
York" at the SALISBURY, London, will
be IAN American Beauty"
J. H Stoddard and company are en-
acting scenes from 1.-THE Long Strike"
in the Keith quadruple circuit of vau-
deyille theatres.
There is some talk in London Of eth
ed Robert Taber or Paul Arthur. both
American actors, taking up the role Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

The recent scenic revival of Bronson
Howard's Shenandoah" which, by the
way,is playing to enormous receipts in
nearly every city visited, has served
once mere to call attention to young
actress who is certain to make her
mark in the theatrical world. That
she has not already done so in most
emphatic manner is a matter of sur
prise to those who take pleasure in
watching the careers of promising be-
ginners. Not that Miss Mary Hamp-
ton, the lady in question, is begin
ner. She has had long and varied
stage experience, but she has also been
unfortunate in not having been given
the opportunity to shine in the only
field from which it seems to be the
general impression that stars can prob
ably come-the city of New York.
saw Miss Hampton in Viola Aliens
part in Sowing the Wind, a couple Of
years ago, and, while she did not in
any sense initiate the original, she gave
a performance which for strength and
"clear-cut-ness" of Interpretation was
really remarkable
1t was then predicted that it would
be only a matter of a short time before
Miss Hampton would be member Of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
FROM FAR OFF MANILA.
American Soldier Tells How The City Was
CaDtured

Mr.. f. P. Hughes, of this city, is in
receiptof a very interesting letter from
his cousin, "Tot" Mullin, of Washing
ton, Pa, dated Manila and describing
the capture Of TIT city. Among other
things he writes:
I'VE were ordered to the entrench-
ments, and Dewey was to lombard
tn city the next day Friday morning,
August 18th, we were ordered out with
three days rations, and took a round
about way through the swamps and
underground to escape being shelled by
the Spanish. After walking eight
miles we arrived at the earthworks. It
was a terrible place, with mud and
water up TO our knees, and we had 20
throw up more works, as We were ex-
pecting a hot time the next day. On
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
PATENTS.
PATENTS.

There Is a vast and ever-increasing held
open to inventors, each invention or dis
covery opening the way for another or an
Improvement.
An invention, to be profitable, need not
be a large and costly structure; Il n uEu-s
ally the simple and cheap invention which
pays the best Thousands of small and
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simple investments have yielded TO their
fortunate inventors prlnccly Incomes.
THERE IS OFTEN A FORTUNE IN A.
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II you have an idea or invention. do not
let Il idly lie. but bring Il 70 us and we
will not only give you our opinion as 10
it's patentability. but will tell you whether
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We will advise you.
TO MAKE MONEY QUICKLY AND
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or device that everyone wants and can af-
ford
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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

flames r. Waite Ausement Company,
anent the theory that the repertory and
lccal stock companies will shortly
cease to exist as influential phases OF
the amusement catering business OF the
country. OF course this is the opinion
of scarcely any one except the lew
managers who find that these organi-
cations are interfering with their que
caneering practice OF sendlng pau
nIays ont with poor casts, but the pa
pers have given SO much space 10 the
subject lately that the views OF the
other side" so TO speak, ought 10 NC
of interest. ~. +ho
Mr.. Mellen informs me that the
Waite company has been orgahizeu
with a capital OF 100000 and that 1t
is it's purpose to put on the ROAD d
number of companies in addition W
those which are now successfully tour
ing the country. Only the best OF the
METROPOLITAN hits will be presented,
and as the prices will continue TO De
from 10 to 80 cents and the companies
are to be made up, as at present ol
capable actors, he believes that the sue
cess hitherto achieved will be as drop
in the bucket to that which the future
holds.
phase of the Waite company which
will be novelty is the installation III
various cities not too widely separated
of competent stock companies. The
plan is for each of these to present d
play and then go to the nearest OF the
Waite towns, then the next and the
next, and so on. During the an
sence from the home town each OF the
companies will be rehearslng new
play, so that by the time the starting
point is reached it will be ready for
presentation. BY this arrangement
there will be several weeks devoted to
the rehearsal of each play instead OF
one week only, as is the rule at present
with local stock organizations, and the
productions will of necessity be cor
respondingly improved.
Waite has already made fortune
in the presentation of opera and drama
at cheap prices in most of the smaller
cities. and as he is an exceptionally
shrewd man it is more than probable
that there is something in this latest
development of his pet hobby. At any
rAte. there are several imitators al
hady in the field, which would seem
y indicate that, there are those who
Re of the opinion that s'repertory" and
>eck" are very far from being dead
lhry Arthur Jones, perhaps the
1t crafty Of the British playwrights
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

in all Of Jones's plays, the dialogue IN
The Liars" is snappy and bright.
There are numerous epigrammatlc re-
torts in which the element if cynlclsm
is all pervading. Altogether, the play
is not proper one for the young per-
SON" but despite that fact, or perhaps
because Of it, it is doing a magnificent
business at the Empire.
This theatre has the best stock com
pany in the United States, if not in the
world and John Drew is an actor who
is capable of doing great things, but
so long as the public will patronize
plays OF the type of The Liars" and
THE ConQuerors' it is idle to expect
managers to present those which appeal
to the better side of human nature ex-
clusively.
From time to time during the last
few months the newspapers of this city
have been publishing statements to the
effect that Augustin Daily is to have a
new theatre in the neighbo 4 ood of
Fifth avenue and Forty-fourtn street.
No one of these writers seemd to know
what disposition would be made in that
event of the present Days theatre,
but that, after all was a small matter
to gentlemen with athletic magma
tons. There is a certain individual in
this city who knows more Of Mr.. Daily S
plans and purposes than all the news
paper writers of the country put to-
gether. He says that there is not a
word of truth in the new theatre re-
port, and he knows what he is talking
about. too.
His name? 1t ought not to be d.
vulged; but, after all, it can do no
harm to let the world know. The name
of the gentleman in question is-Au-
gustin DAILY.
Aft Hayman. Charles Frohman's
right hand man, told me few days
ago that Maude Adams's success on the
road had simply taken his breath away.
Everybody connected with the FTohman
forces was Of the opinion that Miss
Adamss tour would not prove salts
factory in a financial as well as in an
artistic sense. but no one had the
slightest idea that she would so take
the country by storm. At one Wednes-
day matinee at the Hollis Street The
atre, in Boston, she played to more
than 81 800, and the takings for week
have seldom been less than s11, 900.
Her receipts in Boston were heavier
than those of either Bernhard or IT.
wing, both of whom advanced the prices
of admission, while Miss Adams did
not.
Mr.. Hayman further informed me
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16

Inc theatrical OuerinSS during the
past week, were sufficient to satisfy the
appetite for diversity even if they did
not appeal with any particular force to
the artistic taste. A different produc-
ton each day, at bargain prices, was
the magnet at the Grand. The Wilson
Theatre Company is fair organiza
ton. but not as strong as the last re-
pertoire company which filled an en-
gagement at the Grand. The roper
toire OF plays were given in an entirely
satisfactory manner. however. Must
cal Wheeling was more numerously re-
presented at the Scaichi concert than
at the Cameron concert few weeks
ago. The entertainment was very
pleasing. A new war melodrama saw
its first presentation in Wheeling at
the Opera House yesterday afternoon
and night. The plot is interesting,
the situations thrilling enough, and
the piece is enacted by strong cast.
The patronage was not good, but the
two audiences were well pleased.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-16
GOSSIP OF THE THEATRES.
Matters Of Interest to Patrons Of The
Play Houses.

THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE PAST
AND COMING WEEK IN THE LO-
CAL HOUSES-LATE STORIES OF
THE STAGE-ARTHUR CRISPIN'S
CHAT ABOUT STAGE MATTERS IN
AM-THEATRUAL AMUSE-
MENTS.