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The herald., 1898-12-08
EVENTS OF TODAY

o. Orpheum-Vaudeville.
Burbank-"The Crust of Society"
Los Angeles-"A Bunch of Keys"
Hazards Pavilion-"The Heart Of
Chicago"
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Boxing contest, Gallagher-Trim-
bic, Los Angeles Athletic club-9p. m.
Board Of water arbitrators meets,
council chamber-1O a. m.
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Colored Politicians Fight

Ed Myers and Ed Eccles, couple of col
ored politicians, were before Police Judge
Morrison yesterday to answer TO charges o.
disturbing the peace. The pair got into G
quarrel over the endorsement by the col
ored political society of deputy to be ap
pointed by Shertf-elect Hammcll. The mer
had sufficient friends to prevent the othel
from being named, so tho meeting broke III
without any action being taken. The next
day the men met, and quarrel resulted
in which Eccles is said - have started tc
draw weapon on Myers. The trial was
continued until Saturday, after portion Of
the evidence had been heard.
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THE WEATHER

TEMPERATURE-Rec of observations
taken at Los Angeles Dec. 18th. The
barometer Is reduced TO sea level.
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Wall paper. late styles, low prices, at A
A. Eekstrom, 324 South Spring street.
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Time Bar Th'r K. ii. Wind Vel. Weather
ga m 30 O6 GO I6 T. 2 Cloudy
6p. IN. 20 80 50 Sc w Cloudy
Maximum temperature, Co.
Minimum temperature, IS.
Rainfall past "a hours, trace.
Forecast
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. forecast for
Southern California: Partly cloudy Thurs
day night, probably with brisk north wind
and occasional rain.
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Leon Fleishman and Willie Jakeway, es-
capes from the Orphans Home, were arrest
ed on Pasadena avenue Tuesday by Ser
geant McKeag of the East Side department
The boys were returned to the institution.
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Baker s. Hamilton
Bicycles, models Of grace, sure and fleet
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Chess Playing as Profession for Women.

chess clubs all over the world ma. -
the Hotel Cecil, in London for 49,
tournament. could not 90 baca,,a9
could not leave my baby. MIS- W.
rell. Americas Representatives 900
out fourth.
Previous to that I met Mrs yvorro,,
for a series of match games Tbar
stopped three to two in nv favor ana
one draw game. In the middle of tba
next game we were interrupted on ar
count of sickness at home. | havn M
played since. l am very slow n,ayer
/ like to play only fifteen or twentv
moves an hour, which means a thougbt
of three or four minutes on each now
Using this rate of speed. T nIaved .
match game with Mr.. Riel BIZ iata :
director of the Manhattan Chess Cguh
Of New York, and now of the Gernan
Army. | won the match. five games
up-five to three at the finish,
T also played a match game with
MIR. E. Lasker, champion of the world
four years ago, in which I beat him
five games. He took off knight. Civ
ing me, of course, some odds and him
self handicap.
won a single game on even terms
with Mr.. N. Jasnogrodsky, who is a
famous chess player l also won a
game from Louis Schmidt, the violin
list and chess player.
If were to advise woman to take
up a game should recommend chess
because it develops the mind and in
terests her at the same time. The onIv
requisites are, as l said before. a. good
mind and common sense, and to this
must be added good physical health
With a baby the matter OF hours ISM
always to be regulated, and so, tenn
porarily, | have given up chess play
ing, but I shall take it up again.
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COLONEL PAINE'S GENEROSITY.
An Interesting Ancedote of an Ohio
Soldier.

An Interesting Ancedote of an Ohio
Soldier.
Judge Thomas J. Mackey, formerly of
South Carolina, gives an incident OF
Shermans march to the sea which is
not recorded in war histories. South
Carolina was the first State in the I'm
ion to SEND regiment to the front to
participate in the war with MEXICO,
said the Judge to Coterle Of friends
at the Metropolitan Hotel. The poo
pie of a grateful State caused TO be
erected in front of the Capitol in Co
Iunlbia a monument to the memory OF
the brave boys of the first South Car
DINA REGIMENT who lost their lIy56 Ill
that conflict.
This monument is made Of pounded
brass, and represents palmetto tree
When Shermans army entered Column
bia and his soldiers were destroying
everything that came in their way, sew
eraI companies made dash FOR the
shaft. With the butts Of their n:uskets
they began the work Of demolition.
They had not proceeded far when q
man on horseback rushed up TO them
and commanded them TO desist
Several of the soldiers paid no at
tention.
1.-The next man who dares assault
that shaft will kill ne Numbered.
"The men saw tears in the eyes OF
the one who thus addressed them; they
also saw that he had weighed his
words carefully and meant every one
of them.
Soldiers said he, the boys who
sIeeD beneath that palmetto loved their
country as much as you or l. They
fought as valiantly.'
And the palmetto still stands in the
old town of Columbia. The man who
caused it to be preserved was Colonel
Paine, of the One Hundred and Twen-
ty-fourth Ohio Regiment, and the 7eo-
ple OF South Carolina owe him DEBT
OF gratitude they can never pay.
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90 not say that am the champion
woman chess-player of the world. But,
as l have never been really beaten in
fair and square game, think that
l can lay some claim to being an au-
thorlty on chess
nave played several times at an
enormous disadvantage, and have come
out pretty we'll, so when I say that
chess--playing as profession for wo-
men is possibility. can be believed.
Iney say that chess player must
begln TO learn to play chess a long
time before he is born. That means
that you must.have fair endowment
OF intellect and a certain amount of
good common sense. With these two
qualities supplied there is no reason
why you cannot play this, the most in
teliectual game in the world.
l did not learn to play chess until
after | was married. My husband was
a professional chess player, and, be-
cause | took an interest in the game
he taught me how to play. We have
what Northerners would consider
very nice stock farm near George
town, KY, and when tired with out
door life, or when the weather was
bad, found it very plea-ant to play
chess in the house.
great many women who begin to
learn to play chess find 1t hard on their
nerves. They say 1t tires them, and
have known women to become hys
-erical over the game, and give it up
in despair before they had learned the
secret Of the moves.
I did not have that experience. [
liked to note the progress of the
"pawns" and to learn the different di-
rections in which the knights" and
bishops" started forth on their career
Of triumph. The kings" and queens"
and their troubles fascinated me, and
l could see the possibilities of the
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WRONG KIND OF GOAT.

They tell a good story on a con-
ductor of the Big Consolidated line
few weeks ago his wife was taken
III. The doctor prescribed fresh goats
milk several times a day. The hus-
band was told he could purchase the
article he desired at the stock yards
out Clark avenue way. Accordingly
he went to the stock yards, told the
people there he desired goat, put up
the necessary coin of the realm for
the quadruped and then took his &C
uuisition home with him.
On his arrival at his domicile he
thought he would milk the goat just
to keep his hand in. 1t was then. and
only then, that he made the painful
discovery that the goat was will
liam" 1t would be well to draw q
veil over the scene which followed.
Anyway. some Of the conductors and
uotormen on the same line have been
smoking good cigars for several days.
They call it the goat brand.-Clsve-
land Plaip-DeRler
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RUDE WAS A FAILURE.

About four miles from Piffy Grove
| met q woman about fifty years old
who was barefooted and walking in
the middle OF the road. As we neared
each other she held up her hand for
me to stop and then said:
Stranger, ! dun reckon yo' hev jest
come from Piny Grove, and want to
ak about my ole man. He Went up
thar Yesterday an hain't got home
yit'
I expressed my Willingness to answer
all questions she might ask, and she
sat down on a rock and led off with:
When yo' was at Piny Grove did
yo' dun hear that sumbodv had
smashed the court house all to pieces
with an AK"
mo, ma'am. I didn't | rode past
the Courthouse and saw that it was
all right.
"Rube dun said he was gwine to
smash up that Courthouse all to
squash, but mebbe he forgot it. Was
they talkin' bout two or three people
bein' killed."
mo, ma am. nothing of that kind
had happened"
"Rube dun said ne 'spected to lay
out two or three critters arter smash
in the Courthouse, but l reckon it
slipped his mind. Was the postofiice
pulled down or tipped over or any
thing?"
NO, 1 stopped there just as I came
away"
Cant see what's the matter with
Rube," said the woman as her face
grew anxious. "He could wreck that
postoff1ce with a whoop, and can t
skassly figger why he didn't. Stran-
ger, was the county jail standing all
right when you left town %
1t surely was"
"Was bizness goin' right along as
usual?'
1T was
''NobodyAin killed and no funerals"
mo, maa The town was as quiet
as any town in the State. Perhaps
your husband didn't go to Piny
Grove"
But I'm suah he did. Say, now,
try and remember if anything happen
ed thar last evenin'"
well. let's see? Come to think az
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Henry allies himself, is as notable as his
own. His daughter-in-law to be, Miss
Ethel Barrymore is the daughter of Maui
rice Barrymore and the late George Drew
Barrymore. well remembered by every
theatregoer. John and Sydney Drew are
her uncles. Mr.. and Mrs. John Drew. the
elder, were prominent forming the
American stage while the stage was in
It's infancy, and the young woman has IN
her disposition the making of as fine an
actress as ever graced the boards.
The young bridegroom elect is a play
wright and his father is now appearing
in play written by him. Laurence has
been upon the stage and srill appears.
Ethel Barrymore, on the other hand,
though very young, is at home upon the
stage. Like her brother Lionel, she acts
as though she had trod the boards for
years. Her stage presnce is fine and her
voice and manner pretty. Sir Henry IT.
wing long ago selected her as one Of his
best young actresses, and she gave up an
American engagement to play in his conf
pany.
Henry Irving seldom visits this coun-
try. He dislikes the sea voyage, and the
Queen dislikes her best actor to leave
England. He is one of the oldest actors
in England In point OF years he is ex-
actly sixty years old, but on the stage his
step Is as light and he is as youthful as
ten years ago. Joseph Jefferson, in this
country, is veteran" though only nine
years older than Sir Henry
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry
do not reside in the same part OF London.
Miss Terry loves to steal away to a sub
urb, where she has lovely home
Sir Henry Irvings future is pretty well
settled. He will live as long as Provi-
dence ordains, growing in years and hon.
ors.
American girl who has cast her fortunes
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whatever your name may be. She
never uses your surname in the cere-
mony.
"As a rule the Queen never says
anything but those words; but in my
case she remarked as l rose 1t gives
me great pleasure
Another royal surprise came when
the Princess Carl. Of Denmark, took
the name of Irving as her pen name,
on account of her admiration for him;
and again when during the jubilee, he
was asked to represent the British
stage to foreigners, Russian soverelgnS
and German magnates.
When in London Mr.. Irving lives IN
his magnificent residence at Hammer
smith. Here he has a rare coilectlon
of Shakespeare, over thirty sets IN all;
and it is said one of them alone is
worth $3.50
The American family with which Sir
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can get into fine temper when things
cross him.
one OF the surprises of Sir Henry's
career has been found in the favor
win which royalty has regarded him.
he is earnest and honest, and did nc.
really believe himself to be a greater
actor than Others. When known that
the queen was to confer a knighthood
ne was the only great actor in Great
britain who did not seek it, and when
informed by the Queens messenger
That 1t was to be conferred upon him,
was the most astonished man in the
United Kingdom. At first he dill not
want it, but decided to accept after
being told that if he refused there
would be no more honors offered MIN
until after his death, when cold
tombstone, set up by royal hand, would
be his tardy reward.
Mr.. Irving says frankly that he high
ly appreciates the honor paid him by
the crown, but chiefly as it is an evil
dence that the dramatic art has at last
obtained recognition from the highest
source of authority.
The question has been frequently
asked whether the actor was knighted
under his real name, Brodribb, or the
stage name by which he is universally
known.
He is undoubtedly Sir Henry Irving,
since the adoption of the name Irving
was legaliZed a few years ago by an
act of Parliament.
In describing the ceremony attend
ing his inveSture with his new title by
Queen Victoria, essays:
'It is the simplest thing in the
world. You ride out to Windsor Castle
in train with dozen other men who
have been chosen or political, literary
or other grounds. When you get there
you have a good luncheon, then the
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tastes is said to have separated them;
ana until a short time ago Mrs. Henry
ttFlhg was living quietly in very
pretty house in one Of London's SUP
Uos She dislikes Miss Ellen Terry.
?, he Terry family with which Sir
i.ehFy Irving is so closely allied con-
S,@'s Of Ellen Terry and her family.
neF daughter is quite successful on the
stage
Ae talent of Ellen Terry is such that
sae makes magnificent supporting
,4u<, but is said to be unsuccessful as
9'ar. Other critics say that the plays
,D winch she is cast are two-star plays,
e.Al for herself and Henry Irving,
' dividing honors instead of plac-
sn 7 mem all upon one head. Person
T MISS Terry is charming. She is
il''eIy IN manner, good natured and
'eS much in awe Of Sir Henry, who
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Maurice Barrymore, "Ward of France"
Company" Company, N. Y.

Maurice Barrymore, Ward of France"
Company" Company, N. Y.
Hope you will approve of my engage
ment to your daughter. Have writ
ten. LAURENCE IRVING.
Mr.. Barrymore was gratified at the
announcement, and last night cabied
his approval, as follows:
New York January Is, 1898.
Ethel Barrymore, London.
God bless you both. You have my
approval MAURICE BARRY MORE.
And so the mail now on the way to
Sir Henry will be doubly congratula-
tory, felicitating him not only upon a
new year, but upon new daughter,
also.
The career of John Henry Brodribb,
Henry irving" has been full of sur
prises He was born in I<leinton, near
Glastonbury. Kleinton is even to-day
seven miles from any railroad. He
left there at the age of four.
In speaking Of his birthplace, he re-
members an incident that happened
when he was but three years of age
While walking across q meadow he
was attacked by flock of sheep and
was handled very roughly. He says
the occurrence has always been a
dreadful memory to him. Irving spent
but little time with his parents. hav-
Ing attended school in London at quite
an early age, and from thence he
went to the office of a merchant en-
gagged in the West India trade. 1t was
plainly seen that he was not cut out
for a business man. and at the age Of
eighteen was allowed to follow his
true bent by joining stock company
in the north of England.
Later he married a young English
girl whose union with him was not
altogether congenial, though both ap-
7rociate each other. A difference In
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the morning. The clouds are again
full Of meaning in themselves. If
their forms are soft, underlined, full
and feathery, the weather will be fine;
if their edges are hard, sharp and de-
finite, it will be foul Generally
speaking, any deep, unusual hues be-
token wind or rain, while the more
quiet and delicate tints bespeak fair
weather. These are simple maxims,
and yet not SO simple but thar the
British Board of Trade has thought fit
to publish them for the benefit Of sea-
faring men.
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fIlI RV|NG'S
BIRTHDAY GIFT.
E, Son Promises Him a Beautiful
american Daughter in-L Law.
c,,ver Miss Barrymore-A Daugh-
ear of George Drew Barrymore,
ard Niece Of John Drew, She
Varies Into Stage Family.

when Sir Iienry Irving opens his
~ american mail, he will find in it
VERY important letters.
Thsfr object will be doubly congrat-
'. an the 9Th of February. 1898, John
usrrv Brodribb,, Henry Irving" was
t- and the six epistles will remind
s;r, that he has completed another
rsr of honor.
Their other object of congratulation
g., b upon the acquisition of a pros
r.rile daughter-in-law. an American
I'll whose six nearest relatives have
sften ID Mr.. Irving as a new relative
ia-law.
I1nuary is, the following messages
usra flashed under the water:
London, January Is, 1898
Maurice Barrymore, Ward of France
Company, n. Y.
rsgaged to Laurence Irving. Have
bo-h written. Love. ETHEL.
u Laurence Irving cabled as fol-
lows:
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SIGNS IN THE SKY.

The color Of the sky at particular
times affords wonderful good guild
ance Not only does rosy sunset
presage good weather. but there are
other tints which speak with equal
clearness and accuracy. A bright vel
low sky in the evening indicates wind;
pale yellow, wet; neutral gray col
or constitutes favorable sign in the
evening, and an unfavorable one in
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"Jest went right along same as any,
body else, did he?"
4 never saw a more humble prison
err
Well that's ALL" she said as she
rose up-"that's all till Rube comes
home, Fur ten long vars he's bin
tryin' to break away from me and git
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in with his house. If she decides to re-
main upon the stage, she is sure of stage
triumphs in a stageland prepared for her.
If she elects to so into private life she
can count upon social prestige as the wife
of Laurence Irving or Lawrence Brod-
ribb JAMES SWINTON.
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There is no woman living who can
beat Mr.. Showalter in an even game.
and as for the men-well, the annual
championship games in which he plays
decide that and the world knows the
rest.
Last summer had the greatest dis
appointment of my life. Twenty wo-
men representatives Of the different
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sHoWALTER AT PRACTICE.

"castle" long before l knew how to
clear q way for it,
Ny first big game was with my hus-
band. He agreed that at a. certain time
/ should play a match game with him;
he was to be blindfolded and I was to
use both of my eyes. OF course | had
to call the moves, but we played the
game, and when I tell you that I won
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candidates enter the room where the
Queen is, one at a time. Two officers
stand b. with lists, and send them in
in turn.
TT was very small room where the
Queen was-more convenient, how
ever, 1 suppose, because you have to
retire through the door backwards,
and when you are not used to it you
are liable to run into somebody or
against the wall.
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ooh, no, you don't wear a sword"
he replied to a question; you just
wear ordinary morning dress, such as
we have on at this moment.
when you are in the presexce of
Her Majesty you kneel On one knee,
and touch her hand with your lips.
She lays the sword first upon one Of
your shoulders and then upon the 9TH
er, and says: Rise, Sir Henry or
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it, saw drunken man arrested. He
was an oldish man, with long hair and
his shoulders bumped up"
THAT was my RUDE. Did he make
a powerful fght?"
Not at ALL
Didn't he yell and whoop?"
mo, ma am
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THEN SHE scoRNED HIM.

Miss Coldwater-t'Is it possible that YOU
believe in the use or spirituous liquors for
medicinal purposes?"
The Naughty Man-"No, whoever told
you that wronged me. | don't believe in
wasting liquor on people who are too sick
to enjoy it.''-C1eveland Leader.
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up to Piny Grove 70 smash things, and
Yesterday I gin him a dollar and let
him go No smashin'-no killin'-no
fightin'-no whoopin', and if you hap
pen to be in this part of the kentry
when he comes YOU see a perform
ance thatll beat a circus all to
pieces!"
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Y TO CIIECKMATE.

Am / open for match games? Yes
and no. l want to plaJ again, and
am ready to receive any challenge. ]
do not play for money. and perhaps on
that account l cSnnot be called
professional but l am man
chess player and I You'd llaAi4lasaseAst : I
any woman in the world.
NELLIE MARSHALL SHOWALTER
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you can imagine that l was very we'll
pleased with my progress at chess.
To-day, although he has been
champion for long time, l can still
beat him, but he has to make certain
concessions. If he takes off one of his
pawns and gives me two moves at the
start I can generally catch his king at
the close Of the game.
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A MAN OF MEANS.

Mrs. Stuckup-"Is this Mr.. Slim
purse you have engaged yourself to a
man of means?"
Sensible Daughter-"Yes, mother.
He means all he says, and that's the
husband I want. "--Tit-Bits
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-08

included in the sale of that party
to the gold trust which took
place in St. Louis in 1896.
I'm union there is strength;
divided we fall. We earnestly
exhort all those who seek the
establishment of bimetallism 10
waste no strength in personal
struggles within their lines;
Democrats and their allies should
only engage in a generous stri1e
to see who shall carry farthest
the bimetallic standard. Sustain
the man who seems most likely
to lead the allied forces to VIC
tory in any given State and DIS
trict, scorning either to ask or
remember who were his political
associates in former contests
with which the present is nowlse
concerned"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-03-08

The MAINE" has generally
been known as q second-cl class
battleship, though, more strictly
speaking, she belongs to the
class of armored cruisers. She
was built at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, launched in the year 1890
and formed one of the most eff
Gent ships of the new navy.
Her principal dimensions were
as follows Length, 318 feet;
beam, 81 feet; draught, 224 feet;
displacement, 6,682 tons; coal
supply, 400 tons; bunker capac-
| ity, 1876 tons. She was driven
by twin engines of 9,293 horse
power at a speed of IVA knots
and carried a complement of 354
officers and men. For her size
she was heavily armed, carrying
four 10-inch guns in two turrets,
plated with 10 to 12-inch armor,
six 6-inch guns, eight 6-pounder
guns, eight 1-pounders and four
machine guns. She carried two
torpedo boats on her boat deck
and was provided with no less
than seven torpedo discharge
tubes. Her belt armor was Il
inches thick and she had con-
tinuous protective deck, from 2
to 4 inches thick, extending from
stem to stern. Altogether, the
Maine" with her combination
of good protection, heavy gun
fire and torpedo fire and high
speed, was one of the most use
full ships in the navy.