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The Delta independent., 1898-10-07
Old papers for sale at this sfiice.

Old papers for sale at this sffice.
The Conley coal mine is opened up in
good shape.
For the finest photographs go to W..
K Travis art studio.
Finest line OF school tablets in town
at the Pioneer drug store.
Ernest Logan has gone to Denver
with the Lake City militia company.
Z. L. Kellogg is interviewing the
people with line OF clothing samples.
The very latest in ladies' capes and
cloaks and dress goods at w. Mathers.
Miss Mona Coffey left last Saturday
for Denver where she has secured =
position.
Mrs. b. KimbaIl. OF Nashua. N. H., is
visiting her neice, Mrs. Ferguson, at
Eckert.
Mrs. L. E. Wannamaker and family
left for Denver Sunday to take in the
carnival.
Ed Vandeventer and Charley Bowden
went to Denver Monday TO attend the
carnival.
Try our tomato soup l2isc per can.
1t is delicious. Delta County Merehan-
tile Company.
Will Chiles and wife and T. b. Geer
and wife went to Denver Sunday to take
In the carnival
Mrs. NJ. c. Spencer left the first OF
the week for Boulder where she will
visit relatives and friends.
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il. winton is agent Tor the Excel
sicr laundry, % Denvrr.
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Our Csc tea is all right. Delta County
Merchantile Company.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

SURFACE CREEK BAPTIST CHURcH at
Eckert-Preaching service every Sun
day at 3 p. m. Sunday School at > p
IN. Rev. James II. Messenger, pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHuRcH-Rev. James
II. Messenger pastor. Services at ii a.
m. and : DO p. IN. Sunday school at 10 a.
m.-Dr. A. II. Stockham Supt.-Young
People, meeting Gas p. MI NJ. Conk.
lin. presi lent.
Morning subject. Good King Asa
Evening subject. An Autumn Visit to
Jerusalem
METHODIST CHuRCH-Servicesa as usual
morning aud evening. Everybody wei.
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Always a full line of CANDIES and nuts
At CoakIin a Gaunt's.
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Will Chi!es and wife and T. b. Geer
and wife went to Denver Sunday to take
In the carnival
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The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Nj. Fred Sanders. OF Ouray. is down
on a hunting trip.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Miss Setta Friend went to Denver the
first OF the week.
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LOCAL NEWS.
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which an admission fee Is charged will be made
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nents will be charged for At advertising rates-
Old papers ioI sale at this ofiice.
Ladies' calling cards with plates. This
Office
Miss Setta Friend went to Denver tho
first OF the week.
Nj. Fred Sanders. OF Ouray. is down
on a hunting trip.
Our 35c tea is all right. Delta County
Merchantile Company.
Butterick patterns. a full stock on
hand at Mathers- Postpaid
W. R. Travis at his art studio is pre-
pared to take finest photographs.
wm. Mathers and wife left the first OF
the week for Denver and the east.
George and Charles fowles went to
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Try our tomato soup l2lsc per can.
1t is delicious. Delta County Merehan
tile Company.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Ladies calling cards with plates. Thi1
office.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Miss Mona Cotfey left last Saturday
for Denver where she has secured q
| poeition
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

| The very latest in ladies' capes and
cioaks and dress goods at w. Mathers.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Mrs. b. KimbaIl, OF Nashua. N. H., is
visiting her neice, Mrs. Ferguson, at
Eckert.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Ed Vandeventer and Charley Bowden
vent to Denver Monday TO attend the
| carnINal
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Finest line OF school tablets in town
ut the Pioneer drug store.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Ernest Logan has gone to Denver
with the Lake City militia company.
The Delta independent., 1898-10-07

Mrs. L. E. Wannamaker and family
! left for Denver Sunday to take in the
carnival
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WASHINGTON, D. c.
Call or Write for. sample Free.

and cover 25,o00 miles by April 1899, at
high noon.
All the money was TO be earned lerfti-
mately and in addition the rider was to
accumulate $500 independent of expenses.
Donations and loans were especially pro-
hibited
OF the required sum Meier has already
accumulated $i6s. During his journey his
income has been derived from newspaper
work. correspondence for the San Fran
cisco Examiner, selling magazines. novels,
sheet music. pencil sharpeners, ink and
inkstands, bicycle lamps, mud guards
He has also advertised soap and solicited
orders for visiting cards. He lectured on
his trip before the Cleveland Wheelmen
OF Cleveland. o.; the Century Cycle Club.
of Buffalo, N Y; the Victoria Club. of
Montreal. Can, and the Riverside Wheel
men, of New York City. During his Jour
ney he encountered many hardships and
adventures but does not regret the under
taking.
Up to the present time he has covered
2lS06 miles, of which IiCSe miles were
made by sea and the remainder ON his
wheel. From here he will go to Balti-
more. Norfolk. Raleigh, Charleston, Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville, Mobile, New Or
leans. Houston, San Antonio. Ell Paso.
Tucson. Yuma, Cotton Los Angeles and
then home to San Francisco. During his
stay here, in addition to other work he
Will gather what news he can in the
various Government departments for his
nome paper. He may also deliver a lec
ture on his trip to the wheelmen of
Washington.
The times., 1898-12-13
Acaaemy-"Tempe.t ro..ea.y


What is described in the bills as wal
ter Sandford's Realistic Romantic Drama
Tempest Tossed" was produced for the
FIRST time in this city last night at the
Academy of Music. number of people.
attracted, no doubt, by those same bills.
assembled at the theater for the purpose
of seeing the presentation and went home
again so well pleased and SO solicitous for
their fellow humans that the presenting
company will probably play to good busl-
ness all the week. Tempest Tossed is
a melodrama, and good one OF its class
The lines often contain evidences OF real
thought, and are. IN most instances, very
well delivered. The story tells the troubles
of a pair of lovers, who belong among the
fisher folk on the coast of Maine. The
wicked villain is a Boston man. and that
statement proves to be really one OF the
most fiaring faults in the piece That man
can come from Boston and be a real VIII
lain seems so near the Impossible that the
audience almost lost interest in the offer
ing when his nativity was made known.
After a time It was shown that the young
man was not really from Boston and ap-
plause Immediately commenced where 1t
had left Off. AS heroine with a Glory
Quayle sweater and n disconsolate look
Stella Rees was very acceptable. as was
also the Tom Preston OF Menifee John
stone. The remainder of the people, among
them ]. NJ Sainpolis, Edgar Forrest, Jo-
seph Wilkes. Edward Lamb. S. T. Le-
moyne Minnie Vistorson and Josie Sis
son. were also very good indeed. Down
in Dixie follows.
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NationnI-.rhe Rivals.

For the manyeth time. Sheridan's COM
at the New National. In the outset it IS
but just to remark that with one pos ible
exception the presenting company has
never been SO strong nor the performance
SO smooth. The plays bright lines and
clever situations, time worn though they
are, We're so made enjoyable to a marked
degree, as was evinced by the close at
tention and discretionate applause of the
rather anxious audience assembled.
Only once In the dramatic history of
the country has such a cast been called
upon to enact this perennial work of The
gifted Sheridan. This occasion was that
on which the famed '.all-star'' combina-
ton was formed and shed its comb ned
rays on the few principal cities of the
country. In some respects the present
troupe is far the stronger and such an
assertion will not be controverted when
the merits of the organization are consid-
cred individually and collectively.
BY the strange irony of fate and the in
reference of Demon Pneumonia. Bob
Acres. the crucial role of "The Rivals"
which was made famous by the elder JEFF
ferson, is assumed by his youngest son.
William, who proves the one desert spot
in this otherwise garden of paradise Not
that his Characterization is unusually
bad, but that 1t appears greatly in con-
trast with that of his father with that
of Nat Goodwin, and even with that of
Sol Smith Russell. Bob Acres with a fall
setto voice is like Hamlet would be with
a cigarette-it seems out of all proportion
William Jefferson never rises to aitua-
ton. His strong scenes are his weak ones
and his weak scenes only look the more
pathetic in comparison with those of his
support. And this is not to be wondered
at. While imitation is the sincerest fat
tery. not every man-even youngest son
can understudy Joseph Jefferson. If
such an attempt were to be successful
forty years of tireless study and persist
ent labor would seem to count for naught
Werner Charges is the Sir Anthony Abb
solute of the cast, and, well remember
ed as he is for an exceedingly able i'm
personation of Pecksniff while with Mr..
Willard, his character old man suffers lit
tie in comparison or in contrast Cap
tain Jack Absolute, dashing lover and
fortunate wooer, Is well played by Otis
Skinner, a scholar and an actor. Our
Wilton Lackaye, looking as If he had on
ly stepped out of his own vehicle
Charles O'Malley," is the Sir Lucius
O'Trigger. His accent is more rich than
the old sod and his manners as clever
as his mannerisms. Elsie Leslie makes
a sweet, shapely, slender, silly, sentiment
tai Lydia. appearing with the same grace
that some years ago characterized her
knickerbockered Lord Fauntleroy OF all
the Mrs. Malaprops who have graced the
stage and disgraced the laws of English,
Ffoliiett Paget's is the least overdone and
the most natural, while Blanche Bender
is saucy Lucy. and the David of Joseph
Jefferson, jr., is worthy in every partic-
ular.
In retrospective, it must be said that
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Biiou-yaudeyille.

The craftsmen who print the Bijou
programs were put to the expense of buy
ing unusually large type last week in
order that Lottie ellison might be prop
erly introduced to Manager Grieves's eli
entelle. 1.-The Little Magnet yesterday
proved herself worthy of this star bill
ing, however, and made a hit that will
be remembered here for some time. Alex
cia, an old favorite in Washington, twist
ed himself into various shapes earlier in
the evening, and Marie Girard rendered
a number of serio-comic ballads of suf-
ficient merit to be whistled. The Glees
have an exceedingly good musical turn
which scores heavily; Topack and Steele
tell some new jokes well; Hill and Whit
taker please with their clever act; Brown,
Harrison. and Brown establish them
selves as able farceurs, and Bonner does
any number of things that entitle him to
the description, "the talking, writing
equine comedian" The performance be-
gins with burlesque. called "The White
Lot Reception" which serves to intro
duce the Bijou Stock Company, and a
travesty on the duel scene In "a Dam
gerous Maid"
The times., 1898-12-13
RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS.
Sister Fox, at Is to L, Furnishes n
Days Sensation.

Days Sensation.
New Orleans, Dec. 12.-Frank Reagan 8
flly, Sister Fox, furnished the sensation
of the card today. She was I5 to l in the
handicap for all ages. the fourth event
on the program, for such horses as Lott
erer Sam Lazarus and Tabouret. The
filly got off last and at the far turn was six
lengths in the rear. In swinging into the
stretch Moody cut the turn and made
up the disadvantage so that by the time
the field was Strengthened out was on
equal terms with Loiterer, the pacemak-
er, all the way. Sister Fox passed the
imported bred horse at the sixteenth pole
and won in a gallop by two lengths.
Malo, at to /. came from behind in the
first race and running Moch, the pace
maker. into the ground. won handily.
Oxnard, the favorite, could never get up.
Jockey O'Connor took Judge Magee, the
favorite, in the second race, a mile SELL
ing affair. for two-year-olds. to the front
at the half and remained there to the
wire. The track was heavy. Summary:
First race-One mile. Malo, 8 to 1,
won; Vice Regal, second; Moch, third.
Time 1:53 81.
Second race-One mile. Judge Magee, 3
to /, won; Mr.. Johnson. second; Pat
Garrett. third. Time, 1:54 1-2
Third race-One mile. Prestar 4 to 1,
won: Locust Blossom, second; Sea Rob-
ber, third. Time, 1:52 1-2
Fourth race-Six furlongs. Sister Fox,
15 to /, won: Imp. Loiterer. second; An
des, third. Time FL
Fifth race-One mile. Trebor. 40 to /,
won; Our Chance, second: Col. Frank
Waters, third. Time, 1:54
The times., 1898-12-13
WHEELING ON A WAGER.
George Meier Arrives In Washing
ton En- Route.

-
ton En- Route.
George Meier, member of the River
side Wheelmen of San Francisco, arrived
in Washington yesterday on his 25, 900
mile, go-as-you-please tour of the United
States, Mexico Australia, British Column
bia and Canada, for purse of $1,000 and
the receipts of a banquet to be given by
the club If successful
The trip in question was brought about
in novel manner. In the early part of
January, 1897, a smoker was being held
in the rooms of the club house During
the evening, the conversation turned to
ng-distance riders and the great globe
trotter, Paul Jones. whose exploits were
being discussed. Some of the members
thought the feats credited to Jones were
impossible and among the number of this
opinion was T. Clark. Polk, the Western
millionaire. who is an honorary member
of the club. He voluntarily offered a
purse of 5000 to any of Jones' admirers
in the club who would undertake 10 make
tour. starting without money and re-
turning at a stated time. sThe proposition
was accepted by Meier, after he had been
chosen by the club, to undertake the
journey
The young man in question was put
under oath to start from the club house
July 4, 1927, at high noon without a cent
The times., 1898-12-13
Kernnn,.-"Bon-Ton Buriesquers.-

Aernan's-"BOn-T Ton Buriesquers.E
No better show than that given by the
Bon Ton Burlesquers' ever comes to
Kernan's, and two audiences that proved
how generally this fact is appreciated as
sembled in the popular place Of amuse-
ment yesterday for the purpose of well
coming back the company's many favor
ties Edward Rush's organization comes
dangerously near the line of the legiti-
mate. His girls are all pretty and lastly
costumed, his choruses well drilled. his
farces bright and his comedians first-c.ass.
Ned Monroe who was the troups leading
light when 1t was seen here earlier in the
season, is sadly missed in the first and last
parts which are respectively entitled "A
Partisan Night" and "A Devil of Time"
Both pieces are given with snap and gin
ger, however, and continue to please
greatly. In the olio Agnes Behler sings
some of Bonnie Thorntons songs without
much of that comedians ability: the lie
Moyne brothers do three very difficult
stunts" on the horizontal bars; Morrison
and Markey tell funny stories with adj
mirable rapidity: Fern Melrose sings 1.-The
old songs in a sweet soprano voice; By
ron and Langdon contribute a laughab!e
travesty; Nat Leroy ends a good mono
logue with the usual inexcusable imitation
of James A. Herne, and Mile. Rosa's
oriental dancers present some of the most
sensational wriggles ever seen here. Mat
inees daily.
The times., 1898-12-13

record-breaker of the current season. In
Cleveland the orchestra was forced to
perform behind the stage that its space
in the auditorium might be devoted to
paying auditors. The star opened
weeks booking in Baltimore last night
to an audience representing the best
social elements of the Monumental City.
During her six days engagement here
she will give but one performance each
of Carmen" Camille" and "Frou Frou. =
'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," which she
is presenting this season for the first
time, is also listed for but one rendering,
while 'The Termagant" is announced for
matinee and two evenings.
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seem unpleasant. Harrison Armstrong
makes first-rate quack doctor and Will
liam Ranous presents successfully an In
dan with regulation ''Old Hoss' Hoey
methods of stealing. Mr.. Ranous's walk
suggests the Rialto more than the reser-
walton, but otherwise the work is correct
in detail. OF the others. II. Gittus Ions
dale is a realistic detective; Charles w.
Swain, of "Ge'sha" fame, gives to his But
Ter an accent thick enough to blunt a
saw; Agnes Proctor is laughab.e guar
dian: Maud White proves a tiresome
sweetheart TO the aforesaid snob and Lulu
Klein speaks her sentimental lines in a
manner that permits of her being forgiven
for the outrageous costume she wears in
the farces second act.
"A Bachelors Honeymoon" comes next
week
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chor Hail on next Thursday night. will as
s,st Cans in his work. Janey has been up
at Leiperville for the last ten days and Is
in the best of condition. Cans will spar
with Janey so as to get strong. as Daily
fights the same way as the BLACK
Demon, continually on the aggressive
and using very rough tactics so as to get
home his famous left-hand chops.
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the sole weak spot in the presentation
Is that filled-or supposed to be filled
by William Winter Jefferson. All else
Is good, and even he is not especially
bad; only weak and by personality far
from fitted TO the part. All the time he
Is on the stage. one cannot refrain from
thinking, What a pity that he has not
his fathers intelligence, experience and
ability" For this same father never had
such supporting company. The several
changes of scene necessary to the pro-
duction were made with but little fric-
ton, while the sets are well painted and
fully adequate.
Lafayettc-''The Sign of the -CrOss.-
The Sign OF the Cross" Wilson Bar
rett's four-act religious drama, filled the
Lafayette Square Opera House yester-
evening with an appreciative audience.
The play is staged with the same lavish
ness and skill that characterized the pro-
duction of last year, while the cast is
practically the same that It was then.
Nothing SURPRISING the richness and ar
tistic effect of the costumes used in the
presentation has been seen here for some
years and the scenery is equally sump-
tuous and picturesque
The members Of the company are all
so good that 1t seems a little unfair 10
single out any one or two persons for
commendatiOn. Of course, some parts
are more prominent and more difficult
than others. but each person in the east
does his or her work well, and with an
eye to the general effect. The organiza-
tion acts together with remarkable
sMoothness and the portrayals of the prin-
cipai people are never marred by i'll
judged attempts at prominence on the
part of minor ones. Charles Dalton, as
Marcus, the .prefect, gives a remarkably
even and strong performance. The role
Is one which might easily be made melo-
dramatic, but Mr.. Dalton stops on the
artistic side of that error. The same is
true of w. E. Bonney, as Nero, and it
may safely be said that no more consum-
mate nd repulsive villain In ap-
pearance than Mr.. Bonney's Roman
Emperor has lately been exhibited
on the statge. Frank Westerton.
as Tigelltnus, is scoundrel of a different
but quite as forceful a type; while George
fiood makes the most of the part of
Licinius Mr.. Howard, as Favius; Mr.
stephens, as Titus. and Mr. Gibson as
Melos, are all good. Irene Rockies char
acterization of Mercia is spirited, grace-
lui and attractive throughout, while
Maude Warrilow, as Stephanos, shares
honors with the heroine. Especial praise
IS due to Agnes Scott for her rendering
Of the difficult part of Berenis. Nellie
Fletcher, as Dacia, also accomplishes a
good piece of work, as does Maud Dayies.
N the role of Cyrene
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Gan. Goc. Into Training.

Baltimore, Dec. 12.-Joe Cans accom-
panied by AL Herford and Jerry Marshall,
left today for Leiperville, Pa, where Cans
will go into training for his bout with
Jack DAILY, which takes place before the
Lenox Athletic Club in New York on De-
cember u. Jim Janey, who is to meet Tom
Williams. of Australia. in a twenty-five
The times., 1898-12-13
CIeeIand Want. n Match.

The following letter has been received by
the sporting editor of The Times:
Having been unable TO ar. ange match
with Joe Bateman. I desire TO meet any
man in the District at 100 pounds for
twenty rounds or more, Arthur Jones pre-
ferred, for $3.50 side.
DAVE CLEELAND."
The times., 1898-12-13
NATIONAL DENTAL PARLORS,
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Gold filings and bridge work specially a.
the lowest price; smalgam filings, Soc; full sets
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The demand for seats for next weeks
Nethersole engagement at the Lafayette
Square is said to be so tremendous that
the management is forced to announce
lnat the advance sale will b,gin On
Wednesday morning at 9 O'Clock Instead
of on Thursday, as is customary. NJ ac-
tress who periodically visits Wash ngtoa
u more of a social and theatrical fivor-
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tie than this fair cousin from over the

lite than this fair cousin from over the
ocean.
Several years have elapsed since she
last visited America. Her current tour
was inaugurated in Cleveland three weeks
ago. and an unbrokep series of brilliant
audiences is mentioned as having been
her fortune from that time to this. The
attendance in Philadelphia, where Miss
Nethersole has just concluded fort
nights engagement. proved to be the
The times., 1898-12-13
sobby Dobbs Win. From Dick Buree

Newcastle-on-Tyne. Dec. 12.-Bobby
Dobbs and Dick Burge fought eigh,
rounds here tonight. In the eighth rouni
Burgess hacker claimed a foul. which was
not allowed. He thereupon refused to al
low Burse to continue, and the iig..t was
awarded to Dobbs.
The times., 1898-12-13
Other Amusementx.

There is no city in the Union more con-
servative than Washington and hence
it may be considered remarka-
Bile that after very brief stay here,
Ashley Cooper's "Trilby'' is being viewed
daily by hundreds of people. So beautiful
is the canvas, however, and so easily
comprehended that the constantly in
creasing patronage is not difficult to .In-
derstand. The picture is on exhibition at
1903 Pennsylvania Avenue where it may
be seen any afternoon or evening
The times., 1898-12-13

The martial spirit still prevailing in
the land may account for the evergrow-
ing popularity of the Wargraph, which
is still on exhibition in Metzerott Hall.
This machine throws upon screen over
hundred moving pictures of scenes in
the late conflict and is, therefore, not
only interesting but instructive. The
management provides for three exhibit
tions daily. at 2:3o, 4.3O and s:l5.
The times., 1898-12-13

AcKER & AFFLEcK. 1929 Pa ave. nv
WHiTESlDE & WALTON. 1921 Pa. ave. NV.
@. c. c. SIMNS, N. Y. ave and l4th ST. NV.
HOWARD RATCLIFF. 1lth and B sts. ne.
HoYLE Co. Ath and r. Capitol sts
FRANK p. WELLER. Sth and SITS. Sc.
CHARLES II. BLt3iER, n Capitol and R sts. n.
VICTOR II. ESCH. 1925 Maryland ave ne
NJ. FALC0NER, 1lih and sts Sc