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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13
FORFEITED BOND OF CANNON.
The Court Notified of the Fact-Big
Deed of Trust.

NORFOLK, VA, February I2-(Special.)
The question of the forfeiture of the 5000
bond Of Joseph Promise Cannon. who was
convicted OF conspiring against his wife.
came up before Judge Hanckel this morn
ing. The Commemorative Attorney mere
ly presented the fact that the bond was
forfeited by the absence Of the bonded
party. Judges Nicely and Burroughs, rep
resenting the sureties argued first that
the bond was Illegal because the court
had no power TO bond a man after con-
vlction, and, secondly, that Cannon was
a minor and could not be held. and his
bond could not be held, being the bond
for a minor or infant in the eyes OF the
law. The court took the matter under ad-
visement.
A GRAVE OFFENCE.
Stella Gray was this morning before
Justice Tomlin. charged with the abduc-
tion OF Maggie Cline and Mary Ryan. two
girls OF IA or 10, whose homes are in
Phoebus. between Old Point and Hamp-
ton. The girls. I'm short dresses said that
they were told that they would be given
light house-work, and therefore came TO
Norfolk They said they had no suspicion
OF the character OF the woman CT her
house. The woman was sent on TO the
grand jury. being bonded In $500.
A deed of trust from the Norfolk Street
Railroad Company 10 the Mercantile
Trust and Deposit Company. OF Balti-
more. was admitted to record In the
Clerks Office this evening. The railroad
company conveys TO the trust company
all its property as we'll as its rights and
franchises. This Is q first mortgage. sub
ject, however, to a deed OF trust now ex-
isting amounting to nearly a million dol
lars, and securing bonds TO the amount OF
yl25.0o0 Eor the acquisition OF additional
property, franchises. new lines OF rail-
way, or for the extension OF tracks. as
we'll as for the purpose OF proyidins Tor
its present bonded Indebtedness. the rali-
road company executes fifteen hundred
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13
LOVE KNOWS NO OBSTACLES.
Wiling "To stack Thunder IN
order TO Get Married.

GREEN BAY, VA, February R.-(Spe-
eiai)-A joint stock company Is Delns
formed here for the purpose OF buldins
= r,orabouse for the sale Of loose tobacco.
II is thought the church now owned py
the Disciples will be bought and turned
into q warehouse. as a new house Of wor-
chin will soon be built by that denomina-
ton. .,,os -, 60 mar
,or,, a marriage at a late hour one nlSht
tbts ,veek The groom was colored
80, s.' and was on hand with his "dusky
hr,de, without a dollar in the world 10
nov the minister's fee. However. ne
l.ec,,ed de,ermined not to be batiied by
.,,,an obstacles. and told the minister ne
,,o',ld nerform manual labor, and would
'',,iI,ngiv do anything to be welded sta,-
inc he would stack thunder ana eaten
M lightning" If necessary. Ihey were
soon made man and wife.
ADVICE FOR OUR SOLONS.
r. ,s boped by many in this section
that the Legislature viii be very careiui
in regard 20 enacting any laws that may
onerafe against building and loan assoc'a-
lions. They are accomplishing So
al IN the way Of aiding the man with
- and caution should now be the
,satchword OF our Solons.
Mr. r. W Price Of this place. place. has S,1% re,
. Tbev were sent by Mr.. }. ID.
rISss , 90 Texas. Mr. Johns is originally
from Lunenburg, having moved from, from th@s h,s
.l.,.'.,, about forty years ago. casting MS
-. a. The sI.one Star State. lie mas
hoer ,o " very fortunate, having amassed
qJ1s Mr w. B. Ellis. Of Richmond was IN
the village this week.
eno rrra.k Inse. of Crewe, spent Friday
visiting i his many friends In the neigh
borhood. rostraster AZ
MiS. a.',b has been visiting her daugh-
Mo"ns A.. wade Fowlkes, Nut Eusn:
ter; ,,,ss m Helen NJ. owen Is visiting relatives
In Georgia. ., N,t Bush. will
ME- n,,biie school on next Friday.
o'Vss Misses @ ". A. Roberts and w. y. Irice
.rs Visiting friends IN Nottoway county
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13

s.. 900 5 per cent bonds, payable forty-six
years after January 1. 1898.
The party Of scandinavian editors VINO
have been visiting the South with view
of locating q colony Of farmers from Nor
way and Sweden, were to-day taken
over Hampton Roads and shown me
model truck firms on It's shores. 1hey
also inspected the fortifications at fort
Monroe While there they were the guests
OF the Business Mems Association and
Board OF Trade. Tonight they left by
steamer for Baltimore. Monday they will
go to Washington. and will be received
by the President at noon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13

WASHINGTON. February i2-Consul-
General Leo has cabled the State Depart
ment that Mr.. Hearst's yacht. the Buc-
cancer. left Habana at o'clock yesterday
evening
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General shipp'. Condition.

LEXINGTON. VA. February n.-(spe-
cial. 1.-THE condition OF General Scott
shIpp Is very much improved this eve
ming.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13

from a specific complaint. Some Of the
specialists call il necrosis OF the bone Oh
the nose and others fear cancer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13

Approximate earnings OF the Georgia
and Alabama railway for the first week
In February;
Mileage .......s 40
Week ending Feb -.
ruary nth .......s 2o.s8 sletto se'
1857 ls9z-es inc'se.
July list 10 F'ebrl-
airy 7th.. -. ....sloi'e.c N9's'" S@''''S
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13

Miss Berthe Bickers returned hume seo~
tcrday. after a delightful Nisii or tnfeo
weeks among friends tn chaflot'esfiiie'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-13
sTENGER A HERO.

Captain stenger behaved like nero,
Not only did be direct the efforts OF nls
ohcers and crew. but he personaAy as
sisted IN lowering the children ana INC
more timid Of the women.
The second Doaf 10 be lowered from
the 81. Lsuis was commanded by George
The herald., 1898-04-24

His only sister, with broken heart, rained
kisses on her poor brothers brow;
Mother and brother both taken away. how
lonely twill be for her now.
Negro songs have the best chance. Here
are two of them that have gained a good
deal of recent popularity. The first Is
called II Want Dem Presents Back" 1t
tells of faithless black sweetheart who
deserted the singer for man with less
money; the discarded lover shows the
nobility of his character In his willingness
to forgive everything If he can only get
back his presents. He will even make a
better offer than this-he will accept the
pawn tickets:
20! want dat bran new cookstove, l
want dat char,
want dat lookin glass, de comb to comb
my ha'r;
I want dat carpet, yes, sir! Won't git 1t ?
Wall, / guess, sir.
Carve me an starve me! want dem prcs-
ents back!"
Then here is another entitled my Coal
Black Lady" which has rollicking tune:
"Thls coal-black lady, she is my baby,
You cannot blame me, no! no! no!
Case love her SO! SO. so!
Her color's shady, but she's lady;
Don't trifle with my coal-black lady"
In a stage performance now current one
of the characters says to another pointing
to third: HE writes songs" What kind
of songs" is asked, good songs?" "Naw!
is the contemptuous reply, popular
songs" The reader is no doubt fully con.
vinced of the pertinency Of the reply by
this time.
The herald., 1898-04-24
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING April, "a, 1898

son and the Ophelia of Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell, but the intimation is that the support
of the general public was not so generous
as had been expected. This is accounted
for partly by the fact that the perform
ances were given in a small. out-of-the-
way and questionable theater.
According to the London Times the prin-
clpal lot in a recent sale at the rooms of
Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge was
an extraordinarily large and fine copy of
the third folio of Shakespeare, 1864, which is
almost as rare as the first folio, owing to
most of the copies having perished in the
great fire of London. The example thus
sold is described as "the property of a bar
onet," and is noteworthy for the fact that
some of its leaves have rough edges 1t
sold for 9260 (Pickering). 1t should be
mentioned that this copy is of the second
issue of the third folio, the earlier Of the
two being dated 1863; of the latter q
unique copy was sold at Messrs. Chris.
ties in June, 1894, for G435.
The herald., 1898-04-24
About Music Hall Songs

The years crop of popular songs, accord
ing to a writer in the New York Tribune,
Is failure. There ars some songs cur
rent just now which are recognized by
name when they are mentioned, but they
are few, compared with the yield of a
good year; they are narrow in their circula-
tion, compared with the product of a
plenteous year, and they are poor COM
pared with good popular song of any
year. 1t is not fair to expect every season
to produce many such songs as my Old
Dutch "The Old Kent Road" "The Fu-
ture Mrs. 'Awkins" and "The Little Nip
per-"
The average literary quality of the cur
rent popular song is best illustrated by the
following quotation:
My girl is a winner at the music halls,
Neat dancer and singer, and she gets the
calls;
I take her to dinner when the curtain falls;
My girl Is winner at the music halls.
This particular one was decidedly popu-
lar for period and is still heard some-
times. Nor is 1t the worst to be found, by
The herald., 1898-04-24

way Of attractive vaudeville talent. COM
edy is to occupy a prominent place on the
new bill. A clever trio of comedians, Wat
son, Hutchings and Edwards, are to pre-
sent a skit called "a Dramatic Agent"
which is said to give ample scope for the
display of their versatile and unusual tai
ents. The trio is one of the highest sala-
ried on the vaudeville stage, and can be
relied upon for half hour of meritorious
In the sketch Watson as
sumes the role Of theatrical manager.
Miss Hutchings an amateur in search Of
a situation, while Edwards portrays a
tramp, engaged as leading man of the
company. A brilliant pot-pourri of musical
nonsense is promised by the Glissandos.
grotesque clowns, Parisians and adopts at
those artistic fooleries for which the
French vaudeville stage is famed sThe
The herald., 1898-04-24

great Salvini' is a sweet singer as capable
in his sphere, 1t is declared, as his famous
relations in theirs. 1t has been something
of race for popularity during the past
week. Charles T. Ellis has delighted
thousands with his clever comedy work.
his singing and yodeling, while Mile. Bar
tho, the transformation dancer, has won
unstinted applause for her admirable and
artistic performances. Her beauty is un-
deniable, and has been factor in ths
furor she creates. Both Ellis and Bartho
remain another week; also the Five Whirl-
winds, acrobats of remarkable skill and
daring. John W. West, the comedian,
completes the bill. The program will be en-
tirely changed next week, as there will DO
no holdovers, the entire evening being
taken up by Hyde's comedians. a star COM
bination Of vaudeville artists
The herald., 1898-04-24
To Correspondents

AMATEUR.-Yes, there is always room
at the top of the tree, but you must be con-
tent to climb from the bottom to get there.
A course Of ten lessons in elocution and
copious wardrobe are good things, but
they won't make leading man of you.
STATISTICIAN.-The Fiesta celebration
does not belong to the dramatic depart
ment of this paper. Your query has been
referred to the puzzle editor.
FRONT ROW.-The correct version OF
the story about "the young dancer called
Bartho, who went to be photod by Mar
ceau," is that she acquired terrible stiff
neck there last Thursday through trying
to pose as Hegyessy wanted and at the
same time endeavoring to keep pace in con-
versation with the voluble Nuhn. It oc-
Cured at noon, was caused py Nuhn, and
the story Is a new 'un.
V1SITOR.-H your escort was ignor-
ant enough to wear "a light tweed business
suit" when you and the other girls wore
evening dress for the box party, you may
properly feel resentful. But everything
goes In Los Angeles, even Fiesta garlands.
Don't expect too much, in addition to
climate.
The herald., 1898-04-24
Green Room Gossip

Otis Skinner has signed to play Captain
Absolute in Joseph Jefferson's production
of "The Rivals" next season.
Negotiations are pending for a long run
of 1.-THE Jucklins" in New York city next
season, the opening date to be Sept 5th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Whytal have sailed
for England. 1t is probable that they will
appear in For Fair Virginia" on the other
side
There is possibility that Rose Coghlan
and her husband, John T. Sullivan, will
jointly star in '"rhe White Heather" next
season.
Corinne is now at the head of popular
price opera company, in which she ap-
pears in Era Diavolo." Carmen" "Boc-
caccio" and La Perichole."
William H. Crane will begin an engage
ment at the Empire theater in New York
on the 25th inst, when a new farce comedy
called Ellis Honor, the Mayor" will be
produced.
Walter Friths comedy, mot Wisely, but
Too WE'LL" has been produced by the Ken
dals with great success in Glasgow, and is
likely to be prominent feature of their
present season.
The next Casino review is called ''Winc,
Women and Song 1t will be produced in
Boston May 30th, with Harry Dixey, Wal
ter Jones, Madge Lessing and Edna Wal
lace Hopper in the cast.
At the Academy of Music, New York,
1.-THE White Heather" is still played night.
ly to large and enthusiastic audiences. It
will be played two weeks longer, and then
will be withdrawn, after nearly two
hundred representations.
Tony Denier. ST., the veteran pantomim-
list. returned three weeks ago from Eng
land, where he had contemplated. re-
vival of ''Humpty Dumpty.' After sur
vey Of the field he determined that such a.
revival would be iWpracticahle. -.
The herald., 1898-04-24

any means. 1t not infrequently happens
that some maker of songs stumbles on a
word or a combination of words that he
rightly conceives to be euphonious, and
then writes song around them, with the
result that the song Is utterly absurd and
worthless, except for the original little
combination of words which lies in 1t "as
your pearl in your foul OYSTER" Ana yet
these words may be enough to carry the
song to success. What blessing the
names beginning with "Lu'' were to the
song writer's. and how they have availed
themselves of it! There was "Linger Long
er, Lucy" a combination of liquids quite
capable Of making the fortune of song
or of a bartender And then there were
Lulu" louisiana Lou and IT Want MY
Lulu" and possibly few more.
When the song tries to be sentimental
at all. its sentiment is always of the no
blest and also of the most obvious Sort.
There is never any quibbling and refining
about 1t. Mothers are the favorite subjects.
They are usually dead. The music hall
audience is always expected to weep whom
it hears that anybody's mother is dead. If
the boys and the girls have turned out
thoroughly bad, great additional pathos is
no fault of their bringing up, and their
mothers suffer so much more. Song writ
ers always delight in making mothers suf
fer. 1t is remarkable that From Prison to
Mothers Grave" has not become more pop
ular, for 1t Is a typical variety theater pa
thetic song, in the sorrow and death of the
mother, the badness of the son, the express
sion of mock sentiment in clumsy rhymed
prose and the loss of the feet all the way
along from the prison to the grave. This
son, 1t appears, had killed his best friend,
and the song does not say how he got the
privilege of going to prison for it. When
his mother was dying she longed to "hear
his sweet voice just once MORE" and the
song is guilty of another omission in neg
lecting to say why she had never availed
herself of any of the visitors days at the
prison. So she suggested that they should
throw open that large steel door" and
''cast his shackles all down on the floor"
He must indeed have been a bad case IL
he was kept shackled. but the worse he
was the better the song, as has been said
before. Some friends of the family called
on the governor, who granted their request
for the sons short release with actual en-
thusiasm, though 1t appears that nothing
was accomplished after all, as the son
only saw the mothers grave, and she did
not hear his sweet voice. The whole mat
ter Is thus summed up in the chorus:
From a prison to his mothers grave they
allow that convict to go,
Twas in answer to his mothers prayers.
hAoasasa abe loved him saa ~
The herald., 1898-04-24
Personal

Sol Smith Russell will close his season
April 30 in New York.
Charles H. Yale is preparing new spec
tacular pantomime for next season.
1t is probable that Mary Hampton will
star next season in an Indian war play.
Madge Lessing will play the title-role in
the forthcoming revival of 1.-THE Lady
Slavey' at the Casino.
Dorothy Morton has begun an engage
ment of ten weeks in opera atsthe Schiller
theater, Chicago, opening in "Nanon.'
Marie Dressler signed last week for next
season to play Nine. Aetna Vesuvius in
"The Marquis of Michigan" supporting
Sam Bernard.
Lewis Morrison, one of the most success
full American stars, will play an extended
engagement at the Alcazar in San Fran
cisco in the near future.
Isabel Evesson has resigned from the
cast of "A Southern Romance and has
been replaced by Ysobel Haskins. Miss
Evesson intends to head company of her
own
Elite Williams, an English actress and
late leading lady with 1.-THE Sign of the
Cross American company, contemplates
accepting an engagement for next season
in this country.
Sir Henry Irving. at the request of Car
dinal Vaughan, has consented to appear a S
Corporal Brewster in "A story of Water
loo,'' in Archbishop's house, Westminster,
in aid Of a Roman Catholic charity.
j. Winston Murray, an esteemed actor of
the old school, has been granted a pension
by the government. Mr.. Murray who
served in the late rebellion, has been
awarded $4,000 and a monthly stipend of s12.
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fske is attracting
large audiences in the Fifth-avenue theater,
New York, by her performances in "a Bit
of Old Chelsea and Love Finds the Way"
She is seen to considerable advantage in
| both pieces.
The herald., 1898-04-24

to the most minute detail. After compli-
menting his guest, the duke remarked:
II observe, Mr.. Gomersal, that you do
not use a snuffbox in the part, but make
the emperor take his snuff loose from his
waistcoat pocket; permit me to enable
you to supply the omission" and his grace
presented the actor with very handsome
silver "tabatiere." Gomersal pocketed
the casket and stomached the criticism III
silence. But when he reached home he
wrote to the conqueror of Waterloo and
respectfully pointed out that the omission
was of set purpose and absolutely true to
history. "Boney'' being in the habit of
dispensing with snuffbox and taking the
powder loose from his waistcoat pocket
which he had made lined with chamois
leather for that purpose.-New York
Times.
The herald., 1898-04-24

1t is reported that Mr.. Herbert Waring
will produce George Bernard Shaw's play.
1.-THE Devils DISCIPLE in the London Ly-
ric theater before long There is also a ru-
NOR that he meditates an appearance as
D'Artagnan in one of the many new ver-
sions of ''The Three Musketeers."
Richard Mansfield will begin an engage
ment at the Garden theater, New York, on
the 25th inst, appearing in 1.-The First
Violin" an adaptation from Jessie Foth-
ergills novel of that name, relating to
musical student life in Germany. Mr..
Mansfield will be the prince who became
fiddler. but preserved his dignity and won
| the love of the proud English beauty.
When "What Happened to Jones" ap-
pears in London next month it will bring
the sum total of American attractions then
playing there up to four-'"The Heart of
Maryland at the Adelphi, TOO Much
Johnson at the Garrick, 1.-THE Belle of
New York; at the Shaftesbury and Mr..
Rroadhurst's farce at the Royalty. Amer
| lean plays and players are at present
dominating London's attention and dis
| comforting the native managers, some OF
| whom are unable to thrive.
1.-THE Moth and the Flame" Is reported
to have made a most prosperous start in
| the Lyceum theater, the demand for seats
| having grown steadily since the opening
night. 1t is an uneven and crude piece.
but contains some brightly written dia
| logue of the fippant initiative Sort one
strong dramatic situation, which unfor-
tunately comes too soon in the play, and
several effective theatrical scenes in the
closing act. The best drawn character is
| that of the wicked Fletcher which finds
capable and conscientious interpreter in
Mr.. Kelcey. who has seldom done better
work. AS entertainment the play has
attractive qualities, but these are not Of
the kind which are able to endure close
| or careful examination.-New York Even
| ing Post
The herald., 1898-04-24
Gomersal as Napoleon

In the late thirties and early forties a
favorite spectacular play at Astley's in
London was 1.-THE Battle of Waterloo"
in which an actor named Gomersal gained
renown as Napoleon Bonaparte. His i'm
itation of the emperor was so life-like that
the great Duke of Wellington invited him
to Apsley house. and the interview af-
fords an amusing illustration of the ac-
tors close conscientiousness in attention
The herald., 1898-04-24
Shakespearean Notes

Joseph Haworth will make a supple
mentary spring tour, producing a reper-
toire of shakespearean plays. Among 9TH
ers to be presented will be ''Hamlet," ""Ro-
meo and Juliet" and Macbeth" His lead
Ing lady will be Miss Bertha Galland, who
has recently attracted considerable atten-
tion by her Interpretation of Shakespea res
heroines.
After the close of her Chicago engage
ment Nine. Modjeska will come to Cali
fornia for summer sojourn. She intends
to appear in two Shakespearean roles next
season-Constance, in version of liking
Jonn' prepared expressly for her by John
Malone, and Hermione, in "A winter,.
Tale"
The Hamburg critics have been very cor
dial In their recognition Of. the many ex-
'cellences Of the Hamlet Of Forbes Robert,
The herald., 1898-04-24

Theate-nonday Wednesday,
Thursday Saturday. Stranger York"
week In IDAHO "and"T FirstBo
Watson Huchngs
wards,
The herald., 1898-04-24

LOS ANGELES THEATER.-(Advance
Announcement.) Next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, with a Saturday
matinee, Hoyts latest concoction of mel
ody and mirth, "a Stranger in New York."
will receive it's initial presentation in this
city. 1t is pretty well known that this
clever playwright has never devoted much
time to writing a play. 1t is reported that
"a Texas Steer" was written in ten days.
1t took him less than a week to put "A
| Temperance Town" together, and about
the same length of time was used in
building "a Trip to Chinatown" Mr.. Hoyt
has spent months on his "a Stranger in
New York; with the intention of maxi
ing it his masterpiece. The cast Is very
strong one. Mr.. Hoyt is thoroughly famil-
lar with each performers abiiity, and each
part has been especially written with the
idea of exactly fitting his people and bring
ing out and giving them every opportunity
of displaying their respective merits. The
new piece Is announced as broad farce
comedy, constructed for Laughing purposes
only and to furnish a healthful and enjoy
able evenings entertainment. Mr.. Hoyt
has been lavish in the expenditure of money
in making this a production that will ap-
peal to the eye as well as to the ear Every
accessory that can possibly add to the suc-
cess of "a Stranger in New York" has been
carefully looked after, and the extrava-
CANT stage settings, with the gorgeous cos
TUNES and bevy of pretty women, cannot
fail to make a wonderfully pleasing picture
under the dazzling brightness of the cal
cium.