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The times., 1898-09-25
Lnfayette-"A Female prummcry

LafnYetfe-s.A Female Drummcrv
Payson Grahame, a handsome girl, who
is recent addition TO the cast of Bla-
neys "A Female Drummer" Company
which will be seen this week at the La
fayette Square. was the subject of much
admiration in Boston during the run of
the play there. Miss Grahame is So
ciety girl of San Francisco, the daughter
of wealthy parents, who strongly object
to her appearance on the stage, but who
were unable TO stem the tide of affairs
when the desire TO tread the boards took
possession of her. AS before stated
Miss Grahame is an extremely good
looking brunette, who, by her fine figure
and stunning dress, attracts much favor
able attention. She tands over five feet
eight inches, is slender and wonderfully
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Wei, you practically carry the piece"
Thank you." said Eddie Foy. I'm
glad TO have done something finally. for
I've really had pretty hard luck in the
last few years But the part OF the ac-
robat in Hotel Topsy Turyy' is itself
so good that anyone could do 1t and win
laughs There's quite science about the
trick, though. and not the least part of il
Is spontaneity- l never know one minute
what I'm going 10 do the next Taking
care 10 give my comrades their cues. I
generally ramble along in almost any way
that suits me. Why. if you viii believe
II, l never dance twice alike The steps
are always according TO my humor and
seldom are they repeated. Candidly. I
picked the whole thing up-never had a
master at 1t. Perhaps that is one reason
that people always laugh at my clogs
and finger work They may be smiling
about, rather than with. me. can't tell"
But anyone who has ever experienced
the pleasure of seeing Eddie FUy dance
viii have no difficulty in solving the
problem.
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One of the most unique-and unique
means artistic as well as novel-of the
characteriZations in the Hotel Topsy
Turyy' of Monday evening was the Ger
man girl of Edna Aug. a graduate from
the vaudeville. The impersonation was a
delightful one in many ways-full of con-
scientious work and innate brightness.
The dialect spoken could not have been
improved upon by Weber or Fields.
while the consistent humor of motion,
makeup and manner provoked almost
constant laughter from the house. Per-
haps comparable with the slaveys of THE
Girl from Paris What Happened 10
Jones" and My Friend from India" as
done respectively by May Buckley. Mat
tie Ferguson and May Vokes. the por-
trayal certainly lost nothing in the exam
ination. Miss Aug is a clever woman and
her success is only a matter of time.
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One of the weak points In Eddie Gil
rard's revival of Natural Gas" was to
be found in the work of Frank O'Brien.
whose portrayal of Noise z. Howell was
that and nothing more. Howell is sup
posed 10 be an actor. but without that
explanation on the program no one would
ever have guessed il of Mr. O'Brien.
whose slovenlinesS of Characterization
made the role more like that OF plumber
or a sewer inspector. The part had no
single detail that could have made il dis
tinctive, either as a burlesque or as an
impersOnation. 1t was simply a loosely
played and decidedly painful nondescript
that had no place on the stage or any
where else. a crop of long hair and a
silk hat is not necessary to the makeup
of an entertainer nor is novelty often
anything but commendable. yet the oddfty
of this work was so manifestly caused
through ignorance and disqualification
that one simply could not forgive its per-
petrator Mr.. O'Briens speciality in the
last act of Natural Gas" was an en-
ioyable one. but it lasted only ten min
utes and there was no excuse for him
any of the rest of the time.
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people would believe One has IN ha,;,
as an apprentice and a very young one
at tnat. though he Is repaid for his "a
oor IN the knowledge that he can never
lolset what has been acquired Af,ar
d ions rest L lind myself quite able 70
80 through my turns-aptIy caIiad a.,
usuai, albeit the fact that the efgo-. i;
greater Many of the things for ,-hf-t,
minute suffices on the stage raa,,i,,,iI
months OF thought for conception W..
put on, however. they are generate So
en- at once so that everyone does not hs,-a
TO work so hard for success Only- -
OF my hits have remained my prona-t,-
one. the little thing / Go with a cbsi-
In the first act of the piece and the ot5a-
my monkey act"
Ihose are not copied" added Mr.. Gar
We, who served as boy with MS com
pahloh IN one of Washburn's variety
SHOWS because they are not easy 10 do.
5.l IIedss PANT and red caps won't repro
udce Eddie's ape Why. one afternoon
not long ago, he was in a beer earde,
ana was much amused by the antics ~
an unusually big monkey. Eddie imnoedi-
ately screwed up his own face. and in
three minutes was holding a most CON
hdenual chat with the beast. which
lost brother. 9 io'-s
It's all in the eyes" remarked tho
comedian. See here. This can ala he
long TO a monkey friend OF mine. Tbers
II Is And in the next instant the yyhirI
EN- " Rourke Of ten minutes before US
eaperlng about on top of his trunk in
the funniest fashion imaginable. And
lheh tnere was call for the second sct
and The Times man left.
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was practically born in this profes-
sien and had little choice about remain
ing IN IT afterward." Georgia Cafne re-
marked over her toilet table last Tuesday
evening at the theater. MY mother ana
father are both theatrical people and nv
work In that line began very early in
deed Before I was seventeen my lot had
been cast with a small Western stock
company and from that / drffted into
playing soubrette roles in a museum in
Salt Lake City. Then came engagements
in Denver and San Francisco. followed bv
a hit of some little Importance and an
offer TO be featured in Lost. Strayed or
Stolen After a summer OF miscellaneous
work, L began playing the title role in
The Girl From Paris. and last June T
was at Roster & BiaFs with Cooks
Tours. And nova Reign OF Error
This is my history in brief and I'm afraid
its not very interesting. But really that's
not my fault-had 1 known that YOU
were some day going TO interview me I
might have begun differently
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of the organization must be judged, and
in comparison with which. though weak
in places, Una Abel came nearer the
perfect half tone of the production than
did Miss Shaw The work of the one
lacked wholly the peculiar mechanical
touches OF the other, though it was also
without the inherent quality and depth.
And while it may be argued that even
trend toward ranting might be unnoticed,
in such role as that of Dora, II is also
true that in an understanding OF this Miss
Shaw should have taken great care that
her scenes were not at variance with the
intense refinement of the presentation
an offering the principal charm of which
was in its fidelity of precepts that teach
the fact that. since nature is perfect. art
can only be unquestionable in its repro
duction of nature when it is perfect also.
1t is only in recent years that the abil-
ity of colored performers has been at all
recognizable, but certain big undertake
ings of those who manage the sable ar
lists have altered this stateof affairs con-
siderably, with the result that men who
received pittance less than two years
ago are now paid with the best of their
white contemporaries. One of these peo-
pie is Fred Douglas, who was seen last
week at Kernans with Isham's Octor-
oons. Douglas has many of the qualifica-
uons of a comedian, and, best OF all,
lacks totally that self-assertivenes which
so often ruins the work Of clever negroes.
He does not claim the best position con-
tinually, but contents himself with en-
deavoring to take the center of the stage
with him to whatever end he happens TO
go-an undertaking in which he general
ly succeeds. Like most Of his race he has
an excellent voice, which he uses TO ad-
vantage several times during an evening.
thereby increasing the value OF his comic
propensities considerably All in al.
Douglas is an exceptionally clever fellow.
and Mr. Isham Is 10 be commended in
having chosen such one.
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says Edna Aug My German version
OF the slavey in Topsy Turvy' was as
Sunied at days notice and absolutely
without rehearsal. When / was first en-
gagged 1t was with the intention that the
roie De done according to. my present
hthons but afterward Mr. French came
Ia with desire that the part be ulavad
as 1t was in Paris and Mr.. Smith nrs-
Ierred the idea of making IL a sort or
copy OF Ruth in The Girl From Paris
tried II both ways and neither pleased
me, so that l was delighted when Mr.
Rice Informed me that I might do aS
pleased Accordingly I sat up all sat-
urday night writing in broken diaJact
DTS and Sunday l devoted TO learning
the lines. Monday found me very rnucb
inclined to stutter at the knees when 7
thousht OF the test but managed to rig
out makeup and get the thing to-
gether- can't prophesy its success or fail
ure as yet but 1 hope 10 make IL conform
70 the ideals of all three managers WREN
time has smoOthed the creases a trida >,
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LYNCHED BY THIS m
Negroes XIII Two Men and n Woman to
Get 81, 2OO-A Mob Breaks Into the
.Jnil md Secures the Prisoncrs.

Montgomery, Ala, une 16.-On Tues
day night seven miles north of We
tumpka, William Garden and his wife,
an old couple. and William Carlo, also
an old man, were murdered and their
house was burned to conceal the crime.
Garden boarded his money, n the
party were murdered to secure IL. Yes
terday Sol Jackson. Lewis Speier and
another negro We're arrested for the
crime. Late this afternoon a crowd
Of 500 men from the neighborhood Of
the crime gathered at Wetumpka to
mob the prisoners. Since they have
been I'm Jail two of the murderers. Jack
son and Speier, confessed. n told
where they buried the money, 81, 200.
The mob broke into the Jail about )
o'clock. but were unable to get into
the inner age where the prisoners
were. The sheriff telegraphed he gov
ernor for troops, and at 8 o'clock to-
night about 40 former members of the
military companies here left on a spe-
cial rain. A few minutes after 8 O'Clock
word was received that the mob sue
ceeded in getting blacksmith tools.
broke open the cage n secured the
prisoners. The intention of the mob, II
Is said. Is to take them to the scene
of the crime and there hang them. The
military company will not reach We
tumpka in time to oppose the mob.
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GRIM LESSONS TAUGHT.
spaniards Fight with the skill and Dew.
iitry of Apaches.

Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
On board the associated press dispatch
boat Dauntless, Guantanamo, Tuesday.
June IA, noon, via Kingston, Jamaica,
Wednesday. June Is, : y. m.-However
unpleasant, the experience and the land
ing OF a small detachment of marines,
mostly raw men in the enemy's coun-
try, a taught some lessons to the Off
GERS and men here N possibly also to
the authorities at Washington. 1t has
shown the Spanish to be daring bush
fighters and 1t has proved that every
American camp must be compactly
built as well protected To resist
night attacks as though i'm the Apache
country. II has developed several small
defects in the navy guns under service
conditions and il has shown that, Civ
en- a free rein with repeating rifles. 500
nervous troops can waste 10, 1000 rounds
of ammunition killing shadows I'm a
single night and not think ever then
that they nave done much shooting.
Though the l6 Spaniards found by
Lieutenant Neville's men wore regular
uniforms, most Of those seen in the
daylight attacks wore scarcely anything
except big plantain leaves bound
around their foreheads in lieu of hats.
This acted as an effective disguise in the
bush. Others were stripped to a pair
Of dirt-colored trousers. They had tied
ofouit AhtAi NalStNs ttttIlinS
shoulder high, and moving very eau
tiously they could even cross open
ground without being detected, though
some of them were caught at the game.
Another trick was to make a moving
screen of two or three big palm leaves.
almost impossible to detect where
stunted palm everywhere rises out of
the chapparal.
The Cuban a~uxiliaries were most use
full in pointing out these tricks. There
are 60 of these men now in camp. mostly
negroes. with Cuban officers. They are
hawk-eyed woodsmen. breaking ever
with the Spaniards in every device of
bushcraft.
The American mariners were at first
inclined to discount This. but this morn
ing they spoke enthusiastically of their
auxiliarles for their daring. At night. in
skirmish line. the marines say the
Cuban a~uxiliaries go through the brush
like rabbits. Their chief fault. however,
Is their reckless handling of the new
magazine rifles.
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AROUND THE WORLD.

Cincinnati, June ia Times-Star
special from Glasgow, Ky. says Caleb
Gaines, colored. was taken from Jail
this morning and hanged to a tree.
Gaines had assaulted a 4-year-old girl
on Tuesday.
Kansas City, June 16.-Four lives
were lost in a flood hat followed the
breaking of a dam az Chelsea Park. a
Kansas City suburb. last night. They
are: Mrs. Elsie Greenlee, Robert Caka-
mole and his two children. The proper
ty loss will be considerable.
Berlin, June l6.-Advices to-day say
the German transport Darmstadt ar
rived at kiao Chou bay, and the Ger
mar econd-cla cruiser Princess Will
helm sailed yesterday from Nagasaki
for Manila.
Paris. June l6.-President Faure is de-
voting the day TO consultation with politi-
cal leaders. II is understood that E'aure
will defer the selection of a premier until
tomorrow.
Boston. June l6-Announcement Is made
OF the assignment OF the Boston Woven
Hose and Rubber company: liabilities. ST.
200.0 ~.
Sharon. Pa. June 16.-One of the most
destructive fires in the history of Grove
city. Pa. occurred last night. IL origi
mated IN the armory. Ten buildings were
destroyed. among them the principal
structures of the town. The loss will prob
ably reach S0.e0.
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RELEASED BY A llNE-oRlvE.
Fat Ready Tells How and why He Quit
the Baseball FieId.

Pat Ready, who has won some dis
tinction in the squared circle, al at
one time ambitious for honors on the
diamond. He played the national game
for some time before be tool to the
more c%ongenial sport of lodging left
leads and counters. He. according To
his wi report. was not much Of a ball
tosser and soon found this out for him
self. This is the way he tells of his last
appearance i'm a Southern league uni
form and the result
Early in the '90s I played in the
Southern league for n Hibernian with
a dialect that wore shamrocks. one
night in Chattanooga | went out with
a gang of vermillion brush wielders,
and when we had finished frescoing
the town n lovely carmine, 1t was IL
o'clock the next morning. old my
manager that l had "A wisdom tooth
pulled out that morning and the pain
had switched the whole side of my face
out Of whack. Dom your wisdom
Doth. Shure. we are short wan out
fielder to-day, N YOU must play roight
field. he said. BIG Abncr Power of the
New Orleans team rammed n low-Iine
fly into right field in the first inning.
Luck DOT there. Pat. COON i'm on that
hit yelled the Hibernian manager
from the bench. MY lamps were full Of
y rays from the effects of the red paint
I had tucked away the night before.
] saw half n dozen balls and decided
To take a chance and pick out Que. But
my guess went wrong. The real ball
hit me in the nose the other Ave
phantoms e~vaporated into space The
ball that played cushion carom with
my nose o a jump from my face
into right center field. and Power got
three bases on the hit. when I came
TO on the bench with my nose in my
fists. the irate Hihernian on the bench
said; 'Shure. nhat do you think you
are plaS croket or cooked hat? The
firsht ting you know wan Of these days
you VIII be carried home on a shutter,
and your family will be suing me for
damages. You're too good a man 70 tc
split, ON give you a release tonight
That was my wish as a ball tosser."-
Chicago Chronicle.
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COULDN'T STOP HER.
Consul Dent Tries To- Keep N Spanish
steamer mt Kingston.


steamer mt Kingston.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 16. Ills p. m.
The Spanish steamer Purisima Con-
cepcion, loaded with food for Manzanil-
10, left kingston at 2 O'Clock this morn
ing. taking a westerly course. The CO.
lonial authorities ignored the protests of
the United States consul general as not
based on sufficient evidence and gave
the skipper clearance. The Purisima
Conception arrived at Kingston in the
latter part OF May from M~anzanillo with
a Spanish commissariat officer, in dis
guise, seeking supplies. She had al
ready on board a large amount which
had been obtained elsewhere. But at
Kingston she began at once to take on
-four, corn and rice, purchasing In all
$500 bags of corn from Jamaican mer-
chants.
The colonial authorities were Informed
by her owners that clearance papers
would be asked for a non-blockaded
port, like Manzanillo, on the south
coast, on the bay of Guanairo. United
States Consul Dent made representa-
lions to the government of the island
against the vessel and a careful inquiry
vas instituted. the authorities promis-
ing that IL Mr.. Dent could furnish suf-
hcient proof that her captain intended
to run for a blockaded port they would
refuse to allow her to load. An attempt
was then made by her owners to change
her register.
A well known Kingston merchant
agreed to take a bill of sale, register
ing as a British owner, but he with
drew when the government pointed out
the liability he would incur IL she vio-
lated the neutrality law.
Another attempt to obtain a register
of ownership was made. this time
through an irresponsible clerk, but the
government refused his proposal unless
he should fortify IL with a bond with
two resident sureties for the full value
of the ship.
There has never been the least doubt
in the mind of Mr.. Dent that the sup
plies and provisions, though loaded
nominally for an unlocked port, are
destined ultimately for General Blan-
cos troops. There Is little likelihood
that she will reach her destination. as
Admiral Sampson is fully aware of her
plans, and has probably detailed a fast
auxiliary cruiser to capture her and
hte Spanish officer. Lieutenant Com
mander Joaquin Montague, who is I'M
derstood to have left Kingston with
her
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LOL0 IS IN BUTTE AGAIN
He Isn't q Good Indian" Yet BY
Any Manner of Means.
BUT HE CAME NEAR IT
He It Was Who Ran on With Another
Indians Squaw-The Other Indian
Pumped Bullets Int Him, but
He Lived in Spite of 1t.

Lolo. a F1athead Indian. called on
Sheriff Regain yesterday to give thanks
for past favors and to show that he was
not yet a good Indian" in the sense
that the term is generally accepted.
Lolo is a Flathead Lothario. About a
year ago he ran away from the reser-
walton with another Indians squaw.
The original owner of the squaw trailed
Lolo to Browns gulch, in this county,
where he came upon him in camp with
a band of other Indians. The avenger
waited until dark and then he sneaked
up to Lolo's tepee, where the latter was
resting with the stolen squaw and get
ting the lay of the land. or rather Of
Lolo and the squaw. he showed in a
gun and blazed away, until Lolo's soul
could look forth into the happy hunting
grounds through half a dozen bullet
holes. The other Indians, including the
squaw. vamoosed, leaving Lolo with his
punctured tire alone on the ground.
Three or four days later the sheriff
heard about the indian and
he was brought to the county hospital.
where DIR. Brooke attended him and
saved his worthless hide. When he got
well. Lolo returned to the reservation.
Yesterday he came back on a visit, all
logged out In rooster feathers, red and
yellow paint and a guady blanket that
does not cover all of his body all of the
time.
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AS MADRID GETS THE NEWS.
Nothing of an Encouraging Nature From
ANY source.


Madrid, June 16. ) n. m.-The Bank OF
spain has agreed to place 2s.0 900. 600
pesetas at the disposal of the treasury
Tor war purposes. \ dispatch received
here from the commander of the Viz
caya islands and Mindanao. the latter
the second largest island of the Philip
pine group. under date of June II. says
that an envoy sem to Iloilo. i'm the
island of Panay. with instructions To
endeaVor To communicate with Gov
ernor General August. failed In his
mission. The messenger. the dispatch
adds. found that the telegraph lines Ia
the island of Luzon. OF which Manila
is the capital. had been cut by the in
surgents, and that the native military
Were deserving by the Wholesale. The
Vizcaya island and the island of Min
danao. however, were quiet.
A dispatch from the governor OF San
ttago de Cuba says that nothing of a
fresh nature has occurred at that place.
Premier Sagasta. pom leaving the
cabinet council to-day. said that two
provinces OF Luzon were still loyal to
the Spanish government. but that the
situation i'm Manila was OF the most Sc
rious character.
Cartain Aunon. minister Of marine.
has returned from Cadiz and has start
ed for C~artagena. IL Is asserted that
an "ironclad." which has not yet fig
ured In any public list. forms a part OF
Admiral Camara's squadron.
Admiral cervera wires that he has
provisions enough for the feet until
autumn He says: "A shell from an
American warship. falling from a
great elevation struck h Nizcaya.
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STAMPEDED THE CAMP.
Three Thousand Horses Break Loose
From the Corrals and Rush Violently
Through the Tented Field mt Tampa.

lOTouRn uUe beoteu HIei0 ot huubpu.
Washington, June ia special to
the Post from Tampa, Fla, says: At
10 O'Clock tonight 5000 horses and
mules broke from the corrals and
stampeded throughout the camps of
General Carpenters brigade. 1t was
dark and the excitement so intense in
the District of Columbia camp that 1t
was impossible to learn IL any men
mere hurt. The panic among the men
was terrific. officers tried to get their
companies into line, but the army of
wild horses made that impossible.
Many men began shooting at the ex-
cited animals. but this only excited
them the more.
1t seems impossible to stop the stam-
attracted by the tents and they rushed
through the brigade of three regiments
and then back again. taking a different
course each time. They have already
destroyed many tents, kitchen and
camping paraphernalia. 1t is not
known what started the horses on their
wild rush. Taps had just sounded in
NV oiiP oho NV NV ~ Pioy'N
their good nights. The men were
hardly asleep when a loud cracking,
iike the firing of Calling guns. started
them. 1t was the breaking down of the
corral's fence, a high wooden affair.
In the next moment the Infatuated
and painting horses rushed into the
New York camp. which was the nearest
to the break in the enc The rush
sounded like a thunder storm. The
New York camp sentinels began to
yell: call out the guard! Call out
the guard!" The guard hurried out.
but IT was useless. as the animals were
then rushing over everything in their
path. In half an hour the camps had
been stampeded three times and there
seemed to be no hope of driving the
beasts from the beach.
Forty men were mounted by IL
o'clock. and they were unable to check
the rush.
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Of domestic one-hsif and three-eighth
blood have decreased in size. owing partly
to n lighter demand and also to the de-
pletion OF old stocks. Transactions In
new wool are now pending. The sales
OF the week are Us, 900 pounds domestic
and es4.00 pounds foreign. against ST.
900 pounds domestic and $4,000 pounds
foreign last week. and 2.94l. 600 pounds do
nestle and $3.50. 600 pounds foreign for
the same week last year. The sales to
date show a decrease OF ~. 154. 300 pounds
domestic and 74.321. 100 pounds foreign
from the sales TO the same date in 1925.
The receipts to date show n decrease of
.5.lS bales domestic and 3l9.s6 bales for
eign.