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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

| for there are always enough good things to
offer variety.
| The recent introduction Of the old stock com
pany system in the large cities is largely due
to the example which has been set by New
| York There in this city at present hve
stock companies three OF which have been In
| existence for number of years. The others
were organized this season, and present popular
plays at popular prices. The three older stock
companies present new plays from time to time
with actors Of more or less prominence IN the
| casts.
Augustin Days stock company enjoys a repu-
! tation not only in this country but in London
| in which city ii appears annually. Ii aims al
| productions Of the highest artistic merit and
the plays presented are made the subject or
untiring care and preparation The company
devOtes much Of its time to the presentation OF
/ plays OF classic character In addition to the
appearing in NewYork and London II spends
| a part of each season in travelling In America,
but visits only few OF the larger cities. and
| It's stay each is necessarily limited. The fact
J that New York has this excellent organization
for at least five months every season Is In itself
indication OF the advantages enjoyed by our
| playgoers.
The Lyceum and Empire theatres are botn
| favortes with those who enjoy we'll balanced
! and evenly presented performance
| The plays presented are usually OF the type
! known as society plays, and the companies en-
| gagged in their production are usually selected
! with great care. The manager OF the Empire
obtains a large share of the plays which sue
coed in London and Paris. and works by Ameri-
can dramatists also presented sometimes
atre in London and his American companies
have won success abroad.
The other theatres present varied attractions
and offer an unlimited number Of plays to
choose from during the course OF an ordinary
season.
The great majority Of the plays which have
pleased the American public are produced
originally in New-York, and il is in this city
that the foreign attractions are first presented
also. In fact. foreign stars are frequently seen
here who never go any further, or, at most are
contented with a visit to a few OF the principal
cities In a discussion Of this kind the opera
naturally comes in for share Of attention and
there Is no institution Of which this city has
more cause to be proud than OF the metropolitan
Opera House. New-York and London are the
only cities in the world which maintain perna-
nent opera establishments without Government
aid The company which owns and controls the
Metropolitan Opera House furnishes the means
by which New-York has the opportunity every
winter for "a long season of opera, which ~ as
fine as is possible To present. The company
gathered together for these performances con-
tains individual singers Of the highest artistic
reputation. aud has at times given performances
which have never been surpassed anywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

HOUSES suRpAss ANY IN THE WORLD
THE ELEMENT, SAFETY
SOME LEADING NAMES.
In a great amusement loving city like New
York il is natural that the theatres shouId
come in for a large share of consideration. The
New-Yorker is firm believer in the good Ola
aefage Work when you work-play when you
play" and ne turns naturally 20 the theatre for
relaxation after the strain of busy day.
The theatres Of this city are many IL number
and luxurious In their appointments, and both
before the curtain and in the stage equipments
they present every opportunity for a thorough
endowment of the play. In point of numbers
and in their furnishings the theatres Of New
York arc far ahead of those Of any city in the
country. While 1t is true that in some of the
other cities there are one more theatres
which compare favorably with ours. the number
OF houses being taken into consideration inns
city is found to be far in the lead LONDON WIN
a far greater population than New-York, has
only about fifty theatres, OF which mol more
than twenty are Of a high class In New YORK
there are about forty, OF winch niteen VIII
rank with the better ones in London, and II TO
these be added the fine theatres OF Brooklyn "
will be seen that have quite as many as the
English metropolis.
this city has enough to meet the requirements
for that class OF amusement
In point Of righteousness and genera teau'y vi
decoration and furnishing the theatres OF this
C.ty surpass those OF any ether city IN the world
This of course, leaves out OF consideration the
Grand Opera House OF Paris. which IL not ex-
celled by any in the world bu thai is only one
house which is finer than those OF New ork
among many that not. IL Is signiiicant
fact also that one Of the fines theatres III Lon
don has been controlled for some years Dy a
New-York manager. and another manager OF
this city has also taken prominent Pos''ioi
recently in the London amusement world
Network plays and players have also been
received with approval in London, ana maIkeo
advance is noticeable in the way American 'he-
atrical productions in general are accepted.
IL would likewise be Impossible To ma III any
Their city of the country a row OF beautfnI the
lives such as are presented by the Fifth Avenue
Theatre. the Casino. the knickerboeker the
Manhattan. the Irving Place theatre tne
A,'.d"rnv az Music the Herald Square Theatre,
The American Theatre and Sam T. Jacks Ihe-
atre and the list indicates the variety OF the''
offerings. -. Ill. a..
There IL another point in connection WIN the
theatres Of York upon when even more
stress Is placed than upon their beauty.
The safety Of the public IL cohsioe'a''oo "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
RICE AND RARE JEWELS.

THEY CAN BE FOUND IN THE RETAIL STORES or
GREATER NETWORK IMMENSE Rlsl-
NESS TRANSACTED.
II has been remarked that no one business 50
thoroughly reflected the prosperity of the time
a. that which confined itself 10 the dealing In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24

are among the most stringent In the world for
the protection of audiences from fire. Every
thing about a New-York theatre must pass the
inspection of the Building Department. First
OF all. the building must be strictly freproof.
theatre in this city must also have brick
wall between the audience and the stage, rising
at least four feet above the roof. There must
be streets or aleyways Of prescribed width
on at least three sides of it. and numerous exits
opening into these streets, and the doors must
all open out;
BUILDING LAWS
The stairs must not be narrow crooked. and
separate entrances must be provided for the
galleries. There must also be commodious fire
tinguishing apparatus. with tanks, hose and OK
tinguishers of suitable size and capacity. must
be kept conveniently at hand. A fireproof cur
tain must be ready at all times for cases OF
emergency, that il can be lowered to separate
the audience from the stage In order that the
audience may be familiar with the means of
| escape diagram of all Of the exits must be
printed on the programme
regulation also exists prescribing the
amount OF aisle space in proportion to the num-
Der of the seats and extra seats not al
lowed in the aisles nor is any one allowed to
stand in the aises
The passageways must at all times be kept
free of distractions, and the number Of persons
permitted to stand in the place provided for that
purpose is limited II will probably surprise
many persons to know that a fireman is pres
in everything which pertains to the safety Of
the public from fire his word is absolute.
The most stringent OF these laws were passed
about eleven years ago, and since that time a
number of the leading theatres have been re-
built OF modified to come within the pro-
visions 1t is largely due to this fact that some
Of the Older theatres are among the safest in
the city. Nothing. in fact that can be thought
Of has been left undone 10 provide for the safety
of the audiences in our theatres.
1t is probably due to the fact that the public
is conscious of all this that nothing like panic
has been heard of in NewYork theatre for
many years. The people who attend perform
ances seem to realize that whatever may hap
pcn on the stage il would be almost impossible
for tbs auditorium TO burn, unless II had plenty
of time TO do SO
ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS.
The average person who goes to the theatre in
this city does not, in fact. seem 10 give much
buildings which gees far TO prove the feeling Of
security which appears to be general There is
one point however. upon which he does concern
himself and after all has been said il comes
pretty near being the most important This
is the question of the performance itself II
seems hardly worth mentioning, after what has
been said that NewYor has more good per
formances in the course OF year than any
other city in the country This is not saying
that il does not get its share Of poor ones also
hut the decision upon this point with
those who are the patrons of the amusem ents,
and they can pick and choose to suit themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
A CITY OF THEATRES.
IN THE NrMRER OF PLACES OF AMUSE-
MENT NETWORK LEADS THE
COUNTRY.

IN POINT OF LuxURIOusNEss AND BEAUTIFUL
DECORATION AND FURNISHING THE LOCAL
HOUSES SURPASs ANY IN THE WORLD
THE ELEMENT, OF SAFETY
SOME LEADING NAMES
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
AMONG THE HORSEMEN,

None of the two:year.olds now quar-
tered at the Morrison Park track have
shown their good form.
A. j. Joyner, w. Carrick and T. Healy
of New York will ship their horses to
Aqueduct Saturday.
Joe Madden has secured stable room at
Morris Park, but is undecided as to how
many horses he will bring here for the
spring meeting.
julius Bauer arrived at Morris Park on
Wednesday with the Bromley string,
containing thirty-six horses, twenty OF
which are two-year-olds.
The stewards at Benning Wednesday
ended the investigation Of the recent
Tabouret race. The statement-of Magee,
the owner and trainer, that his filly had
been INDUCED prior to her bad showing
on Thursday was accepted, and he was
fined $40 for sending her to the post
unfit to race.
Alice Farley has been declared out Of
the Washington Handicap.
The case of M. A. Honecker, who was
charged with being interested in outlaw
horses and horsemen, was squashed at
Benning Wednesday the complainant
not having proved his charges
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
Keystone, A. c., of Allentown, on May

Keystone, A. c., of Allentown, on May
18th.
The Syracuse n. Y, Club will give a
~ 600 purse for Mccoy and Rubin.
Matty Matthews got the decision over
Tom Broderick in a twenty-round bout
at Ionkers, N. Y, Wednesday night
Pat Raedy, of Washington, defeated
Harry Fischer III twenty-round bout at
Rochester, n. Y, Wednesday night.
Tom Conroy gained. the decision over
Steve ODonnell at Troy, N. Y, We'd
nesday night. O'DonnelI was nearly out,
and deliberately fouIed Conroy.
Sam White was given benefit at the
Caledonian Club Wednesday night, the
wind-up being between Elwood McClos-
key and Eugene Rowan The latter had
an advantage in weight, but draw
would have been fair verdict.
Tommy West reports himself in good
shape for his six-round bout with Joe
Walcott at the Arena tonight, and the
men will endeavor to settle a two-years'
grudge The prelimnaries will be as
follows: "Kid' Madden vs. Frank
fisner, ilarry berger VS.. EiWOou NC
Closkey, Martin Judge VS.. Jack Smith,
OF Norfolk, and Billy Smith VS.. Tim Cal
lahan.
Mexican Pete Everett, who meets Jim
Jeffries of Los Angeles, at San Francisco,
at near date, is powerfully built
young fellow. He stands feet l J inches
and weighs 1875 pounds. He is a native
of Saguache, Col, where he was born in
1873. He has many victories to his
credit, and has met with but two revers-
als-Jim Williams Of Salt Lake, defeated
him in 8 rounds, and Jack Davis, of
Omaha, lowering his colors in 6 rounds.
Jack Bonner has started training for
his coming match with Dan Creedon.
He is working at Lieperville, near Ches-
ter, with James Dougherty and Ed
Lenny. Bonner is well pleased with the
surroundings and will Immediately get
down to heavy work.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
AQUATlCS,

Greenway, Williams and Patterson, OF
Yale's Varsity boat, have been dropped
owing to a falling off in their work.
Some OF Pennsylvania oarslnen had
special examinations Wednesday, to en-
able them to continue rowing.
CornelPs Varsity crew was given half
an hours practice last night, taking
steady three-miIe row along the shore.
No time was taken. Coach Courtney
1evotihg the practice to getting the men
to row in form.
Captain ''Hank" Half, the well-known
yacht skipper, will have charge OF the
famous sloop Volunteer again this sea-
son.
Ten Eyck may dosome training on the
Passaic River from the boathouse of the
Newark, A. c.
A public meeting is to be held in the
city OF Toronto this week to discuss the
proposed amateur and and professional
regattas for Toronto Bay in August
Alderman Edward Hanlan, the ex-
Champion oarsman of the world, is the
prime mover in the project.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
DIAMOND DUST.

And the Phillies won another game.
The Quaker sluggers didn't do thing
to 81 and Gettig.
Barring the first inning, Dugglesby
pitched great game.
1t looks as if the Slowtown team had
struck their gait. Keep it up boys, and
let's have pennant in Philadelphia.
The Phillies' old cast off, weighing,
beat the Brooklyns.
Baltimore lost their first game of the
season yesterday.
Boston did little batting and won
the game. Hoffer can't be in very good
form.
Errors also helped the Bostons to win.
Chicago is up with the leaders now.
This team has good man in Griffith.
All the winning clubs swelled their
batting averages yesterday.
On account of cold and threatening
weather there was no game played at st.
Louis yesterday.
There is no compulsion for players to
sign the Brush resolution although
many of them think so. There is no
penalty for not signing and it was merely
a request from President Nick Young
that they should do so.
Bostonians are kicking because their
team is scheduled to play eight games
with the two strongest clubs-New York
and Baitimore-as starter, and seven
of those games away from home. The
Hubites have done pretty well SO far
nevertheless.
Wallace, of the ClevcIands, has made
the record of the season so far for third
base work. In last Saturdays game be-
tween Cleveland and Cincinnati he had
seven assists and ten put outs, with no
error. But wait until our little man
Hartman has an equal number of
chances. Collins, Wallace and Hartman
look to be the best third basemen in the
business
Harvard is looming uDunusuall strong
this year and Yale ana Princeton are
liable to have quite struggle with the
Cambridge boys. This will lend much
additional interest to the college cham
years Harvard has been lamentably
weak
St. Louis has money to spend notwith-
standing the loss of grandstand, fences,
etc. Decker, of the Chicagos, has been
bought by Manager Hurst and the
Browns weak spot is.thus capably filled.
The consideration is said to have been
81, 800. This is SO entirely different from
the lines laid down by Chris Won der
Abe, who was willing to and did sell
any old thing, that is will cause general
surprise. St. Louis it in the game to
stay evidently.
Tenney, of the Bost ons, had one of his
worst days on Monday. He was not at
all phazed by his three errors, however,
and played pluckily to the end, encour-
aging his team as much as if they were
ahead. Many a player with less grit
would have gone into his hole in fit of
sulks.
Manager Watkins had not the weakest
team in the League with his Pittsburgs.
Any team which will win three out of
four games in Louisville is doing quite
well. "Watty" is foxy and prefers the
work of his team to show for itself in
stead of "guff."
The Washingtons We're the first team
to be given shut-out. Jack Doyle is
unconsolable, for his old team, the
Orioles, did the trick. Jack promises to
get even when victories and defeats count
more than now.
Halmsn is playing wonderful game
at second base for Brooklyn, and is
lining out the ball for keeps" In
Mondays game in Philadelphia his work
caused a decided sensation.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22

Penn's system of playing the game, and
recognition OF superiority upon the
gridiron.
Captain Chamberlain, Of the Yale foot
oall squad is laid up in the infrmary
with swollen knee.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
SELF DEFENCE.

Manager r. E. Mosely, of Chester, has
matched Young Smyrna to meet Pat Sui
Ivan, the Arena Tenier in Philadel-
phia, OH April 20.
Young Smyrna and Martin Judge will
have q ten round wind up before the
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Baltimore.
Brooklyn at Washington.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Chicago at Louisville.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
FOOT BALL

The spring preliminary football prac-
tice of candidates for back of the line
positions on the Yale University eleven
begins today. w. 7. Bull, 80, Yale's
famous fullback, will coach as soon as
the work is under way. After few
trials this squad will be reduced and the
remaining candidates given exercise in
punting, as it will be the aim to develop
several c.rong lsickcrs,
Jack Minds has agreed to coach the
University Of Minnesota football team
next season. Wiley Woodruff is in
Kansas and Offenheimer in Iowa, while
Wharton may coach the University of
Missouri. Weeks, last years quarter
back. is negotiating with another Of the
Iowa State institutions and will in all
probability be engaged. This effort on
the part Of the Western institutions to
secure Pennsylvania men to coach their
teams is evidence Of the popularity of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03
District Court Matters.

Great Falls. May 2.-This afternoon
James T. Stanford filed a petition in
the district court in relation to the re-
ownership of the Northwestern Nation
al bank. The petition, after reciting
general matters regarding the receiv-
ership, states hat on June ~. 1895. the
bank sold the title to certain real es-
tate, and that T. NJ. Chamberlain &
Co. also held title to certain land n
to sheep and other personal property.
II was agreed between the two that
9th properties should be transferred to
the Chamberlain Land and Sheep COM
pany, to be organized by them. under
the laws of Montana. The organiza-
ton was perfected and $50 shares We're
issued to the bank. though the latter
through negligence or other causes
failed to transfer the property as
agreed.
On April rs. 1898. the court authorized
the receiver to sell the $50 shares held
by the bank. and the sale has practi-
cally beer made. but the failure OF the
bank to transfer the property makes
such order nugatory. Wherefore the
petitioner asks permission to make a
deed OF the property involved to the
Chamberlain Land and Sheep COM
pany.
Of Isaac Meyer VS.. David Sweeney. a
contest. as to the rightful mayor OF
Neihart. which directs that the court
will hold a special session at 10 a. m.
May IL in order to hear the case.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03
ROBBED A CRIPPLE.
A Term In the Pen stares Mclaughlin In
the Face.

- u IN tne - Se8HNe
the Face.
Great Falls. May 2.-Saturday a man
who calls himself Samuel Castor
reached this city from Neihart. He
was without friends. and during his
stay in Neihart. where he represented
himself to be a miner who had been
crippled by an accident. he had man
aged to obtain the sum of $132. He
deposited a part of this sum with q
saloon here, and after a while IL seems
withdrew it.
In the evening he a IL in the safe
of Peter Vonbank. the proprietor of the
Minneapolis hotel. The one then
amounted to 500 even During the
night he drank quite a little. but
seemed to be none the worse for liquor.
Sunday morning he went out again.
and this time he vas accompanied in
his rounds by John Vonbank. a young
son of Peter, mentioned above, N
william Mclaughlin. The latter act
ID as cashier for the party, and took
Gaston's pocketbook out of his pocket.
counted the change and replaced the
money several times. Finally he nan
aged to abstract $40 from the cripole's
purse, and later in the evening he gave
s35 of IL to young Vonbank. who by
that time had become pretty drunk
After carousing for awhile. Vonbank
went home and neake to bed. When
he awoke in the night he was sober,
and realizing what he had done. told
his sisters about II. He a $31 of the
money left, n his sisters gave him "a
and notified Chief of Police Guerin
and turned the money over to him..
In the meantime CASTOR had been
found drunk and lying on h side
walk. with only SO on his person. He
was taken to the chief. who started
out after the man who robbed him. AT
11:l5 in the evening Officer Black dis
covered Mclaughlin in the Stockholm
and took him in. When Intercepted
at the station he denied his guilt, and
when searched 10 money was found
upon him. When confronted with
Vonbank. however, he broke down, and
owned up to having had the money,
but claimed to have given 1t to another
man who was about to leave town. An
officer was sent to the station and cap
tured the man with the money just
as he was about to get On the train.
The county attorney is investigating
the case, and Mclaughlin will prob.
ably be given a hearing loon. Alto
gether, it was a nice piece of work or
the part of Chief Guerin and his Off
GERS.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03
MECHANISM IS MARVELLOUS.
some fscts About Watches That Are Not
Geuerany Known.

From the jewelers. Journal.
Open your watch and look at the
wheels. springs and screws. each an
Indispensable part OF the whole won
derful machine. Notice the busy bal
ance wheel as IL flies to and fro unceas-
ingly day and night, year In and year
out. This wonderful little machine is
the result of hundreds of years OF study
and experiment.
The watch carried by the average
man is composed of 9s pieces. n its
manufacture embraces more than 1000
distinct and separate operations. Some
Of the smallest screws are so minute
that the unaided eye cannot distin-
guish them from steel filings or specks
of dirt. Under a powerful magnifying
glass a perfect screw is revealed. The
slit at the head Is two-one-hundredths
of an inch wide. IL takes sos. 900 OF
these screws to weigh a pound. and a
pound il worth 1855. The hair spring
Is a strip OF the finest steel. about nine
and one-half inches long. one-one-hun-
dredths of an inch wide. twenty-seven-
ten-thousandths OF an nch thick. Ii
is coiled up in spiral form and finely
tempered. The process of tempering
these springs was long held as a secret
by the few fortunate ones possessing
II. and even now is not generally
known. Their manufacture requires
great skill and care. The strip is
gagged to twenty-one-hundredths of an
inch. but no measuring instrument has
as yet been devised capable OF fine
enough gauging to determine before
hand by the size of the strip the
strength OF the finished spring will be.
A twenty-one-hundredth part or an
inch difference In the thickness of che
strip makes "A difference In The run
ming of a watch of about six n
per hour.
The value of these springs when nm
ished and placed in watches Ii enor-
nous In proportion to the material
from which they are made A ton OF
steel made up into hair springs when In
watches Is worth more than 12is times
the value OF the same weight in pure
gold. Hair springs wire weighs e
twentieth of a grain to the inch. One
mile of wire weighs less than half a
pound. The balance gives Ave vibra-
tons every second. 800 every minute.
is. 200 every hour. $4,000 every day and
i51 $50. 900 every year. Al each vibra-
ton IL rotates about n and one-fourth
times. which makes 1917 100 900 revolu-
! tons every year. Take. for iilustra-
ton, a locomotive with six-foot driving
wheels. Let its wheels be run until
they have given the same number oi
! revolutions that a watch does In I
| rear and they will have covered a dis
lance equal to IS complete circuits %
the earth. All this a watch does with
| out other attention than winding once
every "a hours.