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Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
where they could no longer reached by the fire from the ships.

reacned by the hre rom the ships.
 The enemy having finally concealed themselves in the lighthouse and opened a fire on the boats from that point. The ships opened fire upon the lighthouse and destroyed it. Lieu tenant Winslow was wounded in the hand, Patrick Began, a private, was killed; Ernest Suntzenich, apprentice. has since died, and six other men were wounded.
 '1 cannot speak in too high praise of the officers and men engaged in the four boats in cutting the cable. Their work was perfected with the utmost eoolness and intrepidity, under the most trying circumstances, and l shall have the honor to call special atten- tion to their conduct
 (Signed) "B. H. MCALLA, Commander"
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19

ment- These have become captuFea Of war, and disclose singular stahe q things. They show that autonomy was a farce from the beginning and was so understood on both sides An gulo sent to Captain General Blanca in Cuba 8 cipher dispatch whlEA Blanco was to send back to him over the cable giving a long list of n1fava born Cubans who had signiAed tha1r adhesion to the autonomist schemA Blanco's reply was so unsatisfactory that Angulo refused to make 1t puA- lie. He writes the colonial gogcn- ment, in substance:
 q wanted the names of CubazR You have sent me nothing but bank00 and members of the boards of cor merce, whom everybody knows sEu native born peninsulars or SpaniaA sympathizers, What. we want, R ! rather what we did want, for 1t Is tno late now, was the names of sunn known Cubans, with the place of thelr birth, and their social standing to suD- port autonomy"
 All Blanco's efforts, it seems, failed to secure the adhesion Of one singh prominent native born Cuban to haa
 autonomist scheme Yet the queea regent informs the cortes that the plan only failed through the machinAtI0u
 of the United States, and. this statR
 ment seems to find credence in E4-
 rope. It will be dispelled when ths
 correspondence is made public
 H. CONQUEST CLARKE
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
THE DEATH OF GLADSTONE

Londo dispatch from Hawarden announced the of this morning At the time of family Mrs Clad holding Gladstone had been the hours his momentarily expected.
 Gladstone the foremost of his time passed Gladstone born in Liverpool De- cember parliament since then political history of England He was n abuses under the English his lifetime he ognized greatest prime ministers
 that have been enacted in its favor his mod enjoy the cooperation of the prominent as scho- ar and a a statesman
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19

represented the United States govern
 ment. I no sooner left the ship than
 a crowd began following me and boot ing me- I paid no attention and con-
 tinued on up the street until I reached the Albion hotel, where the consulate is located. At last the increasing mob gathered outside the hotel and when they discovered I was in conversation with the consul of Venezuela they stoned the place. The American flag which was on the consul's office was torn to ribbons and trodden upon the streets, and the American coat of arms was shattered to atoms. The eagle was kicked in the mud and spat upon.
 ''The mob then went for me. They bombarded the hotel with stones and smashed every window in it. They threw a dozen or more huge stones at me, several of which just grazed my head. They then drew murderous knives, crying that I was an Ameri- can, and tried to kill me. I slipped out back way and by making a de- tour reached my ship unmolested. AS soon as I got aboard I saw the mob coming down to the quay, yelling like mad, to renew the attack. I ordered the lines cast off and as the tug was alongside we were soon out of their reach. We went little way and anchored, after which I got back ashore on the tug boat and secured my papers, after which we sailed immedi- ately.''
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19

hurt. In the town one shot, it is d. legged, penetrated the palace, art 2. corner of powder house was cazraca away No school children were kIlt1d
 The transport Alfonso XIII and IAe Spanish steamer Manuela were nEn- aged by the American fire. The SnaA- iards, as usual, claim they won Nir- tory, basing their assertion upon fln fact that the American varshirs d. parted under fire.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
DID NOT PASS THAT WAY.

Associated Press Night Report-1
 Cape Haytien, Hayti, May 18.-There is no news here of the Spanish fleet and nothing can be ascertained in any way confirming the report from Porto Plata, San Domingo, that the Cape Verde squadron has arrived at San Juan de Porto Rico.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
NEW SPANISH MINISTRY
A Combination for a More VigUruuB Prosecution of the War.

Associated Press Day Reportl
 Madrid, May 18.-A new SpanliA cabinet has been formed as follows: President of the council of ministez4L Senor Uraxides Sagasta; minister Gf foreign affairs, Senor Leon CastlloS minister of war, Lieutenant General Correa; minister of marine, SenU Aunon; minister of colonies, Senor Romero Giron; minister of finannA Senor Lopez Puigcerver; minister of the interior, Senor F. R. Capedepon. minister of justice, Senor c. Graisard, minister of public instruction, Senor Samazo.
 Senor Sagasta will submit the namex of the ministers to the queen regent during the day and the cabinet off, cers will be sworn in this evening.
 The premier will act as foreign min ister pending the arrival here of Seno Castillo.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
A PEACEFUL BLOCKADE

Associated Press Night Repoa-3
 Madrid, May 18.-An official din- patch from Havana says. The fooA supply is assured for long time. Ves- sells are arriving here from all portA even from the United States. with pro visions.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19

Buenos Ayres and Antonio Lopez, and three torpedo boats now at Cadiz, are ready for sea
 They are expected to sail for the Philippines before the end of this month with Il ,00O troops
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
DANGER FOR DEWEY.
A Formidable Spanish Force Ready
 for the Philippines.

Associated Press Night Report.]
 Gibraltar, May 1S.-The frSt-class battleship Pelayo, the armored cruis- CTS Emperado Carlos V, Alfonso XII, Vittoria and Giralda, the auxiliary cruisers Rapido, Alfonso XIII, the
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
sCHLEY. AT KEY. WEST.

Chicago May 18.-A special from
 Key Wast says: Commodore Schley with his flying squadron arrived here today. Dispatches from the commo-
 dore were sent ashore and replies
 from Washington were promptly de- nve6ed.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
THE CHARLESTON SAILS.

Vallejo, Cal, May 1S.LThe cruiser Charleston sailed from Mare island navy yard at 10:15 this morning.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
EXPECTED AT COLON.

Colon, Colombia, May 1S.-It Is rumored here today that the Spanish squadron may possibly touch at this port.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
THE MONEY MARKET.

New York, May 1S.-Silver certih- cates, 57ss@5S1a; silver bars, 57h, Mexican dollars, 45A.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-19
OUT OF THE WOODS.

It Is Officially Stated That the Ore
 gon is Safe
The times., 1898-09-11

management. Messrs. Klaw and Err
langer, who are directing the play, have
engaged large and exceptionally strong
organization for its production. The
story Of the piece is said to be by far
the most amusing of any Mr. Mentally
has ever written. He has built a clean
and funny entertainment which in form
color. atmosphere, and character showing
is wide departure from the long accent
ed. fast departing, conventional farce
comedy. "A Reign of Error cannot be
classified under any of the headings at
present. according to some, in use to
designate different forms of theatric rep.
resentation. 1t is happy combination
of pure American comedy. with the best
features of French vaudeville, treated
with liberality and artistic display
The scenes of "a Reign of Error" are
described as being extremely novel The
first act portrays a yacht at mid-ocean:
the second scenes on New York dock.
while the last will represent a ruined
castle in Brazil The several sets have
been painted by Ernest Albert and built
by Claude Hagen. The company is ansex
ceptionally large one, numbering nearly
forty people, among whom are besides
the Rogers Brothers, Georgia Caine.
George F. Marion, Maude Raymond. Ada
Lewis, John Parr, George Lawrence.
Budd Ross, La Petite Adelaide. and Edith
st. Clair, while the stage is under the per-
sonal direction of Mr. Ben Teal. whose
presence should be sufficient assurance of
the company's merit. The advance apph-
cations for seats have already proven
highly gratifying, and every Indication
points to a deservedly large and enthu-
siastic audience.
The times., 1898-09-11

the weeks attraction at the Academy of
Music This play marks Mr.. Blaney's
first venture in comedy-drama He has
not reached the climax of his reputation
but has already had the satisfaction OF
seeing quite a number of his farce COM
edies staged and prospering. Charles E.
Blaney knows how TO write to satisfy the
popular taste His boy Wanted +" "A
Hired Girl" "a Railroad Ticket" "a Run
on the Bank" "A Baggage Check and
the latest, "a Female Drummer" are
ample evidence of his success in the
lighter line, and in tom Edison, the Elec-
trician," he is said not to have fallen be-
low the standard he has set.
The piece revolves about the work Of
an electrician, affording in the second act
a display of stage effects which is said
to be the greatest ever produced. A port
able dynamo Is carried which. in the
plant. presents beautiful sight, besides
running the heavy machinery used. The
story is of the vissitudes of an inventor
and his son, who inherits his special
ability, and is claimed to be an unusually
interesting one. Its detailing is fun of
both interpreted by cast of great excel
lence.
Joseph J. Dowling, who has starred in
his own plays throughout the country and
is widely known, has the leading part.
He is said to be very attractive personally
and has a manly. taking way. John w.
Rowland assumes the role of Edson's IA
| ther with much dramatic insight and ac-
| ceptability. Arthur E. Sprague, as the
villain, always meets with applause for
! his work, while w. V. Ranous is admira-
| BILE as drunken foreman, and Myra Da-
| Wis, who has been associated with Mr..
Bowling in his tours, is supposedly a very
attractive and lovable heroine Helen Cur
ney furnishes some of the comedy during
the play. The many other parts are ade-
quately taken by large company.
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New York and the larger cities of the
United States. 1t is one of those at
fractions which might justly be termed
comic opera and practically is such, with
its score by Ivan CaryI and book which
has produced the now universally pla-
giarized saying, 1T is to laugh" The
remark is said to explain fully the great
est of Rice's offerings.
To interpret this piece the manager has
selected fifty or more people, whose
standing in their several branches of the
theatrical profession is spoken of as be-
ing unouestionable. 1t is produced under
the direction of Frank Smithson, who
was secured from the Lyric Theater of
London, especially for the purpose. The
The times., 1898-09-11
PEOPLE I'VE LAUGHED AT.
Memories OF Contemporary Player

Memories OF Contemporary Players.
Mark Twain once said that for truly
poetic souls was reserved such romantic
forms of death as being drowned in
canal or falling off a roof. This being
true it is perhaps only natural that two
of my most exciting experiences should
have taken place in 70 more elevated a
place than was the Bijou under the
management of Robert Whitesell. Both
were in the nature of public events and
may be remembered by some people who
We're not even passingIy connected with
them.
The first of the incidents occurred about
two years ago, when George Adams,
formerly the clown in Hanlon "Superba,
was presenting ga Sporty Town" in the
| little house. Adams had had long and
varied experience in the sawdust ring
| and / determined that one might obtain
an interesting interview from him. Ac-
cordingiy / broached the subject to Man
ager WhiteseH, who kindly assented and
! took me back TO the dressing-room in
which the old gentleman was sitting 1t
was at the top of line of stairs that
ended only about foot and a half from
the wings and was approached with no
little difficulty.
After conversing for some time with
the object of our visit we started down
this fight. The second act of the farce
was going on at the time and evSry other
word from the stage was bringing its
share of laughs. / was wearing a long
overcoat and so narrow were the steps
that it traiied behind me would have
a wonans skirt had gotten about half
way to the floor when Manager Whit ass Il
stepped upon piece of the cloth. lurch-
ed forward. clutched at the balluStra6c
and falling. literally slid down toward the
footiights. Only a lucky grab at some
protrudipg object saved my whole body
from coming into view, and, as IL was i
had an excellent glimpse of the house.
Evidently the house had almost as salts
factory a glimpse of me for it's laughter
was prolonged and when the time came
for leaving l chose the stage door in
preference to walking through the audi
torium.
The second incident was even less for
tunase. and marked the first time that
any of my criticisms had led me 10 fear
personal violence. l was at that time
doing dramatic work for a local con-
temporary. and had made both friends
and enemies by my reviews. A particu-
| larly poor show was on the bills at the
| Bijoa, and, in order to strengthen II
| the Cherry Sisters had been brought on.
| A full house greeted their performance
! on Monday afternoon, and behaved it.
self with a medium degree of respecsa-
| ability, but at night the crowd was re-
! enforced by dozen or more social idi-
| OTIS from the Chevy Chase Club. and ths
work of the quartet elected first a
The times., 1898-09-11
CoIumbia-..The Hula Girl. -

There is a certain streak of ferocity in
human nature that makes the average
person rather enjoy seeing some one
some one else-attacked. It is this that
makes the farce comedy in which several
OF the leading characters are always suf-
fering, the height of the enjoyable and IL
is this in a higher stage of intelligence.
that makes one delight in reading the sat
Tres OF Pope, Johnson, or many of their
contemporaries Incidentally it serves to
I'LL theaters in which are being presented
burlesques with any point to them what
ever
The Hula Girl, which opens tomorrow
night at the Columbia Theater is said to
be an unusually funny example of this
last class of entertainment. Its plot deals
with political incidents of the last admin
istration with more than ordinary humor
and in the pursuit of "Lily-o'- Killarney
by Rover Cleveland" there is said to exist
a sharp shaft of satire that cannot help
but be noteworthy when wittily developed.
rms 1t Is claimed to be. and certainly
former works of the author would lend
color to statement that 1.-The Hula Girl''
VIII prove one of the most enjoyable pre-
sentations of the year.
Percy Harris, the composer of the bur-
lesque. has done many of the most cred
liable things ever produced locally. His
Three Dukes" is still sung and whistled
about town, while the even half dozen
other operas for which he has written
music were exceedingly popular at the
time OF their presentation. The coming
piece is said to contain, besides the usual
waltzes. one of the catchiest marches and
TWO of the brightest topicaI songs heard
recently Five airs de ballet and two
overtures also grace the work
The presentations this week will he
made by eight separate and distinct casts.
different one appearing at each per-
formance- Only the most capable of
Washington's professional people will be
seen. and the production should, there
fore, be as well sung as it has been writ
ten A chorus of sixty will take part in
the entertainment, its training having
been personally supervised by Mr.. Har-
ris. Altogether the affair should be most
enjoyable, and. the weather permitting.
business will doubtless be fittingly good
Kernan's - -"MetropoIitan BurIes-
quers.v
1.-THE Metropolitan Burlesquers'' is to be
presented to the patrons of Kernan's Ly-
ceum this week. commencing with mat
The times., 1898-09-11

dancing is in charge of H. Fletcher
Rivers, while the orch sstra has come
under the personal direction of A. NJ.
Langstan- All the scenic equipment is
the work of Lafayette w. Seavy and is
said to be Of the most elaborate cfarac-
ter.
The company to be seen here viii be the
only one TO present the burlesque this
year, and was organized from those who
won distinction in the several offerings of
last season The cast includes Della Sta
cey. Harry Hermsen. Of the Henderson
Spectacles; James Marlowe, of Hoyt's "a
Texas Steer: Sidney de Grey, Horace
Newman, Richard Kramer. Charles
Drake. Henry Mitchell. Lee Hobbs Mar
tin, Maud Daniels, Olive Wallace. and
The times., 1898-09-11

round of Kisses. and finally a bombard-
ment. by the side OF which that al Ma
tanzas must have seemed play Popcorn
peanuts, candies. and all sorts Of vega
tables were used to such advantage that
Manager Whiteseil was finally Obliged
to ring down the curtain and dismiss ths
audience
For some reason or other did not see
particular amount of humor In the ex-
hibition nor did 1t strike me as being es-
pecially elevating to see four women treat
ed In such a manner. Accordingly my
story took the nature OF condemnation
not of the performance, but of the mo-
tiyes which led TO It. I described the
scene that had taken place and COM
nented on II with anything but satisfac-
ton.
apparently this was not what the four
oVerripe Cherries desired. for on the fol-
lowing day while l was seated in my Of
hce l received a telephone message from
the ever-thoughtful Mr.. whiteseH to the
effect that the maidens had sworn ven
geance and were coming 10 the paper on
which l was employed with the express
/ purpose of horsewhipping me- l thought
| the matter over for a second. remembered
a few rules concerning the opinion in
which man who would strike woman
/ is held, determined that discretion was the
] better part of valor and left the place.
| BY means OF a circuitOus route I reach
/ ed the theater without encounterine any
\ of the belligerent four and confronted nv
preserver with a demand that he assist
! me in having his performers bound over
l to keep the peace-or at least small
I portion OF it The matter was being hot
| ly argued on both sides when my friend
looked out OF the window and turned to
me with the remark: YOU'D better get
! out. Here they are
AT first l demurred The idea of run
| ming away from pack of indignant fe-
males seemed anything but manly. But
! Mr.. Whitesell speedily convinced me that
while successful encounter might serve
| to advertise the Cherries IL would be
/ very disagreeeable notoriety so far as
| was concerned. Accordingly / walked
| across the lobby and out OF the original
entrance TO the theater just as my pur-
suers came in the side door. Then
1 strolled leisurely toward the Office, deter
I mined that I would not retreat another
4 step for all the women in Christendom.
! In fact. so belicose did / become during
/ the journey that when / reached the
4 room I had left half an hour before / was
half sorry not to find my prospective ad-
versaries waiting for me. And this sor-
| row increased with my anger when an
hour had passed without thsir arrival
| Whether Mr. WhiteseiI had managed to
curb their tempers or whether they s.
paired OF finding me I cannot tell. / have
I not seen any one of the quartet since nor
! have 1 heard Of them save for an III de-
| fined report that during the rest of their
local engagement they announced from
| the stage that a rather slanderOus song
| they rendered was dedicated to me. And
during the afternoon of the chase asked
my chief what he would have done had
! four buxom damsels with country mus
! eles attacked him. Done" he exclaimed
! without an instant's hesitation. why
! should have given each an upper cut that
! she would never have forgotten,"
The times., 1898-09-11
NationnI-0A Reirn OF Error !,

The greatest of interest is being evi-
denced in the appearance of the Rogers
Brothers next week at the New National
Theater. The desire to see these two
popular comedians in John J. McNalIy' 5
latest and funniest play, "A Reign of Err
ror." has proven highly gratifying to the
The times., 1898-09-11
Lafayette-nHoteI Top.y Turvy.,

LhIayefte-''hOtef fOpEy IurFy.'a
The Lafayette Square Opera House
will inaugurate its season Monday even
ing. September 10, with the Herald Square
Theater's new attraction, Hotel Topsy
Turvy." which has been running for the
past two years at the Folies Dramatique
in Paris. and is expected to repeat in
this country the success 1t achieved in
the French capital. 1t was presented on
the other side under the title of L'Au-
berge du Tohu Bohu." and is the COM
bined work of Maurice Ordonneau and
Victor Rogers. The piece is said to be
the most interesting of latter-day presen-
tations of its kind. having a story that is
consistently and humorously told The
situations and incidents are of happy
lest kind 1t will be presented with all
the magnificent scenic effects, beautiful
costumes and elaborate mountings which
are said to characterize all the Herald
Square productions, while the interpre-
tation will be by some of the most noted
entertainers on the American stage, in
Guiding Eddie Foy. Henry Norman Au-
brey Boucicault, Frank Doane Frank
z. d.
Marie Dressler, Carrie Perkins, Eleanor
Falk. Edna Aug. Virginia Ross, Emma
Brennan, Marjorie Reiyea, Maud Miller,
Leonora Gnito. and chorus of fifty.
There will also be an augmented orches-
ira under the direction of Herman
Perlet.
The plot OF the play concerns two rival
diapers of Paris, who have been for years
at dagger's points. As did Romeo and
Juliet. however. the son of one and the
daughter of the other meet frequently
with the result that an attachment is
formed and the girl becomes much op-
posed to following her fathers wishes
and marrying a young nobeman whom
she has never seen. Accordingly her.
lover plans her release and having
learned that the meeting is to take place
at certain White Horse Inn deprives
the place of its sign and swings that
appendage over the house of a friend
He then makes accomplices of some
mountebanks and with their aid proceeds
to impersonate the count to the draper's
daughter and the daughter to her pro-
spective betrothed. Both portrayals are
made so boorish that the father and the
noblenan soon repent of their bargains
and. as is usual in such pieces, all ends
The times., 1898-09-11

Academy-ssThe Electrician.v
Tom Edison, the Electrician work
from the versatile pen of that clever
young author, Charles E. Blaney. will be