Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-11
TIE sta..,' .tuuI3ssFUL ONE IN ITS
HISTORY DRAWING TO a CLOSE.
Victor Herberf's Twenty Second Regi-
ment band OF New York One OF
the Features--BI Many New
Attractions.

The tenth annual of the great indus
trial Exposition at Pttsburg is drawing to Il
close, after the most successful run in the his.
tory of that popular institution. Only two
weeks more remain, and those who have not
the big show should lose no opportunity
to visit Pittsburg during the remaining days
Both sousa and Danrosch closed erninently
successful engagements at the Exposition and
Victor Herbert, the eminent conductor and
composer of comic opera, Is now at the Expo.
sition with his celebrated Twenty second
Regiment band of New York This organi'
cation is the growth OF years OF experience.
and every member of it is artist on his par.
ticular instrument The band was organized
by Mr.. Herbert and has been brought up un-
der his personal direction. 1t is acknowledged
today to be the finest concert band in Ameri
ca, if not in the world
Besides being conductor of renown, Victor
Herbert is a musician of artistic ability, hav
ing played the violon cello for years in lead
ing organization in Europe and America He
is said to have few equals on that instrument,
and his cello solos delightful features of
his concerts, as he frequently yields the baton
to his assistant conductor and takes seat
among the players Those who heard the
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Exposition two years ago remember the Her
bert solo among the most delightful fea
lures of the concerts
| AS "a composer Mr.. Herbert's name has been
carried all around the world Among his
popular operas that nearly everybody has
heard are prince Ananias. 1.-THE Idols Eye"
1.-The Wizard of the Nile and THE Seren
ade" The last named opera made small for
tune for the Bostonians last season on their
western tour. The people of the Pacific coast
went fairly wild over the opera and the HON
| age to Herbert was something most remark
! able THE Wizard of the Nile has proved
to be the only American comic opera that has
| met with success on the European continent
! 1t has been performed with phenomenal sue
cess in every large European city from Flor
ence and Naples, Italy, to Berlin. st. Peters
| burg and Paris Mr.. Herberts latest hit is
his new opera, THE Fortune Teller" which is
now all the rage at Wallack's theater, New
| York. and which will be heard in Pittsburg
| later in the season Mr. Herbert and his band
are giving two concerts every afternoon and
evening at the Exposition and will remain
there until the close of the institution on Sat
urday evening, October 70 No one can afford
to miss an opportunity to hear the greatest
military band in America.
There il new exhibit in Mechanical hall at
the exposition, that is attracting small
amount of attention. During the evening Wis
itors have been startled by hearing a crack
| ling noise, like small claps of thunder. Turn
ing toward the Westinghouse exhibit they
may have noticed large disk of glass. over
which real lightning playing in all its
| eccentricity, streaks OF fire bursting forth at
random and shooting out in all directions,
| Just as it does in the heavens during a terrific
| electrical storm in midsummer. The West
] inghouse company recently built 1000 volt
transformer, to be used with a sign. the like
| of which has never been seen before anywhere
| on earth. When the safety switch is closed "a
| series of beautiful flashes or descriptive dis
| charges of electricity go swapping and snarl-
ing across the surface of the panels giving an
| effect that one can scarcely describe. These
| wonderful flashes cannot be compared to any.
thing else than the grandest display of light
| ming of the heavens. 1t is one of the most in
teresting exhibits that has ever been placed
before the scientific men, and one of ceaseless
wonder to the general public.
Other features of the Exposition are the
| Hagenbeck arena of trained lions and the
deep-sea diving exhibitions. which are given
/ daily by Captain Louis Sorcho. a famous gov
eminent diver. There will be numerous ok.
| cursions to Pittsburg during the closing days.