The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16

Chattanooga" which has been
spoken of as "a real play by Lincoln ].
Carter" will be produced at Maguire's
opera house in Butte tonight. The
Chicago Chronicle of a recent date
gives this graphic description of the
principal scene in the play:
THE greatest thing the play Of Chat
tanooga,' which was produced by Lin
coin ]. Carter's company at the Column
bit theater last night, is the use made
of the motion pictures, of which we
have seen so much of late. Major Cor
nelrs forcible abduction OF the heroine
after the failure of an attempt to kill
his cousin, Lieutenant Cornell. leads
to the great scene. Driven before the
confederates he reaches with Rose JEFF
ferries, now unconscious. a point on
Lookout mountain where a confederate
engineer has abandoned his locomotive
TO the union army. With the heroine In
his arms he leaps on the tender and
pulls the throttle wide open. Close be-
hind him. and Just in lime to catch the
tender as the locomotive starts. comes
Lieutenant Cornell. He climbs on the
end Of the tender as the engine dashes
into the darkness of a tunnel. Scarcely
a half minute later the engine, which
heads away from the audience. energies
into the light and the Chickamauga
country begins to flash by its sides as
it's 60 miles an hour gait sends II spin
ming towards Hooker. Lookout noun
tain can be seen on the left and the
cinematograph employed to furnish the
panorama gives the illusion OF fast GO
ing perfectly. The telegraph poles and
a.. .ro,b x,aptch hahipd af pxprpGS
speed. while two men engage In a
death struggle over the unconscious
woman. 1t is the sort of fight that
makes ones throat close up. The ten
der. to all seeming, lurching through
space at so miles an hour, while the
cousins struggling on the insecure root
ing of the heaped coal, their forms out
lined against a glare OF red from the
roaring furnace, battle for the mastery.
Slowly the major is forced back to-
wards the end of the tender. He Is
made to give up hold after hold that
he desperately clings to, and Is at last
hurled from the flying engine TO the
ground and death. A little more fast
running brings the engine into Hook
er's camp where, in the midst of the
cheering soldiery. Lieutenant Cornell
delivers { o General Hooker a set OF
dispatches from the commander OF the
other wing Of the army"
On Thursday night OF this week. KEEL
lar. the greatest magician now before
the people, will be at Maguire's opera
house. There is no magician in the
world to compare with him. At one
time opinions were divided as to the
supremacy of either Kellar or the Her
mann who died recently. Each had his
own particular admirers, but II is a fact
well known that while Hermann trav-
.-.l.A AtrNr KaIIQr wa =
able to confine his whole season to a
few Eastern cities, sometimes appear
ing for several consecutive weeks In
New York. Kellar's programme this
season contains a number or Illusions
on a large scale, which are said to be
far in advance of anything or a IKE
character ever seen here. The amount
of mental and physical exeruon neces-
sary TO tbs preparation ana perform
ance Of these Illusions is rarely consid-
cred nv the thousands who marvel al
the skill with which they are present.
ed. Kellar is a busy man, always stflN-
ing TO secure something new and novel
in the field of magic. For his presen'
tour he has brought together the mos
b~ewildering collection or deceptlons ht
has ever produced, n OF when ne
terms characterization. In presenting
this illusion Mr.. Kellsr seats himseIl
in a plain wooden chair in the center OF
the stage. which is brilliantly Lighted,
and in plain view Of the audience re-
moves his head entirely from the BODY
and allows IL to float away in the an
During his trick the mead keeps up q
continual conversation. smiles and nod'
to the audience. and finally Disappear
completely. Mr.. Kellar viii also pre-
sent his new Hindoo clock mystery q
unique and startling conceit. and one
which fairly dumfounds the sddienc'
with the accuracy win wnich IL an
swsrs ali Questions bearing on the past
the present and the future. In addition
Mr.. Kellar will also present his lates'