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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

IFS Island" which James FL. Wa1lick
is to present in New York August 49,
The peice is founded on the ease of
Captain Dreyfus.
A French newspaper has just been
mdicted ii feayy damages by par
TALLY disabled French canlatrice. and
will have to pay the mercy. The sin
ger, Mile. Angelo Thebeau, was ac-
cused Of cheating the public by pro-
ducing her hi h note with sort of
vox humana popgun hidden in the
BOSOM of her dress
Russia has curious proseltying meth
DDS. The Car has presented the Bull
garian people with the complete cos
tunes for hundred Russian plays
taken from the wardrobe Of the St.
Petersburg and Moscow theatres.
They comprise S,7e0 separate articles
of dress, valued at 10000 roubles.
The theatres in J@pan have a novel
method OF passout tickets, which are
positively not transferable When a
person wishes to leave the theatre be-
fore the close of the permfOrmance,
with the intention CT returning, he
secs to the doorkeeper and holds out
his right hand. The doorkeeper then,
with rubber stamp, imprints on the
palm the mark of the establishment.
Ii the stage is wicked it is the duty
of Christian people to surround it and
reform it. They co not kill the man
who drinks himself into besotted
condition. II they are true Christians
they surround him and lift him up.
and once he is On his feet they stand
so close about him that he cannot fall
again. If the stage is wicked Chris
tian men and women should surround
it, lift it up and stand so close to it
that it cannot fall again.
World Herald.
The name Of the opera in which
jefferson de Angels is to appear has
been changed from 1.-The Mlsketeers"
to The Jolly Musketeers to
make the peice seem as stellar as
possible. Vanrensslaer, Wheeler, Har-
ry Marlborough, ]. G. Blake, Bertha
Wa&zinger, Maude Hollins and Helena
Fredericks will be in the cast, The
Jolly MuSketeers," which is by STANCE
and Edwardes, will be given its first
production en- September rs, at
Springfield, Mass.
Leipzigs Stadt Theatre is subsidized
by the city. The director has at his
disposal three buildings, the Old and
the new theatres, and for part of the
year the Garcia theatre. Performances
are given every night in the year in
the new theatre. with the exception of
fast days In the last business year
ending with June, 1898. there was 767
performances and 3,SC1 rehearsals.
Opera was given 3O7 times, the roper
tory including Gil different operas and
two oratorios. There were So per-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

fOrmanceS of Wagner, 10 of Mozart, II
Of Weber, and of Beethoven. In
Guiding operettas, 1855 different plays
were given, and there were IS per
fCrmances Of classic work.
Howard Paul has compiled for the
Home Journal some facts and figures
regarding the system of subvention in
France. The total amount given an
nually by the government is $326,000.
The Grand Opera receives 100000,
the Opera C0mioue 100000, the Com
edie Franchise $4,000 and the OleOn
S20,0G0. In addition the sum OF $o8,-
ESQ is appropriated toward the main
tenance of the COnservat0lTe. after
a thorough examination Of the syaUan
Of State-aided theatree, Mir. Paul
reaches the conclusion that it is inef-
feGtive. The directors at the opera find
il hard to make both ends meet, and
were it not for foreign visitors the
other subveutioned houses would sell
dom prosper.
Sam Bloom, of Cincinnati, has just
returned from Honolulu. He tells the
story of how the Hawaiians were
taught American National airs. l was
at Honolulu when the first transports
Of the Dewey relief arrived. One ev
ening during the festivities l Wept.
The cause of it? | was at the theatre,
and Alice Nelson, of the BoslOlians,
came on the stage, and to our surprise,
began TO sing the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner.' Cried? I should say | did; and
there were others. There wasn't d
maa. woman or child, American or Ha
waiian, who didn't cry. The tears roll
led down cur cheeks and our hearts
were bursting with joy. The men yell
led, and the women waved their hand
kerchiefs. 1t was an ovation for Neil
son; it was an outburst OF patriotism;
it was the eXuitatiOn OF a nation en-
tering a new life. Her encore was
Dixie and then Yankee Doodle; and
the room almost came down, then the
audience rose to its feet, and the Ha
waiians did homage TO the Nation
which was TO embrace them under the
folds Of the Stars and Stripes. Miss
Nelson had taught the Hawaiians our
National songs, and the lesson was
we'll learned, and the memory of that
night will live in the hearts OF the
Hawaiians forever"
Hugh Norton Maclellen the lib
rettist OF Yankee Doodle Dandy"
said: 4 understand that it is the
general opinion about town that my
new hbretto is a failure-or, as they
express it in the tenderloin district
"a frost. My own notion is that
Yankee Doodle Dandy is tommy-rot.
1 have no doubt that the majority
consider that l revel in this kind Of
work-the effort TO hold the mirror up
to the. surface life Of the city. That
is a mistake. ] loathe it and my writ
ings for the Casino are purely an affec-
tation on my part. l have never de-
mded myself with the idea that l am
IAN efhcious, hilarious fouilletionists Of
lads. My ambition is to write gen.
fuine comedy-drama that shall depict
land maybe illuminate the character OF
Ia man essentially noble and thrabbing
with hs Nanity-a creature that every
holy ID naudience will recognize as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
theatre cat takes a notion to cut short
the stage career of the real one.
ST.. MARYS.

st. Marys, W. Va, August 20.-Hon.
H. c. Henderson, Of Wood county, was
here on Monday.
Mrs. c. 0. Sweeney attended the
funeral Of her mother, Mrs James Me
Coy, of Tyler county, On last Satur-
day.
Elmer Edmonds, one uf our St.
Mary's boys, in the United states Aos-
pital corps, is in the hospital sick,
at Camp AlgCr. He was slightly i'm
proved when last heard from.
C. r. Cole will move to Harcisville
Richie county, in few days.
The following teachers for St. Marys
graded schools have been selected for
the ensuing term:-Principal, Enoch
Mcknight; first assistant, no appoint
ment; third room. Clarence CDpew;
fourth room, Miss Mary Warner.
Prosecuting attorney c. P. Craig, is
on the sick list this week
A large number of St. Marys young
people spent pleasant evening at the
residence of John Cochran, at Eureka,
on last Tuesday, that being the six
teenth birthday anniversary Of his
daughter, Miss Rosa.
3. F. Standiford made a bushes trip
to Moundsville this week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

part OF him or her. In fine, am not
at all proud of my work for the CAST
no, and | would infinitely prefer to
write piece for the Empire Theatre,
let Us say. At any rate, | am perfect
ly willing to say this to you: shall
never write another review or sum
mer piece for the Casino may have
worn out my welcome, and | am not
sad"
To many, it has been the cause for
wonderment that Bellew lorr ago did
not take step that should remove him
from the alliance with Mrs. Potter.
Little more than ten years ago, he was
q widelyknown, and much-talked-
about player; to-day his name is to be
heard only when Mrs. Potter is men
toned. He has devoted ten years of
the best part Of his life to the task OF
making an actress of her-and his eff
forts have not met with SO much Of
material return as have those of David
Belasco, who spent less than half so
much time in the instruction Of Mrs.
Carter. Although a sc0rbutic poseur
ever since, his name became known on
the English stage. Had he elected, a
decade ago, to locate in any metropo-
lis, wherein his appeal could be made
to English-speaking theatre-goers, lie
to-day might be ranked with George
Alexander or Beerbohm Tree as an ac
tor,-as he was Irving's leading man;
Tree was struggling to obtain material
recognition in the British metropolis.
To-day he is known only as Mrs. Pot
ters leading man. Were it not for the
scandal that attached to her adoption
OF the stage, Mrs. Potter would not
be able to draw gas bills into the first
class theatres OF this country AID
Great Britain. It may appear to some
to be a cruel and uncalleld for state
ment; but l cannot help rejecting
that her career has been analogous,
to some extent, that of the wife in
the verses with which she first at
tracted attention-George R. Sims
"Os'ler Joe"-and l write this with
utter diregard of all the gossip and
rumors that have coupled her name
with that CT Bellew in an alliance 9th
er than artists.-F. ]. Donaughey, in
Philadelphia Item.
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Over in Bridgeport new law i'm
poses tax Of S. year on bill posters.

The Opera House season will be open
ed with the Cleveland-Wi Min
strels, giving matinee and evening per-
formances on Monday. There is going
to be rafting of the dry bones as
we'll as the bones of bones the coming
season. Several changes and surprises
have been announced in minstrel man
agement but none that has caused more
comment than the joining of hands
and fortunes by George Wilson, the
unique and unctious comedian, and
William S. Cleveland, the resourceful
manager. George Wilson is one of the
few minstrel comedians who really
draws money and has following con
the road all over the country from
Halifax. Nova Scotia. to San Diego,
California, the popularity of waltz Me
Again is not confined to a few cities
and a limited number Of continuous
performance, houses where the per-
formers carry pillow and mattress to
sleep on between shows and the aud
itors fetch their lunch and endure from
noon to midnight. Wilson has sue
ceeded in enriching others in the past.
but in the future under the skilled
guidance of the alert and astute w. S.
Cleveland, he expects to and will secure
his share of the fruit of his labors.
In the new dual combine Wilson and
Cleveland will not make the too fire.
uuent mistake of trusting TO the come
dams acknowledged drawing ability,
In no sense will the new show or
shows, be one man show and exhi-
bition, all head anu no body. The or
ganization will combine both the
George Wilson and w. s. Cleveland
comnanies intact.
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which Eugene Fled located on RED

which Eugene Fled located on RED
Hoss" mountain
The plot involves Bret Hartes favor
lite High toned and legitimate keard
dealer" a sweet waif of the mountains,
in the orphan, Tennessee Kent" an
adventures who marries the gambler S
best friend in order to rob and desert
him, two comedy characters, one Of
whom is wonderful liar, and the
other his shrewish wife, and a number
of others who are modelled from those
found in Bret Harte's delightful ro-
nance. Manager Feinler, of the Grand,
is to be congratulated upon his sue
cess in securing ''Tennessees Pard-
ner,'' which has never previously been
presented at popular prices, for the
opening attraction of the season at his
popular play house.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
A STAGE RAT.

Charles Dickson is training a rat,
which he expects to use in his play,
Mistakes Will Happen" next season.
A good deal of the fun in a certain
scene depends on the scare caused by
the presence of a rat in the room. A
property rat was used when the play
was given a trial recently, but Mr..
Dickson thinks the least he can do is
to supply a real live rat where the sit
uation calls for it. The Old property
rat will be carried as an understudy,
to be used in case some ambitious
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
NEUTRALITY
Of Hong Kong Still Stands in the Way
of American Ships Making Repairs.
HaVre.

San Francisco, August 20.-A spe-
cial from Hong Kong says: Consul
General Wildman has requested of the
Hong Kong authorities permission for
the ships of the American fleet now
at Manila to be allowed TO dock and
repair here.
The question presents such serious
complications that it had TO be sub
mitted to the British home govern
ment for an answer. Meanwhile the
harbor police ordered the gunboat Ia
fro, which arrived here with Dispatch
es from General Merritt and Admiral
Dewey, to leave British waters within
twenty-four hours
The governor is much distressed at
the situation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

Eulate's cabin, in the vizcaya There,
with tears in his eyes, he said his ca
reer in life was ended because he had
lost his ship. We rescued the Ameri-
can seamen while their officers
WERE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE
on shore, and then Sigsbee goes into
court, and forgets all about his lam
entations in Eplate's cabin, and tries
to shoulder the blame upon US. Never
did we have hand IN blowing up the
Maine, and am convinced that after
the straightforward. square way we
have fought this war, the American
people will not believe that we blew up
the Maine"
DO you expect to be brought before
court-martial on your return?"
1--WE will appear before a court of
inquiry. That is regular and formal.
No matter whether it is a defeat or
victory. if anything happens to a
Spanish feet the proceedings go before
a court Of inquiry"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
OPENING OF The SEASON
This Week in Both the local Play
/, Houses.

CLEVELAND WILSON MINsTRELs
AT THE OPERA HOUSE, AND
Il 'TENNESSEE'S PARDNER" AT
- TILE GRAND--ATTRACTIO FOR
NJ The SEASON BOOKED BY MAN
''-u AGER FEINLER-BOTlS THEATRES
/. RENOVATED THROUG HOU T.
! NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
SONG OF THE TEN-DOLLAR BIKE.


with Ten Thousand Apologies to Kip
A fool there was and a bike he bought
Even as you and /
A busted bike of the bargain sort
eve called his purchase The Good for
But Il No1 c5Iied her the Gem for a song
that l bought,
Even as you and 1.
Oh! the scars we bear, and the swears
we swear,
Ana the paralyzed brazing's shock,
Belong TO the Jsser that wouldn't go
And now we know that it couldn't go
Or ever ever be aught but crock.
A fool there was. and his cash he blued,
Even as you and I.
For the wheels were buckled and had to
be tTued,
And the frame was gaspipe and hopeless
TIL every part was at last renewed,
Even as you and l.
OH the spins we lost, and the sins it cost,
And the being a laughing stock.
Belong 10 the "jigger' that wouldn't go
And nav we know that it couldn't 60
Or ever be aught but a crock.
The fool came down on q steep hillside.
Even as you and l.
For his bat was more tlan the crock
could abide
(Which he ought to have known when he
started his riGe).
SO the life OF him lived, but the pluck Of
him died
Not herein as you ard L
And It isn't the cash, and it isn't the
rha sn siTss. a ouf IN de mock.
But its coming 4 know that It would Mt
go right.
It's the knowing fat last that + couldn't
Or BE anything else but crock.
-Exchanse.
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New York. August 20-Emilio de
Moreau, formerly captain of the Crist-
obal Colon, who was taken prisoner af-
ter the destruction OF the Spanish
fleet, was among the passengers on La
Normandie. which sailed to-day for
Havre.
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comnanies intact.

1t is not an easy thing to translate
to the stage the peculiar charm of a
story by Bret Harte. "Tennessee's
Pardner' will show that the dramatist
has succeeded in making a very inter-
esting comedy-drama from sugges-
lions furnished by that great roman
cist's well konwn sketch. The story of
s'Tepnessee's Partner as Bret Harte
vlors r. Is adhered to in the drama
cosy enough to be recognized, ard
his dialogue has been literally util-
lied. AS result it is strong, roman
tic drama, with no end of rich western
color, and is worth a dozen Of the
western plays formerly produced.
! On the contemporary stage, just as
RAlabamaA stands as the drama of the
cuth "S Ire Acres" as that of New
ngland "Tennessee's Pardncr"
\ndy Y. West-Lhe West which
II Il ound in California, and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

Manager Feinler's enterprise ana in
genuity are shown in a striking manner
in the sign at the corner of Market and
Twelfth streets, which was displayed
for the first time last eVeNing,T, and
attracted great deal of aesentiop 1t
consists of a three-sheet board} sur
rounded by vari-colored inS1nHesctent
-,iSD..s1rsa. j. TIE artists
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

-3ominick Morris, the "plunger," will
be home from Atlantic City, where he
has been flirting with the ''sad ssd
waves" in time to take charge Of, Che
gallery gods at the Grand. Dom is the
real thing
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21
WE'RE TOO SMALL.


The three vessels with heavy guns, the
Vizcaya, the Maria Teresa and the
Oquendo, were On fire. was left alone
with only rapid-fire guns Of compar-
atively small calibre If l had had 49,
inch guns, or II CT 12-inch-well, there
might have been a different story.
Those holes in the Brooklyn would
have meant more.
Your naval men have learned a
great deal from their fight with the
Colon. They will not give up tkeir
heavy guns for the rapld-fre Samp-
son told me as much. told them they
could not, and they smiled when l ask
ed them where they would be if l had
mad heavy guns.
1T was the fortune Of war that put
the heavy guns on board the ships
| with woodwork that would catch fire.
The first shell that struck any OF our
ships started fire. There was no fire
on my ship because she had no wood
work. She was like the Brooklyn, and
would not burn"
What do you think Of the New
York;
a bad ship. It was lucky for her
she did not get into the fight. She
would have burned like our three ships.
Rear Admiral Sampson was in perfect
accord with me On that point, and
! agreed that shell might have set her
on fire, and with her woodwork she
would have gone the way Of the Viz
caya"
WHO should get the credit for the
victory, Sampson or schley?" was
| asked.
Beth men are officers OF high intel
ligeace and high character. But Sigs-
bee. Ah. what shall / say of hir12'
| said tie captain bitterly After the
Maine fzpl0sion he vas in Captain
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

Anna Belmont, the comedienne of
the What Happened to Jones' COM
pany, enjoys the reputation among her
nCn-professional friends of being an
original and quaint story teller. Her
stories have a local color impaired to
them by her sense of the fitness Of
things What follows here is Of recent
birth with Miss Belmont:
The Park avenue trolley line in the
city of Rochester is crossed by three
streets that bear masculine surnames.
All Irishman with carpetbag entered
one of the cars the other day and sat
down gingerly near the door. -Four Of
i've other men completed the list of
passengers. The car swung around the
corner of Chestnut street.
james," shouted the conductor. A
man signaled him, the car stopped,
and the man alighted. A half minute
afterward the car near another cross
street.
William" announced the conduc-
tor. Another man got out. The Irish
mans eyes grew visibly larger.
Alexander" shouted the conductor
The third man left the car.
When it had started on, the Irishman
arose and approached the conductor
"Oi want to git out at Avnoo B." he
said. ME foorsht name is Michael"
THEATRICAL. ADJUSTMENTS.
Sembrich is in Dresden.
Rome has Duse theatre.
Hamlet is Irving's favOrite role.
Nine. Albini is in South Africa.
Mansfield was a dry goods clerk.
A. Folk Song Society has just held
its first meeting in the British capt.
tai.
Alice Atherton''s daughter is on the
stage.
Mel earned $3.50, eco last season.
There S time when she was paid
62 cenN night in Australia.
The lie of the West" an Afer-
lean dram by Colonel Bruce, better
known as SArizona joe was recently
produced at She Queens theatre, Dub
lin.
Cora Tanner and IssabdNe Eyesson.
will play parts of equal val eper-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

OPERA HOUSE Monday, matinee and
night, Cleveland Wilson Combined Min
etrels.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-Friday and
Saturday and Saturday Matinee, Tenn
0SSee'S Partner,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

Phil Hunt, agent for "Tennessee's
yardner" Company, and Walter Kings
ley, in advance Of the Cleveland Wilson
9instrels, are two of the youngest and
most popular advance agents on the
Oad
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-21

OPERA HOUSE-Monday, matinee and
night, leveland-Wilson Combined Min
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-Friday and
saturday and Saturday Matinee, Tenn
essee's Partner
The local theatrical season of 1S9S-'99
will open this week. Both local man
ayers have secured excellent opening
attractions. With the war interest
over, and all the industrial plants in
operation, the outlook for the season
is very bright. The list of attractions
is better than have ever before been
offered to patrons of the, play in this
city, Managers Riester and Feinler hav-
ing been very fortunate in securing
high-class companies. The two Opera
Houses have been generally overhauled
and improved, and in the absence of
the new theatre, which people have
come to look upon as a myth, the Op-
era House and the Grand will be found
very cory places Of amusement.
Manager Feinler has booked the fol-
lowing, named companies for the sea-
son: '"Tennessee's Pardner," Huntley
Stock Co.. Side Tracked" Vogel's
Mastodon Ministries, Hummlein's
Ideals, Daughter Of Cuba" "Hogan's
ALLEY" Wilson Theatre Company, "On
the Suwanee River" Gettysburg, 4"
Irene Myers Merry Company, Darkest
Russia" Remember the Maine" Will
bur Opera Company, "The Hearth
stone" "McFadden's Row of Flats"
Katie Rooney Company, lost in
New York" Agnes Herndon
Company, Chattanooga, "Cubas
Vow" Town Topics The Blondells,
Reilly & Woods Company, wheel of
Fortune" King Dramatic Co., Oliver
Byron Co., Ishamis Octoroons Ollie
Evans Co., Vanity Fair" under the
pome,' "Finnegsn's Ball." "All
aboard" KNOBS q Tennessee" "The
stowaway," Frederick Wilson Stock
~, "a Night at the Circus" New
! ork Stars, Ernest Roeber Speciality
Company, Sam Pittman's Comedy Com
pany, and Others.
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.COLOH'S GUNS TOO SMALL.
Capt. Moreau Tells Why BE Did Not
Sink The Cruiser Brooklyn.

HE ALSO HAD A SECRET-HE SAYS
THE AMERICAN SHIPS COULD
NOT HAVE PREVENTED HIS ES-
CAPE, BUT IS NOT READY TO
TDLL.wHY HIS VESSEL DID NOT
GET AWAY-HIS EXPLANATION
WILL BE MADE ON THE FLOOR
OF THE CORTES.