The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-24
In FINANCIAL STRAITS
England Considerably Worried Over
the Money Situation.
WILL HAVE TO BORROW
LONDON THEATRICAL SEASON
Is NOW IN FULL SWING.
Success of Many American Players
Maurice Grau and His Opera
Company Coming to the United
States-oscar Wilde Is Leading
Dogs Life In Paris.

Dogs Lie In Paris.
Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 23-The Statist, com
menting on the financial position
brought about by the Transvaal crisi:
and the New York stringency, says
THE competition for gold during the
next few weeks promises to be great
| No gold is available in Australia fol
export and we may have to send gold
to the cape instead of receiving it ano
also meet the demand for Egypt to pay
for the cotton, as well as South Amer
lea.
Beyond these considerations we have
the probability that America and Ger
many will endeavor to obtain gold al
home. The usual autumnal drain con-
sequently will further advance the Off
cial minimum. It appears nearly prob
ably that our own government will re-
quire to raise a considerable loan prob
ably by the issue of treasury bills.
Such a loan would of course give the
Bank of England control of the mar
ket, enabling it to keep its rate effect
i've, whatever it might be.
Autumn Theatrical Season.
The autumn theatrical season is now
in full swing. American actors, mana
gers and playwrights promise to be
even more important factors here than
heretofore. There is scarcely a COM
pany at any important theatre that
does not include at least one Ameri-
can, while the music halls are simply
overrun with American Itrformers.
The three leading American companies,
Goodwins. 1.-The Belle of New York.
and De Wolf Hopper's, continue to be
among the most popular in London. In
Hopper's case the early indications
that lei Captain" would not prove a
success here were completely at fault.
Now, in addition to filling the stalls,
house, it has long line waiting night
ly for the gallery and pit, which is the
surest sign of an English success.
Gertrude Elliott, who has made such
a favorable impression here, leaves
Goodwin's company and joins the court
theatre for the production of Captain
Robert MarshalPs new play "A Royal
Family" which will be produced in the
middle of October.
American Authors Success.
Fernalld's Moonlight Blossom pro-
duced Thursday at the Prince of Wales
theatre, meets with only moderate
praise from the London critics. 1t flaw
ors something of the "Mikado," but the
leading parts, played by Forbes Rob-
ertson and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, are
little more than elaborate speeches. The
picturesque Japanese scenery saved the
performance from tediousness. This
American playwright now has two
works on the London board.
The illness of Nat Goodwin, resulting
from surgical operation, will confine
him for another week. Miller Kent,
who is taking Goodwin's part, is doing
so we'll that he may continue Goodwin's
play here with a new company, thus
enabling Goodwin to keep his Ameri-
can engagements and at the same time
satisfy his London agents.
Grau and His Company.
Maurice Grau and the principal mem
bers of the Maurice Grau Opera COM
pany sailed for America today from
Havre on the French line steamer La
With Mr.. Grau will be
Nine. Calve, who returns after an abb
sence of three years; Suzzane Adams
and Rose Olitzka, Mile. Bauermieter,
Nine. Sallgnac, Devries, Pini-Corsi and
the members of the chorus and ballet.
Luigi Mancelli, the musical director,
sailed today on the Campania. Andreas
Diphel, the German tenor, leaves Bre-
men Sept. q on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. Edouard de Reszicke sails
Sept. 80 on the st. Paul. Selio de Luz
Fan sails the same day on the Umbria,
and Claude Bonnard sails on La Cham
payne. which leaves Hayre Sept. 80
Pol Planeoon sails from Cherbourgh
Oct. 6 on the Fuerst Bismarck.
The season of the Maurice Grau
Opera company begins Oct. 10 at New
Haven, Conn.
Wilde Leading Dogs Life.
An anonymous book of poems just
published in London is being much |
beauty and strength of the verses, !
while people wonder at the identity of |
he author. 1t is now learned that |
Lord Alfred Douglas wrote them. They |
we're first published in Paris Under his !
OWN name, but they were brought here |
fearing the effect a scan |
1al caused by Lord Alfred's connection |
With the Oscar Wilde case.
Lord Alfred Douglas is living quietly |
n England with his mother, having
separated from Wilde, who is leading a
logs life in Paris, eking out his ex
stence on small annuity and the few
iollars he can make by writing. Wilde
ecently negotiated with an American
theatrical manager for the sale of a
lew play, but nothing resulted from it.
Wilde's boys are at a school in Eng
and, cared for by an uncle. One of
hem is being educated for the Roman
catholic priesthood.
Thought It Was PENIS Coffin.
The discovery under the nave of an
Id church at Penn, Buckinghamshire.
f coffin bearing the name of William
penn, caused the circulation of a report
hat * contaiped the body of the found
r of Pennsylvania, buried there, ac-
ording to several English papers. in
6SS, or eighty years prior to his de-
ease. 1t is probably one of PENIS an
estors.
Similar instances are not uncommon
4 the London papers. Only the other
ay the Westminster Gazette referred
lovingly to the state of Philadel
hia." The close political Anglo-Amer-
IAN relations have apparently failed
produce on this side corresponding
interest in American history and geog-
Apply.
Dreyfus and Guerin have practically
assed out of the public mind here, but /,
choes of the case, congratulations and {
therwise of the French government ;
ppear with the English weeklies. F,x- I
apting these topics and the Trans ]
aal there is dearth of interesting I
latters.