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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

det Miss Eeagdet IS one OF the most
talented women on the stage. and there
Is certainly no one VINO possesses
greater versatility She has been high-
ly success fUl In Almost every branch If
theatrical effort not excepting tragedy
and comic opera. That she should
have been selected for @ part, there
fore, which was certain to bring down
upon her head the abuse of critics OF
the very excellence Of her imptrsona-
ton is very unfortunate.
Now that Mile. Fiji" has apparently
caught on in its own peculiar way ii
will be instructive TO speculate upon its
successor. There is one consolatory
reflection still possible, and that IS that
any manager who may take a thing
like The Turtle as u starter and then
set cut to improve upon it in the way
of immortality IN each succeeding pro-
dGction is doomed to certain failure,
for it is so very close to the limit that
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES must soon
be reached.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
copyright, 1891

Smith and De Koven's new opera
''The Three Dragons" is not, as seems
to be very generally supposed, based
upon the famous Dumas story. In fact,
the Smith Dragons are Of a very diff
ferent type from the famous Dumas
musketeers. Mr.. Smith has used his
heroes as funmaking vehicles, and
therefore one of them is an Irishman,
one a Scotchman and one an English
1aan. They are all to inherit from a
wealthy Portuguese hidalgo provided
certain conditions with reference to the
marriage Of a certain girl are fulfilled.
The low comedy is mainly supplied by
an Irish servant of one Of the officers
and the mans two followers, one Of
whom is dumb Sootchman and the
other a deaf Englishman. Then there
is the cook of the king of Portugal, i'm
personated by Jerome Sykes in an oily
and unconvincing manner.
Messrs. Smith and De Koven, warned
by several previous experiences, have
evidently thrown worthy enort to the
winds and haye erdosvored simply to
produce a work which should amuse if
not instruct. But they have not ex-
actly succeeded, for Mr.. De Koven's
songs, with possibly one or two excep-
tions, will never be whistled by the
street gamins, and Mr. Smiths few wit
ty lines are most of them entitled to
respect and consideration solely by rea-
son OF their age. IL is Of course worse
than foolish for makers OF comic opera
to attemp. to educate the public up to
something IL does not want but IL is
also possible to ccnOoct a work OF this
sort which shall be entertaining and at
the same time commendable. No one
who remembers the early Gilbert and
Sullivan operas can question this state
ment
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

The Purity" is the only high grade
Butter on the market. Sec that you
get it, Take no other.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

"All things come to him who waits, -
even unpleasant rIhings. Charles H.
HOyt, the man who created new type
CT entertainment in this country, has
written probably a score CT farCes. I'm
til recently he had never been RESPONSE
Bile for failure, and the number of his
emphatic successes was almost - great
as the number OF the plays which he
had turned or His nearest approach
to failure was "A Runaway Cot" and
most Of his admirers were Of the Cpin-
ion that that piece was as good as some
others of his which had lasted for sea-
sons, and that it only failed to make
good" by reason Of the fact that Ill it
Hoyt endeavored TO make 3 bad actor
Of very good base bail player, Adrian
C. Arson, then manager Of the Chicago
team.
But Hoyt has been patiently or i'm
patiently waiting, and at last he knows
what it is TO have q real failure on his
hands; not one Of those things that fool
you by dawdliGg along, but real, ag-
gressiye cn-thc-minUte failure. The
name CT this freak p,sS is "A Dog In
the MangeT,' and one week after it was
produced it was decided by the author
and his partner t. take it off. 1t is pos
sible that HOyt might h III undertaken
the whipping into shape process,
but his health is SO poor that - Dog
In the Manager" was permitted to go on
record with tie distinction of being the
only failure ever written by Charles II.
HOyt.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

mile Fiji" a farce comedy from the
French, has taken the place of The
Turtle" at the Manhattan theater. 1t
is controlled, like its unsavory prede-
cesAor, by the managers of the theater
at which it is exploited. The effort has
apparently been made, according to
near " all the critics, to out-Turtle
Inc Turtle" and. according to the
same authorities, they have succeeded
in their more or less laudable effort.
The character which gives greatest Of
Tense is allotted to Miss Louise Beau
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

The real dinner in "Shore Acres"
and the faror with which it was re-
ceived may have prompted Mr.. Herne
to introduce child in Davenport
for the sole purpose of enabling him to
kiss her, thereby, as he may have
imagined, emphasizing the traits of the
character Of the circuit rider. But
there he made a great mistake, for,
while the former undoubtedly in
creased the charm of the play, the lat
ter is a cheap piece of theatrical re-
dundancy. Rev. Griffith Davenport"
may, with or without change, be trans
formed into a profitable venture, but il
it should be, it will greatly surprise
nearly every person in this city who
has seen it. As a character sketch and
a reflex of the conditions prevailing in
Virginia Immediately before the civil
war, it may be called n success. As a
play, however, l should call it re-
grettable failure, despite the magnifi-
cent acting of Mr.. Herne and the men,
bers of his excellent company,
whose. sole offense is a series of awful
and multicolored alleged southern ac-
cents with which every one of the
players seems to feel bound to strug-
gle.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

who remembers the early Gilbert ana
Sullivan operas can question this state
ment.
The regrettable thing about THE
Three Dragons" is that IL will add nei-
Their TO the popularity nor reputation OF
its makers with any class Of theatre
goers, for, while the sop is thrown 10
the rabble, there is not enough OF ii to
produce a satisfying effect. II is like
ly, however, that more humorous dia-
logue and a little more horseplay will
be put into ii if its promoters be wise,
for as it stands, while it is a good many
miles removed from even the suspicion
of failure, it is not likely to enjoy the
long vogue which is necessary now
days, owing to the enormous cost of
'oduction, to show a profit on comic
kera venture.
II the performers, Miss Marguerite
mon, a comparative newcomer in
Acity, carried off the honors. She
well and is pretty figure, though
betting is still a trifie stiff. Linda
- was as dainty as ever and
tn her small voice sang the French
Ick dirty charmingly. A cake walk,
b songs of all nations, allotted to
3cfSnafQ +. IdTTOll, was uulCI IuHdLeIy
the hit of the evening, although it had
no more right to be in the opera than
Mephistopheles would have to be in
heaven, but it served to show that
Messrs. Smith and De Koven were not
wrong when they proceeded upon the
theory that the public wants the veriest
nonsense in what is now called comic
operas
What a jump from "The Three Dra-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19


In "Shore Acres" this quality made
the piece a great money winner and
gave the author, Mr.. Herne, the reputa-
ton which enabled him to get re-
spectful hearing on Broadway for Rev.
Griffith Davenport. Atmosphere
made "Shore Acres" but it unmakes
REV. Griffith Davenport" The reason
is simple, too, to any one who has
watched the trend Of American theat-
gtcals. Mr. Herne has evidently attri-
buted the success OF ''Shore Acres" al
most solely to the fact that it con-
tanned lots of atmosphere, and, proceed
ing on that theory, he has put so
much OF it into Rev. Griffith Daven-
port" that he has made it listless,
unvirile sort of thing, whereas in
Shore Acres" there was a strong story
dramatically told, the coloring being
only the background of the picture.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

What jump from "The Three DTa-
goons" to REV Griffith Davenport,
which is now holding forth at the Her
aid Square. This is a dramarization
OF Helen H. Gardeners novel, IAN I'm
official Patriot" and the result demon
strates that, while book which deals
principally with the atmosphere OF
certain locality and makes a study of
peculiar local conditions may be huge
boa,,ive- deal
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

- a. the favor of the theatre
bic even now, when quiet
the recital and acting of a
vehicle are regarded as almost
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

Much of the political confusion In
this country of late years has been due
to a confusion Of responsibility. In
order that political party may carry
out it's policy, it must elect President
and have also working majority in
both houses Of Congress. 1t has hap
pened but rarely during the last thirty
years that these conditions have exist
ed. The popular feeling which elects
a President of any party may usually
be counted on to give him majority
to support him in the House Of Repre-
sentatives elected at the same time. But
as two-thirds of the Senators hold over,
the majority in the Senate is often hos
tile to the President, or the usual re-
action gainst the dominant party in the
"off year" may give hostile majority
in the House of Representatives I'm
der these conditions, the party nomin-
ally in power cannot be held to strict
accountability. If it fails to keep its
promises it can point to divided Con-
gress as it's excuse. Voters become
confused, and enough of them shift
from one party to the other to keep up
q seesaw movement in national poll
tics. 1t Is best for the country that q
party which elects President should
control both houses of Congress, but
with a minority strong enough to pre-
vent the adoption of extreme measures.
Then there is an opportunity for the
party to carry out it's policy. If it fails
to do so, it can be held to account. Or
if the people do not like the policy,
when embodied in legislation, they can
express their disapproval by giving
political control to the opposing party.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

by Cubans of wealth, position and in
f1uence who do not wish to see the
revolutionary party in the ascendency.
The committee believe that if a vote
were to be taken today on the broad
issue the result would be decidedly in
favor of union with America, even If
the negro element in Eastern Cuba
was allowed to exercise free fran
chise.
Steps will be taken by the Span
iards to put their views before the
American administration, as they be-
lieve if an independent government is
contemplated in the near future the
trade of the island will be brought to
an immediate standstill.
In any case they think the United
States should retain control for a
considerable period.
American capitalists here interested
in the island concur in this view.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
A PLUCKY KLONDIKER.
Mrs. Frank McGregor Reaches Seat
tie From Dawson.

Among the returning Klondikers
on the steamer City of Seattle was
Mrs. Frank j. McGregor of Los An
geles. She left Dawson January 3,
and is the third woman to come out
over the ice this winter from the fa-
nous gold camp. She and George T..
Hall were horse-sled passengers.
Over much of the journey, however,
it was necessary for the woman to
walk, doing one stretch, as she did, of
twenty-five miles. Though interested
in mining affairs, Mrs. McGregor rem
dered valuable service in Dawson dur
ing the typhoid fever epidemic as a
nurse. Of the health of the city and
surrounding districts she said
"There is still great deal of pneu-
monia, some typhoid and scattering
cases of scurvy at Dawson, though the
general health, think, is improving.
Two men, whose names did not
learn, froze to death on the divide be-
tween Hunker and Dominion. One
poor fellow, with pipe in his mouth,
was sitting erect on his sled, while a
few feet away lay his partner, cold and
stiff in death.
She says the gold yield of the Klon-
dixie this season is very satisfactory.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

London-The st. James Gazette
says the French government is nego-
tiating with French and British finan-
ciers for loan of 100000 to 10000
900 pounds to be dovted to army and
navy purposes.
A New Magazine-It is reported
that Lady Randolph Churchill is about
to start magazine, which will be
sumptuously bound and sold for a
guinea per copy. Her son will assist
her and the contributors will include
Emperor William and other royal per-
sOnages.
Montreal-Sir William Mcdonald,
the millionaire tobacco manufacturer,
has given to McGill University $751;
250 to complete the endowment of the
Mcdonald Building of Chemistry and
Mining. This brings the amount Civ
en- to the college by Sir William up to
$780, 900.
The Chinese Empress-Word comes
from Peking that the Dowager En-
press has selected the successor of the
present emperor, but the identity of
the person is not divulged. The en-
peror is still strictly guarded in the
island palace. 1t is said the empress
ignores the Grand Council and the
Tsung Ii Yamen.
New York-A dispatch to the Her
aid from Buenos Ayres says: "a group
of Uruguayans, headed by Colonel To-
zanos, Mayor of Isumendi, proceeding
from Argentina have disembarked at
Colonia. A police force attempted to
oppose the invaders but without sue
cess. At various points in the repub-
lie have occurred uprisings and the
rebels are well provided with arms
and ammunition"
London-The Paris correspondent
of the Daily Mail telegraphs that he
has consulted with a high French au
thority regarding the Panama COM
pany's negotiations to induce the
United States government to acquire
it's canal. The authority in question
said: 81 regard the negotiations as a
mere game of bluff between the Pan
anna company and the Washington au-
thorities. The company is really anx-
ious to effect a virtual sale, while
Congress is not serious in the Nicara-
qua affair, because all the evidence
proves the advantages of the Panama
route"
San Francisco-The Post prints a
long story detailing the fall of ex-
President Gutierrez of Salvador, from
President to pauper. The article is
based on letters received here from
Honduras, which state that the once
popular President of Salvador is now
living on aims among strangers. His
fall is timed from the disruption OF
the union of the Central American re-
publics. Gutierrez instigated the
union and made Regalado commander
of the army. The latter is accused
of betraying Gutierrez, finally forcing
him to retire and himself succeeding
to the Presidency. Gutierrez was
forced to fly to Honduras for safety.
All of Gutierrez's property is heavily
mortgaged and his family is forced to
subsist on the meager income derived
from the mortgaged plantation.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

Yukon, which is just within the arctic
circle. was degrees below zero; JAN
uary was "a degrees below; February,
20 degrees below. The coldest day was
Jan. 16, 1898. when the THERMOMETERS
registered 62 degrees below zero. For
the ten days from Feb. IA to 2S the
readings below zero were 40, 4S, 52,
521a, AZ, 5215, "a, 80, sc, 3S. Old-timers
are unanimous in saying that the win
ter of 1878 was the mildest ever
known in Northern Alaska. Be this
as it may the weather in the Yukon,
on account Of the dryness Of the at
mosphere and the absence of winds,
was almost uniformly pleasant. A
temperature of 80 degrees below zero
there brings no more discomfort than
80 degrees below in the Dakotas. The
writer has experienced far more dis
agreeable weather in Minnesota and
Montana than that which prevailed at
Circle City,"
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER.
Outcome of the Spanish-American War
Organized Yesterday.

New York-The Naval and Military
Order of the Spanish-American war
was organized at the Army and Navy
Club recently. 1t started out with a
membership of 105 The purposes of
the order, as set forth in the consti-
tuition, are 'to cherish the memory
and associations of the war with
Spain; to unite and promote the ties
of fellowship formed among partici-
pants; to acquire and preserve the
records Of individual service, and to
advance the best interests of soldiers
and sailors of the United States"
Any American OF good reputation
who served as a commissioned officer
in the army or navy or marine corps
and all naval and military cadets will
be eligible to membership. The officers
chosen are: Commander, Theodore
Roosevelt Senior Vice Commander,
John w. Philip, U. S. NJ; Junior Vice
Commander, Wallace t. Randolph, U.
S. A.; Secretary, Walter J. Sears. u.
S. NJ; Treasurer, Frank w. Tappen, u
s. NJ; Registrar, Theodore Kerga, u.
S. NJ; Chaplain, Charles H. Parks.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
DEWEY SHOULD COME HOME.
So Says Capt. Mclean, Who Knows
the AdmiraPs Condition.

Capt. Walter Mclean, who was
senior aide on Admiral Dewey's staff,
at Manila, arrived in San Francisco,
on the steamship Coptic. He said. that
the admiral's health was in such con-
dition that he should come back home
at once.
Admiral Dewey is an indefatiga-
BILE worker" said the captain, "and I
am sure he is of such a disposition
that he will never leave the fleet so
so long as conditions remain unset
tied, and there is work to do. Never
theless, he should come home. The
climate and never-ending round of
his duties are beginning to tell on
him seriously. He cannot be said to be
broken down, but the results of strain
are becoming manifest
when left Manila for home it was
Immediately after months cruise
about Iloilo. The admiral was strong
and robust when I went to Iloilo, but
when | got back I could see plainly
that he was not in good condition. 1t
is fact not generally known that he
was once off1icted with cirrhosis of the
liver, and had part of his liver re-
moved by surgeons. He seemingly re-
covered from the disease, but I am
afraid that the hot and depressing
climate of the Philippines has revived
it. Anyway, he is not the same man
he was on the 1st of May, and while
he will never give up so long as there
is anything to do, he ought to be re-
lieved.
My opinion is that Admiral Dewey
could live and do his work in the Phil
lippines for another year, but that he
ought to return to America within a
month. He said nothing about return
ing when I left, and I do not think he
has made any plans to return. He is
a remarkable man in thousand ways,
and in no way is he more remarkable
than in his habit of never quitting
task until he has thoroughly accom-
DliShed it,"
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

ring to the opinion of the Secretary of
the Imperial Treasury, Baron Won
Thielmann, that there is no danger to
the German sugar industry from
America in the near future, said the
manufacturers of Saxony took a quite
different view from those who pooh
poohed the danger and underrated the
colossal financial resources and enter
priseM "The American Sugar Trust"
whic ., In California, was making great
progress in sugar production. The only
thing to help German manufacturers,
in the opinion Of the speaker, was to
tighten the excise duty on sugar and
thus promote home consumption.
Baron Won Hammerstein-Lexlen the
Minister of Agriculture, in reply, said
he fully agreed with the statement
that the serious danger existed from
America. Moreover, he remarked, the
export of sugar from Cuba would
greatly increase during the next few
years, now that energetic and intel
ligent American capitalists had taken
the matter in hand.
The danger arising from the produc-
ton of beet sugar in America, he fur
ther said, was continually increasing
and it was true that the export of Ger
man sugar to America was 2,400,00O
double hundred weight below the ex-
ports of Great Britain. Nevertheless,
it constituted considerable portion
of the production, and the only reme-
dy was an increase of the home con-
sumption. 1t had already been found
that use of sugar in the army in
creased the marching capabilities of
the soldiers. 1t was also excellent in
fattening pigs.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

In Albert d. Richardson's Beyond
the Mississippi" published more than
q quarter Of a century ago, occurs a
passage which, in the light Of recent
events and their Interior possibilities,
seems almost prophetic. He points to
the fact that the spirit of Progress"
emerging from Egypt and China, has
passed on through Greece and Rome
and Western Europe; across the At
lantic, through jamestown harbor, over
Plymouth Rock, and on to the Pacific.
ERE long," he continues, through the
Golden Gates Of San Francisco, it will
90 out by the islands Of the sea to that
dreamy Orient where it was born. And
then-whatT
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17
DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON.
Bob Marks Killed Man First, Then
Bit the Dust

San Antonio, (Tex.)-Bob Marks, a
noted sporting character and typical
dead shot, was killed in duel with
John Bennett, proprietor of the Texas
Silver King saloon and gambling
house. Marks had been drinking, and
announced as he left his own saloon
that he was going to die with his boots
on.
He entered the Silver King saloon
and threatened to shoot out the lights.
Words were passed and guns were
drawn. Marks emptied the five cham
bers of his revolver, shooting Ben
nett through the abdomen. Stretched
on the floor, mortally wounded, Ben
nett fired three shots at Marks. The
latter was shot through the body, and
died with his gun still in his hand.
Bennett died tonight.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

Even yellow fever finds apologies.
Curious stories of the good it incident
ally did, come from Southerners who
passed through the recent epidemic. A
confirmed dyspeptic AYERS that now he
can eat anything; man who had suf-
fered twenty years with asthma says
he Is wholly free from that distressing
malady; and these and others declare
that, II yellow fever attacks a person
who has chronic disease, that disease
goes away when the fever goes. It
seems fit and proper, too, that the more
terrible malady should expel the less
dangerous one; but since the patient
may die while this process is going on,
It is probable that yellow fever will
never become popular cure for dys-
pepsia and asthma.
Mesa free press., 1899-02-17

A short time ago ten boys, ranging
in age from ten to fourteen, were
brought before New York magistrate,
charged with being vagrants. An Of
ficer had discovered them in a cellar.
They had originally organized for the
purpose Of allowing the members to
settle any controversy which might
arise. In such an event, "fist" fight
ensued. The defeated boy might not
protest. Neither could the victor ex-
act any penalty not at issue in the bat
tie. During the summer these waits
slept anywhere. When the nights
grew colder, they came together In
places where there was some degree
of shelter from the weather. The
most popular of their resorts was the
cellar of the empty building in which
they were discovered. A commenda-
BILE fact revealed in their examination
before the magistrate was that the
prosperous members were always ex-
pected to help those not doing well.
A majority Of the members were news
boys, but whether they sold papers or
blacked boots or occupied themselves
in any way, their earnings were held in
comm.n, and no member need go hun
CRY. Naturally, they made the mis-
take Of supposing that might makes
right; but better than this -ignorantly,
perhaps-and without precisely seeing
how, the little fellows were VIC erking
out the great problem of mutual CO.
operation. BY aiding one another in
the moment of need, they have prac-
ticed duty that maturer minds should
heed.