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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

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Some people are smarter than you are; it
is important that you admit it.-Atchison
Globe.
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Common law marriages" in okla
homa were recently held by Judge
Tarsney TO be legal
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Set all things in their own peculiar place
and know that order is the greatest grace.
DRYDEN.
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The fools advice may be poor, but it is at
least sincere.-Chiclgo Daily News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

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Drink is noun that many men are unable
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

In the Council on the 10th, when
called to order, Senator Biddison
moved that the rules be suspended in
order that house bill 7S might be
passed. Twelve votes were cast in the
affirmative and none in the negative
The bill repeals that section of the
statutes which limits the fees of JUS
tices of the peace to SO in any one case
Senator Thacker introduced bill
reapportioning the territory into coun-
Gil and representative districts.
House bill No. 55, relating to the
keeping of journal by clerks of cities
was signed by the president and speak
er and is now in the hands of the gov.
ernor.
Represe ntatatives Jones' bill which
authorizes railroad companies to sell
and lease their railroads, properties
and franchise, was favorHbly reported
by the committee, the rules suspended
and the bill placed on third reading
aud passed.
The following bills were fsvorably
reported in the house: House bill No
1879, providing for the removal of drift
wood from streams and water courses;
house bill l26, requiring bond invest
ment companies 10 deposit certain
sums of money or other security with
the territorial treasurer; house bill l43,
amending section 3, article o, chapter
73, statutes of 1893; house bill l43, re-
lating to the duties of county superin-
tendents of public instructions; house
bill l47; regulating the practice of
farming; house bill l3l, providing for
the better protection of fixtures, crops,
fruiss and timber on real estate; coun-
Gil bill "a, to regulate The testing of
wheat; counci! bill SO, relating to the
time when the term of Office of county
treasurers shall commence; house bill
l5l, authorizing railroad companies to
sell and lease their railroads, property
and franchise; council bill l6, consti-
tuting board of equalization; council
bill 95, TO punish corrupt practices in
political conventions; house bill 1872,
relating to elections; house bill 50,
concerning election frauds; house bill
$50, remitting penalties on delinquent
taxes against real estate; house bill
las, exempting from taxation the
property of religious societies.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

OF Oklahoma City. The witness was
asked to state IL the banks paid inter-
est on these school land deposits and
his reply was that he could not answer
the question without examination OF
the banks books, and he further ex-
pressed desire to consult his attorney
before discussing the relations existing
between the bank and it's customers.
The committee acceeded to the re.
quest,
L. x. Tingle and Joe Quien, the e1-
pert printers who were designated by
the committee to compute the cost OF
the official reports recently printed,
submitted partial report. Their esti.
mates were based on the terms named
in the Hoffman e. Blincoe contract;
also what the same class of work
would be, furnished to individuals. Ac-
| cording to their estimates the print
ing OF 500 copies OF the governors re-
port concerning territorial contracts
s-ould have cost not more than 500 II,
under the terms of the printing con-
tract; the same WORE could be done
for private individual for S35. Five
hundred copies of the school land sec
retary's report ought not to cost under
the contract more than sos is, and a
private individual s35. The report Of
the live stock sanitary commission cost
under contract rate estimated at S3s 93;
cost OF same to private individual, $50
Report of the attorney general esti-
mated cost under contract s3s. 90; cost
OF same to private individual $50. Re-
port OF territorial treasurer estimated
cost under contract sl09le; cost Of
same to private individual $50. Print
ing OF the governors message, estina-
ted cost under the contract S94 30; cost
OF same to private individual s65. Re.
port Of adjutant general, estmat ted
cost under contract Sl36.20; cost OF
same to private individual ss5. Report
OF educational institutions, estimated
cost under the contract Sls5. IS; cost of
same to private individual Sl25.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

The arguments In the habeas corpus
ease OF Auditor Hopkins did not take
place on the Goth as was first an
nounced. Auditor Hopkins is repre-
sented by Attorney General Cunning
ham who asked for more time to pre-
pare IA answer. The attorney general
also attacked the correctness OF the re
turn in SO far as related to the alleged
;ontem pt proceedings in the council
alleging that it did not represent q
complete report of the proceedings,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-02

The joint investigating committee,
on the 10th, had before il G. L. Bill
ingsley, president of the Capital Ma
tional bank, and Frank Greer, manager
OF the Capital Printing company. Mr..
Billingsiey testified that the deposits
OF the school land board were carried
ct his hank in varying sums ranging
from SIS, 900 to $4,000, Lately about
$40, 600 of these funds had been trans
ferred to the Western National bank
The times., 1899-03-05
FRIENDS OF LAST WEEK.

Bad habits are epidemic in theatrical
New York, and long residence there seems
at last TO have affected even Augustin
DAILY. There are the speculator disorder.
a mysterious disease which prompts mana
gers to sell their seats to pavement brokers
at greatly advanced rates; the electric
sign mania, which drives these same inva-
lids to doubling in the glittering letters on
top of their houses the runs accomplished
by the attractions beneath the bill board
hypochondria. victims of which are seized
with the most intense longing TO see their
names in public places. and many others.
But the i'll TO which Mr.. DAILY has fallen
heir is more pernicious in its influence
and more difficult to remedy than any
of those mentioned 1t is no less trou-
BILE than the cheapen- the cast when you
leave Broadway habit and during the last
few years IL has attacked in turn some of
the most prominent men on the RaIto
among them such people as Charles and
Daniel Frohman. William A. Brady, and
Davis & Keogh. The high minded Mr.
DAILY, who had been considered imperyious
to the malady, is suffering as severely as
have any OF his predecessors.
The cheaper the cast when you leave
Broadway habit, technically known as the
publicum be damnicussed. is a disease OF
the pocketbook and is subject only to the
gold cure. Its symptoms are unvarying
The times., 1899-03-05
kernan's -"knickerboclscr nurIes-

Few combination burlesque shows leave
New York better equipped than Robes
"Knickerbockers. which viii be seen this
week at Kernans. Before taking to the
road this organization was not only COM
pletely supplied with talented people, but
it passed the watchful eyes and skllful
hands of such artists and artisans as John
Young. the scene painter of the Broadway
Theatre; Madame Crane. a reputable cos
tuner and C. Fletcher Rivers the ballet
master of the Herald Square. The com
pany presents an olio in which appear NJ.
S. Wballen, the Three Gardners who Will
be remembered for their clever work with
"Hogans Alley" Shayne and Worden,
Grant and Durand, Raymond and West,
Mae Taylor, and Vera Hart. The fore and
after pieces offered are George Totten
Smiths extravaganza, MIXED Ale" and
the New York sensation, An Affair of
Honor" In addition to these features,
Jim Jeffries, the California pugilist, who
is matched to fight Robert FitZsimmons,
will be seen at every performance given
here
The times., 1899-03-05
Grnnd-NaudeNille.

One of the clever people who have
places on this weeks bill at the Grand
Opera House is Maude Courtney. little
woman whose mission in vaudeville is to
show the falseness of that rhythmical line.
Il cannot sing the old songs" Miss Court
ney not only sings the melodies OF by
gone days, but she sings them well and
finds favor in her renderings, If reports
flom other cities prove true. She has
certainly achieved no end of success and
has found a speciality that is positively
as unique as it is said to be pleasing.
But Miss Courtney is not the only able
person booked for the next six days by
Managers Burke and Chase, nor-for that
matter-is she even the advertised head
liner. This place on the programme is
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew.
who kave finished with their London en-
gagements and come almost direct to
Washington with Kenneth Lees sketch,
When Two Hearts Are Won" The
playlet is supposedly fun of bright lines
and mirth provoking situations, both OF
which should display 10 advantage the
undoubted talents of the pair.
Walberti is 10 present novelty in the
bill. This ex-circus performer rides about
the stage on his trottins horse, Dahl, ex-
hibiting all the difficult feats familiar 10
patrons of three-ring shows. Mayme Geh-
rue viii also appear. giving three styles
Of dances and endeayoring to throw into
each the characteristics of the nation with
which it has become identified. Then
there will be the three Renos, acrobats
Of considerable reputation. whose act is
mentioned as abounding in novelties, and
Helen Teusart. late of Rice's Monte
Carlo and Evans Hotel Topsy Turvy"
companies. has been advertised to con-
tribute three of the newest OF seriO- comic
The times., 1899-03-05
PRESS AGENTS ROUND TABLE.

Some few months ago, when James o.
Barrows-now a member of the Browns
In Town" Company-was here with the
summer stock. there was a good story 60
Ing the rounds and exciting considerable
laughter at the expense of that rotund
comedian. The aneedote was pretty gen.
orally known then, but such things are
easily forgotten; real humor never grows
old, and now the presence of Mr. Barrows
himself makes it eXcusable to retell the
tale According 10 the individual who
first gave it into publicity, the actor vas
very fond OF taking long walks into the
country during the hot Misunderstanding
before daybreak and resting in the shade
of friendly trees when the sun got 700 hot
Generally his trips were taken in the di-
rectiOn of Glen Echo half the Journey te-
ing made on car and the other half on
foot.
One day-so the narrative runs-Mr.
Barrows had been roaming about idly for
a time and had finally seated himself I'M
der a spreading oak not far from the road.
He was reclining against the trunk and
coming over the lines of a new part when
be spied something which looked suspi-
ciously like grave, not ten feet away
Rising hastily, the comedian walked to
The times., 1899-03-05

was triumphantly presented for two
years in France, and is now
in its second season in England.
At the Princess Theatre. London, the work
is said to have been an emphatic success,
not only of itself. but for Charles Warner,
who was seen in the principal role Lon
don Life is described as being an effort
of intense interest. Though many of the
elements that have entered into its con-
struction are old. the story is said TO be
told in an original way. The dialogue is
presumably crisp and bright, while the
comedy and tragedy mixed in its fibre are
spoken of as being anything but maudlin.
The cast to be seen here includes some
unusually competent people. First among
these is Augustus Cooke, who will be re-
membered for his apt impersonation of
Napoleon in Madame Sans Gene and
whose portrayal of Happy Jack" in the
present Offering has been highly commend
ed. Jennie Saterlee has also unbounded
opportunities in n strongly sympathetic
role. while the remainder of the persOnages
are represented by such performers as
Richard Ganthony, Charles Garfield, Edwin
Brewster. George Bremen, Harry James,
Thomas Mcguire. Harry Holiday. Lillian
Lamson, little Violet Holiday, and Baby
June. Eight scenes are shown in the pres
entation. and all of these are said to be
extremely notable. Altogether. the pro-
duction is an exceedingly promising one,
and should do a good business.
The times., 1899-03-05
Biinu-NnndcNiIIc.

Encouraged by series of unusually
large audiences Manager Grieyes is con-
tinuing to book people of national repu-
tation for his bills at the Bijou. The con-
tingent engaged for this week is headed
by Charles Wayne and Annie Caldwell, two
noted farcical players who are presenting
George Cohen's latest sketch, ITO Boston
on Business" In addition to this team
the programme Will bear the names of
Deimore and Lee, team of European
noyeltyists, whose act is increased in at
Effectiveness by the use of special electric
effects; Gertrude Rutledge, formerly iden-
tilted with the Castle Square Opera Com
pany; Campbell and Beard, eccentric mu-
sclans; Jack Burke and English Scotty,
clever boxers and bag punchers; Joe Hard
man, the dancer and comedian; George
and Fanny Graham, who appear in the dra-
matte skit "A Soldiers Sweetheart" and
the Bijou Burlesque Company.
The times., 1899-03-05
Academ,-.London Life.u

That general interest is being taken in
high-class melodrama. after the interval
that has passed since the production of
"Romany Rye" and THE Shadows OF a
Great City" is shown by the present state
of affairs in New York. With THE Great
Ruby" crowding Days, THE Three Mus
keteers" filling the Knickerbocker, THE
Christian" at the Garden, and ''Zaza" a
big success at the Garrick, little need be
said OF the return TO popular favor of the
old-time sensational play. Consequently.
much may be expected in financial way of
London Life" which is to be seen this
week at the Academy, and will then make
an extended tour of the country.
The piece is in five acts, and is an
adaptation by Martyr Field and Arthur
Shirley OF Paul Audry. Max Maury, and
George Jubin's lie Cameiot." 1t
The times., 1899-03-05
Na,ionni-"secret Service,

There is no limit to the things clever
last he was in Washington that able actor
author, William Gillette, has been very
busy, Not only has he visited London and
there been seen as Billings in Too Much
Johnson but he has successfully revived
Secret Service at the Empire Theatre
and produced his latest farce Because
She Loved Him So.' All of these achieve
ments should count with the playwright's
admirers and will probably bring many
people to the National this week when he
appears there in his great war drama.
Secret Service" is undoubtedly one OF
the very best works which Mr.. Gillette
has ever shown on the Englsh-speaking
stage. Differing in construction from the
efforts of craftsmen like Pinero and Henry
Arthur Jones, it resembles in many es-
sentials the offerings of the French school.
The essential discrepancies between the
two methods is in the comedy the Ameri-
can injects into his pieces. There are two
varieties OF this in Secret Service''-the
first twined in with the serious action of
the presentation and the other a sort of
light relief. Both are invariably effective.
not only for their own strength but be-
cause of the contrast they afford and both
have done much toward making the play
what it undoubtedly is, an eminent sue
cess.
Mr.. Gillette himself is said not to have
become in the least mechanical since last
seen here. His coolness is as uuobtrusive
and his reserve as intense as it has ever
been. The star is one of the few men who
can talk and act with such naturalness
as to pu- all ideas of art out of the ques-
tion and yet can carry conviction and GER
tainty to every portion of the house. Sub
The times., 1899-03-05
Ian MacIarcn's Lecture.

The sale of seats for Ian Maclaren's
next Thursday lecture at the National
Theatre opens tomorrow. The subject Sc
lected by the great writer is: THE Place
of the Minister in Scotch Life together
with readings from the life of DR.. David
son, the parish minister of Drumtochty.
and some unpublished tales. Upon his re-
cent appearance in New York the "Tri
bune' paid the eminent divine and favored
author this tribute:
Dr. Watson's lecture took the form of a familiar
commentary upon his stories and in the course
OF that commentary the speaker manifested at
once profound knowledge Of human nature. a
lovely spirit of tender human sympathy thor
oushly noble idea of conduct bread mind, a
most engaging whimsicality of temperament, and
complete command of absolute simplicity in
his style of expression. His humOr is playful.
He knows the value Of the right word, and he
can make that value deeply felt by his way Of
saving it. His innocence of manner is almost de
murc, and it is irresstibly charming. lie read
few passages from his writings and his Scottish
pronunciation perfect music. He had the
art to begin with mrth and to close with pathos.
His success was unequivocal. The welcome ac-
corded him by most refined and intellectual
audience was scarcely less delightful than his
charming discourse. If such speaker can travel
in this country and everywhere meet with sue
cess, that fact will be the happiest OF auguric7
for all that is best in American civilization.
The times., 1899-03-05
CoIumbia-"Brown,s in Town -

When the time comes for lowering the
curtain tomorrow night at the Columbia
Theatre, and ]. J. Rosenthals production
OF Browns in Town" has become a local
reality, the assembled public Will have at
least one thing for which to be grateful
that fact that in all the characters which
figure in Mark Swans farce there is neither
mother-in-iaw nor an angular old maid.
Instead this prentice playwright has be-
gun teaching the veteran builders new
tricks by sketching two thoroughly unique
people. making them as humorous as their
predecessors and weaving them well into
his comedy. One OF these is a colored cook
lady whose main objects in life are to
protect her spotless reputation and get her
wages on time. The other is a Tilted Ger
man heiress, whose efforts are distributed
between struggles with the English Lam
guage and search for her affinity. The
part OF the dusky servant is said TO be
made especially effective by the work of
Belle Davis. young woman who has
gained more than passing fame by her
rendering Of coon" melodies.
The plot OF Browns in Town" is one
or many possibilities. Dick Preston is a
youth whose father has expressed himself
rs being very averse TO matrimony. and
The times., 1899-03-05

dued and apparently unconscious, he is
still keenly alive to every opportunity and
forces his finer points upon audiences
with all the firmness of a master.
Those who saw Secret Service" last
year and who intend to see it again this
should be pleased at learning that the
support has not varied in the interval. Mr..
Gillette is still given able assistance by the
men and women who were with him in
the original production, among them sara
Perry, Hope Ross. Ida Waterman, Alice
Leigh, Campbell Gollan, Walter Thomas,
Joseph Brennan, and II. ID. James.
The times., 1899-03-05
Observation-Disclosures viii Happen

What is reported to be one OF the great
est laughing successes the stage has seen
in many long year is Grant Stewards
comedy. Mistakes VIII Happen" which
opens a weeks engagement tomorrow
evening at the Lafayette. Uniquities in
farce are extremely rare. but this is said
TO be on instance wherein the author has
really devised a lot of new and novel sit
uations. and in which the dialogue is
bright and crisp-sometimes even brilliant
from the first until the final curtain.
Heretofore it has been the meioirama.ic
writer who has put into his efforts buzz
saws, railway trains, and cotton presses,
while the constructor of lighter matter was
content 10 use over and over again the
same old material. But Mr.. Stewart makes
use OF a coupe, garden hose, a hay rack
an cat bin, some straw, a pitchfork an AK
a pug dog, and trained rat in producing
some of the laughter that is mentioned as
running all through his piece.
Perhaps one of the greatest oddities of
Mistakes VIII Happen" is in that it tells
continuous and culminative story, which
is OF itself most amusing. The narrative
concerns a certain actor who has welded
his leading woman, but who dare not let
the fact be known because of managerial
opposition. He has contracted to teach A
society butterfly his art, partially with a
view to making her produce a play Of his
own, while his wife makes an appointment
with the students husband with the same
end in view. Neither knows of the plans
Of the other. and when both couples meet
a number OF complications of the most en-
tertaining order ensue. OF course, mat
tiers are eventually Strengthened out, and
the front drop falls upon a happy quar-
tette.
The comedy is described as being well
staged and acted, the list OF names men
toned in connection with the presentation
being sort of guarantee OF this fact
Among these are Charles Dickson, Hen
rietta Crosman, Ethel Knight Mollison,
Carrie Behr, Adah Eckert Charles Har-
bury, Ben Deal. Edmund Lawrence, Frank
lin Garland. and others. Both Mr. Dickson
and Miss Crosman will be remembered for
their clever work while with "Incog," In
which their characterizations OF Tom and
Glorianna were highly praised. The sale OF
seats for the engagement opened Thurs
day. and is said to be progressing satisfac-
torily.
The times., 1899-03-05
Halls of the Ancients.

A great deal of attention continues to
be excited by the Halls of the Ancients,
a gallery of Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek,
Roman, Byzantine Medieval, Saracenic
and East Indian curios of great archae-
illogical value, combined in one structure
at 1312-131S New York Avenue. The
building has been erected at great cost
and filled with pottery, beaten masks, and
other articles of thrilling interest from all
parts of the world. 1t is being maintain
ed here by the National Galleries Com
pany, and deserves the patronage of those
who desire to profit by the labor and
thought of Others
The times., 1899-03-05

who is compelled, therefore. to preserve
stubborn silence when he finally weds. To
conceal their marriage he and his wife take
a cottage and assume the name of Brown.
A longtime friend drops in and is intro
duced to one Suzanne Dacre. whom he is
informed is Mrs. Brown. This deception is
kept up when the father arrives, and in
addition, the friend mentioned is presented
as Mr.. Brown. Finally the real wife sees
difficulty ahead, and confesses to her par
ent-in-law that she is the Mrs. Brown in
voIved. Whereupon the father makes up
The times., 1899-03-05
The Nutoscope.

New rolls of pictures are constantly ar
irving at the -'MutoseOpe Parlors'' and be-
ing fitted to that remarkable and interest
ing device. AS result the subjects shown
are changed from day to day, and the
most faithful, visitor to the rooms could
not complain of a lack of variety. The
Pianophone concerts. which have proven
really attractive TO majority of the peo-
pie who enter the, hall, are continued and
altogether the little place of entertain
ment at 12i1s Pennsylvania Avenue pre-
sents many charms to the amusement
seeker