The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-01
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SPECIAL Dispetch TO the Post-Inseliisencer.
NEW York. July u--The Northern
PACING raiirosd Gains q large amour,
o. attention In Wal street these
dayA Speaking Of the propsrty :
recent financial article says: .Bulls
on northern Pacific are not discouraged
over the recent devsiopments In Ore9on
Railroad 4 Navigation that apuarsntlv
w1H work 70 the advantage Of the Union
facanc and against the Northern Pa
CHIC ~ matter Of fact. the earning
power Of neither road viii b affected
by the change n the Oregon Navigation
anairs, and current beal1sh opinion ON
Northern Pacific II not warranted by
facts NorthArn Pacific II making =
splendid record Of earnings. and tts har-
monious working relations with the Great
Northern insure Il against the evil ee-
fectS OF destructive competition North.
esn Pacihc's earnings are 90 favorable
that talk n heard In well-infogmed cir
cles tnttmating that an increase In the
dividend on the common stock II not Inn
probable. Ths chances ere that next
year Northern Pacific common Win be :
regular : per cent. stock. earnings al
ready tustifying such . rate The crop
situation In the Northwest 10 exceIlent.
and the fact that old supplies have been
rushed TO market u q pretty good indi-
cation Of farmers expectations regard
Ing this years harvests. In the North
west the country u growing up TO the
railway mileage. factor which should
not be lost sight Of In considering the
future Of Northwestern securities a. In
vestments."
Charles Frohman - becoming Q Ma
poieon of theatrtcals. He Is 3ust homo
from Europe. where he signed Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry, John Hare and
George Alexander for American tours.
and also secured the latest London and
Paris successes for his score Of COM
panies. FrohmAn's interests have grown
to an enormous exteSt. and the coming
season promises to be the greatest that
he has ever had. He seems to possess
genius for organization and manage
ment. and few Of the things that he
touches fail to result In financial and
artistic success. One hears an immense
amount OF adverse criticism OF his meth
DDS and lot of talk about theatrical
trust controlled by him, but the fact that
he deals directly with nckie public and
stu wins out would seem to contradict
much that II said. He caters. too. to
the best class Of people. and all of his
attractions are Of the highest class. He
manages to worry through without un-
dressing scenes. unclean problem plays
and other Nth that marks a section OF
the New York stage. Locally. theatre
Gals are in the doidrums. There 10 moth.
Ing doing except At the New York, where
..The Man in the Noon still smiles on.
and at the Casino. where q bundle Of
suggestiveness called THE Rounders' 10
running. An expurgated edition OF THE
Founders" would be pleasing. but In its
present form II makes the real roundef
blush.
Things pugilistic are rather quiet. Jim
tions and night old spawned Charley
Mitchell That match looks like easy
money. II II stated that the men are TO
spar ten 3minute rounds. The short
rounds are 70 give the aged Englishman
time to catch his breath. Mitchell has
no more chance than that SNOWFALL about
which profane people talk 10 much. and
the all-wtse Mr.. william A. Brady knew
that when he signed the papers There
begins to be q doubt that Jeffries and
Sharkey VIII ever meet. Jeffries is as will
ing IA Barks. but ShaYkey. who has with
the fiux Of time become what IL best de-
scrihed AZ q ''Foxey Irishman." realizes
that II he gets whipped. saloon proprie-
torship--shat postgraduate course OF pu-
gilism--is the only line open to him. While
his ahiEty remains In doubt he can stfil
draw crowds. and II will not be surprising
II he makes some fiuke play that will
permit him 10 go on drawing for q while.
Bob Armstrong the coiored boxer from
Chicago who was believed to have the
championship material In him. was ex-
ploded las. week. He met old stockings"
conroy. OF Troy. who came into the ring
with g1rth enough to enter fat mans
race and made the sorrtest kind Of a
showing Dali Hawkins 10 out again. but
Ia not In shape TO fight.
Big Bill Lange has been called I'm from
center field and IL now covering the initial
bag for the Chicago team In the National
baseball league He was In New York
with the team last week and was playing
excellent ball He IL not hitting In very
good tuck. but n fielding and running the
bases In perfect form. In the second
game OF the series at the polo grounds
ne managed, however. to get three h.ts.
stole a base and took fourteen chances
without an error. He Is still the same
good-nasuree. toay chap. and is.very pop
usar In the league ard at Chicago. He
ssla talks about the days when he played
at Port Townsend and Seattle and seems
10 think that they were the best OF his
career.
James Piiilng the young Victoria tenor.
has come East TO enter upon a profession
al career on the lyric stage. and will PROB
ably be seen sext season with the Castle
Square company. He passed their critical
stsrx.a,,t's with h1uSys and at once re-