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Justice Hagner's Action.

After a hearing Justice Hagner granted
restraining order. He stated that the point
to be decided was as follows:
The question for decision is whether the
provision Of the act of Congress, or the
agreement made by the Commissioners I'M
der the authority conferred by 1t, in words
or in effect, is in contravention Of the inhi-
bitions of the first amendment"
In closing his decision, Justice Hagner
further stated: For the reasons given |
shall pass an OOrder fOran injunction against
the treasurer as prayed in the bill in ref
erence I" the agreement of the 10th of Au-
gust 1897"
The decree signed by Justice Hagner ex-
presSly enjoined the treasurer from paying
over any moneys of the United States or
the District of Columbia to Providence
Hospital or any agent thereof by virtue of
or under any claim that may be made for
such payment under the agreement made
by the Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia and the president Of the hospital
dated August 16 1897.
In delivering his opinion he called atten-
ton to the fact that the bill also referred
TO another alleged contract, which 1t was
stated, might have been made by the sur
geon general of the army with the hos
pitaI But as there was no charge in the
bill that such contract has been actually
entered into, or that the complainant Mr.
made. that subject. Justice Hagner express
~ stated, could not be considered in the
inquiry before the court.
Reversed by Court of Appeals.
An appeal was taken to the Court of APP
peals and that tribunal reversed the decree
OF Justice Hagner and remanded the cause
with directions that Mr.. BradfieId's bill be
dismissed The sole question for it to de-
termlne the Court of Appeals held, was
the power OF Congress and the District
commissioners in the matter of the appro-
prlatlon and contract involved in the case.
Finding no valid objection to that mower
as exercised. the Court of Appeals reversed
the decree of Justice Hagner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-02
Files an Exhibit.

As an exhibit to his bill Mr.. BradfieId
filed a petition of James Cardinal Gibbons,
archbishop of Baltimore, dated December
., 1885, praying Congress for a reopening of
the Indian contract school question, for an
inquiry concerning the whole subject of In
dian education. and for an Investigations by
a committee, of the schools operated under
both the government and the contract sys-
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Allen he has secretly married his
daughter, although there still stands
to lhis discredit an ENHANCEMENT with
New York adventures known in
racing circles as Queen Bess Stokes.
She comes to Louisiana after Lemme's
nomination TO bring snit.
j. j. X. sends me recent COPY of tina
London Mail containing an article to
which the signature of Adelina Patti
it attached. and purporting to describe
her first public appearance. 1T was
the night of November 10, 1857, in New
York. and Il was then tiny girl
of seven years" are the sentences TO
which my correspondent invites special
attention. have before me, however.
d copy of the programme in which
Signorina Adelina Patti is announced,
as mot eight years DID, and to APP
pear at Musical Fund Hall. in this
city, on the Esd of September, 1852.
Previously to this time she had made
an appearance in New York as child
wonder" Moreover. two or three cor
respondents in this column have in the
past few months described their recol-
lections of Adelina Patti when she ap-
peared here five years before the Tina
named in the London Mail. Penn
tWilliam Perrinel, in Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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tics final scene as done by Mr.. Hackett
was the best piece of acting shown in
the production of Romeo and Juliet
at the Empire
That strong actor w. H. Thompson,
who never. SO far as Can recollect, has
given poor performance of any role,
made Frlar Lawrence a more sympd-
thetic part than it ordinarily apears to
be and brought out many phases Of the
character whichs are usually entirely
lost in the wilderness of words which
materially detracts from the value of
the role. Mr.. Thompson's Friar Lan-
renee, however, is SO absolutely uncon-
ventional that it is difficult without
mature reflection to decide upon the
respects in which there was improve
ment and those in which mayhap
there was retrogression.
Mrs. w. G. Jones as the nurse inject
ed just enough of melodramatic meth
cd into the role to make an enormous
hit have never seen this lady do
any work which approached in excel
lence that which she has been exhibit
ing as the nurse in Miss Adams Shake
spearean venture.
New York, May &c.
ARTHUR CRISPIN.
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Bile for her to win commendation BY
emphasizing what the bard SO evident
ly intended to bring into prominence.
The masterful passion OF the young
girl who awakened but few hours be-
fore to the emotion of love, and I'M
mediately subjected her heart, soul and
body to it's influence, is shown by Miss
Adams in a manner which would or
dinarily be adopted,I imagine, by Miss
Marlowe at a rehearsal at which she
was endeavoring, as the actors express
it. s.to save herself for the evening
performance.
Woefully weak also is the final
scene of the play, in which juliet,
awakening from her long sleep, finds
Romeo dead beside her bier, takes him
in her arms, caresses him, and then,
drawing the dagger with which she has
provided herself in case of any miscar-
riage of their carefully laid plans,
kills herself. She simply presses the
steel against her bosom and, without
the expression of any emotion as the
blade enters her body, save a slight
distortion of her face, falls dead over
her lovers PROSTATE form.
In other words, Miss Adams appears
to have taken Duse as her model, and
while no better model could have been
selected she is a most dangerous one
for the reason that so many persons
who attempt to follow her methods
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having been the very Kind of scoun-
drel whom she most loathes and
abhors- Another act, as originally
written and as acted in London.
brought the profigate to death by poi
son. But in Harlem be had a kindlier
fate. The wife broke in upon his
suicidal endeavor, snatched the glass
from him and saved him for further
life with her.
The cast of Arizona" Augustus
Thomas new play, will include Robert
Edeson, Arthur Byron, Clarence Hor,
Olive Nav and Vincent SerTano.
At Washington on Monday last Chas.
g. Hanford produced new four-act
play entitled Private John Allenn,a by
Lee Arthur. author of "We-uns of
Tennessee" Like his Congressional
namesake, Private John Allen, of Mis-
sissippi, the hero of the play, wins his
peculiar title through his humble but
efficient service in the Confederate
army. .S4 becomes the leader, the
strong man of the Louisiana Demoera-
cy. He aspires TO the governorship,
but is opposed by enemies within his
own as we'll as in the opposite party.
His war record is impunged, and to
exonerate himself it would be neees-
sary to drag the woman he loves into
the affair. This he refuses to do, be-
cause he knows its resurrection Is GER
tain to wound the heart he treasures
the most. as the true explanation while,
exculpating him will inculpate her
father. So he shoulders the slur, and
his party knows him no more as its
leader. He throws his vote and inter
est in favor of his opponent, Alexis
Lemune, a Creole gentleman with
whom he has been for some time at
swords points. Lemune. however, has
flaw in his armor. and is scarcely
strong enough TO run the gauntlet of
public scrutiny and the attacks of
his political opponents. Unknown to
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them conspicuously, was enabled to at
tract to the performances of Romeo
and Juliet" three clienteles, where
without these gentlemen he would have
appealed to but one The result must
have exceeded his most sanguine ex-
pectations from the box Office stand
point, for throughout the engagement;
which was played to advanced prices
Can unheard of thing in this city in re-
cent years for a Shakespearean pro-
duction), there was such a demand for
seats that extra matinees had to be
given to satisfy even partially the
elamoring crowds which besieged the
box Office.
Mr.. Frohman, as l have said, is a
very able manager and a very shrewd
one. He is credited with having stated
that Miss Maude Adams has won a
veritable triumph in the role of Juliet.
A number of the papers of this city
made similar remarks, but despite all
these Miss Adams is satisfying to only
those persons who witnessed this
young actress performance with her
limitations wildly and constantly be-
fore them. These people may have
figured in advance that Miss Adams
wNlld be an exceedingly sweet and in
genious Juliet, and in that they were
certainly not mistaken, but to compare
her to Adelaide Nelson would seem
almost like sacrilege, and to assert that
she is as good Juliet as another of
Mr.. Frohmans stars, Miss Julia Mar
lowe, who occupied the Knickerbocker
theater, but two blocks away from the
Empire. is so absurd as scarcely to
merit comment.
All in all, it win be found, after the
hysterical furore created by skillful ad-
vance booming and the almost irresist-
ible personality of Miss Adams shall
have died out, that the latter will not
be regarded as entitled to a place
among the great Juliets of the past or
the one great Juliet, Julia Marlowe, of
the present.
1t would be folly to state that Miss
Adams Juliet, is poor Interpretation
of the role. The ingenious phases Of
the character have never seen brought
ont to such an extent as is done by this
artless and altogether charming young
actress. The sweet, tender moods are
all amplified to the greatest extent pos
sible, but the strong, swelling, tumul-
tuous passion is no more than suggest
ed. Miss Adams Juliet in the strong
scenes is to Miss Marlowe' as diluted
wine is to brandy. 1t is the suggestion
without the substance. In the potion
scene the limitations of Miss Adams
are most painfully manifest. Appar-
entity she realized before she undertook
the production of Romeo and Juliet"
that IN this scene it would be impossi-
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lose sight of the fact that the enor-
nous reserve force of which the Italian
actress is possessed, and which it ap-
pears to be constant effort for her to
restrain, may often be lacking in the
imitator.
To sum it up, Miss Adams causes
you to sympathize with the girlish love
OF the young CapuIet, but never for a
moment does she succeed in producing
the sensation of horror at the awful
mlsadventures which mar the course
OF true love as represented in her per-
son and that of the young Montague.
1t is well enough to prate of "the
gradual unfolding of girlhood into wo-
manhood produced by a single kiss
which Romeo imprints upon Juliet's
lips after a conversation of a dozen
words. 1t may also amuse some per-
sons to thoughtlessly assert that Juliet
was but child. These people must
overlook the fact that when Juliet ur-
ges her youth as an excuse for her ex-
pressed desire not to marry, her mother
informs her that when she was her
daughters age she was already her
tJullets) mother. In the day in which
the action of the play passes a female
or Ia was woman, not a girl. and Jul
let's every action demonstrates that
she was woman of remarkably
strong will, who could resort to subter
fuge and live up to it without ever
flnching, no matter how terrific the
possible consequences might be. These
phases of the character Julia Marlove
is able TO depict with absolute fidelity.
while Miss Adams never succeeds in
doing more than suggesting them.
In The Little Minister" and plays of
that type there is no woman on the
stage in this country who can approach
Miss Adams, but it would be false
friendship which would prompt an adj
mirer OF hers TO encourage her in the
belief that she is destined to take rank
with the great Juliets of recent times.
Mr.. Faversham's Romeo was neither
very good nor very bad In fact. in
justice to him it must be said that.
while he never at any time approached
greatness or succeeded in realizing all
of the possibilities of the character, he
is sufficiently good Romeo to appear
in performance with any Juliet with
out appearing markedly out of place.
Mr.. James K. Hackett as Mercutio
was notably disappointing to his
friends in the earlier scenes, but as
the play progressed Mercutio got his
his opportunity, first in his mock he
roic speeches with the nurse and later
in his Quarrel and duel scene with Ty-
bait. With his succeeding death their
favorite came up to their most SAN
guine expectations, and it is probably
but simple justice to say that MetcR-
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those who succeed in impersonating
Shakespeare's most attractive heroine
land the only one, by the way, who
entirely. dominates the play in which
she appears ridiculously small num-
Der are enabled to continue perma-
uently in Shakespearean work. We
have had too many good Juliets within
the past few decades for a newcomer
10 win favor unless she is possessed Of
really transcendant ability and per-
fonality which lends itself thoroughly
to the role.
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1-s'FI 2. S-iiIsII Ny 0TlIy WOFK
is done in the morning, for have reduced
my profession to a perfect system The
preparing of a ebretto IS not so much a
creative affair as IS generally believed
The author is commonly gwen a nucleus
on which to begin by being told of the
people whom he Is to fit In the case of
The Three Dragons I knew that / was
writing for Joseph O'Mara and Jerome
Sykes, and the characters they formed
IN my mind We're soon supplied with a
story. The tale was Of necessity an Irish
one. for Mr.. O'Mara is under contract for
three years and that brogue is his very
own. Ny first idea was to adapt Lever s
Charles O'Maley' to my purpose, but
there was a great superiority of material
there, so | merely borrowed his locality
and two of his individuals"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28
ANECDOTES OF
STAGE PEOPLE.

His retirement has not served to keep
down stories about Charles L. Davis and
his diamonds which were such valuable
advertising feature OF ALVIN Joslings
starring tour, as the following, recently
told, viii show: According to this, Davis
was sanding in the lobby of the theatre
when a man from Chicago stepped in
front of him and looked over his head in
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All this apropos of the magnificent
revival of Romeo and Juliet" offered
recently at the Empire theater, in this
city, by Mr.. Charles Frohman for the
purpose of demonstrating Miss Maude
Adams ability as an exponent of
Shakespearean roles and incidentally
also of determining whether or not
those two excellent young actors, Will
liam Faversham of the Empire theater
stock company and James X. Hackett,
an ex-Lyceum theater favorite and now
q Daniel Frohman star, are likely to
develop strength in the same line Of
work.
The play was mounted deliberately,
but in exceeding good taste. There
was no appearance of newness or gar
ishness, and everything was done in a
dignified manner and in thorough
keeping with the spirit of Shakes
peares great love tragedy. The same
statement holds good with reference
to the costumes which were worn, and
easily worn, by the actors. This was
done without giving the impression
that these costumes had just been
made and must be treated carefully.
The interpreting cast at the Empire
theater was as follows:
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NsAN ST. man walking
up and down in front of the stage with a
cornet under his arm. Mr. Connolly
asked, Where is the remainder of the
band?"
The Individual with the cornet replied,
I'm all the band you can get. The rest
of the fellows are playing at a dance to-
night"
All" remarked Mr.. Connolly sarcasti-
cally. "and suppose you're the best cor
netist in the world
The composite orchestra answered:
Not by a long chance. II were. Id be
playing at tlne dance. too
An early adventure of Sam W Brady. a
dry joker, and recently a partner OF E
D. S.a.r, was Little Nugget Like
most new Theatrical ventures. it encou1-
tered monetary embarrassment, and both
Brady and his agent were at their wits
ends TO keep things moving. The agent at
last in desperation wired, Must have so
TO leave Lngeriongeryille'' Brady in
stantly flashed back: IF $50 IS all that is
necessary to remain in Lngerlongerville,
stay there
Harry B. Smith, the most prolific Of
American sEorettfsss. said to an interview
er recently: Writing volumes of stuff
every year S not hard to one who has
been in the newspaper business. toiied
mSre conSinuaIly and arduousIy wniie /
Was tzSping on cory foE che Chicago pa
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search of an
a C quaintance,
who he supp'os-
posed was IN
the hotel lob
by. Davis, mis-
taking the Chi
cago mans pur-
pose, remark
ed: "Ah. l see
you admire my
diamonds. ThNs
one," -indicat-
ing the stone
on his shirt boz
CON, Hc0ct m q
S n o W i n 6 his
cuff buttoLs,
40 -nn
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calls for a re-
hearsal of the
theatre orches-
ira. Mr.. Con-
nelly's organi-
cation reached
little pace in
Kansas during
the course Of
its travels, and
the musicians
were ordered to
assemble early
IN the after
noon. At the
appointed thine
the comedian
went to the
building a n d
fnnnd one Iona
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pers than / ever have since

xiSI. Ix kSE-SitS
has taught me
that ne labor
drains the brain
and renders a
man usei e S S
more quickly
rhan that done
on a daily
newspaper. AS
It is, 1 take
time with my
c o m p ositions
ard care for my
heath as l new
er nave before.
NJ
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eacft and my wife has trunkfu up in
our room
The Chicago man did not say much, but
that evening, by arrangement with the
head waiter. Davis was placed at supper
alone at a table where there were several
vacant CHRIS. Presently seven men, all
commercial travellers, entered the dining
room, and each one had large cut glass
fruit Dish fastened on his breast, while
glass prisms hung pendent from each
coat and vest button
Soberly marching to Davis table, the
seven men took the vacant seats, and the
Chicago man entertained the actor with:
"Ah, [ see you admire our diamonds.
This ons'-pointing TO the fruit G4sh-
cost me 100000. These"-.ndicating
the prisms-"cost $4,000 each, and We
have three carloads like them at the de-
pct waiting to be side tracked.
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". Jones. the Tailor

Is now located in his new store at 1416
Market street A full and complete
stock on exhibition at popular prices,
with 10 per cent off on all Of our spring
and summer goods for the next 80 days.
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30 sooner does COM

10 sooner does COM
parative success come
to the average actress
than she is seized with
an irresistible desire
to essay Juliet. A few
players realize their
ambition after years of
waiting; more a r e
doomed to- perpetual
diSannninfment O f
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W. R. Rice & Co., Agents, 1871 Market St, Wheeling W. va
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$3.50 buys lot 5ox15o feet at Park
View on easy terms.
T'HEO. w. FINK & co.
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He is, indeed, rashly reckless indi-
vidual who would assert that Mr..
Charles Frohman is not manager Of
great ability. He realized that the ven
ture was an important one for Miss
Adams, and it was a piece of exceeding
wisdom for him to give her William
Faversham as Romeo and James X.
Hackett is Mercutio. Each of these
two actors has a. large following in this
city not only among the matinee girls,
but among the lovers OF what is worthy
in drama, who realize that Messrs.
Faversham and Hackett are destined
some day to occupy high positions on
the American stage. Mr.. Frohman, by
putting them in the cast and featuring
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Pants to your measure, $500 up.
HIATT & KIBBEE, 1412 Market st.
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The n. f. II e. A. A. guarantee all those
attending their picnic Decoration Day
ample transportation wagons will be in
waiting all the time.
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Z Last week of the 1914 per cent. Dis
count Sale at FREW'S.
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Lace Cuatains from 35c to $500 per pair
at EmsheIner's this W eek only, 1105 Main
Street.
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Last week of the 12is per cent Dis
count Sale at FREW'S.
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Ladies' Fast Black Hose at Lie per
PAIR at L msheiner's this week only, HOS
Main st.
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They strike a stump where they least
expect it sometimes, these courtiers of
The drama who go ahead to make smooth
the paths of those who come after them.
A nice little story in proof Of this is cred
lifted to Ed Connolly. a man Of many
parts and not unknown to fame:
In the average one night stand. when
a company arrives it's director usually
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

theatrical box office keeper, relating
some of his queer experiences, said
gentleman one evening asked for seats
lin the balance" and this was discovered
to mean seats in the balcony. Another
party from out of town objected to pay
ing 80 cents for seat down stairs his
argument being, I've gone into better
opera houses than this for % cents!.. A
lady's voice over the phone sent the Or
der: Two hanging seats, and be sure
that they are in the center, because l
can't look sideways" Seats in the
dressing circle" are called for nearly
every week.
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.oes suoud .6Ipuur1 usMs s,ruw

Last week of the 121a per cent. Dis
count Sale at FREW,S.
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.oos euoad ,sIpuns1 usAs s,.um
RAPID ACTION.

rs your prizefighter qutckg"
Quick" echoed the manager "weli I
guess. He can tire out three steno-
graphers a day."--Washington Star
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.09e euoqd .GIpune1 u1Ms elIqM
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The interpreting cast at the Empire
theater was as follows: