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stirred up, as was the entire Union. over

stirred up, as was the entire Union. over
the question Of slavery.
James Ogden is a Southerner, who de-
eerts his wife, moves north from New
Orleans and marries another. The con-
stitutionality of a compromise measure,
which makes Illinois a slave state, Is
questioned. The opposition to the law is
aroused by Meg Ronalds, supposed or
phan, who teaches a school of negro chill
dren. Ogden and his political cohorts
must establish the constitutionality of the
slave law to enhance their wealth To
do this they must elect a justice to the
supreme bench who is favorable to them.
Here Hon. John Grigsby falls unwittinely
into their hands Mrs. Marsen, who is
infatuated with the Hon. John, who is
called the peoples lawyer and is a fellow
who cares more for Justice than law. also
uDwittingly becomes their tool. She Sc
cretly pledges $4,000 to the campaign
fund, and Grigsby Is nominated and
elected a supreme court justice. Meg
Ronalds has sought protection at the
hands of Grigsby from the band of politi-
cal prosecutors. Chief among this band Is
James Ogden, who is the editor of a
newspaper which has printed vile insinu-
ations against her character. Just after
his election Grigsby turns boldly against
Ogden and his crowd. 1t is known that
Grigsby Is enamored of Meg Ronalds and
through this channel the political con-
epirators seek to reach him. They
threaten to have the school teacher ar
rested for sedition, ETC., but Grigsby de-
f1es them all. They demanded his resig-
nation and he had promised to give it.
To deepen the complications John Gfigs-
by Jr. had fallen in love with Nellie Og-
den, the second daughter of his arch enc
my, and he brought suit against the
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and when an audience anyhere assem-
hles to hear Sousa concert, hardly an
auditor but that knows well beforehand
that he will listen to that which he Will
best enjoy, and that there wilt be plenty
Of it.
Sousa is an adept at pleasing an audi
ence. For the studied class there Is
enough that extends across tIleAborder-
land of classics, and for all others,
suf1iciency Of carefully. chosen bril1iants.
And the encorses! They are invariably
delightful and are sure TO Include the
Sousa creations, for which the public ap-
petite everywhere is simply rapacious.
I 1t is said that the pEogrammes Seusa
is at present playing onEthis tour are
the very best in point of popularity that
he has yet given on tour. Be this as 1t
may. Sousa has never yet faiIedFto. give
excellent programmes and Il the present
ones are superior SO much the better. The
public is that much the gamer.
But for the Easter Sunday concerts.
this afternoon and evening. at the Met
ropolitan opera house he has arranged
special programmes of unusual attraction.
For instance there is grand scene
Easter Night c"fhe Night Of Sabba")
from "Mefistofele,'' Boito, on the matinee
programme, which relates beautifully to
the day. There are other equally engage
ing numbers on this programme. That for
the evening has Won Weber's overture.
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that one has nowadays of a glimpse at
the tragic stage. she could play weeks
engagement here with profit. The heavier
tragedies would be in at least temporary
oblivion but for. her, and SO one must
be grateful that Manager Scott was able
to secure her for even three nights and
matinee. The repertoire has been wise
ly selected. The plays in which she is
to appear would not likely be attempted
by any other actress now before the pub
lie. and they are plays that could be re-
peated more often to the delight of those
who take an interest in the better things
that the stage has to offer.
She will open her engagement on Thurs
day night with Frederick Schiller,s ro-
mantle tragedy of Mary Stuart. which
will go down to history as part of her
fame. AS picture of Royal PRIDE Of
noble resignation and womanly affection,
the stage has probably had no equal 10
offer. On Saturday evening she will pre-
sent Shapespeare's tragedy Of Macbeth.
Although the part Of Lady Macbeth can
hardly be looked upon as the star part,
there has been no occasion yet, no matter
who played the opposite role, that she did
not make it appear SO, and she has had
some brilliant Macbeths at that
The most important feature of her en-
gagement, however, will be the produc-
ton of Shakespeare version of Antony
and Cleopatra" on Friday evening, not
only because this version is new to the
present generation of playgoers, but be-
cause 1t will present the famous Polish
actress In an entirely new role. Unlike
the Cleopatra of Sardou. with which most
everyone is familiar, the 'Sorceress Of the
Nile as Shakespeare conceived her, and
which Modjeska will portray, is mirac-
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ulously human woman; she is not only
the Cleopatra of PIutarcfis narrative and
OF recorded history, but supreme type
OF all that is fatal in womankind Shake
speares Cleopatra is sort of recapitula-
ton of the innocent fascination of Rosa
Ind and Viola, the evil influence of Lady
Macbeth, and all the fatal feminine traits
to which man is exposed. 1t is such a
Cleopatra that Modjeska will essay,
rather than the nineteenth century cour-
tesan that was pictured by Sardou with
all his borrowing from the early English
dramatist Mr.. John c. Fisher, who is di-
recting Modjeska's tour this year. is a
man of means, and he is said to have
spared no money in making the produce
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father in behalf of Meg Ronalds 1t was
here that love served a good turn. Meg
Ronalds had given the lawyer a picture
of her father, whom she knew nothing of
further than that he had left her mother
when she was very young. This picture
Grigsby laid on his desk. While in his
Office Nellie Ogden got possession of the
picture, thinking it was one she had sent
her sweetheart by mistake. She was
struck by the likeness of the picture to
one she had at home of her own father
AT the hour of the deepest gloom, when
Grigsby was tried for a way out of the
difficulty, she returned to the Office, bring
ling both pictures with her. Ogden came
in to make his second demand for Grfgs-
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ment and relaxation of mind and BODY so

ment and relaxation of mind and body SO
necessary to insure the healthy growth
of both, and SO it is that their diversions
are SO often wide Of the orthodox ways Of
childhood. The endeavor to portray the
street gamin and their surroundings has
resulted in e. w. Townsend's dramatiza-
ton Of the popular sketches of "McFad-
denis Row of Flats" which r. F. Out
caut drew for the New York Journal
New and special novelties will be intro
dueed during the action Of the comedy, by
the well known artists Joe J. Sullivan,
Harry Cranda11, Sadie Connolly, Estelle
Wellington, Carrie Weber, the Five
Noses, the Speck brothers. the boxing
nidgets, w. r. Robinson and chorus of
pretty girls all Of which make one of the
strongest comedies to be seen here this
season.
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a fantastic advertisement, Blotterman,
the grand scene Of the "Benediction of
the Poignards.' Meyerbeer. a scherzo by
Killing, intermezzo and "Karneval Scene
by Giraud (suite new, etc. Sousa seems
to divine what the public itself could
not think to ask to please itself SO we'll
Some may say He. ought to! That's his
business Possibly, but how many direc-
tors are there who do? Who made war
on Thomas and Rubinstein because they
would not, and numbered approval of
Wieniawsh and Ole Bull because they
would? Nobody but the dear: gentle pub
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at the Grand at an early date, is
costume play, mostly military.

Sporting Life" now in the sixth week
of its successful engagement at McVick-
er's theater, IN Chicago, sees no diminish
ing in it's receipts. 1t Is the most
phenomenal hit ever recorded In that
city, and the advance sale indicates that
Lifts production Of this play Is. as far
as scenic and stage effects CO. the most
pretentious presentation of meodrama
ever made in America, and in elaboration
of detail and strength of cast, 1t is con-
ceded to be even better than the original
English presentation. No play of recent
years has been more extensively adyer-
tised, and any stranger visiting Chicago
is sure to visit McVicker's to enjoy
Sporting Life" before his return.
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At the Metropolitan opera house next
sunday Sun .l; April 3, the famous Banda Rosa
will be entirely different and will in
clude some Of the best. music, among
which will be the following well known
ture from civilian Tell" the finale of
Act Of Poncheillfs "Giaconda;'' Act
of Verdi's "Troyatore:" introduction of
Boitos 'Meflstofele;" Rossinfs "Stabat
Mater" besides which there will be Sc
lections from Carmen Aida" '"Travi-
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FARCE COMEDY AGAIN.
''McFadden's Row of Flats" Will BE
Seen at the Grand.

"McFadden's Row of Flats" VIII BE
Seen at the Grand.
Following Through the Breakers at
the Grand is announced a return visit of
one of last seasons greatest comedy sue
cesses "McFaddens Row of Flats On
the occasion of Its visit here last season,
local theater goers found much to enjoy
in it's humor and novelty, and the receipts
were among the best of the season. NC
sFadden's Row Of Flats Is picture play
full Of scenes of every day life among the
tenements of New York. One of the most
interesting studies of the lower strata of
humanity~is the street gamin Of large
cities. To them is denied the pleasures SO
dear to the childhood of the more favored
youth, therefore are their mental and
physical energies taxed to devise amuse-
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Sig, Pandolfini, Bensaude, Boudouresque
and DE Vries
1t is difficult to see how more tempt
ing or attractive Offering could be made
and no question Should exist. as to the
success of the season here. There will be
liberal reduction for season tickets, the
sale opening next Monday morning, and
on Thursday seatStf6r one or more per-
formances can be obtained.
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sOUsA'S DELIGHT.

With a Scope; Enough to Meet All
Requiremehts.
John Phillip Sousa takes as much pleas
ure In delighting the public by his con-
| certs as the publicsthemselves take In be-
ing delighted. He believes in giving his
audiences the most Of what they like best,
and as much of It as time will permit.
This is one of the secrets of the enor-
nous success Of the, Sousa concerts, The
famous director Isl an exceedingly keen
character, and It has been said of him
that he knows better what the people
most enjoy than they themselves know.
He frames his programme accordingly.
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ton pictorially attractive, and his orically
correct According to the exchanges,
Modjeska has the strongest support she
has had in many years.
The great interest shown in Antony
and Cleopatra has induced the manage
ment to announce that play for the mat
inee on Saturday also.
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by's resignation, when he was confronted
with his crime and relented Meg and
Grigsby Sr. were engaged and happy, as
well as Grigsby Jr. and Nellie. For hu-
NOR the play draws on a veteran of the
war of 1872, one of the Mexican war, a
thick-headed clerk, and the dry wit of
Hon. John Grigsby.
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lie, which, after all, is LIE Monde. And
1t is this same resistless public that In
this later day Is laundering its approval
of Sousa-because he plays to them In
a way that tingles their blood and sways
their hearts. The great public loves
Susa and the music he plays to them.
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NINE. MoDJEskA.

First Appearance Here of Shake
spenre's "Antony and Cleopatra"
In Twenty Years.
Nine. Modjeska will be very sure of
a hearty welcome on her Temperance
at the Metropolitan on Thursday night,
after so long an absence from st. Paul.
1t is unfortunate that her engagement
is so short, for with the rare opportunity
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Nance O'Neil, after the American tour,
In which she is now engaged, will go to
London. having been offered time at one
Of the leading English theaters. Her
success In the West has been most phe-
nomenal. --s
The high-class romantic comedy. "A
Royal Prisoner" which will be presented
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-02

Hamm's Book Beer makes q sturdy, full
bodied, nourishinG draught. Call for 1t
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DRAMATIC DRIFT.

ata,' Lucia" Faust and Ozibulka' s
famous Loves Dream After the Ball.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
Knocked Washington Down.

Washington was an eminently fair
man. He had quick temper, but as
a rule he kept it under control. Some
times, however, it got the best of him.
This was the case once in Alexandria.
One of the county officers told me the
story as we stood on the second floor
of the market house in Alexandria
and looked down at the open court
within 1t, which is now filled with
hundreds Of booths where the farm
ers uring their products for sale on
market days. 1T was on that spot"
said the officer, Washington was
knocked down by Lieut.. Payne. Payne
was candidate for the legislature
against Fairfax Of Alexandria. Wash
ington supported Fairfax, and when
he met Payne here, he made remark
that Payne considered an insult, and
Payne knocked him down. The story
went like lightning through the town
that Col. Washington was killed, and
some of his troops who were stationed
at Alexandria rushed in and would
have made short work of Payne had
Washington not prevented them. He
pointed to his black eye and told them
that this was personal matter and
that he knew how to handle it. Every
one thought that this meant a duel.
The next day Payne got a note from
Washington asking him to come to
the hotel. He expected a duel, but
went. Washington, however, was in
an amiable mood. He felt that he had
been in the wrong, and said, Mr..
Payne, l was wrong yesterday, but if
you have had sufficient satisfaction,
let us be friends There was a de-
canter of wine and two glasses on the
table which Washington had ordered
to smooth over the quarrel. The two
drank together and became such
strong friends after that that Payne
was one of the pallbearers at Washing
tons funeral"
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incident expenses of his abode in this

incident expenses of his abode in this
city.
"In respect to the first article OF
charge, I submit wholly to your better
Judgment, under firm belief OF your
adopting such measures as will most
contribute to promote the principal end
of Mr.. Gusts coming here, not re-
garding the extra charge incurred to
the accomplishment Of it. In regard
to the second, as l do not know what
sum he ought, with propriety, to ex-
pend in such a place as New York,
shall not undertake to determine 1t,
but hope, if, contrary to my expecta-
ton, you should find him inclined to
run into any kind Of extravaganza you
will be so good, by your friendly adj
mention, as to check its progress.
CAS- Mr.. GUSTS may probably want
clothing and other necessaries, you
will please to establish credit in his
behalf with such merchants as you
can recommend, and when the deposit
now lodged with you is expended in
this and other payments, be so good
as to transmit to me copy of the dis
bursements, and l shall furnish you
with other bills whereby to lay in a
new fund.
Il have nothing further to add at
present, except that at the next vaca-
ton, or at any other time, l shall
think myself happy in seeing you in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
Missouri Boy KILLED at Manila.

LAMAR No., Feb 9.-John Soren-
sen, company L, First Montana, who
was killed in the attack on Manila
Sunday, was resident of this county.
He left here for Montana a year ago,
and when volunteers were called for at
the outbreak of hostilities between
this country and Spain, he joined the
first Montana. His father lives about
fifteen miles northwest of this city,
and is well-to-do farmer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17

be once journey thither from Vlr-
ginia to Mace his adopted son,
young Gusts, under the care OF
the professors. GUSTS, however, dld
not graduate from Kings college,
rs Columbia was then called. He
had fallen in love with Nelly Cal
vert, daughter of Benedict Calvert,and
ended his studies abruptly to marry
the girl Of his choice. The story
of Washington's connection with the
college, which incidentally reveals
much about the father of his country
as the father Of a family and some
thing of college life during the last
century, is best told in his letters to
the Rev. DR.. Cooper, president Of
Kings college, and to Mr.. Calvert.
The first letter, dated April 8, 1873, is
from Washington to Mr.. Calvert, and
reads as follows:
II am now set down to write to you
on subject Of Importance and Of no
small embarrassment to me. My SON
in-law and ward, Mr.. GUSTS, has, as l
have been informed, paid his addresses
to your second daughter and having
made some progress in her affections,
has solicited her in marriage. How
far q union of this sort may be agree
able to you you best can tell; but l
should think myself wanting in can
dor were l not to confess that Miss
Nelly's amiable qualities are acknowl-
edged on all hands and that an alli-
ance with your family will be pleasing
to his"
But the couple was very young, and
the letter goes on to recommend
postponement for two or three years,
in which time Mr.. Custis might pros
ecute his studies and render himself
more deserving of the lady and useful
to society,""
- That Mr.. Calvert acquiesced in this
view is probable. In letter of April
10, to Lord Dunmore, governor of Vir-
ginia, Washington bids him farewell
in these words; "The design of my
journey to New York is to take my
son-in-law, Mr.. Custis, to Kings col
lege. If your lordship, therefore, has
any commands l shall think myself
honored in being the bearer of them"
By the end of the next month the
young man was duly entered as stu
dent, and Washington departed from
New York, leaving a letter to DR..
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Virginia, and that l am with very
great respect and esteem, your most
obedient serv't.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ITO Rev. DR.. Cooper, president of
Kings college"
Although this is not the kind of let
ter that President Cooper's successor
of today would be likely to receive, it,
nevertheless, shows the young man
entering college with good prospects of
staying.
But barely six months later love got
the better of learning, and DR.. Cooper
was addressed again in these terms:
Mount Vernon, Is Dec, 1773.-Rev-
erend Sir: The favorable account,
which you were pleased to transmit to
me, of Mr.. GUSTS good conduct at COLI
lege, gave me very great satisfaction.
l hoped to have felt an increase of it
by his continuance at that place un-
der gentleman so capable of instruct
ing him in every branch of useful
knowledge. But this hope is at an
end, and it has been against my
wishes that he should quit college in
order that he may soon enter into a
new scene of life for which he would
be much filter some years hence. But
having his own inclination, the desires
of his mother and the acquiescence Of
almost all. his relatives to encounter,
/ did not care, as he is the last of the
family, to push my opposition too far,
and l have therefore submitted to a
kind of necessity.
Not knowing how his expenses at
college stand 1 shall be much obliged
If you will render me an account Of
them. You will please to charge lib
orally for your own particular atten-
ton to Mr.. Gusts and sufficiently re-
ward the other gentlemen who were
engaged in the same good Offices. If
the money with you is insufficient to
answer these purposes, please to ad-
wise me thereof and l will remit the
| deficiency.
81 am very sorry it was not in my
power to see you whilst in these parts.
thank you very sincerely, sir, for
your polite regard to Mr.. GUSTS dur
ing HIS abode at college, and through
you beg leave to offer my Scknowl-
cdgments in like manner to the pro-
lessons. With very great esteem and
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
Washington as a Drinking Man.

Every one drank in the days of
Washington, and the father of his
country always had wines upon his ia
BILE. have nowhere seen it stated
that he ever drank to excess, although
he usually consumed five glasses of
Madeira wine at dessert. During his
youth he was a very fair politician,
and among the items of his election
expenses when he was candidate for
the house of burgesses of Virginia
were a hogshead and a barrel Of whis-
XIV, thirty-five gallons of wine and
forty-three gallons of beer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
The Richest Man of His Time.

AS the years went on Washington's
lands increased in value, and when he
died, he was one of the richest men Of
his time. He owned lands and stock
and negroes, and his estates amounted
to thousands of acres. He had houses
in Alexandria and property in Wash
ington. He had valuable lands near
the present site of Pittsburg. He was
throughout his life money-maker,
and was told at Alexandria that
when he was a boy he got S. a day and
upward for his surveying. He put his
surplus money into lands, and an ad-
vertisement in a Baltimore paper of
1878 states that he had 10000 acres of
land for sale on the Ohio river. His
will, which is now kept about twenty
miles from Washington, in the safe OF
the old court house at Fairfax, Va.
gives a detailed statement of every ar
ticle he possessed down to the calves
and sheep. His personal estate was
then put down at $500 900, and this in
cluded vast amount of tobacco, large
numbers of cattle, sheep and horses,
nearly all of which he willed to his
wife. This will is now kept in a
wooden box. the top of which is cover
ed with glass.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
An Aged Kansa, Woman Frozen.

OLATHE, Kan, Feb. II. = "Aunt
Dizzy" Dibbs, who was more than so
years old and for many years had lived
alone, was found dead in her home at
Shawnee, this county, yesterday aft
ernoon. 1t is thought she fell from a
chair on which she had been standing
and so hurt herself that she was I'M
able to cali for help and in this condi-
ton froZe to death.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17

Fort WORTH, Texas, Feb l1.-Gen-
eral Live Stock Agent Pennington OF
the Santa Fe system, to-day gave out a
statement of the probable loss of the
stock interests in the various states
owing to the prevailing blizzard. Con-
sentative estimates place the losses at
80 per cent in the Panhandle, Wyom-
ing, Montana and the Dakotas. The
losses in Northwest Texas may reach
so per cent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
MAY BE Inflated AN DREE.
Remains of Three Men and Balloon
Wreckage Found.

Wreckage Found.
KRAsNovARsK, Siberia, Feb. 11.-A
gold mine owner named Monastyrs-
chin has received a letter saying that
tribe of Turgus, inhabiting tho
Timur peninsula, North Siberia, re-
Gently informed the Russian police
chief of the district that on january
last, between Komo and Pit, in tho
province of Yeniscisk, they found o
cabin constructed of cloth and cordage,
apparently belonging to balloon.
Close by were the bodies of three
men, the head of one badly crushed.
Around them were number of instru.
ments, the uses of which wer not un-
derstood by the Turgus.
The police chief has started for the
spot to investigate, as it is believed
that the bodies are those of the aero
naut, Herr Andree, and his compan-
ions.