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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-06-10
THE PASSING SHOW
VILLA GATHER

opera company before it disbanded and
severally departed for Europe, was
something loLg to be remembered. It
was the closing Of the most glorious
opera season America has ever seen,
and this dirty, gloomy. city arrayed
itself in dress coats and imported toll.
cites and just got up and did itself proud
in honor OF the event. Pittsburg is
noted for taking itself seriously, and it
is frantically busy seven days out Of
the week the whole year round, but
when it decides to take holiday. it
does it with vengeance, as the great
financial success of the opera season
here proved to Mr.. Maurice Grsu, to
whose stony heart only dollars speak.
Lohepgrip, with the following cast,
was tn, opera selected for the opening
night:
Elsa Won Brabant.. Nine. Nordica
Ortrud, 49,. Nine. Schumann -Heink
Heinrich, duetecher
........M. Edouard de Reszke
Friedrich Won Telramund,
........... Mr.. David Bispham
Der Heel ufer des Koenigs,
Mr.. Lempriere Pringle
und
Lohengrip, M. Jean de Reezke
Conductor, Herr Schalk.
Certainly all the living talent OF the
world could not furnish better cast.
1t was Jean de Reezke's sole appearance
and it took much tact and more gold to
WOO that naughty tenor so far from the
coast. AZ for the performance, no com.
pany can uniformly give performances
OF such merit it was one Of those for.
tunate things that happens only oc.
casionally. Madame Nordica told me
in the afternoon when she was rum
ming over the score at her hotel that
she had premcnition that the night
would be a triumphant one. Perhaps
she thought so because she found her
self in unusually good voice, but she
was rot mistaken. 1t was not the first
time had had the pleasure CT hearing
her Elsa. but it was the first time ever
heard her sing it go we'll. She is less
attractive physically this season than I
have ever seen her. for che happens to
be unpardonably stout. She has the
most mercurial averdupois I know Of,
one winter she ia almost slender. the
next, she is like matronly dowager.
As G Bernard Shaw says. you never
can tell" But after all che is mere
sylph beside Schumann. I never saw
her give herself out to her audience as
she did that night. She is becoming q
proficient actress. that determined wo-
man from Maine with the strong chin
and big, firm hande, like a mans. 1t
is difficult for her to act, but her whole
life has been one long, laborious van
gushing OF difficulties. Her very en-
trance in the first act gives you con.
fidence in her. This is no timid, sim
pering Elsa. She comes in regally. con.
fident, fearlessly, unstained by that
serene hope in a mystic deiiverance.
When the herald calls for her defender,
she awaits him with perfect assurance.
Not until the call has been given the
third time does she begin to doubt, and
even then, when che rises from her
knees at the close Of her prayer, her
face ia shining with the fulness OF her
faith. And then he came, the great
Jean, the deliverer, the greatest tenor
and one OF the greatest actors OF his
time. He was past fifty when I heard
him in Chicago four years ago, yet he
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-06-10

The swan which drew this splendid
figure 10 silver armour was a real swan,
the painted river flowed along like any
other river, there was a wind playing 10
the rusbes. and there was a real
Mount Monsalvat somewhere in the
world, for this man could only have
come from that place (which is bright
forever" At the first note OF the song
to the swan, one felt that il was Jean
indeed, and at the close OF his long and
arduous season his voice was fresh,
unworn, exquisitely flexible, and his
manner OF using it is as wonderful as
ever. when all is said, it is in his vocal
ization that de Reszke is unparalleled.
Had he next to no voice at all, like the
superb Maurel who can sing with a
completely WORKOUT organ, he would
still be consu inmate artist. His voice
is indeed thing Of beauty, but his
method Of using it is joy forever. 1t
ia the method that makes the artist.
The organ itself is purely accidental.
and like most Of the gifts Of God is
frequently i'll bestowed, but the use Of
ah that is where the cerebral tissue
comes in, and energy and taste aud
ambition and superhuman industry and
all that makes man. Here 10 a barry.
tone who has made himself the prince
OF tenors. who arranges every phrase as
painter lays on bis colors. who pro.
duces every tone in his brain az we'll az
in his throat. who makes tone hut the
garment of the mind as flesh is the
garment OF the soul, who makes OF his
voice an instrument under perfect con.
troll and plays upon it what he wills.
The mechanical perfection Of the regis
tration, the breathing and placing, they
are the achievements Of a lifetime Of
endeavor and are the joy of all young
artists. But Of the emotional resources
OF this voice, OF it's perfect adoption to
every shade and degree OF every pas.
sion, OF it's freshness and sweetness and
bloom, it's poetic quality blended with
robust virility, what shall be said? The
language has teen beggared OF adjec.
tves to describe it, set none Of them
reach it. Someone has called his sing.
ing Of the Swan song "the milk and
honey OF music" Certainly he is the
only tenor we have today whose ten.
derness is wholly without effeminacy, or
whose voice can rise clear, melodious
and true. to the full measure Of tragedy,
and then there is. undeniably. deep
quality. that battling minor
tinge that ia ia the acting OF Modjeska
and the music Of Chopin. Perhaps it
is only the cry OF unhappy Poland. for
which we have no name, sort Of echo
that Polish mothers sang.
When the swan had gone and Lohen.
grin turned to Elsa there seemed moth.
ing abrupt or hasty about bis wooing.
1t was the day OF the Arthurisn legends
come back again, when the knjgh: came
with bis nobility stamped upon his face,
and the maiden's helplessness was her
strength. And this Elsa and this
Lohengrin have sung that duet 90 often
that their very voices seem to WOO each
other. When De Reszke sings ION the
king OF kings ] CALL" he looks King
Arthur indeed, and one can we'll believe
that in the days OF knight-hood there
was Grail indeed.
1t is that wonderful artist Nine.
Schumann-He who dominates the
second act. Bisrham's Frederick is
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-06-10

weakness, her impas sioned appeal b
Elsa, her Unsuitable hatred. her craft,
poisoning Of that guiless maiden's mind
are all very triumpbs Of art. She 81
completely subordinates Nordica in tina
act that there can be no question that
within her Limitations, she ia the greater
artist OF the two. The second act wa
not, on this occasion, Nordica's best
Ia her colo "Ye wandering breeze" OF
tho balcony, one noticed that old in
flexibility, that hardness OF tone that II
her younger days used 30 often &c
detract from tho effectiveness OF hsI
singing.
The third act, when de Reszke sing
Lohengrin. is something never to be for
gotten. The music OF that nuptua
duet is probably the most poetic Wag
ner ever wrote, and certainly the mar
who sang IL has poets soul shut up il
his throat. When he led Elsa to the
window, assure you he brought the
stiffness and beauty OF the summer
night into the hot air OF the play house
l wish that every analy tical student OF
literature, every misguided person who
counts the false rhymes Ia Spencer and
exultantIy tears Browning's figures tC
pieces. or kills flower to find it's name
could have heard him sing that tender
remone trance:
"Dost thou breathe the incense of the
flowers,
Bearing tide Of deep, mysterious joys
And would'st know whence this raptur,
showersf
Ask not, o love, lest thou the charm
destroy"
1t was like some divine, compass
eionate wisdom pleading with the mar
row vision and petty pride OF fretfu
pedantry. But poor, dull Elsa WAS ,
German lady Of philosophical bent o
mind and she wanted name for every
thing and could not believe in a jo,
which she could not anaIyse. So gently
he entreated her, 60 fair the moonlight
wac, so sweet the night. 30 lovely all the
world, yet poor practical Elsa could
only cry THE name, give me the name!'
Well, che got it, and so do the people
who construct systems for measuring
the value OF poetry, but at what a cost
They get the nane, and perhaps acquire
vast erudition, but they lose the knight
and Mount Monsalvat, and the bright
temple OF the Grail and all the rest OF
it. I have heard a good many argu.
ments against the methods OF the peo.
pie who count the poetic words in
Tennyson, but I never heard one 60
powerful or 30 beautiful as that which
Jean de Retzke sang that night.
l was talking with Nine. Nordica
about Elsa's particular variety OF stu.
pidity after the performance, when she
was getting from the airy draperiss al.
fected 10 Brabant into a Paris street
dress. "Yes," she said, "that is in all
Wagner, that too much analysis de.
stroys; that, and the opportunity OF the
moment. For tho gods there ia Wal.
halls and forever and day, but for
mortals there is only the moment, and
that is dying even while it is being born.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-06-10
Gibbs.
LOUISA l. RICKETTS,.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The following are the officers OF the
General Federation Of WOmens clubs:
Presidential Rebeccs d. Lowe
Atlanta. Ga.
Vice Presidept-Mrs. Sarah 8. Plat,
Denver, Colo.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Emma A.
Fox, Detroit, Mich.
Corresponding Secretary Mrs George
w. Kendrick, Philadelphia, Pa.
Treasurer, Mrs. Phillip N. Moore. st.
Louis, Mo.
Auditor-Mrs. G. p. Barnes, Louis
vile. Ky.
State Chairman-Mrs. Louisa l.. Rick.
etts, Lincoln, Nebr.
Officers Of tho State Federation OF
Women's clubs;
President-Mrs. 8. Q. Langwovthy,
Seward.
Vice Presidential Anna L. Apper.
SOP, Tecumseh.
Recording Secretary-Mrs +. II. Sack.
otI, weeping water.
Corresponding Secretary Mrs d. @.
McKillip, Seward.
Treasurer-Mrs. II. +. Doane, Crete,
Librarian-Mrs. G. M. Lambertson,
Lincoln.
Mrs. A. b. Fuller, Auditor, Ashland.
So many requests for information OF
just what the Worcester Club of Msssa.
chusetts did cay, in regard to restrict.
ing membership in the General Fedora
ton have come to this department that
we herewith repeat yer bstim the action
taken by that club. 1t sent the follow.
ing suggestions:
To the Chairman Of Correspondence
Of Massachusetts, for the G. f. W.'s
Clubs-Desr Madame: The Worcester
Woman's Club sends greeting and begs
leave to submit the following sugges.
tons:
10 view Of the fact that the General
Federation OF Woman's Clubs. OF which
our club is an individual member, has
grown to such an immense size % to
make 1t difficult TO conduct business nee.
cessary to the organization, in q proper
manner, under the present system of
representation, We feel that q radical
change In the whole system Of fedora ton
organization 10 imperatively demanded,
and, to facilitate such change, would
suggest
First-That the chairman OF cores.
pondence for Massachusetts, take steps
to ascertain the wishes Of all Of the clubs
OF the state now belonging to the Gen.
eral Federation 10 regard to changing
the represe1 tation In the General FEEDER.
alton from that OF individual clubs to
that Of represen tativss from state fed.
erations.
Second-That the chairman OF cor.
respondence for Massachusetts commu.
nicate with the chairman Of other states
for the purpose Of ascertaining the
wishes OF the clubs in their respective
states upon the same question.
Third-That the chairman OF cores
pondence recommend to the General
Federation to 80 change it's constitution
that the General Federation shall be
composed OF personalities from state
declarations only, with the exception of
such national or foreign organizations as
may now belong to the General Fedora.
ton. and also federated clubs In states
wherein no state declarations now existe,
In which csse special provision should
be made.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28
ACTOR C0GHLAN DEAD.
-succumbed In Galveston to an At
tack of G&S=rItIS.

-succumbed In Galveston to an At
tack of GaSsrItIS
GALVESTON. Tex. Nov 27-Cba rIes
Coghlan, the distinguished English actor
ana author, died here today of gastritis
aged ffty-siX years. He had been i'll in
Galveston since his theatrical engage
ment here, four weeks ago His wife
was at his bedside when the end came
ana is Frustrated with grief The re-
mains will be shipped Immediately to
Prince Edward Island Mr. CoehIan's
former summer nome
MI Coghlan arrived in this city on Oct.
80 with The Royal Box company. but
did not appear owing to illness. Phv-
s1cians We're summoned and it was after
wards announced that the actor was
suffering with acute gastritis His con-
dition remained unchanged until this
morning, when a violent change for the
worse occurred, followed shortly by
death.
Charles Coghlan was born in France
of English and Irish parentage In his
early life he manifested a marked fond
ness for the stage, and although edu-
Gated for the bar he never followed that
profession He became an actor when
quite young man and his rise was
rapid and pronounced, both in Europe
and America. He was the author Of
several successful plays, among them be-
ing JoceIYn.' His recent dramatiza-
ton of The Royal Box" which he pre-
sented with his own company, was one
of his most artistic and most successful
ventures. Mr.. Coghlan had recently en-
ployed great deal of time upon a
dramatization of Vanity Fair" which
was to have been produced by his daugh-
ter next season, and the task was near
completion when his death cut It short
1t is understood that THE Royal Box
company will cancel all future engage
mentS.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28
ILLINOIS SCANDAL.
commissioners of Asylum for Incur
able Insane Removed From Office.

able insane Removed From Office
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov 27-Follow-
ing the meeting of the commissioners of
the Illinois asylum for ineurable insanity.
at Bartonville, near PEORIA, Gov. Tanner
today removed John w Wilson. of K:n-
mundy, and Morrow P: Reed, of Peoria
from their offices as commissioners
George c. Rider of Pekin, was appointed
10 take the place of Wilson, and Edward
.. Easton, of Peoria, to I'LL the vacancy
caused by Reeds removal
Inc two commissioners who were re-
moved are charged with malfeasance in
office in appropriating state funds TO 4hair
own use, and the governor informed them
that he would recommend them to the
grand jury of Peoria county for an inyes-
tlgation. He stated that his reason for
recommending them to the grand Jury
was that he preferred to prosecute his
own wrong-doers and not leave them to
MS successors in Office. = 80
Ihe governor stated, tonight that he
had first learned Of irregularities on the
commission while visiting Peoria during
the fall festivities there last month. Thai
on nearing the reports he at once insti-
tuted an investigation through Secretary
John L. Peters and Hon r. D. Lawrence
OF the state board of charities, and the
reports OF these gentlemen were such that
ne decided to remove the commissioners
A full investigation of the affairs was
made this morning, lasting three or four
hours, and after it Gov. Tanner gave out
the statement that Commissioners Reed
and Wilson had each of them, by their
own admission, unIawfulfy converted to
thelr own use several hundred dollars of
the funds belonging to the state.
Inc governor stated tonight that it was,
not known how much money the men had
misappropriated.
The governor also reprfmanded F. w
Menke, of Quincy, another commissioner.
saying he had been very negligent and
careless in permitting these irregulari-
ties without calling his attention to them
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28
ADULTERATI0N ALLEGED.
American Wine Makers Prefer Some
Sensational Charges.

Sensational Charges
WASHINGTON, Nov& r27.-Adolphus
Busch of the Anheuser- Busch Brewing
company, of st. Louis, today took a po-
sltlon before the senate committee Oh
manufacturers antagonistic to that taken
by many other blewerSrwho have testified
before the committee. He appeared be-
fore this committee in connection wi h it's
investigation of food authorizations aad in
reply to questions from Senators Mason
and Harris, said that the best beer could
be made only of barley malt, hops, Yeast
and water; that while corn might be used
for ordinary beer, the best article could
not be made from it. He contended that
a process of aging was the only proper
preservative of beer, and that boracic
and salcylic acids We're injurious and del
eterious TO health. He favored a law fix
ing minimum of malt extract and other
materials entering into the production of
beer.
At the afternoon session of the COM
mlttee the testimony Of a number of
American champagne makers was heard
They We're: w. E. Hildreth, president of
the Urbana Wine company; E. r. Emer-
son, president Brotherhood Wine compa-
ny; d. G. Cook. president American Wine
company; D. Bauder, president Pleasant
valley Wine company, and c. G. Wheeler,
president Lake Keuka Wine company
1nelr testimony was directed towards
showing the superiority of the American
wines over the foreign, and they con-
demned in unmeasured terms the p. actice
OF sending abroad cheap adulterated
wines from this country and bringing
them back decorated with foreign labels.
They favored legislation making it a fell
ony to counterfeit labels and trademarks.
and also urged prohibition of imp 5rtation
OF American wines which have been sent
abroad and returned adulterated They
asserted that so per cent of the imp5rte
still wines and a large percentage of the
champagnes were doctored Ameri> an
wines.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28
BRITISH GAIN A POINT.
CAPE TOWN, Nov N-It is reporte
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
Successful Test Is Made of New
System.

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Prof. w. S. John
son and Z. l.. FOrtier of Milwaukee. to-
Gay made successful test in this CITY of
the wireless telegraph. They succeeded
IN telegraphing without wires through a
suite OF seven rooms, with all doors clos
ed, and through seven walls. Another
test was made when the signals were con-
Veyed through three fireproof vaults and
an ordinary switchboard in which thirty
wires We're connected up and about fortv
dead wires were located Notwithstand-
ing the fact that this switchboard con-
tanned live wires, the current passed
through all of the vaults and through this
board This is one Of the most severe.
tests that has ever been given. wireless
telegraphy
A third test was made, in which the
sending instrument was placed inside of
one of the steel vaults and both doors
were closed and the combination lock
turned. The signatures were then trans
mltted clearly from the inside of the vault
to an adjoining room.
Ihe professor claims that his invention
is materially different from that Of Mar
COM, and instruments can be constructed
to be carried on horseback and ba ready,
for operation within few moments after
they have reached their destination
The sending instrument used TODAY was
intended only for short distances. The
receiving instrument, however, was COM
pIete and ready for use at any distance.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28
GRAVE CRISIS is ON
TALK OF FEDERAL INTERPRET
ENCE IN KENTUCKY ELECTION
IS GENERAL
STRANGERS ARE FLoCKING IN

Serious Trouble In the Air In
LOuisvtlle-Stated That Demo-
cratic Commissioners VIII Re
fuse to Begin Canvassing the Re-
turns If Gov. Bradley Places 81
Military Guard Over Them.
KRANKFORT, KY, Nov. 27-senator
Deboe left2for Washing ton at s o'clock,
and after his departure story emanatfng
from Republican circles was put abroad
that, IN the event Goebel is given q GER
tiicate of election next Saturday by
throwing out Jefferson, Knox and John
son counties, Senator Deboe, Senator
Lindsay, Gov Bradley, Gen. Taylor and
other Republican leaders will unite in an
appeal to President Mckinley to declare
martial law in Kentucky, recognizing
Taylor as governor and supporting his
administration.
Senator Deboe stated that he felt con-
fident no emergency would arise requiring
the assistance of the federal authorities,
but intimated he had assurances that fed
eral aid could be had if 1t became neces-
sary.
There was no change In the situation
here today on either side. The expected
move of Goebel leaders to take the guber-
material controversy into the courts prior
to its handling by the state election board
has not materialized so far, and many be
lieve 1t has been abandoned.
The story from Louisville, that Jeffer-
son and Elliott county returns have been
mysteriously lost or tampered with is not
credited here, as, should this occur, du-
plicate certificates could be easily OBJ
tanned, and the theft Of them would not
affect the result.
The. hotels of the city are slowly filing
up with visiting Republicans and Demo-
Gratis from many parts of the state
The report that Warden ATillard, under
direction Of Goebel leaders, is arming con-
victs and preparing to take the Goebel
side, in the event Bradley calls out troops
Saturday is absolutely unfounded.
1t is probable the sitting of the state
election board will extend over several
days, and it is stated that the Democratic
commissioners will refuse to begin can
vassing the returns in the event Bradley
places a military guard over them.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-11-28

H.
Owing to the Fact That East
African Cable Service Is Again
Interrupted and Nothing Can BE
Learned as to the Facts-Great
Britain to MOb0Iize SIKH Division.
LONDON, Nov. 2S-A fresh interrupt
ton in the East African cable service, at
this Interesting moment, has caused a
cessation Of war news. AS vet the war
office has not received LORD Methuen's s
detailed list of casualties, nor is any in
formation at hand regarding the where
abouts of the Ninth lancers, who were
sent in pursuit of the Beers from Grass
Pan. The Daily Mail says that a private
telegram announces the lancers are still
scouting ahead of Methuens advancing
column, but as he announced yesterday
that he was giving his men a days rest
this is hardly possible. Indeed, the great
est anxiety is felt, and more especially
in view of the fact that a Berlin journal,
the Deutschewarte, which regularly
prints Boer communications, announced
yesterday before 1t could have been as
certained from British sources that the
naval brigade lost 100 men at Gras Pan
and that the Ninth lancers were cap
tured.
MORE TROOPS NEEDED
1t is understood the government yester-
day decided to proceed Immediately with
the mobilization and embarkation Of a
Sixth division cf 10000 men, under a well
known lieutenant general.
Gen. Hildyard's achievement at Beacon
hill IS beginning TO be recognized as one
Of the best things the campaign has yet
shown, as it has relieved the tension of
the situation in Natal, and has brought
the relief of Ladysmitt within measur-
able distance
Gen. Butler appears to be confident of
Lord Methuen's ability, and is devoting
ell his energy to Ladysmith.
An attempt will be made, presumably
tc reach Colenso in time TO cut off the
retreat of the Beers from Weenen, over
the Tugela river. 1t is feared, however,
that the enemy will get there first and
destroy the bridge.
At Frere bridge the British found two
massive spans utterly wrecked by dyna-
mite, one piece weighing 1,240 pounds
having been hurled 1900 yards
Sir Alfred Miner has warned the vari-
Gus relief columns in Cape Colony to be
prepared for the arrival Of 10000 refugees
from Kimberley as soon as the siege has
been raised.
According to dispatch from De Aar,
dated Sunday, the Beers had DESTROYED
the bridge at Steynsburg, the previous
day and We're being reinforced at that
point.
BRITISH GAIN A. POINT.
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 27.-It Is reported
that Gen. Methuen has captured Honey
Nest Gloof, ten miles north of Cras Pan,
and 100000 rounds Of ammunition
ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
BERLIN. Nov. 27.-It is reiterated here
that the Anglo-German agreement has
secret clauses referring to South Africa
which will eventually aIlot Tiger bay to
GERMANY