The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-19

box office at last shows a balance on the
profit side of the ledger.
Franklin McLeay, a young
long identified with Beerbohm Trees sue
cesses, has the support of the Canadian
high Commissioner, Lord and
%cOlonials in a matinee which Mr.. Leay
is arranging to take place at the Drury
tawa FIRE sufferers. Sir Henry irving
has cabled his Intention to participate
and T. s. Willard viii appear, Tor the
first time in two years on the same &C
third act of "Othello."
American rights Of Cartons comedy,
Lady Huntworth's Experiment" and
Walter wis WiaAr "M ABoB S F GRTYs.
According to the latest story going the
rounds "Bobs" fights on Bath divers"
These are not a new tangled form of COM
pressed ration but a simple looking bis
cult made at Bath, the first recipe for
which is credited to the celebrated DR..
Oliver, a friend of Pope and other eigh-
teenth century notabilities- -Bobs" ap-
parently. took out a large supply of these
and since has sent for more, which were
taken by Lady Roberts.
Regarding General Butler and his sup
plies there is also an interesting, a~necdote
current. Butler, it appears, telegraphed
from Natal to some wine merchants TO
send out 50 cases Of champagne marked
castor oil" About the time the wine
was due Butler wired to the officer in
charge of the base, informing him that he
had received so cases of castor oil whIeh
he wished disposed of without delay The
officer at the base replied regrettng the
cases had not arrived but saying ne had
procured all the available castor oil, ~
cases, which he had forwarded In the
hope it would suffice for the present.
General Buffers remarks are not record
CARNEGIEs IRON CASTLE.
The Highland people are wondering
hugely at the amount Of steel Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie is using in the ereStlon OF ms
addition to Skibo castle. These sleepy
followers v never before seen a pulld-
ing so done. All comes from P1ttsDurg.
Skibo is now locally dubbed Iron Castle.
It is said a mason mistook the million
him. On learning his Identity, he excus-
ed himself, saying he ought to wear bet
ter clothes, so that, people may be able
The Tailor. a newspaper, evidently
agrees with the mason; for in a sartorial
this years academy, it declares that the
lapels of Mr.. Carnegies coat were clumsy,
the edges very Wobbly ana nad Deen
forced through a machine of the worst
scotland is fast losing it's reputation
for stolid piety. Last years statlsLcs
full to overlooking and that the OFFICIALS
were at their wits end to know where TO
confne the culprits. The number of pris-
oners shows an increase of over 500, chief
" due to husbands attacking their wives
and indecent assaults, which the com
missiOners declare spring from mtemper-
one of the curious features of the last
few days is the persistency with which
the Express has kept up a campaign
against Mr.. Richard Croker of New YORK.
Unlike the Duke of Orleans, Mr.. Croker
remains s~erenely impressive, neither show
ing any signs of giving up his residence IN
England, nor writing se-lf-excusing let
tiers.
A correspondent wired him asking If he
had anything to say in reply to the Elk
press, whereupon Mr.. Croker wired back
I don't know what you refer to; an
we'll" apparently thinking nothing more
serious could come up han reiterated re-
ports of his death.
David BelaSco has secured the Amerl-
can rights of Ibsen's latest play, "WheI
We Dead Awake which has been sucI
a success in Berlin and Vienna He viii
present play in New York in the fal
with Mrs. Leslie Carter in the leading
role.