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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-12

air, totally destroying the possibility OF
any dramatic significance, what Of it
all. Pourquoi? say the Wagnerists.
What are all these airs about, where is
the dramatic coherency, who cares
about the woes Of weeping ladies who
trail about the country roads in party
dresses and about the soprano who
sings trills over her murdered fathers
bodys Why is all this melody wasted
upon a plot ipeincere, grotesque and
trivial, why is it not given direction and
purpose and made to tell something Of
human experience and human passion
This is all because that malicious man
Wagner has stung the palate so that all
other styles seem insipid, and it recalls
the story of the South Sea islanders
who. having tasted the champagne in
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-12
Notice to Creditors.
First Pub, April ss--l

lflrst PuD., April Ss--iI
In the county court Of Lancaster county Me-
braska:
deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified. that the County
Judge will sit at the county court room in Lin
coin, In said county. on the LIST day Of Septem-
Der, 1900, and again on the LIST day of Decem-
Der, 1900. to receive and examine all claims
against said estate, with view 10 their ad-
Justment and allowance. The time limited for
the presentation Of claims against said estate
Is six months from the LIST day of June.
1900 and the time limited for the payment Of
debts is one year from the LIST day Of June,
1900,
Notice OF this proceeding has been ordered
published for three weeks successfully in The
Courier weekly newspaper published in this
State
Witness my hand and the seal of said court
this 2ith day Of April, 1900.
lSEAI- FRANK X. WATERS. County Judge.
By WALTER A. LEEsE, Clerk County Court
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-12

Melba production he absolutely carried
the whole opera through on his sturdy
shoulders. Edward de Reszke was
greeted with wilG applause, and al
"Basilio" gave an admirable comic i'm
personation, his generous proportions
adding much comedy to the timid
priest.
After short but torrid intermission,
the curtain rose again on "Cdvaleria
Rusticana." From old to new Italy.
what a leap! From the rondos and
cadenzas and quaint elaboration and
foolish Communications Of Rossini, to
the intensity and passionate abruptness
Of Mascagni. Here is music that means
something more than pleasing sound.
here is music that becomes a notable
emotional language, the speech OF the
soul. Surely Emms Calve is the singer
of singers to speak this lofty language.
the greatest singing actress Of her time.
whose inimitable art so far subordin-
ates its medium that the mere beauty
OF her voice is we'll nigh forgotten. Yet
what splendid organ it ia, what rich
ness and color and throbbing vitality in
her every tone! But after all, it is
Calve the actress, it is "Santuzza" that
transfixes one. Someone has said that
Calve is the greatest Of Wagnerian sing
ers though she has never sung Wag-
merriam role. She is the exponent OF
Wagner's message indeed, and no singer
has been 80 permeated by the modern
doctrine Of music for arts sake. Hav.
ing studied peasant life in Italy among
the very people out Of whose lives this
opera grew. and having studied, too.
under Duse until she assimilated much
of her method, it was az "Santuzza'
that Cslve first took her place among
the worlds greatest singers.
When you have seen her, you have
seen but q fat footed peasant woman in
a shawl. with great passion and q
great dispair. Mile. Cslve handles the
score freely. subordinating it completely
to the tempestuous emotion it conveys.
Her impersonation is as great for what
she omits to do as for what she does.
She has followed Duse in the study OF
what ought not to be DONE" and she
omits as superfiuous more than most
singers ever master. That Easter morn.
ing in peasant woman's life she has
made tense with all the oldest and
most perpetual tragedies Of living, and
seeing how much is concentrated into
that half hour. one recalls again the
frequent words of Henry James, "How
much of life it takes to make a little
artw
The mixed chorus work was excellent.
and the fact that the male voices pre-
dominated was not a disadvantage in
the matter of effect. The orchestra OF
course found it's best opportunity in the
intermezzo.
$50
From the enthusiasm Of the audi
ence and the frequent recalls I am led
to believe that Mozart's Don Giovanni
was more pleasing to the people than
any other opera given here. Now this
is trifle perplexing as Mozart is sup
posed to be the musicians composer,
just as Keats is the poets poet. 1t
would be interesting to know whether
it was the linpid melody or the touch
Of opera buffe that delighted the general
public. Wagnerian enthusiasts Of
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-12
First Pub. May SIS,
Masters Sale.

Phoenix Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company. Doc. IS" No. s94.
John X. Conklin, ct al, IN CHANCERY.
Respondents.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-05-12

Certainly Sig. Campanari shared the
hopors very evenly with Nine. Sem
brich. Only his inlmitable vivacity
and grace kept the opera from dragging
at times. The esprit and picturesque
ness OF tn at admirable baritone give all
his works potent dramatic force, but
his 'Figaro" is absolutely unique. 1t
is seldom that one sees such absolute
Identification with a part, and as an
actor be greately surpassed most actors
who do not sing. l remember in the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A Close Call.

Albert Hall, 9 years old, escaped
death almost miraculously. With a
number Of boys he was playing about
the east end of the steel arch bridge
in Minneapolis. Finally the boys de-
cided to climb under the end of the
bridge and catch doves. Young Hall
started under and slipped. He caught
hold of a live wire with his left hand,
and the current began to burn the
flesh. He was suspended from the
ground about forty feet. The river
was near by also, and it was feared
that if he freed himself from the wire
he would fall into the river.
One of his companions, realizing the
predicament he was in, caught hold. Of
his body and pulled him from the
wire. Albert fell to the ground and
came within few feet of rolling into
the river. He was picked up badly
bruised and taken to the city hospital,
where his hand, which had been
frightfully burned, was dressed. 1t is
not believed he is dangerously in
jured.: Later he was removed to his
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26

The club that gave this cup did not
know, nor did the man who wrote the
verse know, that the flag of the COM
modore which flew at the peak of the
Olympia that morning was not the pen
nant which ought to have been there.
According to custom, the bunting pen
nant was run up every morning at sun
rise, but in it's stead at shutdown pen
nant of painted canvas was always sub
stituted. When the American fleet en-
tered Manila bay that morning in May
everybody was so busy and so alert for
the coming battle that nobody attend
ed to the pennant, and so the painted
canvas remained at the peak until aft
er the battle had been fought and the
victory won. Commodore Dewey then
laid aside that canvas pennant and
kept 1t as relic of the historic battle;
and singular relic it is, for never be-
fore was such a pennant used in naval
warfare in battle. Upon this painted
canvas there rests little written state
ment concerning it, and this is in the
handwriting of Mrs. Dewey.
The. city Of Philadelphia sent the
admiral an invitation to visit tina,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
BIG FIGHT IS ON.
A Decisive Battle Is Being Fought, Il
Is Probable, Between Brit
ish and. Beers.

London, April 23.-It is quite prob
able that by this time Gen. Sir Henry
Rumble has fought a decisive battle
with the Beers. He entrenched himself
Saturday to await the arrival of Gen.
Campbell with the Sixteenth brigade.
That commander arrived Saturday
evening, and news may therefore be
expected at any moment.
London, April 23.-The war office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Roberts:
"Bloemfontein, April 21.-Rundle's force
came IN contact with the enemy yester-
day, four miles southwest of Dewets
dorp. They occupied strong positions COW
ering the town. The yeomanry and mount
ed infantry seized another position which
enabled Rumble to drive the enemy off and
occupy the high ground the enemy had
been holding. Rumble advanced this morn
Ing early and is now again engaging with
the enemy Our casualties yesterday were
two men severely wounded and Lieut.
OConnor and seven men slightly wound
ed" y,S ,a.s$ leT.l =
1t is still impossible to ascertain the
|: position of affairs at 4Rloemfontein,o or
to learn when the long-expected ad-
vance northward will begin. The dis
patches conflict regarding the state
of the preparations.,tFor instance, the
Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says that the troops
have been supplied with winter cloth
ing and that the Modder river has
fallen sufficiently to permit cavalry to
cross: The Standards representative
says almost the exact opposite Pres
emit ications, however, point to still
further. delay. s. ar,5.sts,sa .,s-.E,:..
Without attaching undue impor-
lance to the stories from Lourenzo
Marques concerning the strength of
the Boer forces, it would almost seem
that the former estimates of 10000
were rather low. The Lourenzo
Marques correspondent of the Times,
under Saturdays date, says: Informa-
ton received from responsible sources
shows that at one time the two re-
publics had 100000 men in the field,
including the colonial rebels. Accord
ing to the same informant, they can
still muster $4,000, of whom so 900 are
in the Free State. 10000 are. in the
Biggarsberg district, and Is, 900 in the
districts of Fourteen Streams and
Klerks Dorp. It is now believed that
before the war the burgher lists were
deliberately falsified in order to de.
ceive the British intelligence depart
ment. r, -
London, April 23.-The Daily News
has the following from Lourenzo Mar
ques, dated Friday, April 2o-Gen. De
Wet has been killed. Other European
ambulance corps beside the Irish
American are taking up arms in be.
half of the Beers. The latter are I'M
able to obtain smokeless powder,
Trenches are being constructed for
eight miles around Pretoria. There
are 60 guns in position at Kroonstad
and seven. French guns at Pretoria
Twenty-Five mines at Johannesburg
have been charged with dynamite and
the johannesburg fort has been dis,
rf1o6 F'e.ss
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
ELOQUENT ADVOCATE.
Ebert Hubbard Describes the Merits Of the
National Forest Park Plan
for Minnesota.

Inc April Philistine has an indorse-
ment of the National Forest Park
done in Mr.. Hubard's best and most
enthusiastic style. Describing the ter
ritory he says:
One-fourth of this land is covered
by water. Running streams and
scores OF lakes intersect it in thou
sand ways. It is the last large tract
east OF the Missouri that exists prac-
tically as it was when the white man
first set foot on American soil.
Well, there in Minnesota you can
see such scenes as La Sale and Mar
quette saw. But now men are en-
deavoring to encroach on these beau
tiful woods with axes and saw mills,
and their intent is to reduce this vir-
gin forest to a mere mass of blacken-
ed stumps. To avert such a calamity
and give these beautiful woods to the
people as heritage forever, an as
ISOLATION of earnest men and women
has been formed, called ssThe Mime
sofa National Forestry and Park AS
ISOLATION. The intent of this asso-
citation is to induce congress to make
this tract a national park and throw
around it such safeguards that it shall
be kept the charming and romantic
spot it. now is. > .ea-@
These men and women would pro-
tect the trees and birds, the fish and
wild animals, and allow no hunting
except under certain well-defned re-
strictions. AS breeding place and
home for deer, moose and bear, it far
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26

surpasses the Adirondacks or north
ern Maine, and as fisherman's para
disc there is nothing to approach it
on the planet earth. 4,
"Woman is a natural conservatory
says Charlotte Perkins Stetson, and
the remark finds ample verifcation in
the attitude of the women of Mime
sofa who are using their efforts to
carry this measure to a successful is
sue, with Charlotte Perkins Stetson,
herself, arrayed on the side of those
who wish to conserve and protect. But
strange as it may seem, this national
park project is meeting with savage
opposition. .r. -.- .,.'G'f,:s .55szs .
This opposition comes. from those
who are looking on the lumber with
covetous eyes-it is historic sentiment
against nickel, John Ruskin against
Jay Gould, life against death. The
men who oppose. this park merely
want to saw: up the: trees, sell them
for q price and pocket the. money;
they think but of themselves, and
have no care for the generations that
shall follow. Their shibboleth is,
What are%you going to do about it ~
''The earth is for the people, said
VIM: Morris. ''It is ours while we are
here, but let us leave it, as we would
leave a rented house, neat and orderly
and beautiful as we foundsit. Are we
vandals that we should ruthlessly de-
stroy and disfgure Gods property?''
I have visited that beautiful tract of
land in Minnesota; know it's beauty,
and can guess it's value as place Of
rest and healing for the tired, over
worked sons and daughters of earth.
I know of no man working to carry
this plan through who will gain a dol
lar by it. The men who oppose it are
out for the money. I hope the good
and that congress will see that the
earth and its, blessings and beauties
is for all the people and not for the
few; for those who live now and the
many who shall follow us.
Have you ever wondered how the
woods looked when only wild animals
and wild men trod these misty ways,
and all the forest aisles were sacred
to the birds and beasts that had not
yet got acquainted with man and so
did not know enough to flee at his
approach?
Special mention is due to the efforts
of those strong and excellent women,
Professor Maria Z. Sanford, Minneso-
ia University; Mrs. Lydia Phillips
Williams and Miss Margaret Evans:
Charles Cristadoro, of St. Paul, and
that fine old veteran, General C. C.
Andrews, all backed up by the State
Federation of Woman's Clubs Of Min
Enesota.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
THE ]. DEWEY CUIRIOS.
Admiral Has Deposited Them in the
Smithsonian Institution.
BWords, Medals and Other Rare Trih.
utes to the Hero of Manila Are
Now Under Care of the e4
Governments.
Especial Washington Letter1

Especial Washington letter.
he National museum contains
not only objects of scientific and
- phllosophic interest, but also
mementoes of great men and of great
events.
prominently placed on the first floor
and near the main entrance are the
rellcs OF Gen. Grant; the swords, med
ais and other valuable and beautiful
1hlngs presented to the great soldier
oy princes and potentates of the world,
as well as by the people of our own re-
public. It will be. remembered that
at one period in his career Gen. Grant
was so Impoverished that he felt
obliged to pawn all of these valuable
presents in order to raise money with
which to- pay his debts and meet his
daily expenses. Fortunately, for. Gen.
Grant and for the country, there was
rich man in New York who bought
the Grant mementoes and gave enough
money for them to ,relleve the financial
distress of the disappointed ex-presi-,
dent. Thus it happened that the Grant
relics were not scattered throughout
the land as they would, have been if
they had fallen into the hands of spec
rlators. After the death of Gen. Grant
the relics were given to the National
museum, where they will remain for
ever, the treasures of our whole people.
In the Smithsonian institution,
which adjoins the National museum in
great park, Admiral George Dewey
has recently placed collection of the
choicest and most elaborate articles
which have been presented to him since
the great event in his life, which was
also a great event in our national life,
the adventurous entrance into Manila
bay and the successful naval battle on
that morning in May, 1898. The ad-
mlral felt that his valuable mementoes
were not safe in private house, and
ne realized that they must some day
become the property of the people, so
he concluded to place them under the
care of the government.
First in order of time, and maybe al
SO of merit, is a piece of the cable
which Dewey caused to be cut, imme-
diately after the victory. This bit of
cable has been handsomely mounted
and is engraved with the words: Ellis
pano-American War, Hong Kong-Ma-
Mia cable, cut by U. S. S. Seafro, I'd
May, 1885," Concerning this cable
cutting incident, the admiral has said
to the writer: 81 sent word to the
governor general that wanted to use
the cable. He refused me permission
to do so. I determined that he should
not use it to send false reports, and so
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
MANY FILIPINOS SLAIN.
ing Which 37S Insurgents Were
Killed and Many Wounded.

Manila, April 23.-Last week was
one of the bloodiest of the war since
the first days fighting around Manila.
Authentic reports, mostly official,
show total of 37s Filipinos killed, IL
officers and 244 men captured and
many more wounded. The number
wounded is hardly guessable. Con-
sidering that the Filipinos entirely
lack hospital facilities, great ma
jority of the wounded will die. Prob
ably the weeks work finished 1000
insurgents. The Americans loss was
nine killed and, 16 wounded. Two ser
geants and one private were killed
in ambushes while escortiAg provision
trains. S..Azs5-
The insurgents have been aggres-
sive in almost: every province of Luz
ION. Gen. Pho del Pillars band, num-
bering 800, which was out of sight for
three months, the leader being report
ed killed, has reappeared in it's old
field about San Miguel. Pillar is sup
posed to be again in command. He
gave the American garrison at San
Miguel, 'consisting;of three companies
of the Thirty-ffth infantry, with a
gatling, a three hours fight, during
a night attack. The loss of the insur-
gents in this engagement is not in
cluded in the foregoing total, as they
removed their dead and wounded, but
presumably it was considerable.
Twenty Filipinos in the province of
Batangas attacked Lieut.. Wonde, who
with eight men was scouting near San
Jose. The lieutenant and five men.
were wounded and one private was
killed.
Sergt. Ledoius, of the Thirty-ffth
infantry, was badly wounded in an
ambush near Baliung. Lieut.. Balch, of
the Thirty-seventh infantry, with 70
men, had five-hour fight with 400
insurgents in the Nueva Caceras dis
trict. Twenty of the insurgents were
killed. -. t..... -..f
Col. Smith, of the Seventeenth infan-
try, who captured Gen. Montenegro
and brought him to Manila, is in the
isolation hospital suffering from small
pox, presumably caught from the Fill
pinos. Col. Smith S command captured
$50 officers and men with Montenegro.
The officers were brought to Manila.
Montenegro, who was formerly one
of the most dapper officers in the Fill
Pine army, looks worn and haggard.
He says he has led terrible life for
months, and he has offered to return.
to the north with Col. Smith to en-
deavor to persuade his former COM
rades of the uselessness of opposing
the Americans. SD
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
FATE OF A MONSTER.
An UnruIy Elephant Is Strangled
During an Attempt to SUBJ
= due Him.

New York, April 23.-''Dick," a vi.
cious elephant belonging to the Sells
& Forepaugh circus, was strangled to
death in Madison Square garden Sun
day in a futile attempt to subdue his
belligerent disposition. According to
member of the circus, it was not in
tended to destroy him. Dick was one
of the eight original Forepaugh dan
cling elephants and was trained by
Adam Forepaugh, Jr., nearly 20 years
ago. Until last winter he was one of
the most consistent performers in the
circus, but few weeks ago in Column
bus, O., while preparations were being
made to bring the show to this city, he
began showing rebellious DISPOSE
ton. When the circus reached Madi-
son Square garden Dick became dan
gerous, and heavy chains were fastened
to his four legs and also to his tusks.
He was taken out of the "Quadrille''
dance, as he was unmanageable. While
preparations were being made Sunday
morning to move the circus from the
garden Dick started to trumpet. Fear
ing a stampede of the. IA elephants,
Lewis Sells, one Of the proprietors, de-
cided upon stern measures to subdue
him. Huge ropes were passed around
the giants body and about his neck; a
dozen men seized the ends and began
to pull, the idea being to choke him
into submission. !, Finding that the men
made no impression upon him, Mr.. Sells
had elephants attached. to the ropes.
They pulled with such .vigor that the
ropes frightened about Dicks neck and
choked him to death. The, carcass was
cut up and carted away. It took II
men nearly is hours to perform the
task. The elephant was about IS years
of age and weighed 5000 pounds. The
skin may be stuffed and placed in An.
drew Carnegie's new museum in Pitts
burgh.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-26
TAKE A NEW NAME.
Silver Republicans to Be Hereafter
Known as Lincoln Re-
publicans.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 23.-Form-
al announcement of the proposed
change in the title of the silver re-
publican party was made Saturday in
document setting forth the party
platform, issued by Executive Agent
Corser. The announcement, states
that 'Lincoln republicans are to sue
coed free silver republicans, and the
national silver republican party is to
give way to the Lincoln republican
party. The party of one issue is to
become the party of several issues,
and the issue to which it owes it's
origin is to be pushed into the back
ground. While changing it's name, it
becomes more democratic than ever.
and, its leaders hope, more liable to
render effective service to the re-
generated democracy than in 1896.
The transformation scene is to take
place at Kansas City July 4, when the
national conventions of both the free
silver republican and the democratic
parties are in session. It is sought to
convey the idea that republicans of
NCA4uley ClIne are QlHerent IN all
but name from the republicans of
Lincoln's time.
E. S. Corser, who is the official in
termediary between the national or
CARNATIONS of the various anti-re-
publican parties, Saturday issued
statement in the form of a prospec-
tus of the. silver republican conven-
ton at Kansas City July 4.
This statement announces that the
change of names will then take place.
dwells on the work of the Lincoln re-
publican league which has done the
preliminary work, lays down the prob
able planks of the platform, tells how
Lincoln's memory and sentiments will
be celebrated, incidentally excoriates
President Mckinley and his admins
tration, predicts the nomination of
Bryan and Towne, and generally fore
shadows the programme of the con-
vention. The Lincoln Republican
league has been especially active in
Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota, the lat
ter having really been the center of
the movement.