Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12

| give q performance or 'tialnlet next
spring before the students and faculty Of
Notre Dame university at South Bend.
Ind. 1t is said the faculty intends con
ferring the degree of doctor of literature
| upon Mr.. O'Neill
Nellie McHenry has finally given up
all hope of finding her husband, John
Webster, alive. For months she has paid
little attention to anything but this
search, and has spent several thousand
dollars in tracing all sorts of alleged
tips and clews. She new feels certain
that under temporary alteration of mind
Webster really went over Niagara Falls
to death.
Southern newspapers are not deficient
in enterprise. The New Orleans Times
sent a rabbi to criticise children Of the
Ghetto and the Charleston, S. c., News
and Courier secured a two-column opin-
ion of the Zangwill play from an En-
slish Jew, who was born and brought up
in W~hitechapel. Both agreed that the
play was truthful in every particular.
and a thoroughly fair representation of
the life Of a peculiar people.
When James A. Herne first wrote
Shore Acres he called it "The Haw-
thornes.' AS he did not like that title
he changed it to "Shore Acres Sub-Div-
ision,' and under that name it was first
- q L . q tilitSlSO,
in 1892. Next he changed it's name to
Uncle Nat and then he decided to call
it Shore Acres"
Charles Klein and Grant Stewart have
contracted with Daniel F'rohman TO write
a play for his company, which Is to be
presented at Days theater next winter.
The subject, which treats of Americans
abroad, will deal with politics and love.
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Schoeffel of the Tremon theater will
join with Nixon & Zimmerman AMI Lieb-
Ter 4 Co. to form another theatrical
syndicate. Mr.. Schoeffel has played for
the past few seasons what were known
as no~n-syndicate shows, and PRINCIPAL
among these was Mrs. Fiske in Becky
Sharpe Others have been Francis Viii
! son and Frank Daniels.
Isabelle Evesson has brought suit in
Philadelphia against Florence Iiegfeli,
jr., for 81 500 She alleges that Mr., Zieg-
field engaged her for the season to play
IN 'Pa'a's Wife, and then discharged
her without cause. Mr.. Ziagfeld denies
that he engaged her for the season, says
he gave her proper notice, AMI explains
that he discharged her because the rcle
she was playing didn't suit her.
Melbourne Mcdowell has leased the
American rights to the Sardou plays for
merly owned by the late Fanny Daven-
port to Manager Clarence N. Bruno. and
Mr.. MacDoWell will be the star Of the
company that will present he roper
toire again next season. "~Theodorl,"
which was never played by Miss Daveu-
port, Will be added to the list for next
year.
Liebler & Co. will have four attractions
playing simultaneously in New York
reXt season. These will be a spectacular
production of Monte Cristo," with james
oNeill, at the Academy Of Music; James
"A. HeIne, with Sag Harbor." at Ham
lnerstein's new theater, the Republic:
Lost River at the Fourteenth Street
treater, and Mrs. LIE Moyne in THE
Greatest Thing in the World at Wal
lacks.
Rehearsals of Richard Carvel" began
this week at the Criterion, New York.
substantially the same actors now play
ing IN The Pride of Jennico' will con-
stitute the cast next season. James X,
Hackett will, of course, nave the title
role, and Bertha Galland will be the
Dorothy. Arthur Hoops will be the Lord
Comyn.
! Emma Pollock, who used to be the SOU
prette i'm Harrigan plays, is now a ia
Vorlte balladist In London music halls.
B: P. Cheney, the husband of Julia
arthur, has acquired a warehouse full
or scenery, which he is trying to sell now
that his wife has retired from the stage.
! When James II. Powers was in Paris
last summer he went into a restaurant
With a friend to dine. The comedian,
who rather prides himself on his lin