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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12

he struck out for the western shore of
the river, seeing that he was nearest to
that side. The only satisfaction that
we had was that his life was in no dan
ger, for we were sure that he would
reach the land. AS for ourselves, We
mourned that We had forever parted
company with our dear shipmate and
the captain, as can see him now, laid
his head on the pinnacle and sobbed
like a child. We were about so miles
below New Orleans at the time of the
accident and in a few hours were berth
ed at the levee, where we remained for
three days discharging our cargo. A
freight of cotton and tobacco for Lon
don was engaged and We were towed
up to Lafayette, some three or four
miles above to take it in, and were
berthed the third outside in a tier of
vessels, the cargo being carried on
planks over the decks of the others
One morning after we had been there
two days. as we were busily engaged
at our work, to our utter establishment
"Nep" walked on board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
DOG FOUND HIS SHIP.
IFrom the New York Tfmes.l

IT ION lII ~ I OF = AII4lOs'I
Many years ago was the secnd mate
on the ship Carolina of Boston, COM
lnanded by Capt Stephen Lemist. He
had on board a fine. black, shaggy New
foundIand dog called Neptune "Nep"
was the pet of all hands as well as of
his master. He had the full liberty of
the quarter deck and sometimes avail
ed himself of it by carelessly walking
about on the trafraiL We were bound
to New Orleans and were being towed
up the Mississippi in company with
four other vessels ''Nep'' was walking
on the rail, as was his occasional Gus
tom, when he unfortunately lost his
balance and fell overheard. It was i'm
possible to stop without disarranging
the tow, which the captain of the tug
would not consent to do So Captain
Leraist and the griefstricken crew We're
constrained to leave the dog to his fate.
For awhile he swan after the fleet, but
finding he could not keep up with US
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12

It is almost needless to say that our
joy equaled his own. Wagging his or
gan of recognition, as a, dogs tail has
so aptIy been termed, and crying in a
dogs language of delight, he jumped
upon every one of his old friends, entire
~ ignoring the stevedores, whom he did
not know, and then rushed down the COM
panionway in search of the captain,
who did not happen to be on board
Then he came on deck detected and
WOebegone, taking no further interest
in any of US beyond casting about his
inQuiring looks. I expect to be believed
for I m telling the truth. when I say
that the big tears stood in his eyes. The
captain had gone ashore to his con-
signee's Office in the city, as the chief
mate knew. Come, Nep," said he,
come along" Nep understood him
readily enough as he jumped on the
stage over the other vessels decks and
followed him down to the office, where
he was clasped in his fond masters
arms. There is not a particle of fiction
in this pathetic story. How Neptune
found his ship was beyond our ken; we
merely guessed that he had Travelled
fifty miles up the river until he came to
the ferry, crossed over to New Orleans
and then found his way up to Lafayette.
walked over two tiers of ships and
reached his old home again.
How did he find it? He yearned to
tell US, for he knew that it was in our
minds to ask. But. alas, he could not
speak He was denied the gift that God
has given to SO many human brutes
who have immortal souls, while ne.
when tlife's fitful fever was ended.
went back to dust, whence all of us
came. But who knows if this is true
Why should a dog not be immortal be-
cause. although with two legs more
than a man, he happens to have no
voice, and why should all men be inn
mortal because they can stand up on
two legs and make more noise than
dogs from their mouths2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12

Gus once and owned my own canal boat
1t sank one night about six years ago
and I should have gone down with it
had it not been for Kaiser. He jumped
into my bunk and awakened me while
the water was pouring into the cabin.
We've been pals ever since, share and
share alike, and we can't part now"
1nen PoormaSter Brooks manner
changed He took Livermore and Kaiser
before Recorder Stanton, and when the
latter heard the story he sentenced man
and dog to the jail for two months,
and they went off together, happier
than they have been for months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
COLORADO SPRINGS FIRE.

Colorado Springs. Col. Jan. 12--The
entire business portion of the city was
threatened by a fire which broke out
at 4 O'Clock this morning in the May
clothing store. Aided BY a high wind
the flames spread rapidly but they were
controlled after three buildings were
destroyed The total loss is estimated
at $50 coo The heaviest losers are the
Nav Clothing company. the Nichols
Grocery company and the W ate C1o1n-
ing company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12

five party this evening at his home in
AuburndaIe.
Miss Ethel Fox and Miss Alice Bond
returned Wednesday from a two weeks
visit in Missouri
To arouse an interest in artistic sing
ing. Mr. Won Da1en viii accept pupils
fol. the rest of this season for 81 a les
son. Studio $40 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
IS YOUR BOOKKEEPER'S
TIME VALUABLE?
Do You Wish TO Save ItP-The KirtIey
Eelf-Indexing Ledger Will Do It

A great time and labor saver The
inventor will be glad TO see you at The
Hail Lithographing company's office
from 1 to p. m, Friday and Satur-
day or at Throop hotel after D m on
same dates You will make a great mis-
take if Won omen a ledger without first
examining the merits of this book You
can not afford to waste valuable time
on the old method.
s. B. KIRTLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
TREATS BOTH ALIKE.

Berlin, Jan. 12.-The semi-odicial,
Nord Deutche Gazette, says:
The government has decided that it
would not be compatible with strict
neutrality to allow war materials to be
sent from Germany either to Great
Britain or to the Transyaal, and there
fore when it was report Herr Krupp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
Appointed Railway Mail Clerks.

OILS, of Kansas City; George E. Brainard
Of Council Grove Kan; Haney @. Blair
Of Yorktown Iowa. and John 3. White
ley Of OgalIaIa. Neb., have all been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks. Drs- A l.
CIude and l. H Keys have been appoint
ed pension examining surgeons at Mime
apoIis KAN and DR.. S. J. Elmore at
Norman, Oklahoma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
RIG CUT IN SHOES.

was making steel shells for Great Brit
ain, the firm was promptly requested
to stop any intended dispatch of arms,
guns, ammunition or other war muni-
lions to either belIigerents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-12
sod Soc I'd Buenos Avres.

New York. Jan. 12@The steamship Hill
dura which sailed today took out 41sYye,u99
gold to Buenos AyTes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

Sarah Truax has been engaged as
leading woman of the Shubert stock
company at the Teck theatre Buffalo.
Miss TruaX is we'll known in Salt Lake.
She has relatives living here, and she
played here during the time there was
a stock company at the Grand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

5ect. although 1 have seen only one or
two actors in the part / soon found
that there was a hopeless conflict
among the commentators One would
attack anOther's theory of the part only
10 tear II to pieces, and in the end we
are left just where we commenced. So
L concluded to put them ali aside and
study the text for my own conception
OF the part. OF course. the question
comes up a. once as to whether Hamlet
Is 10 Be considered insane or only sham
ming ] do not want 20 raise an end
less controversy, but il seems to me
that the text states plainly enough that
his madness IS only feigned for a puF-
pose
This is Mr.. Sothern's conception Of
the part, that Hamlet was possibly
overcome by his emotions, a form Of
emotional insanity TO which any one is
liable at an overwhelming crisis, and
he fashions his acting accordingly.
England's lord chamberlain has in
terdicted the production of Ibsen- S
Ghosts at St Georges hall, in Lon
don, which was 20 have been given in
German under the auspices OF the Ger
man Dramatic society. The prohibi-
ton has caused surprise. as Ghosts
in England was acted at an invitation
performance in London several years
ago.
But the fun of the whole thing lies in
the comments on the matter made by
the Paris newspapers of AngIophobiac
tendencies. They make the bluuder of
sUppOsing that the lord chamberlain
and Joseph Chamberlain are one and
the same person
The Echo de Paris says. Chamber
lain is becoming terrible. He is declar-
ing a new war-Jhis time against H.
sen"
The Diy-Nauxieme Steele grows sa-
urlcal on the subject. 1t says: Mr.
Chamberlain is not fond of the living,
having made so many cOrpses whose
bones whiten at the foot Of the lxopjes
of the Transvaal AID the Orange Free
State. He likes ghosts stjll less, and
VIII not allow them to approach him.
A luCkier man than Macbeth Mr.
Chamberlain has the power TO prevent
the spectre Of Banquo from seating it
self at his side Mr.. Chamberlain is a
happy man"
This is one of the most absurd of the
innumerabie examples of French stu
pidity and ignorance respecting every
thing outside of France that lately has
come to light.
The most startling bit of gossip that
drifts from exchange to exchange is
that Herbert Kelley and Effie Shannon
are the latest victims of the Shake
speare bee buzzing in a bonnet. The
story is that they are endeaVOring to
persuade their new manager. Bruce Ed
wards, to exploit them in Romeo and
Juliet" at least at matinees. Mr.. Ed
wards, be it recorded, has been asso-
ciated with Charles B. Dillingham; and
so has a largely developed sense of
humOr. and so it is scarcely possible
that he viii sanction the aspirations of
his cO-staTs.
Joseph Jefferson made a speech in
Chicago the other night II was deliv-
cred in the course of an evening of rip
Van Wrinkle" Part of the speech ran
as follows.
1T is thirty years since first acted
this character in Chicago, and it is
sixty years since I first came as an
actor 10 this city It is quite likely
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

At the Salt Lake Theatre.-The citys
lovers of mirth and melody VIII be
pleased to learn that Frank Daniels
viii be here this week. He viii bring
with him his big comic opera company
And he viii produce his latest success.
THE Amer" which was pronounced
by the press of New York last winter
to be the comic opera success Of the
season" This opera is the work of Vic
tor Herbert, COMPOSER: and Kirk La
Sale. who is also the author of the light
opera hit, The Princess Chic" and
Fred NJ. Ranken. It is Mr.. Daniels
opinion that THE Ameer" affords him
the best vehicle he has ever had for
the display of his talents. The scene
Of the opera is in Afghanistan, the i'm
of the AmeeT. The story is described
as being remarkable for its originality
and richness of humOT. the central
theme being the methods which the
Ameer is compelled TO employ to pre-
serve his life Frank Daniels enacts
the title role and his Interpretation is
said to be eXcrutiatingly funny. Pune
tuating his Interpretation are three or
four topical songs quite on a, par with
his celebrated ''TattoOed Man. and
THE Idols Eye The production of
1.-THE Amer is set forth as being de-
cioedly +he most ambitious thing yet
attempted by the Daniels management.
/ The scenry is understood to be thor
| oughly in keeping with the splendor OF
the Ameer's court.
At The Grand.-There- will be a
! double bill at the Grand next week.
Tomorrow night 'KeIIy's Kids" begin
a run of three nights and Wednesday
matinee. "A Wise Guy occupies the
rest of the week.
"KelIy's Kids is a farce with plenty
OF music and pretty girls in it. OF
! course. the kids and their devilment
are there. Press notices say the play
: is very laughable.
"A Wise Guy" is a farce which also
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04
TRUE COLORS
OF the Middle-of- the-ROadeTs tx
posed by Their Own Candidate.
washington Times9

a
Hon. Wharton Barker, a former Re-
publican and former plutocrat, has az
last displayed his colors. He and Hon.
Irnatius Donnelly of Minnesota, are
running a Hanna side-shOw under the
name of the MiddIe-of-the-Road candt-
dates for president and vice president
Soon after they were nominated at Gin
cinnati last May Hon Wharton Bar
ker came to Washington and called
upon his old friend, the amiable and
gentIe-natured Mr.. Mckinley. When
he emerged from the White House Bar
ker quite fiercely denied that he had
wished his friend, Mr.. Mckinley, good
luck in the race for reelection. Even
Hon. Ignatius DonneIy perceived it 10
be his duty to caper nimbly from his
bucOIic retreat in Minnesota long
enough to protest earnestly, not to say
violently, against the report that the
Mfd-roaders were Hannaites in dis
guise Then the famous DOnnelly re-
tired to his retreat and has since been
engaged in his celebrated act of think
ing while the head Of his ticket has
been making as much hay as possible
for Mr. Hanna while the sun ShOne.
Dark clouds seem now to be lowering
in A1Id-rOad skies, and Barker has
started from the wild and woOlly west
back to his suburban home near Phila-
delphia. At Omaha he yielded to the
temptations to talk, and ne assured all
anxious inquirers that in his opinion
Mr. Mckinley will be triumphantly re
elected. But for my own candidacy"
mOdestly declared Barker, Bryan
would have a majority in the electoral
college, but I shall poll enough votes in
Nebraska, Indiana and West Virginia
to take these states away from Bryan
and give them to Mckinley. For the
/ same reason I regard Missouri and
/ Kentucky as doubtful states" Then
/ the queer Mr.. Barker proceeded to tell
/ his awe-stTuck interviewer that the ul-
/ innate success of Mid-rOad principles
| viii be FASTENED by the reelection OF
! Mr.. Mckinley, for reasons that are
( based upon a system of logic which
/ only the cult that circles around the
/ brilliant light of Hon IgnatiuS DGnneI-
/ iy'S intellect can appreciate. Barker
/ says he is going to poll a vote of at
! least 100000. and it may go to Loo. 0OC
| IF Georgia and Texas do their duty
/ He says WOOIIey, the Prohibition can
/ didate, Will get $50 600 votes, and Debs,
/ the Socialist, will get the same num-
| Der. Mr.. Barker headed for Chicago
/ when he left Omaha. and if ne does
not find Mr.. Hanna in the Windy City
| he will chase that great orator up into
/ South Dakota, which state, according
to Barker, may give Bryan and Steven
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

He AFFECTION in which
Maude Adams is held, says
a New York writer in the
- heart OF her own profession.
was emphasized not only by
the avalanche Of flowers and messages
under which her dressing room on the
stage Of the KnicEerbocker theatre has
been fairly buried, but by the inquiries
that beset the wayfarer upon the tow
path From Lillian Russell at Weber
& Fields. from Cora Tanner at the
Fifth avenue, from Henrietta CrOsman
who might well be too absorbed in her
Dvn success to feel deep interest in Miss
Adams triumph farther uptown: from
Mrs. lie MOyne at Wallack'S, and from
Virginia Earl at the Casino, you heard
only one question; rs it a success %
And they all said cit" if YOU please.
Not one of the little stars friends had
the faintest doubt of Miss Adams own
victory If You whispered a fear that
the great role would OverWheIm the
slender girl instead of sweeping her
to triumph with if, Leslie Carter burnt
large holes in you with indignant eyes
and Robert Edeson and John Drew s
entire company ShUank away from you
as If you were one Of the merry man
iacs from AIatteawan asylum.
Combines" among theatrical man
ayers continue TO spread. In London
recently managers interested in pro-
ducing musical plays met and adopted
a plan to resist the huge salaries de-
manded by comic opera stars"
1t is claimed that the Profits of these
managers are not large enough. and
that competition for the services of
special artists has largely increased
their salaries The agreement entered
into provides the maximum sum to be
paid IN any circumstances, and also pre-
vents one manager from getting artists
away from other mana gers.
Presumably an artist is worth what
ever he can command for his services,
and the value of those services is de
termined by the old law of demand and
supply Dissatisfied with the spectacle
of the artists enjoying the fruits of
their talents and popularity. and wish
ing the lions share of those fruits for
themselves the managers have formed
this agreement to regulate" matters to
their own profit and advantage
Meanwhile the artists seem 90 be do
ing nothing for their own protection.
They are not combining to resist the
organized encrOachment upon their rev
enues. And yet they have the matter
IN their own hands, if it comes to op-
posing combination against COmbina-
ton. The managers cannot get along
without the artists. while it is a serious
question whether the artists cannot get
along without the managers.
mir. SOthern may lose a toe for his de
VotIon to his art, but it is to be hoped
that nothing more serious viii come of
his misfortune from that sword stab he
received while playing in Hamlet"
which caused him to cancel part of his
Baltimore time last week. Whatever
no
in the Monumental city to throw a little
side light on his conception of this part
and the conflicting opinions that the
same has aroused. SpeakinS of his en-
deavOTS, he said.
Ever since I have had the playing
of Hamlet in mind 1 have been getting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

I acted the character of Rip not only
before the fathers and mothers of many
OF YOU who face me tonight, but before
the grandfathers and grandmOthers Of
some of you. 1t is. therefore. my priv
ilege to be here in health, acting before
the descendants of your ancestors, and
I assure you J am grateful. 1t may not
be interesting to you. but it is to me,
to know that those sixty years have
passed since the day ] arrived by boat
on the lake shore opposite the city. The
year was 1899, and Chicago was vii
lage of 1000 Inhabitants To think of
that time and of the changes which
have taken place since is almost enough
to make one think nc is Rip NanWinkle
indeed.
In the time that Followed. my father
opened a theatre mere. He was also
an itinerant manager, and I recall that
in touring about the state we went to
Springfield. taking there the first the
atrical company ever to enter its
limits. In those days the theatre was
considered an abominatiOn (as it is
considered now sOmetimes); and the
fathers of Springfield placed our license
so high it was prOhibitive, and we were
stranded there. In our trouble young
lawyer came to us and said he would
go before the city council and have the
license lowered. He did; he succeeded,
anu ne Clldi StO US hothiiAS- mat you1S
lawyer lies today under a tombstone
not far from Springfield. and it bears
the name of Abraham Lincoln.
$50 YOU see I have recOlleCtiOns which
bind me to both city and state Re
turning to Chicago after an absence of
three years to be greeted by this gem
erOus audience. and to have this ap-
plause bestowed upon me makes me
think that Rip was mistaken after all
when he said. We are so soon for
gotten when we are gone
NOTES
Tho y,,orv-ofo,7c orrov-+b of ss WAY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

Down East" in popular favor was en-
phasized in St. Louis, where the week S
gross was $4,000. despite the fact that
it drew less than one-fifth that sum,
when first played at the same theatre
a year ago. A play that possesses Vi
tally is the most valuable of theatrical
properties. Way Down East" is not
a passing fad. but a sympathetic rustic
idyi that will endure for many seasons
to come, like its predecessors, THE Old
Homestead" and "Shore Acres"
James A. Herne's sag HarboT' is
beginning to sag in New York
According to Alan Dale of the New
York Journal, Pete Daley is the star
of a musical comedy which is really
sad, when Pete is not on the stage
Pete Daley is best known in Salt Lake
as the gentleman after whom a brand
Of 5-cent cigars has been named
The plot of "A Day and a Night, "
which comes to Salt Lake soon, re-
wolves upon a country deacon who
comes to New York seeking vocal tai
ent for his rural church choir. BY &C
cident he becomes acquainted with
some dashing theatrical people, who
make things lively for him. The events
of his New York career are very funny
The first performance Of More Than
Queen" by Blanche Walsh and her
company, viii be given in New York
next Tuesday evening Mr. William
Humphrey. who played the part of Ma
poIeon to Miss Julia Arthur'S Josephine
will be seen in the new production.
Papers in the northwest speak vel
of ''Kelly's Kids" now billed for Salt
Lake.
For once the spectators got the
worst Of it in New York last week
They had bought up a great portion OF
the house for Maud Adams opening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

performance OF ''L'Aiglon." and their
exorbitant demands kept the public
away. with the result that tickets for
which they asked s. before the curtain
went UP were sold for so cents shortly
after 9 o'clock On this account il was
not a representative audience that
greeted Miss Adams and her play, and
the critics who went to Baltimore to
witness the initial performance say the
play did not go half so well in Gotham
as it did in the Monumental city. The
inability of the audience TO grasp many
fine points Of the story. and Miss Ad-
ans apparent nervousness, are said to
be responsible for this condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

son 5000 majority. unless NJ
puts in some pOwerrrf s-.-.- Han.
Why. Barker insists upon r-sr.sss there
bal report to Hanna baf,-e----' is d Ts-.
category Of campaign r-vs-E7-25 10 IL,
even the heaviest courri5[,---s T1-,
Mckinley campaign fund ars 70 d.
penetrate. Unable \
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

WHITES CREAM T-T-r-----
moves the unhealthy rfsg--.- - pr l,i5 81,
worms 1Tnl5+l 5nFlye. Il brings. and 5r..
worms cannot exist. prs--ls Ebzs
Van Dykes drug sro-7 80 cents
and Third South. -''Aeg Ma
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

O+ber ttraetions.-"Ouo Vadis." the
AIfce Nelson opera company, Freder-
lex WarCie. Way Down East Min
ME Maddern- Fiske, the Arnold opera
company. and other good shows are
beaded This way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

comes well recommended The central
figure in the farce is piano mover
who. by his laundering ana aMkWsl -.
soneI of the company is good
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

r. H. Sothern and his manager, Dan
iel FrOhman, have decided to use
Hamlet" solely for the actors tour this
season. It will be the only piece in his
repertoire that Mr.. SOthern viii use
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

"a wise Guy" is said to be a laugh
able farce of a high order William
Selling plays the part of Spike Hennes-
sey. the wise Guy" who is "a guy
Wot'S on to his job"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

We have one of the largest stocks of
Tinware in town and prices below
them all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04
Nutmeg Graters.

IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO SCI
THESE GOODS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-04

The marvellous growth of way