The Appeal., 1900-10-20
ACROSS THE PACIFIC.
At the Grand Opera House. st. p

At the Grand Opera House. st. Paul.
Quite the most pretentious melo-
dramatic production yet launched this
play written by that prolific author,
Charles E. Blaney, who is response
bic for the king of the Opium Ring"
Female Drummer" ''The Electri-
cian," and other successes. ACROSS
the Pacific will be seen at the Grand
the coming week, commencing next
Sunday night at S:15. A decidedly
strong cast headed by the versatile
comedian, Harry Clay Blaney, to-
gether with the talented leading man,
Robert Gilliard, will depict the twenty
odd characters that tell the story. Mr..
Blaney has expended large sums Of
money upon his newest effort and the
scenic equipment is said to be more
than usually striking and effective,
the costumes and lighting effects daz-
zling to a degree, while the general
ensemble, employing something like
one hundred people, is said to be
series Of stage pictures long to be re-
membered.
ACROSS the Pacific" has been writ
ten in four acts and seven scenes, and
much of the play takes on an atmos-
phere of life in the Philippine Islands
of the war times of to-day, which is
bringing history up-to-date in mar
velously prompt manner. Mr.. Blaney
is also to be congratulated upon being
able to- secure faithful occurrences of
life on United States army transport,
which will no doubt attract a good
deal of attention. a." a-
In addition to historical data a
touching love story is cleverly told
and much fresh comedy is literally
sprinkled throughout. .@.,.its.s
Special and appropriate music has
been composed for Across the Pa
cific" and will prove a decidedly fetch
ing feature Of the entertainment as a
whole. - :=.
Politicai Points.
1t is seldom that an official is so
admirably fitted for the responsibility
of his office that he is enabled to give
universal satisfaction. Judge E. w.
Bazille has elevated the Ramsey coun-
ty probate court to the position of dig
nifty commensurate with its import
ance; has purified the court of many
Objectionable practices and by the ex-
ercise of keen legal mind and the ap-
plication of a practical knowledge of
men and affairs administered the diff
cult tasks imposed upon the probate
court to the entire satisfaction of pub
lie and bar. Without exception mem
bers of the legal profession speak in
lmost complimentary terms of Judge
Bazille and the. dignified yet unosten-
tatious way in which he discharged
the multitudinous and arduous duties
of his most. trying Office. His re-elec-
ton by handsome majority is gen
orally conceded.
Frederick Clement Stevens, who is
at present representing the Fourth
district of Minnesota in Congress for
the second term, has been nominated
for the third term. which is the best
evidence possible that he has pleased
his constituents for the past four
years. He needs no Introduction to
the patrons of The Appeal as his elo-
quent, manly speeches on many occa-
sions, both in and out of the halls
Of Congress have made for him q
warm place in their hearts. Moreover
lhe practices what he breaches, for he
now has as his stenographer Mr.. r.
ID. McCracken. And, as we will need
I Just such men in the next Congress
| to help reduce the congressional rep
Presentation in those states South
where the Afro mericans have beer