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AN INTERESTING JOURNEY.

Description of Ride on Horseback in
Central Turkey.
Miss Media Hess, who has recently
returned from Turkey, gives the follow
ing description Of journey she took
from a mountain summer resort to her
home in Marash Central Turkey:
With the prospect of a few days
journey before me l started for Marash,
accompanied by zaptieh amounted po
liceman), without which no foreigner is
allowed to travel in Turkey, and two
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03

as the following from Psardb,rs dated
Wednesday:
at will always remain n puzzle how
Gen. Cronje. although an undisputed
military genius. kept control CT his re-
treating and undisciplined herdes, while
the other Boer lesdsrs were unahls to
bring mere than half their commanders
from Lsdysmith TO Paardebe-g;
"B5rnham, the American scout, after
creeping many night around the
laager, reports that very few Beers es-
oaped, perhaps not more than 90"
the correspondent expresses admiration
for the Canadians Of whom one compa.
ny is composed entirely Of Frenohmen,
unable to speak English. He especially
mentions Col. Otter, Lieut.. Col. Kin
caid and Captains Macdonald, Stairs and
Boilsaufor for conspicuous gallantry.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
THE BRITISH CAMP.

Cecil Rhodes Sent Troops Chan,
Pagne.
Osfontein. March 2.-The BritIsh camp
has been moved here, a heavy rain Is fall
ing; the veldt ia improving; supplies are
rapidly arriving, and the msp are in good
health. despite the TACT tina they have
been on half rations for fortnis sht.
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes has sent quantity
Of champagne from Kin berley to be
drunk to the health Of Lord Roberts.
Lord Robsrss has published an order
thanking the troops for their courage and
for the zeAl and endurance they have dis
played amid the haidships of forced
march.
A slight skirmjsh occurred six miles
southeast in which Col. Remington tad
horse shot under him.
The Boer forces on our front are be-
Level to be under the joint command OF
.Botha, Dslarsy and Dewet. Tnsy are sx-
De citing reinforcementn from Natal,
The guns that were captured at Psarde-
berg have bsen brought here. The rifles
captured have, In many cases, scriatuI al
texts engraved upon them far example,
Lord, strengthen this ARM
1t is said that just prior to Gen. Cronje's
surrender there was almost mutiny In
the camp.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
ENTERING LADYSMITH.
winston ChurchiiI's Description ofths
Relief

London, March 3-Mr. Winston
Churchill, who accompanied the Lady
smith relief column, telsgraphing bis
experiences, says:
"During the afternoon OF February 2s,
the cavalry brieades pr aorwsrd un.
der Col Burn Murdoch fsoEd Buiwana
hill and under Lord D. in the
direction of Ladysmith. tired
on both with artillery from IA
about 4 O'Clock. Major &c ~ re.i.
ment, which was In the advance, fo- d
the ridges surrounding and osncealii
Ladysmith apparently unoccupied. ii
reported the fact to Isoro Dundonald,
who determined to ride through the gar
with the light horse and carDineers.
The rest of the brigade YVES cent back
to Gen. Buffers picket line. 1t wal
evening when we started. About m
hour OF daylight remained. We gallopei
on swiftly, in spite of the rough round,
up and down hill, through scrub and
rocks and dongss nntii We could see tn,
British guns flashing from Wagon Hill
but on we went faster, until suddenly
there came q challenge from the scrub
"who goes thersf"
"The relieving army" we replied; and
then the tattsred and almost bootles'
men crowded around, cheering very feeb-
ly. Even In the gloom we could see how
thin and pale they looked; but how GLAD
they were."
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03

London, March 9-A25 q. m.-Lora
Roberts at Osfontein. six or eight miiss
east of Paarieberg, facss ths reformed
Boer army from five to six thousand
s,rope. This may be merely corps OF
observation. ready to retire on prepared
positions, Doubtless 1t Is receiving ao-
oret,ons from the last besisgers OF Lazy
smith and frcm other points. Whatever
the force may be Lord Roberts has ample
troops to cope with ii. -.
As heavy rain is falling on the veia'
and the grass Is improving. TINS wiz DC
good thing temporarily. for the 6oeis'
Lord Roberts has surprised Observers py
tbs excellsncs 81 his trassporS during the
first advance, and he 10 likely to do 90
again, although military men here think
he must wait for some days before going
M uch farther. The Beers, presumably
will uee this delay for All 1t s WORTH
pulling their resources together. Dr.
Leyds gives out the opinion that the Boer
entry OF Blomfontein 10 daily expected,
as Commandsnts Dewet and Delarey had
been instructed to retard the advance OF
Lord Roberts only until the cor O. ntraaon
nndsr General Joubert had been accom-
plishsd.
No adequate explanation is yet made oil
the fifty thousand reinforcementst that are
preparing for Lord Rotsrts. Such expla-
nations a. are advanced tentatively sus'
gestsd either that the Dutch have become
more Ysst,ve or that the imperial govern
meut has hint Of foreign suggestions as
to the failure status Of the allied repub'
lies
The admiralty board has tslssraphsd to
the Cape commander an expression of ad'
miration and thanks, ON the part OF the
Lords Of tho Admiralty to the marines
and blue jacket, engaged in the war for
the ''splsndid manner In which they have
upheld the traditions Of the ssrvice and
have added to It's reputation for resource
fulness, courage and devotion"
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
Cen. Cronje at Cape Town and
Taken Aboard Ship.
General Butler Visits Lad ysmith in Person
Welcomed by Gen. White.

kimberley hurried visit. was much
gratiaed ut finding the enthusiasm
among the kimb berlsy people regal ding
the care Of the sick and wounded. AL
the public buildings had been converted
into hospitals and all the men had been
made comfortable.
"I was struck with the friendly mau-
ner in which the wounded Doors and our
men chatted together upon the expert
ences OF the osmpaisn."
Il. delighted me to see our soldiers
sharing their rations and biscuits with
the Boer prisoners before they commenced
theie march for Modder river. Sorne Of
the poor fellows were very hungry, after
having been half starved in the laaGsr."
Lord Roberts paid high tribute to
General Butler and Sir George White and
confessed that at ons time he feared II
wouii be impossible TO relieve Lady
fmiih.
MIR. Rhodes expressed his Intention to
induce the DE Beers company to buy ar
tillery for the defense Of Kimberley.
CRONJE'S RETREAT.
Puzzle How lie Kept Control OF
London, March B.-The Times publish
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
A FINE SCHOONER.
The Helen w. Martin To he Lauached
at Bath Today.
ESPECIAL TO THE PRIss.l

Bath. March 2.-Today workmen at
the shipyazd of Percy g. Small have been
busy arranging for the launching Of the
five masted schooner Helen W. Martin,
which will take place at one o'clock to-
morrow noon, this being the second five
master which this firm has built within Q
year and which will be Immediately fol-
lowed by . six master. the materials for
which are already In the yard.
The Helen W. Martin Is undoubtedly
ss fac vessel Of her kind as has ever
been constructed and has cost her builders
Q wesn S95, 900 and 500, 1000.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
He Was Last Seen
Clinging to Boat.
Ship Was Built and Owned i'm
Portland.

Philadelphia, March 2.-Witb the arri-
val here today Of four ship-wrf cSed sail
ors came the first news of the laundering
II the schooner Golden Sheaf. which
sailed from this city February 15. for
Uhristianstad, st. Croix, with cargo OF
cosl The mate and one seaman Of the
unfortunate vessel are known to havs
been drowned. and 1t Ia feared that the
captain was also lost though tho rsfcued
sailors think he may have been saved by
an unknown bark which lay to for the
purpose OF rendering assistance. The
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
(TALK No. 1917
a pIFFE r ENcE.

Probably ninety psr cent. of the
people who consult me have eyes that
are unlike. Sometimes one eye is
near-sighted and the other far
sighted. Sometimes Que eye is per-
fecsIy normal, while the other is very
defective. In other cases there is only
slight difference.
1t Is bad policy to attempt to select
glasses in pairs. All ready made
sleotacles have to.h lenses OF exactly
the came strength. They may tt one
eye perfectly and at the same time
make the other eye worse. You can
not afford to take chances In this
way. You should have each eye test
ed separately and fitted with the lens
that 1t requires. In that way both
eyes are preserved and placed under
the best possible conditions. always
test one eye at time.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
NO B0ERS LEFT,
General BuIIer's Victory Was
Most Complete.

London, March 3.-2.3o q. m.-Th'
war ofliee has received the following di-
spatch from General Bulltr;
"Ladysmith, Friday. March e.'-6.so p.
M. Il lind the defeat Of the Beers more
complete than had dared to anticipate.
This whole district Is completely clear
of them and. except at the top of Van
Reenens pass. where several wagons are
Visible can ind no trace of them. Their
last train left Modder Spruit station
about one O'Clock yesterday and they then
blew up the bridge. They packed their
wagons six days ago moving them to the
north of Ladysmith 60 that we had no
chance of intsrceptins them; but they
have left vast quantities Of ammunition
of all sorts. herds. grass, camp and indi-
yiduAl nscessaries. They have got away
with all thsir guns except two"
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
THE WEATHER.

Boston, March 2.-Local forecast: Fair
weather Saturday and Sunday; fresh
westerly winds.
Washington, March 2.-Foreeast for
Saturday and Sunday for New England :
Fair Saturday and Sunday; diminishing
westerly winds.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
VISIT TO KIMBERLEY.

Lord Roberts Tells OF the Conditions
There.
London. March a.-a.0 .. m.-Lord
Roberts wires to the war ONCE frop Os-
fontei,, under date Of March a-A.ib p.
m. ss foliowst
'sI have Just returned from paying
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
HOW HANDY IT IS

to buy your kindlings of the grocer. getting
served so promptly and really saving money.
BENsoN'S ALWAYS READY CHARCOAL
has really reyolutionized the kitchen fire meth
DDS
BIG BAGS i0c AT ALL GROCERS,
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
GOOD REASON TO CELEBRATE.

Ladysmith, Thursday. March Ser
rounded by cheering soldiers, ,townspecple
and coolies, celebrating tss relief Of the
town. Sir q gorge White, at the pest oirce,
addressed tie thIong. He said:
"Peopls OF Ladysmith. thank You for
the heroic and patient manner in which
you assisted me during the seige. 1t hur;
ne terribly to cut down TIE rations; but,
thank God. We kept the flag flying"
Then, profoundly moved, Gen. White
led the assembly In singing "God Save
the Queen"
BOERS LOCATED.
Osiontein, March s-The Beers have
now heen definitely located four miles
from the British front, their left resting
on q high kopis, and thsir ri mt on the
river. The Burgher force is estimated
O number between 60 and so.
CRONJE'S JOURNEY SOUTH.
Orange River, March l.-Genersl
Cropje and his wife passed here last night
en- rorts TO Cape Town.
Elaborate precautions had been taken
to prevent the public from seeing him.
Cape Town, March a.-Gensral Cronje
and his party arrived at simonstoWn to-
day. General Cronjs was reosivsd BY
Gensrel Sir frederick Walker and rep
conttuued nm second Page,
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Mar. 2, taken at 8
D. m, meridian time, the observation for
this section being given in this order:
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
BULLER IN LADYSMITH.
General visited the City In Person
Thursday.

Oenerh NSNeu thS ttty IA NsASoh
Thursday.
Ladysmitb, Thursday, March Item.
Butler. accompanied By his sta fl arrived
hero at 1l.40 a. m. today. he entered
the town unnotioed, as more cavalry wns
coming In during the morning.
The news Of his arrival soon spread,
however, and General White and stan at
once went to receive him. The two gen
erals. met amid scenes OF tremendous en-
thusiasm and General Butler had an i'm
menss reception. 1t IL understood that
the Beers are In full flight towards the
Free State and q flying column Of Lady
smith trooI are pursuing them. Tie
Beers left many wagons and guns and
quantities Of provisions and ammunition
behind them.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
Temperature. direction of wind, state Of
weather.

Boston. go degrees W, clear; New
York. so degrees. NV. clear; Phila.
dslphis. 36 degrees, W. clear: Wash.
ington. ~ degrees, W, clear; Albany. 2s
desress, W, clear; Buffalo, 20 degrees,
W. oidy, Detroit. 2S degrees,
W, clelr; Chicago. 70 degrees, NV.
clear; Sc. Paul, 28 degrees, W. clear
Huron, OAK. "a degrees sE, clear
Bismarck, s6 degrees, Sc, oleat;
Jacksonville, 5s degrees, W, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1900-03-03
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
Portland. Mar. 2. i9oO-The local
seatEer bureau records the following;

WeatLtr Dlraau Teoorus INC tUIIu"IuB'
s a. m.-Barometer, 29.10T; thermome-
ter, 81; dew point, 81; rel. humidity,
100; direction of wind, S; wind veloc-
ity, 10; state of weather. cloudy.
sp. m. Barometer. 29472; thermome-
ter, 2s; dew point, Is; rel. humidity, go;
direction of wind, W; wind velocity, IL;
state of weather, cloudy.
Max. temp. A; min. temp, 2S; mean
temp, SO: max. wind velocity, As Sc,
precipitation-24 hours go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
THAT eFoURTH WALL"
How Mrs. Fiske Uses Tt in Becky
Sharp.

In Becky Sharp" Mrs F'iske plays
"at" the audience no more than is ac-
tually necessary. When she sees the
Marquis of Steyne coming down the
stairs of the ball room in Brussels she is
talking with her husband and is stand
ing near the footlights. Yet she does
not look toward the staircase, but di-
raetly in front of her, facing the audi
enee. The suggestion is that she has
seen his reflection in a mirror and that
the mirror occupies a place in that in
visible fourth waIP' that is in reality
the auditorium 1t is hard to tell
whether this is bit of business in
territorial with Mrs. Fis6e or not. 1t is
not observed, however, that she has
looked in the direction of the staircase,
end if not how does Becky Sharp know
tina the Marquis of Steyne is approach
ing2 In this instance one must as
sumo the wall and the xnirror, else credit
Becky Sharp with s6Ehething of clair
voyance Elsewhere i'm the play she fire.
quently makes it known that she con-
ceives a room, even in a play, to have
four walls instead Of the stacy three,
and much interesting detail is the re-
suit as when. she talks with RaWdOn
CrawIey in the drawing room and
sometimes, by pose and gesture, quite
ignores the audience, yet permitting no
point to be lost. In one of the stressful
scenes in Tess = the parting with Angel
Clare, Mrs. F'iske fiopsf is an
adequate description-to the floor and
with her back TO the audience finishes
the scene This was a somewhat dar-
ing innovation at the time Tess was
produced, but there was no Disgusting
its effect, and perhaps it inspired this l
player to follow the Incident similarly in
the Cursor street scene in Becky |
Sharp Here. when Rawdon Crawley |
leaves the house. she filings herself to |
the floor and her It's no use, Becky |
Sharp, you're done for, furnishes one |
of the odd situations of the play. These /
are among the unconventional things
that largely add interest to Mrs. Fiske's /
performances, although it is worthy of /
note that they are not obtrusively done. |
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tices which Indicate that he is a sue
cess in his new role. Munro and SAGE
who have had charge Of the play since
it was first produced, say that his work
in the part has never been surpassed
and that his character bit or Franz
Teppich, mayor or Strelson, under the
nom &c plume Of Francis Clay, is a gem
Of character acting. Success and fiat
terry have not effected Mr. Wadswor4h
and Topeka people will find Just tbs
same modest and unassuming boy as
ever.
MISS CUFFS RECORD.
Star playwright and journalist at the
age of twenty.
That is the somewhat remarkable rec
ord Of Miss Esther Rujaero who is in
real life Miss Esther Cuff of Topeka, and
who will be seen in this city Wednesday
and Thursday nights of next week in a
play of her own writing, called Broken
Hearts"
This is Miss sRujaero's second season
on the stage, the first being three years
ago at the age of seventeen years when
she visited Topeka with Hal Reid in
Human Hearts"
Miss Rujaero has spent only small
portion of her time in Topeka since the
age of thirteen years, when she went to
New York City to live with her sister.
At the age Of fifteen years, through
the influence of her br0ther-in-laW who
then held a part interest in the Com
mercial Advertiser. she was given
charge of the Childrens Page for the
New York Journal Owing to the fact
that she had unmistakable ability she
spent a great portion of her time in
writing stories for her department of
the paper. Upon entering newspaper
work Miss Cuff adopted the name to
which she is now known to the stage.
In choosing the name she reasoned that
in seeking an interview after sending
up her card the interview would be
granted, if for no other reason than to
see the person who bore such singular
name
For long time Miss Rujaero wrote
for the New York Journal and was the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22

extent he might take liberties with the
subject, and in reply was given carte
blanche to make use Of the material as
he saw fit This brought matters to a,
head, and vaca ton of six weeks in
California was arranged in order that
Mr. Gillette might devote himself to the
work of characterization. Not a very long
period, one might imagine for an inn
portant labor of this kind, but Mr..
Gillette was not a novice, and no doubt
the Conan Doyle stories were so thor
oughly digested in his mind that a long
period of incubation for these literary
labors was quite unnecessary
The result was that in four weeks
sherlock Holmes was finished, and
Mr.. Gillette went to San Francisco to
spend the other fortnight at his ease.
Here, an accident occurred which would
spell disbursement to any man not
possessed of Mr.. Gillette's forceful and
resourceful nature. At the time that
the Baldwin hotel burned in San Fran
cisco the papers announced the narrow
escape of Mr. Gillette. but they did not
remark that Sherlock Holiness was
burned Yet Mr. Gillette, with all of his
notes gone and his play in ashes, began
the task once more of writing Sherlock
Holmes How well he did it, and how
great and how popular a play the stage
version of DR.. Doyle's famous detective
has become, has been attested to by
thousands who have seen it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
GILLETTE AND HIS PLAY.
@sherlock Holmes" Inspiration Came
From Western Newspaper.

] am told it was through the chance
shot of a western newspaper man that
William Gillette was attracted to Sher-
lock Holmes as a possible subject for
decentralization, says Lyman 3. Glover.
When Mr. Gillette was playing Secret
Service in London Mr. Frohnan called
his attention one day to a clipping from
an obscure western newspaper, in which
DR. Conan Doyle was quoted as saying
that one but William Gillette should
ever dramatize or play sherlock Holmes
Whether the writer had any authority,
outside of his own imagination, for this
statement, may never be known, but the
suggestion proved to be the little flame
that soon burned brightly in the imagin-
alton Of the dramatist and his manager.
Up to that time Mr.. Gillette entertained
a sentiment akin to dislike for DR.
Dcyle's stories, esteeming them almost
too improba bic for serious consideration
and he consequently secuted the idea
of appearing as the stage representative
OF this remarkably versatile detective
who had created such a sensation among
the new idea developed in his mind, and
before long it was determined to at
least secure the title of Sherlock
HOlunesss for dramatic purposes leaving
the future to determine what use should
be made Of it. DR. Doyle assented to
this arrangement on a royalty basis
and there the matter rested for some
a farewell tour with Secret Service in
California.
Then Mr. Frohfnan, whose eye to the
main chance is quite keen, broke silence
in regard to the matter and urged thar
the detective stories be dramatlzed
without delay. Mr.. Gillette commune
Gated with DR.. Doyle asking to what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
Nellie MeHenrY,a rragedy.

It would be hardly suspected by an
uniformed observer that there is al
most as much tragedy in the real life Of
Nellie McHenry as there is comedy in
her sprightly performance before the
foot1ights. She has never quite given up
hope of hearing from her husband.
John Webster. who totally disappeared
some time ago. A chance remark Of his
that Niagara Falls would offer an ideal
opportunity for a man determined on
suicide, and the fact that be was last
seen near the falls combined to lend col
or to a fear that he had taken his own
life. But there was no motive for sucn
a step on his part, and the MI iss'' who
seems so careless in the play is in real
life devoting herself to the hope of seeing
him again.
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Her Tour in aL,Aiglon" and Why She
Makes It


Little Maude Adams has left New
York with her arglicized s'LsAiglon .
and leaves Bernhsedt and CoqueIin to
hold sway for a few weeks longer When
Miss Adams .leayes@ it will be with a
mingled chorus of praise and unfavor-
able comparisons drawn between her
art and Bernharots 5, but she can spend
her time reading that notice in Town
Topics which said she was greater than
Sarah, and turn up her nose at the
Founders on the anvil chorus
Anenf Miss Adams prospective tour
it strikes one that there is a mighty
shrewd business move back of this that
is going to work both ways It is not
denied that the little American actress
could play on in New York almost
through the season, and some wonder
that so big a production as hers is
rushed cut on the road. There may be
a good reason for it, and here is the
solution. Miss Adams Will go ahead
and Bernhardt and Coquelin will follow
OF course a great many people want TO
see the great French artists, and though
many of them may understand French
they would find it difficulty to keep pace
with Sarah7s Partisan utterances. The
best solution is to see .L'Aiglon'' as
played by Maude Adams which you
can readily understand, and then wait
for the French artists, who can be APP
preciated more fully when one knows
the play well enough. The double adj
vantage of this scheme from mana
gerial standpoint is Immediately appar-
.ent, and C. F'rohman and Maurice sGrau
have never been accused of lacking in