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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
BY ALAN DALE.

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~REPrEII| SPECIAL.
New York. oct. N.-They are plaving at
Kings and queens and royalties this sea-
son. II is the period when the lordly actor.
stepping from his luxurious BOARDING houN.
at siA rcr. dCnS the purple ard rrmine OF
majesty with superb aplomb. l: is the mo-
ment when the admirable artist, whose sal
airy IL two hundred. hut who will take twen-
ty. aries from his dreams OF corucI beef
hash and waves his imperial scepter over a
vision of pate de foie grss.
Ii Is always surprising and delightful TO
me 10 realize the splendid facility with
which the man or woman of the stage
squelches the stern and sordid realities OF
daily life and usurps the golden prestige Of
thCTc who rule. Il is as natural to the
actor to play the king and trail q velvet
robe all over the stage in naughty dlsdain
as it is 10 him to fling thousands OF prop
erty" dollars to the four winds Of heaven
and hope for the worst.
a real monarch Is q fool compared 10 the
hiue-chinn"d actor. Queen Victoria. driving
through Hyde Park. huGdied up in Il dingy
heap OF fruwsy black clothes. would open
her eyes in arnazenrent at the pictorial roy
alti-s of FOotlightville.
How they sweep over everything With
what exquisite majesty they crush the i'm
periai diaiem upon their regal brcws, And
how easily they take to the throne thai;
towers above everything and everybody.
They are playing at kings and queen and
royalties this season. The playwright who
evolves the easiest. We, most respondent
monarch is the playwright most in vogue
10 day. History ofttimes knoweth not
these kings and queens. but It matters lit
tie.
The European royalties. for which every
good American feels bound to confess a
bl,the contempt. are discarded for the
spangled fascination of pure imagination.
They even invent realms over which these
ladies' and gentlemen can loftily preside and
the supers are courtiers and the extra la
dies are maids of honor. and the whole par
aphernalia of the playhouse is devoted 10 a
jeweied exposition of courtly etiquette.
Stars Play Rt Royalties.
They are playing at kings and queens and
imposing. yet sinister. giving New York his
valued conception of dead-and-gone Henry
v There Is Sothern, as the hallucinatcry
Prime OF Denmark. casting eyes of scorn
upon the simple modern roles in which he
achieved has first success. There is Otis
Skinner giving his attention to the foibles
Of an imaginary Prince Otto. There is the
lovely. piCIante little Maude Adams. the
gentle Lady BaDbie OF a bewitching Barrie
story. casting her lot with that Of the Ma
poleon1c eaglet, with an ingenue eve on the
fortunes of France. There is Miss Blanche
Walsh. who they say clamors for the Dig
mites of historic Josephine. and there is
Grace George. reveling in the supreme lux
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several HAT have not been sung by the
company in 81. Louis. Tie novelties will
he Queen of Sheba." la Juive' C"rhe
JeWeSs''. Tile Prophet" and "Giaconda. ="
The Star Of the North will probably be
produced during the season.
! The season will close Easter week. The
Music HAN will not be dark this year dur
ing Christmas week. Fer that week one Of
the heavy operas that Will AFFORD the man
asentni an opportunity for p.eten-tous
stage setting Will la selected.
Perhaps the greatest interest centers in
the company selected 10 produce the OPP
"fas during the season. 81. Louis is tn
pave nearly all the favoT!:es Of Eist year
and in addition several new tn ST. Louis
audiences. They all come we'll recommend
ed. however. ana they are expected To he
fully AZ acceptable rs their predecessors
TIL" principals will iiut alternate aIite as
much this year .s last. although they Will
be changed about enough 70 afford 81.
Louisaus an opportunity &" become ac-
Gu1inted with the full strength of the or
ganization.
We are to have with Us the greater part
of the season Maud Lillian Errri. Adelaide
Norwood. Blanche Chapman. Gertrude Rem
nyson. "A soprano new to -. Louis. aaI Jo-
sepiiine Ludwig. Il 81. Louis singer. who
VIII make her debut In opera. Miss l,ii-
Wig Is said to have q magnificent voice.
Sh. has sung In concert here and abroad.
"'a 80 10
quently this season. Her place will be
filed by Maud Lambert. Another cuntraito
viii be Frances Graham. who has not been
heard In st. Louis. In the first production
of the season we are 10 lear Marie Marrer.
who VIII be borrowed from New York for
the occasion. The tenors Will he Miro Del
amotti. Barron Berthald and William Veg
ener. Joseph Shcehan will sing at Music
Hall several lines In the course of the sea-
son.
William Pruette. William Mertens. Homer
Lind. Harry blackstone and Winfred Golf
will sing the barytone roles. Mr.. Golf will,
be new to many opera Goers. although he
sang here n few years ago at Chrig's Cave.
Frank Moulan. who made a success of
kokO In THE Mikado' last year. will he
with the company. The bass singers will he
w. H.. Clark. Rodgers and W. III. Eoyle.
Stage Manager Temple is in New York, hut
Manager S~outhwell says that the stage
groupings and settings under the direction
of Maurice Hagerman will merit praise.
The musical director. Adolph L~sisagang. has
been with the Castle Square company
since 1896 in New York and Chicago.
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OStPH JEfFERSON'S Newest Speech
Marshall Wilder on the Vanderbilt
Observation-Disclosures Gossip-Cur-
rent Bills.

Joseph Jefferson made a speech in Chi
cago the other night. II was delivered In
the course of an evening Of rip Van
Wrinkle" Part Of the speech ran as fol-
lows
ut is thirty years since ! first acted this
character In Chicago. and IT is sixty years
since / first came as an actor to this city.
1t is quite likely l acted the character Of
Rip not only before the fathers and moth
ers OF many Of You who face me o-night
but before the grandfathers and grand
mothers of some OF you. 1t is. therefore,
my privilege to he here in health. acting be-
fore the descendants of your ancestors. and
l assure you / am grateful.
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shooting In COMPANY with ex-Presiient
Cleveland. But the recreation in which Mr..
Jefferson takes the keenest delight Is paint
ing. ana some Of his artistic work has won
Tor him the highest communication Of tho
best art critics Of the country. Landscapes
ere his favorite subjects. but he has execu-
ted some excellent animal studies and In
teriors. Mr.. JeffersOn's infatUation for
painting and acting wer. contemporaneous.
In his daily life both are simply different
expressions of the same truths. He could
Ito better live without one than the other.
Passicn for the ,heater is but part Of his
ieTitaSe. His certificate u: admission 10
the great guild of the worlds famous ac-
tors and artists Is en:rpssed with many
voucH' r.. for IL il Il long flight from the
Joseph Jefferson OF to-day To the Yorkshire
| farmer Thomas Jefferson. who appeared at
Drutv Lane In 1875. and TO Joseph. one OF
his two sons. who came to Boston In lI:.
and was engages; by Charles Stuart Powell,
! the first manager of the Boston Theater,
and 10 his second son. Joseph, an actor. too,
who inherited his fathers talents for draw
Ing. painting and architecture, and who was
born IN 1904 and the father OF our we'll
known joe Jefferson. Four generations
the line un~broken-of actors, and all were
draughtsinen and painters.
Manager Smith evidently believes In real
ism on the stage. as he en- ploys for William
Golfers osnpany this season a gentleman
from London TO play an English lord. Il
fresh importation from Denmark 10 play an
old Swedish boatman, a man from Toxic as
a japanese valet. ard a colored member
from Eighth avenue in New York for a
coon waiter. He says he rs not trying TO
rival Ruffalo Rfu hur mi. errreeat zion of
all nations IA appearing in Augustus
Thomas's new comedy. ION the Quiet"
-
The Janice Meredith. cas-, for the
Olympic Theater tomorrow evening will
be rs follows:
Charles Fownes afterwards John Brere-
robert prouet
I'M III mcintosh
IIeutenan, yIovtray CO.. Issr.ns
Squire Meredith. Charles III Collins
Squire Hennion ----....---..-... Martin J. CODY
colonel Ahrendt
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ut may not be interesting to you. hut
II IL TO me. TO know that those sixty years
have passed since tho day I arrived by boat
on the lake shore opposite the city. The
year was 1879. and Chicago was n village
OF 200 inhabitants. To think of that time
and of the changes which have taken place
since is almost enough To make one think
he il Rip Van Wrinkle indeed.
In the time that followed. my father
opened a theater here. He was also an
ii'herant manager, and | recall that In
curing about the State we went 10
Springfield. taking there the frs, theatrical
company ever to enter its limits In tbos,
DAYS the theater WAS considered an ab,m-
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something ike that.
IN AZ Music Han. Resident Manager
Charles NJ. Southweti. Stage Manager Mau-
rice HaSernlan and Musical Director AdoIph
Llsst"ars Of The cisti. Square forces are
tuSiiy engaged in getting things ready for
Tue inauguration of the second season in
inns HiN of the 'aSil- S.IuJrr Opera COM
pdny on Monday night. November IL.
Everything points In an auspicious open-
ms. said Mr.. SoUthwcll. 'and with one Of
the Sf'tndest Of grand uTeras. staged even
more sunlptuonSly than Aida WAS staged
East wear. AMI Il east of ST. Louis fIvnritts
W expect tie commencement of our set
son I" u" an event among the onora-Iuycrs
q! IN" city. Til" opening opera viii he one
'ii3t VIII tax the fuli strength Of the com
pdlE ana The orchestra and Will be one
that was not heard here last year.
Now. I'm no: going to tell Won what
opera VIII be sung first" said Mr.. South
We'll THAT'S going to be i surprise AMI
ltkr IN" little folks. ! want 10 keen the
pest Tor the Last. The production VIII he
srand'r than Aida and the management
expects 10 score the greatest success VET
durlnS the opening week"
The season Of the Castle ScIare cam
pany was I" have been inaugurated Nnyer-
her = hut the opening was postponed a
"eth IN order that the musical festival.
which VIII tie held I'm ,he Coliseum during
the week az November l., would not be In
terfered with.
manager Southwetl and his assistants saw
theE VIII Try 10 improve ON the productions
or last year. Besides the old fayorItas
quite a number OF new operas are 10 be nro-
duced- There viii he plenty Of heavy grand
opera and a good proportion of lighter
works. for s~andwiched between the grand
operas will be such tuneful fayorites "a
gypsy Baron Princess Bonnie" Eel
Captain" Little tycoon and ."yha
Mikado," with the same cas-. that M
scented 1t the first time last season. Tho
presentation of The Mfkado- last wear
was SO thoroughly enjoyed that the man.
asenent decided tn present II this year with
the same cast, so that the hit. will be
sure TO he duplicated.
Among the grand operas there will be
plenty 10 tickle the fancy of the lover Of
the hishest-class music. There will bs
Aida "~LohengrIn." Lucia" ..rrov,-
tore. Martha" Die Neistersinser" and
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thorn and John Siasin. The eRti1 empa
is said To number syer Id people During
this engagement st. Louis Will have IT'S
first opportunity TO hear Miss Nielsen's
ppesa;ie success Of last year, Tho Singing
Girl"
Tho 6ieaa popular concert programmes
so- tonight will be as foliows:
In
Mr.. Alfred g. Robya.
~ASiA-CeieS1e Aida
hE. james J. RGhap.
Saas AeEH,.E
Ass E,sIGesiS ~fistDer.
Oryan-
W. TSSICsuW
b) L<no-e go.
Mr.. Alfred @. Robyn-
Arla-LA DONNA
Mr. James J. Rohan.
Vioifn-Farfasis de
Mr.. Paul Bsrge o. New Orleans.
Srg-fe Winds and
Miss Eugeh:a Getne-.
Oyerture-P0et and I9wpA
Mr.. Alfred @. Robyn.
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Mr.. SPRAGUE SAYS

Dehcatessen Lunch Rooms serve whole
used.
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year ago. put the idea into practice there.
Mr. Remelius thus explained his invention
TO a member of The Republic staff at In
diana polls:
zach end and ona al each side They are
placed on the roof, being hung Immediately
In front of the transoms. The foundation
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
ALsCHULER FOR GOVERNOR.

Illinois Democrats Select State Ticket
- and Delegates to Kansas City.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, June :tE2S.-The
Democratic state1 convention, u nomi.
mated Samuel Alsohuler. of Aurora for
governor and elected = the, following
delegates-at-large to the Kansas City
convention:, Mayor, Carter, H. Harri-
son, Chicago; Alfred Strude, Chicago:
Benjamin r. Gable, Rock Islands; Con
gresham James r., Williams, Carmi.
The resolutions. reaffirm in it's en-.
tirety the Chicago platform of 1896;
strongly condemn TRUSTS, uphold the
Monroe doctrine; denouhce the sscow.
ardly facts 81 President McKinley',;in
dealing with the Philippines; denounce
the Porto Rican tariff bill; express sym.
pathy with the Beers in their struggle
for liberty; endorse the administration
Of Mayor Harrison Of Chicago and his
attit ade on the street car question, and
instruct the delegates to the national
convention to vote for Bryan for presi.
dent. The platform makes no specific
allusion to 1G to I. This subject was
debated at length i'll the subcommittee
of seven, which, by a vote OF S to 2, de.
cided merely to reaff1rm the Chicago
platform.
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Admiral Seymour Not Far From
"Tien Tsin Terribly Har-
rassed by Chinese.
Says He Cannot Hold Out but
Two Days and Urgently Re-
quests Assistance.
Sustained a Loss of Sixty.three
Men Killed and Two Hun
dred Wounded. -. ..s. @.

BERLIN, June 2S.-The German con.
sui at Che Foo confirms the contents Of
tho message from Vice Admiral Sey.
mour, which reached Tien Tsin Mon.
day, saying he was then eight miles
westward of that city, terribly har'
rassed, could only hold out another two
days and had 63 men killed and over 20C
wounded, and adds that the admiral
asked for the dispatch of relief column
of 1900 men. This column left Tien
Tsin during the morning Of June a5,
under Russian command.
LONDON, June 2S.-A special from
Shanghai says that communication
with Admiral Seymour was opened by
the Tien Tsin relief force Sunday. Ad.
Seymour was at that time 10 miles
from Tien Tsin. Three hundred of the
members Of his party were reported
sick and wounded. Only a few had
been killed. They were short of pro-
visions, and were returning without
having rescued the legations.
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
NORTH DAKOTA CROPS.
Wheat Il Practically All Gone--Flax
Shares the Same Fate. bs{

Wheat Il Practically All Gone-Flax
Shares the Same Fate.
S BISMARCK, N. o., June "a. -The.xoy.
5ernment weather bureau here has issued
the following summary Of the crop con.
ditions: II 80 u II 81 S MI 81 81 .ys.. 4
4s There is no doubt that the greater
portion Of the wheat crop has been al.
imosts totally destroyed; the only hope
lies in getting sufficient rain to revive
and bring forward that sown late. as
that put in early lis almost beyond re-
4covery; all reports agree that if the pre-.
vailing drouth continues week longer
there will be little left to harvest. What
little early wheatis left is heading out
very short, SO much SO that it cannot be
cut by ordinary methods, and hundreds
OF acres are being burned up. Fla
seems to be doing the best Of all grain,
but 1t Is poor, and beginning to- suffer,
and it is probable that considerable
damage has been done the tender plant
by the heat Of the past week. Corn is
doing fairly we'll, but is very backward,
Gardens are almost total failure in all
sections, and it is feared that the potato
crop has shared the fate of the early
wheat
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
WILL RETURN TO WORK.
Backbone of the Big Building Strike ii
Chicago Broken.

Backbone of the Big Building Strike in
Chicago Broken.
CHICAGO, June 2S.-The backbone of
the great building trades strike in this
city is broken. It is now only a uues-
ton Of hours when the $4,000 workmen
who have been idle for many months
will be arranging agreements for their
return to work.
The initial move for ending the lock-
out was taken at 2:15 a. M. by the
Bricklayers and Stonemasons' union,
the strongest labor organization in the
building trades, which voted after an
all'night meeting to withdraw from the
Building Trades council. The arbitra-
ton committee of the bricklayers will
meet the arbitration committee of the
Chicago Masons and Builders associa-
tlon and sign working agreement to
extend to April, 1902, and the bricklay-
ers will Immediately be given work.
The action Of the Bricklayers' union
was the result of the report of the con-
ference committee in which a recon-
mendation was made that the union
sever it's connection with the central
body, because that organization had
been unable to bring about settlement
of the labor troubles
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
, VERY PAINFUL PICTURE.

British Government Charged With In
adequate Hospital Provisions.
LONDON, June 2S.-The Times pub.
fishes communication from William
A. P. Burdette- Coutts, Conservative
member Of parliament for Westminster,
who is now in Cape Town, charging
the government with inadequate provi-
sions for the sick and wounded. The
writer paints painful picture telling
of 1900 patients who lay in field hos.
pitals for seven weeks without beds.
He says that typhoid victims were
stretched upon the ground in the rain,
while the mud was three. inches deep,
and that the poor wretches had little
that was nourishing.
The Times, commenting on these
statements, says: "Such horrible de-.
tails show the callous shortsightedness
of the war Office"
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Three deaths and several prostrations
from the heat occurred at Pittsb1fe
Wednesday.
Governor Roosevelt of New York will
address tho Republican National league
in St. Paul on July II.
William and Ross Busby, aged % and
10, were killed by lightning while in a.
barn near Oskaloosa, Ia.
King Albert of Saxony has fallen into
such serious state of health as to cause
the greatest anxiety to the court.
The emperor of Japan has sanctioned
an outlay of Is, ,ooo, 900 yen towards the
cost OF military operations in China.
Ex-senator Edward Murphy, Jr., de-
MES that he is candidate for the Dem
ocratlc nomination for vice president.
Daniel l., Darling, clerk in the Hen.
nepin county (Minn.) abstract Office,
has been arrested on the charge of en-
bezzling s., 400. =; >, -:
The New York board of health has
decided to thoroughly disinfect the
Chinese quartersin Manhattan, Brook.
lyn and Coney Island as a measure Of
precautlon against the plague
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.

State Nominating Convention in Session
at Grand Rapids.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 2S.-Bliss
workers were undeniab1y the most con-
fident people in the entire s'.push" Of
delegates, politicians and spectators
when the Republican state convention
assembled at IL O'Clock. Those en-
gagged in pushing the gubernatorial can.
didacy of the Saginaw colonel seemed
not only to have held their delegates
together during the night and morning,
but it was conceded that their strategy
in making combinations had proved
more clever than that of the large and
influential following Of D. M. Ferry of
Detroit. 's
The convention was called to order
by Gerrit J. Diekma of Holland, chair
man of the state central committee.
Hon. Daniel P. Markey of Port Huron
was introduced as the temporary chair
man.
Victor M. Gore of Benton Harbor was
made chairman Of the committee on
resolutions, with Herbert M. Cole of
Detroit secretary. Both are Ferry men
Sybrant Wesselius was made chairman
Of the committee on credentials. He is
an enthusiastic Stearns man. The tenn
porary organization will be made per.
manent. -. %,.s.@-, - e., e.
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
I ACTIVITY INCREASING. T.

Beers Succeed In Piercing Rundle's Lines
and Proceeding Southwark.
LONDON, June %. kilograms from
South Africa indicate that the renewed
Boer activity increases in proportion
with Lord Roberts quiescence, 40 the
completion of the chiefs
enveloping movement, supposed to be in
progress, is anxiously awaited. The
latest news confirms the supposition
that the Beers succeeded. in piercing
Rundle's lines and proceeded south
ward. - ~ s.'7 ,,sss III, s.{5
1t appears that the failure of tho
British to properly guard their line Of
communication north of Kroonstad in.
volved disaster to a body Of Basutos
working on the railroad, of whom 20
were killed and 200 were made prison
ers. This has had decidedly bad e.
feet on the natives mind and a re-
crudescence of unrest is reported in
RaSut0land. NL,- n. N-.--A =. l. ]
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
REDS STILL DANCING.

Chippewas Will Wait Until July s for
- Prophesied Storm.
CASE LAKE, Mimi, June 228.-The
Indians who have rendezvoued at
Squaw Point are: still encamped there
in large numbers. A number of the
Cass Lake Indians who went there
when the scare concerning the "Mes-
siah's' storm prophesy first had it's
effect, were in town during the day
and they say they intend to remain at
the Point till July s., which is the latest
date given out by the messiah, when
his storm will occur. The Indians be-.
came hungry and were compelled to
leave their dancing grounds long
enough to gather some snake root and
sell it to provide some food. The reds
are still dancing, but not with; such
violence as they did two weeks ago.
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
UNDER CHINESE ESCORT.
Foreign Ministers Depart From Pekin for
the North.

Foreign Ministers Depart From Pekin for
the North.
PARIS, June 28.-The French consul
general at Shanghai announces that the
allied troops have entered -Tien Tsin.
He states also that the foreign minis
ters have departed from Pekin for the
North, accompanied by a Chinese es-
cort. It is supposed they. are headed
for Shanghai Kouan,: following the
course of the great wall. 2::>-
The telegram adds that the viceroy of
Maxim and the viceroy Of Tcheng-
Gtchetong have requested the consul to
announce to the French government
that they are protecting lines Of some of
the missionaries and some of the for
eign merchants in that region. A Yang
Use telegram Of the same date states
that the French consul at Che Foo con-
firms the news of the deliverance from
Tien Tsin and the fact that the foreign
ministers left Pekin under an escort.
The Princeton union., 1900-06-28
MAJOR WALLER, COMMANDING AMER
ICAN MARINES IN CHINA.

ICAN MARINES IN CHINA.
state that the consul general at Tien
Tsin-supposed to be the French consul
general-had telegraphed to the viceroy
of Chi Ii that the foreign admirals had
demanded the surrender of the Taku
forts, and that the foreign ministers
were shortly to leave Pekin for Tien
Tsin with the guards. The minister
says the dispatch reached him from
Pekin, via Sinan Flu, the ca pital city, of
Shan Tung province. The minister, is
firmly convinced Of the accuracy Of the
statements contained in his message.
Secretary Hay was also inclined7 ito
credit the dispatch and was pleased to
find that it was corroborated by the
dispatch of the French consul general
in Shan Tung to his own government.
In well-informed diplomatic circles
the news that the foreign ministers
have left Pekin for the North under a
Chinese escort is regarded with some
apprehension. It is presumed, of
course, thnt the escort is composed of
imperial troops, but feeling of unrest
is induced by the evident fact that in
the present circumstances, even the i'm
perial troops are not absolutely to be
trusted.