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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
WASHINGTON ALARMED AT THE
LATEST GERMAN MOVE e.
MENT IN CHINA. 49,.
CHAFFEE MUST NOT ASSIST
The Expedition, Offensive in Its Ma.
ture, to Be Modified on a Larger
Scale Than Anything Attempted in
China Since the Original March on
Peking-Germany Will Be Asked to
Desist From the Undertaking..

Washington, Feb. 19.-The United
States government is facing a serious
crisis in China, owing to the an
nouncement, of the purpose of Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee to begin
another offensive campaign. General
Chaffee has been invited to joinsin the
expedition, which Is to be modified
on a larger scale than anything at
tempted in China since the original
march to Picking. The general so in
formed the war department and the
officials of the state department have
been advised of the situation. This
German movement is viewed with alb
solute dismay here, for it is feared
that it requires an immediate decis-
ion by the United States on it's whole
line of policy toward the Chinese ques-
ton.
General Chaffee will be told that
he is not to participate in this cam
paign. He has been keeping the Amer
lean forces in Picking ever since the
city was pacified simply as legation
guard, and the German government is
fully aware that the United States
government purposely deprived the
American contingent in China of it's
offensive. military character and with
drew it from the control of Count Won
Waldersee in order to hasten peace
negotiations and prevent, so far as it
could, the continuance of military
movements against the Chinese, which
were at once unnecessary and baneful
in their effect upon the peace move
ment. So, our government not hav-
ing changed it's policy, cannot do
otherwise than cause General Chaffee
to refrain from any participation in
hostile military movements, so long
as the present peaceful conditions
continue. $685.
But another very serious point un-
der consideration is not whether Chat
fee shall join the German movement,
but whether it is not the duty of our
government to exercise all proper, eff
forts to dissuade the German govern
ment from undertaking this campaign.
The Chinese government is unfor-
tunately delaying the peace negotia-
lions in an exasperating fashion, and
is not responding in proper spirit to
the effort of the United States gov
eminent. Word has just come from
Minister CoIfger which confirms the
press advices relative to the Chinese
declination to accede to the demands
of the ministers in the matter of cap
ital punishment of the leaders i'm
plicated in the Boxer movement
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
AID INSURGENTS
SERldUS CHARGE MADE AGAINST
PROMINENT RESIDENTS OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS OCCUR

Employees of the TabacaIeria Company
and the Philippine Trading Com
pany, Two of the Richest Concerns
in the Islands, Held Prisoners-Bel-
gan Consul Also Suspected, but He
Hastily Left Manila.
Manila, Feb. 20.-Captain Jones of
the Eighth infantry has arrested at a
town on the bay, in the province of
Laguna, Florentino Ortana and Miguel
Ponce de Leon. agents of Tabacaleria
company, and William Webb. Pedro
Lorenzo and Victoriacco Sentana,
employed by the Philippine Trading
company, on charges similar to those
brought against D. M. Carmen, the
American contractor, namely, furnish
ing the insurgents with supplies. The
Tabacaleria company, the richest cor
poration in the Philippines, is accused
of aiding the insurgents often and &C
lively. The parties arrested are prom
inent persons and evidence against
them is very strong.
M. Brix Holterman, a Belgian, con-
nected with the Philippines Trading
company, has been arrested at Ma
Mia, and M. Edouard Andre, the Bel
gian consul here and manager of the
Philippines Trading company. has has
tily left Manila, with his family on his
way to Europe on board the steamer
Montevideo. Andre had previously
been suspected. Other arrests are ex-
pected.
Colonel Schuyler, with 100 men of
the Forty-sixth regiment, on the gun
boat Basco, landed on the Cavite
coast near Ternate and proceeding in
land, captured a small rebel garrison.
While continuing his march along a
mountain trail Colonel Schuyler was
attacked by rebels of Trias' command.
After a sharp fight, the enemy was
beaten and scattered. One Ameri-
can was killed and one was wounded.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
OLEo BILL TAKEN. UP.

Shipping Measure Displaced by an
Almost Unanimous Vote.
Washington, Feb. 18.-At 1 o'clock
the shipping bill was laid before the
senate. Mr.. Spooner moved to take
up the oleomargarine bill. Mr.. Stew
art demanded a roll call and the mo-
ton carried, As to 2. Mr.. Hale said
in view of the almost unanimous vote
to take up the bill that an immediate
vote should be taken.
Mr.. Berry (Ark.) said the vote on
the Democratic side was because they
desired to give a black eye to the
subsidy bill" ..,',
Mr.. Proctor, chairman OF the agri-
cultural committee. made a statement
relative to the hearings upon the oleo-
margarine bill, and the facts brought
nIIt , ..-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
SHOT IN A RAID.
WIFE OF A KANSAS "JoiNT" KEEP.
Err KILLED BY A MOB
OF "SMAsHERS."
one RAIDER ALSO WOUNDED
6aIoonkeeper Had Been Warned to
Close but Refused and His Place
Was Attacked by About Forty
Masked Men-NearIy One Hundred
Shots Fired by the Performers"
While in the Building.

Shots Fired by the Performers"
While in the Building.
Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 20.-Mrs.
Rose Hudson, wife of John Hudson, a
Joint" keeper at Milwoed. 40 miles
north of this city, was shot and in
stantly killed in a raid upon her
husbands saloon. One Of the raiders
was slightly wounded. Hudson had
been warned to close his place, but
refused. About 10 o'clock three men
entered and called for drinks. When
served they raped on the counter,
evidently to give signal. Hudson
jumped from behind the bar and
grappled with one of the men. In the
the men carried, was discharged. The
contents entered the wall. Mrs. Hud
son, attracted by the noise, ran
screaming into the room, while mob
of 40 men, most of whom wore masks,
entered in answer to the signal. In
the melee that followed another
charge was fired from the shotgun. It
struck Mrs. Hudson, tearing off the
top of her head. William Webb, one
of the raiders, was struck in the
shoulder by a revolver bullet. Nearly
a hundred shots were fired.
Hudson carried his dying wife into
an adjoining room and the mob re-
tired without wrecking the "joint."
Sheriff Everhardt, who went to
Milwood, has secured four prisoners,
two of whom are John and Henry Will
son, young farmers. There were no
women in the mob. which was COM
posed of farmers in disguise. There
is much excitement and further
trouble is anticipated. 4.4.4.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
JOHNSON A JUDGE.

Michigan Professor Gets an Appoint.
+: .,iment. in the Philippines.
Ann, Arbor, Mich, = Feb. 1S.-Pro,
fessar Elias Finley Johnson secretary
;-of the law department :ofethe. Uniyer-
sity of Michigan, has been appointed
one Of the supreme judges in the Phil.
ippines.
Professor Johnson has asked per-
mission to consider the offer until
March I. He will undoubtedly ac-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.

One Hundred and Twenty-seven PEG.
pie Perished at Bakvss 81! +"
st. Petersburg, Feb. 19,-In the of.
fetal report of the fire wifi "a, broke
out Feb. 5 in the magazine odthe Cas-
plan and Black Sea compan,- at Baku,
which spread to other depot IT is ad.
mitted that 127 fatalities ogesulted
from the conflagration and s@ast in ad.
dition number of perss hs are ex-
pected to die from the resritS of their
burns. The search for bc.tles is still
being carried on,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
Thirtieth Infantry Sails.

Washington, Feb. 19.-General Mac.
Arthur has informed the war depart
ment that the transports Hancock
and Fitzpatrick left Manila Sunday for
the United States. The Hancock has
the Thirtieth volunteer infantry on
board and the Fitzpatrick carries 400
sick soldiers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
WAR TAX MAY REMAIN.
Revenue Reduction Bill May Fail Of
n - = - Enact nnenf ~. - -. -

Revenue Reduction Bill May Fail Of
Enactment.
Washington, Feb. .20.-When the
senate and house conference in the
war tax reduction bill took their re-
spective positions during the day the
deadlock appeared stronger than be-
fore. Fear is expressed that the
house will present such an obdurate
front against aecepting the, senate re-
auctions Of nearly ss9, 900, 900 in favor
Of. tobacco interests, rs14 100000 for
brewers and $4,000 1000 4 for cigars.
that the passage Of any legislation af-
fecting the war tax is exceedingly
doubtful. Congressman Payne and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
MORE THAN A BILLION.
Latest Report Regarding capitaIiza'
cation of Steel Trust,

Latest Report Regarding Capitalize.
cation of Steel Trust.
New York, Feb. 20.-The latest re.
port regarding the capitalization OF
the big steel combine is that it will
overshoot the billion-dollar mark by
100000. There will be $SO0,Oo0,0OO
of capital stock, half of which is to be
Z per cent preferred. In addition there
will be $30o,000,00 of per cent first
mortgage bonds. The trust. when
completed, will have a tonnage capa-
city of 100000 tons. The earnings
of the absorbed companies last year
were $9S,0O0,O00. At this rate the
trust would pay all fixed charges, 7
per cent dividends and earn $4,000
900, or 13 per cent, on the common
stock
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
cepr ana will sail for Manila April /
from San Francisco. -F
Chief Good Thunder Dead.

Redwood Falls, Mimi, Feb. 49,
Chief Good Thunder. who was one of
the friendly Indians during the upris-
ing in the Cos. and who acted as Gen.
eral H. H. Sibley's chief of scouts,
died at his home at the agency, six
miles east Of here. from pneumonia.
He was about IS years old. His wife
and two sons Zone adopted) survive
him. Chief Good Thunder has been a
special protege Of Bishop Whipple for
MANY years
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
ATROCITIES OF ALLIES.
English Correspondent Says the Ger
u mans Were the Worst. -

6H9iSn correspondent says tne Ser'
mans Were the Worst. H..
New York, Feb. 19.-George Lynch,
an English correspondent, who saw
service in Cuba and South Africa and
was then commissioned by two Lon
don papers to accompany the allied
forces on the march to Peking, writes
to The Herald long description of
the terrible atrocities by the allies
with which the campaign was accom-
panied. Mr.. Lynch personally vouches
for the accuracy of the facts he re-
lates. He says: =
!. "But it is to the Germans we must
award the laurels of outrage in this
& Ct mpaign. They arrived late for the
-hunt1the. man, hunt or man, woman
and. child hunt. !. There. was some
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
MRS. NATION GOES TO JAIL
Refuses to Furnish $4,000 Bonds to
Keep the Peace.

Refuses to Furnish $4,000 Bonds to
Keep the Peace.
Topeka, Kan. Feb. 20.-Mrs. Nation
is now in the county jail as result
of her trial on a peace warrant before
Judge Hazen. The warrant was sworn
to by the Moeser Cold Storage COM
pany, whose plant Mrs. Nation en-
tered Sunday morning. Mrs. Nation
acted as her own attorney in the trial.
Judge Hazen placed her under $4,000
bonds to keep the peace and ordered
her to appear before him at the next
term Of court. Mrs.. Nation refused
to give the bond and said she would
go to jail. She is now detained in the
hospital room of the county Jail,
where she will probably remain some
time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21

Dalzell are inclined to make conces-
Mons rather than thwart legislation,
but the animus of the lower house is
% strongly against the senate substi-
tute bill that radical amendments
must be granted by the senate before
4 conference report will be approved.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
Many Deaths From Influenza.

Berlin, Feb. 20.-Inf1uenza is again
very prevalent in Berlin. During the
month of January there were only 578
deaths from the disease. but no less
than 60 deaths attributed to this
malady were officially reported last
week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
Empress Frederick Critical.

Empress Frederick Critical.
Berlin, Feb. 20.-The Berliner Post
continues to issue favorable bulletins
regarding the condition of Dowager
Empress Frederick. but in we'll in
formed private circles it is feared that
q crisis in the disease may come at
nny moment
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-21
lNEXTRASESSlON
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CON.
GRESs WILL BE CALLED AT
AN EARLY DATE.
CUBAN QUESTION IS URGENT

Desires Action on the New constitu.
ton of the island as Soon as the
Document Is Received-Said Spe.
,cial Commission of Cubans Will
Reach Washington Shortly to Dis.
cuss Future international Relations.
Washington, Feb. 18.-The presi-
dent told senators who called upon
iim during the day that congress will
be called in extra session as soon as
the Cuban constitution is received.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-03

Patti has hitherto held the undisputed
throne of song.
la Belle Francisco is known as
Fanny Nicholson in everyday life. Her
stage name was taken in honor of her
native city.
Helen Modjeska, queen of the Polish
stage, bade farewell to her native land
and thought to spend her days on her
idylic California farm. But Edwin Booth
persuaded her to study for the English
speaking stage. She made her debut in
the California Theater.
Mary Anderson, a native Sacramentan.
won the fame of two continents She
worked too hard. Her health failed and
she withdrew permanently from the
stage She is now Mrs Antonio de Ma
varro and lives in England.
Nance O'Neil is an Oakland girl She
used to haunt the old Bush Street Thea
ter for a chance to go on. Finally she
got on as supernumerary. Now she often
taunts the managers who turned her
avav in old days with: Didn't / tell
YOU? L knew L had it in me even then
All needed was chance.
Miss Eleanor Calhoun enjoys the dis
tinction of having been praised by Coque-
lin and Sardou She is said to be great in
Shakespearean roles.
Eleanor Robson, one of the youngest
actresses on the stage to-day, and one of
whom much is expected in the future
first faced the footlights at the California
Theater. She came here straight from
the convent in Montreal in 1897 and Joined
the Frawley company.
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there went to st. Petersburg and Mos
cow. Everywhere her beauty of voice and
feature has won her new laurels, for
Sybil's day is not yet past.
Alice Nielsen started as chorus girl
at the Tivoli. Later she took small parts
and finally leading roles. She was great
worker and had a wonderful memory.
Once she was given the title role in '.Lu-
cia di Lammernoor." In four days she
knew it perfectly.
When the Bostonans were here Barna-
bee went to the Tivoli, heard her and de-
termined to secure her. She became their
soprano.
Emma Nevada is a third daughter Of
the West who is favored with a voice. a
real voice. She was born in Nevada and
in honor of her birthplace adopted Ne
vada as her stage name. She was edu-
Gated at Mills Seminary, Oakland Mrs.
John w. Mackay sent her to Paris, where
she studied with the famous Madame
Marchesi She made her debut at Her
Majesty's Theater, London.
In 1885 she made a grand tour of the
United States and in San Francisco she
received an enthusiastic ovation.
She is now the wife of DR.. Raymond
Palmer and she has a beautiful home in
Paris.
La Belle Francisco" sang three years
ago at the opera house at Monte Carlo
with Patti. She was better received than
Patti, and the critics referred to her as
''the new star that was coming in and
to Patti as ''the old star that was going
out This is praise extraordinary, for
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Phoebe Davies made her first appear
ance privately before David Balasco
when he was manager of the Baldwin.
He booked her to appear at the next
Baldwin production. but illness pre-
vented and it was with the California
Stock Company that she afterward made
her debut.
A San Francisco manager offered to
take her East and star her. but she re-
fused, for just about that time Cupid was
aiming his arrows at her heart. Instead
of going East she married Joseph r.
Grismer. who was then leading man and
stage manager at the Baldwin.
Joseph r. Grismer is best known for his
production of ''Way Down East" 1t was
reserved for this production for Phoebe
to hit the flint which struck the fire of
general recognition for her.
Amelia Bingham, although not strictly
a Californian, had her first stage expert
ence here with Mckee Rankin, with
whom she made tour of the Pacific
Coast.
The history of this actress is interest,"
ing. She is one of the foremost woman
managers of America to-day, but she had
to fight for every inch of the way
Artistic heritage or encouragement was
not to her lot She came of family Of
Methodists, who never went to the thea
ter.
When she declared her intention of go
ing on the stage her neighbors turned
against her and her best girl friends
passed her on the street
Her Sunday school teacher, on bidding
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ally had a chance to appear in New York
where she aroused the jealousy of the
leading woman. Seeing a war of words
ahead. she quit the company after only
two appearances.
How she drifted into David Belasco's
training is an interesting story.
By the way, David Beasco is also 4
San Franciscan; he is a man whose
name now counts for much in the Ameri-
can drama
In the days when he was a hard-work-
ing stage manager at the Baldwin nc
was not widely known. Mrs. Bates was
the leading woman of his company. It
came into her power to do him a good
turn. He treasured gratitude in his mem
ory- Time passed He wrote several sue
cessful plays and at last found himself
in that Mecca of theater-folk, New York
Here at last he met Mrs. Bates and
her daughter, and proposed that Mrs.
Bates should give him the opportunity tc
train her daughter and bring out the tai
ent he believed she possessed. His fame
as a maker of stars had spread far and
WIDE, and so the training of Blanche as a
star began. Belasco is not an easy task.
master, but in his new pupil he met abi,-
lty coupled with infinite patience.
In the part OF Madame Butterfly it was
she who often begged him to let her 60
through the part just once more after
sliS anu ne nad drilled for hours together
she spent more hours a day as Madame
Butterfly than she did as herself. She
grew TO love the part, and when she took
on for the last time the little japanese
costume she had worn in it. she kissed
1t as she hung it up and declared that no
one would ever wear it but herself.
Her versatility is shown i'm her success
as Cigarette in Under Two Flags
greater contrast to Cho-Cho-San of But
terfiy fame, and again to Hedda Gabler
cannot be conceived.
Maude Adams made her first tinv an
pearance at the old Bush-street Theater
in child's part 1t happened in this
way. The manager suddenly found that
he wanted a child and asked Mark Thai
if he knew of any one who would an
swer- He thought he did. He went dowo
back of the Mint where Maude Adams
family lived and brought the little girl
back with him. She made her first an
pearance with ]. K. Emmett She was
lucky from the start. Her mother was
an actress and she breathed easily the
atmosphere of the stage.
She next went to the Alcazar and
opened in THE Midnight Bell.'' Since
then her progress upward has been
steady. When an actress holds her aIdi-
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PHOI0 BY S4I

ence in Bernhardt's roles she has gone
far, and this is what the little child
actress of the Bush-street Theater has
been doing for a season in New York.
Another child actress dear to the hearts
of the oId-time theater goer was little
Minnie Madden, now the inimitable Mrs.
Fiske of Becky Sharp fame.
She was between seven and eight years
old when she was known as the wonder
child" For all that she was fond of dolls
and of playing house just as hundreds of
other little girls are. One night during
her first engagement Minnie was playing
with a rag doll in the wings just before
her cue was spoken and she was so alb
sorbed in her childish pleasure that she
positively refused to go on unless she
could take dolly with her. CONSERVATION
reiSned as the time for her appearance
drew pearer. The matter was finally COM
promised by an agreement on the part of
the stage manager to give her the finest
doll that could be purchased in San Fran
cisco. For eighteen years Mrs Fiske kept
this doll and finally sold it in a charity
bazaar in New York for $125.
Long before she wore long dresses of
the stage she wore them in young lady
parts and occasionally took an old wo-
mans part At the age of 13 she scored
a hit in the role of Widow Melnotte III
1.-The Lady of Lyons"
At 16 she was a full fledged star.
Long as Mrs. Fiske has been on the
stage, she has never been able to over
come stage fright. She rehearses her
plays long and frequently. When she has
her lines letter perfect she still trembles
when the hour for her appearance ar
rives.
Mr.. Neill, who was with her for year.
tells story about her chronic stage
fright:
1--WE rehearsed one-act play of hers
for three months. 1t came to be Joke
anCng us, the pains we took with that
l:ttle play We almost knew it backward
When at last the night arrived Mrs.
Fiske said to us. Really, 1 don't think we
are ready to give that piece She was
frightened to death.
I'VE laughed at her, we teased her, we
iouied her, but it was only with the
greatest difficulty that we persuaded her
to go on
Sybil Sanderson was born in Sacrament
TO. where her father was for many years
Chief Justice. She went abroad to study
and made her debut in the Opera Co.
m!due. Paris, in 1889. She was renowned
for her "Eiffel Tower note" in a compo
sition which Jules Massenet composed es
pecially to suit her remarkably high reg
lister. Jules Massenet continues to write
all his music adapted to her voice.
During the past season she appeared at
the Winter Garden of Berlin, and from
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her gocd-by. said: Amelia, hear there
are some good men and women on tAe
stage. L hope so for your sake"
She resolved to be a leading woman in
a Broadway theater within five years or
quit the business She kept her resolu-
ton in mind When she went abroad she
found that women as managers were sue
cessful. In Paris she found Sarah Bern
hardt the most conspicuous figure In the
ranks of women managers.
Amelia returned to America and formed
a company. She is great believer in the
fact that 1.-The plays the thing
This actress-m manager. who combines
artistic sense with business acumen, says
that it is a much greater compliment to
hear the people say on leaving the thea
ter, Fine company, that Amelia Bingham
company" than TO hear them speak OF
Amelia Bingham alone q
For this same reason she has great dtf-
ficulty in getting play to suit. Clyde
Fitch wrote a play for her. She refused
it because it was star piece. and what
she desired was a stock piece which would
give the different members Of her COM
pany a chance and produce an artistic
whole
Maxine Elliot was formerly Jessie Nc
DermOtt of Oakland. AT frSt she Was
merely considered an artistic piece OF
bric-a-brac. Her acting was ignored Her
beauty was praised and proved to be a
stumbling block on her road 10 success
SeIf-cOnSciOusnes seemed to OvershadOw
her emotional talent. Finally she learned
through the doctrine of work TO grow
artisticallV She now essays SHAKES
pearean roles. ISABEL FRASER.