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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19
SHOES STOLEN.
Party Charged With Breaking Into an
Omaha Car.

An Omaha freight car was broken
open Sunday and eighteen pairs of
shoes consigned from Omaha to points
on the Chicago & North Western road
were stolen. 1t was learned this morn
ing..that a party had been offering to
sell new shoes to workmen in the
Klondike quarry. Detective M. D..
Bresnan of the Omaha secret service
picked out man with new shoes that
had been run in by the police with a
number of hobos. He took him to the
quarry where he was identified as a
man who tried to sell a pair of shoes
there. The fellow was locked up. His
shoes looked as though they had been
worn day or two, and the maker s
name was scratched off. He claimed
that he had purchased the shoes at
Mountain Lake July Sd, and that he
came to Mankato he next day and has
been peddling since then. He denies
stealing the shoes.
Fifteen hobos were rounded up by
the police Monday night, and some were
Tuesday driven out of the city
and others were put to work upon the
stone pile.
A party called up the police at
II 80 O'Clock Monday night from a
residence ON South Second
street, and said that he tho ught
that a burglar was trying to
get into the house. Six officers
surrounded the house but found
no one, and it is their opinion that It
was not burglar but some drunk pass
ing through the yard that had made
the occupants nervous.
The police and detectives Tuesday
locked up five parties, three on sus-
picion of being professional pick
pockets and two on suspicion of hav-
ing been connected with the shoe rob-
berry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

The fellow who generally looks
after the cold weather bureau at
Medicine Hat, seems to have shut off
the machine and taken a vacation,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

Even Duluth got thawed out Sunday
and enjoyed mild spring day, The
north pole is certainly in danger if this
hot spell is much longer continued.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

King Edward does not like reporters
it is said The old gentleman seems
to be getting slightly touchy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

There is some satisfaction in the
fact that the Youngers will not take
to the lecture platform.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19
A BIG EMETIC NEEDED.

Duluth News Tribune: The editor
of the. Commsner is not his party's
only Jonah. There must be still more
unloading.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

Pat Grove is said to be in Africa.
IF This rumor is confirmed the detec-
tives will be safe for a while at least.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-19

j. E. Wing and wife of Wells, are
visiting their son, G. L. Wing and
wife, of this city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
1.-THE FATAL WEDDING" AT LoTHRoP's THIS WEEK

phrey, Julia Ralph, Louie Quinten, Lit
tie Cora, and the following choir boys:
Charles Robinson, Joseph Brophy
Frank Mccoy, George O'Dell and Ed
ward Corregan. Bargain matinees will
be given on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
The Blondells, the popular comedy
couple in the laughable farce comedy,
1.-The Katzenjammer Kids will be the
attraction at Lothrop's Opera House,
week of October IA. The piece has been
entirely Rewritten. New songs, dances
and medleys have been added. This at
traction when presented here, two
years ago, was conceded to be one Of
the funniest comedies ever seen at this
house.
Elmer E. Vance, manager of Treas
ure Island" which comes to Lothrop's.
October Il, is living testimony to the
truth of the assertion so often made,
that blood will tell, and that pluck and
energy will push itself to the front.
July 81, $780, Mr.. Vance was a night
operator and train dispatcher at the
Union depot, Columbus, o., on a sal
airy of $50 per month. During his leis-
ure moments and amid the click of in
struments he wrote what has been
proven the most successful theatrical
venture of the nineteenth century, The
Limited Mail, which netted him $270,-
900 in four years. and now he opens
the twentieth century with a produc-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
"MoNTE CRISTO."

lanes o,Neiu. the eminent romantic
actor, will be seen at the worcester
Theatre. next Friday night and oatui :
dav afternoon and night in Lieoler q
Companv's magnificent scenic produc-
ton of Monte Cristo.' When Oll'i ie9
Fechter made his version oil Moii'e
Cristo" from the elder Dumas master
niece he builded better than he knew
He made a play that has outllveGr -, Ine
seasons. Mr. O'Neill and Monte -
TO" have become so closelE ISSUE N'I5 t,a.
in the public mind that niue ~ ~
said about the story OF IHe p@' +ta
the actor, although he mas plasS nj
role over 1000 times. There II -
in his Characterization no laeh "a 81
tanietv or of romantic ana Ni, - iii
AS Edmund Dantes he appea' ~ ali
lovers of the romantic Drama, H.
those who like to witness P..+ra,,7a
tion that is thrilling IN inc .-.+jl
without being absurdly msIoli ~ - az
The new Monte Crls'o - ever
the most remarkable spectaclss - -.
seen on tie American staEs' e.,-~f.I, a
Tieb1er G. Company agreed 10 Iull.l7-i m n
,1,.odnc+ion of this play for Mr. y Nel ven.
thew resolved that it should su IT t5s
ANYTHING of the kind ever seer. ~ ~ an en-,
American theatre. Scenically II 5l., -
titled to rank alongside the pIouI w. Sir
made at the London Lyceuil ~ ;,ts,-
Henry Irving. One Of the mos W. III in
estinE scenes in the play Is III LIZ
which the Chateau d'lt Is s-loH ,- .i,1
in their cells the two lonely l'. .,.oaItt
are seen and the secret OF Ii7 +o IA.
of Monte Cristo is impaI1eG5 HE feI.
mond Dantes. As DanteS anu herring
low convict talk, d storm IL
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
Free State Girls

When war was declared the Free
State sister helped her brother to pack
his scanty outfit-for the Boer warrior
travels light, and is swift-kissed him
good-by. and sent him off with her
father and her friends brothers to
fight, and then visited him in his
lager to prevent his yearning for
home and from making him grow
faint-hearted.
Now that the enemy has occupied
the country and the Boer is a pris-
oner at st. Helena, or Nitill fighting
across the border In the Transvaal.
the girl sits at home waiting patient
ly for his return. raising money for his
use if he is a prisoner, but uttering no
word of complaint to make him, II he
is fighting, feel that his place is back
at home.
But now the tennis racquet is laid
aside. for there are orderly horses
stabbed in the courts. The bicycle
stands in the hall unused. for the pro-
vost marshal requires the girl to ask
for a pass if she will ride. and she is
too proud to do soi pony-riding also
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
THE CHRISTIAN"

The Christian" Liebler & Compa-
ny's tremendous success, is announced
for an engagement at the Worcester
Theatre, on Monday and Tuesday even
ings.
The Christian" has been called Hall
Gaines great play. The only objection
to that compliment is that it is too linn
tied in scope. THE Christian" should
be called 1.-The peoples great play" for
certainly no more skilfully constructed,
admirably written stage piece has ever
been presented to the theatre-goers Of
America, and certainly no other play
has ever attained the degree of sue
cess enjoyed by THE Christian"
The play differs very materially from
the book, the chief resemblance be-
tween them consisting of the influences
which surround and shape the lives
and destinies of the principal charac-
tiers and in the general theme and
moral. The play, however, is an i'm
provement on the book, in that it has
a prettier, more satisfactory denoue-
ment and is not burdened with char
acters not absolutely necessary to it's
completeness, nor scenes which do not
affect or impress its total value as a
production.
The play tells the story of the lives
of John Storm and Glory Quayle, pith-
lily and pointedly, with just enough side
scenes to show the influences upon the
life of each which contributed to the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

at sea, outside, the walls of the island
prison. Dantes makes his escape by
being thrown into the ocean in a sack,
taking the place of the dead man, and
cuts kis way out with knife. AS he Is
thrown from the parapets what is
known technically as a dark change is
made, and the open sea is shown. Here
the scenic effects obtained by the en-
ployment of advanced knowledge of the
use of electricity border on the mar
velous. A terrific storm at sea is faith
fully reproduced. Lightning flashes
from the heavy clouds, the wind bowls
in it's fury, and the sea beats against
the lonely rock for which Dantes is
swimming Mountain-h high waves fol-
low one another in quick succession.
The lightning is not the usual siekly
flash seen on the stage, but is of the
forked variety, and darts across the
sky from time to time, and Eliminates
the ocean. AseDantes gains the rock
a thunderbolt flies from the heavens
into the sea at his feet. Just as he
gains this haven a pirate ship beating
against the storm heaves in sight and
rescues him from his perilous position
This is one of the most realistic scenes
in the play
Another that has aroused much COM
ment is that of the conservatory and
ballroom in the Hotel De Morcerf. The
massive pillars, the huge staircase, and
the conservatory filled with flowers
and ferns of the rarest type form a
symphony of harmonious color decora-
tions. Another scene that is most
beautiful in which electricity plays an
important part is that in the Forest
of Fontainebleau. The curtain rises on
a wintry woodland scene Thousands
of irridescent crystals glimmer and
CLINT in the moonlight, and the snow
bedecked and ice-covered trees seem to
be burdened with thousands of fash
ing lights. AS the duel progresses the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

the many interesting features of the
fair will be a magnificently illustrated
production of Ben Hur."
The number of free samples to be
given away at the Boston Food Fair
this fat, ,excgrds that of any former
food fair, including, as 1t does, articles
of almost every kind of food. The
decorations have cost thousands of dol
lars and are of the most elaborate
character.
There are to be concerts every after
noon and evening throughout the whole
four weeks of the fair, and everybody
will want to hear the celebrated Royal
Marine Band of Italy, and Signor Clan
mini, the great tenor soloist, who is one
of the most celebrated tenor singers in
the world.
Ladies will be interested in the do
nestle science department, in which
Miss Nellie Dot Rancho gives daily in
structions in practical cooking.
There are to be special excursions
from all parts OF New England.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

The leading feature Of the vaudeville
bill at the Park Theatre, this week,
will be the famous comic opera star,
Atalie Clair, who was Lillian Russells
leading support in the La Cigale" un-
til she married a young Boston mil
lionaire named Alfred Kayne. They
were recently divorced. This will be
Miss Claire's first vaudeville appear
ance She has a beautiful voice and
will bek heard to advantage in popular
selections. -.g IT.
Edward Lawrence and Nina Har-
rington, two popular Worcester favor
ties, will present for the first time in
two years their clever act, "The Bow
cry Boy and East Side Girl" George
c. Davis, the well-known comedian and
impersonator, will present a new act
Vernon, the ventriloquest, will intro
duce his funny talking figures. Ida
Mule, late of Palmer Cox's Brown
les" will be assisted by her own little
company-ir a new orte>act comedy, en=
titled, s"All Right.s The Seven Reed
Birds clever family Of fun-makers,
will be seen in an entirely new musical
farce by Dave Reed, Jr., entitled Look
Out for Johnson" Ozav and Delmo,
eccentric Juggling comedians, will pre-
sent a unique act, and Coakley and
Heusted will present their clever COM
edy sketch. The usual daily matinees
will be given
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
BOSTON THEATRE

'Trncle Toms Cabin" which, last
spring. played at the Academy OF Mu,
sic. New York, for three months ana
ar the Auditorium, Chicago, for a pc
riod of six weeks during the past sum-
mer comes to the Boston Theatre on
Monday. October IA, for run. me
same excellent cast will be seen IN the
different well-known characters OF
Harriet Beecher Stoves story OF sla-
very life. Wilton Lackaye will be IN
Gle Tom; Theodore Roberts. simon lie
cree. l.. r. Stockwell, Lawyer Marks
frank Hatch, Phineas Fletcher; Arue
Hail Topsy: Emily Rigl, Cassie; MIS-.
Annie Yeamans, Aunt Ophelia, and me
remainder of the company will embrace
The names of players of equal promi-
hence. one Of the best scenes OIL the
NAV is that which takes place on tne
isy,ee where some $50 colored singers
o,d DANCERS perform. Manager VIII
Iian, A. Brady has put Uncle rom
Cabin" upon the stage in an elaoorate
manner. costing about S25,OOO. us en-
eopement in Boston will no DOUBT prove
-, event of more than ordinary inter-
- e
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
LOTHROPS OPERA HOUSE
and The PARK THEATRE

"rhe Fatal Wedding" an original
comedy drama, dealing with facts true
to nature, and having story full of
heart interest, the main Incidents in
connection Herewith being taken from
happenings in the great metropolis,
Will commence weeks engagement,
tomorrow night, at Lothrop's. The
story runs very much on the lines Of
Hal Reds famous play, Human
Hearts" yet sufficiently different from
that drama as to hold the strictest at
tention of the audience throughout the
play. The plot serves to introduce suf-
ficient dramatic and pathetic situations
as well as plenty of comedy inter
mingled Herewith, and is just a play
that has been a long felt want to those
desiring truthful, clean and wholesome
incidents, not overdrawn but true to
nature.
One of the most important characters
in the play is that of. Jessie, child of
years, which part has been assigned
to Little Cora, who is recognized as the
greatest child artist on the American
stage So much Importance has been
attached to this particular character
tf1ats-the~ management have found 1t
necessary to secure a second child to
understudy the part and relieve Little
Cora from her work on occasional
nights. The cast contains several we'll
known favorites, headed by Ed Nor
dant and others.
The scenic effects are very vivid and
realistic and serve to introduce repro
auctions of New York scenes. Among
them should be mentioned the interior
of New York criminal court in full
working order; another scene is an eX-
act reproduction of the famous Grace
Church, New York City. The interior
effects of this particular scene are the
most elaborate ever presented on a
stage. One of the most realistic scenes
ever attempted is the climax of the
third act, in which the audience are
shown the famous palisades of the
Hudson on winters night. To make
this scene most original the manage
ment have introduced a snow storm eff
feet which is in reality the greatest
scene of its kind ever attempted These
scenes alone go to make up a great
production AMI with the capable com
pany engaged to present it should meet
with the full approval of all who wit
ness THE Fatal Wedding"
1.-THE Fatal Wedding" has been doing
a record breaking business everywhere,
and Manager Wilton looks for the ban
ner weeks business of the season. The
cast includes Edwin Mordant, j. e.
Miltern, Frank Montgomery, Charles
Western. Richard Quilter, Howard
Kyrle, Master Wallie, Misses Ola Hum
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

final destiny of both and climaxed
youths troublous errors and heart
aches with a life of perfect happi-
ness because clothed with religious Sc
curity. Each milestone in their lives
is carefully marked. The scenes which
mark them in the play are not far
fetched, not oyer-drawn, but are de-
picted with that stage and scenic skill
fulness which makes them seem at
once beautiful and real to the audi
ence. The play is a sermon of the
most influential kind, and while under
it's influences the auditor feels removed
from the earthly things of this cold,
calculating earth to ethereal heights
BY this it is not meant that the pray Is
gloomy. for it is not. 1t is just simply
intensely interesting, and is filled with
life's sidelights, many of them joyous
and amusing and all exquisitely pic
tured.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

has been abandoned, for the hateful
pass must be obtained for that, too.
For the same reason, no more the Wis
iting of country farms; in addition to
this is the sad fact that many of the
most dear ones have been RACED to the
ground: A deadly feud between her
and the Uitlander section of her
friends has divided her social circle
The city is full of the ugly khaki uni
forms. There is little new to read, and
the old has ceased to interest. And
last, but not least all evening parties
must break up at half-past eight,
when the curfews send all but the
military home and to bed.
when the British marched into
Bloemfontein the Boer girl closed the
house, and in darkness. at midday,
threw herself on her bed with her
hands over her ears to drown the
cried bitterly, for her heart was break
ing Now that. she feels that the cause
of Afrikanderdom is hopelessly lost,
she is bravely drying her tears and
getty ready to help the returning
warrior face the new conditions and
to make the best of them. She was,
and still is, proud Of her country, and
though still impatient at the sugges-
ton that as a part of the British EN-
pre- larger ueiu Is open LOT nef IOr
the exploitation of the greater person
atty which she uncOnsciously holds in
resrve. yet she will come to a realiza-
ton of this and of many more things
earlier than her more slowly thinking
brother. and helped him, to grow more
easily into the new conditions.
''The Free State girl so impressed
me, an American, by her appearance of
being of the American type, that she
made me quite homesick. and almost as
sorry to leave Bloemfontein and go
with the Queens army toward Pre-
toria as had been to leave America
From F. w. fingers with "Bobs" and
Kruger" soon to be published.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
BOSTON MUSIC HALL

The artistic success scored by that
dainty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS musical
comedy in one act, "Miyo San," at
Boston Music Hail. has led to further
negotiations, with the probability that
the engagement will be extended.
Vaudeville patrons seldom have oppor-
tunity to witness such delightful en-
tertainment, and when they do, they
appreciate it to the full. "Miyo Sam
thanks to the splendid production CIV
en- it by Adolphe Mayors a thing of
beauty and joy for some time to
come, at least. 1t sparkles with pretty
scenery, pretty girls, pretty sentiment,
pretty songs and pretty dances; it scin-
tillates with musical gems and comedy
radiates from it brilliantly. Oliver T.
Holden, a manly tenor,-and a trio of
fascinating maidens in laura DEMO,
Florence Tyler and. Helen Racket,
complete the cast and present kalei-
doscopic stage picture. Since the in
itial performance of last Monday, sew
eral marked Improvements in the piece
have been made and at present it con-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
stitutes a charming diversion and a
genuine vaudeville novelty.
COLUMBIA THEATRE

"Evangeline, Edward E. Rice's
classic,-for it may be considered a
classic in burlesque-goes merrily along
at the Columbia Theatre, Boston, to-
wards the fftieth performance, which
will shortly be given Little doubt re-
mains as to the quality of the attrae-
ton offered in Manager Henderson in
the palatial Columbia Theatre. At ev-
cry performance of 'Evangeline" may
be found not only hundreds of the
newer generation of play-goers, but
those to whom Rice's burlesque is an
old story. The latter seem to enjoy its
repetition more than ever The music
throughout is as bright and pleasing as
it was before, and, although it may APP
pear hackneyed to the trained mu-
stefan, It delights the untutored ear,
and never fails to impress all hearers.
OF course, the chiefest charm of Evan
geline" is its pretty girls. Indeed, the
present organization contains more
choristers, lovely in face and figure,
than any company Mr.. Rice always
noted for his rare discrimination in the
selection Of beauty, has ever had. The
principal ladies are charming to gaze
upon, and the comedians are clever
enough to keep the large audience in
continual roars of laughter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
NEWSONGS

Charles Fonteyn Manney. MY Soul
Waieteth for the Lord" Duet for So
prano (E to AZ and tenor or second
soprano (E to az. rs cents.
This is a fine duet in the style of the
church oratorio for any two high
voices. There are effective passages in
canon form, and admirable, thrilling
climaxes obtained by the skilful use Of
the unison of both voices. This Is a
genial and impressive number for for
NAL services and for the general use of
churches where the singers are well
trained and skilled in the singing Of
the easier classics.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
LITERARY NOTES

Maurice Hewletts new book, New
Canterbury Tales" will be published
before the end of September by The
Macmillan Co. In his new book Mr.
Hewlett has taken the Canterbury pill
grimage as the scene Of his narrative
One of the Interesting qualities Of his
work is his holiness. In each OF his
recent books ne has taken In hand sub
jects which have already been treated
by the masters. He does this without
in any way challenging comparison,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

Frank H. Bracket. THE Lord is Our
Leader" Sacred duet for medium So
prano Cd to F)~and baritone or bass
e to e.. IS. cents.
A good church duet which may be
used by any combinaption of medium
voices, viz, two sopranos, two bari
tones, soprano and baritone or bass,
baritone and high bass, etc. 1t is sim
pie. devotional and effective. In addi-
ton to the concerted parts there is a
solo verse for each voice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

lawn breaks and finally the beautiful
sun comes up, flooding everything with
its mellow light
Mr.. O,Neill is supported, this season,
by the strongest company he has ever
had. His support includes Frederic De
Belleville in his original character of
Nortier, e. II. Salter, Warren Conlan,
w. ]. Dixon, Claude Gilbert, Joseph Gu
sack, Joseph Slaytor, Mark Ellsworth,
Edward Thomas, Eugene That's Law
ton, Kate Fletcher, Virginia Heating
Marie Downs and SO others
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06

much favorable comment from the
press. have made a hit everywhere they
have given their act.
80 --@-l5 they were at Youngstown,
O.. and the press of that city devoted
-. .......u.s space TO a favorable criti-
cism of their miniature drama called
"HnM 1t Ended"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-06
# THE CHRISTIAN"
AND (" MONTE CRISTO /"

Liebler & Company will have possess
sion of the Worcester Theatre, this
week, with thetrtw big productions,
The Christian" and Monte Cristo."
The Christian" is booked for Monday
and Tuesday evenings, and Monte
Cristo," with James O'Neill in his old
place as Edmund Dantes, is to come,
&1rday and Saturday