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The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15
LEGAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
GUGGENHEIM SALE REMOVED

the commissioners in putting value
on the Guggenhcim interests had failed
to take into consideration the good will
and business of the firm. He could
not see that the directors of the Amer
lean company had disregar,led the law
in any manner.
The action waS brought by the hold
ers of over 27.OOO shares of stock The
petitioners We're William NJ. Donald,
Stephen V. White. Abraham Sartorius
and Henry \. SearnanS of New York.
ana John w. Gordon and William Il.
CurtiSS of South Orange.
The price which it was proposed to
pay for the Guggcnhcim interests was
SIT .NO.OOO. while the petitioners clai
ed that those interests We're worth not
more than S22,OOO0OO.
Richard V. dabury. for the pcti-
TONERS, announced that the ease would
be taken to the court of errors and ap-
pcnlS
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15

Professor Kaufman OF Breslau. in
conferring the degree OF doctor of phil
osophy on Fraulein Immerwahr. the
first woman who has ever passed the
examination at that university. said
that he earnestly hoped study amsng
women would continue to be the ex-
ception with the few capable individu-
ais. inasmuch as it was desirable that
they should hold their primary and
noblest calling of wife and mother"
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15
soldiers Coming Home,

Washington. March 12.-Thr ular-
trrlna>trr general is Informed that 1hc
transport Logan left NHgaSaki Thurs
ua! Tor san Francisco. with Major
General Young and the Thirty-thir<
ana Ihlrty-fourth volunteer regiments
General Young ON his arrival at San
Francisco Will relieve General Shafter
OF lhe command of the Department of
california and the latter will be re
tired hs Il major general
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15

The recent German census shows
there are now thirty-three towns in the
German empire with a population of
over 00,O00. exactly the same number
as In the British isles. Five years ago
there were twenty-six. and at the es-
tablishment Of the empire in 1871 only
eight. Thirteen towns have a popula-
ton Of over 100000, against eighteen
IN the British Isles; while seven have
over 100000, against nine in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15

Salt Lake. Utah. March 12.-Yester-
day. three days before the Legislature
Genes to Il close. the House. by n vote
of - to II. and after an eXcitin. de-
bate in which more than Il dozen mcm-
hers participated. PASSED the Evans
Senate bill. amending that portion of
the revised statutes of Utah. relating
to prosecutions for adultery. Having
passed the Senate last week by ii vote
of II to 1. the document now goes 10
the governor for his signature.
The bill. which was introduced by
Senator \. j. Evans of Juab county.
has caused more discussion and more
feeling than any measure introduced at
the present session of the Legislature.
Its text is as follows:
Every person who has reason to be-
lieve that Il crime or public offenSc has
been committed. may make complaint
against such person before some mag
istrate having authority to make i'll
quiry of same: provided that no prose
cu;ion for adultery shall he commenced
except on complaint of the husband or
wife or relative of the accused within
the first degree of cOnsanguinity. or of
the person with whom the unlawful
act is alleged to have been committed.
or of the father or mother Of said per-
son. and no prosecution for unlawful
cOhabitation shall he commenced eX-
cept on complaint of the wife or nlleg-
ed plural wife of the accused: that this
pr0viso shall not apply to prosecutions
under section 42OS of tile revised stat
utes, 1898. defining and Furnishing
polygnmOus marriages.
In answer to IL request for a stale
ment as to the object of the bill. Srna-
tor Evans. its author furnished the .\s-
sOciated Press the following:
My object in presenting this bill
was two-fold. In the first place !, was
intended to keep down public agitation
by taking away from certain agitntor>
the opportunity to arouse periodic fu-
rorS against MormOns. directly and i'll
directly against Utah. and for thai rea
son its primary purpose was for the
general good of the state. l believe
that IL general law upon our statute
books. in conformity with the laws of
Michigan. Minnesota. Iowa. Oregon
and North Dakota. and even more lib
ernl laws. would create much less agi-
tation throughout the country than the
practice which has heretofore been re-
sorted of arreSting every few weeks
some Mormon on II charge of unlawful
cohabitation and having the arrest an
nounced in glowing headlines by all
those newspapers throughout the coun-
try which can be induced to take up
an antiAIOrmOn crusade Everybody
knows that these arrests have been
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15
COLORADO.

To abate the smoke nuisance in Chi
cago. it has been suggested to licens.
stokers and firemen, SO that they may
be temporarily suspended when they
grow careless, or lave their licenses
revoked when they allow clouds of
smoke and SCOT to roll from the Chin
ney tops. Mechanical experts say that
any boiler fit for the work required OF
it will produce little smoke II properly
fired.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15

The masters OF English are not afraid
TO use homely words whose expressive
ness more than offsets their plainness
Thus Lord Roseberry declares that
England, in order to Withstand inter
national competition. must educate he-
youth. and he suggests sending
patches" Of young men abroad to
learn the best her rivals know. That
honest word batch would have been
passed over by speaker less sure of
his English. when speaking of an ag-
gregation of individuals. In the use Of
language there is happy medium be-
tween overfastidiousness, which weak
ems ones style, and out-and-out slang,
which wrecks it completely.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15
Ex- President Harrison Very Ill.

indianapolis. Ind, March 11.-Thc
condition of former President Harrison
is serious.
DR.. Jameson stated yesterday that
the upper part of General Harrisons
left lung was inhamcd There is some
danger of the congestion extending to
the rest of the lung and to the right
lung.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15
Conger Leaves Pekin.

Pekin. March l2.-Unitcd States Min
lister Conger left yesterday. All the
foreign ministers badc him farewell M
the railway station.
Besides the foreign representatives
a large crowd gathered at the station
to bid the minister and his family fare
we'll
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-15

Forefathers' day celebrations call
forth annual eulogies OF the men and
women who founded New England,
but they seldom suggest a better
thought than that uttered by the New
Bedford Standard. III we are b~kter
than the fathers" it says, 1T Il be-
cause they did the best they could,
II We have outgrown our narrowness-
es, 1t is because they tried to overcome
the traditions with which their lives
were handicapped. To the true de-
scendant Of the Pilgrim a gap in the
genealogy matters nothing. 1t IS the
descent Of spirit and purpose that
counts-of that spirit and purpose
which determine to make tomorrow
better than today as today is better
than yesterday. Plymouth Rock and
Burial Hill teach this lesson to New
Enlahd and to the nation"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

The glorious uncertainty of the law is
once more illustrated in a recent deci-
sion in the United States Supreme
Court The case in question, Workman
VS.. The City of New York, arose out
of damage done by a New York city
fireboat to a British barkentine during
a fire at wharf in the East river
some years ago. The United States
District Court held the city liable, but
its judgment was reversed by the Cir
cult Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit. The latter decision, in turn,
has been reversed by the Supreme Court
of the United States in a judgment rem
dered by majority of one. This was
a close shave, but where does absolute
justice instead Of human opinion come
in.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18
THE sUEZ CANAL.

Everything about ship canals is a
matter of interest to us, since upon the
Panama or Nicaragua canal rest so
many of our future hopes. The sue
cess and progress of the Suez canal is
therefore worthy of consideration. The
following information is furnished by
Consul Hossfeld of Trieste:
1T appears from the last annual re-
port of the board of managers of the
SueZ Canal Company that there was a
substantial increase in the traffic of the
canal during 1899, as compared with
the year previous, especially in the to-
tai tonnage of vessels. In 1898, the num-
Der of vessels that passed through the
canal was 1903, with an aggregate bur-
den of 9,23S, 603 tons, whereas in 1899
the number was 3,607 vessels, repre-
Senting an aggregate burden of $685. $50
tons. This is a gain of 104 vessels and
65IO17 tons. The average burden of
vessels increased from 1857 tons to g.
743 tons.
The average time consumed in pass
ing through the canal dUr.bg the year
1899 was eighteen hours and thirty
eight minutes, an increase of thirty
eight minutes as compared with 1898.
This increase is accounted for by the
fact that vessels passing through the
canal under quarantine are cOmpelley
to avoid any contact with the land and
must stop at night if not provided with
electric headlights. However, the time
actually consumed by vessels in steam =
ing through the canal was less in 1873
than the year previous, having been re-
duced from fifteen hours ara forty
three minutes to fifteen hours and forty
one minutes. Last year 3273 vessels,
being provided with electric lights,
were able to pass through the canal at
night. These vessels formed 80 per
cent of the whole number, against "a
per cent in 1898.
1T is worthy of note that only 327
steamers passed through the canal for
the first time"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18
SOME little WORRY.

The registration of the Chinese now
on the Islands is to be commenced.
How many Chinese we have in the Ter
ritory at the present time one cannot
say until the Census Bureau in Wash
ington gets to that phase of it's calcula-
tions. At present it has published as
far as TX" for the counties and minor
divisions so any one can run down the
alphabetical list of States and Terri
tories and see how much work there is
stir to be done in this direction. Ha-
wall, fortunately beginning with III"
got her minor divisions before the 'I's'
and ks, for which we may be thank
full.
In 1896, according to the Census taken
i'm that year there were 21,616 Chinese,
of whom 19,167 We're males and 2,449
were females. Only $50 of these were
under the age Of fifteen at that time.
Since then there has been no great in
fiux of Chinese, though a calculation
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

has been made that the number at the
end of 1899 was 27,197. During 1900 there
has been a steady efiux, but as such
calculations take into consideration
neither births nor deaths their accuracy
cannot be very great. A bald guess
might put the present Chinese popula-
ton at $500 and then be either con-
siderably under or over.
The men who are going to carry out
the registration are not going to have
very easy work. The Chinese has an
ingrained opinion that whenever he is
registered it means that there is some
new method of taxation in store for
him. He flies from the tax collector,
and as far as Honolulu is concerned he
is remarkably successful as will be
Census has to be-taken, much pains has
to be bestowed to get an accurate
count, but as the Chinese sees that all
nationalities are counted impartially
he becomes reconciled and gives his in
formation.
1t will be quite another thing when
it comes to registering only the Chi
nese, and letting all other nationali-
ties alone. Some deep laid scheme of
special taxation will be suspected, the
Boxer rebellion and the occupation of
Picking will be jumbled up with it, and
the agents for registering will have a
sweet time. So will the Chinese. After.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

1t is rather a comment upon the sill
yer question to read that some Neapoli-
tans were taken up in New York the
other day for making quarter dollars
out of sterling silver. These miscreants
had been buying good silver at sixty
four to siXty-eight cents an ounce. They
were able to turn one hundred ounces of
silver into 1925 worth of quarters, all of
regular weight and fineness and they
were making nearly fifty percent pro-
fit on the transaction. What a villain
Gus set of rogues. But what must
any one think of the silver barons who
were going to thrust a mass of coined
silver upon the American public at face
value, when its intrinsic value would
have been far less than these poor Nea-
politans, one does not mean poor, these
rascally Neapolitans, bought their sill
yer for. The Neapolitans have coined
cheap silver Illegally and will go to
Jail. The free silver men would have
coined cheaper silver legally and have
gone to Congress and to Europe. The
Neapolitans should not have played a
lone hand. u
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

The Beers and the Dutch of Cape
Colony are said to regard De Wet as
the Napoleon of the war 1t is rather
an unfortunate simile when one con-
siders what the finish of Napoleon's
brilliant career was. One would rather
be regarded as the Washington of a
war Napoleon was self seeking Wash
ington was one of the truest patriots
that the world ever saw.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

Drivers are often to be sympathized
with when accidents occur. The way
children will run in front of horses go
ing at an ordinary gait is most repre-
hensible. The driver in six cases out
of ten is not to blame, but then there
are drivers who are positively reckless
and these should be punished severely.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-18

The post office, under federal man
agement is steadily putting forward a
set of improvements, which would
probably have been impossible under
local administration. The Department
at Washington desires to have things
up to date and spares no pains to have
its employees thoroughly we'll instructed
as to what is required to be done and
how to do it,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

Charles H.. Yale and Sidney r. Ellis.
while in. Halifax, N. s., recently, with
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
MANSFIELD TRIES SARCASM.
His Biting Reproof to a Member of
His Company Who Was Guilty
of Les Maieste

Sarcasm is sometimes assumed by the
mighty. King Richard Mansfield yes
terday descended from his pinnacle of
majestic rage to quiet but biting re-
proof. A minor actor in the Henry
W. company with an inclination for
mimicry felt the lash of the royal
tongue.
This actor, a reckless wag who must
have merry antidote when relieved of
the portending regal presence, dared, for
benefit of confreres equally needful Of
diversion, to initiate the kingly person.
which fact in time reached the royal
ears.
All might have been we'll had not he,
thus guilty of les majestic. been remiss
in the playing of his part. Rehearsal
was called, whereat he played more
execrably than before audiences. King
Mansfield ragged. Finally he was con-
strained to deliver an ironical smile and
say:
My dear Mr.. Poorplayer, you can't
act, you never could act, but heard you
gave good imitation of ME. Pray,
give it to us now. We would for once
see you in something somebody
praises
A moment of suspense - the raised
hand of his majesty, the dropping head
OF the wag. Rage resumed sway and
rehearsal proceeded.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
MM!.1,.
WHAT THE PRESS ACENTSSAY

The fact that La Loie Fuller, the
greatest spectacular dancer the worli
has ever produced, is to appear tt the
Grand opera house next Tuesday even
ing has more thoroughly aroused the
theater- going public of this city than
eny theatrical Offering that has been
presented here this season. The present
demand for seats is unprecedented. and
already there is every indication that the
theater will be packed to the doors at
every performance. The same condition
exists everywhere that La Loie appears.
In Paris. Berlin, London, New York
and all of the large cities of the world,
she has played to the capacity of the
most commodious theaters. and thous-
ands have been turned away. Consider
ing the fact that she has taken this long
and fatiguing trip out to the coast. and
also that 1t is her farewell tour Of Amer
lea. it is little wonder that the local
interest is so great. Were it otherwise,
our theater-goers would be guilty of a
lack of appreciation that would be a
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

pie in the house caught enough of the
lines to have an understanding of the
play when the curtain went up on the
first act. The buzz resembled the hukT
of flock of bees in haying time. Men
and women chattad on like Magpies ig-
noring the efforts of the stage folks N
entertain. EY
Blanche Walsh may have been 1atterl
by the large gathering at her perforl n
ance but surely the attention given h 81
lines during the prologue could not haXE
given her a very high opinion of BuHH
theater etiquette. 1t remains to be san
that during the succeeding acts the pla2H
became so intensely interesting that evsot
the chatterers had to subside and dire&S
their minds upon the passing scenes. vi
What seems to be the greatest e
those who really enjoy a performan6@
have to deal with, is the late Corners. For
twenty years this has been a problem
with theater managers and stage people.
The interruptions occasioned by the
swish of silks as gaudily dressed wo-
man with her escort dashes down the
aisle, disconcerts the entire audience and
even those on the stage hesitate as in
doubt whether to resent such a breach Of
etiquette. Theater managers, partlc-
ularly throughout the east, wrestled with
this unpleasant feature until they struck
cure and this is now being enforced in
almost every first-class theater in the
country.
Persons who arrive at the play after
the curtain has risen must remain stand
ing in the back of the theater until the
close of the act.
Sounds like rather a harsh rule but it
has proved successful and it is even APP
preciated by those who were won't to rob
the stage of attention While they were
finding their places. There is not a we'll
managed house in the east that does NOT
enforce the rule and as soon as playgHs
ers discovered that they had to pay tt
penalty Of standing when they were la
at performance, they found ways
getting to the theater on time.
If Uncle Dick" Sutton, would ID
Butte audiences in this way once
twice there would be such sweeping n
form in theater etiquette that those wi
really go to see the play might get son
enjoyment cut of it.
Then there are a few other reforms tlfa4
would taste we'll in Butte. q
Why is it that when you give up $1,8
to see good play you must have wa1
OF old paper the size os 4 bill posteE
thrust into your hands as you enter the
door. From the Kidney cure and pain
less extraction ads on this poster sheet.
you can, if you are lucky, dig out the cast
of the players.
Surely people, do not go to the theater
at 81 80 per seat to learn how to cure their
kidneys. Why not a neat little card.
about the size of a hotel menu with the
play bill neatly printed on it. 1t would
not be as profitable as the advertising
poster. that now makes the theater sound
like the janitor was gathering up the
waste paper but it would be much betrr
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
DO BUTTE PL AY.GOy S NEED TO BE NJ
UCATED IN ThEA1ER
ETIQUETTE?

In many RESPECTS Butte differs from
other cities but in no one thing is there
such great variance as in it's theater
customs The mirror reflects greatly to
the discredit of Butte and Butte audi
ences. In no other town in the country.
of the same Size. is such uncouthness
shown at the theaters as in Butte. Many
feminine theater goers still have the one
object in view-of discovering what kind
Of a bonnet and gown Mrs. So and So
had on.
Never was this more plainly illustrat-
ed than at the performance of Blanche
Walsh last night. There was prologue
lasting about thirty minutes and this
served principally to give the late comers
an opportunity to be seated.
1t is doubtful if one-third of the peo-
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

community.
While the world has for years past
harveled at the wonderful creations of
va Loie Fuller. and the crowned heads
Of all Europe have showered gifts and
Raise upon her, the performance the
fascinating artisan favorte is giving this
Pa son makes all others pale into insig~
III fcance before it. Her new "Arcil
Angel dance is the sensation of two
continents. In this she wears what is
Undoubtedly the costliest dress that has
yer been seen upon the stage. Tt Is
made up. of 1000 yards of silk, and its
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

Nay. even the power of Napoleon could
not resist the charms of woman.
Butte seldom has an opportunity to lis
ten to love story so intense As that fur
nished by Napoleon and Josephine.
woman, reckless with her affections
until she saw the love of her emperor
waning A love tragedy founded upon the
unquenchable desire of ruler to have an
heir.
Every seat at the Grand was filled last
night to greet Blanche Walsh in her trl-
umph. More than Queen" Critics who
revel in the personal pronoun and weave
their type around their own photographs
have failed to find fault with the stage
work of Miss Walsh. AS Josephine she has
added luster to her star.
To those familiar with the tragic his
tory of the Inflated Queen Josephine and
her ambitious husband the play was
thrilling.
The story Of Napoleon's love for jose
phine: his disappointment at her failure
to bring him an heir, and his subsequent
reprehensible action in divorcing her,
covers the period from 1855 to 1909. The
prologue opens at the time of the meet
Ing of Napoleon and Josephine at the
Palais Royal. Their admiration is mu-
tual. She relates to him the story Of a
fortune teller who predicted that she
would be More Than Queen Their
marriage soon follows and the petty jeal-
ousies of the feminine adjunct to Napo-
Icons family are pictured as truly as the
world finds them two hundred years lat
err.
The love of Napoleon for his wife is
desperate. He makes her follow him on
the battlefield. They are together almost
constantly until the latter part of the
period covered by the play Josephine
becomes reckless She does not foster the
love of her emperor and arouses his jeal-
ousies. His unexpected Return from war
finds Josephine attending a masquerade
ball, gofgeousiy costumed as Cleopatra.
This eXcites more than ever the jeal-
ousy of Napoleon who declares he will
discard her but the coquettish ways of
Josephine are more than the conqueror
of nations can resist. The curtain falls
on the two in loving embrace. Then
comes the GROWING ambition of Napo-
leon. He accepts the rulership of his peo-
pie, Notwithstanding the pathetic appeals
of Josephine who warns him that the ele-
walton presages no good The scene Of
tie GROWING of Emperor and Empress
b : the pope is one of the most impressive
stage settings.