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The Brunswick times-call., 1901-03-14
shot HinSGlf Yesterday
Afternoon
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD
Wrote a Short Note to the Knights
Ofpythiss Before Firing
the Fatal Shot.

-
Mr., ] r. B. Dauforth, a wholesale
lumber dealer and one Of Brunswick's
most prominent business men, commit
ted suicide at his residence, I'll Grant
street, at 80 yesterday afternoon and
it is thought that it isa clear case of
temporary insanity.
The deceased came to this city about
eight years ago from Macon where he
was raised and during the past five years
he has held the important position of
Manager for Charles S. Hirsch & Co,
lumber dealers. He received a hand,
some salary from this arm but resigned
his position few months ago to enter
the business Tor himself and it is said
that he has been successful beyond all
expectations.
He returned few days ago from
Washington where he went to witness
the inaugural of President Mckinley
and since that time has attended to
business only few hours. Yesterday
afternoon he seemed in better humor
than usual, he did not go to work yes
terday morning but remained in his
room where he pleasantly conversed
with his wife until the dinner hour and
After thai ne seemed just little worried
but this was nothing out of the usual as
he was given to morOse spells Mrs
Danfsrth was busy in the yard when she
heard pistol shot and running to lbe
parlor window, which is very near the
ground, she went in and wac horrifed
to see her husband with pistol in his
hand and stream OF blood flowing
from his head, She called neighbors
and the unfortunate man was placed
upon 3 sofa where be expired in few
minutes af er firing tie fatal shot.
When fou Mr.. Danforth was sitting
n an easy chair, he was attired IN a
dress suit ard it seems he arranged even
the miner details.
Those who know the deceased best
are positive that ct times he was an
insane man and it was only few days
ago that he acted in very strange
manner while with party of friends.
Tuesday morning when he swoke he
found that one Of his little step-sjns
had left home aad this worried him
very much, He wired and had the
little fellow stopped in Wa cross and
Tuesday night remained up until IL
O'Clock waiting for the train. He seemed
70 think that the public would be under
the impression that he did not treat his
step children light but after the as5ur-
ance OF the children that they regarded
him as a father he felt better and was In
an excellent humOr.
He talked and jokSd with the family,
got up quietly went to the psrlor and
locking'the door fred the fatal shot
Mr., Danforth came to Brunswick
about nine years ago and for long
time was employed by the Franklin
Commission company, later he worked
for lumber firms until he secured the
position with Hirscb & Company.
II ia thought by those who should
koow that at times he lost his mind
almost completely caused BY worrying
about the killing Of Mr.. William Lands
berg in Macon in 1894. Mr., Daniorth
was employed by Mr.. Lsndsberg's firm
and during dull season his wages we're
cut. He went to Mr.. LAndsberg and
complained, and be claimed that his
employer said something insulting
about his sister whereupon be pulled a
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SHE WORE THE ROSES.
The Kindness of Lulu Chaser to a
Little Crippled NewsboY.

Lulu Chaser is a prime favorite with
young folks, and her "reminiscences in
clude a number of pretty incidents
which illustrate her love for children.
Just the other day. Miss Chaser re-
Gently said to friend, while rum
maging through some old letters, I ran
across one that I value a great deal.
This is how I came to get it. I was
playing in The Lion Tanner with
Francis Wilson in San Francisco a
number of years ago. A little sweet
faced, crippled newsboy had been COM
ing to see my performances nightly,
and of course sat away up in the pea
nut gallery. I could distinctly see the
little pale face in the front row, and
after each of my solo numbers he APP
plauded as hard as he could Finally
my little admfrer mustered up courage
and wrote me a note, accompanied by
two roses (Which probably cost him
ten cents, as roses are very cheap in
California;, and asked me to please
wear them, it would make him so
happy Well, that night I wore them,
and I sang up to the peanut gallery
as I never did before, for I wanted to
show the little newsboy how much 1
appreciated his attention.
1.-THE next day, after a long and tire
some search through the streets of San
Francisco, found my little friend, and
invited him to dine with my mother
and myself at our hotel. He accepted
rather reluctantly. and we attracted d
good deal of attention as we came into
the dining room. You know the poor
little fellow had to use a crutch and
was very shabbily dressed. Well, he
enjoyed his dinner immensely, and was
so grateful. 1t was probably one of
the best meals he had ever had in his
whole life. and it gave us pleasure to
see him enjoy it.
Il have kept his note and pressed the
flowers, for I appreciated much the
sincerity of the little chap"
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week and is said to have scored only a
partial success on account Of its gloom
Leslie Stuart, the author of ..F1orodora.''
has notified his friends that he likes this
country SO well that he will remain here
and become a citizen of the United States.
Walter Hale, who is Mary Mannerings
leading man, has decided on account of
Ill health to leave the company November
cided uDon-
.. George g; staley. who used to star in
the role relinquished by Chas. Walcot in
the Grace George Under Southern Skies
company.
Manager Gus. Hill is said to have a big
money winner in Happy Hooligan, the
pictures in of the New York Sunday
supplements
Edna Aug viii probably bloss pm out as
a full f1edged star after the i:rst of the
year, appearing in a play called ..Clytle,'
her retirement and never produced
The Barnum & Bailey circus goes into
Paris for the winter and as an adver-
$4,000 for the most beautiful woman in
F. Frane &C.. The F'renchmen have taken the
When Julia Marlowe makes a tour of
four weeks in the southern states she
Some years back, when Miss Marlowe
wanted to invade that territory it was
she who had to offer the guarantee, not
her managers
Blanche Bates illness has been so Sc
we're that she will not be fit to resume
her stage work for at least two months
As result her company playing Under
Two Flags closed its season in Phila-
delphia last Saturday night. Tt is more
than likely that Miss Bates will act no
more this season.
Mason Mitchell, now one of the leading
players with the Blanche Walsh company,
has received notice from the pension Of
flee that he has been granted pension.
Mr.. Mitchell was one of the Trough
Riders and quite severely wounded
during the campaign in Cuba.
George Wadleigh, who has been with E.
e. Rice as general manager for many
years, and Sherman Wade the comedian
of the e-Evangeline" company have. left
the employ of Rice and are back in New
York Both refuse to say anything about
the separation.
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head of the company, gave them his

head of the company, gave them his
blessing.
When this season opened Miss Oaker
was made leading woman for Arthur
Byron. She was happy in her promo
ton until she learned that Hale Ham
iltOn was not to be with the company.
When she learned this she resigned and
joined the James K. Hackett company.
At the same time Mr.. Hale Hamilton s
name appeared on the bills as Cap
tain of the Guard Tt was then that
the formal announcement of the en-
gagement was made. Again company
formed in line to congratulate. But
James K. Hackett was not yet vener-
able enough to bestow a blessing. He
simply wished them luck
They will be married in the spring,
probably at the brides home in ST.
Louis They say that they will not
leave the stage, and that like Miss
Odette Tyler and husband, they will
only play in the same company. But
are stern, a fact that Julia MarioWe
and Robert Taber thoroughly learned
Mr. Hamilton's father is successful
lawyer of Topeka, kas. He had in
tended to make his son his partner, but
this is an age when fathers propose
and sons dispose, and the young man
prefers spears to law books and the
trials of rehearsa1s to the trial of cases.
He is content for the present to be a
captain of the guard. Some day he
may be matinee idol. He is as .ttall
and strong and handsome" as a Laura
Jean Libby hero, and that is all an in
dulgent matinee girl expects.
But Mr.. Hale Hamilton deserves SYM
pathies as well as congratulations. No
newly engaged man likes to see his
betrothed embraced every evening be-
fore his very eyes by another man. And
that is what he must endure every
evening of this season, and as long as
Miss Oaker is Mr.. Hackett's leading
woman and plays love scenes with him
In the finale of the last act of don
Caesars Return" Mr. Hamilton must
stand at the rear of the stage and look
on while Mr.. Hackett, as Don Caesar,
ardently embraces Miss Oal1er as Ma
ritana, as the picture on this page
shows.
What else can the captain of the
guard do?
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EBEN HOLDEN ON THE STAGE
The Play Differs in Many Ways From
the Book.

Edward E. Rose. who has turned
more books into plays than any living
positions that ever confronted him
when he undertook to make a play out
of "Eben Holden" He made it, though,
and among others l went to see it on
Glider in the Chicago Tribune writing
from New York
The first part of Mr.. Bachelors book,
which is in many ways the vital part
certainly the most pOetic-the story OF
the man and the boy, had to be thrown
out of the window. The play begins
with Will Brewer as a young man. The
first scene is the interior of David
Brewers barn, and into this barn come
all of the important characters of the
play. The scene is opened with two
giggling girls and a yokel- The giggling
girls are supposed to be from New York
and are therefore "citified,' which on
the stage means that they dress out of
the part. The real New York girl even
in the COS, if she came to the country
to camp out. would not go about in
frocks that she would wear at a recep-
ton in New York. Even then girls had
some sense of the proprieties in dress
They did wear hoop skirts to be sure,
but they did not wear befiuffed and be-
f1ounced frocks when they climbed hay
nows in search of eggs. I wonder who
tells the women in these plays how to
dress? The heroine, who Is a country
girl who has just returned from board
ing school, goes about in a wrecked
frock, walking through fields and climb
ing trees so attired. The men have a
better idea of dress Evidently some
one gives them the straight tip but
the girls, / suppose, are told to look
pretty at any cost. This they do, though
they make up like the faces in hair
dresSer'S window.
The second act is by the side of Tinkle
Brook, the third, the kitchen of the Brewer
house. The story is the love story of
Hope Brewer and her adopted brother,
Will. Eben Holden f1utters through the
play in an amiable and rather disjointed
fashion, standing by his boy VIII and
putting obstacles in the way of "Yel-
low CATERS the young man from the
city who comes to PARKWAY to court
Hope Brewer. Except that Mr.. Robert
Livingston came from the city, there
was nothing known against him as a
sutton for the hand of Hope; but when
he finds that he is being displaced by
VIII, he does show that he is an ugly
customer. There is a good deal of horse
play in this dramatization, especially at
the end Of the second act, when the
deacon falls into the brook But the
fun is innocent, if rather adapted to the
untutored than to the tutored mind
Mr.. Holland, who is one of our best
young actors in his particular line,
looks the part of Eben Holden, but he
lacks the unctious qualities of that good
old man. For some reason or other, he
real applause of the audience was
given to j. H. Bradbury, who played
the part of Tip Taylor, hired man at
Lone Pine Farm, who suffered the mis-
fortune of a hare lip and a palateless
mouth. His impersonation of this small
and absurd part almost reached the
heights of genius. can never believe
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IN MEMORY OF AN ACTRESS.
Monument in Honor of Belle Archer
Unveiled in Her Native City.

In the cemetery at Easton, Pa, there
stands a new monument, just unveiled,
to the memory of Belle Archer, the
actress.
The memorial is unique and beauti-
full, and is a graceful tribute to the
kindly act of a woman whose life was
noted for her charity as much as her
art.
Miss Archer was a native of Easton
and her grave is there by her request
The monument is of rough hewn gran
ite triangular on it's face. Across the
face is a bronze bas-relief of Miss
Archer, reproduced by Sculptor w
Clark Noble, of New York, from her
best photograph, taken in her role in
"A Contented Woman.
The unwilling was without ceremony.
Present were Mr.. and Mrs. James L.
Mingle, of Bayonne, N. J., the parents
of the actress; her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Lehman, Mayo Rushfield and a few
Easton friends of the family.
The actress left a $4,000 insurance
policy to her parents at her death. The
monument was erected by them.
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on the stage" in every newspaper or
magazine article about an actress. But
this story happened to be true. There
was another story, which Miss Oaker did
not deny, that her grandfather had re-
Tented and given his permission.
But don't make a failure" said the
selfmade man, who abhorred failure.
Work hard, and when you succeed I'll
give you 500, 600"
She was asked how her success
should be tested. She answered: .'Oh,
when they see me and think l am doing
well, 1 suppose they will call that sue
cess
The family went to Louisville to see
ner play six weeks after her debut.
Ihat they We're pleased was proven by
MT Christian Peper'S writing a check
Tor 100000, which he presented to his
granddaughter
All this stimulated Mr. Hami1ton's
already strong interest. Miss Oaker
was always carefully chaperoned by an
aunt who Travelled with her. Mr.. Ham
lIton began to escort both ladies. He
escorted them TO and from the theater.
He dined with them on the holidays
tnat are so dreary ION the road" And
gradually the mummer's life from stage
TO train and back again became more
endurable for both Miss Oaker and her
aunt because of the attentions of the
king"
When Miss Oaker had been playing
a ACW Weeks she was interviewed. Inc
interviewer told her the story of an
other ambitious girl from the west who
had gone on the stage in search of
career.
She married the treasurer of the
company and left the stage and has
been happy ever SINCE" said the inter
viewer.
Miss OaEer looked her disapprovaL
i shall never marry" she said. "A
woman who IS ambitious should never
think of marriage"
But Miss Oaker was young, only %,
and woman changes her mind even
more easily at that age than later. 1t
was less than three months from that
lime that Hale Hamilton told the secret
of their engagement to the treasurer
OF the company, and the treasurer told
1t IN strictest confidence to the man
ager, and the manager whispered it to
his partner One day the company
formed In line and congratulated the
couple, and Louis James, being the
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Theatrical NJ otes.

William Gillette will probably tour the
United States next season, appearing IN
Sherlock Holmes for the last time
Dave. Warfeld's success in THE Auc7
tioneer'' has been great that he will
probably remain in New York through
out the season
Edgar Selwyn has left the. ARIZONA"
company to act as stage director for
Kyrle Bellew. William Campeau takes
his place in Arizona
Wright Huntington has secured his re-
lease from 1.-THE Brixton Burglary" COM
pany to join the organization presenting
winchester"
Richard Mansfield has ANNOUNCED that
he will play "Beaucaire" throughout the
season and that '.Herod" will not be pro-
duced until next year
Keith has given up the idea of a contin-
uous house in London and has subleased
che Princess theater, which he had Sc
cured for that purpose.
"San Toy has renewed its success in
London and from present indications it
will run Throughout the season Ada
Reeve now fills the title part
The late Queen Victoria always gave
$500 a year to the royal general theatrical
fund. The new queen consort has Clipped
in $50 for the same charity
Esmonds '.Sentimentalist'' was pro-
duced in London for the first time last
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sincerity. I respect them all, and for
Mr.. Stevens, its secretary, and some of
the others, entertain feelings of warm
personal regard. When 1 offered to read
my paper before the union I did not
suppose it would be accepted, neither
did / regard my request as improper.
The union favors both methods of pro-
noting temperance, and I wished to
show that they are absolutely incOm-
patible, ard that, therefore, it would be
wiser, more humane and Christ-like to
abandon the one that has, always and
everywhere, done decreasing amount
of good and an increasing amount of
harm, and concentrate all their efforts
on the. one that. when relied upon ex-
clusivefy, has. always and everywhere,
done a rapidly increasing amount of
good and absolutely no harm.
ALBERT GRIFFIN.
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sHENIE MATTHEWS STRANDED
Tour Unsuccessful Without the Fun
nv Mr.. BuIger.

Matthews & Buyers company, which
was in Topeka a few weeks ago, is
stranded in Texas, according to report.
1t seems unfortunate that this or
ganization could not finish it's season,
whole show in "The Night of the
Fourth" and also in "By the Sad Sea
Waves and when he left the COM
pany in Denver and went to New York
city to appear in 1.-The Beauty and the
Beast company the organization lost
it's grip upon the public. After playing
Topeka the company finished playing
the Silver circuit and started for Salt
Lake City, where Mr. Matthews became
ill. Mr.. Lecart played Bulger's role as
best he could under the circumstances
and the members then proceeded south
where they seem to have met their
doom.
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THEATRICAL new
The Story of a Pretty Stage
Romance.
How Hale Hamilton WOOed and
Won Jane Oaker.
FIANCEE AN HEIRESS.
Received 100000 When the
Critics Praised Her.
Review of the Week i'm Topeka
Theatres.

The past week has found the theatre
cal market in Topeka short but there
has been an over abundance of social
ed opera. Not a first-class or any other
class of drama or comedy has been on
the local boards.
At the Crawford there has been a
week of what might be properly called
burlesque To be sure the company
styled itself the Wilbur Opera company
and lauded the name of Maud Daniel
as the prima donna. The company, from
a musical standpoint, is a failure, as
neither the prima donna, the principals
nor the chorus can lay any claim to
voices and ability to sing a company
does not have to carry, or at least adj
vertise so people in order to present the
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How the Actor Will Collect the Extra
$1ODue Him.

Years ago, when J. K. Hackett was
playing inf1nitesimal parts in Augustin
Days company. notice was posted at
the stage door one day that two special
performances of Twelfth Night would
be given during the following week, says
the New York Sun. AT the bottom of
this notice Mr.. Daily had craftily an
nounced: ANY member of the company
who does not volunteer his services will
be paid extra for these performances"
Within ten minutes of this notices
appearance every member of the COM
pany had volunteered to play for moth
Ing They did not care to do otherwise
none of them that is to say, except
young Haclett. He needed the money
and therefore carefully abstained from
volunteering. On salary day, notwith-
standing, however, he received only his
regular salary. In those days, next to
the .'Guvner" himself, Richard Dorney
was the lord high cocko1orum. It was he
who ruled in the front of the house and
could administer boiling Oil to the soul
of the conscientious critic. who, after
roasting a new play at Days, would,
at the next first night, have his reg
ulars seats confiscated and be compelled
by the indomitable Dorney to go away
back and sit down, and it was also he
who superintendent the weekly walk of
the ghost on treasury day. To Mr..
Dorney, Mr.. Hackett appealed in short
order.
Look f1ere." cried Hackett. 81 didn't
promised for those two performances.
For answer Mr.. Dorney transfixed him
with a naughty stare and said nothing.
He spoke not, neither did he shell out
Time passed and Hackett left the COM
pany without ever receiving his extra
pay.
The other day when Mr.. Hackett was
looking about him for a new manager
for his starring tour in Don Caesars
Return, he remembered that Mr. Dor
now was now out of an engagement.
and promptly engaged him. A night
two later actor and manager were talk
ing over DAILY days in the stars dress
ing room.
But I say Mr.. Hackett," said Dor
ney, with a twinkle in his eye you
never got that extra $40 that you kicked
SO hard about
mo, I didn't laughed Hackett, 'but
I'm going to get it this very week. I
shall collect it out of your salary
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her leading man when she Is star,
but he is never presumptuous enough
to think of marrying her There was
never a captain of the guard as bold
as Hale Hamilton.
Miss Jane Oaker has only been known
by that name for a year. Previously
she was Miss Minnie Dorothy PEPPER
Christian PEPPER, multimillionatre Of
St. Louis, is her grandfather She made
her debut with the JameSkidder COM
pany as Hernia in midsummer Nights
Dream" a year ago at Orange, N. J.
Critics seeing her there said she was
promising" The girl has fulfilled the
promise of success by taking rank as
the leading woman of one of the bright
est stars, a year after her debut. None
of the stage "reminiscences SO freely
published show a more remarkable rec
ord.
Mr.. Hale Hamilton began his stage
career at the same time He was cast
for the king in Midsummer Nights
Dream" and made a handsome and
delightful king to look upon The critics
if they saw him, said nothing about
him. He was dismissed with a thought,
the only attention ever bestowed upon
a super's part. The king may have had
one line. Certainly he had not more
than two or three. There was small
chance for him to shine, but since he
had been assigned a thinking part he
did his best to play it well. He thought
little about Louis James and Kathryn
Kidder. He did all his thinking about
Miss Oaker.
She was pretty. She was clever She
was promising. She seemed a bit home
sick and that made him think the more
about her, especially since they were
both from the west, and from the sister
states, Missouri and Kansas.
There was a romantic story about
Miss Oaker's family being opposed to
her career. That is a trite enough story.
II <,I@~- 20
see the phase objections of the fam
ily'' follow close upon the phrase going