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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-30
A RoPINe CONTEST.
Clay McGonniele Broke All Records for
Fast Work

San Antonio. Texas October 2a.--!The
anal roplug contest Of the fair was held
here this morning Nine men we're entered
each man to rope three steers. Clay Nc
Gonnigle broke all records, his ropiug OF
three steers requiring but 2;OI 3-S He got
ond money, $500, and Fred Baker third
money, $3.50. The time Of the ropers was
McGonnlgle. :34, 40 40 ~ 40, 2:o7 30;
BlaCkellen 1OS, a. :55, 2:47; Baker,
1 OF % 3S.A.n Ito 2:fR L.
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The Worth Track.

Chicago. October 2e-Elsio T.. with ZIG
pounds on her hack, won the High Weight
handicap at Worth today. She showed mar
velous speed, covering the distance IN
l.123-5 and won easily by length and
half from the light weighted 2year-old
Jackfull. Il. II. Ryan engineered a sue
cessful coup I'm the drst race with his
gclilng, flyer, taking more money out of
the ring than has becn won on any race In
tue Chicago locals this year, excepting thc
American Derby. Flyer opened at 10 Ia !
and was backed down to 6 to >. The Ryan
combination laid all the books would take
On the horse and were still backing him Mt
post time. Flyer got away fourth, kept
close up until entering the stretch, where
he went to the front and gallopcd home an
sasY winner over Olivillo. with love third.
Weather clear and cool. track fast.
i01st
Seven and half furlongs Cougar, Alec,
me Sa1ton. Time 35.
n seven and half furlongs
.55e9pson Glen Rice, David <. Time
Sir furlougs Elsie l., Jackfull, Andes
lime lip IS
Mlle and fifty yards-The Conqueror, wa
swift Pink Coat. Time AZ SO,
MI ne and n quarter hayward Hunter
wing Dance. Yncintor Time % 20.
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COUNTY yuoeE RELEAsED.
He and Others Were Jailed for Contempt
Of Court

Kansas City. Mo-. October ~ -samuel c.
Pedep. former Judge of the county court
of 81. clair courtF, Missouri, who has been
in jail at MsryviiIe since May, lsoi. for
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-30
liz Newmarket Races.

iAlnaon, October 29.-The racing at New
sa.kes today was attended By crowd OF
'-suionable people. generally drawn 20 wit
ssa, The contest for the Cambeldgeslire
ms. for which the eutries were more
Bsf'rous thaa {Nal. W. G. whlmey's
srer, iraes was - no, favorite for the
ir, Of the day. King Edward was Ru
sptesteh spectator or the races
Nj shlraes won the Csmhrldgeshi~e
fhos y MacLe8n was second aud Ma
asnhti,hic TWENTY four horses rau. The
useshlre stakes IS handicap Of -
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na. scorr al WASHINGTON.
Ne viii Remain 10 Press His Claim
Against American Consul.
,gp...iai 10 The POst.l

washington, October 20. Dr. s. w..
scott Of San Antonio whose claim against
one ReilenberE. formerly United states
consul at Matsmoras, MeEicO, led to the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-30

TAKE ox1DlNE for chills and Ferera
Cure guaranteed.
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The Latonia Track.

Cincinnati, October - rbe rrst stcoplc,
chase Of tho meeting was decided az Ia.
tonia today. aud from spectacular point
Of view produced o une contest Eighteen
horses started aud ten OF them finished
without an accident. The frontiers fen at
various JUMPS, and McManus one Of tho
betting choices, broke his back from fan
clever fashion. Weather clear; track slow.
Six fnrlongs. selling Dynasty. riburon.
sweet CHARITY Time l;lslt.
Seven fnrlonqs imp. jndlcious. The
Bronze Demon Iusolence. Time i:ssM
1911
Stefplechase short course-Crest Henry
Gibbs, Bristol. Tune a:tlSi5
Five fUrlongs Mary Glen, Tin TOP. Sub.
urban Queen Time l.CJ
Sh furlongs, selling Lovable j. J. r.
bconee Time l.l17
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Results AZ san Antonio.

san Antonio, Texas, October ~ The
fourth annual meeting of the San Antonio
International Fnir association closed today,
4 was the most successful meeting held in
,le history Of the association. All events
we're well filled and splendid racing had
his afternoon.
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LIME; 2:22A; 2:2O% 2:171s
MA sA tnrlongs, for all ages selling-Whit-
1'SSit, Enhance. Bagdad. Time III l-5.
NJ eseh furlongs selling-Tragedy, May
"a Nothing Time 1870.
Gt.Ne and half furlongs, selling-Sally
l.issiln Position, Prince Russell Time
Ale-Piiot, Censor, Thurles Time 1;42.
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~ vrs55s , escn. With 800 soverelgns added
furlong. 'N at"
The betting was . to against Bsuan.
traes. Nabob led 10 the dip. wnerc nc was
neck. wv w
Wattas, Ballnntrses. jockey. claimed an
prentice weight r. S. Sewers flly. Seen
ire. which had been scratched Tor the cam.
priugeshlre stakes. was offered for sale AZ
auction previous to the race, hut was WITH
drawn, owing 10 the reserve price or Sias
90 not being received.
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AonEnrCT ENTRIEs.

Five aud a half furlongs, 2-yearolds
handicap--Hurstbourne 100. st. Daniel ll3,
Collonade 115. Gold Money 10, Nevermorc
ILL., Stamping Ground 10J, W. H.. Condor
100 First chip 104. Anckc 102, Chicle 90,
Firschord 100. knight Of Gold l02, Balkel
IS, Earl If Warwick 9S, iackensack %,
j. B. Doy So. Tugabey 90, Colonist 90
Mile an6san6 eighth, the Edgemore- DR..
Riddle 126. ietissignol 115, Andy Williams
lis Hunter Raine lis, st. Finnan 123
Hurstbourne 81, Jim Clark 1913.
seven furlongs. 2-year-ods, selling -
s sfSns e. G. ss s. Doyle I67 Ponca o.. Far
craft o6 Alhambra 90. Dark Planet 107,
irene Mac 9S. Gillie as Blue, Delft 1oi.
Squid 90. Ben Chalice ITO. Cincinnatus 1Ol
Dlnksle 9s, Pagus 80, Barklemore l01, Dun
luce o3. Full Back t0i.
Mile and seventy yards. handicap Hunter
Raine 49, Potente 49,. Hermencia 100,
Jim Clark o., Par Excellence 90, Ethics
100, Carbunclc IA. DAILY 106. Circus 100,
Flying lib "a. Prediction 90. Clearwater 90.
Five furlongs, 3-year-old maidens. ling
Nightingale 06. Virginia Grace 03, Sing
Ing lymph 3d. Eva Mine 93, Tact 90, May
J. SIS Gulf Stream 3d. Orrissa %. Stella
W. iO2. Obedience %. Ace Of Spades %,
( Lady Fan o. FloSsie +. 81. linking %,
( Little Juda 96, Fontenix o. Miss Fisher.
( Mile and seventy yards, all ages War
Cry 30. Gold Braid 10T. Hackensack 10.
Rlghtaway ITO, Knight Of Garter ll6 Tom
lawson 90. Gallant Smith 90 RarOuche
l0I Jack o. Lantern 90. Alskie i13, Der
NAYS 80 Edwin kenton no
Cicar and driving
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rhn Anueduct Race.

New York, October 29.--Nevermorc. at
% /. won the feature event. the Creedmcor
stakes, for 2.year-olds. at Aqueduct today.
w. B. Condor was second head away
Platter an added starter and favorite, was
at no time dangerous. The weather was
cold and the track slow.
Handicap, seven Observation-Disclosures, Fire
later St Finnan. Time ! 20.
Five and half furlongs, for 2-year olds-
Clndueyaln, Wax Candle, Florham Queen
Time los.
Mile and seventy yards-CameroD, Early
Tve Il r. Coleman. rime 1916 10.
Five aud a half furlongs, the Creedmo1'
stakes for year-olds--Nevermore, w. X
london, Lyman Hay. Time l:1o.
Nile and a sixteenth, selIing--Princ'
Richard kilogram Bounteous. Time
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20 riot, one mile, three in dive heats:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

some of the best known metropolitan
players is her assertion
The scenery, too. is well under way The
sets are being built at Mrs. Spooner' s
storehouse at lie, 712s and ia Navy street,
where nearly dozen men are at work
night and day, for it is desired that all
may be ready for a weeks rehearsal with
the full scenery and costumes. The in
terror sets are being painted by George F.
Cole. of the Bijou theater staff, assisted
by Steve Golding, while Harley Merry &
Sons. of Brooklyn, the well known artists
are busiiy at work on the exterior set
tings, which we're designed by them
The stage coach, when was bought hv
Mrs. Spooner last Ee@zon, has been com
pletely overhauled by Joe Kelly. who has
charge of the carpenter work Originally
it weighed nearly 4.99a pounds and was
eight feet wide, but this has been re
off the width The vehicle itself has an
interesting history. for it was built in
Surrey, England, in 1857. and used as a
post coach between London and the out
lying sections for many years before it
was brought to this country in 1850.
Miss Cecil Spooner has been in the
hands of the photographer for a week
past and on the results of his labors the
photographers have been at work three
eight. sixteen and twenty-four sheet
stands, which will be the finest hat
money can buy. Claude Gillingwater. who
staged Madame Butterfly in London
and who is known in New York through
his association with Mr. Belasco. will
have charge of the rehearsals and he has
been at the manuscript for several weeks
preparatory to taking charge of the stage
In fact Lady Peggy is well on her
way to town" and that she will travel
there in state Mrs. Spooner has pitdged
her word and her bank account. 1t wasn t
long age that the Spooners were playing
week stands in Kansas at 10, 20 :ant. q
cents but no repertoire company since has
equaled them in that class.
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THEIR COSBY TOMBSTONE.
The Old Fireplace of the Hunnewells
Set Up Over Their Grave.

The most remarkable gravestone in all
Maine f. indeed. its like can be found
anywhere. is in the Hunrewell family lot
at Windham, where a great old-fashioned
open fireplace serves instead of marble
or granite shaft
The HunneweIls have for two and half
centuries been the foremost people IN
Windhan and many of the family lie bur
led in this cemetery. Recently Charles II.
Funnewell the present head of the fam
1y decided to erect monument in the
cemetery lot
and toasted their toes would be more APP
propriate for the purpose than an ordinary
monument So he had the old fireplace
taken from the farmhouse, with it's hang
ing crane and irons and other belongings,
and set UP in the graveyard in frame
v orx of bricks taken from the old Chin
ney-bricks that We're brought from Eng
land in the early part of the seventeenth
century.
Thus the fireplace stands. 4 conspicuous
object among the white stGl1ts that sur
rounded It. The opening is 1iited in with
a metal tablet upon which is inscribed
the record of the Hunaew@l -amily Eel
eight generations or from 1854 to l90l-243
years
In the space around the family record
appear pictures of fowls. cows. hogs and
other livestock owned by the various gen.
erations of the Hunneweis. which Won
prizes at fairs Seven hens, two hogs,
| four cows and six oxen appear in single
pictures while others are in group
There is, in addition. a large picture. rep
| resentine a farm scene in wfnter.-New
York Sur.
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Theatrical Notes.

Denman Thompson celebrated his Goth
birthday this week.
John L. Sullivan it is announced, is soon
to make his appearance on the vaudeville
stage.
.Klaw and Erlanger have secured The
rights for Paul and Virginia from Ed
ward F1sner.
Capt. Dieppe7 is the name. of the four
act romantic drama on which Anthony
Hope is at present working.
THE Show Girl and king High Bali is
now appearing in vaudeville.
A No. "A Chinese Honeymoon" viii be
gin a tour of the principal cities De-
| cenber 1, opening at Baltimore
Grace KimbaH is to star next year in
a new English comedy, the American
rights of which were recently purchased
for her.
The new play by J. NJ Barrie. which
| Charles Frohman VIII shortly present in
London, is entitled The Admirable Cricn-
tom
A son of George Lederer. aged IA, will
be in the cast of 'HucIeberry Finn, be-
ing a member of the "Red-handed Pi-
rates of the Main"
Dan DAILY is to go on the road with The
New Clown enactng the role ere 3;. a IN IN
| is said to be very Dalyescue.
One of the features of ''Notre Dame" is
the work of Aiine Dunlop who is only y
Xears, Of age bat e VIC o. has, the part OF
Jane Remark has made such a big hit
as Cigarette in Under Two Flags. .
/ through the west tEaI SIle VIII UNDERTAKE
a tour of the large eastern cities.
William Furst, for Z years musical di-
rector for Charles Frohman. has resign sd
| and will take up the task of writing clu-
steal compositions for David Belasco.
Marie George has at least decided &C
take the engagement offered her at tbs
Drlry Lane. london. and sailed for thai
| CITY last Tuesday. She will play a sou
4 }orette role
Charles Warner. the English actor. sailed
| for London from New York last Wednes
day to secure a company with which Il
present Drink in this country in th'
near future
Among the new plays to bid for popular
favor here next week viii be farce come
dv entitled Weary Willie Walker sail
to be filed with up-tc-date comedy AM
funD-r sitliations-
Marie Cabin continues with the sally il
Our Alley con- paEy when it takes tn
road but only for six weeks. New Yorl
reports say that she Is to receive 5000
week.
Sergeant Kitty is the title of a musisa
comedy h. James Koran author of -G.ll
lfverss Ira sseIs. = the music of which wa
CONFESSED By Baldwin Sloane. The piec
will shortly have New York production
David Higgins Secret Dispatch i
built ii the usual Higgins. style, but a
Mr. Higgins is a clever and for the mos
part conscientious builder the play ha
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EZRA KENDALL's PLAY.
James Whitcomb Riley Unconscious
~ Furnished the Plot.

One of the pronounced successes of the
season is the new Hoosier character
comedy, THE Vinegar Buyer pro-
duced several weeks ago by Ezra Ken
dali.
1.-The play" said Mr. Kendall in Chi
cago the other day. is based on James
Whitcomb Riley's poem of Jap Miller.
l had been trying for a long time to get
Mr.. Riley to write me a play. I made
several trips to indianapolis to see him.
Always he declared that he didn't think
he could write a play. 1 offered him
$1,000 cash down as an advance if he
would sign a contract to prepare play
for me and a further guarantee that his
royalties would amount to $4,000 or
more within two years. But not even
that tempted Riley in the least.
I can't write play. Mr.. Kendall,
he said and I'm not going to try
so we fell to talking about some Of
the curious old Indiana characters he
has celebrated.
:. Did you ever read my poem of Jap
Miller?" he asked.
+ L never had, though I was familiar
with almost everything he had written
found the poem extremely suggestive
and told Mr. Riley so. He went on to
elaborate On the character and in a few
minutes I broke in on him:
Mr.. Riley / said, you are writing
a play this minute without knowing it.
$50 that's the way The Vinegar Buy
err came into being
This would suggest that Mr.. Kendall
was the author as well as the star of
THE Vinegar Buyer.II but the play was
written by Herbert Hall Winslow.
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beauty and Marie Christie vfvacious and
charming, have earned recognition for
their painstaking work
The opera is In three acts. the scene
OF the first act being a dock-yard at
Portsmouth, England A ship builder.
Abel GudgeOn," has promised the hand
or his daugter Daphne" to Ned Roy
ster," young sailor, providing the lat
Ter returned from a foreign voyage with
$4,000. Ned" arrives on the day the
opera begins. A party of strolling play
ers arrive about. the same time One of
the number is a Japanese dwarf who is
kieptomaniac. He is smuggled into a
sailors tavern and "Ned's" money is
stolen. ''Foxey CUTLER" the quintes-
sence of human intelligence is called
upon to investigate the case. In the
course of the three acts. the sagacious
'Quiller" suspects and arrests nearly
every member of the cast excepting the
real thief. the dwarf, whose dinlinutive
statue enables him to be always near
Foxy" yet always free from suspicion
be used. A large crowd will be at the
New Crawford for Foxy CUTLER Mon
day night.
Two Merry TramDs" will hold the
boards Wednesday night at the Craw-
ford. There is large clientele for tramp
plays, and no doubt it will be well rep
resented
THE Denver Express is a meIo-
drama which made a favorable impress
sion here last year, and will return to
the Crawford Friday night.
The Saturday Offering is "A Runaway
Match"
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aRAFFLEsn TO BE STAGED.
John Drew to Play Leading Role il
aThe -Amateur Cracksman.o

= i ne A41tbSu1 S1dCAS41AA.
At last a play has been found for
Kyrle Bellows next season, and one that
seems eminently fitted to his particular
talents.
While Geo. Tyler was in London last
summer among the persons he met was
E. w. Hornung, the Australian novelist
and author ofthe widely read Amateur
Craftsman Their chance acquaintance
led to serious discussion of the Dossl-
bilities of the hero. Raff1es. as a stage
character. and Tyler succeeded in OBJ
tanning the authors signature to a con-
tract for the production here and in
England. The next day negotiations
were opened with the most prominent
English playwright who will soon begin
the work of dramatizing the book.
Tyler believes that the character of the
former collegian and champion crick-
eter, forced through lack of funds to
turn burglar in a most scientific man
ner is eminently fitted to Bellew. The
latter agrees with him, and is very en-
thusiastic over his new role. No plans
have as yet been made for a company,
but with the exception of Miss Eleanor
Robson, it is probable that the present
organization will be kept intact. Miss
Robson is now busily rehearsing the title
role of Audrey" in which she is soon
to make her appearance.
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many very excellent features. It contains
much of interest, good climaxes and sew
cal sensations to please even the most
blase.
Alice Nelson. the well known. comic
opera star, is to sing ne role OF T., Mar r,
71ecer1bar Miss Nelson's voice has shown
wonderful development in the past year
A special feature of Charles H Yale and
corps of electric ballet dancers who in
troduce a novel and intricate ballet, util-
izing many incandescent lights The scene
is weirdly beautiful and receives triple
encores nightly.
Helen GRAVITY made her bow to Houston
theatergoers in two performances of Her
ed the company for both matinee and
night and gave evidence of such approval
as only real merit can elicit
Faust Was Grand" and Magnificent
Success of the Gordon-Shay Co are the
first headlines Of the Raleigh a.,I papers re-
organization early in December
If some one discovered that soul stirring
music could be blown out of tin horn
the world would marvel and with season.
Yet. that would not be much more re1nar-
kable than what Innes. the bandmaster, aid
with the trombone. When ne took up the
trornbenes il was known solely as, an in
str21nEnts of percussion, and he astonlshed
the world by demonstrating that 1t was
also o solo Instrument capable of finely
expressing all kinds Of passion
Chas B. Hanford feels confident of the
most prosperous TOUR lIdt ne HAS & =
made. The company is made up OF %
people, mony of whom hold records of
service ins the Interpretation of Shakes
peare that cover longer periods Of time
than his own. For instance. Frederick
Hight played Dogherry with some of the
most notable Beatrices that the stage has
ever known. among them being Rhea. Mrs.
Bowers and Modieska. P.J. Duggan is ia
nous in Australia as an actor and as
lecturer on Shakespeare.
Elizabeth Kennedy. a handsome. young
actress, is at the head of the cast which
will shortly be seen here in the latest
Clyde Fitch comedy. Captain links of
the Horse Marines On its presentation
in New York Captain Jinks' was received
with so much favor that he remained for
over 200 nights at the Garrick theater. In
this comedy one gets an excellent idea of
the customs and costumes of 30 years ago
in the city of New York. this is the
period during which the action takes
place.
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at the Crawford.

The detective has been a familiar fig
ure in fiction and the drama from the
days of "Dogberry'' to those Of 'Sher-
lock Holmes" From "HawksliaN' 10
M. Lecoq" he has been one of The most
useful Of imaginary characters, but
when de Koven and Smith made the
redoubtable Foxy CUTLER the most
conspicuous figure in the comic opera of
that name it was found that new
twist had been given to the character
of an old acquaintance. The sagacious
"Quiller" with his unctious self-descrip-
tons and monumental conceit is Il de-
cided novelty in character creation
There are Is people in the orga MIA
ton headed by Richard Golden. VINO is
one of the best comic opera comedians
on the stage today and who has crea-
ted more important roles in connie opera
than any artist now before the public.
Mr.. Golden is ably supported by such
well known artists as Adol9h link, the
greatest iliipu5ian comedian, Harry
Leone the tenor Melville Collins, bari
tone with a marvellous voice, George
Head, the eminent basso who became
famous with the Bostonians. William
Conley. comedian, and Carlotta Gilman,
the Drima donna
Daisy Hamlin. soprano, and Edna
Bronson, contralto. are the ingenues.
Blanche Powell. sweet-voiced and of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01
CECIL sPooNRR's TOUR.
sMy Lady Peggy Goes to Town" to
Be Produced December l.

The work preparatory to the starring
tour of Miss Cecil Spooner in Miss Fran
ces Aynar Matthews dramatization of
her own story. My Lady Peggy Goes to
Town is being pushed with rapidly. for
but little time remains before rehearsals,
which will begin November 10. the opening
performance being at the Anphion the
alter. Brooklyn, on Monday evening, De-
cember l.
Contracts have been signed for most of
the players and the completed cast will
be announced in a few days. it is said.
Who they will be Mrs. B. S. Spooner viii
not say just now. but that they include
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-11-01

At the head of the greatest military
band in the world. John Philip Sousa
is now engaged upon his twenty-first
semi annual concert tour of the United
States, in the course of which he will
play here a the Auditorium on Friday
night. 1t did not need the recognition
of England's king or the decoration be-
slowed by the French government to
establish Sousa's supremacy in the field
of music but his admirers will rejoice
that his success abroad has been COM
mensurate with his popularity at home.
The reason for that success is not diff
cult to find for a better concert than
that which Sousa gives can scarcely be
ina gined.
The Sousa band goes at it's work with
an assurance which comes only from
complete confidence in themselves ana
their master, and with the balance be-
tween the various instrumental groups
so admirably maintained, there Is never
the slightest deviating from tone
quality.
necessarily Sousa. The band represents
Sousa in all it's details; the Instrument
alton is according to the Sousa idea; the
disciplinary force is, of course, Sousa:
the character of the concerts represents
SCusa'S ideas of the proper musical
pabulum for the masses. and the indl-
viduality and strength of the men is
apparent in every department of his
great organization.
The Auditorium concert will be the
last chance to hear Sousa and his band
for at least year and a half, as they
sail for London December "A Tor q six
months European tour, to be followed
by a trip around the world. Tie rail-
ways have made a rate of one and one
third fares for the round trip from all
points within 80 miles of Topeka. The
seat chart will open Monday morning
at o'clock. with numbers at I O'clock,
at Rowley & Shows. The prices Will be
% 90 as cents and 81