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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
WHEN HENRY MILLER
NET SIR HENRY IRVING.

. Speaking Of experiences" said Henry
Miller during q wait in "D'Arcy of the
Guards" the other evcniu" at the Savoy
Thcdrer. New York. Il shall never forget
my first meeting with Sir Henry Irving.
II was before the Queen had honorcd him
with his title. y memorial service for Ed
win Booth had been arranged at one Of our
theaters shortly after the demise Of that
most brilliant actor and charming gentle
man. Irving. SalViui and other representa-
tive artists had been selected to deliver adj
dresses. SalVini was tn speak in his ma
tive tongue. Italian. and it WIS thought ai-
v!aable to have some one read an Ensiish
translation of his remarks. / was at that
time leading man of the Empire Theater
Company, and when approached for this
reading, eagerly accepted il. 1t was such
an honor. and such an opportunity. No
audience l had ever played to would he so
sympathetic. no lines l ever spoke would
give such chance for Evolutionary display.
L received the translation and rehearsed ii
over and over again in the privacy of nv
own room. until L had it as pat as a part
played for a twelvemonth.
sss
THE momentous afternoon arrived. and.
seated upon the stage before that immense
concourse. l. listened to the loving tributes
paid TO the dead artist. But while thrilled
with sympathy, | began TO feel that my
humble portion. might not. be .up to the
mark My hands trembled and my lips. no
matter how frequently moistened nre,p
parched again. 1t was, in fact. stage fright
of the most pronounced type. Then Salyini
rose to address US, and as the liquid Italian
phrases rolled forth in those grand diapason
tones which no other actor upon the stage
even approximately possesses and the walls
OK the theater Quivered in harmonic re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
! musical features will he the sugar-cane quartet
and the In Louisiana" band.

musical features Will he the sugar-cane quartet
and the In Louisiana" band.
The Florenz Troupe. six in number. cone to
the Columbia tomorrow with what ma been
calltl the most unique acrrhati, act in vavdc-
Vile. \ triple som.rS4ult IS one cf che feats
peri rmed. Bruet and REVERE. well-knowr
French operate singers. come back after an ali
senCu Of two years with 4 new speclalt=. Tine
-Four OTIS. including Phil and Matt. irothers OF
the late star comedian. JOE OF. ,'r0mise an Up
roarious sketch entitled. The Smart Set" and
Virginia Sterling. known in ST. Louis as Miss
Sadie Kelly. makes her vaudeville debut
Charles Kenna. songs. parD HES and dialect
stories; Boyce and Wilson. black face come
dianS and erctesqIe dancers. AMI Wes5on and
Walters. in a new skit. cciiri Teaching Her a
Lesson" are among he othe- features Of tie
new programme. The compete list includes
Oakley and HeIs:ed, sing .ng and dancing act.
Fanny Brunswick. operatic singer: the Matthews.
jugglers and magic.ans: Martin and Qu!gs. Irish
come iy act: the I-avig1e Sisters. musical enter
tainers. and the Maginleys. aerial gymnasts.
s.
The fourth concert by the Choral-Symphony
Society will Re given next Thursday evening at
the o'ledn. The soioist will be the young violin
list Fritz kreisier. who has been arousing en-
thusiasu in Europe, where he is spoken of as
SdEasate's successor. He is not only remarkable
for ms Phenomenal technic. hut also for his
conception. In 1852, at the age Of "a. he was
with the great pianist. RosenthaI. The concert
T~rosramme has he"n arranged as fellows:
SYM hory No. Beethoven
SftI!A-l.a-
Cor c,rto for Violin No. Bruch
krcisIer and Orchestra.
Entr. Grte for Strings. + .Reinecke
Orchestra
Non pin Nesta......... Paeanini
T krsisier and Orchestra.
S!ayoGic Dance. q Dvorak
Orchestra.
Iieinenann and Webs stock Company will
give the famous Ger.nan. play. Die Rantzau," at
the Germania Theattr tonight.
WfHHs hand viii play the lirst Of a series Of
SUnany afternoon concerts at Ahe Odeon this aft
tfncdr. The We'll Sunday concerts have been
a feature in 81. Louis musical affairs for the last
three years. Mrs. Mae Estelle Acton arker will
assist the band to-day. when the following pro
gramne viii be given:
Marcil-Triumpha
Overtire-William ROssini
MIrlutt
from LohenGrin Wagner
Pictorial Scene-In Defense of the Flag.---DaIbey
Vocal Solo-PolOnaisc from Mignon. .....-. Thomas
Mae Estelle Acton-Harker and Band.
Sacred
Excerpts from Floroiora
"
The Burton Holmes lectures will be given at
the Ode6n as follows:
January II. Moscow and a Visit to Count
January IA. Siberia: January "a.
'Pekin'; January %. Korea" Among the
Holmes motion pictures Of historic value is one
showing Queen Victoria in her coach of state at
enhance to st. Paul's Cathedral during the
Of the Queens Jubilee, while another
Princess Kaiulani Of the Hawaiian Islands
aiding in the launching Of a native war caroe.
prepa; atory TO riding the surf. Although these
ROYAL ladies have died. their living and NOV |
.ns portraits will go down TO future generations.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

New York recently. after many notable sue
cesses On the concert stage Of Europe. is
considering a proposition to return to grand
opera IS Eva in ".Meistersinger." During
the last four Years she has been heard but
little in America, most uf that time being
devoted to concerts throughout Great Brit
ain and the Continent. She has been
hearu in Russia. Hungary. Austria. Italy.
Switzerland. Holland. Germany. France
Belgium and Great Britain, where she is
better known. perhaps. than in America.
James X. Hackett will give Il benefit per-
fornnncc for the city Troop of ST. Louis
March IS at the Olympic Theater. He Will
then appear as Don Caesar in his new play.
Don Caesars Return
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DrunkardS
Easily
Cured.
Miss Edith Williams wants Every
lady tender Of this Paper 10 know
How she Snzcd Her Father.
. scd an odorIcss and Tastclrs. Rem
cdy In Ills Food. Quickly Cur
ing Him Without His
knowledge
Trial Package Of tue Scncdy Mailed
Free TO show How Easy Ii Il TO
Cure ~ruuLari>.

Nothing could he more dramatic or de-
voted than the manner in which Miss Edith
Williams. Box 81. Wayncsvluc. ohio. cured
her drunken father after years of misery.
"'eiehedne>s and almost uubca"ab!e SUI
I.~tuu
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
COMFLICATIONS OF DISEASE.

In the first place. II is of the utmost
Importance that every phase of vour
maIady be known before any sort OF
he administered. There is
haroly any one disease tina does not
carry with 1t several COMPLICATIONS
which require special treatment. No
one preparation can cure a dozen differ
.nt complaints. and no ~wonde can
be worked by such dosing: It is the
skill of the .long-tried sppcialist alone
which can bring about a cure.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

seph G. Root and others. Especial attention
was paid to the case in the Woodmen's
circles. In the United States Court here.
December II. Miss FriZZell obtained A judS-
ment against the defendants for S1i,oc1.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

I'm louisiana" a meIUlrama by. Robert 3.
Loncm,re. will he ~Trpl'Icec for fhe first time cn
any Stage at ,he GcGmania TheItsr tins e:;.r-
moor by the American Stock '-ctnrany: It -
described as a stirring romance Of the Lincoln
I. Carter class. one OF the principal scenes being
a railroad wreck. in which two property trains
will be burned IN full. view Of the audience
Olive Vail and Gladys Leslie are TO add spright-
illness TO the vaudeville between acts, and two
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

The Grand o2cra-huuse will have 1.-The Gay
Mr.. GoIdste!n." II farce. which will introduce
Mary Hampton. George e. B~Jniface. Jr, Barry
Maxwell and Thomas keogh in new character
zaticns. The comedy IS said TO differ from all
others in the treatment Of Hebrew, life. Mr..
to be played ty Thomas KeoGh. is
said to possess the Intelligence. humor and dia-
lect OF his race. vithoUt the Objectionable feat
ures Of the stage secondhand clothing dealer.
Marv Hampton. who will also hold the center
the stage part of the time. is well known in
st. Louis, as is. Nr. Bonitiace ard the funny Mr..
Of EOytian fame.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05
Miss Frizxell's Case.

BIC SPECIAL.
Omaha. Neb.. Jan. Inquiries from the
Southwest indicate considerable interest in
the result of the recent case of Miss Agnes
Frizzell of Fort Smith. Ark, against Jo-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

LOOT A BOARDING-HOUSE-BureIars
broke into the boarding house of Mrs. e.
Dare, at No. 3016 Franklin avenue, Friday
afternoon while she was absent and stole
property valued at slD. 1t consisted of a
typewriter. a revolver and a leather
satchel. the property of Charles C. Meek.
a roomer. and a suit of clothes belonging
10 Allen Bowden.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

I If your house needs repairing you do
get a blacksmith to 90 il: nor do you
get a carpenter TO ~reriai~ your plunh-
ing. Why. then. when yoa are sick do
You nuy a hit-or-niss mixture of drugs
from some Man o: Medical C~ornrany"
or institute rather tran go for treat
ment to some regularly graduated and
registered physician and Specialist
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
Personal NOTES.

Mr.. Hanna will not resign from the SEN
ate. He continues to stand pat.
Incredible as II may seem, Senator Depew
has a new story in his possession. 1t goes
In with the old ones.
Eugene Fischhoff, a noted Austrian turf
man, whose home is in Vienna, has Just ar
rived in New York. He says he may bring
some OF his horses to America.
Fraulein Bertha Krupp is said to be the
richest woman in the world, with a fortune
estimated at SIS, OOO, 900. 1t will be a lucky
son Of a gun who captures the daughter OF
the dead gunmaker.
Jack Dalton, the famous Alaskan explorer
and pioneer. who has been searching for
Russian landmarks in Alaska, at the insti-
cation Of the government, has Just arrived
in Alaska, having finished his work,
Friends OF the late Senator Vance OF
North Carolina are raising funds to pur-
chase a life-size marble bust Of the Senator
to be placed IN the rotunda OF the Carnegie
Library building at Charlotte. N. c.
Lieutenant W. C. Fitzpatrick, Seventh In
fantry, one Of the student officers attending
the general service and stan college in
L"eayenworth, Kan, has Just sold part OF his
oil land in Beaumont, Tex, for $3.50, 900.
A portrait OF President Lincoln will be
placed in the Mississippi Hall Of Fame al
Jackson. The picture was furnished by
Robert T. Lincoln, in response to a request
and will be placed beside that Of Robert E
Lee.
A French officer is said to have brought
out an invention which will entirely abolish
sound, fash aud smoke when a gun is fred
Now II he will only improve upon his inven'
ton by abolishing the proiectile he will de-
serve we'll OF mankind.
When Captain Pershing, U. S. A, was
marching across Mindanao he met mani
Moros. They told him they had been led &c
believe all Americans were eight feet high
and wore horns. Those Moros must hay'
met some Of our soldiers In battle.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
POSTAGE REFURM UP 10 CONGRESS-.

The decision Of the federal court of
appeals in the District of Columbia, sus
pending the classification policy Of the
Postofice department, leaves 1t to con
gress to reform the laws regulating
postage rates. Failure to act involves
an enormous deficit in the postal reve-
nues and postponement of cheaper letter
postage.
The postal laws properly favor news
papers and periodicals, making them a
class by themselves on which the very
low rate of l cent a pound is charged,
the same being prepaid in money with
out the trouble of aflxing stamps. But
this classification has without doubt be-
come the means Of gross abuses and
frauds. Innumerable publications which
were purely advertising circulars, having
no bona fide circulation or any other
characteristic Of a legitimate newspaper
Of the pound rate under one p~retense
or another. In the aggregate the gov
eminent was thus carrying at less than
cost an o. tonnage, which, in
addition, interfered with the dispatch
Of more important mail, causing a great
annual deficit which one year reached
$11,0O0,0 900.
Although the facts were we'll under
stood, year after year the need Of legis-
lation has been urged in the reports Of
the postmaster general and the presi-
Dental messages without result. The
reform was one of the important fea-
lures of the Loud bill which failed in
three successive congresses because 1t
went altogether too far. As the postal
laws clothe the department with extern
sive discretionary powers, a systematic
effort was inaugurated two years ago
to accomplish Enthusiastically, at least
In part, the reform which had failed in
congress. This effort succeeded in weed
ing out a myriad of illegitimate pub
locations and in saving millions of dol
lars of revenue. 1t has now almost
wiped out the deficiency of postal reve-
nues, when the courts intervene with
the decision that the reform, needful
and salutary as it is, is beyond the legal
power Of the department.
A proper act curing the defective clas-
sihcation is what is demanded.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
OIearness and sImpIicitr.

hhnsaS Clty star.
A striking feature Of the presidents mes
sage Is its clearness and simplicity Of style.
This was to have been expected In an
author of Mr.. Roosevelt'S experience. II ls
usually the amateur who uses involved SEN
fences and super1uous words. Stevenson
used to say he could tell how long a man
had been writing by the excess Of his
verbiage. One need not be a literary critic
to delight in well built sentences. from
which not a word can be spared without
loss in meaning. The presidents message
abounds in expressions such as these:
The wave will recede. but the tide will
advance. This nation is seated on a con-
tinent faRked by two great oceans. II is
composed Of men winnowed out from among
the nations Of the old world BY the energy.
boldness and love of adventure found in
their own eager hearts. Such a nation. SO
placed, will surely wrest success from for
tune. AS a people, we have played a large
part in the world. We NAV either
fail greatly or succeed greatly, but we can
not avoid the endeavor from which either
great failure or great success must come.
We know that we can solve these
problems, and solve them we'll, provided
only that we bring to the solution the
qualities Of head and heart which were
shown by the men who in the DAYS OF
Washington founded this government. and
In the days of Lincoln preserved 1t. . " I"
Let us not, in fixing our gaze upon the
lesser evil, forget the greater good. . . .
We should always fearlessly insist upon
our rights in the face OF the strong. and
we should with ungrudging hand, do our
generous duty by the weak.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
THE JINGLE CATCHES THEM.

James Barton Adams in Denve Post.
There is food for cultured souls in the
Soft and dreamy from the pen that is
inspired,
BY the gentle notes Of love. soft as cooings
of the dove,
Are the hearts of youths and maidens
When the deeds Of war are told, men of
more heroic mold
Feel their souls uplifted TO a height sub
lime,
But they one and all will quaff at the cup
that makes them laugh
It's the jingle that will catch them every
time.
ing half so dear
AS the sacred songs that tell Of life above,
And there's swelling in our threats as we
listen to the notes
OF the song that treats of mothers death
less love.
Songs of home will touch the heart, cause
unbidden tears to start,
Though their metre be at fault and rude
their rhyme, .-
But in idle moments men would forget their
cares, and then
It's the jingle that will catch them every
time.
Poets sing about the flowers in the sweet
Elysian bowers,
OF the birds that MARBLE in the forest
trees,
OF the mountains mystic hooks, Of the bah
bling of the brooks,
or the balmy kisses Of the saucy breeze;
All of which is sweet to hear, Is enchanting
20 the ear,
But as up the hill tho toiling masses climb
When their wearied spirits long for an in
It's the Jingle that will catch them every
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
A DISCREPANCY SOMEWHERE.

That there is a serious discrepancy
somewhere which has helped the rail
roads to shirk the taxes which they
ought to pay in Omaha and Douglas
county is disclosed by the recent special
survey of railroad trackage made by
County Surveyor Edquist at the request
Of the Board of County Commissioners.
For some reason or other the figures of
the county surveyor do not correspond
by a wide margin with the figures re-
turned by the. railroads to the State
Board of Equalization and by. the state
board certified back to the local authori-
ties Of this city and county. Within the
city limits of Omaha alone the railway
trackage found by the county surveyor
compared with the mileage of the state
board for the principal railroads, ex-
GLIDING the Belt Line and the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal company, is as
follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
NEGOTIATIONS q

Negotiations with Colombia have been
resumed and the measuring statement is
made that a treaty may be ready for
submission to the senate before the holi-
day recess. 1t is said that the secre-
tary of state will confer with senator's
and representatives in congress before
closing the negotiations, from which 1t
Is to be inferred that some new condi-
ions have been introduced in the treaty,
involving concessions not contemplated
the Spooner bill under which the ad-
ministration is proceeding.
At all events it is made apparent that
the Colombian government is DESTROYS
to come to terms and that its attitude
was misrepresented by the minister
whom 1t recalled. 1t indeed seemed
strange, when the negotiations came to a
halt, that the government of Colombia
should have adopted an attitude of OBJ
struction after having so strongly ex-
pressed the desire to have the United
States complete. the Panama canal, and
equally surprising that it should seek to
defeat a project which if carried out
will be in the highest degree beneficial
to that country. 1t will give Colombia
much needed financial aid and very
greatly improve material conditions
there, or at any rate in the state of
Panama. If Colombia should not allow
the United States TO build the canal and
this country secured the Nicaragua
route, the result would be the effacement
Of Panama and Colon from the map,
so far as IN goes.
Our government is driving no hard
bargain in this matter. 1t proposes to
pay the French company all hat its
property is commercially worth, while
all it asks of Colombia is complete Sc
curity for its investment, not likely to
be less than $50, OOO, 900. There is moth
ing unfair or unreasonable in the terms
and conditions of the United Staes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
THE MERCHANT MARINE.

The reference in the report Of the sec
rotary Of the treasury to the merchant
marine of the United States, though
brief, is not without interest. There is
a greater volume of American shipping
at present than ever before in our his
tory, but its growth has been entirely
within the domestic trade on the lakes
and the s~eacoast Our dependence upon
foreign ships for conveying our products
to the worlds markets is not being les
sened below o per cent of our exports
and imports being carried In American
vessels during the last fiscal year. This
means that II vast sum of money went
abroad which the possession of an
American merchant marine would have
kept at home for distribution among our
own people in various ways.
1t is true that there is a large amount
of American capital invested in ocean
steamships under foreign flags and the
returns on this capital are employed
here, but most of the money paid by our
producers and manufacturers for the
transportation of their products to for
eign markets goes to European shipown-
ers and helps to maintain foreign ship
building industries. How much this is
is hardly possible to accurately deter
mine, but II the amount thus annually
taken out of the country could be APP
piled to the creation of an American
merchant marine we should in a few
years have our own steamship lines,
under the American flag, to every i'm
portant port of the world and be in this
respect entirely independent Of foreign
In the United States the greatest ship
building industry in the world, employ
ing a vast amount of capital and labor
and contributing greatly to the general
welfare and the wealth of the country.
AS it is, American capital is being in.
vested in foreign ships, so that while
European shipbuilders are having
abundant employment many of ours are
facing a decreasing business.
The Importance of an American mer
chant marine for the "Ocean-carrying
trade was fully recognized by McKin
ley who said: zone Of the needs Of th,
times is direct commercial lines from
our vast fields of production to the ieldi
of consumption that we have but barely
touched. Next in advantage to havin,
the thing to sell is to have the con
venience TO carry 1t to the buyer. W,
must encourage our merchant marine
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-05
LIVES OF LARGE VALUE.
Significance Of n Verdict In = new
York Damage Case.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
A woman who entered suit in the New
York City courts against the railway upon
which her husband was killed to recover
the sum OF $3.50, 900 damages for the loss was
given a verdict for 500, 900. Her claim was
that her husbands life had a cash value to
the extent named from the fact that he was
able to earn a salary Of $1,000 a year for
some time before his death.
This IL a larger sum than has ever be-
fore been legally claimed for any single
life, although jurles in the cases OF two
other men who we're killed in this same
accident have already awarded damages TO
the extent Of $50. 900 and $50, 900 respectively
In each suit.
The fact that mems lives have an actual
legal cash value based upon the earning
capacity OF the Individual Is now we'll es-
tablished, as lie also the other fact that
some men can fairly earn by their own ef-
forts salaries running up to tens Of thou
sands OF dollars and even more annually.
Because we paid the nations president
Only t25. 900 a year until a comparatively
recent date there was a general feeling that
nobody else could earn more than that sum.
But we have learned with the rest OF man
kind that many men would be very made
QuAJely TeunQueTaLen uuiesb lnsI Auhuhl.
incomes we're much larger.
Scores, II not hundreds. Of men carry life
Insurance 70 the amount Of 800. 900 and up
ward. Their lives are recognized By the
companies 20 be worth these large sums.
Such men earn every year more than an
ample interest upon the heavy amounts
noted, and when they dis their estates are
entitled 70 have the loss made good to any
reasonable extent
The law courts are. therefore. only con-
ceding what life Insurance ana the expert
ence Of the business world generally have
already shown-viz.. that many men can
fairly earn better pay than others, that
there is hardly any limit 70 the earning
capacity on the part Of some % the more
fortunately gifted ones and that when they
die there remains the right that the loss
to their family or estate shall Be made
good.
II they have themselves prudently pre-
arranged for this the indemnity Is, OF
course, certain and immediate. while ~
their death is the untimely work OF cor
poration carelessness the worlds advanced
thought now allows the possible remunera-
ton through the courts to reach almost any
sum.