Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-15

q severe wound In the shuulder from q
sword orr fhr hands OF Ralph Stuart. while
Kyrls Btnew was playinE iu 81 Louis.
just before Cumiur ~ OmHhn with "A
GHutlemHn q Francs be severely Wuunded
his fenCiur master ln lht wrist during the
fight on the stairs The stnre duel is
thing than inc French Duel
A. NJ Palmer rs 20 De given q benefit in
MAY At the M~etrupudt1n Opera house
Dussn d seem the irony 81 fate thai this
man. who for nearly a renEru rion was 81
the head o. affairs theatrical should nov
b. reduced % the Cuuoinon Of a ~henehciHry,
and that when the stage tn ell lines Be- g.
prosperous
with furty-tvo BIG Grade thssters in
full operation and one soon 20 be opened.
nnn might think Ncw York well supplied.
hut announcements are made Of al least
four 10 be built during rhe present season.
and On top Of this the New York DentrRl
cuutnmniHf er fn connection with Improve
msnts 10 and around the Grand Central
EtHuun the erecuun 81 q tWentN-sturl
building TINT viii contain q department
store and q 1heuter.
RAYMOND Hitchcock Of The king Dodo"
Opera company will play ms original part
IN the Lundun production Of FtNley a
LudHr'E comedy opera when M. "A W
Savage completes negotiations Tor q Tor
oirn tour Of the piece. Strange as " may
seem. tmprasauris in Puris. Vienna. Der
lin and London are ANXIOUS 10 represent
Transitions Of this work. and, stranger
still a manager ri amusements in Japan
has mace uverrureE for the niece with q
japanese presentation n view.
The unduuhted success Of Peggy From
Paris. Henry ". SHrBEes latest George
Ace comedy. is evidenced by the fact that
the nrst week business was the banner
business Of M. SBvaEeE ~oCCupanCE Of
the Srudebaker. This piece reflects great
credit non unly upon George Ace, but upon
William lorraine. who mas scored most
smpharicHlly with five musical numbers.
They arr -BumEline When hes Not
Fair" and Rare Old College Days"
The pretty wives Of Sultan KHAN,
George Aces comic opera prOuutype q the
real Sultan OF sulu." al Of whom are
the hrEt time, were chHperoned through
Chinatown lREt week on the occasion OF
the beginning Of the Chinese New Year.
AFTER the performance al Wallacks the
alter Frank Moulan, who plays the sultan
with Mauds LiliBn Berrl, Blanche Chap
man and other member Of the company,
took the BultHn's wives IN a procession o.
carriages Gown TO PeN street and gave
them a picnic they viii MOI soon forget.
The girls Joined IN the procession and
spent a large portion OF their salaries for
that week in fireworks Rno lanterns. Later
party dishEnded at daylight singing, II
as no time for mirth or laughter, the cbld,
gray dawn OF the morning after"
A 7. Pearson, known throughout the
lenEth and breadth Of the whole country
as a 81 ccessful manager, died al Phoenix.
Ariz. on January % from
Pearson began ss an explniter Of rep.
companies about twenty years ago and
drifued around the Great lakes Hnd finally
OuI into the west. He secured control OF
the thsRter buildings 81 DeRdwoOd and
Rapid City during the boom days in the
Black Hills, just prior 10 the advent Of
the railroad. and mace q nice little bit Of
money, although the circuit proved q
graveyard for q number Of ambitious COM
pHnieB Prom the Black Kills ne went east
and Boon hRd several companies ON the
road, among them "The White Squadron,
A Midnight Alarm, The Police Patrol
and The Land Of the Midnight Sun
He was q pioneer in the matter of ex-
penBivs staging for mediocre or inferior
plays and MS ventures were uniformly sue
cessful. His rapidly failing health drove
him TO Los Angeles, where be became in
1erested IN ostrich farming. During 1885
he had q model ostrich farm on exhibition
at the TrRnsmiEsissippi exposition. Ills
wife, Kate Pearson, q well known actress
is left In control Of his extensive property.