Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-07

ager, will make his debut as a star on Easter Monday in one of the upstate New York cities in a new play written by himself, entitled "Saucy Jack Bar ry." The plot of the play Is based upon certain incidents in the career of Commodore John Barry, who was a prominent figure in the Revolutionary war. MT Murphy, who, by the way, is quite an authority on Celtic literature and ancient Irish music, will sing ill the production a number of songs of his own composition.
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 The "color line's at the New York the ater, drawn for Williams and Walkers engagement in 'Dahome," gives the lower floor, orchestra and orchestra circle, all boxes except the top tier, two sections of the dress circle and one sec tfon of the balcony exclusively to the whites. This leaves one section of the dress circle, two sections in the bal cony and the entire gallery to the col ored people. No colored person will be admitted to the sections reserved | for the whites, and no white person will be admitted to the parts of the house reserved for colored people. Tn l this way all question of race discrim- ination is avoided.
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 Syracuse, N. Y, March 7.--A1l dis putes about the estate of the late Will l liam West, the minstrel, have been set tied by Syracuse attorneys. The con l tests were between the widow and the two brothers and sister of the deceased. 1 By the settlement, the brothers and sisters receive $1O0,O0O in cash. The estate was valued at $600,000. By his will MT West gave all his personal property to his wife. Then one-third of the realty went to his wife and the remainder was divided equally between l the brothers and sister. The latter are Robert Flynn of this city, John Fitz- gerald of Auburn and Alrs Margaret Peabody of Denver MT Vests real name was Flynn. Property at Mount | Vernon, Westchester' county; Benson l hurst, Kings county, in Chicago and Philadelphia was involved in the liti- gation. The compromise closes all suits.
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 Maurice Campbell announces that Henrietta Crosman will reopen her sea- son at the Grand opera house, Chicago, next Monday night in her success, The Sword of the hlng," the entire produc- l tion of which was destroyed in the Pike opera house fire last week. Miss Crosman's company will lose only three nights because o- the fire. She re- opened her tour on Monday, March ?, at Piqua, O., presenting another of her plays "Madeline," the production of which was luckily not in the theater While the new production of "The Sword of the King was completed in ten days, MT Campbell says 1t will be even finer than that destroyed, which cost about $25, ,OOO. Since three hours after the fire occurred there has been at work force of 100 people, consist ing of scene painters, carpenters, cleo tricians, costumers, property men, etc, getting ready the new production. This | is about the quickest reopening of a | big production after entire destruction on record, but Maurice Campbell is noted as a hustler.
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 ! May Lyn Flung, wife of the leading Lman of the Chinese theater in Doyers street. New York, died on February 1 15 from the effects of worry, it is said, over threats made against her husband { by the highbinders. She was only 22 years old and but three months ago had eloped from San Francisco with I the popular actor, Sung Flung. The elopement caused great deal of ex- l citement in San Francisco, and the se- cret societies to which May Lyn's father belongs vowed vengeance upon I the husband After coming to New York the bride was obliged to remain hidden in her rooms in Chatham square She pined her life away, breeding over the possible assassina- ton of Sung Flung by the hatchet men. The funeral took place on Tuesday. The body, arrayed in the finest of silk garments and with candles and incense burning at the head and foot of the coffin, lay in state in the rooms of 8 l Mulberry street undertaken through the day. Beside the coffin lay food and Iraiment for the use of the spirit during Eits Journey to paradise. There was no service by priest, but the husband in- toned long address to his dead wife, while a band of Chinese musicians clashed cynbals and blew wailing notes on curious wooden instruments. I After the ceremony the body was taken l to Cypress Hills cemetery and there in- tered All along the way to the cem- etery little squares of paper were scat