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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-17
AND LAWYERS
GET PIANO
Famous Butler County Piano
Case Settled Yesterday.
SUIT WAS COMPROMISED
Has Been in Court Since May
1901.

Yesterday afternoon a case was settled
the courts for two years and which while
originally over a trivial mater. has be-
come well known over several counties.
1t is the celebrated Butler county piano
case of Halford VS.. Halford. Margaret
Halford, the defendant, disappeared, and
her lawyers hold the object of strife the
piano for their fees. The case has beon
especially interesting from the fact that
several times during the two years it WAS
in court the piano disappeared entirely
and required some clever work TO bring It
to light.
The case was begun early in the year
1901 in Butler county. where the parties
lived. Frank Halford was granted a IL
vorce from Margaret ]. Halfo-d and ia
the division of the property Halford lc-
ceived among other things the piano.
When he went to claim his property it IS
alleged by his attorneys that it had disap-
peared together with Margaret Halfori.
They were traced to Wichita and Halford
brought action to recover the piano.
About the same time the father of Marga-
ret Halford brought action against Hal
ford on a note and secured judgment
against him The piano again disappear
ed. Sheriff Schadd began diligent aIch
and finally located it in a house in The
south part of the city. 1t is alleged ;h4c
he sold it to secure the amount of the
judgment against Halford, but took an
indemnity bond as there was a question
as to whether or not the piano was ex-
empt under the laws of the state, The
case was carried to the district court ard
came up for hearing yesterday. and The
attorneys for the defendant COMPROMISED
by paying the plaintiff for the piano ard |
standing the costs of trial. The attorneys
for the defendant again have possession
of the piano and as the defendant has |
made a total disappearance. are holding it |
for the amount due them on fees.
The attorneys for the defendant We're |
Bailey & Nighswonger, while the plaintiff |
was represented by Conley & Piatt.
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Lost Men Found.

New Haven. Conn, April 16.-News
reached this city tonight that Lester c.
Barton. of Chicago. and VII lam Mason
Duncan. of Russelville Ky. the twp
Yale freshmen who were supposed to have
lost their lives on the Sound while or ,
sailing expedition are in New York city
with relatives The young men. after
getting outside the New Haven break
water. were unable to put about and re-
turn TO shore. and they were driven be
fore the wind until they were washed
upon the beach at Riverhead, Long Island
whence they went 70 New York.
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quence. There are three words fnseper-
ably connected-being, action. conse-
quences. Three things man cannot sue
cessfully 90. He cannot practice fraud
on his own soul, or on his neighbor. or on
Almighty God. The burden of the sermon
was sin and its consequences as seen in
Gods word and in practical life. The
law of reproduction in kind is unchange-
able and universal, both in the physical
and IN the moral realms. Thoughts as
well as seeds produce in kind. He laid
down three propositions: 1st, sowing is
inevitable; I'd. the harvest always multi
plies upon the seed sown; Sd, even con-
version does not always blot out the har-
vest of the seed that has been sown.
AT the close of the regular service an
after meeting was held, and a number in
the audience went forward and confessed
faith in Christ as a personal Savior
The 10 o'clock meeting today will be at
the West Side church. DR.. Lamkin will
preach on Gods Personal Promises.
AT 3 O'Clock he will preach at the
First church, on A Genuine Revival of
Religion.
Tonight his subject will be: What's
in 1t, or Does 1t Pay?
great mass meeting for men is to
be held in the Auditorium Sunday after
noon, in connection with the Y. NJ. c. A.
A childrens mass meeting or union
Sunday school service, will be held at
the First church Sunday morning. at
$50. Members of other Baptist Sunday
schools will take notice of the change
from previous announcements. and all
gather at the First church. The II O'Clock
service will also be a union service, and
no meetings will be held on Sunday at
either the Emporia Avenue or West Side
churches.
The meeting Sunday night will also be
at the Auditorium. that all may have ,
an opportunity to hear this gifted
preacher and great evangelist.
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NEW CHARGES EACH DAY.
Postoffce Department and Tyner Take
Up Attention.

Washington. April 16.-Fresh charges
are being received constantly at the post
office department in connection with thu
investigation now in progress but their
nature is being withheld from the public.
Postmaster General Payne toGay said the
correspondence In the cast of Asista nj
Attorney General Tyner would be mace
public later or.
Mr.. Tyners resignation takes effect Ma
Is. No successor has yet been cho sen.
although there are a number of can
didates in the field.
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Sunflower Circle.

The Sunfower circle meets with Mrs.
E. r. Battin. 40l North Topeka avenue
Monday afternoon at 2:30. Program:
Saxon and Slav (concluded)-Mrs. w. c.
Norcross.
Literature Chapter XD-Mrs. Ben Nc
Lean.
The Great Worlds Farm; chapter VIII.
Mrs Rutledge; chapter TX, Mrs. Barrie.
Brief Account of Russian Women-Mrs.
Sweet.
Reading-Account of Punce Koopotkin' $
Escape from Prison-Miss Kincaid.
Duet-Miss Evans and Miss Laid.
Roll Call-Current Events.
Mrs NJ W. Levy-Leader.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.


Tonight will be bargain night and rip
Van Wrinkle" VIII be the play. This old
piece always has its followers and never
fans 10 please. The version Miss Farrell
and company will present tonight Will De
the Joseph Jefferson version with all de-
tails carefully looked after. The part
OF Rip viii be played by Mr.. Hugh Nor
rison. comedian OF the company. whose
rendition Of that difficult character has
been highly spoken OF. The company
played Was She to Blame last night 10
an appreciaiive audience. As before the
play was given an excellent interpreta-
ton.
The admission tonight viii be 70 cents
10 all parts % the house.
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FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Ohio Fletcher Will Be Buried From
Oak Street Presbyterian Church.

Ohio Fletcher. the siX-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Fletcher, of 6G Cleve-
land avenue. died early yesterday morn
ing, at the home, after a long illness.
The funeral services will be held this
afternoon at o'clock, at the Oak Street
Presbyterian church. Rev Caughey, of
the church, and Rev. F. n. Lynch, of the
First Methodist church, will conduct the
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RECEIVED BAD FALL.
Prof. iseIy of High School Painfully
Injured

Prof. Isely, of the High shcool. was
quite painfully injured yesterday after
noon, near the corner of First and Market
streets. He was riding his wheel which
slipped on the wet pavement. giving him
hard fall. His head was badly gashed,
and persons who saw the accident and
ran 10 his assistance found Prof. Isely
in a semi-conscious condition. He was
placed in a buggy and taken to his home.
sos East Central The injuries, while not
serious. are very nainful
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PLACED IN HOME.
Baby Abandoned on Steps Has Found
Home.

The little boy baby which was aban-
doned on the steps of the residence of
Mrs. A. II. Miller, a few nights ago, was
placed in good home near Hutchinson
yesterday by the Kansas Children's Home
society. Very few facts have been learn
ed regarding its parentage, and it will
possibly always remain mystery.
]. c. Runyon. cashier Of the Citizens
bank of Medicine Lodge was in the city
yesterday on his way to Missouri for
a weeks visit among friends.
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MRS. HOLMAN DEAD.
Aged Lady Passed Away After a
Years Illness.

Mrs James Holman, mother of Mrs.
CT. L. Edwards. died last night at her
home, 3S2 North Topeka avenue She
was born in 1896 and has lived in this city
a number of years. She has been i'll for
more than a year and her death was ex-
pected The notice of funeral arrange
nents will be given later.
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& - - TO HA~,
Scar. the n The Kind You Have Always Boug
signature af &1NZzIZu
LOST SOME IRON.
w. w. Culver Reported Theft to the
Police

Yesterday W. w. Culver. who owns an
elevator on the Santa Fe tracks. reported
TO the police that some one had stolen
a considerable quantity Of iron rods and
buckets from the elevator. The police be-
gan an investigation and found the iron
in junk shop. 1t is alleged that Robert
Hershberger stole the stuff and sold it,
Robert Hershberger is out of Jail now on
bond, awaiting trial in the district court
for theft
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alton, and apply the lash to the fnso-
lent back of ignorance and incapacity.
This can be done quite as effectively
with dignity and decency as with bru-
tality and coarsenesS. The gentleman
carries a rapier, the ruffian bludgeon;
the former gives a wound that, even IL
fatal, is honest and clean cut, but lne
latter bruises. brushes and MAINS II
it does not destroy; yet in trial OF
skill the rapier would probably be the
victor and gain. the greater. NEED or
credit for the victory. There IS no
armor that is proof against the shafts
of ridicule, no weapon to COMBAT II,
no wound more fatal in it's results. and
yet it is the easiest way to raise the
grin of envy. the sheer of the narrow
mind and the discordant laugh of ign
norance.
THE drama in this country Is sadly
ir need of encoura cement; 1t has no
standard, no subsidy; it is dependent
upon private enterprise for its exist
ence: upon public patronage for its
support, and patronage is guided by
the taste, which is in a great meas
ure fostered and directed by the critics
of the great Journals of the country"
These are the words of an accom-
plished actor, who references his art
and is more than a mere hummer or
other peoples thoughts.
1t is a source Of qualification to know
that a profession much maligned by
the ignorant and bigoted contains
many more as sincere and high-minded
disciples of the histrionic art.
Fred G.. Hunt.
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Thursday evenings, arg Hiss Kenny
son. whose beautiful rendition of the
poetic Elsa won her such generous
praise, will be Aida att the Wednesday
matinee and on Saturday night. In
the fmpassioned contralto role of Am
neris, Miss well will be. heard at each
performance. Miss Wells brilliant
work in Carmen" the Dast week in
Minneapolis has made her a lasting
favorite in the Twin Cities. and. judg-
ing by the scores of her friends from
the other side who have arranged to
hear her this week, this Minnesota girl
will have a hearty reception at every
performance in Aida" Mr.. Sbeehan
will be the Rhadames at these per-
formances and Piero GherVardi will sing
Rhadames on Thursday. night. Win
fred Goff's resonant baritone will he
heard in the picturesque role of Anna
nazro, the Ethiop king, While Mr.. Bowie
will take the role of the Memphis
priest, Ramfis.
For Martha" there is another inyit-
ing cast. Again Miss Rennyson and
Miss Norwood will divide the prima
donna soprano honors, Miss Rennyson
being the Martha on Tuesday and Fri
day evening, and Miss Norwood sing
ing the pretty role Wednesday night
and at the Saturday matinee. Nancy
Will be in the capable hands of Miss
Du Ere at each performance until the
Saturday matinee, when Miss Claude
Albright, the new contralto of the Cas-
tie Square forces, will take the part.
Mr.. DAubigne will be the Lionel UNI
til the Saturday matinee, when Mr..
Gherardl will sing, and Mr.. Coombs
will be heard as Plunkett. Mr.. Car
riers baritone voice will be heard in
the role Of Sir Tristan.
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THE METROPOLITAN.

One week more of the Castle Square
Opera company and st. Paul will bid
a regretful goodbye to a most delight
full season of grand opera in English.
The first visit to the Twin Cities Of
Manager Henry w. .Savage's most
praiseworthy organization was well
come one. both socially and musical
ly, and it is hoped the enthusiastic
Endorsement of his company of sing
ers has been sufficiently satisfactory
to the management to insure an an
nual festival of grand opera in English
hereafter.
When it was first announced that
grand opera would be presented at a
price within the reach of all music
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season. Miss Sheldon's father is Charles
Sheldon, the manager of the Carnegie
Lyceum in New York city. Her family
were among the early settlers of YER
mont, where she was born and went to
school.
Tim Murphy has lost his suit against
the Southern Railway company. The de-
cision was handed down at Knoxville
recently, and the road is released on the
grounds that Murphy in accepting free
baggage concessions released the railroad
company from damages. Murphy brought
suit for $4,000 because the company
failed to carry him to several points In
the South in time to fill engagements that
had been booked there. 1t is of wide
spread interest and establishes prece-
dent that travelling theatrical organiza-
tiens are practically at the mercy of rail-
roa DIS. with no chance to recover damages
by missing dates.
When Little Lord Fauntleroy" is put on
at the Casino April 13 for a run of daily
matinees. Harry Martin, a child seven
years old. will play the title role. He is
the youngest child that has ever studied
the role, which is very long Master
Martin made his stage debut in The Adj
ventures of Francois" three years ago In
Philadelphia. He Is a pretty boy and
clever one. and, according to Mrs. Frances
HN-'N-f.o.. D. * ha will make an idaaI
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Square Opera Singing Metropolitan

fattering things of the intelligence and
charming personality of some of the
critics she knows, Miss Bingham con-
tinues:
I am making no plea for a weighty
article about production. L know
newspaper is. not a magazine. 1 do not
want bad newspaper work. But I do
say that a critic can write true esti-
mate entertainingly as we'll as an en-
tertaining but unjust estimate.
What other branch of art is treated
the way the stage is treated in criti
cism?
mo newspaper prints book reviews
that simply caricature author and pub
Usher and the books characters whole
sale and broadcast.
No newspaper writes about a pic
ture exhibit in order to hit off the per-
sonal eccentricities of the artist and his
figures.
THE stage alone, Of which New
York people profess to be so proud,
which they say they miss when they
are away and to which they look to be
amused and diverted and made to for
get-the stage alone they permit to be
butt OF ridicule and personal abuse.
would l do away with the critics
altogether? Certainly not. They have
helped me more than anything except
ing work itself. But would have them
realize that they can absolutely make
or break play, and that that is no
light matter. Let them break it if they
must, but let it be because they must
and not because it suits their fancy.
Critics hold, for a great colony of
people in New York, bread and butter
ana happiness, and-for a while at
ieast-artistic success. Isn't that an
important enough charge to treat seri-
ously?"
These reflections contain sound
sense as we'll as truth when one
Keeps In mind the flippant tone of
much that passes for criticism in the
New York journals. Of course Miss
Bingham did not refer to all the critics
OF that city, some of whom invariably
write OF the drama and its opponents
ciously commencing worthy efforts
and sincerely deploring trashy PLAYS
and incompetent players.
HadulSence in wit and satire NJ q
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lovers. it must be admitted there was
apprehension lest the quality of the
article would not be up to the stand
ard. However, this was soon to be
destroyed, for with the first perform
ance by Mr.. Savage's company 1t was
apparent to all music lovers that both
in quantity and quality, the Castle
Square company needed no apology.
a During its first three weeks, six of the
/ works of the masters have been sung.
| and all have been given with adequate
! productions and with casts Of much
merit. I'll Trovatore" and Faust"
! "Tannhauser" and Carmen" have been
heard in Minneapolis. and "Lohengrin"
J and the Bohemian Girl" have been
sung in st. Paul
The last week will open with a sa-
cred concert tonight. consisting of a.
miscellaneous programme, in which all
| members of the company, together
with the chorus and orchestra, under
Mr.. Emanuers baton. will take part.
AT no one of the grand opera perform
anceS can all of the principals be
heard on the same evening, but in to-
| nights concert all will appear. The
first part will be devoted to Gounods
| mass, the "St. Cecilia" after which
there will be appropriate selections by
the company and orchestra
On Monday night will be heard
a.
for which Mr.. Savage has provided his
most pretentious production. This will
be repeated at Wednesdays matinee,
and on Thursday and Saturday even
ings. On Tuesday night the bill will
change to Flotow's romantic and pom
uiar opera of Martha" This will he
repeated on Wednesday and FRIDAY
evenings and at the Saturday matinee
These two classic creations are wide
~ different in theme and treatment
and VIII bring out the best vocal tim
Der OF the company. That both operas
will be we'll sung goes without saving
In view of the superior quality of work
observed by music lovers during the
week of "Lohengrfn" and "The Bohe-
milan Girl" In aida" Misses Nor
wood and Rennyson will each be heard
twice in the title role. The tragic mart
OF the daughter of Ethiopia,s king Is
one that will try the metal of both.
MISS Norwood will sing Monday and
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THE GRAND.

Hal Reds drama of Western life.
AT Cripple Creek" will be exploited
at the Grand opera house for one week,
beginning tonight. with the usual mat
lnees; This drama made it's initial bow
10 the pubic last season. "At Cripple
Creek1 abounds in stirring and pa
thetlc incidents, interspersed with
comedy
The play deals with life in the Rocky
mountains and the characters include
miners, Indians, half breeds and hardy
W esterners, with contrast in the way
or; a girl from the New England states
me villain, Martin Mason, is a typical
p1u man OF the West, who by false
statements lures the heroine to his den
AL cripple Creek" He Is thwarted in
ms various schemes of villainy by Joe
M ayHeld big, rough, honest-hearted
miner. Mason then endeayors to ruin
Mayf1eld in his mining ventures. but.
or course, Mayfield triunphs in the
erd; mason is aided in his nefarious
York py Alvarez, murderous Next
can Dut the latter is outclaSsed in dar-
ing and cunning by Waketah, an In
dian, who gives Mayfield valuable as
slstance at critical stages.
-, he nrst act takes place in the sa-
loon OF Martin Mason, called. the ITEM,
pie of David" Act II shows MavfieJd,s
cdpln at KIT Canyon. B In Act III. Is
VIC" VI the interior OF May
fields mine, the Last Dollar" Here
occurs a novel and effective scene. The
bad men enter with the intent to flood
the mine, and, surprising Mayfields
1rlends, take them captiYes. They are
aDout to blow them into eternity when
Waketah. who has secretly cut his
ponds by rolling on fallen sheath.
knife, makes sensational rescue. The
nnal act shows the wedding of Joe and
Belle. the heroine; the murder of .'Dy1,
Mantle Ann" by Mason and Alvarez
ana the Iynching of the bad men by
the miners.
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enjoyed with Frederick Warde dur
ing his recent enga cement in this city.
Mr.. Ward expressed himself vigorous
ly upon this evil. Among other things.
he said:
One of the greatest evils that has
befallen the drama of recent years is
the flippant tone of modern dramatic
criticism. and the tendency of GER
tain class of newspaper writer's to
treat all forms of literature and art,
particularly that pertaining to the
drama from a merely humorous point
Of view. This is much to be deplored,
for, though it make the unskillful
laugh, it cannot but make the judicious
grieve," as 1t retards the progress and
decreases the, appreciation of an in
stitution that should be encouraged
to fulfill it's mission as an ally of the
S6hoolhouse and the church In our in
tellectual development.
The effect of such matter would
not be so baneful were these articles
relegated to the humorous portions of
these papers, where they properly be-
long, but their presence in the serious
and critical column is much to be dep
recated 1t belittles the writer's and
debaSes the press. The origin of this
form of writing may be traced to the
English comic journals of some years
ago, when f. G. Burnand and other
WIllcIS VI equal ABILITY DuDIlShe0
weekly in Punch and Fun a brief and
concentrated burlesque on the current
plays; but these were written as. and
entitled 'burlesques.' and were good
natured satires on the plays and play
ers, never vindictive, never malicious
or containing anything that might
wound the self-respect of either the
author or the actors. They were full
of wit and humor. without ridicule,
but the modern attempts of our al
legged humorous writer's in that direc-
ton are conspicuously devoid of the
former and TEEN with bitter PERSONAL
tiles closely akin to malice.
The true dramatic critic assumes a
grave responsibility. He should stand
as fearless and vigilant sentinel.
armed with the lance of right, the
lamp Of truth and scourge Of Justice bs
his side. ever ready to pierce the bub-
bic OF humbug and pretence. to throw
fhA H9lat of trnth INDEPENDENTLY