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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
rhienrn.s HoteI strlIze.

Chicago June 1s.-The joint board o.
hotel employees in conference was un
able To agree upon the acceptance o.
the employers terms and decided Z
submit the matter to President Com
pers. The resumption of business by
the large downtown restaurants pre-
cipitated several incipient fights, tn
pickets generally selecting women fo
their victims. One the whole, how
ever, regular service with almost full
complement Of help in the kitchens
and dining-rooms was effected by al
of the strike bound establishments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
Die nank nIereer.

New York. June Is. Details Of the
deal by which it is proposed to merge
the Western National Bank Of the
United States in New York into the
National Bank Of Commerce have been
made public, Under the consolidation
the capital stock of the Bank Of Com
merce will be increased from S10000,-
900 to S25,0o0,000 by the issuance OF
10000 additional shares
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
RIOTS IN DUBUQUE

street Car strikers Break Windows
and smash Cars.
Dubuque, a., June 1s-The local
militia company, the Governors Grays,
has been called out to dispense mobs
collected in support of the street car
strikers. While the militia was pro
tecting the Union Electric company's
office, where the strike breakers We're
lodged mob wrecked the windows
Of the company's power house five
blocks away
The mob then attacked the car barn
uptown and smashed several cars.
More troops have been called for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
Great Labor Parade In PhiIadeiphia.

Great Labor Parade In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June u.s. Probably the
greatest labor demonstration ever wit
messed in this city took place when
thousands Of striking textile workers
marched from Independence hall to the
city hall, where a mass meeting was
held. The feature of the parade was
the army of children who are employ
ed in the textile mills, Each youthful
parader carried small American flag.
There were numerous banners contain
ing appropriate inscriptions. One bore
the simple statement 1--WE Want to ca
to School
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
Sc THoMAs LILO.

gan, Jr.; Seward Webb, and others
who were seeing .him off. AS the train
steamed out Of the station Mr. Morgan
was cheered by the Upton contingent
and waved his hat In acknowledge
ment.
King Edward telegraphed- to Sir
Thomas as follows
Gas you are Just about leaving for
America let me wish YOU a prosperous
journey and all possible good luck for
the great race in August"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
rlcIset seaIpers Sentenced

Harrisburg, Pa, June Isabel Cohl
and Harry Iatz, clothier's clerk
who pleaded guilty last Friday t
scalping Pennsylvania railroad tickets
have been sentenced by Judge Weiss
Cohn was ordered to pay fine @
$3.50 and the costs, and Katz was d
rected to pay fine Of $50 and costs
In view of the defendants pleading
guilty Judge Weiss said he would no
sentence them to prison.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Morocco Banait Captures Author.
Tangier, Morocco, June is Walter
r. Harris. the traveller and author, who
was a member Of Sir Arthur Nicolson's
special British embassy to the sultan
of Morocco last year. is prisoner Of
the 1nountaineers at zeenat the head
quarters of the bandit Raisuli- Gov
eminent troops attacked the place,
burning many farms but they did not
succeed In resculng Mr. Harris.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Maysvile, KY June 1S.-The trial Of
the three negroes for murderously as
sauIting the Farrow family Is proceed
ing. with large crowds present. but or
der Is maintained by the troops. who
have their Eetchkiss and Calling guns
at the courthouse entrance 1t was
thought thar Sanders would confess,
but he is standing with the other two
LIN pleading not guilty
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Heppner. Ore, June 1S.-The confu
sion has been so great here that no ac
curate estimate of the number Of lives
lost by the flood could be made One
hundred and thirty bodies have beer
recovered, and it is believed now that
the total number Of dead viii not ex.
eapd ON
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Rochester, n, ", June 49, DIR. Lo-
REM has removed the east from the
leg Of the little daughter Of Frederick
Zeitler, leader Of the Fifty-fourth regi-
ment band, and pronounced the result
fully as satisfactory as in the case Of
Lolita Armour. Or, Lorenz operated
on the Zeitler child in New York just
before sailing for Europe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

AlbuquerQue n. NJ, june Is The
break IN the dixie at Alameda, eight
miles above here, has been effectually
closed and with falling river and 4
large force Of men TO guard the levee
there Is little further danger Of d food
here. Six miles Of the lower valley
is under water, and the people are
living Ia tents on the high lands. The
loss to crops is almost complete
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
rArnER cHIpwIcK.

the battle ship Maine was put in com
mission Father Chadwick was assigned
to her. He was on board that vessel
when it was blown up in Havana har-
Dor and was one Of the last to leave
the wreck. His gallant actions on that
night and his devoted ministrations to
the sufferers subsequently in the hos
pitfalls made him one of the heroes OF
the disaster and famous the country
over.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Belgrade, Servia. June Is. The cab
met ministers and other Servian off
Gals here are jubilant over the cars
telegram to King Peter, demonstrate
ing sympathy on the part Of Russia.
King Peter has telegraphed to the
car thanking him warmly for his
message.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
BIG BRIDGE FALLS.

Nearly TyvoScore Of sightseers Hur
at Eau Claire, wis.
Eau Claire, Wis, June 1S.-A section
Of the Madison street bridge approach
went down under the weight Of larg'
crowd. six persons We're seriously in
iured and twenty-five or thirty were
less seriously hurt
The accident occurred during Q stree
carnival. The forty-foot section Of th'
bridge which collapsed dropped its 25I
sightseers twenty-five feet into q banl
of sand and debris on the river bank
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Berne Switzerland, June 1S.-The
ra3ona4 epnpcI al II to ~ votes, has
granted credit Of S4.3l0,00o to arm
the seventy-two batteries. Of four
guns each. Of the Swiss field artillery
with the new Krupp rs centimeter
pneumatic recoi guns, and 70 provide
500 rounds Of ammunition for each
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
Upton LEAVES LONDON.

King Teieernphs wishes Fer Pros
perous Journey.
London, June IS There was a large
gathering Of people al the Euston rail-
road station to bid goodby TO Sir
Thomas Upton, who started for Liver
pool to board the White Star line
steamer Oceanic IN a hopeful mood.
The crowd cheered him aeartly and
sang For He's a jolly Good Fellow
while Sir Thomas waved his farewell.
On the same train was J. Pierpont
Morgan, who was IN splendid spirits
and ehatted with w. ] Pirrie. chair
man Of Harland & VOLTS shipbuild-
Ing establishment; j. Pierpont Nor
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
-. rh,,nrn "a Ascnt.

London, June ls.-King Edward and
Tie Prince of Wales We're again pres
emit ut the races at Ascot His maies-
tvs horse Mead was q great faYorite
for The Biennial stakes, but st. Emi-
lion. ridden by Alaher, the American
jockey. took the race
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Boston, June Is. With Fhiladel-
phia's famous relic Of Revolutionary
days. the Liberty bell, and the well
known memento Of the civil war, John
Browns bell. from the city Of Marl-
b0ro. Mass, as features. the annual
celebration OF the anniversary of the
battle Of Bunker Hill at Charlestown
assumed unusual interest
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Topeka, Kan, June 1S- Governor
Bailey has issued call for a meeting
Of the legislature iii special session
June q. The session is called to take
up measures made necessary by the
floods
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Richmond, Va June IS The long
expected strike Of trolley ear men for
higher wages has been called this
morning 1t Ties UP the system In
Manchester and Petersburg. Not car
Is running
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
oHIDWIoK LEAVES NAVY.

Chaplain of ora Waine % Accept
city CharHe.
New York june ls.-It Is stated In
Catholic circles that the Rev John
Chadwick has forwarded to Washing
ton lis resignation as chaplain in the
United States navy.
This action on his part il is said, is
taken TO enable him TO accept the pas
torate Of st. Stephens Roman Catholic
church, in East Twenty seventh street.
where he was assistant previous to his
appointment in the navy.
Father Chadwick was the third Cath
olic clergyman to receive an appoint
ment as chaplain in the navy When
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
~. enraeIa,s Nucces.or.

Washington June IS, Henry r.
Greene Of Duluth. Mimi, has been APP
pointed civil service commissioner to
succeed Mr.. Garfield. Mr.. Greene is a
lnXsvvar
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Southampton June Is. The United
States war ships Kearsarge, San Franz
cisco, Maelas and Chicago have sailed
from here for kiel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19
HaekgttgIomn. N. u. April q. Lee.
FORCE FOOD CO.,
Buffalo, N. Y.

Buffalo, n. Y.
Gentlemen, - took home packs &c Of
"FoRCE" yesterday and the children
were anxious to try it for supper. Wefound
IL suited our palates and our little two
year-old girl cried for the second dish. The
first thing this morning on reaching the
breakfast table, she, IN her baby English.
made us understand that she wanted
"FoRcE for her breakfast We are all
in love with it, but nm fearful you have
got me into a "pecls OF trouble" as the
children want FORCE for dinner and
supper as wen as breakfast.
Yours very truly,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-19

Name furnished on application.
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

Days by Hilda Spong, but ais was
not TO the young woman's liking and
once more the actress who had shone
so resplendentIy in 1.-The Pride Of Jen-
nico' left the boards
Back Again to the Boards.
Now she is back on them again, and
in part that is better suited to her
than any she has had since that Marie
Ottilie, in the Egerton Castle play,
brought her into prominence with a
bound To be sure, Dorothy Vernon
OF Haddon Hail." as a drama, rather
goes to pieces after the first half, but
Miss Galland has good opportunity
throughout and the excellence OF. the
company helps to cover some of the de-
fects Of the play
Nevertheless, 1 confess frankly 1 was
disappointed in May Robson's Queen
Elizabeth, TO which I had been looking
forward with considerable interest. In
some way she seemed 70 be afraid Of
the part, neglected to throw herself into
it with the usual abandonment. Per-
haps she has become so accustomed TO
doing the soubrette act and the comic
serving maid that the robes Of royalty
awed her into sort Of stiffness.
May Robson's Queen.
Last winter she was the nouveau
richie mother. struggling with French.
in The Millionaire" Her first appear
ance I'm musical comedy was some three
years ago as the mother OF Jimmy
Powers in The Messenger Boy" She
told me at the time that she was de-
lighted with musical work. so l fancied
she would not soon desert it, but doubt
less the temptation TO be a queen once
in a way was too strong to be resisted
The only other occasion can recall
when her character dominated the
scene was the winter she served as Sa
polio at Weber q Fields in their bur
lesque of "Sapho.
In private life Miss Robson is Mrs DIR
Brown, and her son. a six-footer.' Is the
EdwErd Gore, now enacting David. the
great painter in Nam selle Napoleon. ."
He used TO be one of the double sextet
In 'Florodora." and after that the Gov
ernOr OF Vinaya in The Toreador. :"
with Francis Wilson.
The Washington times., 1903-12-27
A BERN POLITICIAN

q ENATOR BLACKBURN sayg that
a Kentuckian desirous of ascer-
- tanning the natural tendencies OF
his offspring, a boy OF eight years. be-
thought himself OF the following plan:
He placed upon table bible, u DOL
lar. and a bottle of whisky. II" said
the Kentuckian 10 HIS wife, 'the boy
takes the Bible it will show that no In
cut out 20 be preacher; II he takes
the dollar. then he will be a business
man. II he takes the whisky we must
watch him carefully-he may go wrong
The man and his wife then Withdrew
and observed the boy from another
room. After wandering about for a
while the youngest went TO the table
and carefully examined the articles
thereon He put the dollar In his
pocket, took a swig from the bottle of
whisky, and, placing the Bible under his
arm, marched away.
Sarah. said the man. turning to his
wife. I'm sorry TO say that the how
Is going TO be a politicianP'
The Washington times., 1903-12-27
Anna Held and Henry BERGMAN N u
The h13f act Of lille Ndpo1qon
E70To' 81 oAekRI- AA0 eAt0NI

by writing verses, and finally turned out
After the BaIl' and THE Birth Of We
nus both Of which be succeeded in
having produced. His first real hit in
this line. however, was made with a
burlesque on the Du Maurier play.
called .'Thrilby," which ran nearly a
whole summer at the Garrick
Miss Helds tenor. Frank Rushworth,
is also an Englishman. and likewise
came to this country when quite young
and settled IN Chicago, and, again like
Herbert, sang in church choirs there.
He made his stage debut in the Windy
City in 1897, at the Schiller, In The
Black Hussar," then came to New York
and was in Miss Helds company when
she sang La POupee." After that he
joined Augustin Days musical company
as CASTOR in The Circus Girl" and
later was with Alice Nielsen In THE
Fortune Teller" at the Casino
A Popular Disease.
Abnormal craniaI development is a
disease that seems to attack the player
with more frequency than any other one
class. although l should not be sur
prised If this should be a seem" with
a big S. There are literally folk ] wot
Of who have the afiiction in pretty
stable quantity. But there is hope
that the thing will die out among the
players. Certainly, it appears to bring
its own punishment along with it,
Take Bertha Galland. for example.
She came to New York as leading wo-
man for Hackett, a perfectly unknown
quantity. in 1903. In THE Pride Of
Jennico" she received equally good no.
tees with the star. and at once be-
came so pulled up with pride and self
consequence that il was actually re-
ported she refused to share curtain calls
with anyone save Mr.. Hackett himself
Certain IL is that in a years time she
was placed at the head of a company
OF her own and made a miserable fail
ure of it in the poetic drama, The
Forest Lovers"
The company disbanded in the middle
of the season, and Miss Galland. with
heavy heart, retired into private life
for a time. Then Dan Frohman sent
her out on the road at the head of
''Notre Dame" in the role created at
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

The leading man in Dorothy YER
non.' William Levers. has changed his
characteristics more completely than
almost any actor that has lately come
under my knowledge. 1 recall him first
as being rather Of the liyht-waisted or
der in minor role with Annie Russell
in Miss Hobbs" then last season ne
blossomed out - She manifest OF the
manly soldiers WITT Julia AIarlowe in
The Cavalier"
As Sir John Manners. with Miss Cal
land. he is clear cut and satisfying.
| both 10 the eye and the intelligen nee.
and should be able without very much
trouble to command work throughout
the season in New York
Levers was born IN Honolulu. and
comes OF non-theatrical folk. He went
to school In Boston. and his first idea
was TO be a painter. Then, in 1884. he
appeared with Irving and Terry in
| Much Ado About Nothing" After
that he attended the Sargent School Of
The Washington times., 1903-12-27
CYCLONE CELLARS

n o MORE will the Illinois farmers
IN poke fun at Kansas and Ne
/ braska on account Of the custom
of those States to provide themselves
with cyclone cellars.
The farmers OF Bureau county. in
several localities at least. have been
busy all fall building the most modern
structure of this kind on record. The
fury of the storms that visited this
locality last summer is still fresh in the
minds of everybody. and some Of the
farmers are picking up cyclone drift yet.
Not long ago a school teacher at Davis
Junction. fearing for the safety OF her
flock OF pupils, had one Of these handy
contrivances built, che farmer directors
being easy to convince that the thing
was needed. and every now and then the
teacher has a cyclone drill. in which the
whole school suddenly leave the school
and take 10 the adjoining hole in the
ground--Chicago Record-Herald
The Washington times., 1903-12-27
His Patience Tested.

II He following story is being told IN
Rockville. Nd on an old farmer.
who has lived in the neighborhood
for many years. The old man had
reached the stage where it was neces-
sary to comb his hair with a towel, and.
meandering into Rockville drug store.
he said:
'Looky here, Mixer yew indooced me
tew blow in dollar fer a bottle Wv yore
halr renooer couple NV weeks ergo, and
II amt done eny good nohow."
that's strange replied the druggist.
/ never knew 1t 10 fail before. But one
bottle is hardly fair trial. %
"Mebby il amt" said the ola 49,,
heW can gimme a nutSe or bottle but
II that don't bring tn answer I'm ne,.sr
drink any more NY the peslv stun
b gosh
The Washington times., 1903-12-27
English as She Is Wrote.
SPRINGFIELD

A SPRINGFIELD school teacher.
n says the "St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch received the following
note from the mother Of one of her
pupils recently: Dear Mis-. You writ me
about whipping Sammy. L herby give
YOU permission to beet him up eny
time IL Is necessary 70 learn him les
sens. He is juste like his father-you
have 70 learn him with a Club. Pound
noiedge into him. I want him to git ii.
and don't pay no atenshun to what his
father says, I'll handle him."
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

New York. Dec. %.
Z n comic opera the composer gets
all the glory, and in musical
4 comedy it falls to the librettist.
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

Acting for a winter next procured an
engagement with Charles Frohman for
'Gloriana," and finally drifted out to
the Pacific side Of the continent again,
and appeared with the Frawley stock.
which he left to study medicine
From journalism to the Stage.
George lie Soir. the jester in Miss
Galland's play, did yeoman's service in
AugUstin Days company during the
latter part OF that famous managers
career. Perhaps most playgoers win re-
member MIN best as the vengeful Pietro
Of the gypsy band in "a Runaway Girl"
but previous 20 that he had been the
CommissiOnaire in THE Circus Girl"
the Chinaman in The Geisha." Fabian
in Twelfth Night" and Vincentio IN
Tanning OF the Shrew," to mention only
some Of the more prominent Of the parts
he filed
1t was while he was associate editor
OF the '"Theater Magazine" that he met
Mr.. DAILY. and when that publication
(Which had no connection with the pres
ent 'aTheaterO went the way OF the
majority of experiments in Journalism,
Mr.. DAILY invited the young man to take
charge OF his dramatic library. From
this he stepped to stage management,
and so ba.,k TO the stage itself, for IN
his early days he had been busy on
the boards. doing all sorts Of things,
from enacting coons, lshwomen, and
barkeepers to serving as property bow
and looking after the baggage.
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

The Girl From Dixie Easily at the Head of the
Provincial Performances That Are Annoying
Gothan1-Irene Bentley Working Hard to Pot
Life Into MIR. Smiths Lines-The Big Bark of
Small Dog Best Feature of the P1ay-Anna
He1d's New Piece ~ ~ ~ " ~
The Washington times., 1903-12-27

the London music halls. About the date
mentioned she occurred an engagement
In Paris. and her success there was
phenomenal" Yet the same paper. in its
review OF "Papa's Wife" on November
IA. 1899. took occasion TO remark that
Miss Held displayed a mastery Of En-
glish that was unlocked for"
About the same period there were
wiseacres in stage affairs who asserted
that Miss Held was OF Polish extrac-
ton; that her birthplace was the crowd
ed quarter Of New York's ghetto. and
that she first saw the wrong side OF the
curtain in Bowery concert hall
Learned English Here.
The Hubstratum OF truth in the fore
going appears to be that her parents
were natives of Warsaw, and that while
on a visit TO Paris the daughter Anna
was born. She was obliged 10 chat with
reporters through an Interpreter on her
arrival here in 1896. and learned all her
English In the three years between
that time and her debut in "Papa's
Wife"
Joseph w. Herbert. chief comedian in
Nam selle Napoleon" and adapter Of
the book. was the French dancing mas
ter with Miss Held in THE Little Ouch
SS2- A1e ID IilBllsn Dg DlrIn. came to
this country when thirteen. and while
attending the Jesuit College in Chicago
became a member OF the Chicago Church
Choir Company.
This was the period following the
''Pinafore" craze. and the troupe pre-
sented the Gilbert and Sullivan comic
operas. acting as chorus with profess
sionals for principals. When "Iolanthe"
was billed the Lord Chancellor failed RI
turn up. Herbert was pressed into serv-
ice to take his place. and his life work
was sealed from that hour.
Herbert as Koko.
After that he was Koko in The Mi
kado,' in the original production of De
Koven & Smiths Rob Roy at the Her
aid Square. the restless Auguste in the
Girl From Paris at the same theater.
and for two seasons supported Lillian
Russell in her starring days at the
Knickerbocker.
As TO Herbert's playwnti9g, he began