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SUES TO RECOVER
ON GAMBLING NOTE
Twenty Thousand Dollars Was Lost to
Arthur Pierce, Who Committed Sui
eide, After Selling Paper.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. June 15.-Vineent
Kerens, son of Republican National
Committeeman Richard c. Kerens. and
a prominent young society man of St
Louis, is named defendant in a suit
hled in the circuit court by Pat
ShCedy the well-known sporting man,
10 recover $4,000 on a promissory note
Sheedy AYERS Kerens gave the note to
a man named Arthur Pierce. now dead
at Ostend. Belgium, July 30. 1900. In
his petition Sheedy states that the note
came into his possession" in the usual
course OF business
Note Is Genuine.
Vincent Kerens. in an interview. ad-
mitted the genuineness OF the note. but
declared the paper was non-negotiabIe
and that under the law Sheedy could
not recover on 1t. Mr.. Kerens said that
his son fell into the hands Of sharpers
and that the note given TO Pierce was
the outcome
The Incident leading up to Sheedy's
SUIT took place during the wedding trip
that followed the marriage OF Vincent
KeTens and Miss Jane Bedford Henry.
on June TO- 1900. In Paris they met
Arthur Pierce. who represented himself
as a mining investor from Australia.
Lost at 0stend.
Pierce and his companions went
around with Mr.. Kerens and accom-
panied him 10 Ostend, Belgium At the
Casino there the young man played for
nigh stakes. and his losses were so
great that Kerens gave Pierce his note
for $4,000.
Mr.. Kerens received money from ST
Louis by cable next day and departed
for home About two years later Ar
thur Pierce met Pat" Sheedy, who. 1t
is said. bought the note. Arthur Pierce
killed himself in Colombo, Ceylon, in
January, 1903
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Fight With Russian Vlad-
ivostok Squadron in
Progress.
HEAVY CANNONADING
Entrance to Port Arthur
Again Open-Siege
Gun Faces City.

LONDON, June 15.--The To-
kyo correspondent of the Central
News wires that naval battle is pro-
ceeding off the island of TSu Shima.
between Japan and Korea, between
three cruisers of the Russian Vladi-
voStok squadron and some japanese
vessels. No details are at hand.
An earlier dispatch from the cor
respondent says the Russian fleet had
escaped from VladivoStok and was
now at sea. The fleet was first re-
ported yesterday at Okino-Shima,
east of Tsu Shima, where three war
ships were seen. They were un-
doubtedly part of the Vladivostok
squadron.
CANNoNADING HEARD.
Later in the day cannonading was
heard northwest of Nagato.
Further confirmation, the CORE
spondent says, with movements of
the Russian squadron, is also given
by the captain of a japanese steam
er, which was fired on by the fleet.
Heavy cannonading was heard
this morning in the neighborhood of
Xxi Shima Island, not far from Tsu
Shima.
CHANNEL AGAIN OPEN.
TOKYO, June i5.-A dispatch
received today states that the en-
trance to Port Arthur harbor is again
open.
The Russian cruiser Noyik, the
dispatch adds, yesterday emerged
and engaged the japanese fleet.
SIEGE GUNS HEARD.
ROME, June f5.-A message
from Chez Foo says the japanese
have succeeded in placing fifty-two
large siege guns on the heights north
of Port Arthur.
People who have escaped from
the Port, says the message, state that
only combatantS remain there. and
th2t there are merely sufficient pro-
visions to last for six weeks.
JAPANESE REVERSE.
CHEEFOO, June f5.-A report
from Russian sources states that the
japanese suffered a severe reverse
north Of Kin-Chow.
There is no confirmation of the
report.
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Witnesses Give Details
of the Shaffer Murder
Important Facts Told BY Those Attracted to
the Scene of Tragedy BY Screams
of the Dying Me-asan.

Tho trial or Augustus L. Shaffer.
charged with the murder of his former
wife. Katherine Ivey Shaffer. by cutting
her throat with a razor on the evening
of August p last was continued in
Criminal Court No 1 this morning. Jus
tice Wright called the court at 10
o'clock Assistant District Attorneys
Keigwin and Turner for the Govern
ment, were present. as We're Attorneys
Henry T. Davis. and Lambert & Baker
for the defense.
The evidence produced by the Govern
ment was along the same lines as that
given yesterday.
The first witness took the stand a few
minutes after 10 o'clock. He was JOHN
G. Norris, who stated that he lived at
40l II Street northwest, and is a cab
driver by profession. He testified that
re was sitting en- his porch with his wife
on the night OF August p. He heard a
scream coming from the direction Of
Fourth Street and Massachusetts Ave
nue.. He ran across Massachusetts Ave
nue., and saw a woman lying IN the
street, her feet toward the curb. There
was man getting up of his knees by
her.
Witness testified that he saw this man
throw something out OF his hand. Nor
ris went to pick this up, but another
man got to il srst This man picked uD
a razor, and witness took It from him
carrying IL later TO No. 6 stationhouse.
He said he could not identify the razor.
He stood around until Fireman Sullivan
came up. Sullivan took charge Of
Shaffer and told Norris to telephone for
a patrol wagon.
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TEMPERATURE.
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATrrRE
THE SIX
THE TIDES

Sun rises tomorrow = =
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Seen Hanging Around.

When he returned from the telephone
he looked at Shaffer and said:
You are the man who has been hang
ing around here for three or four days %
That's right" are the words attrib-
uted TO Shaffer by the witness.
Witness had previously testified that
he saw Shaffer hanging around the
neighborhood for several days before
the tragedy occurred.
Upon cross-eXaminati tiOn by Attorney
Henry +. Davis. Norris said he had seen
Shaffer leaning against his CNorrisD
back fence about or o'clock in the
afternoon Of August D. and that he ap-
peared TO have been drinking.
The patrol wagon, said Norris. took
Shaffer away, and later returned. with
SLaffer still in IT. and took the body
Of Mrs. Shaffer also Witness rode to
the stationhouse with him. CARRYING
the razor. which he turned over 10 the
police
Mrs Norris then testified 10 having
heard screams which caused her to fol-
low her husband Her Testimony
brought out nothing new.
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Performed Autopsy.

DR.. Charles NJ. Emmons. who per-
formed the autopsy. testified that there
were three wounds I'm Mrs. Skaters
neck on the right side. One was seyen
inches long and three inches deep. II
extended from the base of the skull
around the neck TO the point of the
chin. This wound caused death as an
.he arteries were cut. The other cuts
ran paraIlel below the large one
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The Glove Not Cut.

A peculiar feature Of the testimony
was developed at this point. DR. En-
mons testified that in examining the
body OF Mrs. Shaffer he found a piece
of the razor in her left hand. There
was glove on the hand and the niece
Of broken steel was clasped I'm the paIn
outside the glove. The glove was not
cut
E1raman Chariaz W Buhler estiaed
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Fair tonight and tomor-
row; light south to south
west winds.
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ON her first trip she carried about thirty dead mostly women and
Children and sevenv of the rescued including injured On the pier
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t. the GOODNESS of the accused at tn
scene Of the crime
The oasis., 1904-04-02

poles on any street, lane or alley, and that the placing of said poles and wires be subject To the control of the Council.
 Section H. The said company shall adopt and use in it's business any devices and sale guaris which may be from lime to time dis- covered or invented for the protection or per sons and property against injury growing out of the use of electric current, II required so to do by the Council Of the said Town Of Nogales. and Che said company, its successors and as- signs shall in case of loss or damage indem- nffy and save harmless the said Town from and against all lawful claims and demands Tor injuries to persons or property accustomed Dy the existence of such poles and wires on the streets, lanes, alleys and pubic grounds ol salu
 section Iv Said company shall be permit ted to charge for any light furnished or service supplied by it, a reasonable price Ht the time of such furnishing or service, said price not to exceed twenty cents (2O cts) per kilowatt hour. It shall have the right at reasonable hours to enter any building using electricity for the purposes of repairing and adjusting meters or other appliances used for measuring electricity or in furnishing the same. lt shall have the right to furnish to any consumer meters and to charge for the use thereof, ana also to remove all meters, wires, and cOnnec- tons owned by t from the building or pre- misses of any one who shall refuse or iall 10 pay for the electricity used or consumed therein or thereon, and in such event to sever the con nections and cut of the supply
 Section Said company shall not at any time with it's poles or wires obstruet the trainc or travel in said streets, lanes, or alleys or interfere with the free use and full enjoyment of the public grounds.
 Upon this application the said Council passed the following resolutions:
 RESOLVED: that the Common Council of the Town of Nogalcs deems the granting of said Franchise beneficial 10 the municipality of the Town of Nogales, and direct that the question as to whether said Franchise shall be granted or not be submitted to the qualified voters of said munici pality at the following regular election held t-eren, next after the passing of this resolution and after publication as required by law"
 Notice is therefore given that at the next regular Town Election to be held on the 4th day of April, A. D. 1904 the question Of the granting Of said Franchise will be submitted to the voters of said Town.
 EARL L. GRIswoLD,
 At Town Clerk.
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RAILROADS.

The attention of the public is called to the fact that close connec- tions are now made between points along the line of the Sonora Rail- way and the great copper camp of La Cananea.
 Please note condensed time card below. Passengers can now leave Guaymas at $40 p. m., and arrive at La Cananea the following morn ing at 11:30; returning, leave La Cananea at 200 p. m., and arrive at Guaymas at 9:30 the following morning.
 Condensed Card Between Cananea, Noga-
 les and Guaymas, via Fairbank.
 Mounfain Time. Mountain Time (one hour faster than
 Southern Pacific Time
The oasis., 1904-04-02

To the Voters of the Town of NogaIes.

The Nogales Electric Light, Ice and Water Co, of Nogales Arizona, has made its applica- tion to the Common Council Of said Town, for a Franchise, to be, if majority of the quail fled voters of said Town shall be in favor thereof, granted by an Ordinance. The terms and conditions of said Franchise to be em . braced in the following sections oi such Ordinance, viz:
 Section I. That d Franchise be and the same is hereby granted to the Nogaes Electric Light, Ice and Water Company, a corporation organized and incorporated under the laws ot the Territory of Arizona, it's successors and as- signs to supply the Town of Nogales and its inhabitants with electricity and electric light for all purposes to which the same may now or hereafter be appNed; the duration of said Franchise to be the period of twenty-five years dating from the passage of this ordinance.
 Section II Said company shall have the right to erect and maintain in the said Town Nogales Electric Light Works for the manu- fracture of Electricity for the purposes above expressed and to operate and maintain the same during the continuance of this Franchise. It shall have the right to erect poles and string wires for the distribution Of electricity and electric light throughout said Town as now bounded or as the same may be enlarged or ex- tended during the continuance of this Franchise, and to maintain the same in and on all or any of the streets, lanes alleys. and public grounds of said Town, and to furnish electricity for the purposes herein mentioned. Provided: that said company shall rot at any time erect or maintain more than one line of
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m,g,,,,eent Daily Street Parade.

maoc,;Icent Daily Street Parade.
 The parade of the great Floto Shows is one of the features ot thls beautiful exhibition that should not be overlooked. Even though vou do not intend to visit the show. you should give the little ones q chance to see It.
 There is much to interest them and yourself, and it is refreshing departure of the old-time parades giyen bv tented exhibitions. Over 2 mile in length, this mighty naoeant will leave the show grounds at ten o'clock precisely on the day of exhibition and pass tbroughthe principal streets.
 Five bands of music, calllopes, chimes, drum crops, bagpipers and jubilee singers will furnish music.
 The parade is divided into five sections and headed by band of armored knights and trumpeters to announce its coming. Lady and gentlemen riders, open dens of rarest of wild animals, herds o1 elephants, camels, zebras, glratfes, allegorical floats, historical tab leaux wagons, band charlots, racing chariots, superb horses, blooded stock. mounted clowns, richly cap arisoned lady and gentleman artl- ists. and a number of new features that will be seen here for the first time.
 The one feature that will at once command the greatest atten- ton will be the superb array Of the beautiful tableaux cars, chariot and open dens, containing the rarest specimens of wild animals.
 It is entirely without exaggera- tion to state that any one of these splendid items of the parade are finer, more artisic, more costly than anything that has been seen before in any street parade given by a circus.
 They were constructed by the greatest builders of enormous vans in America from designs supplied by the leading artists Of the day Tn America and Europe.
 The wood carving is easily the finest that has ever been executed in America, and as an entirety It has never been excelled if equalled anywhere in the world.
 It will repay anyone to give thlS wood carving the closest inspec- tion.
 Immediately upon the return O the parade to the show ground there will be given a free outside exhibition.
 The great Floto Shows will be il Nogales Tuesday, April fifth anc will give two performances, at two in the afternoon and eight in the evening.
The oasis., 1904-04-02
Joseph de LuSlgnal. Mechanical Engineer and
 Practical HliIIWright.

With a record of twenty-eight quartz mills and concentrators erected Tn the state of Sonora in the past twenty-one years. Address: Nogales, Arizona, care of THE OASIS.
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Southern Pacific Time lone hour slower than Mountain Time
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WHERE REPERTOIRE
LASTS. ONE EVENING
Dramatic Activity Far From the Madding Crowd 5
IgnobIe Shutdown Hall and the Pcoh-Bah.

The one-night stand town at the cross
roads is the bugaboO OF every actor
except those who belong to "a repertoire
company
In other words. the histriou of the
s.ten-twent-thirJ" show is cOuteuJed
with his lot because he knows almost
10 q dead certainty that once in the
groove he cannot hope TO escape it,
And this is absolutely true, LargelE
for the reason that these touring roper
toire companies, playing week. engage
ments in oue-uight-stand towns are
made up Of ambitious rural aspirants
for thespic honors to whom it is the
height of glory TO 'play-act' III for no
more than their board paid at cross
road hotels or farm boarding houses, in
addition TO which salary ranging from
s. to S. a week is given. And it Is
equally and emphatically true that
among repertoire company managers
there is a very well founded belief, and
practice also. to the effect that the
repertoire actor is no good il he draws
a salary. AS a consequence and as
rule salaries with repertoire companies
are generally unpaid although The man
ager reluctantly submits 10 the eNt0r-
ton OF money for postage stamps lauu-
dry, and indispensable articles OF wear.
Town Hall Tonight"
It is such shows and such towns and
such actors that VIII Cressy viii
satirize at Chase's this week in his new
sketch, Town Han Tonight" He calls
it an "opry" and If you have ever been
Ia a country t0wIl during the Invasion
by a repertoire company you VIII Zee
member having heard the word em-
.rI1,-a7 IN describe the amusement adEaT-
tised at the "op'ry" house. as the town
hall is dignifedIy designated upon such
occasions
These ~op'-y' houses are rarely on the
ground doori generally in the second
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tired, and stiII see the sc0ru OF Mrs.
Grmd y. Let it never De forgotten that
there are thousands OF critical Mr..
Gruudys who consider THAT play IS i'm
moral because there is an immoral per-
son or an immoral scene iu it, Th@s
they condemned Marguerite GaUtier al
the outset, thus they condemned "Zaza,
thus they condemned Iris" thus they
condemned "Frou Frou. thus they
condemned the uobIesl play that Henry
Arthur Jones ever wrote. the master
piece Judah because "a clergyman told
lie TO save a womau's honor.
Some OF the above random thoughts
may explain why I play such plays as
Camille" Para" and Girls" In short.
to an actress of ambition. TO one who
loves her art for arts sake, such roles
are but necessary rungs in the ladder
to the goal OF all that is greatest in
dramatic endeavur-
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thoughtIess creature. as we FIRST know
her. Later, what a change. Learning
that the man she loves. with all the
passionate intensity of such an uure-
strained nature, is already married, and
considers her but a playLhiug. a thing
apart from such women as his wife
she is made 10 see what her life mas
been and is With this knowledge,
bought by the wreck OF her life, she sins
90 no more. She sends this lover away,
declaring that she will no longer be
the wretched, vile thing he had gust
described, and nothing changes this de-
termination.
is there not a moral lesson TO be
learned from such q character Are We
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lu London a pulpit from which he
PREACHED with an authority greater than
that OF all other apostles of the STAGE.
LuhappiIy. he used his position to on
pose the development school lu art He
could not rise above meIadrama at
the Adciuhi OF q pautomime at Drury
Lane. MaetgTliuCk. Ibsgu. r. Y Es-
mond, Pinero, Sudermau. Sardou were
90 him horrible modern menace. He
had not the Imagination to distinguish
between the good and the bad in THEN
compositions, to realize that they were
but the f0rerunuers Of a DEVELOPMENT.
and that in honesty and simplicity lay
the drama OF the future. AND SO Glenn
eut Scott set back the hand of the dra-
matte clock a generation in Great
Britain
But light came to the sturdy reporter
OF plays. He discovered that q NAV is
not essentially immoral because one or
the other of It's characters is immoral.
because it is set iu the half world. He
had almost realized that there is more
OF tragedy on Picadilly I'm Montmarte.
and I'm the TenderlOin, than in acres
of the beau monde. He saw ''Zaza''
with Mrs. Lewis Waller in the title
role, and he concluded that The pIay.
iii properly analysed, is a moral trea-
tise of considerable Importance"
No Hope Of Mrs. Grundy.
Had he been a younger critic, a man
Of wider sympathy, he would have un-
derstood that it is a treatise OF COM
handing Importance. a treatise inteii-
giole 20 the time, in step with the de-
veIopment of the age" The play fol-
lows the lines OF that olCest and perhsDs
the best or the disputed plays. La
Tlarsa amy. Crzr1aTfaz Ia z--,,. ,---r..--.+-
they are twin dramatic sisters. 1 con-
slider that Marguerite and Zaza are un-
fortunate women transformed and
ethereaIized by love.
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story Of some large building. especially
erected TO provide a meeting place, with
its lower floor devoted to a store for
general merchandise, hardware, farm
implements etc. Sometimes the en-
trance is but narrow stairway ar the
side, there being no other way either
10 stage or audience, and no other exit.
ana. iu spite of this utter lack Of hre
safety, yoU seldom read of such an
''opry house burning down with all its
audience
AS Hip Filters, in Town Hail To-
night" Mr.. Greasy hits of a character
familiar 10 all repertoire actors. The
jauitor of the "opry' house usually
has one or a dozen other vocatiouss
which he follows either separately or
collectively, as the revenues theTefrom
inspire his energy.
Francis Wilson AID the Factotum.
Not long ago Francis Wilson, in an
auecdote. told Of playing in a one-nighJ
stand town in which the manager was
also The town marshal. the postmaster.
the druggist. the dentist, ana pretty
nearly everything else that contributed
10 the comfort OF the community IN re-
turn for the guild pro quo. Wilson got
iuto some alteration there, and the
manager, as town marshal, unaware OF
Wilson's Importance to the perform
auce. ordered one OF his hireIiugs 10 ar
rest the actor.
Wilson protested at first, told his
name. caUed upon his associates 10 pre-
vent his absence from stopping the per-
Torrance. and then, when the MANAGE
swoke 10 his mistake and ordered VIII
sons release, the irate actor, in spirit
OF revenge. insisted upon being arrested
and so alarmed the manager at the
prospect of having to return the money
ON the advance sale at his drug store
that he submitted 10 every form Of
humble apology exacted by Wilson as
the terms OF compromise.
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who was its conductor for over forty
years. the band achieved q reputation
second 10 none in the world. The pres
eht conductor Albert Williams. has been
I'D once seven years, during which time
be has spared no effort 10 keep his band
abreast OF the musical advance which
Is characteristic of our time.
The concerts given by the band of the
Grenadier Guards are a prominent fea-
ture ia the outdoor life of London
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They have been in particular for many
years one of the leading attractions OK
the annual eNhiD tons at EaTis Court
During the last few seasons the ciassi-
cal programs given on stated evenings
have drawn crowds OF delighted anna
te1rs r8 the Illuminated gardens " this
C-g-r
The band also plays from time 90 time
on Sunday evenings ln she r5Eai PARK
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King Edwards Band.
Organized by Charles II, and a Feature
Of ROYAL Guards.

King Edwards Gernadier Guards
Band, which viii give two concerts In
this city on Tuesday, November Is. is
the oldest band tn the world. Charles
II organized St just a few weeks before
his death. and It has been the personal
band OF the reigning sovereign ever
since. Only once before ia recent his
tory has the band OF the Greuadi5r
Guards been allowed out Of England,
which was Il 1872, when II played at
the Internal .onaI Musical Festival in
Boston. The magnificent reception ac-
corded them there is still fresh in the
minds OF the past members Of this cele-
brated military orchestra. Since that
year il has never left the country.
Under the late Lieut.. Dan Godfrey.