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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-08
NEGRO nousEBREAKER

Bud Holman, negro, was arTaigned
upon the charge OF housebreaklng and
was given until Monday 70 plead lie
Is charged with breaking into the house
of John Cruickshank, "A Third street, on
Dec. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17

ing through the heart Of the LuquIr1o Noun.
talns, the road skirts dizzy precipices festooned
with gorgeous trumpet flowers and reaches
elevation of two thousand feet
Rickety little Porto Rican coaches rattle over
the smooth nacadam surface the diminuttve
half starved ponies I'm lather OF sweat. tho
driver smoking his interminable cigarettes and
plying the whip necessarily.
Porto Rico is respecter OF animals. and
horses are forced at breakneck speed, until Ut
terry exhausted. they stop on some hin halfway
between relay stations. Abandoned by TIE
roadside the unhappy traveller sits in the brol-
ing sun beside the weary team. while the driver
slouches off among the coffee groves and spends
an hour or two in borrowing" a fresh team
Hitched to the coach, the new team generally
proves to contain at least one balky animal, and
another hour is wasted In coaxing the little
beasts to go. Once started. however. they are
kept On the dead run and reach the end Of the
stage completely tagged out New balky horses
are secured and the previous experience Is re-
peated until In spite of the fact that the actual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17

| running time is at the rate OF nine miles an
| hour, it takes from fourteen TO sixteen hours ID
cover the eighty-two miles
The advent of American rule found the island
practically without transportation facilities. and
| the hurricane Of 1890 which swept out Of ex-
istence entire villages only added to the gravity
! Of the situation
Most of the commerce OF the island was car
ried on over heartbreaking wagon trails scanned
with rats. where carts and coaches alike begged
to the axle. Towns of four and five thousand in
habitants depended for communication with the
seaboard on miserable trails, where even pack
horses mired in the rainy season. and it cost the
coffee and tobacco merchants all then
merchandise was worth to transport it ID
market.
Five years Of continuous effort backed By the
expenditure OF nearly 100000 have wrought
wonderful changes. and smooth. well built roads
OF the Massachusetts highway type. rlodifed to
meet climatic conditions. now connect most,
not all. OF the important towns
The recently completed nacadam highway
from the seaport Of Arecibo now parallels the
military road and crosses the island from north
to south Barefooted peasant women, erect and
graceful. swing along the road. perfectly indlf-
ferent to the heavy burdens balanced on their
heads Patient oxen. with heavy Jokes roped
that lurch on their i'll fitting ax1es like drunken
men The driver. walking in front. leads Dis
team with a long pole. and steps aside as Won
der of wonders. the centuries touch hands anu
an American automobile rolls past
The Porto Rican peon OF the interior however.
is conservative. z nothing else What was gooo
enough for his great-grandfather is good enough
for him, and. strange as it may seem. the t"eh-
tieth century found oxen. yoked in the manner
pictured in Egyptian temples. travelling sde
by side with modern steam rollers. and INC
Jibaro (countryman) from the interior. bendlns
beneath the load of bananas strung from th7
wooden yoke across his shoulders. stepping IrOlH
the road as his brother peon from the CITY
whisked by a bicycle.
One incident OF travel under old conditions
well worth mention
The eight miles of road from Arecioo %
Camuy the end OF the American railway. mas
always been noted for its vileness. and short -
the distance Is. takes from four to six hours ia
positive torture to travel over. Three miles no"
Arecibo the miserable road gives Up its srus
gle for existence and ends in barren wastes OK
windswept sand The horses taken out an
replaced by and the procession starts LIE
coach sinking to the hubs In the drirls
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tenements. and clothe foul streets with color.
and i'll fed little bodies to swaying with con-
tagfous rhythm. Mother Aprr'-that is the
term The first brown book from Vagabondia
right. Mother April on the East Side,
with special kindness for her human brood. with
never SO many children but what she knows
what to do Yonder ice wagon drps on the
street to her mild command. and bevy OF
youngsters streak dirty faces they suck bits
Of ice. a block away hydrant has been
opened to flush the cutters. and boys splash
ing in the stream. The same old instincts, the
came uuhcsitatiug Response. the same kind. old
Mother April on the East Side as elsewhere
God bless her,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
TR1JEL IN Porto RICO PAST And PRESENT.
american Occupation Has Brought fbout Nee Hghdy Some of til
old Time Lack Of Roads Remains

Transit In Porto Rico conducted under the
Spanish rule on the mafana (to-morrow) plan
a thing to marvel at.
SPANS only lasting monument on this island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17

Is the magnificent military highway from SAN
Juan to Ponce. and it was at the time of the
American occupation the only decent driveway
of any considerable length in the island Swing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-17
THE ACME OF CHIT1LRY.

Miss BluEore-I consider him perfect Ches-
torlleld. l never met another man polite
he
Mr.. Merchant-Oh, he's the limit for chivalry.
why's, he's even polite to the telephone girl
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when ne can't get the number he wants.-Phila-
delpha Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
TWO SPECIAL MATTNEES THE ONLY NOVELTTES-
GIVEN By MISS NILLSON AND WILTON LACKAYE.

work IN n consecutive series OF parts as nota-
bic as those with which she IS RECALLING the
Coast theatregoers. During the hrst week OF
her ENGAGEMENT Mrs. Fis1e appeared IN Mary
OF Magdala" the second week she was seen IN
aFIedda Gabler": last week she gave a doubie
bill her contrasting study OF Cyprienne IN
''Divorcons' and the little London flower gil
IN a F3it OF Old Chelsea" and for her last week
she viii revive Jbsen's "A Dolls House" Dur
ing her engagement in Chicago IN May Mrs
Fisze VIII appear in all these plays, with the
addition OF ''Cesarine'' and Dolce the latter
a new one-act play by John buther Long
This viii be the last week OF Bonn and Chris
tians IN the thrilling drama ''Zapfenstreich" at
the Irving Place Theatre, which has filled the
house at every performance.
The SOOth performance OF way Down East"
IN this city VIII occur tomorrow night at tho
METROPOLIS Theatre. And Miss Phoebe Davis Is
stiu under the falling snow!
"A lot Of Weber and Fields people stopped at
Avres Brothers and were very polite" says -The
Atcb,son Globe in one Of fits inimitable notes
on dramatic subjects. 'They aid not grumole,
and were liberal with tips; one waiter girl re-
c.ix,d 81 20 Walters receive mighty few tips
IN Atchison. Lou Fields ate lunch at Ayress
IN Saturday afternoon. and had the usual Atcn-
,s,, tb,np. Roast beef. mashed potatoes and
gravy bread and butter, etc. Joe NeppeI MelL'
TITO the same Mace for a lunch AFTER the Per.
forr7ance No kicking. There Is q gooo uea4 VI
excitement around town over repo[J W. L. gu
A+cbison travelling man once spent SZoo'VVo on
T5uis,1 Russell He fell heir to the money ana
is moor now II IS a dead sure thing that ne
called on her on Saturday, at the Byram LII
ian IS not married now, but has been three OF
four times and divorced.
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true that no one need ask where the moral is
Ibsen's truths mercileSs.
Mrs. Fiske also expressed a wish that America
had a great theatre for Shakespeare and lbsen-
meaning not especially great theatre building Dut
a company OF great artists Think" said she or
being able TO bring together band OF players OF
equal rank with the singers OF the MetropoIitau
Opera Housed Call IL national theatre II you IKE;
I should not care what it called so long as we
could organize such company. Think where II
would place the United States In the world OF
dramatic art" Mrs Fiske said that to help sucn
a project she would do anything In her power, ana
added: This isn't the idea of Visionary
dreamer Apart from the artistic benefit to the
country, Il would be good business venture: IL
would pay we'll the opera, If not better Ihere
could be stockholders to back it and SUBSCRIBERS 70
support IL, there at the Metropolitan opera
House There must be a solid backing TO insure the
actors-many OF whom, stars. would he compei!eq
give up profitable touTs-against loss. but II
honOred by being asked to play In such q
company should gladly play without q guarantee
of any kind, just taking actors share or Ihe
profits And this is neither enthusiasm nor MOBILITY
nor foolishness my part. say ii merely TO snow
my confidence in the financial success OF the under
taking. As things nowadays in the theatre we
never a really good dramatic performance
mean that always there one or two or more
players that not thoroughly fitted to their parts
they of tune. No good conductor would
think OF leading orchestra in which there was
single instrument out of tune. He must have ana
does have trained musicians, capable OF giving the
precise value Of every note In the score. But IN our
casts Of to-day, be they never so small, there ls
always at least one actor out @ tune
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cident or sickness II he were the pet member
OF a big family. And he may find spiritual as well
as material assistance without going outside the
arena Tho circus has chaplain, the Rev. Will
lam Sneak. who. was formerly the pastor OF the
United Brethren Church. at Richmond, Ind. Dur
Ing each performance the clergyman lectures IN
the menagerie, and. going from cage to cage and
stall to stall, ne introduces the crowds to the ami
mails. and tells Of the habits OF the various beasts
The chaplain was down IN the menagerie the
other day, after the crowds gone. watching
the antics OF Sim. the boss monkey" The clergy
man said that he does not believe In the Darwin
ian theory. but his careful study Of smian Sim
from day to day has nevertheless, started the re-
port that he is deeply interested IN the subject.
Sim and the evangelist were in close conference
when an object man." stage hand as a theatre
cal manager would call him. rushing up to
the monkey cage.
please. sir. Ancillotu has had a bad fall in
looping the gap. 1 Jes' saw It 'Fraid he's kilt
So comes fer you. Quick he may be dyin'."
Past the elephants and camels the chaplain ran.
and he reached the south postern gate just as
Ancillott came lmping toward him from the arena.
The Inid-air rider the gentle face and smiled
panied smile. but 1 always like to have you near
when ! do that trick"
Even tho blue cloth cap with ''Menagerie' printed
IN brass letters the blunt visor does not dis
guise the character Of the clerical face beneath
The dark eyes mild. and inclined TO drop
their gaze when too closely scrutnized. Because
of thin beard which fringes the lips and cheeks.
tbs face resembles some picture from the Pas
sion Play" And tho voice is gentle and well
Continued fourteenth page.
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OF Ma gdala" ] Ike for It's spiritual elalties-the
upifted soul OF the woman In that tense situation
OF the fourth act. Spirituality appeals to women
more than TO men. think But like the modern
play, with thought behind its spoken nes the play
that exacts psychological research from it's actors,
modern mind
I still hold that Ibsen might II only for once.
select subject OF sweetness and light, and that
he has had bad influence on his foilopgers-other
dramatists. But the imitation IL different from the
real In fact, the imitation only goes to show how
great the original IS. Think Of I'll 1bsen has
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viii be remembered. and Mrs Fishs has
done perhaps more than any other actress in this
country make Ibsen pay. to lift the representa-
tons Of his plays from the experimental to the
practical some OF her expressions this author
will be OF interest In the course OF q talk on
Zbsen she said;
The play without psychology does not interest
me- The play that merely tells story, without
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almost incomprehensfols mid-air evolution" Yet
the great show goes unlnterruptsdly Some one
else loops the gap" turns the triple souler-
sault tw.ster'' In his stead Even the clown who
goes Ehambling round the ring, with rope hitched
20 his collar, in tho guiss OF orang-outang. has
q understudy.
Yet IN the circus OF Barnun a Bailey not only
the most spectacular neralist, but also the most
obscure freight handler IN cared IN case OF 40
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lutionized the drama every country IN the world
The people do not realize this because they
very little OF Ibsen and great deal of the Ibsen
1ilutions- 1bSen is just commencing to come into
his own. He is going through the crises, Wag-
did. 1t is my belief that the great repertory
OF the great players of the future will be the plays
OF Shakespeare-and Of Ibsen. Surely there will be
the Ibsen repertory, DUST there is now the
Shakespeare repertory Actors will not be able to
escape from the spell OF the Ibsen characters. These
characters fascinate; they lure you study; they
bring you closer 70 life. And though the life pict
ured by Ibsen "a dark and tragic. 1t is pitably
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
MRS. FISKE OH IBsFy.

Mrs. Fisks who rarely submits to the interviewer
has somewhat relaxed her silence Of the stage IN
San Francisco. where she Is Playing a successful
,nraeeuneut IN q repertory that includes two or
rhs.n's plays-"Hedda Gabler" and "A Dolls
fFouSe" Her remarkable success In "Hedda
cab,e1s' at tia Manhattan gtsatre eary slls sea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
THE CIRCUS CHAPLAIN.
He Finds Mach That Is Good
Among the Employees.

Every now and then one hears OF some circus
performer who has broken his bones or lost his
lie IN the performance of some daring, devlsh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
PLAYS THAT REMAIN.

Ar1ACTIs-''The County Chairman az D.,.. r-,.n
FFI,A SCC--Sweet Kitty BeIairs' WIN H"4s' NiOs''
FNfPTRE-'TThe Other Girl
NANTATTA NiTginian
IYRIC-'.The Pit Qast week..
q ApPTCI-'B Merely Mary Ann
CARDEN-s-The Secret OF Polichinene.-
SIeTS--s NsTFRDAAf-''The Two orphana
Y AT-r1T-TTIIE-'' Candida
CRTrTRION-'"The Dictator. -.
SScr1-r ER T7OCKER-''The Shepherd King.
GAVOY-.sThe SUperstitions of sue
! YCET-N-"Saucy sally"
ECEDFAY--''D David Harurn.''
fFT-pSON-"Cousn Kate"
MUSICAL PIECES STILL HERE
HERALD sQUARE-'The Girl from kays
FEOA T1yy-AY --"The Yankee Consul"
NTyyV-YORK-''The Tenderfoot
MA TFSTIC-''The Wizard OF Or
CaSINO-.P1f- Pah. PcufT..
DAI,YfS-'~Ths Prince OF Ftlsen
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Foreign Resorts.
EuroDeaB Advertisements.

For the convenience Of Tribune readers
abroad arrangements have been made to
keep the Daily Tribune on file in the read"
ing rooms OF the hotels named below:
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America Enlfghtening the World" IS the
largest group and most difficult ever at
tempted In wax at the Eden Musee The figures
are executed entirely from life. twenty-five
models having posed for the various subjects
II shows Americas high position among the
countries Of the world. She Is represented by
a heroic figure Of enormous size. Surrounding
the pedestal are groups representing Europe,
Asia. Africa and Australia Among the other
attractions are the concerts and new war pict-
ures on the cinematograph-
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Fanny Rice Will return TO the scenes of her
first tr4unphs In vaudeville this week when
she is billed at Keiths. 1t was at this theatre
she first appeared after leaving the Legitimate,
and her return viii doubtless be warmly well
coined Ever since the days OF Hoyt's "A Rag
Baby" she has enjoyed fame as a Coincidence
She VIII present her novelty Talking Dolls"
which gives ample scope for the display Of her
talents As usual there will be some special
feature for the little ones. and this time IL is
Gilletts musical dogs. Another headliner is
The Old Neighborhood" by Callahan and
Mack Hickey and Nelson Will present Twisted
and Tangled" In the athletic line are the -Four
Boises. George W. Day, in cork will entertain
with a budget OF new stories. and A X. Caldera,
from Europe, will Juggle in much the came style
as Humberty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

AT Baunerstein's Victoria Theatre Of Varie-
ties this week will be seen what Mr.. Hammer
stein considers the best vaudeville bill OF the
season, containing the famous Russell Brothers
Cole and johnson. Musical Dale. Garfield ana
Carlton, John and Harry Dillon, Wormwoods
dog and monkey circus. the Toozoomie troupe
Of marvellous tumblers, the Eight EhsLLSn
Girls Young and De Voc, and the great train
robbery by the vitagraph- The Russell Broth
ers especially should be welcome visitors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

The coming week VIII be very quiet at the
theatres In fact. there are no new plays Of
fsred tomorrow, and two special matinees viii
alone mark the week Both OF these perform
snoes however have attracted attention among
theatregoers and especially among the actors
themselves who rejoice IN any opportunity 10
their fellows perform. Tie two Inatnees
are given on Thursday and Friday afternoons,
the one at WRIacl's 10y Miss Nilsson the oJher
at the Lyric by Wilton Lackaye-
Miss carlotta Wilson's name IS quite familiar
20 NEWCOMERS. though Il cannot be said thai
she has with but one exception, appeared In a
part CT much Importance here. As Mrs Ely
stead IN Mrs Fislze's production Of "heoda
cablers. she did attract much favorable atten-
ton. Previously she had appeared with Mrs.
LeKEoyne. and once since she was seen IN Mar
TIA Norton's prize play at the Criterion one
afternoon, where she contrived TO instn
measure OF vitality into q mess Of dialogue
She has appeared frequently in London. how
ever, with leading actors there. Miss Nilsson
will come forward IA play by Horace 3. Fly
called Loves Pilgrimage" Mr.. Fry, VINO Is
the elderly author OF Little Italy" which Mrs.
F'isxe produced a few years go with much sue
cess has written this play especially Tor MISS
Nilsson in whose career he is much interested.
The story Is based on incidents In the life OF
tne late John Boyle O'Reily, editor or Inc
Boston Pilot who had adventures enough IN
his career 10 make a dozen plays rurIIlet
mar TO suggest some OF the incidents OF the
srorv however. Mr. O'Reilly does not figure in
the new drama. -, T..
The scenes Of the hrst two acts are laid IN
Tasmania IN the prison there, where the nero
is confined. The second act culIlilflaIes VIII
his escape. The lest two acts are Ialu on
staten Island whittier the prison governor 3
daughter follows the hero on loves pilgrimage.
She brings with her the child which mas oesn
-, "a their love hut for a time the way looks
dsrx FOR. thinking her dead the ESCAPED PTS
oner has married American girl MI Try,
with the aid OF the law and a sense OF poeIo
susfice cOntrires to bring matters right again.
however. ,-.s n
The play has been staged by Edmund II
rvons and the cast VIII be follows;
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programme at the Circle Theatre during this
ensuing week He has added several new feat
ures 10 the act, including the Car OF Rus
STA and the Emperor OF Japan On the bill, be-
sides AIr. Lee, are Fife Fay, The Belle Of Ave-
nue. A.; Charles r. Sweet, 1.-THE Musical Burg
lar: Eva Williams and Jao Tucker. presenting
for the first time their new sketch, In Man.
churia'; Milly Cape1 and her trained horse;
Sherman and De Forrest, in the Battle Of
San Dago"; the Todd Judge family acrobats:
Ford and Wilson. champion dancers: the Ved-
mars, comedy acrobats and the vitagraph, with
many new views.
Sidney Ayres viii head his own company next
season in a romantic drama Of the plains. es-
pecially written for him by ]. NJ Feigl.
Clyde Fitch's comedy drama, April Weather"
IN which the late Sol Smith Russell used to
star. viii be the offering at Proctor's Fifth
Avenue Theatre this week. 1t will be presented
with due regard to scenic effects, special set
tings having been painted for this production
and viii enlist the fun strength Of the company,
including Malcolm Williams, George Friend
Lotta Linthicum and Loretta HeRly.
Comedy win be presented at Proctors One
huadred-and-twenty-ff Street Theatre. where
Frank TannehilIs farce, ''Hush-e-Bye Baby
will be given its first uptown presentation. This
comedy was originally presented out Of town
under the title Of ''The laundering MT. Budds,"
and n Il 4 number OF characters are busfly en-
gagged N endeavoTing to disclaim any RESPONSE
bnity for a child which clearly belongs TO some
one.
-sky Farm" played by f. e Ridder. will DO
presented at Proctor y Fifty-eghth Street The
atre this week. Sky Farm" which is 10 be
classsd with Mr.. Kidder's plays. "a Poor Rela-
ton" and Peaceful Valley" has not been seen
IN New-York City since its original run at the
Garrick Theatre. but it has enjoyed a prosperous
road tour.
Frank Bush. who for years has maintained
his position as Hebrew story teller, will head
the bin at Proetor's Twenty-third Street The
etre this week Mr. Bush will have a new as
soTtment OF ghetto stories to relate
The bin at Tony Pastors the coming week
is composed OF Holcombe, Curtis and Webb
presenting "A Winter Session; Armstrong and
Holly. IN The Expressman"; Ford and Dot
west IN comedy sketches; Marsh ana Sartella,
entertainers. singers and dancers; Ascot and
Eddie. comedy acrobatIc act and toe dancing; la
Vine and Cross. equilibrists and exponents OF
physical culture: lie Smyhte and Abacco aero
bats and barrel Jumpers; the Alpha Trio, COM
coy, Nentrnoquism and hoop rolling, IN the Bell
BOYS I'D +: Pryor Brothers singers, dancers and
banjoists; Mills and Morris the minstrel maids:
Max WinsloF, singing comedian and nlonologist;
o Burkhart, coin and card manipulation; the
American Nitagraph. with new life motion p.ct-
ures, and, as an added attraction. Fisher and
Carroll. the eccentric comedians.
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Continued ON fourteenth pago.
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Mrs. F1sle has completed the third week Of
her engagement OF a month at the Grand Opera
House. San Francisco. and Is said 10 be enjoy
ing successful visit in that metropolis. New
York has seen Mrs. Fislze N the plays IN which
she IN appearing IN San T. c.-cc. hut, unlike
that city. It a4ysr has enjoyed La actress 5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10

Academy OF Music IN David Harum" has
proved highly successful and there Is talk OF
extending his run