The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-10

institution. He was paroled last De-
cember and has stated that he has be-
come a broker to earn enough money
to repay the claims of the creditors of
| through mis- fault. Mr.. Sage, who IS
broker during the day and actor in
the evening, is not associated with
Frank c. Andrews. the other occupant
of the suite. 1t is not known who the
Co" is.
The differences between the Inter-
borough Rapid Transit company and
its employees is rapidly approaching
crisis. Mr.. August Belmont. the head of
the company has held several confer
ences with representatives of the men
without reaching a compromise and it
| looks quite certain. that general
plOyes on all the elevated roads of
Manhattan will be ordered in a few
days. unless the management of the
company should give in at the last
moment and grant the demands of the
men. NOminally the cause of the
trouble is a question of wages and
hours and of keeping a promise which
the employees allege mad been given by
the management some time ago. but
no oil hot &c RI obi of
tempt to force the company to abso-
lutte recognition of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees. 1t is quite posi-
BILE that, to force the company into
submission not only the men on the
Manhattan lines will strike, but also
those on the Brooklyn lines and per-
haps on the various suburban railroads.
Heinrich COnried, manager of the
Metropolitan opera house has re-
turned from his European trip, with
enough contracts in his pocket to sink
a boat. Among the great singers,
whom he secured for the next season
are Eames, Nordica, Sembrich, Caru-
so. Ackte and Melba. The latter will
only sing four times at the Metropoli-
tan. Conried tried to get Calve and
Jean de Reszke, but Calve had other
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another American tour. "Parsifal' will
again be the great piece de resistance
of the season. 1t will be given ten
times, the first performance to be on
Thanksgiving. There will be one per-
Torrance in Boston, one in Chicago,
one in Pittsburg and two in San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Conreid promises "Giacon-
da'' with Nordica in the leading part;
Lucrezia Borgia with Caruso and a
new Italian prima donna; Norma with
Caruso and the same prima donna;
the Flying Dutchman, the ballet of
Coppelia and Die Fledermaus" with
an all-star cast. Sembricn will sing in
the Somnambula and Don Pasquale
The date for opening the traffic in the
subway has not yet been definitely
announced. There Is still great deal
to be done, particularly in regard to
the finishing of the stations. The
lighting arrangements, tracks and
oil
pleted and trial trains are run
through the subway system every day.
The principal object of running there
trains is to familiarize the crews with
their duties 80 as to prevent any
hitch after the road is permanently
opened for traffic.
Considering the carlessness Of many
parents particularly in the poorer dis
tricts Of the city, in regard to the SAFE
ty Of their children. it is surprising
how few children are injured or killed
by accidents. New York babies seem to
have a special guardian angel to TOOK
after them in case they tumble out of
windows. During the past two weeks
nearly half a dozen babies fell out OF
windows one from the third story,
two from fourth story windows and
one. a child of six years, from a sixth
story window. It is remarkable that
in every case the youngster escaped
without serious injury, in some cases