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ateIv nicknamed. had marched many miles and
undergone considerable hardships and as a
genial colonel remarked. 1T would be a pity to
deprive them of the joy of having shot At one
another and Of making a noise with their blank
cartridges" T'he operations terminated with
a grand review before President Loubet, who
came to the ground in an automobile. Among
those beside him were the Minister of War, NJ.
Barteaux; the commander in chief General Bru-
gere; the American Ambassador Robert McCor-
mick; General Chaffce and the members of the
United States Army Commission.
It is to be noted that the French and Ger
man military publications point out that the
railway system Of the French mobilization is
now complete. Thirteen separate lines of double
track railroad are now in operation, which, IN
case of war would bring thirteen army corps
from their respective headquarters to their as
signed positions on the German frontier. where,
with the three corps de conference.-the 9th.
7th and 20th-they would form four sepa-
rate armies, that of TArgonne the Moselle.
Nancy and the Vosges each comprising four
army corps and amounting altogether to 7O0,
eco men It is calculated that this mobiliza-
ton would be completed the fourteenth day
from the day upon which the order of mobiliZa-
ton was given. None of these double track
lines touch Paris, the railways from the capital
to the frontier being reserved for the general
staff There are only twelve double track lines
Of railway from the German frontier to the
headquarters Of the German army corps. The
French railways have thus a superiority of one
line, and this enables each French army corps
TO have its own independent line of communica-
ton from it's usual headquarters to the frontier.
This grand and vitality essential development of
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HE NEEDED IT.

Edward b Russ. who is to engross the treaty
of Portsmouth, is a nature student
Like many nature students, MI Russ ta--z
that the new nature writer's attribute overnli
fntaIlfsence to animals. He said with q la-~-
the other day:
"At the rate We are going now 1t Won %.
long before we shall be hearing soeh AMIN
stories as this:
AN old man. on lonely road among the
mountains was attacked by an eagle
..1,be old man defended himself bTavely- The
bird scratched him with its claws and beat a'-1
with its wings He struck it and kicked it and
swore at it.
FINALLY. worn out. the eagle withdrew .-
It did not so emptyhanded- The old man wore
= wig. This wig the eagle snatched of and -.-5-
rfed away. 49, .-.
Dart of the bird which was, you VIII l-=
note a bald eagle-"
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the system of French strategic railways was not
COMPLETED until last April and adds immensely
to the fighting strength Of the nation
- c. L 3.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Worlds Longest Tunnel Opened.

Rome. April 3.-The Simplon tunnel,
the longest in the world. was inaugu-
rated yesterday morning when from
the Swiss and Italian sides the first
trains passed through. meeting at the
center where there was the iron door
which originally prevented the over
flow of torrent of hot water and
which was yesterday opened for the
first time.
There was brief time spent in com
municating through the door by means
of hammering, and finally the door
was knocked down amidst frantic ap-
plause and cries Il Long Live Switz-
erland" and Long Live Italy" Bands
played the Italian royal march and
the Swiss anthem. and the two parties
embraced and kissed each other
Engineer Brandau, director of the
work on the Italian side. shook hands
with Engineer Rosemund, the director
of the work on the Swiss side. and the
Italian bishop Noveara embraced the
Swiss bishop Sien. The latter then
preached a short sermon, in the course
Of which he said:
"The church blesses progress"
In the name of God he then blessed
the tunnel.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
The Mountain and Plain Festival.

Denver, April 5.-There will be no
Festival of Mountain and Plain in Den
yer this year. This determination was
reached at a meeting Of the members
of the board of directors OF the fes'i-
val association held at the office ID the
I.ondoner block last night.
The action of the board of directors
was due TO the receipt OF the following
resolution passed by the Grand Army
executive committee:
y Moved by DR.. George w. Caufman.
seconded by Capt. +. 6. Patterson.
that this committee request the man
ayers of the Festival of Mountain and
Plain 10 defer their entertainment un-
til the week beginning Monday. Sep
tembcr II, 1905, and ii they will do 50
we will heartily give to them our en-
couragement Motion unanimously
adopted
This motion was transmitted in
letter by General Cook.
Following is the statement OF the
board of directors of the Mountain and
Plain Festival:
"Nnce the receipt of the above com
municatiOn members of this board
have conferred with numerous mer-
chants and contributors, and the CON
Sensus of opinion seems TO be that II
would be prcjudicial TO the business in
terests of our city to extend the festiv-
tiles over so long a period, and the
main purpose of the entertainment OF
our visitors would be defeated. they be-
ing unable to remain in our city so long
a period. or be prevented from visiting
other sections of our state, and seeing
and studying our resources.
therefore the following was
adopted by unanimous vote:
THAT no Festival of Mountain and
Plain be given during the year 1905
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

The Taylor -Cornforth voting machine
bill went through on third reading in
the Senate by vote of 20 TO 4.
District courts are made the arbiter
in capital and labor disputes in 5. Is.
81, Hill, which passed third reading in
the Senate. 1t legislates against
strikes, boycottins, lockouts, secret
blacklisting and duress. and gives
courts of equity full jurisdiction of all
such controversies. Senator Taylor's
bill nmiting the powers of the State
Canvassing Board was passed; also
Senator Barela' convict labor bill and
Senator Grifith's banking bill.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
No Pardon for Trust Aqent.

Topeka. Kans., April 3.-Governor
Hoch will not grant pardon to f. j.
Smiley, convicted of violating the Kan.
sas antitrust law while acting as sec.
retary Of the Kansas Grain Dealers
Association.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
COLORADO LEGISLATURE ADJOuRNS

Denver, April 4.--Both houses of the
Fifteenth General Assembly of the
state of Colorado adjourned promptly
last night at u o'clock midnight, the
legal term of the session having eX-
pired.
The closing hours of each house
We're marked by less riotOus scenes
than usual. The seats on the floor OF
both houses were occupied by the cur
ious, who had come to see legisla-
ture break up. They listened to
number of congratulatory and concilia-
tory speeches, the healing of breaches
made in the heated debates, done with
less disorder than Is customary.
The Legislature broke several rec
ords, most of which were in astonish-
ing directions. For many years the
closing hour of each recurring assem-
bly, has been used in making COM
promise on the general appropriation
bill, which has been held up by some
coterie pushing bad bills through. This
year the appropriation bill went to the
governor two days before the session
closed and was signed before adjourn
ment.
II the Fifteenth General Assembly
the business of both houses had been
practically completed at o'clock on
the afternoon of the last day, leaving
all the time to midnight for general
visiting period among members. There
was no need of turning back the clock,
no threats of forcing an extra session
in order to get members to vote for
measures they feared.
Another record broken was that no
session at all of the House and only
brief session Of the Senate was held
on the Sunday proceeding the last day.
At that time the members felt that
business had been so far advanced that
a Sunday session was unnecessary.
Among the bills of general applica-
tlon that failed to pass are the rail-
way commission bill, the bank exam
liner bill, the building and loan associa-
tion bills The rivi! service bin the To-
cal % Z CON
st1 s. ivict
ureS
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
follows:

aoiio"a.
Signed Yesterday.
H. b. 4O9-General appropriation
bill.
Previously Signed.
= S. B. S-Release dec S of trust.
J, s. n. 10--Rfoperty rig's Of .uarrsaG
persons.
H. BIS 16, II, s, II, l13, 31S-Short
appropriation bills.
H. B. 42-County commissioners
Adams and Arapahoe counties.
H. B. 1-Eight-hour law.
H. b. 93-Piobate bill.
II. B. 199-Water works for cities of
10000.
H. 7-Rio Grande fish hatchery,
$4,000.
In the Hands Of the Governor and Not
Yet Signed.
S. B. 20-The Booth precinct regis
tration law.
s. B. 313-s2O,O 900 reformatory build
ings.
S. B. 172-$3O,OOO agricultural col
lege experiment station.
S. B. 17G-Regulating itinerant ven
dors OF manufactured goods.
S. B. 215-$63, 600 maintenance cap
itol and $1,000 new furniture.
S. B. 113-Grand river road, $4,000,
Mesa county.
S. B. 1873 Morgan county bridge,
$4,000.
S. B. 244-Permitting convicts to
work on Fremont county roads.
S. B. 161-For three clerks, two bail
ifs and one librarian consolidated Su-
preme Court.
s. B. 2O5-$12,OOO for State Fair.
S. B. 227-$5,O0O Grand and Larimer
county road.
S. B. 122-s4,o0O relief of Hiram P.
Bennett.
S. B. 1GS-$5,OOO to continue Grand
Junction road.
S. B. 76-s1O,OOO Cripple Creek and
Fremont county road.
q S. B. 267-$5O0 expenses library
commission.
S. B. 213-Complete state capitol
building, $50,G7S.14.
S. B. 1O4-s2,50O bridge across Clear
creek, connecting Jefferson and Adams
counties.
S. B. 83-$4 900 bridge across Arkan-
sas river, Prowers county.
S. B. 156-Clear Creek county road,
$500.
S. B. S5-$5,OOO bridge across Arkan-
sas river, Prowers county.
S. B. 35-s5.OO0 bridge across Yam
pa river, Routt county.
S. B. 31-$6.000 Durango road.
S. B. 340-s7,0oo Rio Grande bridge
at Alamosa.
S. B. 139-State penitentiary main
tenance, 100000, and new cell house,
$4,000.
S. B. 43-Insane asylum, $4,000 in
addition to the previous appropriation
of s35,OOO.
s. B. 132-s5oOo for the relief of
Henry " Palmer.
S. B. 159-$26,500 for buildings and
maintenance Girls Industrial school.
S. B. 73-Hinsdale county road,
$3;500.
S. B. 117-s3.OOo travelling libraries
S. B. 1O7-s6.OOO bridge across Las
Animas river. Las Animas county.
S. B. Anew building school of
mines. 100000.
S. B. 70-Any surplus revenues to
the amount of 100000 to be used to
pay state university certificates of in
,debtedness.
S. b. 52-Garfield county hatchery
for fish, $1,000.
S. B. Unconstitutional amendment
submitted permitted voting machines
Is. B. 245-$25,0O0 for the Grand
Army encampment
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Columbia Theater.

George Primrose and his big minstrel
company will be the attraction at the CO.
lumbia tomorrow night and all this week,
with mat!nees on Thursday and Saturday
with minstrelsy in an localized form.
eliminating vaudeville features, which in the
past few seasons have almost shouldered
the real minstrel element entirely from
the scene. In the Primrose minstrels the
old-time first part of the days gone by
will be given with all the old-tirne charac-
tiers and costumes. which will change to
modern first part, painted in blue, gold and
ivory. During this part Mr.. Primrose will
be heard in an original song in which he
will be assisted by Arthur Deming, Emil
Subers, William West and ALI Gibson who
will occupy the end chairs. with Harry
Morse In the middle chair. The vocalists
will include the lyric tenor, William H
Stenberg; the phenomenal baritone, Spen-
GER Kelly: Frank Coombs; Hugh Brady.
Gus Reed. Harry Webster, Ed Won Bergen.
H. s. Whitney, H. Morse George Kellogg,
Frank Dunn and chorus OF male voices
Eho wall render al the 0Artims and latest
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Ephram around, she went away for an
hour, but returned with a letter, which
was handed to me and which l still have
In my scrap book. AS near as l can make
1t out. 1T runs as follows:
Friend Husband-I dun seed yu wifi
fat yaler busy las mite. Am gwine to XIII
her TO sure 1 don keer nothing bot yu,
to dolarys yu luke frum me- 1 dun wash
harud 70 dem for dolarys an / gwine to git
en-
According to Mr. Primrose. the claim that
minstrelsy Is dying out in the United states,
which has been made In recent years, is
entirely without foundation.
why don't l think minstrelSy will never
die out?" said the famous end man and
dancer. Because 1t is the only product of
the world which is distinctly American.
1t originated in this country, which has
been its stronghold ever since its birth.
The history of opera will show that 1t
was known hundreds of years ago across
the water. and the same can be said Of
tragedy, but not SO of minstrelsy-it is
distinctly American.
washington people would surely have no
grounds upon which to base statement
that minstrelsy Is becoming of-date.
This city is one of the best. if not the best,
minstrel towns in the United States.
II remember when I first came to WASH
ington," said the veteran minstrel; ut was
in 1875. West and I were with poor old
Jack Haverly's aggregation of negro sing
ers doing our clog dance turn. We ar
rived in the city in the morning and paraded
up the street in big style. much to the
amazement of the majority of the inhabi-
tants. / guess Haverly's show was the
first big one to strike the town. Washing
ton gave us a monstrous house, and made
its hit with minstrel men right there. l
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Is a man on the stage in America today
who could approach Harry Kernel In his
own peculiar line. He was original OF the
stage well on, and kept every one
around him in a state of continual surprise.
One of the most comfcal things l ever saw
occurred one night in the town of Scranton.
Pa. The Kernels were playing at one
got through my turn. at about 10 O'Clock.
l walked over to their house. 1t was a
second story theater. and up along flight
of stairs, on landing. / found Harry at
the door himself. When 1 reached the
place. there were a half dozen yokels sur
rounding him, doing all sorts of things; one
would whistle three times, another was
punching his own chest furiously, third
was standing on one leg, and fourth one
had his thumb in his mouth biting 1t.
asked Harry what this curious exhibition
meant, and he explained to me that he
had no pass-out checks, and that he
had required each of these fellows when
he had come out of the door to perform
some kind OF a trick to identify himself
the fun himself, immensely, and declared
that he was a better manager than Hacker.
A PATIENT CONVINCED.-'You have
probably heard of the southern negro
aversion to a DOCTOR said Maclyn Ar
buckle of THE County Chairman" COM
with night doctors. who are supposed to
prowl around after dark seeking for SUBJ
jects. and particularly dark subjects. for
the dissecting table. Well, after moved
to New York from the south brought with
me typical old nanny who had all the
indelible beliefs OF her race against doc
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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The first Lenten recital by Oscar Carols
sen was given in the ball room of the
Raleigh last night. His program included
Allitsen's king Duncan's Daughter"
Loeb Lomond," "Au Through the Night &"
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
Vicar of Bray" Schubert's WHO is
Sylvia and 1.-The Wanderer," Schumann's
'Widmung," Die Lotus Blums" and
truhiingsnacht." Brahms THE Hunts
man." 'The Watchful Lover and sere-
made, Rubinstein's "Nacht'' and ''Freis-
inn." Wagners "Traume" Won Fielitz's
''Das Kraut Vergessenheit," Korbay's IN
Mohacs Field" Flegiers THE Horn and
Needhams who Carries the Gun" All
were sung in good style and were loudly
applauded Mrs Emma PraIl Knorr was
the accompanist.
The Georgetown Orchestra has finally
fixed on Wednesday evening. May Il. as the
date of its concert, which will take place
at the National Theater. Prof. Josef Kas-
par. its conductor. is arranging what he
expects will be the most brilliant program
ever attempted by the organization The
soloist will be Miss Franceska Kaspar who
VIII sing an aria unaccompaned by the or
chestra and group of songs with the
plano. The coming concert will be the
fifty-seventh given by the orchestra
One of the most enjoyable programs of the
season was presented by the Friday Morn
ing Club last week, and the club rooms ON
H street were filled to OVERLOOKING with
an audience of music lovers The sing
ers were Miss Franceska Kaspar. daugh-
ter of Prof. josef Kaspar. the conductor of
the Choral Society and Georgetown Orches-
ira. and Miss Clara Drew Miss Kaspar has
recently returned from Europe. where she
has been studying for two years, and much
interest was felt In her appearance, as she
had only been heard once in public, at the
Spolhr's 'Chanson de Papillion," Schumann's
"Frulingsnacht," Mrs. Beach's June" an
aria from Carpenters Louise and. with
Miss Drew. the duet "Qufs est homo" from
Rossini's '.Stabat~ Mater" These were suf-
1cient to show her tiiity. both In vo-
calization and Interpretation. and she met
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ballads. as well as classical selections.
The second part will open with humor-
Gus and novel negro sketch entitled, The
Incubator" in which all the comedians will
take part Following this sketch Niklas
Schilzonyi and his band of forty Hun
garian boys will render the latest musical
successes as welfsa as selections from Will
liam Tell" THE Huguenots' and Won
Suppe's Festival Overture.
After this number Mr.. Primrose will be
seen in an original dancing novelty. as
sisted by the Cotton Blossom coons, after
which he will offer a revival of his famous
SILVER Shower Clog" assisted by twenty
wooden-shoe dancers; following which the
entire company will take part In negro
act entitled. The Parsons Birthday" and
THE Wedding of Chloe and Eph." During
this sketch such characters will be intro
duced as Aunt A.ymee, Aunt Emily. Old
Granny, Uncle Ephriham, Rastus and John.
who will be heard in jubilee hymns. The
closing number, entitled The Evolution of
the Negro" staged and produced by James
H. Decker, is spectacular transformation,
wherein the following scenes will be given:
The Darby in the Moon," THE Jungles
of Africa" THE Plantation Quarters Be
fore the War" The Dismal Swamp" The
Emancipation" THE Darky Heaven
closing with THE Birth Of the Rose"
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Current Amusernents.
National Theater.

Miss Edna May appears tomorrow night
In The School Girr' at the National for
an engagement of one week. The piece is
by Paul M. Potter and Henry Hamilton,
with music by Leslie Stuart of "Florodora"
fame. The action of the musical play takes
place in convent garden, a stock brokers
office and an artists studio, and the scene
painters and costumers are said to have
contributed literally to the beauty of the
production. Among the members of
the company are Jane May, a sister Of
the star, as an American girl; Lakme OAR
cier, model; Constance Ryem, Clcley;
Fred Leslie, jr., Sir Ormsby; w. Talleur
Andrews. Verney; Fred Wright, jr, Gen
eral Marchmont; James Blakeley, Tubby
Bedford, "a good thing Robert Minister,
the broker; Mildred Baker, a mother
superior, and Mrs. ]. p. West, a French
bonnie.
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tors. This old negress Lucy, was suffering
terribly with toothache after we reached
New York, and 1t was a long time before
l could persuade her to go to a dentist to
have the troublesome molar extracted. She
classed dentists with might men, and was
frightened out OF her wits at the sight of
a medico. l finally persuaded her, how
ever. and she went to one of these so-caled
painless dentists.
Did It hurt you? I asked when she
came home.
Ian sakes no. chile she said. 4 suit
tinly is glad l went to him. He taken
an hooked them tings onto my tooth, an
he says:
"'''Good thing you didn't go to Dr. Myer
down stairs. This is the way he pulls
Then he gives my pohe face a pow full
yank. and 1 let out a yell.
Then he says, Reckon you glad that
DR.. Jones amt got hold of you, cause dis
is the way he pulls teeth
And then he shows me how DR.. Jones
pulls teeth, and he gave me such jah
that 1 fought l was a gwine to die for
sho' and let's out mother screech
;" Now" he says. I'm gwine to mon
strate my method" and with that gives 1t
just de littrst twist, an out she comes
Never hut bit / sho' am glad 1 went to
dat painless dentist 'sted of dose other doc
tabs.
A MINSTREL'S EXPERIENCES
isn't all fun being a minstrel man." said
George Primrose, whose minstrel company
comes to the Columbia next week. I'm the
first season OF Haverly's Mastodon Min
strels / was playing a plantation negro, and
Billie West was doing a young wench. 1
was supposed to have run away from the
house to meet a handsome young yellow
girl, and we had song and dance together
On this particular occasion we were playing
in the old Memphis Theater in Memphis
Tenn. and in my makeup l copied coll
ored man whom / had seen on steam
boat wharf. 1t proved that the man had
really run away from his wife for when
delivered my opening line about coming
down to meet the prettiest yellow gal in
Tennessee. a woman up In the gallery made
such a stir that she had to be carried out
by the police. and all the way out kept
screaming That's my Ephram.' In few
moments order was restored and we pro-
ceeded with our act. The next day went
to the theater about o'clock in the after
noon for my mail. / met one OF the stage
employees. who told me that a big. fat wom-
an had been waiting around the stage en-
trance all morning, wanting to see her
.Ephram.' Altar being told thsse Eas no
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ChaSe'S Theater.

Mile. Carlotta will be on view at Chases
this week in her loop-the-loop dash.
Strapped upon wheel of iron weighing 100
pounds Carlotta flashes down a plank
eighteen inches wide and inclined at an
angle of forty-five degrees, without any me-
chanicaI or structural safeguard, and by
the momentum attained she encircles the
loop and is caught ina net. The program
will also include Sam Elton, English come
dian; Stanley Brickman in The Count,
the Piano and {the Dude" Delmore and
Oneida in artistic poses on the Japanese
perch; Carlin and Otto, German comedians;
Twisted and Tangled" by Jules Hickey
and Amy Nelson: the three Dumonds, Paris
ian street singers, and humorous motion
pictures.
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Miss BoWick's Recital.

Considerable interest Is being shown In
the recital to be given by Miss Ellen Bow
lex of London at the Washington Club on
Wednesday morning next at IL o'clock.
Miss Bowick, who holds prominent po-
sition in her own country, is described as
a reciter of exceptional ability and much
personal charm, and is gifted with beauti-
full speaking voice.
The program will include some of the
monologues In broken French. which have
won for her SO much success In this cOun-
try.
She will be assisted by her sister. Miss
Muriel ROBBIE Bowick, whose contralto voice
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Maude Adams.

Miss Maude Adams, who will begin a
weeks engagement at the National Theater
Monday evening, April II, will be seen in
two plays at every performance. These
will be 1.-THE Little Minister and cop O.
Me Thumb" 1t will be remembered that 1t
was in this city that Miss Adams began
her career as a star, and it was also the
beginning of the play. "'Op O. Me Thum''
is a one-act play written by Frederick Fem
and Richard Bryce, two well-known Eng
fish writers. Mr.. Frohman secured the
American rights about year ago and had
Miss Adams bring out the play in connec-
ton with THE Little Minister during her
recent engagements at the Empire The
alter, New York. Arthur Byron is Miss
Adams leading man. playing the title role
in Mr.. Barrie's Scotch comedy and being
the only male player in :" 'Op O. Me Thumb. .