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Coming Attractions.
Columbia Theater.

The third week of the spring and summer
season at the Columbia Theater will open
tomorrow evening under the auspices Of
Messrs. Luckett and Standing, with the
Columbia Theater company in revival of
Lord and Lady Algy," the Carton comedy
that is considered enc Of the modern stage
successes. Every effort has been made to
make the revival notable. Three members
of the original cast will be seen in this
weeks presentation of the piece. Mr..
Standing leading man OF the Columbia,
created one Of the original parts of Lord
and Lady Algy." Mr.. Frank Browniee. an
other member of the original cast, will
stage the play. In addition the manage
ment has specially engaged Mr.. w. n.
Crompton. an eminent actor of the old
school. to reappear In HIS original role Of
the Duke OF Droneborough.
The story Of the comedy reyolves around
Lord and Lady AEgernon Chetiand, who,
although married but short time quarrel
over two brands of oriental cigarettes and
are living apart when the curtain rises on
the first act. She has gone to live with
her mother. while he 10 ensconced in a
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WEST WASHINGTON
IN THE EARLY DAYS

Company was housed In the west end until
the removal of the company to its new
house at 10th and II streets in 1899. The
meetings Of the company Were mostly held
here and the fire drills were always west of
the building and the triangle once COM
mon was worn smooth by frequent use.
The second story was used as hall and
it was surmounted by a belfry, in which
was a bell. Away back In the thirties some
of the boys who annually before st. Pat
rick's day put up stuffed paddy" made
up their minds to get a paddy" on the
top Of the belfry. a small boy, who was
equal to a monkey in climbing, accom-
plished the difficult feat and the eftigy re-
manned on the belfry till the wind and rain
had beaten 1t to atoms.
The town hall was probably the most pop
ular hall in the District 1t was utilized
for many purposes. 1t was a school room
In which many received at least part Of
their educa ton from a Mr.. Allison and
other teachers; in municipal elections 1t be-
came polling booth after 1t had served
as the meeting place for the nomination OF
candidates for Office; in the days OF Lorenzo
Dow It was to some extent his church, for
he expounded the gospel here to crowds;
II was also used for temperance rallies,
particularly during and after the Wash
ingtonian movement; for balls, parties and
fairs in which ladies engaged; for po-
Ntlcal and club meetings, and In fact
whenever il was desired to interest the
people of that section, and hall was
needed the old town hall came into play.
Notwithstanding its general uses there
were organizations, including secret So
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Senator Perkins IS in receipt OF a COM
muniCation from Frank a Leach, Super
.n.endent of the United States mint at
San Francisco. The letter contains In
formation concerning the great fire and
the mesns by which financial questions
were disposed of subsequently. Mr.. Leach
wrote. in part:
"Of course. we We're all pleased with the
success Of our efforts IN fighting off the
fire on all sides OF the building, but did
not think so much Of the victory until we
saw the benefits to follow to the stricken
community when we began to open tho
vaults and turn out the millions. 1 as
sure you we then found the greatest pleas
urc In the knowledge that the mint was
afTording not only a nucleus for the imme-
diata resumption OF business, but also the
means for immediate relief OF much DIS
tress.
''We were glad to know that our work
efrords qualification, and II is pleasing 10
me, fer I am very proud of my men, There
was not a whimper among them. Every
man stuck to his post where l placed him,
though some OF them knew at the time
that their own homes were in the path
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the great Hamlet all that his fancy had
painted him, kind, generous sympathetic
and with the courtesy OF the old-fashioned
gentleman.
Needless to say Mr.. MaoLean failed to
take Mr. Barrett's discouragtng ultimatum
too much 10 heart. and a very short while
found him not only on the stage but star
at an age which was then considered ridicu-
lously young for such a position. Mr.. Mac
Lean was faithful to his preference for
the classic drama and started in Shake
spearean plays He has up to date played
every drama of Shakespeares with the ex-
ception of Hamlet and Richelieu and he
can repeat at a moments notice all the
great roles, which he keeps carefully stored
Joint starring engagement with Charles B.
Hanford the latter fell Ill, and M. MncLean
played Shylock with only half-hour's re-
hearsal He was letter perfect.
Mr.. MacLean starred for some time with
ModJeska in classic repertoire. and then
with Odette Tyler in Shakespearean plays.
He has up to date appeared in but two
productions which varied from his usual
role One was "Phroso" and the other
THE Heart OF Maryland"
MISS LEWIS VARIED STAGE CA
REER.-Miss Jeffreys Lewis, the leading
character actress of the Columbia Theater
Company, has essayed almost every branch
of the play except grand and comic opera.
The latter, however, was the only field
of dramatic endeavor attempted by her
sister, Catherine Lewis. the prima donna.
These two sisters both won success on the
stage without the aid of heredity, for none
Of their ancestors had anything to do with
the theater, and their parents were not
theatrical folk in any sense OF the word.
Their father was Richard Jeffreys Lewis.
distinguished English painter who was an
associate of the Royal Academy OF Eng
land.
Born In London, Miss Jefrreys Lewis was
destined to play many parts In England,
Australia and America. AS far back as she
can remember into her childhood she had
longing for the stage, love of Shake
speare and an ambition 60 play tragic
parts. Before she was out OF short dresses
she mastered the role of Lady Macbeth, for
which she used to don peculiar little home
made costumes in order that she might
act before her mother and father and their
friends at their homo In England. Before
she went on the stage she also knew every
line of Romeo. of Juliet and OF Lady Con-
stance In King john At school she
joined dramatic club OF amateurs and
immediately afterward she made her pro-
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eieties. which met there-Hiram Lodge OF
Nelson's, Friendship Lodge of Odd Fellows
and Marion Division. Sons OF Temperance.
As the hall Of the old Union Fire Com
pany whose apparatus was housed on the
market floor at the west end 1t was widely
known. Among those who prior TO 1870
were often participants in meetings here
were the members OF the fire company,
whose roster bore the names OF Thomas
Munroe, former Commissioner then city
postmaster; Thomas Carberry. surveyor.
and afterward mayor OF the city; John N.
Moul6er, Richard s. Briscoe, Henry NJ.
Steiner Chas. b. Davis, VIM. Mcpherson,
George Macdaniel. John Woodslde. Thos.
Filli6rown, John d. Barclay, Charles Vim
son. James II. Handy. Samuel Potts,
Jacob Hines, T. 3. Dasheil, John Stretch.
Joseph Forrest, Daniel Waring, John
Potts. w. &. Beall. T. D. Tschiffely, c. A.
Davis, Michael Mourse, Samuel Brook, r.
Ellis, r. Harrison. w. Williamson, John
Burke. John Craven and Joseph Thaw. who
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0oMEDY held sway at the local play
houses the past week, the cool
weather making for the comfort
~ OF theater patrons and likewise
contributing to the good nature
and material prosperity OF the men in the
box offices. One new piece that is just
making Its bid for popular approval and
two plays. concerning whose fates doubt
has long since been dissolved, were pre-
scented.
The Embarrassment of Riches which
had its premier at the National Monday
night. is the work of Louis Kaufman Ans
pacher, a professor OF philosophy in Co
lumbia University. The author has en-
deavored to build a play out of materials
furnished by the career of a wealthy wom-
an philanthropist-at least, the principal
female role Is supposed to be charac-
terization of a rich and well-knOwn woman
OF this country who has devoted a large
share of her wealth and life to practical
charities. In addition he has supplied, for
the purpose OF sentimental interest, an en-
thusiastic young man, working for the
moral, material and civic betterment of
the unfortunate classes. Besides these char
acters the cast includes a fortune-hunt-
ing English duke, who occasionally has a
Hash d almost huITan iHteilsehce' piisht
ia shionable dame, a decidedly insipid young
daughter of society, a typical ward boss
and CRATER, a crusty and avaricious bust
ness man. dandihed youth, hard young
woman with an eye to the main chance"
and a common or garden variety Of tough
character. 1t would seem that a well-con-
structed comedy containing this hetero-
geneous array of types might reasonably
hope to meet with success. AS performed
here on Monday night the piece did not
arouse unwonted enthusiasm, but doubt
less, since that initial presentation certain
welI-defined defects noted at that time
have been corrected. The first act failed
to create an absorbing interest and drag
ged somewhat owing to a succession of
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their friends, but these were unsuccessful
for several years. When a market house
was located In K street between 10th and
10th. which remained till about 1870. when
the board Of public works improved K
street and Q, new market was established
at 21st and K streets.
Certificates for the purchase OF the lots
on which Gadsby's or McBlalr's row
stands were issued to Jacob Gilchrist and
Jacob WEIGH in 1891. Before 1900 lots 0
and 10 went into the hands OF William
O'Neale, who had on them a boarding
house valued at $1,000, and small dwell
Ing valued at $500 Joel Brown, a brother
OF Rev. Obadiah Brown, long pastor of
the First Baptist Church, purchased the
corner house and resided there some years.
Lot l, at the corner OF Goth street and the
avenue was owned by P Barton Key on
which was 800 building. The famous
20 Neale's tavern" was next adjoining Mr..
Keys property, and 1t was assessed at
$3.50. Westward, Joseph Mechlin owned
property on which were $500 improve
ments: DR.. John Bullar, 5000: Timothy
Caldwell, s1.200: Benjamin Coombs. $1,000.
and Mr.. Frisby, 5000. The lot Of Mr.. GIL
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One of the hardest nuts to crack was ar
ranging a plan for giving the banks the
large sums they had had transferred to
them here. The money was here, but they
had no place to put it while disbursing it
to their clients. committee of the Bank
to check it out. OF course, that was i'm
possible, as we We're not equipped with
either men or books for a banking bust
ness, so after some conference, it was ar
ranged that they should organize a bank
OF the banks, select a corps of five or six
men from the different banks TO do the
work. and I should turn over to this bank,
which, for a title. was called the Clearing
House Bank, the transfer funds rs needed,
the different banks establishing offices out
side in various parts of the city. The
plan worked like charm, and, no doubt,
Secretary Shaw will receive the express
sions OF gratitude of not only the banks
but the public for aifording a means for
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age. for great part OF our force is en-
ployed in the other work, paying transfers
guarding the building u have an extra
force on guard and making repairs. By
the way, l am going to ask the director to
apply for $10,C30 additional for watchmen
for the ensuing year.
Il had to arrange to house and feed a
lot OF my men who were burned out be-
sides, the guard had to remain at the build
ing, as it was so difficult to go and come
One day we fed 124 persons, but now we
have got the number down to fifteen OF
twenty, and in a little while that trouble
will be over
Il trust you will have opportunity to ex-
press my thanks on behalf of the mint en-
ployes to the Secretary and the members
of the California delegation for their kind
words of consideration. And by the way
the people and the press are approaching
what you are doing for their stricken city"
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the remaining uninjured plate glass In the
windows Ia the front of the building ana
80 badly shaking the two tall brick stacks
that they viii have to come down This
will be quite an expensive undertaking. To
do this and repair the other damage will
take about $4,000. OF course the outside
of the north wall of the mint Is badly
SCARED and to replace Il would cost q
great deal of money. but hope 1t will not
be touched. Let the scars remain as rec
ord Of the greatest disaster by fire known
to civilization. for in few years every
other vestige will be obliterated.
Since the fire we have been quite busy.
As soon as / got hold of Assistant Treas
urer Jacobs 1 gave him quarters here and
all the money he needed, thus starting him
in business without waiting for the orders,
being satisfied that the Secretary of the
Treasury would approve Of the action, as
there were the navy yard employees to be
pad and numerous other demands to meet.
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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION
AT SAN FRANCISCO

hydrants, the roof, without which we
would certainly have been burned out Once
twice during the worst OF it 1 thought
the building was doomed. We were driven
back by clouds of thick, choking smoke,
that rolled into the building when the win
dows went out but that soon cleared away.
and the men were up to the fire again with
their hose, putting out the flames as fast
as they showed inside. If the building had
burned it would have been warm work get
ting out of the fire zone but / think we
would have succeeded. for the buildings to
the south of US had been burned away, and
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season last evening. Chase's Will continue
through this week. and the Academy of
Music VIII provide melodramatic thrills to
keep It's patrons cool for several weeks yet
while burlesque viii be In evidence at the
Lyceum for some time. The stock COM
panies at the Columbia and Belasco Thea
ters will continue to furnish entertainment
for their patrons through the warm weather
season
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the distribution Of the millions sent hare
Another responsibility which has arisen
IL the receipt and disbursement Of the relief
ths money Sss the Counting q woh e sons s
quite task. as It Ii coming In In all kinds
OF shapes from nickels to big bills. Yester-
day we received ffty-one packages OF relief
money from all parts. Of the United States
1t win take two days to count It.
II think the big work In handing the
transfers from the east Is nearly over, but
that work has kept my clerk, two type
writer's, three clerks. the cashiers once
and several men on the keen Jump from 8
to clock. We received SIS, 101 ,456 In the
last ten days and have paid out 11.021. oc0.
This business was all new to us, and.
while we may not have handled 1t accord
ing to the latest and most approved bank
ing methods, 1t was all transferred iamid
no little confusion caused by the CROWDS IN
the building) without error or unnecessary
delay. Everybody entered into the spirit or
the thing. and I guess people in general
were satisfied.
1--WE had the mint ready for business as
soon as it was ready for US, two or three
days after the fire. By Saturday We had
improvised an electric light plant by chang
ing one of our big motors into genera
tor and had the building and streets out
side lighted up all night. 1t helped to add
a little cheerfulness to the field of desola-
ton and ruin surrounding us, especially to
those encamped In our neighborhood, and
they were many. Our artesian water sup
ply, besides saving the building. proved
priceless blessing to thousands after the
fire. We fixed up a supply pipe for the
public on the outside, and there is stll
throng of people availing themselves OF 1t.
but the greatest qualification derived from
it was during some hours after the fire
when there was no water to be had any
where around.
I'VE are not attempting to do any coin
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we probably would have had to endure only
the heat of the ruins and what little hre
remained
The people Of the post Office building and
custom house had hot time too, and sue
ceoded. as we'll as we, in saving their build
ings. though the beautiful court room OF
Judge De Haven was burned out The GUS
tom house or old appraisers building, am
told Jared better than the rest, losing only
some of the paint. Good work was done
there though. in fighting the fire outside
as well as inside, and they were favored py
the large vacant space on the east, where
the old post Office building had stood, ana
by the wind. which blew from the north
west the first day. when the fire came up
on the south end of the building, and blew
from the southwest when the fire came IN
on the north end the following day. The
block In front of the building bounded by
washington, Jackson, Sansome aud Mont
gorery streets was not burned.
X :;
Five thousand dollars would have COW
cred the damage to our building by the dis
aster. but the outrageous use Of dynamite
afterwards In blowing down walls greatly
increased the damage, besides blowing out
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were department people; DR.. G. Cozens,
VIM ONeale, jr., Nathan Moore. Robert
Frazier, Fred Phillip, Abram and Matthew
Hines, Thomas Herbert s. Sandiford, VIM.
O'NcaIe, Joseph Brumley George Walker.
John Rawlings, J. NJ. Maus, VIM. Godfrey,
Aaron Nalley Julius Watkins, w Worth
ington. Thos. Sandiford, John Davidson.
w. Anderson, jr.. James Lowry, Thomas
Crown, James Williams, ]. B. Undertake
James Baker, James A. Kennedy, John
Kennedy. w. Linkins, James Sanditord
Jesse Baker, J. L. Crosby. Benjamin
Strong, w. Worthington, jr., S Hardness
jr A. c. Moore, John Thompson, John
Williams, L. Brengle John Bancroft. John
Burke, John Rich, ]. n. Waters, l.
Lepreux, John Palmer. s r. Waters, W.
Ford, w. Burket, John Mattingly. James
Hodnett Thomas Cook and James Watson
While this portion of the city was grad
ualIy building up in population there was
also taking root a feeling antagonistic to
public markets. By 1850 many of the gro
GERS were dealing in fresh meats, fruits and
vegetables, and the term green grocer
was grated on the language. So con-
venient had these been found that with
many the public market was not needed
Though in the Immediate vicinity of the
market house there were taVerns, grocery
stores and shops, the most of the houses
were the homes of prominent well-to-do
people and to some the market appeared
out of place. Such soon after were graf
flied for previously stated, the building
was destroyed by fire on February l. 1852
and there was some suspicion that it was
set on fire.
The ruins for a few days were an
slightly spectacle, but after the lines of the
triangles had been set, under the authority
of Congress, The debris was removed Eff
forts were made for the erection OF mar
ket by some OF the market people and
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Of the flames Before the climax came
and the fire closed In on the north ana
last side (where it was the hottest, about
2 O'Clock p.mD. let three men go, leaving
me hfty-one men and ten soldiers under
tho command Of Lieut.. Armstrong. one
Of the three men who left was an Old man
ana sick one an officer OF the NatIoral
Guard and the, other l sent with mos
sage to my house. The force remaining
/ divided up into squads, placing them on
the different floors from the basement to
The roof and with hose streams and buck
cts they won the fight, but not until the
old building was severely SCARED on the
north side, the stones OF the walls being
clipped and faxed by the heat, every win
dow being burned out there. A section or
the roof over the westerly side was par
tleuy burned off before we could suodue
the flames. but inside the building thee
damage was slight.
x
Sometime ago the idea came to me that
with a good pump and fire hose placed con
venieuGy around the building, We would be
protected from any fire originating in the
building and it was only about ten days
before the great fire that we put in the iast
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The National Theater's regular season
closed last night, contrary to expectations
of week ago. and the house viii be dark
all this week. The Majestic also closed It's
The Holmes County times., 1906-04-20
THE VESUVIAN CATASTROPHE
NEW EVIDENCES OF IT'S MAG
NITUDE EVERY DAY.
Thousands of Houses Destroyed and
Hundreds of Human Lives
Have Been Lost.

Naples, Italy.-Every day that
passes gives new evidence of the mag
nitude of the Vesuvian catastrophe
Thursdays visit of King Victor EN-
manuel to Ottajano revealed new
tragedies. At certain point his mai
esty was obliged to abandon his motor
car and went forward on horseback
amid constant danger, his horse floun-
dering through four feet of ashes, Stun
bling into holes, blinded by the fall
Of large cinders and the target for fall
ing basaltic masses. In the presence of
the king 129 more bodies were eXtri-
Gated from the ruins, the white and red
sand falling as though they were de-
termined not to relinquish their VIC
tins. The dead at Ottajano are said to
number $50.
The latest reports show that 243
houses have been damaged at Portici,
1875 at San Giovanni and Teduccio, 432
at Resina and 1000 at Tore del Greco.
1t Is impossible to determine the exact
number of buildings demolished at Tore
Annunziata. It is estimated that about
5000 houses in all have been partly or
entirely destroyed. In the villages on
the Ottajano side of the mountain all
the houses are damaged. At NoIa des-
olation reigns, the place having been
almost entirely abandoned.
The Holmes County times., 1906-04-20
BEN FRANKLlN's PORTRAIT
by the Graceful Act of Earl Grey Tt
VIII be Seen At the Frank
lin BicentenRry Celebration.

Ne wYork.-The long-lost portrait Of
Benjamin Franklin, from the famous
gallery in Dorchester house, London,
at present the residence of Ambassador
WhitelaW Reid. which has been restored
to the United States by Earl Grey, the
governor general of Canada, arrived
Sunday on the American line steamship
st. Paul. The tin case containing the
canvas was addressed to "The Hon.
orable President Theodore Roosevelt,
Washington. In view of the approach
Ing bicentenary Franklin celebration,
soon to be held in Philadelphia, Earl
Grey, who, with Countess Grey, was re-
Gently entertained In this country,
thought 1t fitting that the picture
should be restored at this time. The
portrait went to England during the
revolutionary period, and became the
property of Earl Grey, a great grand
father of the present earl. 1t was taken
from Franklin's home in Philadelphia.
The painting has been cleaned and re.
vanished, and is in excellent condition.
1t depicts Franklin at an earlier period
of his life than the generally-known
pictures show him.
1t was forwared to Washington with
out delay.