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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

season, music lovers especially apprecia-
ting his artistic playing. Arnessen cid
some truly sensational feats OF equil-
ibrism on "A wire which. while heartily
applauded. did not get nearly the meas
ure OF appreciation they meriteds
John Birch's absurdly funny burlesque
on modern melodrama was one OF the
best things on the BILL as we'll as one OF
the most novel. and he received applause
hearty and prolonged. Grace Leonard Is
a charming singing comedienne, whose
natty masculine attire was the envy OF
every youth present. Besides her fault
less costumes, Miss Leonard sings cleV-
erly. Chick, a funny tramp bicyclist who
did some good stunts: Hubert De Veau,
crayon artist; Whitman and Davis. in "a
comedy sketch, His Little Came" Hem
ry Pilcer, a clever young man who sings
and dances eXcellently: and the Keith mo-
tion pictures. with some good automo-
bile pictures completed one Of the best
all-round bills Keiths has had this sea-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

cock and his second season, Easy Daw-
SON proved not TO be a success and THE
Galloper" Is now being tried out. II may
be passed upon with a word OF confidence
chat what Easy Dawson" failed TO do.
''The Galloper" seems pretty sure TO ac-
cofnplish-that IL, start Mr. Hitchcock
successfully ON the road as a comedian
without any musical attachment which,
as be Indicated In a felicitous speech last
evening. is understood 20 be Mr. Hitch
cocks ambition.
THE Galloper' promises further to do
for Mr. Hitchcock what THE Dictator"
did for Mr., William Collier. for instance.
"A couple OF seasons agO-resCue the season
for the comedian. Mr.. Davis now, as
then gives fs something new in farce,
something breezy hearty and wholesome.
something that speaks Of reality, even
though II may be given a farcical twist
The GallOper" Is "a story OF war cor
respondents. a field i'm which the play
wright is perfectly al home. It's scenes
ARE -knn1Xn-In- only vaguely and chiefly
through the work OF the real war cor
Davis in creating his atmosphere that the
environment is like your own ncghbor-
hood TO the audience before the first act
IL half finished. For reasons purely far
cial. which Us 10 say papably artificial
the hero takes the name and assumes
the functions OF another man. for the
performance OF whose mission In life he
IS strikingly lacking IN equipment Out
OF which crops the fun Of the farce or
course, there Is a woman in the case
indeed several Of her. and the hero finds
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

the balance wheel being. Of course, the
bishop.
Mr. Thompson needs no introduction to
the theatre going people-they all know
him and 10 see him is TO appreciate his
artistic ability. In his Interpretation OF
OF 'The Bishop he is at hts very best
the part fits him like the proverbal
glove lie Is lovable. broadminded. un-
selfish and last but not least, has that
sense OF humor that stands him well In
hand. In facial expression and intonation
OF voice Mr.. Thompson Is past master
he has perfect control Of both and he
talks at times with his eyes Yes. even
the lines Of his face. To sum Mr.. Thomp-
con ND IN his part or the bishop Mr..
Thompson Is perfect. A less capable ar
tiet in the part would completely spoil
the piece. for ~ Is about this character
that the action revolves.
Miss Drina De Wolfe as the Duchess
does exceptionally well. She has. at
times In other piecs appeared
too affected-too STACEY but she has lost
this TO n great degree. and last night she
gave clever demonstration OF her abll-
ity. although nj times she was Inclined TO
force the love-making a bit ana not stick
closely TO that propriety that one might
expect 10 find in duchess
MIR. Ince. ne the young nephew. Heri-
court. did very well I'm rather n difficult
part. I'm which to overdo meant much.
and 20 underdo. quite the same lie
struck n happy medium Miss Wallace.
as Barbara Arrcton. was charmingly girl
ish. az times inclined 90 amateurishness.
but. on the whole. did well. while Miss
Stoyie. as the sister of tho bishop made
all there was out Of n rather small part.
ON the whole The Bishop cannot fail
TO please IL is delightfully."- refreshing
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

consists OF eight cute little charmers and
they, with their olders associates. just
about fill up the stage, and. Furthermore.
they are all good singers. This gathering
Of pretty girls is seen in a number oil
well executed evolutions. and the many
styles OF costumes worn by them are also
a feature. The performance begins with
a musical melange called The Adviser. 80
In which Mr.. Ed Gourey and James r.
Cooper. who have the comedy end In
charge. are all that could he asked for.
The Harrison Sisters. who are newcom-
ers. besides being winsome little girls,
are excellent singers and dancers.
Berry and Berry follow in one OF the
best comedy musical acts OF the season.
Gourley. Sully and Gourley. comedy aero
bats. are next on the bill. and that IN ~
get of the stage without broken limbs Is
something OF a mystery Their acrobatic
work Is as good as the comedy element
OF their act
James and Lucia Cooper in what they
call "Toughtalk' make a decided hit and
the olio closes with 'Gayoscope." present
ing the Moons Lover and "Raffles the
Dog"
Way Up Yeast" a satire by Mr.. John
J. Black. Is given for the closing number.
and this Is full OF music. comedy and ife.
and every member or the company takes
part. The opening and closing numbers
are very prettily staged and tho greater
portion Of tho musical numbers are new
This pleasing hill will be given every
afternoon and evening during the week
and will be followed by Rice a Barton's
Big Gaiety company.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

II was'.Mr. william VI. Thompson In
THE Bishop. by Mrs. Craigie John
oliver Hobbes) and Murray Carson at the
Shubert last'night and II was. indeed one
Of tho sweetest and cleanest comedies
that a Providence audience has had the
opportunity to witness in a long time.
There is no deeply laid plot. there are
no tense situations. the element Of prob
lem is not apparent to any great degree
il is simply a delightful reposeful and
thoroughly congenial story which appeal
ed, undoubtedly, to every one who heard
IT,
The main character about whom the
play is built is the bishop, portrayed by
Mr.. Thompson who has a nephew, Fran
els Hericourt, and like many susceptible
young men OF his age. grows luke warm in
his love FOR the sweet young girl his
mother has desired him to marry. This
love, has been transferred 10 the young
Duchess of Qnenton. (Miss Drina De
Woife) who having not only money good
looks and magnetism, is a widow.
Note. n widow
The Duchess, the widow who
has evidently had some previous
love affairs OF her own also i'm
(she probably really is) Notwithstanding
the fact that If she marries again
the fortune inherited from her husband
goes 20 the diocese presided over by the
bishop. The bishop seeing how the affair
lies. takes a hand and in his own way
begins TO work out the salvation Gt may
be termed this) of the three people and
bring the young nephew 10 his senses He
awakens the better nature of the Duchess
so that eventually she gives up the young
man even though in the act he looses
the money for the diocese.
1t is the friendly conflict of words be
tween the bishop and the Duchess, the
manner i'm which the man OF the church
displays his knowledge OF human nature,
that affords the great interest To the play.
To repeat, there are no tense situations
to speak ofthe piece moves along to
the end i'm a perfectly natural manner.
The humor Is delicate and refned-there
are no super1uous gestures or words i'm
/ the dialogue: little scenes enacted mean
something and In their pantomme imply
as much as words at times. Human ma
ture enters TO a great degree in the piece.
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DISCUSSED RAILROADS
Edward p. DawIeY Addressed Free Evaa-
geIIcaI Church Mems Club

The monthly meeting Of the Mems club
Of the Free Evangelical Congregational
church was held last evening. President
n. B. Hagan presided. The speaker Of
the evening was L. p. Dawley, chief of
the civil engineering department OF the
road.
Mr.. Dawley spoke on The Maintenance
and Improvement Of Steam Railroads -
He explained many of the details Of rail-
road management. showing plans and
pictures bearing on railroad construction.
The speaker also discussed the plans
Of the Consolidated relative to the tunnel
under College hill.
From today on The News Will be the
official medium OF daily communication
between the merchants Of Providence and
the purchasing public.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

Mr.. Ward was the son of the late Alb
ner Ward OF Middetown. his mother be-
ing Margaret, daughter OF the late Felix
Peckham of the same town.
He was born i'm June. 1926 In Middletown
and lived there all his life, engaging I'm
agricultural pursuits. Mr.. Ward married
Anna Sara, daughter of Jacob Sherman.
and had seven children. Mrs. Lyman
Barker. Charles III. Ward. George r.
Ward, A. Herbert Ward Joseph Hooker
Ward. Mrs. Sara s. Peabody and Frank
NJ. Ward. Charles II. Is town treasurer
and a member Of the house. A. Herbert is
president of the town council. Mr.. Ward
as a Republican had held many town Of
Rpae
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16
WESTMINSTER THEATRE.

Sam A. Scribners Gay Masqueraders
opened weeks engagement at the West
Minister theatre, and were greeted by two
large audiences. and gave a very enjoya-
BILE bill. one of the leading attractions
Is the chorus Of young ladies, and while
this chorus is larger than that of most
companies that come to this popular place
OF amusement, Mr.. Scribner was not salts
fied for this season he had added what
he calls a Shetland Pony Ballet, which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16
BODY IDENTIFIED
lanes CTonln feii From the Arthur tVsru,
Railroad Bridge Saturday Night

The body found under the Arthur ave-
nue. bridge Sunday morning has been iden-
tifed as that of James Cronin, 81 years
old
Cronin was a weaver and had worked
in several Of the Olneyville mills.
He leaves n widow. who resides some
where in this city. .
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The THEATRES

10 do something a trine better As star
in musical burlesd%e and extravaganza
II was frequent criticism OF Mr. Hitch
cock that he didn't have any voice and
couldn't sing anyway-but when he under
takes straight comedy the same critic
and friends are wont TO eXclaim against
him for leaving "A field for which he Is so
bountifully qualifed-qute forgetting that
little matter OF vocal equipment! But
"The Galloper" seems pretty sure TO make
Mr.. Hitchcock more acceptable than ever.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16
CUT HIS THR OAT


John b. Ward OF Middletown commit
ted suicide at Newport Sunday by cut
ting his throat. The cause was old age
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.

Al tho Providence Opera house FOR tho
FIRST half Of the week with matinee to-
morrow. Henry W. Savage oH.rs his disc
tinctively different comedian Raymond
Hitchcock in the new farce "rho Gal-
loper." by Richard Harding Davis.
This is the newest venture Of MrHitch-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

For store news read The News. u gives
the official announcement from seller TO
buyer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16
SHUBERT THEATRE.

Ambrose. Bishop OF Rance .............
...................Wi William ". Thompson
Francis Hericourt. his nephew .......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thomas H. Ince
Monsignor Campden....L Louis Bishop Han
Mrs Hericourt. sister TO the Bishop.
.........................Ca Carrie Lee Stoyle
Barbara Arreton ............ Fay Wallace
Brother Hillary ........... NJ Alexander
The Duchess Of Quenton. Drina De Wolfe
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-16

The sale OF seats for Margaret Anglin's
forthcoming engagement in her most pre-
tentious character. "Zira" began at the
Shubert theatre yesterday morning and
the early demand promised all sorts OF
success for the beautiful player. IL II
said that Miss Anglin's present organlza-
ton II one Of the largest straight dra-
matte companies ever sent on tour. Miss
Anglin appears 10 be a popular quality
with both city and out-of-town theatre
gocrs. for considerable of the early de-
maud for seats came by mail and phone
from neighboring towns
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NOTES FROM STAGElkND

A play with one OF the best titles any
OF the dramatists have made use of In
many years. "The Woman in the Case.
will be seen at the Providence Opera
House the first three nights Of next week.
with rhe famous dramatic actress Blanche
Walsh at the head OF the cast A better
name for a modern society drama could
hardly he imagined It would NJ an in
finite variety OF plays. for the prime fac
tor I'm aNy dramatic problem Is invariably
woman. This is the latest OF the Clyde
Fitch dramas, and was voted by the pub
lie and critics of New York as being the
best OF the many popular successes CON
tributed by this prolific author. The scene
Is laid In New York and its action Is sup
posed 10 he the present time There are
four scenes. two OF them representing
sumptuous interiors rejecting the uxuri-
Gus homes of New Yorks 400 Another
represents an apartment Of questionable
repute In the uptown tendorloin. and an
other Is a faithful reproduction Of the
visitors room In the famous Tombs prs-
on. Managers Wagenhals and Kemper
will carry the complete production on tour
just as seen for four months NJ the Her
aid Square theatre. New York city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-25
STORIES OF DELAYED TRAINS
In One Instance the Cause Was GaSshoppes on the Track
Another Time JaCkabbtS Did It,

be too bewildered 10 make any attempt
to get out of the way. 1t was at night
that we were held up, and it was about
ZOE miles west of Santone. We struck
a bunch of the rabbits that threat
ened TO throw us off the track when the
engine commenced grinding them up.
The train was brought to u standstill
and all the trainmen sent ahead TO
drive the Dummies off the track with
sticks while, the train followed along
at a snaiPs- pace. 1t took us an hour TO
get away from them, and there must
have been hundreds of thousands of
the lOng-leaping brutes in the drove.
/ have been on the road many years,
but never have / seen so strange a
sight
THE western roads don't have as
much trouble making schedule time as
they used to-" said an old gentleman
who hailed, from Topeka. when the
Pacific roads We're first built an engi-
neer had enough exciting experiences
in year to fill a yellOwbacl novel. for
Indians and bandits were numerous and
busy in those days. and nature, too, had
habit of putting unexpected obstacles
in the way of the locomotives progress.
I have been on trains at least half a
dozen times when we were forced to
stop to- allow a herd of buffaloes to
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NEWS SECTION.

and getting behind her. she made him
change his mind very quickly by a shot
which took off his hat
1T was an absurd Eituation-one lone
woman holding up a train and forcins=
the crew and passengers to stand at a
distance while she clamored for the en-
gineer's blood! We were at our wits
ends. The train had been delayed an
hour, and we still could see no way
out of our dilemma when a very
strange and pathetic thing happened.
A pretty little golden-haired child came
running across the fields. on the left
of the right of way. We shouted TO
her to go back, but she paid no atten-
ton to US. Our cries caused the woman
to turn her head She saw the child,
dropped the gun, threw up her hands
and fell across the track in a dead
faint.
."'The child, We learned from neigh
bors who came struggling over to us
after the need for them had passed,
was her own, the one she believed had
been killed. She had been temporarily
erazed, by fever, and the little girl had
been taken to stay with relatives until
she recovered. Missing the little one
she in some way conceived the idea that
the child had been run over and killed.
afsd so, slipping out of bed when her
attendant was out of the room. she
clothed herself, seized a gun and came
to the railroad track with but one
thought in her infiamed brain-the en-
gineer had killed her baby and she
must kill him.
And gentlemen" the railroad man
&C included, as he refilled his pipe, that
poor. denented woman came within a
quarter OF. an inch of sending me over
the Jordan with her first shot, the mar
rewest margin ever had"
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Isl. Louis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The train had been held at way sta
ton fifteen minutes. No one but the
conductor knew why. and he declined
to give any information. The nervous
passengers were Tuning and fretting'
and even the fortunate ones without
nerves were beginning to say things in
italics when the train started on, ieav-
ing the mystery unsolved.
Speaking of strange delays, said
the red-headed man as he readjusted
himself i'm his faVorite corner of the
smoking compartment. 81 was on that
train down in Texas q few weeks ago
when it was held up by jack rabbits.
Il saw that story" said passenger
from New Orleans, but ] thought ii
was a reporters pipe dream"
1t was the truth, all right" declared
the red-headed man. 1T had been
pretty dry in West Texas up to that
time. The jack rabbits had found bet
Ter forage in the railroad right of way
than anywhere else on the plains. and
they congregated along and on the
track in such numbers as to give the
railroad men considerable trouble, par
ticularly at night. when they would be
attracted by the headlight of the loco
motive. and would hop on the track
and stay there until killed. seeming to
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THE SALT LAKE HERAI.D SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1906

along at a comfortable gait of about
thirty-five miles an hour when, on
rounding curve a few miles west of a
little place called Burbank, was sur
priced to see a woman standing on the
track about. quarter OF mile ahead
of us. The fireman sounded the whis-
tie, but She didn't move. AS she was
facing US knew there was something
wrong, and in an instant i had shut off
steam, reversed and put onethe brakes.
Even then / felt sure We must strike
her IL she kept on the track, and I can
tell you, gentlemen, spent several. very
anxious seconds just then As we came
nearer to her j saw that she had gun
in her hand, and my anxiety was
changed to a feeling stronger and more
personal when she raised the gun, took
deliberate aim at my side of the cab
and fired The ball carried away lock
of my hair, and ] dropped down behind
the boiler. / had done all could to
stop the train, and didn't care to be
murdered She continued 10 bang away
as the engine bore down upon her. .ap-
pareftiy with no thought of her terri=
Bile danger, and every moment L was
expecting to hear her death shrek.
Il heard her shrek, but it was not the
cry that.I was listening for. 1t was a
cry of rage instead of pain. The engine
came to. stop with. the cowcatcher
not twenty feet from her. and then she
called for me. She didn't mention my
name but knew it was. me she want
ed, for she had put five bullets in the
place .whereI should have been. -
:" Come out of that enginesyou bloody
murderer she shouted. Come out and
let me fill your body with lead till it
sinks ingthe pits, of hell, where it be-
l0nuSp = .+s.t..- ~
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could reach them they had settled on
the ground, literally covering the track
and the adjacent fields. The engineer
tried to run through them, but it was
no use. 1t was like trying to run on
a creased track. you know. Before We
had got twenty yards into the swarm
the drive wheels were spinning around
like a top, but we weren't moving an
inch. The trainmen and the passengers
got out and tried to brush them off the
rails, but they would climb on as fast
as we got them of. and finally we had
to settle down and wait until the hop
pers had devouredseverything in, sight
and were ready t6smove on. 1t was all
day and far into the night before they
permitted us to resume our journey:
but 1t impressed us with our insignifi-
canoe as nothing else could have DONE
Here was one of the most powerful ma
chimes man has devised, vet it was held
in chains, as it were, by mere Insects
These Incidents remind me of one in
my own experience" said another old
gentleman, who had been stadily snok-
ing an able-bodied but evidently much
beloved briar-root pipe. II was a loco
motive engineer for thirty years, but
never in the west. Most of my service
was in Ohio, where thrilling adventures
came rarely, even in my business, which
is popularity supposed TO be dangerous
one. But occasionally something hap
pened to relieve the monotony of train
orders and side tracks. and this episode
of curiously delayed train which am
going to; tell YOU about. was one that I
shall never forget. 1t was twenty years
ago, and I was pulling passenger trains
on. the old 'Nypano, now a part of the
Erie line, from Marion to Youngstown.
One morning in IMaY-.I, WAS run In q
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There was more to the same effect,
and / knew then, as l had suspected
before that / had a crazy. woman to
deal with. She was not in a mood to be
argued with. by me in particular, so
crawIed over the tender and got inside
the baggage CART wasn't a blind
baggage, fortunateiy-and the fireman
followed me. There took off my over
alls and jacket, put on the baggage
mans cap, and being thus disguised
got off to investigate In the mean
time the conductor and brakeman, fol-
lowed by many of the passengers, had
come forward TO see. what was up. She
had commanded them to stop by the
side of the engine, and then, recogniz-
ing the conductor by his uniform, had
ordered him to produce the engineer
.. He has killed my baby she cried.
and he must die. he must diev Bring
him out and let me send him where the
fires are hotter than his engine fur
mace
Thus she went on, and 1 can tell
you. gentlemen, il was mighty .uncom-
talk for the engineer. l hadn't
killed her baby, of course, but she
thought Il had. She was crazy; she
had a gun and she knew how to shoot
mingled with the passengers and
gradually worked my way up as near
TO her as could. Then I tried TO open
a converse ton with her. but she would
say nothing more to- me than an order
to get the engineer and get him quick,
and she emphasized the command by
pointing her weapon straight at my
head4t. I. got into the background and
let, sopepody~ else try the talking siShe
paid no attention to the passengers. ex-
cept TO hold them back with her gun,
and when one started off to one side
with the intention of making a detour