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Middletown transcript., 1906-03-10
Mutual Loan Association

The Annual Meeting OF the Mutual
Loan Association of Middletown, Della
ware, will be held on
tuesday Eve, MAR. 10th, 1906
At 7.o'clock,
for the purpose of electing a President,
Vice-P President. Secretary and Treasurer to
serve one year, and three Directors to
serve three years. The books are now
open for the sale oPstoek of the Thirty
Fourth Series.
ALFRED @. cox, Secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

bred thousandfold more terrible-and am Innocent
ordered meal in the restaurant and sat idly glanc
ing the evening paper while ii prepared. The
room was almost empty there being only some three
four customers; but in the the window
sat man Of peculiar swarthy in complex
ion with long struggling mustache and deep piercing
eyes
He looked up as I entered, and, now 1 all the
events. seemed to give glance of recognition. took
notice of it time, for never. to
knowledge, the before.
Presently felt slight ping against my newspaper.
as though tiny missile had been propelled at it,
looked the top, and the eyes of the in
the corner directed straight at and the table
lay pellet Of bread. Then. with adrot flick Of
his finger and thumb ne shot dmnutive ball Of
across the and landed it exactly beside my plate
Curiosity impelled me to unroll it, and could feel his
eyes were watching me all the while.
few words in French we're scrubbed upon it which
translated read Tonght-nne" and then followed an
address in Jersey City.
/ made a mental of the paper
tore into fragments and scattered them the floor
Evidently this agreed signal with the man
for whom he took for he raised his glass with
a nod to me as though he would say 4" Your heath!'
quaffed thes contents
l continued my meal wondering what it meant and
whether there would be sequel to his mistake. A
for adventure suddenly born my veins
l waited wondering whether the having deIv-
eredas he believed to the right manhis message, would
depart
But he did not; he ordered another coffee and a
HQueur and sat cOntentedly smoking his cigaret
IDENTIFY either awaiting action my part,
such as the man he took me to be would have given.
he had determined to stay until I ready
part, and to speak to in the street.
The restaurant beginning to FILL and. finish
ing my dinner, paid the bill, tipped the waiter
departed 1 passed up Broadway by Herald Square
theater now a blaze of light the man was at my elbow
and wnen paused look the photographs
exhibited OF the bioscOpe pictures he paused too
/ walked again. and he kept level with In
stinctivey my steps turned the ferry
address upon the paper singing in my mind.
l crossed of the quiet squares he spoke TO
French.
Monsieur" he said, all arranged. These are
the Jewels You will give them to her." He thrust a
green morocco leather into my hand You go
Havre The rendezvous there is the Hotel Rouge
Crox." And turning his heel, without waiting a re-
ply, he swiftly away.
o, had l been wise. should have let the adventure
end then and there, opened the and its
tents-done anything but the mad headstrong foolish
thing which l did; and that fatal thing walk
towards the address l had read upon the paper.
When l think of it l realize what
ity possessed
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
~ f. CONDEMNED BUT INNOCENT. By ft &B l

shirt front crimson. j was CHASTITY sight indeed
A red before my eyes and the whole ter
thing like frghtfu nightmare before
I realized in vivid flash, swift the cutting
CLEAN lightning the sky that locked in the
with the body of who had been murdered
and that-heaven above!-I should be accused Of the
murder!
was fresh back the city; 1 had friends;
there hours be accounted for, and prove
allb for the time when the murder must have been
committeeman. judging from the of the body
recent-would be impossble
/ trapped-trapped like in a cage! I dashed
across door strOve with all my strength to
it open. but 1t resisted every effort / turned
the window and drawing the thick velvet curtains
little side. peered out Escape was impossible
that saw a cab drive swiftly from the house,
and turn the
Then went across to the fireplace to find
weapon to break down the door, and started back
though blow had struck In the face. for there
the mantel shelf my photograph!
What horrible mesh this I'm which
gled? took the photograph, and gazed at it I'm
widerment. turned II and the OF the
photographer the back" Karl Zeister Dresden"
Now l never had been in Dresden in my life! How
came my portrait had been taken by Dresden
photographer? How came it that it was in that awful
room, with that CHASTITY horror lying the floor?
| dazed for moment and then ! all.
II my photograph all, but that a man
who was So exactly like me that al a first glance even
l had been deceived looked at my scared white
face the mantel shelf-the likeness
startling I heard read Of doubles before but
had realized the possibility of such fatal
blsnce.
The man. whoever he was. was exactly my second
self, the thing became explainable
BY vagary of Fate had returned o
York very ngh-the night Of all others-when
an appointment with this double OF mine to
be In the restaurant. l gone there. had been
mistaken for him Why he had not / shall never
Then Sursued by furies. broke open the door
sprang downstairs, rushed wildly the open door
way.
late, \ policeman stood there, aad seen
the door wide open and mad found sign life
In the house in response his persistent ringing
/ remembered having heard il pealing l broke
down the door. The woman had flown, the place
empty the dead upstairs.
They took 10 the station. ana the day to
police My Identity the whose photo
graph the floor beside the victim was
tablished the satisfaction ALL
And now ii is all over, Tomorrow die for
the murder OF a had before
Why he murdered and by whom. I never snail
know. All that l do know is the awful that l am
innocent!
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
Anonyn1a's Portrait.

SSAASA

Her beishR perhaps you d deem her tall
To be e1aet, Just fiVe feet seben.
Her archias feet are not too small,
Her cleaning eyes are bits of heaben.
Slim are her hands, yet not too zVee-
Ieould not fancy useless fingers;
Her hands are all that hands should be,
And o7vn toucb qvhoSe memory fingers.
The hue that lights her opal cheeks
Recalls the pink that tints cherry.
Upon her chin dinple speaks
o4 disposition blfhe and merry.
Her speech does ripple like brook;
Its sound a heart of stone zvould soften.
Though SqDeetness shines in eperv look,
Yet laughs she neither loud nor often.
In nlirB and noe her Voice is LozU,
Her calm demeanor neper flaHered;
Her eVery accent seems to go
Straight TO ones heart as soon as uttered.
She ne 'er ooquets as Others do;
Her tender heart zVoald neper let her.
Where does she GzVeA? I1UOuld / knezU!
As yet. alas! Foe neper met her.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07
F1ERBEpT'
SIMS

paradise of boarding houses and hotes-and through
windows with undrawn blinds could see many. a group
dng the final of late dinner lounging
at their
quarter to nine struck while I was stn wandering
aimlessly district and then decided to to
the nearest hotel and take room for the night To
make my way in that direction had to pass through
the street and by the door of the house mentioned in
the mysterious flung to me hour or so before
in the restaurant.
Instinctivey l paused for a moment, and my
guardian angel slept and Fate played fatal
The door flung open, and a woman stood in
the entrance handsome woman could perceive by
glow of red electric lamps in the hall There was
a look Of and wild anxiety in her eyes, and
little hystercal for help escaped from her lips
Fate greater than myself, greater than my de-
termination not TO carry out the mission thrust upon
me, for my hand forced. This, without doubt was
the woman l to to whom was to give the
jewel my pocket and throwing discretion to the
winds I darted up the steps. asking exeitedly:
What is the What l do for you?'
90 it is terrble-awfulr she cried My husband $
Ill upstairs! I think he must have gone madH'
had stepped into the hall and she pushed the door
doubtless to the possibility of
curious idlers gathering round.
He is MISUNDERSTANDING He has threatened to kill
me. l know what to do! The servant has
the doctor but am too frightened to in the
house alone!'
Fool that was 1 offered to stay until the servant
house deadly quiet, and that / on
wrong side of the street door tremor seemed
seize me- l would have given great deal 70 have
been in the streets again. But because is get
ting scared adventure has foolishly under
taken leave woman in distress,
waited
No sound from the above, fully a
quarter hour had elapsed Of this inactivity /
chafed the inacton; l longed to escape l spoke
commonplace but somehow / dared refer
the packet i'm my pocket.
/ could no longer and for want
any better suggestion volunteered upstairs
husband
Together assembled pausing a the
first landing, she threw it open and switched on the
electric light The apparently empty and |
entered and walked forward had advanced half
a dozen steps before the electric light suddenly
out the slammed locked, and ] tTipped
over something and headong the floor.
In the darkness realized il the body Of a man.
and / rose swiftly my feet and felt my way
doorway. found switch the electric light
turned it again. and the horror of the situation in
which / placed crashed into my brain,
The body the floor that Of a murdered
mana man stabbed with a long stletto,
blood oozng from the wound had stained his
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

Deliberately mad usurped the position of some other
who to have kept that appointment in the
taurant and afterward in mad folly had not dis
abused the mind his confederate of the had
accepted the mission out for the other and
walking toward the house in Jersey City carrying
packet that might contain jewels. orr realize 1t
nova bomb might even be the emissary of gang
OF anarchists nihists and would take my life in my
hands did not think of 1t then, far less did realize
that the end of it all to be death by the
hangman.
had thrust the packet l give her into my
overcoat pocket, and somehow weird curiosity pos
sessed TO the who be the recipl-
ent OF these jewels Then emily a douche cold
common sense TO knew for which
to ask, password give when knocked door,
and determined to proceed further in the enter
prise. | would tine house.
still could not tear myself away from the neigh
bOrhood i'm which it situated weird. uncanny
fascination held to these dismal Jersey
SSSSSS eSs>ss
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

s-n, AM writing this in the condemned cell.
1871 am to be hanged tomorrow for murder
sKNE u \ yet I am innocent. know nothing of the
VMI 4 I crime for which l am to suffer, or tAe
H for which it committed. All
X6@MNAv 1 know. and all realize in all its bitter
R&0H@eE ness is that have been a fool.
Many has been fool before me
has paid for his folly. but have paid the
penalty which shall and yet IL is all simple and
apparently straightforward that scarcely wonder
at prosecution verdict the jury.
No man could expect them to believe my story.
yet It the actual solemn truth, and its very
truth into the category of glaring improbabty
l had only returned America that fatal night some
two months ago. After rowing absence abroad for
many years l had back. drawn by the irresist-
ibe magnet Go where WILL wander where likes
through all the cities Europe-Paris, with
wards Lucerne. with its lake and snowcad peaks; Ma
pies, giOFes Of and sky-alas that shall
never them again-the mind of the American inevi
tably turns left the station and walked into
Broadway it seemed to that the city
had looked more attractive. There was music in the
noise and hustle of traffic, a subtle something in
atmosphere of the streets that spoke the word
home
stroIled on across Lafayette square. one
smaller restaurants that had been amongst my
favorite before my restless
ing about Europe. truth be told. get
ting low funds-the careful accumulatons Of years
all rapidly dissipatsd when is solely pleas
bent-and must again to old craft of jour
nalsm.
Little did I dream that that night was to provide
plenty sensation for other newspaper with
sef-my forgotten selfthe pivot around which awful
tragedy evolved 1t early for dinner but the walk
had given appetite and pushed open the door
II the restaurant II had been modernzed
last visit OF three four and
the proprietor walters different There was
one who recognized me. How curse this fact now;
all part OF a eircumstantial chain Of events
Fate Destny-Or call il what you will-had
planned for my destruction.
praetically-nay. absolutely-the any
other newly arrived stranger / had friends go
and be confessed although l felt home
To be back New York | was deadly lonely There is
no more awful solitude than the solitude Of crowd
the solitude OF a great and whiTing city OF and
actively pursuing their pleasures their BUSH
which you have part
And yet / lie. There Is a awful a deadly,
CHASTITY solitude than all thsthe GRIM black. icy soil
condemned cell; the solitude desperation
despair. the solitude that viii broken only by
the tomorrow. The short walk from my cell: the
%. let think OF it, l shall go mad.
conceive the horror this awful even
who blood guilty is paying the just pen
atty of his crime; but the is a nun-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

the only person i'm the The Jewel box the
table undisturbed nothing had been touched: but
the diamond necklace nowhere in sight. There
trace to show that one had entered and
left. nothing disturbed in the nothing to
show that one had been in the ROOM but the neck
lace longer In the maids hands
Mrs. Higgins. securing her accustomed control of
herself ordered the maid to step into the hall and
summon Mr.. Higgins. But the girl unable to
apparently from fear. Her mistress angrily
stepped to the wall and pressed a bell button In
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

AM writing this in the condemned cell.
am to be hanged tomorrow for murder, and
yet I am innocent. l know nothing of the
crime for which / am to suffer, or the
reason for which it was committed All
/ know, and all realize in all its bitter
ness. is that have been a fool.
Many a man has been a fool before me
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-07

T hardly is probable that you heard Of
the Higgins diamond robbery. even at
the time 1t took place. The robbery never
was reported fully in the papers. There
were rumors circulated for a long time
to the effect that Mrs. Higgins, leader
of north side society. had lost her dia-
rnnnds thrnnrh a rnrsferinus fhaff hut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29

ceived notions about equilibrium with
his wheels and does things that give
half his audience the AL overs" The
kinodrOme is a regular cOrnucOpia of
good things.
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Orpheum.

Salt Lakers with the vaudeville habit
well cultivated Will regret to learn that
they VIII have to swear off" after
Saturday night Of this week. On that
date the Orpheum'S curtain falls to
rise no more for the summer season.
AS result of this there will be many
little theater parties this week to pay
off social scores. The bill prepared is
a good one, including at the top no less
than the brilliant LOpezes of Madrid
where they have been amusing music
lovers for many years. These two are
finished musicians and their range of
accomplishment is almost without linn
it. Ryder has a band of little people
from the Philippines, Africa and South
America who have not yet learned to
wear clothes with comfort: neither do
they speak the English tongue. These
little simians are better trained it is
said, than any other band in the
country. and VIII afford endless amuse-
ment to both Old and young folks
Then there is Flo Adler: she sings a
lot of popular songs, and sings them
we'll. Miss Adler has q flexible voice
and a charming personality Of the sort
that picks up her audience and shakes
them in their seats till they feel good
and just cannot help enjoying them
selves. Rose and Ellis do lot of
stunts in sidestepping and jumping
over barrels that would make Battling
Nelson green with envy. Earl and VIII
son do not wear the collars which their
name has given vogue TO- but they Go
hand out comedy musical number
that is simply awful--ly good. Reck-
less Recklaw upsets d lot of precon-
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Blanche Walsh

Blanche Walsh. whose splendid work
in Resurrection and the SardOu dra-
mas has placed her i'm the foremost
ranks of great actresses, Will be seen
al the Salt Lake theatre on Friday and
Saturday evenings in Clyde Fitch's
most successful play, The Woman in
the Case" which proved to be the dra-
matte sensation of the season in New
York last winter and which after a four
months run at the Herald Square the
atTe and a brief summer vacation re-
turned to New York in August for a run
at the Madison Square theatre.
That Mr. Fitch should have been
selected to write q play for Blanche
Walsh. whose chief distinction lies in
her ability to depict the most intense
emotions, seems strange at first, and
yet the explanation offered by her man
ayers shows that there was an excel
lent reason for such a radical change
from the style of plays in which their
star has been seen For several years
Blanche Walsh has been before the
fOOtlightS in a series of greWsOme, al
though powerful problem plays It is
true that in this field she has won great
personal triumph but her managers.
Messrs. Wagenhals & Kemper. did not
wish the impression TO prevail that she
was tied to this department Of the dra-
ma, and, moreover, they did not wish
il to be forgotten that youth and beau
" were among Miss W3tSh'S most
valuable assets. Miss Walsh herself
thought that q respite frOm the prob
lem play was desirable, and that dra-
ma which, though forceful, would at
the same time provide entertainments.
Y the article to seek. In such a di-
rection no dramatist of known ability
could furnish a sharper contrast to
Resurrection and similar plays in
which she has recently been appearing
than could CLYDE Fitch. For this rea-
son he was commissioned to provide
her with a play. and the result was
The Woman in the Case" the biggest
popular success the New York stage
has known in several seasons. Mr..
Fitch was asked TO place the action Of
the play where he is most at home
among the social set in New York
city. It was also stipulated that Miss
Walsh was to be provided with a role
that would permit her 20 wear a Sc
RES OF beautiful gowns. Both of these
conditions were carried out and the
result is vivid picture Of New York
and its smart set with strong CON
trast furnished by slimpses Of Bo-
hernia
1t has become a generally accented
idea OF late years that an actress az
emotional and tragic power can fp.
no opportunity for the exDloitinf. a.
her talent except in the impersonat i3..
of an immoral woman. 1t is il pset-
ting this theory that Mr.. FitCn ha-
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she began to show musical talent for
the stage, playing children's part with
the local plays and reciting for the
different lodges. She then began her
studies under one of Americas great
est actresses, and completed her edu-
cation at the Loretta Abbey. in TOrOn-
to, and took up the stage as her LIES
work, playing leading roles at the age
of 10. and has since been leading lady
in quite a few of successful dramas.
Miss Tucker has also starred in her
own stock company, playing such parts
as Juliet Parthenia, GaIatea, Esmeral-
da in "Notre Dame" and Pierre in
The Two Orphans" She also played
Zoe in the "OctOTOOn," and the leading
pa$ in Kit, the Arkansas Traveller"
with the late Henry Manpan, the last
season of that actors career.
Miss Tucker viii be seen by Salt
Lake theatregoers for three weeks
only, commencing Sunday, April %.
Her opening bill will be the great sue
cess The Two Orphans" On account
of the summer season, the prices will
be 10c, zoe and soc.
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RUBIN GOLDNARK COMING
Celebrated Lecturer to be Heard in
"Lohengrin" in Unity Hall on
Tuesday Evening.

Rubin Goldmark, the wizard Of the
Wagnerian opera, comes for the third
time to a Salt Lake audience Tuesday
evening. He has chosen for his lecture
this season ''LOhengrin.' and those who
have heard him in the "Neibelungen Lied
need not be urged to hear him again in
the new lecture.
Before the tour of the Savage Grand
Opera company to the west last year.
Goldmark was employed by Savage to
prepare the way for better under
standing OF the works TO be presented,
and those who heard only the evangel
were better off than those who heard
the operas without first hearing Gold
mark. Mr.. GOldmarks subjects seem to
fill his whole being and he brings to
their presentation a most intelligent in
depreciation in addition to the love Of
music which is essential to his presenta-
ton. The lecture Tuesday evening is to
be given in Unity han, under the com
bined auspices Of the music section of
Gle
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PROMISE OF THE THEATRES.

The San Francisco disaster has
worked havoc with local theatricals.
Several big attractions scheduled for
the salt Lahe theatre. notably Babes
in Toylald" and the SOthern- MarloWe
combination. have been cancelled, and
other cancellations are expected.
Blanche Walsh is coming in the last
half of this week, sooner than was
he is lucky to get her at all.
The OrPheum is compelled to close
two weeks earlier than was antici-
pated. Manager Jules F. BiStes said
last night that this would be the last
week of the season at that playhouse.
He will provide an exceptionally good
bill in Lopez and Lopez, Spanish mU-
steal artists; Ryder and his monkeys;
Flo Adler in popular songs; Rose and
Ellis, barrel jumpers; Earl and Will
son, musical set; Reckless Reckshaw,
bicycle comedian, and the kInOdrome.
The Grand is not affected in any
way. Neither is the Lyric. Both VIII
play out their seasons as contemplated
The Grand. indeed. viii run straight
through the summer with various ten
twenty, thirty combinations.
Roney's Boys. who will be heard at
the Tabernacle next Saturday evening,
give what is said to be one of the fin
est musical programmes ever heard
anywhere. They have never appeared
in concert here but, as their fine repu-
tatiOn has preceded them and as their
prices are popular, a large audience
VIII doubtless turn out.
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THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES.

, SALT LAKE THEATRE-To- =
, morrow evening, for the benefit OF =
y the Free Kindergarten association. =
= Ned Royle's plays, Captain I'm =
p pudence" and Trips Troubles" Y
= with strong casts made uD OF To- =
= cal talent: Friday and Saturday q
= evenings and Saturday matinee. =
y Blanche walsh in THE Woman in =
> the Case =
ORPHEUM-Last week, vaude- =
Vile Matnees, Tuesday, Thurs =
3 day, Saturday. =
GRAND-This evening and y
= through Wednesday, matinee, >
y The Two Orphans; Wednesday =
< evening, Seville; Thursday, Fri =
y day and Saturday evening and y
= Saturday matinee, "Queena." =
LYRIC - This evening and =
y through Friday evening, The y
Z Cherry Blossoms" y
TABERNACLE-Sa after =
e noon and evening, "ROney'S Bows =
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