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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
Vaudeville at Lyric.

Roland Travers, the magician, heads
the bill st the Lyric vaudeville theatre
this week. The new show opened yes
terday. and at the matinee and the
evening performance there was a good
attendance. Travers has no superior
as an illusionist- At least two of the
tricks he accomplished last evening
were new ones, and from the stand
POINT of the audience was entirely I'M
explainable. Travers is sealed in a
sack and placed iii a trunk. A moment
after his imprisonment is secured the
gentleman appears in the center aisle.
He mounts the stage and unlocks the
trunk OF course it is empty.
Edsell and Forbes present an anus
ing comedy sketch entitled THE Two
Rubies." These folks are real enter
tanners. The sketch is admirably con-
srructed and very well played. 1t had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14

a run Of seventeen weeks at Proctor's
in New York.
1.-THE Messenger Boy Trio" furnish
enough amusement to make it worth
while. They do some very clever dane
ing and are heard in several new songs
One feature of the modern vaudeville
show is a good musical act. This part
of the weeks program at the Lyric Will
be very capabIy looked after by Bessie
Nelson, violinist. The personal charm
of this young performer adds cOnsid-
era bly, TO her performance.
jerome, fremont and Jerome put on
an acrobatic act that is out of the Ordi-
nary. They don't occupy very much
time on the stage, but these is some
thing doing every second while they
are in evidence. Leon Lee CHARTERS.
the tenor. has been very well received
by the patrons of the Lyric. He has
been asked to remain for another week
and will put on a couple of new illus
trated songs The Lyricscope pictures
this week include a wild west scene Of
the'early days, and is really interest
ing part of the evenings performance.
A matinee is given every day with the
exception of Sunday, and two shows
nightly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

q" Salt Lake Observation-Disclosures and &.
g. Tuesday evenings, the San Carlo 9.
" opera company. with Nine Lillian {:
Nordica and Miss Alice Nielsen. q
. Monday night La Boheme;' Tues q.
day night. Faust" Thursday. .
" Friday and Saturday evenings and G.
Saturday matinee. Blanche Walsh {.
d" in The Straight Road" d.
4" Grand.-Tomorrow evening and q.
al week. Leighton's players i'm G.
" "Zordh.' Matinccs Wednesday and .
saturday q.
OrpheUm.-AH week. vaudeville. &.
Natinees every day except Mon 4:
day. q.
Lyric. - All week, vaudeville. 6.
q" NatiEces every day. q.
9 IS: 8" &: &: . 9 9 (: {: . . 4. q: d: . 8 4.
The San Carlo opera company. with
Madame Nordica and Miss Alice Mel
sen and a number of other stars. is rated
the biggest operate organization on the
road III the United States The COM
biRation comes to The Salt Lake the
etre this week for two performances.
Monday and Tuesday evenings. Some
complaint has been heard about the TOP
price, 3, for seats. The lowest price
Is 81. II should be remembered. though,
thar the cost of such an organization is
tremendous. And really it is better to
give up good money to see one perform
aIce such rs that of the San Carlo
than 10 Gribble an aggregate Of good
money on several inferior attractions.
], isn't oftener than once in a season.
o. once in several seasons. that a COM
b'nation such as the San Carlo happens
along. IF You like grand opera of the
highest class YOU will not miss it,
X =
The local lodge of Elks must have
cleaned up a husky chunk of money on
Oh" two beTefit performances last week
The theatre was crowded both nights
anu the program maintained a high aV-
'ldge Of excellence. Lester d. Freed
vas in specially fine voice 1t is I'M
oerstood that Mir. Freed has just dis
covered his vocal talent. and the report
Is that he Is shortly TO begin a course
Of lessons under that we'll known singer
and instructor SignoT Heber J. Grant
u Signor Grant is able to teach Mr.
Freed To sing Tine Holy City" even as
Vel as he himself sings it-there will
be trouble in The land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
Leighton Players at the Grand.

OF the theatrical attractions promised
Salt Lake for the coming week prOba-
bly, the most important and the one
that gives promise of the greatest pop
ularitv is the presentation of the best
play of Russian life ever given on the
stage, "ZOrah." Edwin Arden's thrilling
tale of the persecution of the Russian
Jews in the land of the car.
''Zorah' opens. tomorrow night at the
Grand as the first of the big scenic and
dramatic productions Mr.. Leighton has
promised local playgOers. Mr.. Leighton
considers il the most powerful and In
terestinS play of Russian life ever writ
ten, and has arranged to present it with
Il scenic equipment that Will make it
one of the most realistic ana spectacu-
lar productions attempted here in years.
An augmented cast viii present the
drama, and the Leighton players will
be seen IN roles entirely different from
those in which they have appeared since
Mr.. Leighton's opening at the Grand.
Escaping the melodrama by wide
margin, ''ZOTah- is a play of the perse-
cution and punishment of the Jews in
Russia by the agents of the car. The
first two Of the four acts are laid in
Moscow ard the third act at the quick
silver mines of Siberia. Intrigue, plots
and counter-plOts follow one another
in quick succession through the action
of the play, but in all the maze of
thrilling. dramatic scenes the story Mr..
Arden tells stands out in bold relief and
runs its course to a powerful close.
Situations are original and climaXes are
brought about with a tension that grips
and holds the audience in a thrill of ex-
peCtation.
With the oppression of the Russian
Jews as his groundwork, Mr.. Arden has
written his play around the love of
Jewish rabbi, Israel Frances, for a girl
of his race. Zorah. Through happiness
and love. through trouble, imprison-
ment. days of disgrace, hate, jealousy
AMI fear. and in the end TO the quick
silver mines Of Siberia, the playwright
carries this man and woman, weaving
a story of love and suffering that holds
you spellbound with its heart interest
and intensity The lights and shadows
of a great tragedy are played with the
hand of a master. while here and there
rays of happiness and humor find their
way into the tragic realism of the play.
New York flOckeG to see '-ZOrah." and
in Chicago, at McVickeI S theatre, the
production ran for two weeks to au-
diences that filed every seat in the the
stTe. Mr.. Leighton presents it at the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14

Grand this week, confident that il will
prove one of the big hits of his engage
ment at that theatre.
Mr. Leighton will be seen as Israel
FRANCES With his power for character
lzation and expression, his presentation
OF this part will unquestionably prove
remarkable portrayal 1t is role that
gives Mr.. Leighton unlimited possibili-
ties for the exercise of the talents with
which nature has so literally endowed
him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14

81 have been so often asked whether ]
consider The Straight Road distinct
ly American drama, and must confess
that 1 cannot see that it makes much
difference What theatre-gOers desire
are plays that deal with great passions,
love, revenge, jealousy and hate. rms
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
"The Straight Road"

Blanche Walsh. acknowledged as the
foremost tragic-emotiOnal actress of
America, has created a sensation as
Mol O'Hara in Clyde Fitch's pewest
play, 1.-THE Straight Road" in which
she will be seen at the Salt Lake thea
tire next Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day nights. with matinee. Miss Walsh
comes direct from her home playhouse,
the Astor theatre, New York, and Man
ayers Wagenhals & Kemper have kept
intact the company and the production
as seen during the long metropolitan
run.
The story that ''The Straight Road"
tells is that of the redemption of a wo-
man-not a lost woman. but the simple
life history of a girl Of the slums. 1t
is not a problem play, and both Mr..
Fitch and Miss Walsh have tried to en-
phasiZe the fact that il has been writ
ten to entertain. 1t is straight
forward story in which one woman
works on another in an earnest effort
for good. The whole story of the play
is told in these words: ''The redemp-
ton of a woman 1t IS a woman who
has been reared within touch of faint
and temptation. but i woman who has
resisted this temptation. She is raised
to a higher position in society by a mis-
sion worker. and then by a noble sacri-
fee saves the fashionable mission
worker from a miserable marriage.
The company surrounding Miss
Walsh viii include Charles Dalton,
Helen Lowell. William Travers, Jessie
Ralph, William WSdsworth, Beulah
Thompson and Ida McMillen. Miss
Walsh has this to say about the play:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14

The Leighton players. it is pleasant
to note, are making good at the Grand.
Patrons of that theatre are d unit in
declaring that there has been no such
stock company at the Grand since the
early days.
The oasis., 1907-06-08
Sonora Items.

Advises from the Moctezuma dis trict convey the intelligence that a severe earthquake, one day last week, shook up El Tigre mining camp and the Mormon colony on the Bavispe river Twenty-two distinct shocks were felt. At the colony there was considerable dam age done to building.
 A special train from HermosilIo to Navajoa consisting of the special cars of President Randolph and Superintendent Oster, with two coaches, conveyed Vice President Corral and party, one day this week. They were en route to Ala mos, and to the train was attached a flat car on which were loaded several automobiles for conveyance of the illustrious party from the end of the track to the city of Ala mos, where grand reception was rendered Don Ramon.
The oasis., 1907-06-08
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fhfea man Hul a.mIHt iu up WNffun Ui lht @tny tNH ni flru muHtonei tiiblaH sfrut sHfk llu Deciine and full ol thp tlW liUmun Empire" No etd llW fhc m0sf remarkable thing about fbe Holy BmnHu Empire Was thnt it Was neither Roman nor hov "rhnt is what the opponents Of Christian Science say about Mrs. Eddy's pliIosophy." added No 3. They say that Christian science is neither scientific nor Christian" '" Whereupon No. 1, who by the way was an Irisllman, added that what Nos. Z and ! had said reminded him of the Chelsea Irishman's definition of land. lady. "A landlady," said the Chelsea lrishman, lis lady who doesn't own any land and isn't q lady ayther." It was up to No. ? to buy which he did, Mexican Herald.
 The foregoing is a good story, and it will not be spoiled in any way by venturing a remark that Gibbon did not write "The Decline and Fall of the Holy Roman En- pire." The title of his great work was Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire;;" and even that was expurgated and .emasculated by churchman (Dean Milman) before it was considered safe to en- trust it to the mirds of college students and general readers. The work known as "rhe Holy Roman Empire" was written by James Bryce, present ambassador from Great Britain at Washington.
The oasis., 1907-06-08

JAMEsTowN's exposition, so it is reported, will offer as side attrac- tion a genuine Arizona badger fight; and one of the most ferocious bad gers ever known in the territory, with a noted fighting bull dog, which has been through dozen of the most hotly contested fights, have been sent OH to contribute to the sport and amusement. When they heard of 1t some of the Noga- les sports, who had witnessed fierce fights between dogs and badgers at Phoenix and Tucson, commenced saving up money to buy round trip tickets to Jamestown.
The oasis., 1907-06-08

"FoRAKER has failed to prove an alibi for the colored soldiers" reads caption in an eastern paper. He will have no difficulty in proving an alibi for himself after the republican national convention of 1908.
The oasis., 1907-06-08
PROHIBITED BY Law.

American society will hardly be satis- fled until the details of the Corey-Gil- man nuptials shall be reproduced by the moving picture machines. Yuma Sentinel.
 The law against circulation of obscene literature and pictures would prevent.
The oasis., 1907-06-08
CHANCE THE SYSTEM.

When the question of nullifica tion was agitating the people ol the United States in the early '3Os, the great apostle of that doctrine, John c. Calhoun of South Carolina. stood up in his place in the United States senate and declared openly that unless some such check upon the general government as nullifi- cation were recognized the republic would become centralized in its government, and that under a centralized government a republic could not endure long, as lit would be followed quickly by the success slve stages of the rule of faction, corruption, anarchy and despot- ism"
 Iu San Francisco grandson of the great South Carolinian, Patrick Henry Calhoun, who IS also q grand nephew of Patrick Henry, the fiery orator of the Revolution, seems supply ing he rul of faction and corrup- tion foreshadowed by his grand father; the Carmen's Union is supplying the anarchy; and good citizens are praying for despot to terminate the disgrace and incnn- venience caused by both. But the ordinary mind fails to distinguish where there would have been any difference in the situation in the California metropolis had the South Carolina doctrine of nullifi- cation prevailed. The condition of anarchy into which that city has been thrown has no connection whatever with the relations be- tween a state and the general gov ernment. The factions are within the city; the corruption perpetrated ny Calhoun and his associates, now under indictment therefor, were perpetrated within the city and in connection with municipal affairs; the anarchy has been precipitated by the former servants of Calhoun's own corporation, within the city; the police seem powerless to protect life, property, and the people in their undeniable right to ease and facility of communication along the streets of the city; and the state, through the governor, seems supine and indifferent. During more than a month the condition of affairs has been horrible. The
The oasis., 1907-06-08
THAT'S WHAT HE THINKS.

Howard Gould appears tohave arrived at the stage where he would be glad if his wife had remained on it.-Los An geles Times
 Judging by indications it would seem that is just abont what he thinks she did.
The oasis., 1907-06-08

WHAT Is the difference between Roosevelt and q bankrupt mer- chant? The President is a trust buster, and the b. m. is bust truster.
The oasis., 1907-06-08

.intiI tho stue hla exhausted all
 t its powers and caIls for assi.t
 thee Unlike the railway riots in Chicago, in 1893, when President Cleveland sent regulars Go restore
 order the rioters .have not inter.
 tered with interstate commerce,
 which would be the only excuse
 for federal interference unless
 called by the state to do SO.
 The condition in San Francisco,
 which has occurred before, in
 other cities. but in less degree,
 IS that which was predicted by the
 political philosophers of the mo-
 narchial school in the eighteenth century, when the new government
 was established, who asserted as self evident the proposition that a republic could not outlive long the growth of great wealth, and with it the development of deep poverty and a proletariat. The founders of the republic thought that by
 making the dual form of state and federal government the danger predicted might be averted. And the Calhoun idea was "a sort of development or enlargement of that theory.
 That there should be done some thing to correct the tendency so apparent as has been shown in San Francisco is believed by many good citizens That the present system is too slow goes without saying. And that the system can be changed without wrecking popular institutions Is the belief of a large part of the American people. Under the present system, in time of domestic violence the police power of the municipality is invoked first. That failing then the military power of the state is to be called in. And that failing. the next recourse is to the strong arm of the general government. But the system has broken down right at the second step. The police are poweriess, the state will not exert its power, and the general cannot act until the state appeals. There should be change by which the regulars could be sent to the scene of such dis turbance as that at San Francisco, without awaiting the slow move ment of state governor who is playing politics"
 Of course there are those who will decry such proposition, and in it's adoption would hear sounded the death knell of the republic" But that has been heard so often since adoption of the Constitution that it has fears no longer for the men who make up the great body of the people. By some the Louisiana purchase was be- |ia vad fn ht. that daath knol1 Col |
The oasis., 1907-06-08

THE last thing laid to the car shortage is the late Spring.
The oasis., 1907-06-08
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ALLEN T. BIRD. Managing Editor. DANE D. BIRD, Business Manager.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-10-25
HOME TO BOOST.

The jamestown Exposition has
been financial failure. So we pre-.
dicted.
When Congress passed the In
terstate Commerce Act, embrac-
ing the clause prohibiting the ex-
change of transportation for news
paper advertising the success of
the jamestown Exposition was
effectually destroyed. With such
a despicable slap in the face news
papers refused to advertise or pat
ronize the enterprise and the result
was not surprising. To say that
Congress was alone responsible for
the passage of this clause is a false
premise which can never be stuff
ed down our throats. Tho law is
q farce If properly tested. Then
what are we to conclude?
The rational answer is that the
railroads caused this clause to be
inserted in the Interstate Com
merce Act. If not, then the rail
roads would have instituted pro-
ceedings long ago to annull the
clause. They have not done so,
the exposition has been a misera-
BILE failure, and the railroads, who
undertook to enlist the support of
the newspapers have suffered for
the indiscretion. They had no
right to expect anything else.
This accounts also for the lack
enthusiasm among newspapers in
rallying to the aid of railroad COM
panies when whatever rights and
equities they have in the pres
snt rate and tariff agitation have
been attacked by the State assem-
blies and the public. The chickens
are coming home to roost.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-10-25
A SOURCE NEEDED.

Brokers on Wall Street have
quit scrapping and finances are
said to be somewhat easier. The
campaign waged to fleece the pub
lie has been in progress for num-
Der Of years. The work was prac-
tically finished . year ago, and
then came the war among the
thieves themselves and the panicky
talk.
These things are new only to
rising generations. They recur
periodically and each generation
has its tale to tell. Union City
has felt the blow of more than one
disaster as q result Of dealing ia
futures, and this has, more than
anything else, retarded our
growth.
The years pass by, and when
the effects have been forgotten
the same character Of work goes
on again with as much or more ef-
frontery and boldness than ever
before. The people are gulled,
feeced, robbed and bled and then
the cormorants have a pitched bat
tie among themselves. Some Of
the giants fall and history has
been repeated.
Why Is It that the people, If
they must gamble, will never learn
that the brokers and money bags
are all combined against them.
There is no chance on earth to
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-10-25

the highest TRIBUNAL in the State
agreed unanimously that Lee
Holder was guilty. So far the Law
has been vindicated, but comes the
humanitarian and pleads formercy
save him from death.
Mercy is one of the greatest Of
all divine gifts, but shall we turn
our backs upon law and order.
Shall we destroy the effect ofjuris-
prudence and set an example Of
license to the outlaw, the murder
er, anarchist and all shades of the
criminal class. What is the effect.
Fifty years and thousands are
given to the cause of temperance.
Defeat comes and the routed for
ces assemble for another effort and
yet again they rally. Finally sue
cess comes after all these years of
patience and determination. The
saloons are closed, and a man like
Heilbronner comes along and says
your courts and your laws are all
jingoism; l defy you. He is con-
victed and the sentimentalist asks
to commute his Imprisonment.
Our laws are impaired and the
bootlegger prevails.
The history of crime and pun
ishment dates back thousands of
years. Age after age people have
tried to sustain the protection of
the innocent and the peace of So
ciety without capital punishment
to their utter dismay and horror.
The result of such experience
brings us down to the present with
no alternative but legal hanging,
without which there is no ample
means of protection.
A citizen commits a crime
which has no parallel in local his
tory. In all the knowledge of hui
man perception he is guilty.
Shall we turn back to primitive
customs and say that there is no
safety in the wisdom of man. HUI
man laws are the outcome Of di-
vine laws, and the Bible tells us
hat men have been punished by
leath for crime, and many are the
instances where the penalty fol-
owed a Divine decree.
Shall we undertake to destroy
ii precedent and councilg We
10 not think so.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-10-25
LETTER FROM MRS. HOLDER.

The following is an extract from
letter received this week by Miss
Kenna Compton from Mrs. Hin
ton Holder, at Trumbull, Texas.
1t is in reference to the report
that she was married again. The
report came to this Office, but we
paid no attention to it, whatever,
as such thing was improbable,
and without official confirmation
was not worthy Of attention. That
part of the letter referring to the
subject is reproduced herewith ex-
actly as it was written by Mrs.
Holder. Numbers of people sym
pathize with Mrs. Holder, and we
are sure that she has many warm
friends here. We know of some
personally. They have done all
they can to counteract the effect of
such a report. Rev. Holder was
a good man, SO is Mrs. Holder a
good woman, and while we believe
that the law should be enforced,
no one can honestly censure the
mother, no matter how hayward
her son, for the interest she takes
in saving him from the gaIlows.
The ties of motherhood are strong.
or than any other on earth, the
plan Of az Advise Creator.
II have got several letters wanting
to know If was married. They said
1t was in the paper. l want you to
try and find out who told such lie on
me. 1t is SO hard to think anyone
would try and down me that way. Oh,
/ have had so much trouble and to
think anyone would think that Of me.
Even to sister Belle Havner wrote and
ask me. Oh, 1t breaks my heart to
think they have thought I would for
sake my dear husband that way. You
all know love him and he was q good
man.