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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
PETE HEPBURN
"AG|N' THE PLAN Al
Iowa Congressman Does Not
Believe the Missouri Can
Be Made Navigable.
RAILROADS ARE BETTER
CRITICISM OF RIVER AND HAIR
BOR BILL.

Washington. Feb. Immediately
after the approval of the journal today
the house resumed consideration of the
river and harbor appropriation bill
Representative Small of North caro-
lima insisted that if the internal trade
of the country is 10 be preserved, ad-
ditional waterways must be developed
and present waterways deepened and
widened. He addressed the house par
ticulariy in favor, of 20o-mile canal
from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet.
Replies to Champ Clark.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa adj
dressed the house on the project cham
pioned by the Missouri and Illinois
members for a deep waterway from
Chicago TO the gulf He made reply to
Mr.. Clark of Missouri who he said
wanted TO build a waterway of 1000
miles in extent between granite walls
200 feet high.
OF the Missouri river, Mr. Hepburn
said that the sandbars and bends i'm
that stream had made il absolutely imr
possible of navigation.
His criticism of the bill extended to
a general discussion of the project Of
the improvement OF the Ohio river in
which he charged that he had read
somewhere that the gentleman from
Pittsburg (Mr. DalzelD had said that
the people of PittsbuTg wanted $780,
900 TO complete the project.
DaIzeII interrupted.
{ Mr.. DalZell interrupted 10 say the
gentleman from Pittsburg" had made
no such statement. and said that he
had not asked for $500, 600 600 $4,000 600
or $4,000. 0O0.
"Then l assume that you don't want
it," replied Mr.. Hepburn but that the
/ other fellows from Pittsburg do
| Mr. Hepburn said that the steamboat
as mode of transportation was a
/ thing of the past. and il was his belief
that a double track railroad would
have a cheaper carrying capacity pei
mile than the Hennepin canal
/ Mr.. Hepburn gave notice that he in
tended to offer to limit the expenditure
of the appropriation for the Missouri
! river 10 the protection of its bank and
channel not for the imprON ement of the
navigation of the stream.
AT , O'Clock the river and harbor bill
was laid aside that the house nigh
listen 10 eulogies upon the life, char
acter and public services of the lat
Senator German.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
Major T. n. Logan.

lei Paso. Tex. Feb. z.-MajOr T. H.
Logan, u. S. a., retired, died here to-
night after a brief illness. he was a
veteran of the civil war and noted
Indian fighter in pioneer days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
$85,450 IS ASKED.
Report From School for Deaf, Dumb
and Blind.

The committee of the house on the
state school for the deaf, dumb and
blind at Ogden made its report yester-
day. submitting and endorsing report
from superintendent briggs On the
needs of tire school. The committee )
report was referred to the committee
OF appropriations.
superintendent briggs in his state
lcnt reports that the attendance at
the school has increased 90 per cent
during the past TWO years, and that the
affairs Of the school are in excellent
shape. He calls attention TO the award
of gold me1af at the Portland eXpOsi-
ton to the school for the general eX-
cellence of its exhibit.
Superintendent briggs notes the fact
that the national convention of in
structors for. the deaf will he held in
Ogden i'm 1908. and urges therefore ctIat
the appropriation sought for the school
be allowed i'm full IN order that a cr2d-
table showing may be made on that &C.
CasiOn. ~lt4f
me appropriations asked are rs TO-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03

The Unvarying Standard of Our Furs
Due TO our ,unceasing effort To please
the public. Mehesy, the Furrier,
Knuteford
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

the Sun reporter, "and was invited by
some friends to go to see the first per-
Torrance of Tosca' at the Porte st.
Martin theater.
THAT was in 1887. Now nearly twenty
years later, am doing that same scene
in the opera that love above all others
that have ever appeared in. Who would
ever have thought that should have
done such a thing7
II remember when he made my costumes
for La Travlata' when I went first to Rus
sia In the first act he had me wearing a
most elaborate brocade velvet and in the
ballroom scene / was upholstered in the
same material and covered with fringes.
81 often wonder IL the impression made
on me that night so many years ago has
fingered somewhere in my memory 'and
made me so devoted to this role which 1
never knew would even be in an opera
when saw II first"
= The portrait OF Mme. Melba shows her
with the young man who was recently
married In London. II was taken in Paris
in 1888, just after Nine. Melba had made
her first appearance in Paris and London,
and the young man was then kid of 8.
Nine. Melba made her first appearance
as a singer in Melbourne when she was
only little older than her son in the
picture, and she has often told with great
delight the story OF her first concert. 1t
was in the school where she was the prize
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

Miss Farrar Is doing the same. 80 Nine
Nordica decided that It was up to her to
play an accompaniment to a song at the
piano.
She has learned one from the proficient
Romayne Simmons, who has for years
been accompanist and has taught her to
play with comparative virtuoslty the ac-
compartment to an encore Just why
Nine. Nordlca elected to have herself
photographed so many years ago sitting, at
a piano is one of the mysteries OF the
prima donna character.
The soft eyed, oval faced girl with the
hair parted in the middle and with the
placid expression Of a nun is Emma Calve
as she looked in 1882, before she had be-
come the fiery Carmen of later years. She
had made her debut at Brussels the season
before and had come to Paris to sing In
the Theater des Italiens, conducted by Vic
tor Maurel.
She appeared there in 'Herodias' and
she had sung such ingenious roles as Mar
guerite and Chervbino. 1t was at this
time that Nine. Calve was engaged to
marry Edouard de Reszke, but she went
to italy and sang there for several years,
while he remained in Paris. So the engage
ment was broken of, and while the basso
married one OF his countrywomen. the
soprano remained single In spite OF blind
Americans living on yachts and the other
men to whom rumor has betrothed her.
Nine. Calve last winter talked very in
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

terestingly to a Sun reporter Of this period
OF her artistic career.
81 began Just as every French lyric so
prano begins" she said, land was just as
conventional as every one of them is. l
acted Marguerite and all my other roles
Just like the rest of them, and so long as
remained in France 1 don't think I ever
thought OF departing in the least from what
I had been taught and what had always
seen at the Opera or the Opera Comique.
when / went to Italy, however, there
was already a new artistic influence in the
air. Duse had begun to be talked about and
I saw her. She made wonderful impress
sion on me.
II saw her first in Rome and then It hap
pened that we were together in Milan and
other cities. After had seen her in many
parts and begun to realize that there was
more In acting than I had ever dreamed OF
before / fell i'll and was sick for long
time.
During the weary days Of convalescence
I had much time to think of what 1 had
seen and to ponder over its applicability to
my own art. When was strong again and
began to sing / did try to put into my own
performances my conception of the new art.
'It was from that time that became an
actress as we'll as a singer. If 1 had re-
NAMED in France I might never have been
different from the majority Of the French
singers"
The picture was, of course, taken long
Sefore Nine. Calves smooth and girlish
brow had been troubled by any such art
problem
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses

for favor with an Omaha audience. May
Tully, late leading woman at the Madison
Square theater, New York, and her COM
pany will be seen in q one-act comedy In
titled stop, Look and Listen" It IL from
the pen of Mathew White, jr, who 10 the
editor of Argosy and dramatic editor Of
the Munsey publications. Another comedy
sketch will be contributed by John Hyam
and Leila Mcintyre, who are said TO create
an excellent entertainment in 1.-TWO
Hundred Wives" by Herbert Hall Wins
low. Bert Levy, who has a wide ac-
quaintance through his illustrations In
metropolitan dailies and books. promises. an
inviting novelty. As he draws his pictures
on small piece of glass in front of the
audience they are reflected on a screen.
magnified about 800 times. An admixture
of music and comedy will be the offering
Of Quigg Mackey and Nickerson. Mr..
Nickerson enjoys a big reputation as a
cornetist. Fox and Foxie, a funny clown
and his dog, give a bit OF circus amuse-
ment. Hedrix and Prescott, singers and
dancers; Mr., and Mrs. Bacon, banjoists,
and the kinodrome pictures complete the
program. -
Miss Ruth Grey, who has been demon
strating her marvellous powers at the
Lyric theater the last week has. owing
to the great interest manifest, arranged TO
continue at the Lyric for one more week.
The thousands of people who have wit
messed Miss Grey's performances during
the last week freely acknowledge her the
most wonderful woman ever entertained
within the borders of Omaha A most
charming feature about the whole business
is that Miss Grey does not lay any great
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

and its presentation should prove very
popular. The first performances will be
given at a matinee Sunday afternoon, and
then II will be presented each evening
during the week. with other ,matinees on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Wright Huntington comes to the Krug
theater for two days. starting with a
matinee today, as Curtis Jadwin in Will
liam A. Brady's production Of 1.-THE Pit"
a dramatization of Frank Norris novel.
While the chief value of the play win be
found in its pictures OF the business world
Of today. 1t embodies also romance of
tender interest. original in motive, wrought
out with charming suggestions of the evo-
luton of character under the influence of
prevailing fashions In marital affairs, OF
fortune and OF misfortune and finally of
real true love.
when the World Sleeps" the new Lang
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

don Mccormick play which the Mittenthal
brothers. have given an elaborate produc
ton, will be the offering at the Krug
theater two days, commencing Tuesday,
February IL The play il far above the
ordinary in point of interest and scenic
investiture, and the characters embrace
many that may be found in the small
villages, also others who may be found
where vice and crime run free. .
A. H. Woods "Queen of the Highbinders,"
a sensational melodrama, will be the at
traction at the Krug theater for three
days, starting Thursday, February H. 1t
contains many sensational features; it has
beautiful scenery and its musical features
are noteworthy.
A bill in keeping with the Orpheum
standard will be supplied during the week
at that coy theater by a roster of play
ers who come to register their initial bid
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

NEi|Wfd8N new lOih
- were taken at even an earlier
period.
The photograph Of Nine. sembrich was
the first picture Of the Polish soprano taken
IN this country and shows her as she looked
on her visit 10 New York. Then her career
had lust begun and she occupied the same
position In the company of Abbey Grau
that she now does in the troupe at Vie
Metropolitan. Like her predecessor, Adelina
Patti she served no long apprenticeship,
but was famous from the day Khe first sang
on the stage.
'T remember we'll that picture" Nine.
sembrich sai6 "for Of ali the hundreds
that have besn taken Of me I'm my career Il
possesses an especial interest Il had on
the first gown ever made for me by Worth.
HE mnde me many afterward, but that
was the beginning. He always dressed me
IN a fashion entirely too old.
IT am certainly older than I was when
that picture in the Worth dress was taken.
] also incline to the belief that am het-
ter looking" = -
Nine. Eames' picture was made In
Paris when she was studying with Mar
chest In the year before her debut at the
opera as Julette. 1t was at this time
that there occurred an incident in her
artistic career which was destined 70 have
important results later.
1T was studying In Paris Just at the
time this picture was taken" she told
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

IN MOST OF lne large ClLleS Oh Lne
United States. A meeting OF the board of
directors OF the May Festival association
was held at Mr.. Borglum's studio. last
Monday morning at which plans were fur
Their discussed and the reports from the
various committees heard. The board and
the public at large are to be congratulated
on the success with which the finance COM
mittee is meeting. While the festival proper
will not be held until early summer. al
ready nearly one-third OF the IS season
tickets have been disposed of. There is an
interest In this festival association which
has seldom II ever been shown In any
musical event heretofore contemplated in
Omaha. All Omaha has needed for years
10 make an organisation OF this sort pos
SiblS Is few leaders ready and willing to
put the necessary work behind such an
effort Omaha stands ready TO back up
projects OF good to the city and the success
OF permanent organization for the giving
OF musical festivals Is no longer a matter
OF doubt
One by one the distinguished European
composers have visited our country this
season to make, each In his turn, a few
ripples In the sea OF New York music
Leoncavello came and went and created
but few visible signs; Coleridge Taylor
(whom we Omahans know best by his
wedding Feast OF Hiawatha." sung at
the May festival few years sinee) came
and neither left nor carried away the Wis
ible signs OF a visit to America. DR.. Ca
mile Submissions, who Is conceded to be
the earnest, soundest and most versatile Of
the French composers, came. and It is as
serted that no musical visitor since Ischai-
kowsky, not even Dvorak or Richard
Strauss. so strongly moved popular interest
And now we have Puceinil who has at
least the satisfaction OF knowing that his
works have attained lasting favor here and
are likely TO grow In the interest Of the
public. He IL the most interesting as well
as the most successful OF the Italian COM
posers OF the present day; not satisfied like
Mascagni with his one really good opera
and sitting az his ease expecting a de-
luded public 70 accept anything from his
pen. inasmuch as "Cavalleria. Rustieana''
was such pronounced success.
-
Pneeina has had many discoura gements.
His first appearance was very shabblly
made In New York at Wallacks theater,
when Royal Italian opera company pro-
duced La Boheme" and ''Manon I.escaut''
for the first time. From the Italian per-
formanee, no one could exactly formulate
his ideas Of what the opera was really
like. II remained for the production given
ia Bohems'' at the Metropolitan IN 1900
with Nellie as Mimi TO give the opera
goers a fair opportunity TO see the real
huency and polish OF the music. Even then
II was not Understood. and little was Il
dreamed that Il would grow In favor as Il
has. Then came 'Tosoa" in 1901. which
aroused such dissent, which seecs the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

ME OF these pictures show the
most popular singers Of the day
as they first appeared to their
New York admirers, while others
were taken at even an earlier
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

singer and she could even then do the
trill which is the wonderful feature of
her singing as easily as she can today
"Al that summer 1 studied the music
at vallombrosa and I live in 'Tosca.
was like a woman in love, for 1 involun-
tarily started when anyone mentioned
'Tosca' as If had been surprised in Sc
cret.
att fu1hlls every condition OF role that
can interest an artist. The music Is Ital-
ian to the highest degree and Is in that
way appropriate to the text, for the subs
ject is typically Italian. Then there Is
everything in the character of Tosca' to
inspire an artist.
Nellie, make that funny noise in your
throat" used to be a popular request to
her, and the prima donna to be would trill
away to the delight OF her companions.
She could sing, too, and 1t was when
she was only that she appeared at a
school concert.
The most interesting circumstances about
the picture of Mime. Nordica, taken when
she was singing with the Mapleson COM
pany at the Academy of Music in 1885, after
her seasons in Russia, is the fact that she
does not play the piano and never did
touch the instrument until this season.
Now II is the style for prima donnas to
accompany themselves on the piano when
they give an encore. Nine. sembrich
does it, so does Nine Melba, and this year
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

ALoME" is still receiving atten-
ton through the columns pre-
sided over by the commentators.
A few, a very few, have pre-
tended to regret the withdrawal
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

usual experience of works Of great origin
atty.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

o
Carl Bergmann's classic prescription for
the public OF the philharmonic society that
did not like Wagner-"Den dey must hear
him till dey do"--is appreciable to any
operate work that gives forth a new ut
terance. And then Madame Butterfly"
which is the ripest as well as the most
recent production of Puccini's genius.
This opera has won much admiration which
speaks well for its future success. 1t Is
interesting to learn that Puccini is OF
really distinguished musical family; one
Giacomo Puccini an organist in 1712;
Antonio, his son, born in 1747, church
composer whose requiem mass was per-
formed at the funeral OF Emperor Joseph
III Of Austria. His son, Domenico, wrote
operas. Fourth in the line came Michele.
the father OF the present Giacomo, who
studied under Mercadante and Donizetti at
Naples. wrote masses and an opera, and
became a teacher; among his pupils being
Vlanesi, who was conductor at the Paris
opera for a time and for a time at the
Metropolitan. Giacomo was the NTH OF
seven children, whom the father, dying,
left at tender ages for the mother to
rear. Privations without number followed
one upon another and yet this musician
kept on undaunted, writing operas some
of which never arrived" but little by
little they have crept to the front till now
Puccini stands at the top OF his art He
is not a conductor in any sense and makes
little impression on the performances OF his
compositions His influence will probably
be felt however in the first performance
in Italian Of Madame Butterfly" which is
put down for February IL
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

Miss Arnold. the supervisor of music in
the public schools, gave a lecture before
the cadets and kindergarten training class
She prefaced her remarks with sketch
OF the life. trials, and final triumph OF
Wagner, following with an outline OF
'Iohengrin," Of which It was said by
Wagner. at a time during his exile. that
he would soon be the only German. who had
never heard It," 1t being due TO the all
powerful influence Of LAzst that Wagner
finally came into such prominenca The
motifs accompanying the talk were very
beautifully brought on by Miss Helen Hitte
at the piano.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

claims for her powers in reading peoples
minds. She does not claim to be in touch
with the supernatural. In fact she dis
claims anything OF the sort. The matinees
for women only on Tuesdays and Thurs
days are creating unusual interest. Those
who want to see something out Of the ordi-
nary should not fail to see Miss Grey dur
ing her Omaha engagement.
Gossip from stageland.
Ellen Terry is doing very well in New
York with Captain Brassbounds Con-
version" In this play George Bernard
Shaw doesn't ride any particular hobby,
and the result is that it is at least amusing.
The indictment of the alleged theatrical
trust has been welcomed with more or less
amusement throughout the land. The gem
eral opinion is that the bill was returned
about three years late to be of any serv-
Ice to the public.
The Sothern- Marlowe production of John
the Baptist" did not last much longer In
Joan of Arc is now being played by the
stars, and is receiving much warm COM
mendation, something they did not get with
Efforts at erection of a shubert theater
in Omaha occupied the attention of local
nn t6e fa week One Of ,S the
both the Shuberts and the syndicate" were
after one location. AS Omaha has four
two into which independent" shows may
go, the foundation for the yarn seems plain.
Miss Lorna Elliott, who has been resting
quietly in Omaha since leaving the Wood
ward Stock company at the Burwood the
week before Christmas, left Thursday night
for New York, where she has gone to take
part in 1.-THE Girl in White" one of the
new plays James X. Hackett is preparing
for spring production. Miss Elliott was
accompanied to the train by a number OF
Omaha friends, who babe her an affection
ate farewell and godspeed in her new
employment
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10

musicale and luncheon was given at
the Her Grand on Wednesday OF this week,
to the wives Of the visiting hardware mer-
chants. who held a convention here. The
musical program was furnished by a
quartet composed OF Miss May Weaver,
Miss Jessie McCune. Miss Myrtle Moses and
Mrs sheetz. JULIET McUNB.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-10
Music and Musical Notes

: SEEMS as II at last Omaha Is
going to have a permanent or
ganization for the giving Of musi-
cal festivals such as are given
in most of the large citiea of the
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-02-22
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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-02-22

WANTED:-A middle aged lady
to keep house for widower. For ad.
dress inquire at the TRIBUNE office
f22-m1.
Jacob Biemond has returned from
Spokane and has entered the employ
of b. j. young in the butcher shop.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Chambard left on
No. 2, Sunday afternoon, for a visit
with relatives and friends in Ohio
and Indiana. They expect to be alb
sent several weeks and will visit at
Toledo. Elk Hart and other points be-
fore returning.
The Rathdrum High School basket.
ball teams play the Post Falls teams
at Post Falls, March 2. Going over?
j. c. Davis, who has been here f,r
several weeks. under DR.. Wenz's care,
suffering with badly crushed finger,
returned to his home at Granite,
Wednesday.
D. Calbreath, representing Spo-
kane electrical fire alarm company.
was in Rathdrum, Wednesday, with
the object Of getting the town coun-
Gil interested in having an alarm
system put in. The members seen by
him, however, he found ayerse to the
proposition at present.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-02-22
Local Paragraphs.

The schools are enjoying va
cation today, Washington,s birth
day.
The Women's Relief corps will give
an Easter Sale and Supper at the hall
March, goth. Aprons and other
articles will be offered for sale.
Get your tickets at the drug store
for the basket ball games at the hall
this evening. They are going rapid.
ly.
The chinook has melted the
snow rapidly this week, sleighing
around Rathdrum being no longer
practicable.
The county commissioners who
convened last Thursday, adjourned
Tuesday morning after transactine
considerable routine business,
allowing bills, approving reports
and paying for cancelled tax sale
certificates.
County teachers examination be-
gan yesterday at the court house,
conducted by Superintendent
Ramsey, and will continue today
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-02-22

This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism Of the muscles and may
be cured by applying Chamberlain's
Pain Balm two or three times day
and rubbing the parts vigorously at
each application. If this does not
afford relief, bind on piece Of fan
mel slightly dampened with Pam
Balm, and quick relief is almost sure
to follow. For sale by DR.. f. Wenz.