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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
1875 ARE DEAD
IN FOREST FIRES
Property Loss in Western Can
ada 100000.
RUSHING RELIEF TO DESTITUTE

The latest estimates Of the dead IN
the Elk river disaster by bush fires
which have been raging from Michel
TO Fernie, in Western Canada, is 125
persons. The property loss is s5.0O0.-
900 in Fernie, making the total loss
IS 000, 900. and 6o0e persons OF that
city's inhabitants are homeless. The
residents have been taken in trains TO
places Of safety and are now destitute.
Thousands OF dollars, have been sent
by western Canadian cities TO the re-
lief of the destitute. kedical supplies
are greatly needed.
Fernie. with it's lumber mills and
railway terminals, Is wiped out The
ere is stin raging around Hosmer and
Sparwood. but Michel is safe, the wind
having dropped. II a gale springs up
that city viii be again in danger soon.
Seventy men In the camps OF the Elk
River company persisted.
The exact number Of fatalities may
never be known, and there seems ne
way in the meantime OF procuring an
accurate list Reports are cennicting.
Reports received at Michel place the
number of dead at Fernie at 102, with
sixty-four others burned in a logging
camp at Elk river. An unofficial state
ment said TO have come from Fernie
places the official list OF dead at Fer
ME and the surrounding camps at 125,
with the property loss at $4,000 900.
Saturday night was a frightful one
OF excitement. and many heartrending
scenes were witnessed. II was spent
in getting many OF the women and
children on the trains and starting
them for Cranbrook-
Many narrowing tales were told.
One woman OF West Fernie had Just
emerged from her home, which was
on fire. she dropped dead Of heart
disease. Neighbors buried her n her
garden, and then ran for their lives.
In another part OF the city an old wo-
man, an invalid. was carried a short
distance. but the heat became too
great and she persisted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
MARKET QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
PRINCIPAL Markets


PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet !;
winter extras, new, $3.40I3.55; Penna.
roller. clear, $3.65d2.75; city mills,
fancy, $5.75Q5.90. RYE FLOUR dull /:
per Dbl, $4.204430. WHEAT steady !;
No. red, western, 96Q96I5c. CORN
hrm; No ? yellow, local. $50 a. sec.
OATS firm; No. white, clipped, 676
67hc.; lower grades, csc. HAY quiet
timothy, large bales. $50. PORK firm !:
family. per Dbl, $3.50. BEEF steady /;
beef hams, per bbl, $2742S. p OUL-
TRY: Live firm; hens, 1874 014c.: old
ROSTERS, loo. Dressed steady; choice
fowls. 1fe.; old ROSTERS, loo. BUT
TER steady; extra creamery. 261hc,
EGGS firm; selected, GAG Csc; nearby.
Gle; western, gle. POTATOES firm /;
new, per Dbl, $2Q2.50.
BALTIMORE-WHE strong and
higher; No. 2 spot 1914 a 99Ssc. /;
steamer No. spot, s4l a s45sc.;
southern. 9354 Q97Ac. CORN firmer |;
mixed spot, sic. OATS firm; white.
No. 2, 64Q645zc.; No. 3. 6396315c. !;
No. 4, 61@62c.; mixed. No. 2, 61Ibd
&c; No. 3. 60I61c. BUTTER steady;
creamery separator extras, 24c; held,
10000. prints, 25Q26c.; Maryland
and Pennsylvania dairy prints, 160
lie. EGGS fairly Arm; fancy Mary.
land, Penna. and Virginia. 1914 01ac. !;
West Virginia. lS1zc.; southern, 1Sc.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Live Stock Markets

PITTSBURG CUnion Stock YardO-
CATTLE slow and lower; choice, Sc. 50
G6.50; prime. $6Q635. SHEEP firm !:
prime wethers, $460@4.70; culis and
calves. $7iG750. HOGS lower; prime
heavies, mediums and heavy Workers.
s7.O5; light Workers. $660G675; pigs,
So; roughs, $5G6.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Boy Shoots Sister Dead.

While he was playing with a shot
gun at the home OF his parents IN
Rensselaer,. opposite Albany. N. Y,
Cornelius Burdick. fourteen years OF
age. accidentally shot and killed his
sister Helen. aged nineteen years. The
young woman was sitting on a chair
near the kitchen window. with her
baby brother in her lap. at the time
she was shot. The baby narrowly es.
capped being killed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Two Dead In Mine Explosion.

Two men were killed and three
probably fatally injured at the Knick-
erbocker colliery of the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal & Iron company.
about one mile east OF Shenandoah.
The accident was caused by an In.
rush of gas in the gangway OF the
Buck mountain vein. which was ignited
while the miners were blasting.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
10000 Harvest Hands Needed.

The Manitoba government has an
nounced that 10000 men are needed to
harvest the wheat crop in western
Canada, and has recommended 10 the
governors Of jails that all men now in
prison for vagrancy and other minor
offenses be released early next month
on the condition that they work In the
harvest fields.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Stricken Blind CHASING a Hoo.

While he was chasing a cross hog
on the farm of William Steel. near
Port Deposit, Nd. John Davis. of
Northeast, was stricken blind. A CO.
worker, George Ash, was bitten by the
hog in the right knee. almost severing
the kneecap.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
cIeveIand,s Estate Worth $3.50 GOO.

IL became known at Princeton. N. j.,
that the personal and real property of
the late Grover Cleveland amounts TO
$25O,OO0. Nothing in the will filed a
short time ago indicated the value OF
the estate, and no public announce
ment of its extent has been made
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Fatally Shot While Beating wife.

While he was whipping his wife
during a domestic quarrel. Frank Tai
mer was shot through the abdomen
BY Mrs Talmer at Canonsburg, Pa
He was taken TO a hospital. probably
fatally injured. while the woman is at
her home in an unconscious condition
from her injuries.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08

rs AFD INTEREST TrEM III TIE Planet.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Fatally Stabbed Throuoh Hole IN wall

A man cut hole through the wall
of the room in which Leon WILING Law
sleeping at Hammond Ipd.. and. shov-
ing dagger Through the aperture. IA
tally stabbed Wilmz in the face and
ear. and afterward escaped The cause
OF the attack Is unknown.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08

ne'''eOu'9 TaStoF Coiege president.
DR.. John II. Harms. pastor OF Taber-
nacle church. Of Harrisburg. Pa. was
elected president of Newberry college.
Newberry, S. C., to succeed President
James A. b. Scherer. who resigned to
accept the presidency OF Throop insti-
tute. at Pasadena, Cal
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-08-08
Child Ate BeIIadonna Tablets: Dead.

N'I'Iu NC bcIiduohHd abIetSf Dead.
little daughter Of Professor Rob
ert 9. Il. Heck, OF Lehigh university.
who is visiting his parents at Heckton
Mills, near Harrisburg. Pa, found
box of belladonna tablets and ate sew
eral Of them before being discovered.
The child died in a short time.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Miss Bessie ABBOTT, the opera singer,
during her coming grand opera tour.
will create the roles in two new operas
The Old Eagle" taken from the
drama of Cork by Gansburg, the di-
rector of the opera at Monte Carlo, and
"Nariste," Japanese opera, by Bel
leuot, who was formerly organist at St.
Sulpice. The heroine of the latter story
is Marguerite in chrysanthemum set
ting. Miss Abott will begin her tour
at Lisbon, going thence to Monte Car
10 and then to Paris.
William A. Brady and J. c. William
son have closed contracts by which
Robert Mantell and a company OF
American actors will go to Australia
next season in repertoire of classical
plays. The arrangements include a
season in Honolulu en- route.
Geraldine Farrar has presented a
scholarship to the school of grand opera
that is to be established in connection
with the new opera house in Boston.
David Bispham followed her example.
Both are for $500 yearly and are secured
by endowments.
Nance O'Neill is said to have made
overtures to James O'Nein to appear as
joint stars in Macbeth. The two play
ers are not related.
Robert Edeson made his debut on the
state via the box office. One night at
Col. Sims theater in Brooklyn, mem :
Der of the cast being taken i'll, young
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

Edeson left the ticket office to play the
part.
Stella Hammerstein, daughter OF
Oscar Hammerstein, grand opera i'm
presario, this season a member of the
American Ideal company. has given up
her ambition of becoming grand
opera star. Her fathers vocal expert
declares that her throat is not built to
stand the strain.
Announcement is made by John Cort
that following her tour of the world IN
concert next spring Emma Calve VIII
return to America in the autumn TO
head grand opera company singing
Carmen"
John P. Toohey. formerly dramatic
editor in Washington, who was in ad-
vance of Nine. Calve last season, is IN
advance of the Merry Widow that left
New York after a year at the New
Amsterdam theater.
In a recent interview given in St
Louis, Mr.. David Warfeld announced
his Intention of playing Shylock IN
1.-The Merchant of Venice in the near
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

iusion resultant upon the simultane-
GUS placing of an advertisement in the
same paper by a corporation lawyer
who is seeking the heir of a wealthy
German, and one by his wife who is
seeking a cook. Lola is the heiress and
ravels alone from Berlin to establish her
rights. but her general appearance
,auses her eFrand to be mistaken and
complications of a decidedly humorous,
as we'll as serious interest result. The
unique story is by the prolific writer,
John J. McNalley, whose work has mel
owed and broadened with age until this
is said to be his best effort. The lyrics
and music were contributed by William
Jerome and Jean Schwartz of which the
1ollowing are particularly distinctive:
L Think of You the Whole Year
Round" I'D Sooner be a Has been,
"Unter der Linden" Beneath the
Moon,'' Signs, Just Home from Col
ege," Poor Little Foolish Man" and
There's Not Another Girlie in the
World for Me" With the following cast
as we'll known Broadway favorites:
Mark Sullivan, Hazel Carlton, Franklin
Vail, Henry Carl Lewis, Little May
White, Freddie Stott, Osborn Clemson,
Franker Woods, Lillian Wilson, Pearl
Revare and Bunnie Ingeborg, together
with a chorus of exceptional grace and
beauty, the success OF Lola from Ber-
lin seems indeed assured. The play
had its premiere in the Liberty theater,
New York city, at the hands of Klaw
&, Erlanger where it remained four
months to enormous receipts.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
.Kathryn Osternan."

Kathryn Osterman. who will be re-
membered in this city by her clever
performance of 1.-THE Girl Who Looks
Like Me- will return to the Grand
New Years. The clever comedienne
will be seen in the delightful comedy
of love and laughter, 1.-The Night of
the Play which is said to be even bet
ter than her offering of last season.
Miss Osterman will have the assist
ance of an excellent company includ-
ing VIM. Williams, Edgar Post, Chas.
Worthington, Guy Sampsel, Gavin
Harris, Sada Werteim, Belle Theo-
Ward.
The story of "The Night of the
Play" is that of an ambitious woman
who writes a play, and tries to keep
the fact from her husband. She seeks
the assistance of a poet to get the
piece produced, and this naturally
makes the poets sweetheart jealous.
This with the husbands jealousy
cause all sorts of complications, and
the wife gets her husband and her
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
w w jefferson

The theatergoers of this city will
soon have an opportunity of comparing
w. w. Jefferson's performance of
Bob Acres in THE Rivals with that
of his father, the late Mr.. Joseph JEFF
ferson. Mr.. Jefferson, with his
ing "sir Lucius'' ever since the death
of w. J. Florence-are supported by
an exceptionally efficient company and
lwi produce Richard Brinsley Sheri-
will produce Richard BrinsIey Sheri-
the Grand.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

friends into all sorts of trouble. The
fun is of the rich clean and crisp or
der, and Miss Osterman is said to be
delightfully."- funny in the part.
Miss Osterman will introduce some
entirely new gowns that are said to be
simply gorgeous, especially the cloth
of gold directoire dress which she will
wear in the fourth act. This it is
claimed will be the handsomest gown
ever worn by an actress on the Eng
lish speaking stage, and the cost Is
said to be $1,000. There will hardly
be any need for any woman to wear
the directoire gown on the stage of a
theater after Miss Osterman is seen
in hers. which is one mass of gold
from head to foot.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
"The Servant in the House"

George w. Wilson, who will be seen
at the Grand soon in 1.-The Servant in
the House, appeared last sason as
Colonel Starbottle in "Salomy Jane"
Mr. Wilson was a co-star with James
t. Powers in Hoyt's first success, "a
Tin Soldier For several seasons he
appeared through the east as the star
of the George w. Wilson company.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
@ At THE NG
IMM HOUSES |
l0 aI
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Al the Grand

At the Grand.
Tonight-George Sidney in BUSY
Izzy's Doodle"
Monday-Corinne in Lola From Ber-
lin"
Thursday-A Good Woman Will Win.
New Year's-Kathryn Osterman in
''The Night of the Play"
Saturday - London Gayety Girls
(matinee).
AT the Majestic.
The Boston Ideal company.
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.
At the Aurora.
Moving Pictures.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
Lola From Berlin.

The story of lola from Berlin" Cor
lnne's nsE play which comes to the
Grand Monday is told in three acts.
The last is an exterior of exceptional
beauty which shows the suburban home
of a wealthy New Yorker. A magnifi-
cent view of the Hudson is pictured.
The plot of the story hinges on the con-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

future. He says he has been studying
the role for the past tyo years
Joe" Tinker, shortstop, lately seen
in. the Peoples theater production OF
Brown of Harvard" is going into
vaudeville. He will act in a sketch en-
titled "A Lucky Strike" written for
him by Charles s. Adelman.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
a Good Woman WIN win.

"a Good Woman Will Win" is the
title of the Grands booking for next
Thursday. This play is from Lincoln
]. Carter's latest novel. and is fully up
to the standard of Carter's other pro-
duetions.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
London Gavetv Girls

The London Gayety Girls will be at
the Grand next Saturday for matinee
and night performances.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
George Sidney in .rBusy 1zzy's Doodle" ="


twisting tangle of consonanIs. And
Busy 1zzy's Boodle'' does possess that
peculiar quality of humor, extravagant
and given only the loosest of dramatic
framing that challenges all efforts at
restraint of the risibles. In its beauti-
full background of scenic allurement,
its pictorial display of artistic cos
tton of rich accessories, it's ridiculous
ly amusing comedians and great
troupes Of strikingIy handsome girls
(principals and extras of the ten
der sex all being abundantly en-
dowed with grace and charm), it
Is to be enjoyed by even the
most blacce of theater-goe as but
few of the so-calIed musical comedies
are to be enjoyed, even though one ad-
mits a recognition of their idiocy, and
yields all arguments in a reckless in
to11cation of the senses. Busy Izzy's
Doodle" will be at the Grand tonight.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
George Sidney.

Busy Izzy's Boodle'' is an appealing
title for fun-Iovers. There is the sug-
gestion of laughter in its very Hebraic
eccentricity of sound; the invitation OF
mirth is in its zigzag orthopedy, and
defiance to the serious in its tongue
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

For Topeka people who desire full
business day in Kansas City is the
Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves To-
peka every day at $3.50 a. m, arriv-
ing in Kansas City at s:35 a. m. You
can get breakfast in the diner on this
train and dinner on No. 101 which
leaves Kansas City at 6 p. M.
reaching Topeka at 1896 .. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26

Hear Peck on "Man Traps" Sunday.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
The Virginian.

The stage carpenter of ''The Vir-
ginian" company is professional
swimmer. whose circulars read, cap
tain William H. Dryden, champion
swimmer of the world" For several
summers. at Deer Mountain park,
Maryland Mr.. Dryden has given ex-
hibitions of his skill, which consists
of diving from a height of 120 feet;
smoking, eating, sewing, wrestling and
making change of apparel under
watr. He also allows himself to be
bound, weighted, sewn into a sack and
thrown into the water, quickly freeing
himself from the sack and the weights.
1.-THE Virginian" is to be an early at
traction at the Grand opera house.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
A Convenient Train.

Hear Peck on "Man Traps" Sunday
The Topeka state journal., 1908-12-26
The Burgomaster.

Musical and comic opera managers
are constantly recruiting their com
panies from The ranks of the vaude-
villes. Mcintyre and Heath, Ward and
Vckes. Lillian Russell George Cohan,
Mabel Hite, Richard Carle, Eddie F'oy,
George Primrose De Wolf Hopper,
Frank Daniels and many more stage
celebrities were former vaudevillians.
Manager William P Cullen has in
duced the famous Sisters Lockhart,
novelty terpsichoreSn stars to leave
the vaudeville stage and join "The
BCrgomasl err that big comic opera
success which comes to the Grand at
an early date.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07
NOTAS Y NOTICIAS.

Aver 81 pEoSides to del conapjo eiecu'
two firm6 Pl @. B. IL deBpu6I de 1eT q pro-
ba 10 poT ami as ckmavaL
Los p,oysctos de y 49 del ConSejo ,
~ de la C6ma-a, ha7 la ado al g,berr a.
dor Ta,a qus los fEme.
.ActUalmsnts tiene el ayuntamisnto
de eBta ciudad en- Gaia Ia CantidaI de
s159 O88,40
-Mana l.bray6u Cd Catafio ura
reunion de l % ssfioreB ascioniStay del CASH
no que 90 eBtf oYga 1iza 1do en- aquel po'
ba1o.
La Oorts supr ms ha diIpusuto la
celebration do nueVo juicio ca el ploito Bs'
guido poT EncRTnRCi6n FFfag contra Ma.
rfA Rodriguez dc Bustelao, Bobrs nulidsd
de una obligation hipotecaEia.
Sc fauda el Tribunal en- que no 90 Rd'
miti6 lR demRndadR IN d0oumento que
habfR Copisdo en- 80 OonteRtRci6n la de-
mRnda.
-Se hR aplazsdo para ell 18 del actual
& 'al 8 de Ia mana q, Ia vista de la mo
Ci6n de jeopardy On "a eaula contra Anto
moi Paz, por asssinato de don Adolfo Pc
Ra1te.
-suera 81 nombre del liCencia 10 Pablo
Altaro Santiago Pa'a jues municipal dc
Cayey.
-Anoche aaord6 Il oonuejo eisoutivo
1ag $4,000 dollars, de los fopdoU inBularas
Ta-a Il sa atorio AntitubsrcUloBoI de San
tuFCe.
Don Juan Faga1i, ha solicitado del
concejO municipal, permiBO pa'a fabTioar
I'M kiosCo On Ia p ara de Colon.
ProgTama de las pieEaY que tocaV6 On la
retvata manara Domingo la Banda do La
PclicFa InBular.
1. Alhanb a, mareha eRran la; Cam
bers.
O. Walls, Lovela ID; Fl man.
8. "a peteei6n) 5slsCci6p, jelly Widow;
Lebar.
Two ltep FL Future de Puerto Rice;
Read.
5. sosra fsal II Aoto dc Ia Opera, Ri
golett, Verdi.
6. Bllsro , Haba1sra Mexica7O; "on
the Mesa gsRnde, Maurice
Z. Pasa cRIls La Matchicha de IL Ear
snelR 'Gstits Blanca, Wives.
(EStreno) Darza "EnHutfo y RsA'
idad', CALICO.
"satr spang'e Banner"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07
Ell BARRIO DEL CAN
duI, de Caguas, e n
eSCOnbrQS.
Fu6 totalmenta destrlido Dor On va,
T8z incsndio.
VOIRiI80IS Gl8lS FOancIals 4 cOnIzis ' 200 Do
hns Sin albuguu.
(PSr tezssr afo.

Hoy hemos Escibido 81 tolegrama 81
guiente:
"Caguar, Marzo 10 II a. m. Go
FrelpondenCia" San Juan. VoFaz incen'
dio destruy6 tOtaImente el caserio del
"Ga 1dul" Bitusdo 6 la entrAdR del e.
mantsrio
26 CassS qusmAdAg, de infalicss camps
ainoB.
Quedan sin domicilio co mo 200 pobrsp.
AutoridRda8 todaB tr2baiaron heFoi-
CamRDte.
AlfbRso 10 conducta del CabRllero Emf
lilo Fernandez, por 81 aFrojo desintsreBs-
do sCtitud prOpoECion6ndo "a GAIA Cerca
del sitio para LOS mas nOceaitsdog.
AIcRlde Gimenes tolegrsfi6 Dolicitando
auxilio del gobisrno. CovEeo detallss.-
CorrespOnsGE"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07

"extt avagaats 6 indecoroso".
De este modo Ca'raya!eBco teTmin6 Ia
prime1a mitad del terceE siglo de Ia Co.
lonia.
iComo eEtata 81 raib2 Don AIeja1dro
O'Relly nos 10 Eefsrs en- una auEta 1ciop a
memoria. que maha q extracta,6 ra'a
que Ba FeIama1 de guSto los que mira ado
81 Ta1ado por m pTi1ma p.6tioo, Green
todavfa an que ola COLOMBIA ZION fu6 ur a
obra de magiatsa al habi dad
va vsr6n, Cua1dO al cuayto Gglo lie
gusmoA que , quienes fueron loD que real
efeCtivanente l. fnyeFon en- la CultuTR
que nouotFos euconyanoa.
No hap que sFTancaF muy de ligerC
cuaqdo de iuEgsr De tEa'a pusb,oS 8 Ci
vilila clones. La historic tiene Bu flosof q
y fuerza eB apliea ia con critsrio de justi
cia = pin prsiuicios de inter6i 6 de eBcuela,
Lo demkB Cd e. 1tar por q 1da' a'sgtea.
AGUsTIN NAVARRETE.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07
SEPASE

Que no pnbIiCamOs ComunicadOs sin que
sean pagadOs Dor 8delantado.
Cada sells palRbras se cuentan poH una
lfnea y Ia llnea vale dieZ centavog.
Las caEtas que Vengan CON ComuNicedoa
sin impoEt0 no aeFan OQntoatadAa
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07

AL RECIBO DE s 8 90 vismou {
vueIts dc coFEeo un Eeloi Elgin gsEantizR.
do poF diez amos, , por SO romitimos uno
maFoa WslthRn. = F. KehrhGhn. San
Juan P. B. &p.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07

AeUsTIN NAVARRETE.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-03-07
American Railroad Company Of Porto-RiOo
San JUAN PONCE
LEA HleIl LRRIEl
READ Up

Daily Daily Daily Daily.
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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-03
The Southern Cross Drill.

The Southern Cross Drill.
This unique and beautiful drill,
now famous, was composed in the
year of 1864, by Lieutenant Charles
Dugan, a Confederate soldier of
South Carolina,
1t was taught to team of thirty
two young Confederates for the pur-
pose of beguiling the weary hours of
their captives.
Twenty-Five years after the war
Captain w. L. Mclean of South Caro-
lima, then and now the only survivor
Of the original team, revived the
drill and gave it as stage drill at
!, the Grand Opera House in Memphis,
Tenn, and everybody who saw it
confessed that they had never seen
anything Ike it before. -,
After that sixteen young ladies,
daughters. of the Confederacy, were
put in place of sixteen gentlemen
Costumes of Confederate colors
WCic duoptcu Wy thC youhS lduicS, anu
the veterans wore full dress uni
forms.
This made a great hit, as great
many will remember reading in the
papers, how the public went wild
over it.
This drill has been exhibited twice
in New Orleans, at. Confederate re
unions, once at Richmond, Va, once
at Louisville, KY. and once at Memp
his. Tennsa 80
i Captai1 Mclean has been in
j vited by tiesburg Chapter O.
the Unit tiers of the Confed
leracy an eterans to. exhibi