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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18
KUBELIK IS THE SON OF A
PEASANT.

His Education was Paid by Market
Gardening.
Kmheiik. the famous violinist. is n
living proof that even in Europe mer
it may carry a man from peasants
hut into exclusive society.
Twenty-seven years ago the poor
Bohemian market-gardener Kubelik
to whom son had just been born.
would have called insane anybody
who predicted that the baby would
live to marry into the most exclusiv.
aristocracy in Europe. In his part
of the world music is the supreme
art, and it seemed natural that the
king of modern violinists should wei
Countess Marianne Czaky, daughte-
of one of those ancient Bohemian
houses that trace their origin farth,
er back than any other aristocracy in
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

eph Jefferson, and once prominent
actress.

The Lyric has been presenting the
new Utahna Stock Company and their
play "A Hero in Rags" to their large
patronage this week. The the play
is pleasing, pretty, and highly enter
tanning. Next week this popular
house presents "double-header,'-
the ever popular and beautiful East
Lynne" the first part of the week,
and my Friend from Arkansas" the
latter part.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

and agility such as has never been at
tempted before, and is not likely to
be equalled in the future; within the
confines of his act indeed, Valazzi's
endeavor is 10 cover the whole fell
of juggling, athletics, acrobatics and
equlibrism.
This bill of attractive novelty is
completed by excellent music from
Weihe's Orchestra, and new Kino-
drome views.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

Anna Eva Fay heads the Orpheum
bill this week. There are but few
people in the generation OF amuse-
ment lovers who do not know OF
Anna Eva Fay. For years she has
travelled over the civilized world CIV
ing her wonderfully astonishing ex-
hibition of her occult powers. Her
act is divided into two parts. The
first part of her performance is de-
voted to cabinet seances and other
strange manifestations. Later in the
evening she gives still more re-
markable exhibition entitled "Somn-
oency." In this latter respect Miss
Fay gives a marvellous demonstra.
ton of her skill as a scientific mani
pulator. Her art adriotness and dex-
terity in this performance is said to
be second to none i'll the world. The
public after seeing Miss Fay are left
to draw their own conclusions as to
how she accomplishes her wonderful
performance; but this fact is vouch-
ed for-that there are people in her
troupe, (she carries a good sizea
company of assistants) who have
witnessed her act from the stage for
years and are just as mystifcd as
any one in the audience. One critic
says, "Her performance is a gorge
Gus mysterious and marvelously en-
chanting scenic production of East
Indian and Egyptian lore"
Howard and North, a team of clev-
or artists, rut on a little sketch
called Happy Days" Their act, it
is claimed is an original one, full of
good lines and entertaining situations,
and runs the gamut from mirth to
pathos.
Next comes Dumond's Minstrels;
they are high-class instrumentalists
and singers, and have made an in
ternational reputation for entertain
ing work.
Willie Zimmerman is heralded as
the atlest imitator in 'the business"
His speciality is initiating the worlds
greatest composers and musical d-
rectors, which he does with vivid
ness which is not only entertaining
but highly instructive.
Something away from the hack
neyed Juggling show is what the work
of Valazzi promises to be. A writer
in a London newspaper says, "He
has elaborated the traditional cannon
lall act until he has made of it some
thing entirely new and infinitely more
striking than anything ever witnessed
before; while his extraordinary feat
of "Sloping the Slope" on slippery
metal ball is an exposition of strength
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18
x AMUSEMENTS X


Daniels at the Salt Lake theatre on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, and
even those that were compelled to
stand up during the performance APP
parently were of the opinion that they
had been we'll repaid for the incon-
venience undergone. Without doubt
the prince of comedians has many
times in the past been provided with
a more pleasing and tuneful vehicle
in which to display his rare talent
than in "The Tattooed Man." but no
matter what the title or theme, he Is
always equal to the occasion and
there are few dull moments in the
performance, and none at all when
Daniels is on the stage. While Mr..
Daniels is almost the whole show
this season, he has most valuable
assistant in the fun-making line in
Louise Sylvester, who has a grotesque
makeup and made a distinct hit with
her solo, Nobody Loves Me-" The
other members of the company are OF
the average order. The chorus is all
that could be desired and the scenery
beautiful.
A musical comedy of the extrava-
ganza order is "The Land of Nod
presented at the Salt Lake theatre
last night. The comedy is clever and
interesting, and there are plenty Of
catchy songs, good looking girls and
magnificent costumes, pleasing sing
ers and graceful dancers. It's the
kind of show that makes one forget
his cares and sorrows, and leaves one
feeling at peace with mankind. The
last performance occurs tonight, and
unless you witness "The Land of
Nod" you will miss one of the musi-
cal hits of the season.
Salt Lakers gave Viola Pratt Gil
lette a royal welcome upon the re-
turn of II S sweet singer to her native
city. and as result the Orpheum
has been filled to OVERLOOKING all
the past week The beauty of her
voice and the attractiveness of the
singer makes of Viola Pratt Gillette
one of the stage celebrities of whom
the people of this city are justly
proud, and her two songs, "Home,
Sweet Home" and "The Sand Man."
have been enthusiastically encored at
each performance. George McFar-
lane, who has a splendid and power
full voice, ably assists the erstwhile
opera star, the two making vaude-
vile team that is seldom equaled.
The other members of the program
are above the average, especially the
act of Burton and Brooks, who tell
some good stories and sing a couple
of catchy songs, and Ray L. Royce,
who is extremely clever in character
sketches. Kathleen DeVoice, in
monologue and dancing specially;
Flo Adler and her bright little, assist
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-01-18

George Primrose, who brought his
minstrels to the Salt Lake theatre
on Wednesday night for a return en-
gagement, sticks pretty close to old
time minstrelsy this season. Prim-
rose is the real star of the company,
and sings and dances with his old
time grace. He has bunch of young
sters with him this season that show
the result of his teaching in their
dancing specialties, and add material
ly to the effect of his specialties. We
carried better company, but there's
no real cause for continuation of the
"blue devils" after an evening spen;
with the present array of talent.
Primrose is always sure of cordial
welcome in Salt Lake.
"The Man on the Box" the New
York comedy success, with Max Fig
man at the head of capable comp
any, is the bill at the Salt Lake thea
tire the first half of next week. If
the play is half as good as it is re-
ported to be, it will be we'll worth
while, and from all indications the
seating capacity of the house will be
taxed to its utmost.
Mr.. Donald Brian, who plays Prince
Danilo to Miss Ethel Jackson's So
MIA in Henry w. Savage's New York
"The Merry Widow" company, made
his first hit at Pierre in "The Two
Orphans" which was written by Miss
Jackson's father.
Coming Thro' the Rye" on which
Butte millionaire lost $4,000 in one
year, is now reported to have be-
come a veritabe gold-mine under the
management of the Rork company.
SHAM" the modern society play
now being presented by Florence
Roberts, is described as being a New
York comedy containing a bright
story, and some comparisons between
eastern and western society that are
more or less amusing without being
impolite to either. 1t is light and
pretty, and ends happily, giving Miss
Roberts an opportunity for a broad
sweep of breezy comedy and as much
pathos as can be squeezed out of Il
girl finished" in New York's smart
set.
A dispatch from New York City
announces that Charles J. Jackson,
an actor and nephew of Joe Jefferson,
committed suicide in his room at the
Hotel Gerard by hanging. Jackson,
who was As years old, had been out
out employment for eight months
and became very respondent wher,
after obtaining a place in company
he was unable to memorize the lines
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed,
Information for Everybody,

The first ice at Cordova appeared on September 7th.
 Port Clarence rubies sell readily in Europe at 8 each.
 About 2,5OO Indian children are en- rolled in the Alaska schools.
 It cost S9,215.97 to run the city of Nome for the month of July.
 Fall rains started at Fairbanks and on the creeks on September 3.
 Skagway paid an attorney S54O for remodeling the city ordinances.
 At Dawson the street lights are ex- tinguished at 12 o'clock at night.
 August shipments to Alaska from Puget sound were valued at SI,8SO,6l0.
 A Jap died at Skagway and the coun- trymen of the deceased cremated the body.
 Fairbanks people complain bitterly of the continued absence of the federal judge.
 Fairbanks has three daily newspa- pers. The Tribune is the latest ad- dition.
 A rainbow trout weighing seven and a half pounds was recently caught in Ketchikan creek.
 Over s1OO,00O will be spent on the government road for the first twenty miles out of Valdez.
 A blizzard which ragged for two days at Valdez blew down telegraph wires and dld much other damage.
 Gerdi, the lat est new town to spring up as in night in the Lnnoka, started in the usual way, with saloon.
 Captain Daniels, formerly master of the steamer Santa Clara, has been pro- noted to the command of the Pennsyl- vania.
 The 166 survivors of the ship Lucille, which was recently wrecked in Bristol bay, have reached San Francisco in safety.
 Governor Hoggatt, who is a great ad- mirer of President Roosevelt, has begun the tlattery elimination by going duck hunting.
 Burglars at Dawson entered the house of Mrs. A. E. Gustafson and se- cured $500 in cash and about s2OO worth of jewelry. Lee Johnson, who was being taken to Nome to answer for the murder of his wife, jumped off the boat and has prob ] ably drowned.
 The Wrangell Sentinel heads it's church notices with the ore word in big type, "Boost." There is no doubt that this particular industry needs boosting,
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30

The hesitancy of the men who preach the gospel to establish themselves in the North is again shown in the case of a preacher out to the westward, who IS halting between two opinions, and has decided to determine whether Valdez or Cordova shall be his temporal abode by preaching one sermon in each place, and the town that turns out the best crowd will get the prize--if it Is prize.
 Some of the last men to come out from Nome say that the story that the output for this season has been short ened by lack of water to work the dumps Is all buncombe. The truth of the matter, these men claim, is that the country is tied up with litigation. Men who know the conditions will not in- vest their money for fear that as soon as they open up property and find gold in paying quantities pettifogger of lawyer will appear and drag them into court, and tie them up for two or three years.
 The government school teacher In Northern Alaska is missionary. A salary of from S65 to S125 month con- tains no financial allurements to induce person to go to the borders of civili- zation and live and labor among the Eskimo, in an effort to teach the young "fish eater" the three r's. Frequently the new teacher in an Eskimo village is compelled to construct his own schoolhouse. He is deprived Ut the so- ciety of his fellow white man and IS compelled to live most of the time among the natives. It is apparent from this that the teacher of the natives in the far Northland is animated by some other desire than that of sordid gain.
 Both the Central Trust Co.,, of Hi nois, and and the Western Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, trustees for Alaska Central bonds, have declared the bonds due and payable owing to de- fault of interest and other 'entangle- meuts, and they have selected Frank Graves of Spokane as agent and at torney for the trustee, to begin fore closure proceedings immediately upon the convenipg of court in Valdez in October. These banks are organizing new company which they have agreed to finance, if no other satisfactory bid is made, and will complete the road far enough to put it on earning basis, thereby making good their present holdings.
 Sweeping down on barge load of children, huge American eagle picked up little-4-year. old Carrie Chisholm in his taIons, at Eagles Nest, Alaska, and carried her off to his mountain nest. For three weeks searching parties hunted high and low through the mountainous country, and finally csp- tured the big eagle, and in the nest found the bruised and mangled body of the child. John Kalem, of Seattle, was near the barge at the time the eagle made his raid, and he organized and di- rected the searching party of eleven Indians. He paid these Indians $500 to conduct the search, and when the cap tive eagle was brought in by the Indi- ans he took it, put it in crate and shipped it to Seattle on the Humboldt. The biz bird is to be seen every day at the public market.-Seattle P.-I.
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30

K. Yashida, Jap who killed one of his own countrymen three years ago and was sentenced by an Alaskan court to serve a thirty-year sentence, has been pardoned by President Roosevelt, be- cause he was homesick.
 The news comes from Fairbanks that President Roosevelt has written letter Co Delegate-eIect Wiokersham telling how tickled he (the presidentj is over Wickersham's success. Mir. Roosevelt also expresses a desire to talk to the newly elected delegate from Alaska.
 It Is stated ou good authority that some of the sourdoughs along the Yu- kon protested againSt the installa- ton of the wireless plants for fear that a message hiking through the country without wires to guide it might pass through the body of a man and thereby cause his sudden death.
 Since the recent decision of the United States court of appeals it is un- derstood in the Tanana that placer ground cannot be held until there is a bedrock discovery. Under this decision the country will be more thoroughly prospected, as the bona fide prospector will now be allowed to get to bedrock before being forced into court.
 The "Skookum Song" is the latest at Seattle. It is designed to boost the A. Y.-P. fair. In the chorus the general pub lie is invited to "Join the bunch, won't that be fine, Seattle's the place in 1909. Up the Paystreak take a hike. It beats the Midway or the Pike. Follow the crowd and get in line. Skookum's the word in 1909 Now listen to me, no twenty-three at the A.-Y.-P. E."
 John Frame, editor of the Cordova Alaskan and who was educated for the ministry, gets off the following: A preacher up in Valdez threatened to come to Cordova if the men of that place didn't come out to hear him preach This put the neu between the devil and the deep sea, and rather than see any more Valdezians come to the railroad town, they all went to church, last Sunday. Verify, verify, "God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform"
 And now the terrible bugbear of the Guggenheims is to be eclipsed by the l.. Hirsch & Go. In connection with the report of the sale of the Hubbard G Elliott copper property, near the Guggenheim Bonanza, it is reported that this new concern is one of the big gest and widest known of any mining syndicate in the world, and has at it's disposal sufficient money to buy out right such little concerns as the Gug- genheims were the latter twenty times as rich as they are reporVed.
 The Wrangell Sentinel Issues solemn warning to white men who are living with Indian women to whom they are not married. The Sentinel says it is either the altar or the skoo- kum house that now looms up before them. The department of education has provided for medical examiner for each of the three judicial districts, who besides making an investigation of the physical condition of the Indians will be empowered to investigate the mar riagerelation as far as white men are concerned.
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30

Receiver Go0dWln or Cne AlHSha Seu- tral railroad declares that the road will be in operation this winter up to the Afty-mile post.
 Tag Day in Seattle enabled each per son who gave ten cents fer charity to advertise the fact. Seattle charity begins at home, all right.
 Perhaps it will be of interest to some of the Alaska people to learn that sixty new cells are to be installed at the Me Neil Island penitentiary.
 While the Panama has just passed through one of the dryest seasons ever known, the conditions in the Klondike have been just the reverse.
 Capt. Bertbelet of the revenue cutter Bear claims that the Canadians are also in the seal poaching business. The matter is to be investigated.
 James Ritchie, chief baker on the cableship Burnside fell off an embank- ment at Cordova and was killed. He was Mason of high standing.
 Eggs are holding strong, says Se- attle market report. Alaskans are also aware of the fact that the longer you hold them the stronger they get.
 Twenty-seven survivors were rescued from the Star of Bengal, wrecked on Coronation island. There were no drowned, nine of whom were white men and the rest Chinese and Japs.
 A conveyor installed by the Yukon Gold company yielded $8O,OOO at the first cleanup, after few days run. Gold that had been overlooked by the individual miner is found by this method.
 Two masked men held up the saloon at Fort Gibbon, but there is no evil dence that the drank up the liquor. In that country it is sometimes easier to get more money than to get more wbiskey.
 Some people are inclined to question the expediency of cannery at the A. Y.-P. Exposition "just as they are run in Alaska" They ask: "Did you ever know an Alaskan who would eat canned salmon?"
 All the wireless stations in the in- terior of Alaska are in good working order now. The stations at Fairbanks, Fort Gibbon, Circle City, Eagle, Nome and St. Michael are in constant com munication.
 The cannery ship St. Paul recently reached Seattle from Chignik, Alaska, with a cargo of fish worth considerably more than sS0O,OOO. Shortly after making port the fishermen were paid for their summers work in sums rang ing from s35O toS8O0.
 "Fairbanks district will produce s75oOoOO and fully s1o,OOO,O 900 will come from the Tanana valley this year," says J. W. Goodwin, receiver for the Alaska Central railroad and until recently United States commissioner and min ing recorder at Fairbanks.
 When Postmaster Cum of Fairbanks was candidate for delegate to con- gress he resigned. Now nearly every bank, business house, professional man and transportation company has signed a petition urging the appointment of Assistant Postmaster c. w. Pepper.
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30

Northern Light Rebekah Lodge No. Dsets at Odd Fellows hall second and fourth Saturdays.
 Visitors are cordially invited.
 MRS. ANNA BOYLE, \. c. MRS GERTRUDE LAUGHLIN, Sec'y.
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30
PROFESSIONAL.
NOTICE!

From and after Aug. 18th, and until further notice, the Ferry Time Sehed- ule will be as follows:
Douglas Island news., 1908-09-30

K. Yashida, Jap who killed one of his own countrymen three years ago and was sentenced by an Alaskan court to serve a thirty-year sentence, has been pardoned by President Roosevelt, be- cause he was homesick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
"CUI0A" IS dad.
Noted Novelist Expires I'm Poverty at
Her Home in Florence.

Florence, Italy, Jan. 27.-Ouida
(Louise de la Ramee) the novelist
died Saturday at Via Reggie. after an
illness extending over a long period.
her only attendant being an old SER
want, in whose arms she expired. She
was completely blind in one eye and
the other eye was badly affected
through her having suffered so much
from exposure and privation.
In the last few months of her life
she was compelled at times to sleep in
the open air when unable to pay for a
nights lodging. The immediate cause
of death is set down as asthma. COM
plicated by heart disease.
Ouida had passionate fondness for
dogs and up to the last was surrounded
by many of them, depriving herself Of
even necessartes of life in order to feed
them.
The minister of instruction had sent
her. on several occasions recently, con-
siderable contributions which had been
subs cribed for her aid.
Possibly no other English writing
novelist since Stevenson has achieved
the popular credit and success Of
"Oufda" Her Under Two Flags" has
been read and dramatized in practical
ly every European language and her
work generally has found its way into
the popular literary fare of French and
German at least. 1t was consequently
something of a surprise when came the
sale of her property to liquidate debts
some dozen years ago and the an
nouncement, not six months since, that
she was in decided want
Subscriptions were raised in London
and the British government granted
her a modest pension. Since then some
question has arisen as to the degree
of the aged novelist's poverty. She had
been living at Massarosa or Via Reg
gio for years and claimed her re-
sources were not exhausted.
Ouida was 68 years old. She was
the daughter of an English father and
a French mother from whom she Dor
rows the French portion of her name,
Louise dc la Rance. The derivation
of her queer sobriQuet has a fanciful
history. A child once lisped her name.
Louisa, failing to get any closer to
correctness than "Weedy," which the
author distorted into Ouida.
Among the writer's better known
works are Puck" Cigarette" Chan
dos" Moths Wanda" THE Prin-
cess zourofr.'' 1.-THE Little Count and
Don Gesualdo."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-27
ALL BUT ONE ESCAPE.
Falling Walls Carried Down Whole
Company of Ffremen.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-One fireman is sup
posed to have been killed, more than a
score of others were injured and prop
erty valued at half a million dollars
was destroyed in fire which devastat-
ed the Mayer building, a seven story
brick building and the Hotel Florence
at 163-187 Adams street, early this
morning.
The fire broke out in the basement of
the Mayer building and spread SO rap
idly that when the first detachment Of
f1remen arrived the entire building was
in flames. A strong north wind swept
the flames to the adjacent hotel build
ing and in few minutes that structure
also was a roaring furnace. The walls
of both structures collapsed about an
hour later, carrying with them an en-
tire company Of f1remen. All except one,
James Gallagher, of truck company No.
1, were rescued. His body is believed to
be in the ruins.
Dun & Co., printers. occupied four
floors of the Mayer building. Their
damage will amount to more than $780,,
900. other occupants of the building
were Dinz, Page & o., electrotypers;
Johnson, Koch & Quinn, bookbinders.
and Kann Brothers, dry goods special
ties