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The evening world., 1908-02-20
FORMER BROOKLYN GIRL
TO WED ALASKA MAN.
Miss Clurn's Engagement to Pair
banks Merchant, Vachon,
Announced.

Miss Caro- Kingsland Clum, formerly
Of Brooklyn. has written from FAIR
banks, Alaska, announcing her engage
ment to Peter Alexander Vachon, a bust
ness man of that place. Miss Clum left
Brooklyn two years ago with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Clum, for
Fairbanks, where her father is now
Postmaster
The wedding will take place in the
summer, after which the couple VIII
take a honeymoon trip around the
world.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
CROWD SEES GEM ROBBERY.
Thieves Garry orr $4,000 Worth
of Diamonds In New OrIcnna

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. "a $1,000
diamond robbery IN broad daylight IN
the heart of New Orleans, with hundreds $
OF persons passing a; the time, was per-
petraied here late yesterday nj the jew
slry establishment of NJ. Waldhorn &
Co. Cont and Royal streets.
Two men drove up in front OF the
store in a buggy. One Of them aligh,ed
and smashed one OF the large plate
glass windows in the front OF the store.
He quickly seized two trays filled with
diamonds and. jumping back into the
pusgy was driven off. A large crowd
and horse were soon lost to sight in a
cloud OF dust in the old French quarter.
The trays contained III diamond rings,
The evening world., 1908-02-20
EDISON WHEELS STOPPED.

Every wheel in the Edison plants In
West Orange. N. j.. WAS stopped yes
terdav during the funeral of John b.
Randolph. late treasurer of the allied
Edison concerns. Mr.. and Mrs. Edison
sent wreath thirtysix inches in
diameter. made OF 1900 violets and l. 900
lilies OF the valley. The laboratory sent
a wreath OF 800 American beauty roses
and 400 lilies of the valley with a base
formed OF 100 F,a eter lIIies
The evening world., 1908-02-20
Mr.. Han7nerstein Gives Famous Work al
Splendid Setting and Produces 1t
4vih Fine CAST.
MARY GARDEN APPEARS 4
BEAUTIFUL MELISANDE
Dufranne Charms, Both as Singer and
Actor-Four of the Cast Creators
of Their Characters.
By IIIpeJfer RasOlir1G.

tn ELLEAS EFT MELlSANDE Debuys opera founded
eincks Drama which Mr. Hammesein presented at the Man
haitian Opera-1ouse last night for the first time in America,
will be the talk of New York music lovers time Only
Pars and Salome" years. qualed sensation
and far revolutionary than either Everybody asking him
self and his neghbor last night "s this the foundation of school
of opera?"
Those the
will
The evening world., 1908-02-20
A POPULAR SONG HIT.

In "The Girl Behind the Counter"
Lew Fields's musical comedy, at the
Herald Square, they sing "f You'll Walk
With Me" 1t Is the hit of the show.
II Is given In the Magazine Section Of
next Sundays World-words and music.
Order to-day. -'-''''''"''''-'.-' -
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Fine .Impersonations All.

one would think. would be at the death
bed OF her daughter-in-law?
Fine Impersonations All.
Mary Gardens Melisande was beau
tful to look upon and superb.y acted.
Dufranne disclosed q splendid voice
and fine histrionic qualities as Gou-
land. Perier impersonated Pelleas most
convincingy. Gervi!le- Reache was a
satisfactory Genevieve. These four
were IN the original cast at the first
production OF the opera in Paris In
1902 Arlmondi made King Arkel seem
very real. Sigrist was good as Go
lauds little son, Yniold, and Crabbe
was capable, as he always Is. in the
small part Of the Doctor.
Mr.. Hammerstein's Good Work.
Mr.. merstein has earned the
thanks OF every opera-goer in New York
oy permitting us to hear this music
drama. The audience was the most
distinguished ever gathered in his op-
era-house. 1t included men and women
prominent In all the arts, leaders in
society and musc-lovers from every
walk OF life. All were intent to hear
the last word and the last note. Changes
OF scene with the orchestra still playing
were permitted to be made in silence.
There was no applause until the end of
each act. when there was plenty of It.
All the principals were recalled many
times.
The impresario's Speech.
When Campanini entered the orches-
ira pit before the fourth act. the whole
house applauded him in recognition of
his indefatigable energy in rehearsing
the work, and the admirable manner in
which he conducted 1t. After II wes
ov-.. both he and Mr.. Hammerstein
were called before the curtain with the
singers. For the impresario there was
no escape from making a speech, and
this Is what he said:
IF work of such sublime noetrv
and musical grandeur meets with vou-
appreciation. and receives your summon,
1T will place New York at the head
of cities OF musical culture throuphou,
the world. AS for myself. ! have had
but one object in presenting this opera
to endear myself to you and perpet-
uate myself In your memories"
Compared with Tuesdays final rs-
hearsal. the action was astonishinelv
BRISK. The first note of the preInd.
was sounded at exactly 8 O'Clock. rh.
last curtain fell at 1LSo o'clock. Few
people left before the end, and thar.
was hearty applause after the last cp,-
tain.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
FOUR CRUISERS AT FRISCO
FROM MAGDALENA BAY.

GAN FRANCISCO, Feb. a0-The
armored cruisers West Virginia. Mary
land, Tennessee and Washington ar
rived here this morning from Mag
dslena Bay The cruisers Clorado and
PENNSYLVANIA, which accompanied them
up the coast. did not enter the harbor,
but proceeded northward to the Brem.
erton Navy Yard. The four big ves-
eels are anchored near the battleship
Nebraska
The evening world., 1908-02-20
25O GIRLS RUN FROM FIRE,
20 OVERCOME BY SMOKE.
tspe,ial 20 The EvcrinE world)

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 3O.-Two
hundred and fifty girls employed in
,the hosiery and cotton yarn mill of
Thomas Henry sons, of this city, fled
in panic from flames and in their
flight about twenty were overcome by
smoke They were dragged out by
other employees and carried into near
nv drug stores, where they were re-
vived.
The mill building. n five-story struc-
kure, was badly damaged.
The evening world., 1908-02-20
HARRIET HosMEs ILL.

RoSroN, Mass. Fsb. 2o--0diss Har
raet Hcsmer. sculptrsss. whose mos,
noted work. ''zsnoeia," is " ths Brttish
A@seum. Z seriously III with nsunsnis
The evening world., 1908-02-20
A POPULAR SONG HIT.

A POPULAR SONG HIT.
In "The Girl Behind the Counter" Lew
Square, they sing "If You'll Walk with
Me-" II IL the hit of the show. It IL
Gwen In the Magazine Section Of next
ya1dny's World-words and music. Order
The evening world., 1908-02-20
KING PETER INSURED.

BELGRADE. Feb. Mixing Peter ha,
insured his life for $4,000 in q New
Yuk company. =,
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No!" Yet the temptation Is strong
In this work of the revolutionary
Frenchman are shown the possibilities
of presenting poetic dramas with musi-
cal settings: but II this rs opera. what
shall ne call Lucia" or ''R!goletto."
or Aida" or Die Meistersinger" or
Tristan und Isolde" or "Pagliacc!,"
or "Tosca?" Lovers of the old bel
canto and OF the new dramatic singing
alike must subject themselves to a new
conversion
The evening world., 1908-02-20
The Basis of Tone

in any we'll made piano resh
in the sounding board and the
way the foundation of the
piano is laid; if this work Is
slighted in the least the tone
and durability of the piano will
suffer.
In the PEASE PIANO the
sound boards are built in the
most approved convex form,
and the backs are heavy hard
wood, giving unusual solidity
to the foundation of our piano.
Prices from s325 up; terms
most convenient; used pianos
of many makes from S125 up
fully guaranteed). Renting,
Exchanging. Write for catalog.
The evening world., 1908-02-20

one would think. would ba at the death
bed OF her daughter-in-law?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
MOBILE MARDI GRAS
CITY Is BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED
 FOR OcCAsION.
usifed States Torpedo Boat Fiotfiis Arrives and Everything in Readi-
 ness for the -Ceremo-
 nies Today. s

Mobile. Ala, March 1.--Mobile's Mardi Gras ofiiciaily commenced today with the arrival at s o'clock of the United States torpedo fiotilla, consfst.ng of the i've torpedo boats De Long. Tingey Porter. Blakely and Thornton. and the converted yacht Scorpion, all under command of Lieutenant ". G. Mitchell The fiotilla made q record run from Charleston, S. C., to this city. having been given rush orders to reach this city for the carnival.
 Mobile Is one blaze of electric glory tonight. the current having been turn ed on throughout the extensive Hum nation scheme for the first time With the coming of [ o'clock. Bienvilie Sqnare.. historic and beautiful. Is Q maze of vari-coIored electric globes, powerful search lights and spread lights. The hotels and public build ings are decorated even extravagantiy, and the private clubs have vied with each other in. the extent of their deco rations. Rex Felix III arrives tomor- row at noon. and the first official pa rade occurs immediately The King Is Mir. Troost Parker. prominent young merchant. Ths Queen, Miss Helen Moreland Hall. w.li be crowned at Temperance Hall tomorrow night, and the Monday evening fnaskers will close their first nights festivities with their annual ball. Tuesday, Mardi Gras day, promises to be the greatest festival in the history of the celebrations in Mo ble the Mother of Mystics and origfna- tor of all Mardi Gras carnivals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
BOY DIES IN JAIL.
Joe Riley Of Phenix City Expires In
 OpeiikA Prison.


 0pelika, March ii.-(Special. )-Joe Riley. a white boy from Phenix City. was arrested and placed in the county jail Saturday for the offense of steal ing bicycle. Later In the afternoon he complained to the officials that he felt unweli, after which he was given some medicine by one of the officials. who thought he would soon be all right. This morning about 5 o'clock he died.
 A prisoner. who was in an adjoining cell, says that the young man com plained of pain in the stomach dur ing the night and that about 5 o'clock this morning he heard something pop about the young man, and in a few mindtes he was dead. It is presumed that he died from the rupture of a blood vessel.
 The young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old and lived with his mother at Phenix City.
 The remains were prepared for bur ial and were shipped to his mother today. t
 Hon. I. W, Hill, superintendent of the Opelika Public School returned to his home in this city this morning after a weeks absence in Washing ton City. where he attended the meet ing of the National Educational As- sociation.
 Rev. B. McFerrin. pastor of St. Luke's Methodist Church, of Columbus, Ca, has accepted the invitation eS- tended to deliver the memorial address in opelika this year.
 Hon. T. D. Power. who has been confined to his bed with paralysis for four weeks, Is reported to be some what better today. %
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
REX COMES TODAY
NEW ORLEANS IN wHIRL OF CAR
 NIvAL FESTIVITIES.
There are eo,ooe visiters in the Cres- cent City and the Royal Coiors Are Flung To The
 RYeeEen.

New Orleans. March 1.--With s0.000 visitors and many more times that number of subjects awaiting his ar rival at the capital city. already gaily dressed in bunting and flags. Rex, the King of the Carnival will arrive in New Orleans on the royal yacht at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
 The arrival and reception of Rex has for many years formed one of the prin- cipal features of the New Orleans car nival. It Is customary to elect some representative citizen to i'll this posi- tion. usually prominent business man. For several weeks previous to the day set for the reception of Rex. fictitious wireless messages. supposed to be sent from the royal yacht at sea. are re- ceived at New Orleans. the capital city of the king. and published in all news papers. geant attendant upon the arrival of the royal yacht tomorrow afternoon. All of the craft at New Orleans take part in this, the revenue cutters. light house tenders, yachts and several large ocean going steamers forming the escort to the royal yacht from Port Chalmette to Canal Street where Rex and his courtiers land
 The landing of Rex is followed by a parade in which all local and visiting military commands take part and which comes to an end at the city hall. where the Mayor of New Orleans turns over the keys of the. city to the king of the carnival.
 Tomorrow evening the parade and ball of Proteus, one of the principal carnival organizations. is held. ahd this Is followed by the parade of Rex Tues day morning. The carnival festivities are brought to close Tuesday evening with the hall of Rex and the parade and ball of Momus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
QUIET AT BRENTWOOD.
Soldiers Escort the Prisoners to Amite s.- JafI.

Kentwood. La. March 1.-Foliowine the arrival at Kentwood of one com pany of Louisiana militia. all has been quiet here today and the threatened outbreak against the Italian popnla. tion of tiis section has apparently been tl1warte,i
 Tonight Daniel Bunch. Hines Hughes Joseph Bennett. Arthur McClendon Charles Ryalz and ". E. Williams were placed under srrsst charged with being among those who threatened to blow up with dynamite s'! Italians who did not leave thts $sstlaa. Tie threat Is supposed to hay. .e.i trade because the Italians accepted - eot ln wages in the local lumber mills,
 The prisoners were turned over to the soldiers and under the escort ofsa corporals squad and sherifi Saal were taken tonight to the jail at Ann:te, La.
 Some dispute has arisen as to the Jurisdiction of the civil authorities in the matter on account of the sol- diers having been stationed here and all applications for ball ty the pris- oners have been denied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
Feha of the Patrick Case.

New York. March f--An echo of the famous Patrick case will he heard tr the Snnrems Court today. when the case of David L. Short and Morris Mey- CTS charged with. perjury and for gerry. will be called for trial. short ia charged With having drswn up and attested a fraudulent will disposing of the property of Millionaire William Marsh Rice. of Texas. for whose alleg- ed murder. Aibert T. Patrick is now serving life term In Sing Sing prison Meyers was law clerk in Patrick s office, who witnessed the 'signatu c pur- porting to be that of Rice on the will. Tho charges have bssl bending for sew en years. and now for the first time there is prospect that the eases will he fnallv disposed of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
MARCUssoN IN BIRMINGHAM.
Salvation Army Man Interested in In-
 dustrial Work.


 dustrial Work.
 Birmingham, March 1.--(Special. )-- Brigadier Marcusson. of the Salvation Army. in charge of the Industrial Home work, headquarters in Cleveland. O.. is in Birmingham Investigating cordt- tions here as far as the industrial branch of the Army is concerned.
 He participated in several, ser ';ees today. including out-dpor and all ser vices. Tonight he delivered an address on Waste Material.
 BrIgadier Marcusson is making ar ranRements for the exclusive use Of large building in Birmingham for the Industrial Home work. the present To- cation being too small.
 W. B. Thompson, envoy. is in charge of the work here, and employment Is being given to a number or men and something like five tons of waste paper is being handled weekly. Tbis paper Is being shipped by the car load to pa- per mills in Georgia and elsewhere. Ii is expected that the institution will shortly be on . self-sustaining basis.
 Brigadier Mareusson came here from New Orleans While favoring prohlhi- ton, he expresses the opinion thar from what he has seen he believes that prohibition hurts the larger community. from a progressive standpoint. He re- toices. however. that prohibition Is in effect in large cities in the South from the moral side of the question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
chanec to I,Yn b Town.

St. 1gnace. Mich, March Amy per- son possessing a desire ta own a town, coupled with tho necessary hundred ttioilsand dollars or so to make the ni,rchase. wt!liilSVe the opportunity to satisfy his want tomorrow at the town of Marlhorougii. near this city " Ths entire town. which represents the re- mains of, a disastrous project of East ern capitalists to make cement and dollars out of the vast deposits Of mqFl i'm this vicinity. Is to go under the hammer at receivers sale. More than one million dollars was expended on tbe nroiect In addition. to the remains of the village. the sale includes severa machinery plants. railroad and thous' ands of acres of land. A-s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
FoREC4sT OF CONGRESS.
House Win Consider PeOnage ResOIu.
 fInn TOdnY.

ttcn To-day. -~A
 Washington, March 1.-Supply meas ures will continue the chief subjects under consideration in congress thIs week.
 Having postponed last week the time for asking the senate to fix a date for a vote on his emergency cur rency bill, Senator Aldrich is not hope full for bringing of the measure to an issue before the second week of March The delay is due not so much to the democrats who oppose the meas ure as to the republicans who favor it. Some of them have recently developed desire to speak on the bill and as they require time for preparation postponemenf of a final vote be- comes a necessity.
 It is expected that the legislature, ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation blll will be reported early in the week and will be taken up for consideration by the senate.
 The house will continue to give the major portion of its time to the con ! sideration of appropriation bills.
 The peonage resolution authorizing the immigration commission to invest igate labor conditions in the southern states will receive attention tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
Mn.. nIn.ter Innnnene

San Antonio. Teb.. March 1.---(Spe- ciaI.)-Orders hcNe been received by lieutenant J 6. McIlroy of the 9th Infantry, Fort sam Houston. detailing him as military Gttache in Tokio. Ja- pan. with special instructions that he master the Japanese language. It Is understood that the intimation has gone out in the army that mastery of the Japanese language is considered a desirable accomplishment, and a num- Der of officers are said to be engaged in the study. In case of trouble with Japan the utility of this is apparent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
,I,,n.. rr,o, for Murder.

WashinEtOn Court House, O.. March I
 -rhe case ot Clarence Haiucs. charged
 with the murder of his pretty young wife last August, will ie callsl fot. trial here tomorrow. Prior to the crime the couple lad not been living together for. some time. Mrs. Haine3 and their little daughter having re sided at Columbus. The day before the tragedy they moved back 70 'his citv. Haines called at the house to take thelr little daughter to ses a cir GUS parade. Becoming involved in a dispute with his wife. iIaipes dr@w a revolver and fired the fatal shot. He then made an unsuccessful attonPt at suicide. It is understood N-that tenn porary insanity will he the grounds Of dafanae
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

the nomination when the Democratis con vention of 1S44 met, nor was Pierce deemed to be a possibility when the same party got together in 1852, yet these psrsonases carried the convention and the election in those years Hayes was the darkest kind of a dark horse at the outset of the bal- loting in thee Republican convention in 1878 and when the convention of 1880 met. about the last man who would have been thought of in connection with the nomi- nation was Garfield. He was in the con vention as the leader of the sherman forces At the opening ballot in the con vention of 1888 Harrison was far down the roll in the voting. He carried off the prize, nevertheless.
 In the convention in which each one of those dark horses won the race there were aspirants who had longer leads than Taft is likely to have on the first ballot in chiea- go In June. 1908. The friends of all those leading aspirants talked as loudly and as confidently as the boomers of the Secretary of War do to-day. All had powerful back era, and some of them began framing their cabinets in expectation of the victory which was just ahead of them.
 Tn national conventions nothing is set- tied until after the votes are counted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
nRYAN STANDS FIRST
outlook for His Neminati"p at DePver
 fa Good. xr-..ks- ,,4oo Harald.

tDufIOok for His NomtaRtt0p Rt De9Ver
 Is Good.
 Washington Herald.
 Whom Mir. Bryan came to Washington several weeks ago. it was loudly her aided in certain newspapers that he wSuid be here informed that his day as inc leader of his party were ended and if was predicted that he would be com neIIed to retire to the seclusiOu of Lin- coin. there to spend his days in peace.
 That rumor died. died hard but sure lv: and if Mr. Bryan was ever inform sd thaf s1ch retirement was the desire If Eastern Democrats, 1t must have heen dons through newspapers, be- cause he never admitted having heard since his visit to Washington the ccnyiction that Mir" Bryan will again hs the candidate of his party has grown to be practically undisputed in mosf quarters. The only opposition ,1bich ig now believed will be shown to the Nsbraskan at Denver will come from some states of the East, notably New England is at present waverins in the balance. Steps have already been taken for the formation of Bry. an club in Connecticut,f and there has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
FOR SHOOTING HIaIsELF
soldier |. Sentenced to Serve Term in
 Prison.

San Antonio. Tex, March 1--tSpe- cial)-Sentenced to prison for eighteen months for shooting himself. is the pe- culiar fate of Private Thomas H. Hal pin. of the s5th Company of Coast Ar tilIery. stationed at Fort Sam Hous- ton this city.
 Private Halpin tired of army service and tried every device to secure his discharge. Last November he finally resorted to the drastic measure of shooting off two toes so as to incapaci- tate himself. He lost the toes and was laid up for weeks as a result. but tn- stead of heinz discharged ha was tried by court martisi and found guilty yes terday of "maligntng'' and attempted desertion and was senteRcbed to eighteen months in the military prison at Fort IeavenwOrth.
 This Is the most uniaue case or the kind in the army records
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02

in the state. It remains at t2oo; and also exempted from the payment of privilege taxes all telephone excnanses operated solely for the convenience or the patrons thereof.
 In urging the adoption of his amendment Mir. Bennett of Winston explairied that in many. of the more prosperous farming sections of the state the farmers are buying their own phones and wire and are establishing community exchanges having connec- tion with some town or city so tnat they may not only keep in touch with each other, but with the markets ana inc outside world. The privilege tax on fine larger classes of exchanges we're materially increased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-02
INpErENDENcn DAY N TEXAS.
People Of Lose star state wul ceae-

hxate. s+S al
 Austin, Tex, March i--Tomorrow will be the sevspty-second. .anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence. which was first read under grove of spreading live oak trees at the village of Independence on the Brazos River March ], fsss
 The anniversary win be observed throughout the state by the closing of banks and public offfces. and by nemDr- ial exercises under the auspices of. the patriotic societies and In the public schools.
 ; The usual elaborate program of ex- ercises will be carried ont at the Uni versity of Texas. The student body. headed by the college band and with . huge cannon in tow. will march from the State Capitol grounds to the uni- versity campus. where full salute will be fired. Exercises in the college au- ditorium will follow. with addresses by Clarence ousiey. of Fort Worth. pr l.. NJ. Keashey of the university. and others.