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The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

her life-the hardest time Yvette's debut
here, dozen years ago with her slim
body as bare as her songs OF decorous
garb. was a revelation OF bravery that
was brazen. Transactions OF her songs
were printed in the programmes. and her
squints and ogles. sQuirms and gestures
gave the fun French meaning to the Eng
llsh words / recall as a curious sight
girls ut the matinee shifting their eyes
from programmes 10 the actress like
pupils before a tutor with books in their
laps. II was different-very dinerent-on
the night OF her temperance I'm New
York. The largely male and youthful
audience gave TO heed 70 her celebrity.
They saw a middle-age woman in a gown
that had a mere bit OF bodice and an am
plitude OF skirt naring into the crinoline
OF fifty years ago. They heard her sing
ia English so accented with French as
20 be uniutelligible. Her grimaces and
contortions mean nothing 20 them but
absurdity.
The gallery began TO guy her, the mid
die balcony followed. and AZ length a part
Of the parquet Joined in the ridlcule. The
actress was astonished; for she knew that
her art was nicer, daintier than before,
and her songs much less Indecent; but
she went through the ordeal of abuse
with steady nerves. Since then turbu-
Ience has been repressed. the audiences
have contained "a large proportion OF APP
preciative people and tho engagement
prospers In a money way: but Yyette Is
still "caviare 10 the general at that
theater. II was there that, last season,
top-lofty Mrs James Brown Potter was
laughed Of the stage IN a week. and sent
back TO England I'm rage. without max
ing planned Canadian tour. Vaudeville
audiences are various and uncertain.
FRANKLIN FYLES
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

rather grotesque than picturesque But
the mans wonderful magnetism quickly
asserts itself. and with the first songs
refrain. asserting that his bonnie lassie
Is sweet as sugar candy and very fond
OF Sandy" YOU are charmed-unless you
are the one exception in hundred The
twenty minutes that usually limit a
speciality are extended 10 an hour during
which he presents seven characters with
ditty and tune OF his own make for
each, and one rather tiresome monologue
He has a melodious voice. and knows
how to act. but it's his grinning JUNCTION
as lover Of his invisible sweethearts
that has landed him in such fashionable
vogue. 1t is easy TO believe that he
hasn't changed his manner q whit since
washing of the days smut Of the mine
he went In the evening TO sing at the
music hall OF a Scotch tavern
Albert Chevalier is 10 the London cos
ters sweetheart what Lauder is 10 his
Scotch lassies; but the art of Chevalier' s
character ballads is more apparent and
the natural JUNCTION less. As a London
cockney on this visit. he sings of a fight
with a rival over his "d0na." and all
though he loses the girl. he captures the
wonderful hat which he has given TO her
for q Saturday half holiday outing He
shifts from town to country 20 sing the
love story OF yokel who asks his girl
"Wot for do ee love Oi2'' Then he re-
turns 20 London 20 denlneate working
man driven by old age TO a workhouse,
and a brokendown actor living IN poverty
among memories OF past fame. Just as
the Scotchman's audiences compel him 20
repeat My Bonnie Lassle." however, the
Englishman IS compelled TO bring out
MY Dear Old Dutch. from HIS original
repertOry
Yvette GuiIbert Is having the time OF
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Joe Weber's company playing The
Merry Widow and the Devil" has been
disbanded ou,ipp. N tba ipiurv n yveber,s
knee nreventine him from, ess,ID,i,,, mis-
"a, OolI,s me 'oi's 'our 10 ,iie acme
''''O 80 '''''lf'' o"''
Walter Damroschs twentv-Hfth ami
versarv as conductor will be celebrated
bv the New Yorl, Sympbonv Orchestra
with a musical festival of rare interest
Iaddie CU8 whose ,au5e,ina act made
such biz bit in this country has 6n-
isbed o 1on,, yvostor,, to,,- and so,,4 s,~
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at her home in Maine. are 90 the effect
that this charming actress is steadily
improving in health our stage does not
abound in good actresses 10 the extent
back with omen arms.
Blanche Bates dug the first spade Of
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Rehearsals OF The Prince OF Bohemia. %
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
BENEFIT FOR EVELYN HOWARD
Arranged for the BeInSco Theater
Next Friday

A most interesting programme IS being
arranged for the benefit performance 90
De given az the Belasco Theater on Fri
day afternoon, beginning nj o'clock.
In aid Of Evelyn Howard. the soreIy
wounded actress at the Casualty Hos
pitaL Mr. Wilton Lackaye viii con-
tribute one Of his inimitable speeches
and assist in other ways Managers
Rapley and Berger are making arrange
meuts with Miss May Robson and MT.
J. =. Dodson % contribute their services.
which no one understanding the gen
crosby Of players 20 those iu distress
doubts viii be done Mr.. Chase has al
ready arranged fore several Of his most
interesting acts 20 be on hand The
managers Of the Gayety and Lyceum
theaters viii also have their most in
terestiug speciality people on the pro-
gramme. and in fact the whole theatrical
profession as represented by the local
attractions viii endaavor 90 make this
benefit performance a huge success.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31

Thomas Jefferson IS presenting the
mountain scene from rip Van Wrinkle"
In vaudeville. with new spectacular
scenery and electrical effects
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The Passion Flower" which Bran
don lyman wrote for Nazimova, was pro-
duced nj Albany last week. with excellent
success. The cast is a fne one includ-
ing, beside Nazimova and Mr.. lyman
Nora Lamison, Henry Kolker Wallace
Erskine. and Zehie Tillbury.
During Olga Nethersole's Southern
tour she expects 10 revive "Sapho"
THE Belle OF Brittany is advancing
upon New York. and viii be shown at
Days Theater on November g
The always interesting but seldom
successful experiment Of sequel-producing
is eVemplihed in These Are Ny People
which was produced I'm Cincinnati Octo-
Der .. with H. b. Warner as Harold
"Caithorpe" who is none other than lit
tie "HaL" Of "The Squaw Man" grown
mp and returning from his ancestral Eng
land Co his equally ancestral Red Butte
ranch Edwin Milton Royle is response
bic. and the piece has met with unusual
success.
Thomas jefferson is presenting the
mountain scene from RIP Van Wrinkle"
in vaudeville. with new spectacular
scenery and electrical effects
H. s Northrup is now playing the part
Of John Le Baron IN the Western Ring
master company.
I'm a Mans World, a new four act play
by Rachel Crothers, Miss Mary Manner
ing is said 10 have found n substantial
success. She began her season 81 Wilkes
barre few nights ago. Miss Manner
ing plays the part OF Frank Ware a
writer. who falls Tn love with q news
paper reporter; tie latter part IS being
essayed by Charles Richman
A New York clergyman. Rev. Charles
Aked, said in his sermon last Sunday.
that The Passing OF the Third Floor
Back Is I'm some respects the most won
dcrful dramatic representation that has
seen the light OF day for five hundred
years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
LOSS OF LIFE INSIGNIFICANT
Delay in Traffic Worst Feature of Re.
cent Storm.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-The damage done
by wind and sleet in the Middle West
and Northwest can scarcely be esti-
mated. Many cities and towns are
still practically isolated and train
service remains demoralized. In the
Dakotas and Nebraska hope is held
out for immediate Improvement in
conditions and these, it Is promised,
will rapidly extend eastward to Ohio
over the storm stricken region.
In the South the storm was the
most severe in recent years and the
story of wrecked buildings, Interrupt
tion to wire communication and gen.
eral distress is almost duplicate of
that sent from the North and North
west. Railroad traffic is also badly
delayed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mis-
sissippi and portions of Texas. Fire
and havoc from high winds have re-
suited in loss of several hundred thou
sand dollars.
The heavy snowfall in the states to
the west and northwest of Chicago is
the most serious result of the bliz-
zard. The delay In freight traffic and
passenger service will probably con-
tinue for some time. The loss of life,
considering the extent Of the area af-
flicted, has been insignificant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
INTERRUPTS ALL TRAFFIC
Western Blizzard Hits New York With
Full Force.

New York, Feb. 1.-The center of
the Western blizzard has reached this
city in full force. Accompanied by "a
high west wind heavy fall of wet
snow, succeeding a rainfall through
out the night, filled the streets with
slippery slush, which delayed all
means of transportation in the city
and suburbs except the subway.
The fall of snow began before day
light and employees of the street car
lines and railroads promptly attacked
1t in a desperate effort to keep the
lines open. Thousands of men were
put to work by the street cleaning
department and the main thorough
fares down town were in fair condi-
tion. Although electric sweepers were
run at frequent intervals on the cross
town lines there were many delays.
Frequent accidents to pedestrians
who were blinded by the driving snow
were reported.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
SOUTH
HAS BLIZZARD
Western Storm on Its Way
to the Gulf.
HIGH WINDS AND SNOW

Wire Communication Is Interrupted
and Rail Traffic Interfered With.
Mercury Drops to Neatly Zero in
Portions of Tennessee--Wind At
tains Velocity of Fifty-two Miles
an Hour at Memphis.
Louisville, Feb. 1.-Kentucky and
parts of the sunny South are firmly in
the clutches of a genuine blizzard
which has been raging for more than
twelve hours. Wire communication is
interrupted. The main artery of COM
munication from Louisville to the
south, over which travels all the news
of the world and many of the mes
sages for the business centers of the
South, was pulseless for several hours,
but communication was established
later in roundabout way.
Snow fell throughout Kentucky and
sections of Tennessee nearly all night
and high winds at both Memphis and
Atlanta denote the progress of the
blizzard on it's way to the Gulf of
Mexico. In Memphis the wind reached
velocity of fifty-two miles an hour.
There was a heavy snow at Knoxville,
with the mercury registering 13 de-
grees above zero and a stiff gale
blowing. Snow fell all night in Louis
vile. Street cars and snowplows
were run all night on all lines, but
still there was delay to street car
traffic. The minimum temperature as
reported by the weather bureau was
6 above. All incoming trains were
late.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
POLITICAL STRIFE IN CUBA
Partisan Appointments Bid Fair to
Cause Trouble.

Havana, Feb. President Gomez
In his efforts to reward political
friends, has already caused an es.
arrangement between himself and Vice
President Zayas
Gomez caused to be deposed Jose
Jarez, for the last ten years head OF
the secret police, and named in his
place Ricardo Arnauto, who is reputed
to be one of the worst examples OF
offensive partisanship on the island.
He is former editor Of Ell Reconcen
trado and of other publications, most
of which were suppressed by the au
thorities.
1t was Arnauto who published an
attack on the wife of Brigadier Gen
eral Ludlow, the military governor
and other American women. At that
time General Ludlow ordered the po
lice to arrest Arnauto, dead or alive
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
FIELD TRIALS IN TEXAS
Country's Best Dogs Entered in
Events Which BEGAN Today.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. -Four
days of this week, beginning today,
will be filled with interest for sports
men of this city and the surrounding
country by the field trials of hunting
dogs, an open air sport that has taken
firm hold in recent years.
The open, all age, Derby and cham
pion stakes, in which the best dogs of
the country are entered, began today
on the Nix and adjoining ranches.
The trials are intended as tests for
the best dogs at hunting quail, with
which this territory abounds. Many
of the animals that are competing are
prize winners and in the final series
the racing and other tests will be
sensational and thrilling.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
TO BAR CORRESPONDENTS
Roosevelt Asks That They Be Kept
Off His Trail in Africa.


London, Feb. lit is learned that
when President Roosevelt seeks the
wilds of Africa as hunter and corre-
spondent he will seek to have other
correspondents kept off his trail.
On behalf of the president Ambas-
sador Reid has requested the colonial
Office not to grant facilities to news
paper correspondents to follow Mr..
Roosevelt, on the ground that when
he leaves the White House "he wishes
to retire into private life."
According to official advices re-
ceived from Washington President
Roosevelt will sail from New York
for Naples on the Koenig Albert on
March 13, arriving there on March 25.
Rooms have been reserved for the
president and his party on the new
German East African liner Admiral,
sailing from Naples on April and
arriving at Mombassa on April %.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
BRAVERY MAY COST LIFE
Cincinnati Man Aids Motorman in Try
inc to Stop Car.

ing to Stop Car.
Cincinnati, Feb. 1.-The snow
storm and consequent slippery tracks
is given as the cause of an accident
here that may cost at least two lives,
while several other persons were in
jured.
A College Hill main line car, with
thirty-seven passengers, jumped the
rails on Clifton avenue and tumbled
down a steep embankment, landing at
the bottom of a ravine, with mass
of shrieking men, women and children
caught under it or hurled from the
platform or through windows. More
than score of passengers were in
jured, some seriously. That some
Rere not instantly killed is considered
remarkable. The motorman, Joseph
E. Mulligan, is believed to be dying
and Lieutenant Poppe is probably ia
tally hurt.
To his bravery can be laid the in
juries to Poppe, who is chief of de.
tectives He tried to help the motor
man to regain control of the car. He
was working with the brake when the
car jumped the track. Poppe stuck
to his post, as did Motorman Multi
gan.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
courtesies Shown Mgr. ireland.

Rome, Feb. 1.-As the departure of
Archbishop Ireland for the United
States draws near many couftesies
are being shown him by the pope, by
Cardinal Merry del Val and other car
dinals Ambassador Griscom will give
a dinner in his honor on Thursday
and he has been asked to preach Feb.
at the British Catholic church, after
which he will have farewell audi
ence with the pope. Archbishop Ire
land viii go by way of France to
aracrica
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
SPRINGS SURPRISE IN COURT
One Concern Objects to Dismissal of
Booth & Co. Bankruptcy.

Chicago, Feb. IA surprise was
sprung in the United States district
court when the Buckeye Fish com
pany of Cleveland unexpectedly in
terposed an objection to the dismissal
of the petition in bankruptcy filed
against A Booth & Co. This petition
was filed after the Booth concern had
been placed in the hands of receiver
and it was thought up to the hour of
the hearing that all were agreed that
the bankruptcy petition should be
dismissed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
New District Created.

Washington, Feb, bills were
passed by the house of representa-
tives extending the time in which the
city of Burlington, Ia, may construct
a bridge across the Mississippi river
at that point and creating a new land
district in South Dakota to be known
as the Belle Fourche district.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
SCHOONER DRIVEN ASHORE
Lifesavers Rescue the Crew, but the
Vessel Is Doomed.

Scituate, Mass, Feb. 1.--Driving in
through a binding northeast snow
storm at daybreak the three-masted
schooner Helena, lumber laden from
Savannah to Portland, Me-, brought
up on the rocky beach right under the
Fourth cliff on the south shore of
Massachusetts, bay The vessel came
in so close to the cliff that the crew
of the Fourth Cliff lifesaving station
had no difficulty in firing a line across
the rigging and pulling the Helena's
eight men to land. As wind and sea
are heavy it is feared that the
schooner will pound herself to pieces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
TAKEN BACK TO OKLAHOMA
Several Hundred Convicts In Kansas
Penitentiary.

Lansing, Kan, Feb. 1. - Nine
coaches, composing special train,
conveyed the Oklahoma prisoners
from the Kansas state penitentiary
here to McAlester, Vinita and Atoka
Okla, where they will be incarcerated
in the county jails. The convicts,
numbering in all 344, sixteen of whom
are women, were shackeled together
In pairs.
The removal of the prisoners grew
out of an investigation started by
Miss Kate Barnard, superintendent of
prisons and charities in Oklahoma,
who charged that the Oklahoma con-
victs were cruelty treated. Following
the investigation Kansas refused to
renew its contract with Oklahoma for
-" care of the convicts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01

sically worth something or was not
1t was what you could do with it
what people believed. They did not
believe in that security Tennessee
Coal and Iron) stock and they did be-
lieve in the Steel bonds. Whether
this belief was we'll founded or
whether it was not had nothing at all
to do with peoples minds at that
moment"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
Famous Lightship Damaged.

New York, Feb. 1.-The famous
Scotland lightship, anchored off the
Highlands of Navesink and marking
the entrance to New York harbor.
was run into and damaged by a
schooner during heavy snow storm.
The lightship called for immediate as
sistance and in response the revenue
cutter Mohawk rushed down the bay
under full head of steam.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
Illinois Farmer Dies in Blizzard.

Belvidere, ILL.,, Feb. frank Ca
tonpool, wealthy farmer, was frozen
to death in the blizzard. His wagon
overturned In the storm. The fall
knocked him unconscious. He was
froxen sttff when found on the road
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
CARY And ERICK
may Be CALLED
Expected to Testify Regard
ing Steel Merger.
KNOW IMPORTANT FACTS
Two Financiers Mentioned Were the
Men Who Laid the Question of Alb
sorption Before the President and
Secured His Approval of the Plan.
Lawyer Who Originated the Idea
Also Expected to Appear.

Washington, Feb. 1.-When the
with the investigation of the presi-
dents authority for permitting the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company by the United States
Steel corporation resumes it's inquiry
on Tuesday it is expected there will
be number of important witnesses
examined. Among these may be
Judge II. H. Gary and Henry c. Frick,
the representatives of the Steel cor
poration who laid the question of
merging the two concerns before Pres
ident Roosevelt, and Lewis Cass Led.
yard, who is said to have originated
the merger idea in order to take Ten
nessee Coal and Iron stock out of
number of loans which were being
pressed for payment by New York
banking institutions which held them.
According to testimony of George
w. Perkins of the firm of J. p Nor
gan & Co. Mr. Ledyard appears to
have been the first to suggest that
the Steel corporation take over the
Tennessee concern. Mr.. Ledyard Is
described as the lawyer of the part
nership which was in difficulty over
loans it had secured on Tennessee
Coal and Iron stock Thus far in the
hearing before the special committee
on judiciary this partnership remains
nameless, but it is understood mem
bers of the committee are confident
they know the concern meant and
will be able to subpoena it's men,
bers.
Perkins Pressed Hard.
At the sessions of the judiciary COM
mittee Mr. Perkins was pressed very
hard for an explanation of the value
of exchanging United States Steel
corporation bonds for Tennessee Coal
and Iron stock when both were quoted
at about the same price on the mar
ket. He was asked to tell the differ
ence between the two securities and
how the mere substitution of one Sc
curity for another relieved the situa.
tion He said:
There was very great difference.
No one dared press any security on
the market at that time that there
was any question about being able
to SELL We were in a panic and the
worst panic that any city or country
has ever known. 1t was not a ques-
tion. whether anything was intrin-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-01
UNKNOWN SHIP
Goes TO BOTTOM
Founders in Storm Off Car
Olina CoaSt.
FATE OF CREW NOT KNOWN

No Boats Were Seen to Leave the
Sinking Steamer and 1t Is Likely
That All on Board Were Lost-At
Time of Disaster a Forty-five-MiIe
Wind Was Blowing and the Sea
Was Running High.
Elizabeth City, N. c., Feb. 1.-The
Diamond Shoals lightship reports
that an unknown steamer foundered
during the storm about three miles
northwest of the lightship. No boats
from the steamer or wreckage Is to be
seen and the fate of the crew is not
known. The wind is blowing from
the southwest at the rate of forty-five
miles an hour and the sea is running
high.
Wireless dispatches from Cape Hat
teras report that an unknown steam.
er went down stern first and sank in
about five minutes She appeared to
be an American built ship. Boats
from the lightship went to the wreck
age"
At this time it cannot be said if the
foundered vessel is a passenger or
freight steamer. The cause of the
disaster is believed to have been a
leak.
Baltimore, Feb. There Is a
probability that the vessel that
foundered near the Diamond Shoals
lightship may be the steamer Theo-
dore Weems of the Baltimore and
Carolina Steamship company. The
Weems would have been in the neigh
borhood of Diamond Shoals at about
the time of the accident. The Theo.
dore Weems is a freight boat exclu
sively and carries a crew of nineteen
men. She is an old craft.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
QUEEN VERGILIA
BIDS WEST ADlfU
Fair Ruler of PortoIa Carnival
Will Make Permanent
Home in New York

Queen Vergilia is going to leave the
scene of her triumphs. At the end of
the week she will go with her mother
to New York, there to make her perma-
nent home San Francisco will know
her hereafter only as a visitor.
Yes" said Miss Bogue last evening,
Il am going to New York to live. Ny
mother and will leave San Francisco
Saturday. had really expected to go
before, but we have been detained. We
planned some time ago to take up our
residence in New York, and really ex-
pected to be there by this time.
leave San Francisco with regret. for
certainly ! have had a good time
Miss Bogue has not only been promi-
nent in society circles in San Fran
cisco but has been identified with the
literary coterie. Her latest book, The
Strength to Yield" attracted wide
spread attention, and had a good sale.
It was as queen of the Portola carnival
that Miss Bogue achieved her greatest
triumph in San Francisco.
Her father, Virgil Bogue. chief engi-
neer of the Western Pacific, will re-
main in San Francisco for the time
being in connection with his railroad
work