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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
THE LIFE STORY
OF HAMMERSTEIA
Famous Manager Who Has Retired
From operate Field.
STARTED AS A CIGARMAKER

Invented Several Machines For Use IL
His First Trade-side Lights on His
Theatrical and Operate Career.
Linguist, Wit and Philosopher-Plsn.
ned opers Houses In Large centers.
Oscar Hammerstein, former director
of the Manhattan Opera House in New
York city. who has Just retired from
the field OF grand opera by selling TO
the Metropolitan Opera company and
persons closely allied with Il all his
opera interests and the Philadelphia
Opera House for a consideration of
about S2.1oo.c00. was born In Berlin
in 1S47. Sixteen years later he ran
away from home and eventually reach
ed America in the steerage of a sail.
ing vessel. Landing at Castle Garden.
In New York city, in 1868, he obtained
employment with a manufactures Of
cigars, who paid him 81 or So a week
and instructed him In the art OF manu-
facture. In 1868 he had saved enough
money to start a tobacco trade paper
and later invented several machines
for use in the trade. From both he de
rived great profit.
His First Theater.
Later he began 10 invest money In
real estate. writing plays as a pastime
and becoming associated In the man
agement Of the old Stadt tbeater. on
the Bowery. Then, In 1880. he built
his first theater. the Harlem Opera
House. He lost money In this venture
for three years before the tide turned
He followed this by projecting the
present Murray Hill theater. but sold
at a large profit before more than the
foundations were laid,
Continuing his course downtown. he
built the Manhattan theater in Thirty
fourth street, which he turned into y
music ball in partnership with Roster
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
1877 MINERS PERISH.
Were Victims of Explosion In Nine
Near Manchester, England.

Were Victims of Explosion IN Nine
Near Manchester, England.
Manchester, Eng, May 1S.-One
hundred and thirty-seven miners lost
their lives yesterday In an explosion
in the Wellington coal mine at White
Haven. Rescue parties succeeded II
saving four men. but fire had broken
out In the workings, leaving practi-
cally no hope for those who are still
entombed.
Throughout the day the rescue par
ties made considerable progress in
the mine. but their work was stopped
by the collapse of tine roof.
A curious fact Is that a colliery
warning was published in of
the newspapers In the mining dis
tricts OF the Kingdom Wednesday, to
the effect that unusually high barome-
trio conditions rendered fire damp ex-
plosions extremely probable. and that
all underground workers ought there
fore 10 be on the alert. The baro-
meter reached its highest reading In
the White Haven district.
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& Bial. After a disagreement he 70
tired and bought the ground for the
Olympia. which. after IL had been bull
and had failed. was turned into whai
are now the New York and Criterion
theaters. A few years prior TO tti,
time-1S99-he had written an opers
or two.
Announcing that he had profited hy
his experience and would p~ersevere
he built the Victoria and the Republic.
now the Belasco, and made pnblic
plans for a theater to be called the
Drury Lane. to be devoted TO melo.
drama and to be built on land in TAR
t~y-fourth street. west Of Eighth ave
nue.. Ground was broken in 1903. A
year later construction was stopped
and Mr.. Hammerstein announced that
the property was for sale. Eventual.
ly be changed his decision and con
pleted the structure which is called
the Manhattan Opera House.
Experiences OF Two Seasons.
In previous years the impresariu
Z uda 6ANth Jul wa VIC ha1 paw
there, or at least had cost him very
little in view of the artistic boon
which he was comforting upon the pub
lie. His own opinion. given in 1907 az
the close of the first season Of the
Manhattan Opera House. after he hnd
announced that the receipts of nearly
$4,000 had ~overbalanced 10 a cor,
siderable extent the expenditures. was
expressed in these words:
I'm told | am lucky"
At the end Of the present season
however. he came out with a state
ment that his losses had been heavy
On March %. the night before the
house closed. he was called before the
curtain. When the applause had dird
down he said:
The past season financially has
been a very unfortunate one. bur
there have beer a deluge of musical Of.
forts and a surfeit Of grand opera.
While my losses have been enormous.
I am proud OF knowing that those Of
my adversaries have been much larger
Ny efforts In the great cause. how
ever. will not relax. and ! am planning
for next season the greatest and most
sublime opera for the pleasure OF my
audiences and the honor OF myself"
The Manhattan Opera company had
appeared frequently in Other cities,
and Mr.. Hammerstein had built az
opera house in Philadelphia and had
announced plans for similar structures
in Brooklyn. Chicago and other lare
centers. The Brooklyn project was
allowed to die some time ago, possibly
by reason OF the vicissitudes expe-
rienced in Philadelphia. and the other
opera houses never were built.
Mr.. Hammerstein is a pianist. a VIC
linist. a ljnguist, a wit and a philoso-
pher.
S ~
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
ECLIPSE.
EOLFFOE.
OF the Moon Will Be Total and visi-
be In limited States.

A total eclipse of the moon. visible
to the observers of the United States
will take place on the evening Of May
%. The eclipse begins at 8 hours 40
minutes "a seconds p, m. 1t will be-
come wholly immersed in the shadow
and eclipse become total on May "a at
nine minutes after midnight, and win
begin to emerge at 95 minutes "a sec
onds after II. 1t will finally emerge
and the eclipse will end at 2 hours
p minutes is seconds a. m, May "a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21

Christ parts from his mother
and friends at Bethany.
Act 1.-THE last journey TO Jerusalem.
Tableau King Ahasuerus dismisses
Vashti and chooses Esther.
Fulhllment-Ciuist goes with the disci-
Piles again toward Jerusalem. weeps al
the sight of the sinful city. sends two dis
ciples to prepare in advance the Passover
lamb. Judas conceives the idea of be
traying his Master. The two disciples
come to Jerusalem.
Act 5-The last supper.
Tableau-(a) The fall Of the mama
o. The grapes carried back from the
promised land.
Fulfllment-Jesns partakes of Sue last
supper with his disciples. washes ;nNir
feet, Institutes the sacrament of the HOLY
Eucharist and reveals the traitor.
Act s-Treachery of Judas.
Tableau-The sons of Jacob sell their
brother for twenty pieces of silver.
Fulhllment-Judas comes into the san
hedrin and promises 10 deliver his Master
into the hands OF the Pharisees for thirty
silver pieces. The latter accept the trail.
tors offer and decide upon the death OF
Jesus.
Act 1.-THE agony In the garden and the
betrayal.
Tableau-(a) Adam compelled to carr his
bread by the bitter sweat OF hard toll.
W. OOoOs BANANAANAAAS W 6IC AAAAa7h ef
kiss OF friendship. stabs him With a dag
ger.
Fulfllment-The agony OF Christ in tke.
garden. Judas betrays him with a kiss.
Christ is bound and led captive TO the
city.
At this point. where the events of holy
Thursday end. there is an intermission fos
rest and refreshment.
PART II.
Act S-Jesus before Annas.
Tableau-Micheas. the prophet. is smit-
ten for telling Achab the truth.
Fulhllment-Jesus brought to Annas. in
whose presence he is buffeted in the face.
Act 9-Jesus before Caiphas.
Tableau-(a) The innocent Naboth stoned
TO death on the testimony of false wit
nesses.
90 The sufferinss and patience of Job.
Fnihllment-Christ Is led to Caiphas.
tried by him and declared worthy Of
death. Judas full of reinorse and OF an
guish. Christ is denied by Peter. reviled
and maltreated by the servants.
Act l0-Desp2ir of Judas.
~Tableau-Cain, the murderer of his broth
or, tortured by conscience. wanders over
the face OF the earth.
Fulfllment-The despair of Judas, the
ratification of the sentence OF death in the
sanhedrin. Judas. filed with remorse,
enters the council chamber, dashes thf
1909
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21

Justice OF the Peace S. S. Felker
has received a letter from Mr.. p. c.
Smart. head Of a private detective
agency In Baltimore. thanking him
for the kindness shown to the four
detectives. arrested here on election
day. by himself and those who became
their surety for a trial here May 25-
Mr.. Smart also gives the assurance
that his men do not intend to forfeit
their bonds, but he would be thankful
for advice looking to a dismissal of this
cases
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21

wise counselor and the church : faith.
full member.
Resolved. That to the family Of the
deceased with great respect and af
lection the coincidence of this consist
DRY is rendered.
Resolved that a copy OF these reso
%lutions be entered upon the minutes
a copy send 70 the family and to the
city papers.
=. d. RAUCH,
ID. M. KILMER.
JAS. Is. FISHER.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
CHANGE AT ~PosToFFicE.
Transfer Being Made Of the Accounts
to the New Postmaster.

~
From The World OF Monday:
The transfer of the postofice from
the outgoing postmaster, Mr.. Alex
Clohan, to the new postmaster, Mr.. u
10. Henshaw, took place SATURDAY.
night as told in this paper.
Mr.. Henshaw is nav IN charge Of
the local office. There will be NJ
change in the force under the new
postmaster and business will not b.
interrupted in the least.
The only complaint the new post
master had to make when seer by a
World man today was that the outgo-
ing official had 0 placed a new set
OF clean biotters on his desk.
Mr.. Clohan is now out of a job and
will for the present devote most OF
his time TO looking after his fruit in
terests. When Road Commissioner
Light gets through showing his new
trotter TO everybody in the county,
and has compiled their individual
opinions. he and Mr.. Clohan win use
the nag to make visits to the orchards
across the mountain in which they are
interested.
The incoming stamp collector, Mr..
Il. Gordon viii find fresh blotters
on his desk when he arrives tomor.
row morning. He wrote asking Mr..
Henshaw to have his sister. Miss
Frances Henshaw continue in the Of
fee and attend to the business until
his arrival.
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be saw the Saviour. Then the outline
of the cross appeared and a gentle
voice spoke 10 him: My on, are you
weary? Are you heavy hearted? Do
you weep? Remember my agony. l
have endured more than thou"
Rushing to the church, the peasant
rang the bell until all the villagers had
gathered. whereupon he recounted his
dream and proposed that the people
enact the sorrows of the Master on
every tenth year. The vow was taken
then and there, and the plague speedi-
ly ended. All this is little more than
legend. The one fact that is not leg
end is that the Passion play has been
enacted every tenth year through the
centuries that followed. the only ex-
ception being once when nearly all the
ablebodied men in the village were
absent in the wars.
Play Lasts All Day.
The play follows the Biblical nara
tive with great fidelity and has been
adapted from time TO time by the VIII
ldEt pTlSStS. livery at ~ FASNSNSN
by a tableau, usually taken from the
Old Tesla ment. There is also a cho-
rus. the songs Of which explain the
fableaux. The play lasts all day, with
two hours ~iRtermission at noon. 1t is
scheduled TO be presented Twenty-Five
times during the season. which runs
from May till September. In case the
spectators IN any given day are more
than can be accommodated in the.
theater, which seats over 1000, the
play is repeated on the following day,
As this is liable 10 happen frequently
the number of performances may
reach 10 at least fifty during the sum-
mer. Indications are that greater
crowds will visit Oberammergau than
ever before, about three-fourths of
them being Americans. The dates Sc
lected are as follows: May 16. %, 20,
June 8. l.. 10, "A, %, July 3, 10, II, 20.
"a. q, 81, Aug. 3, I, 10. IA, II, 81.
"a, IS, 81, Sept. A, 6. IL, IS, 25.
To insure getting a ticket TO the per
rSormsAce 1t is necessary to order not
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
TRIBUTE TO
DECEASED MEMBER
consistory of Christ Reformed Church
Pass Resolutions on Death Of Mr..
Henry ]. seibert.

The consistory OF Christ Reformed
Church at a recent meeting passed
resolutions on the death Of the late
Henry J. Seibert. The accompanying
cut is from a picture recently taken
and from which the portrait now
hanging in the directors room of the
Peoples Trust Company was made.
The cut IS used through courtesy o.
the Reformed Church Messenger OF
Philadelphia.
The resolutions follow.
The consistory OF Christ Reformel
Church, in session this I'd day OF May,
1910, respectfully take leave to record
some expression of their deep regret
for the loss this consistory and the
congregation sustained in the death OF
Elder Henry ]. Seibert. The event SO
distressing TO all our fellow members
of the church falls peculiarly heavy
on us who have long been associated
with him in the work of the consist.
DRY, However public confidence may
have changed with respect to others,
yet with respect to him it has IN pub
lie and private life, been as steady as
his own firm mind and as constant as
his own exalted virtues. To lose sucn
a man is no common calamity to the
church. Our consistory monrns q
father.
Let us then pay the last tribute OF
respect and affection to our departed
friend.
Resolved, That this consistory In
the death of Elder Henry J. Seibefr
has lost a most valuable member. a
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21

thirty pieces OF snver NJ the feet or fss
members OF the counci and in agony OF
conscience hangs himself
Act u-Christ before Plate,
Tableau-Dsniei. accused OF ilnpiety by
the princes before King Darius. con
demned and cast into the lions den.
Fulhilment-Chrtst is led to Plate, ac-
cused by the priests, declared innocent
and sent TO Herod,
Act ~l2-Jesus at The court of Herod.
Tableaux Samson, brought 10 make
sport before the princes OF the Philistines
pulls down the temple upon them.
Fulhllment-Christ. after being Knocked
by the soldiers of Herod. is sent back 10
Plate.
Act 1s-The scourging at the pillar and
browning with thorns.
~Tableaux-ta) The blood besprinkled coat
or Joseph is brought TO Jacob.
% Abraham on Mount Moriah sees a
ram e~ntangled In a thorn bush.
Fulfllment-Christ Is led again 10 PLATE
The latter's attempt TO save the innocent
fails, and he orders the Saviour e be
scourged
Act 1+-Jesus condemned to be nailed TO
the cross.
~Tableaux-(aD Joseph is presented to the
people as their ruler.
0) The scapegoat set free 10 wander In
the wilderness.
4 0ttlliilltnA-1 lidlG DttrCHNS thC SNN1A ENN
and thorn crowned Christ 70 the people.
AT their demand he frees Barabbas and
while washing his and delivers Christ
TO the rabble to be put to death.
PART III.
Act 1.-THE sad journey to Calvary.
Tableaux-(s) Isaac carrying wood for
the sacrifice.
CD Moses lifts up the brazen serpent in
the wilderness.
Fulhllment-Christ. carrying the cross
is led to Golgotha- Simon OF Cyrene Is
compelled by the soldiers to assist Christ
in bearing his heavy weight. Our Lord
falls three times. The women of Jeru-
salem weep over Jesus. Christ meets his
heartbroken mother.
Act 16-Calvary.
No tableau, but a prologue by the mem
bers of the chorus, who now wear black
garments over their white tunics.
The Scene Jesus is fastened TO the
cross, which is raised. The seven last
words. The arrangements made by the
Jews TO watch the grave. The taking
down from the cross. The burial OF the
body OF Jesus.
Act 1.-THE resurrection.
Act Is-The ascension and benediction OF
Christ.
The closing tableau represents the vic
torious entrance OF Christ into heaven.
The choir bursts into q triumphant an
thorn
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
BY WALTON WILLIAMS.

F< HE Passion play of Oberammer-
gau has become perhaps the
most famous single dramatic
event on earth. 1t is certainly
the most unique. Acted by peasants,
the chief Of whose required qualilca-
lions are religious devotion and purity
of life, its dramatic force is equal to
that seen upon any stage, albeit occu-
pied by the worlds greatest actors.
The Passion play is presented every
ten years, the theory being that 1t shall
not be cbeapened by frequency. Ober-
ammergau is a little Bavarian village
surrounded by mountains. 1t has not
been mo6ernized except in the neces-
sary features of sewerage and santa
ton. In all other respects fit is now
as IL has been for centuries. The peas
ants who present the play are wood
carvers and farmers. The financial re-
turn given Il each actor is most mod
est, scarcely sufficient to pay for the
actual time given the play. Yet the
chief ambition of each of these simple
villagers is TO be an actor in the Pas
sionspiel."
1t was in 1888 that the plague swept
Oberammergau, the harvest Of death
claiming o~ne-fourth of the population.
The survivors met and resolved that
every ten years thereafter they would
present the sacred scenes of the Pas
sion. after which the plague was mi
raculously stayed. That is the story,
and back Of it is one even more touch
ing and beautiful. One peasant had
lost his wife and children and In the
detection that followed dreamed that
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
poino All RIGHT.

Mr.. Harry Zimmerman. OF North
Maple avenue. who underwent an op-
GRAFTON ut the City Hospital on Satur-
day morning for appendicitis stood
the operation nicely, and Is getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
NJ Lii Ont

Mr., Edwin n. Hill, OF the Old Ma
tional Bank. IS out again after a very
serious attack Of prosfration
lasting nearly two months.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-05-21
HAMMERsTEIN'S oPERATlc
EXPERIENCE.

I Cost of opera and receipts:
I l906-7-Cost, $4,000; receipts. $780,
I 0O0.
] l9O7-s-cost. 81, POO. 1000; receipts. 81
) $4,000.
lsos-9-cost. 81 100000; receipts. ST.
Z 100000.
, ls9-lo-Cost. 100000; receipts. 81
! 10000.
Greatest money making opera
} "Salome.'
Z Highest salaries paid by Hammer
/, stein: T%etrazzini. 5000 a night:
, Garden. 1880: Zenatello. 81 800: Re
!, maud. $1,000; Sammarco. $500.
}
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-09-01
South Pittsburg.

Special to tie Nezos.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Church will
give box supper Saturday night.
The Cash Grocery Co.. A. ]. Ay-
cock, manager, has bought out the
business of r. A. Hudson 81 Co.
Frank Martin, of Memphis, has been
here to see his mother, who is very
sick.
Miss Hazel Davis has returned to her
home in Chattanooga.
DR.. and Mrs. Eugene Beech, OF
Washington, have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Carter.
Frank Beene, of Dallas, Texas, was
here last week, taking his vacation.
H. L. Kirkpatrick is at Estill Spring
on his vacation.
Miss Fannie Lucas has been the
guest of friends in Chattanooga.
Miss Eliza Gamble is visiting at
Murfreesboro.
Spence Anderson, of Comfort, was
here Thursday.
L. B. Sartain returned last week
from visit in Louisville.
Miss Bessie Patton has accepted a
position as teacher in the public
schools of Orange, Tex, and left for
that place Monday.
Miss Homer Miller has returned to
this city after lengthy visit at Walk
er Springs, Ala.
Miss Emma Willis, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Hudson,
has returned to her home at Union
City.
Miss Josephine and Master Joe Kelly
have entered school at New Market,
Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Goodgame and
son are visiting at Alexander City,
Ala.
Miss Nell Burns, of Prattville, Ala,
is the guest of Mrs. J. G. Scott.
Mrs. Gus Key has returned to her
home at Birmingham, after being the
guest of Mrs. J. A. Williamson.
VIC. Rosenblart, who has charge OF
the jewelry department Of the Sartain
Drug Co., expects to move his family
here shortly from Bristol, Va.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-09-01
Jasper.

S@eciaI TO tie Ntz0s.
The body of the infant of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Owensby, of Deptford,
which died Tuesday, was brought here
for burial Wednesday of last week.
The base ball boys gave their lawn
fete and ice cream supper Saturday
night instead of Friday night, as the
cream for the occasion failed to arrive.
Hubert Crouch has been visiting in
Clarksville, Tenn.
Miss Lille May Meyers returned last
week from Cleveland, Tenn, where
she had been the guest of Mrs M. l..
Harris.
Sam T. Simpson, Jr., has been con-
ducting sale of the Jenkins stock at
Bridgeport, Ala.
J. W. Brown, of near Shellmound,
has purchased Judge Pryor's property.
Hugh Lancaster, of Chattanooga, has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. g. Lancaster.
Miss Fannie Rogers has been here
visiting her father, B. F. Rogers. She
holds position as nurse in a hospital
in Louisville, Ky.
A teachers meeting is called for
Saturday next at the High School.
Miss Sarah Lewis, formerly of this
place, but now of Cleveland, Tenn. has
been the guest of her brother, Milton
Lewis.
Miss Dollie Dunwody, of Chattanoo-
ga, has BEEN spending her vacation
here with her brother, W. 7. Dunwo-
dY.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-09-01

the following letter to the Chattanoo-
ga Times in defense of her statement: /:
"To The Chattanooga Times:
am sorry of the reports that have
been sent in, as they are all false.
Now will tell the true story. went
to an old sawmill, near home, after a
board to print piece of music on.
After / got there I decided to go a few
yards farther after some berries to eat,
and there was caught by negro and
was taken to the river. the distance Of
half mile. He never abused me any,
only jerking me around. until we got
to the river, and there he threw me in,
but before he threw me in. he asked if
/ could swim. said no. Then he
threw me in, and / sank twice, and
then / hit log and caught snag.
succeeding to the bank. He was fifty
yards below me and we had a hard
race toward home, but I succeeded in
getting home all o. X. It appeared to
my friends the negro was crazy.
Yours respectfully
AIDA QUEAR.
1t further develops that the footsteps
Of Miss Queer have been tracked to
and from the place at the river where
she alleged she was thrown in and
there were no other tracks besides her
own. Some parties living at the Hig-
gins place near a cane patch through
which the girl passed are alleged to
have seen her go through it alone and
wondered at her going through it to-
ward the river. The whole affair is
complicated and if Miss Quear's story
is untrue she certainly has been play
ing in dangerous manner on the
minds of the men of the community.
who on the slightest suspicion stood
ready to lynch any negro answering
the description. The blood lust was
loose, and it is wonder that Miss
Quear's story did not cause serious
crime, one which would have been a
terrible disgrace to the community.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-09-01
Crowd Feared Repetition of
Murders in the Rue Morgue"

to neighboring stoops for shelter. An
aged woman hobbled away, leaving
her pocketbook, umbrella and packages
behind. The car soon was cleared of
everybody except the baboon and the
man who seemed to be fighting him.
But an x-passenger glanced across
the street. He saw large automobile
in which was man turning the crank
of a moving picture camera. Then
the whole thing dawned on the crowd.
Enraged, they started for the "act-
ors, - bent on revenge. The employees
of the moving picture company realiz-
ed they were in for trouble. All
hands, including the baboon, who now
exposed the face of human being,
scrambled aboard the auto, dashed
down Church avenue and disappeared.
The car passengers-at least those
left-boarded the trolley car and went
on to Coney.