immmumumsimKSfSfssgsmKmKmsasxa j22aHULS2ijnBKHHHiHiH wmmTfy,j;"":- ?- TWOSENATORSTALK Discuss the Issues and Candidates of the Com ing Campaign. CHANCES OF ASPIRANTS. Senator Cullom Defines His Attitude . on the domination. SENTIMENT IN THE NORTHWEST. Iaine Is Kegarded as One of the Greatest Ue.n of the Countrj. CLEVELAND THE DEMOCRATIC CIIOICE fCOKKESPONDESCE Or THE DISPATCII.l "Washington-, 2fov. 23. I had a talk last night with Senator Cullom, of Illinois, in which he spoke at some length upon the political situation. I had asked as to the effect of the recent election! on the coming Presidental campaign. Senator Cullom rcplitd: "It seems to me that the elections were the result of local fights and the campaigns were not made on national issues. In Massachusetts, Iowa and if cw York the con tests were rather those of the politicians than of the people, and the results in these States give no indication as to the coming jrreat fisht in 1892. In Ohio Sherman and McKinley made their campaign on na tional issues. Campbell accepted the situa tion, and the result was that the State Trent Republican. The two leading issues of the next Presidental campaign will undoubt edly be the question of the tariff and the silver question. There may be a plank in the Kepublican platform as to the reforma tion of the ballot box stuffing in the fraudu lent elections of the South, but this issue, from the fact thaf the present Congress is so largely Democratic, cannot be brought to the front so as to make it the predominant one." Guessing as to the Nominees. "How about candidates, Senator Cul lom?" said L "Who will be the Demo cratic nominee?" "It seems to me that Grover Cleveland will be nominated," said Mr. Cullom. "The trouble between him and Senator Hill seems to be settled, and I believe he would be nominated even if it were otherwise. "What do you think of him as a candi date?" "I think he will be the easiest Democrat for us to beat. Mr. Cleveland is an ex tremist, and his position on the two great issues of the tariff and the silver will lose him the support of several different elements of his party. He is for free trade substantially, and In this respect he will lose the support or the protectionist Democrat', whose name, bv the way, is legion. A -vast num ber of the Democratic voters are for free coinage. Ex-President Cleveland is avoir idly and btubbornly against it, and oil this accouui he will not run as well in the West and South as he did before. Still.he is the only Democrat who has been elected Presi dent during the past eeneration, and his support is such that he will probably be the nominee." Cullom I Not a Candidate. "How about the .Republican candidate? You are mentioned in the newspapers as one of the possibilities. Are vou a candi date?" "No," replied Senator Cullom. "I am not a candidate for the Presidency, though it would be foolUh for me to say that I would not appreciate and accept the hoi' of a nomination if the party and th polit ical conditions became such as to make it seem advisable for the Kepublican Con vention to nominate me. jly position is that I am ready to work and vote for the ruoft available man, and if as the conven tion approaches it is evident that there is a pronounced and a genera! leeling in favor of any particular candidate my name will not be presented to the convention. If, however, there is no such feeling; if the race for the nomination is to be a lree-for-all and my State should honor me by put ting me forth a a candidate I will accept the situation and do what 1 can under the circumstances. At present I am doing nothing and expecting nothing, and I am for the best man, whether he he President Harrii-on, Secretary Maine, or some other man." "How about the candidacy of President Harrison?" "The President i, 1 believe, generally considered to be a candidate. And it may be that be will be found the most available man to run. He i a mau of strong char acter, and his administration has been a successful one. He is very conservative and careful, and his appointments have been ell considered and v. ell chosen. This is especially so with those of a judicial na ture. I know it is objected that he is not at times as amenable to advice from the leaders of his prty as he should be to ap pointments and im-airer, but this, after all, ma- be a good thing." ISIaino One of the Grcatsst Men. "How about Blaine?" "I do not think Mr. Blaine," replied Sen itor Cullom, "is a candidate in the working and seeking sense of the term. Still, if the nomination was spontaneously and volun tarily offered him, 'without any direct effort on his part, he would probably accept it James G. Blaine is oueoi the greatest men of the country, and he is especially great in the number of his friends. Ihlnencver known of any man who had so manv friends who would work for him and push him to Hie irout witnour any eiiort or any mtima .ion of a desire for such work on his part. These men are as strong to-day as ever. They may force his nomination, aiid if nom aiated, Ithink he could be elected. He would be a safe President. With advancing fears he has grown more conservative, and veryone knows tiiat when James G. Blaine shooses to act carefullyand considerately le can master any situation as well as any nan in the country." One of the brightest Senators from the rrcat Northwest is John H. Mitchell, of Jrcgon. He has lived in Portland since SfiO, and came within one vote of being Jnitcd States Senator in I860. In 1S73 he egan his first term in the Senate, and at he expiration of this was a candidate for c-clection, but was defeated by one vote in he Kepublican caucus. He was elected gain in 18S5t and he is supposed to have a trong following in his State. He is one of he hardest workers in Congress, and is iioroughlv posted on the condition of his eople, and keeps his fingers as far as pos ible on their political pulse. I asked him o-day as to how Harrison was regarded in he gret iforthwest. Senator Mitchell Gives Ills Opinion. The Senator replied: "Mr. Harrison tands ery well with us. The people feel hat he has made a safe President and we eel friendly enough toward him. If he .ere nominated the Kepublican party of )rcgon would vote for him. but if a conven ion were held to-day in Oregon lor the election of delegates for a national con ention; and if you would take 100 I5e ublicansat random from ?11 parts of the tate as delegates for such a convention.and uring the sitting some delegate should rise and propose that it be tiic serise of the onventiou that the Oregon vote should go James G. Biaine as a candidate, the lotion would go throngh with a hurrah. Jlaine is the strongest candidate in the orthwest, and the people go wild over iin. His popularity is wonderful, and lie They holds his strcugth. We have no one like him in our historv, without perhaps it is Henry Clay. I should say that Blaine is to a large extent a duplicate of Clay." "But, Senator, do you think that Blaine could be elected?" "I don't thing there is any doubt about it," was the replv. "The Democrats are coing to nominate Cleveland. I don't think be will be a strong candidate and his posi tion on siher and the tariff will be injur ious to his party. Cleveland is not in sym pathy with his part- on the silver question. It seems to me they'are bound to nominate him and I don't see hew they can reconcile his views and their own," The West lias Its Own Candidate. "How about the West, Senator? Is there any prospect that it will have a Presidental candidate or has it a good Vice Presidental candidate to put before the country?" "Yes, it has," replied Senator Mitchell. "Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois, would make a strong candidate for either place. He is a man of many sterling quali ties. He has a sturdy, fronest character and he would run well with the people. 1 think the ticket of Blaine and Cullom would be one of the strongest that could be nominated." "What do you think will be the issues of the next campaign?" "I think they will be largely connected with the tariff. 'The silver question maybe taken out of politics. The Democrats, under their present conditions, will not wish to force it, and I doubt whether the Republicans will make it an issue unless it is forced upon them. I don't suppose the force bill will enter into the campaign to any great extent." FltAKK G. CAKrESTEK. THEIR ANNUAL TEA. St. James' Clmrcn, or the West Und, Ar ranging for Their Xearly Entertain ment Tho Ladles Who Will Take Active Part. The annual tea party of St. James' K. C. Church will be given on the evenings of Wednesday and Thursday of this week, at Gymnasium Hall, in the West End. Prep arations have been made on a larger scale than for any previous party, and the enter tainment is expected to be more than usually successful. The tables will be in charge of the following ladies: Table So. 1, Painter's Mill Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Mrs. Antbonv Cuuumeham, Mrs. T. Kearney, Mrs. P. J. "Dugan. Mrs. T. Cor coran, Mrs. Thomas Welch, Mrs. James Mc Gonijral. Mrs. Shauplmessv, Miss Kate Welch, Mrs. John Gnstine, Mrs. L. Doyle, Mrs. T. Lcary, Mrs. J. Gaudley. Mrs. Ellen Welch. Aides: Misses Mamie Shaughnessy, Katie Murray, Katie Meehan, Katie Welsh, Katie Kerrigan, Mary Farley, Katie Dugan, Annie Welsh, Annie Kerripran. Lizzie Mo Mahon, MagiHo Coleman, Mary Coleman, Mary Doyle, Katie HarringtonAnnie Splan, Mary Cosgrave, Annie Farley, Ella Tierney, Nora Maloney, Mary Lordan, Ellen Unlev, Annie Carboy, Briggie Kerrigan, Katie Feth erincton. Table Xo. 2. Sinelis' Mill Mrs. McBride, Mrs. Slavin, Mrs. Fitrgcrald, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. D. Mnloney, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Peter Car lin, Mrs Louth. Aides: Misses Annie Cole man, Katie Slavin, Maggie Slavin, Mollio Ford, Mary Shoerlin, Mairgie Carlin, Maecio Fitzgerald, Guio llarley, Maggie Woods, Mary Fitzgerald, Marv Reese. Table No. 3, Thirty-sixth ward. First dis trictMis. Kelcher, Mis. D. Ityan, Mrs. Kear ney, Mrs. McHmrh, Mrs. B. Flynn, Mrs. I. Murray, Mrs. James Hughes, Mrs. John Mc Keever, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Shade. Aides: Misses L. Phillips, Mary Welsh, Ella Scully, Delia Tlynn, Margie Durkin. Mary 2'"r-nbo. Pauline Sneridan, Cora Gall. Mary Kinney, iA'.z. Kvan, Lettie Tanr.ev. Hose Diebo'd, Julia Glenn, Kate Johnson, Winnie Flynn, Mary McKeever, Sophie Dillon. Table Xo. 4, Thirty-sixth ward. Third dis trictMiss .Tennio Carlin, Mrs. Joseph Pfef ferly. Mrs James Kainey, Mrs. K, Farrell, Mrs. L. D. Buckley Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Caroon, Mrs.. Joseph Keillv, Mrs. Kate Beillv, Mrs. Thomas Welch, Mrs. McGann. Mr. X. Mur ray, Mrs. Hatkins. Mrs. J. Shcehan, Mrs. J. Doherty. Mrs. McDouch, Mis. O'Donnell. Aides: Mrs. M. A Welch, Lizzie Misklon, Annie O'Hare. Annie O'Donnell. Jane John son. Mamie Domrherty. Henrietta CoscrovG. Sadie Monican, Annie Carleton, Nora Mac Donough, Marguerite Knnnedy, Bella Gall, Gertie Gall, Annie MoGinuis Moni Mc Ginnis, Gel tmdo Bovd, Mary O'Neil, Maegio O'Xeil, Katie Bnrns.May MacSacgart.Maggie Langdon, Philomena Kehrer, Sadie Cailin, May Fitzgerald, Bridget Conly, Lucy Healy, Mary Schaughnessy, Mary Shannon, Cecelia Kogeis. Taulo Xo. 5, Chartiers township Mrs. P. Sheridan, Mm. P. II. Dugan, Mrs. Santh, Mrs. O'Hara, Mrs. Ella Dugan, Mrs. Cartney, Mr. Carroll. Aides: Misses Katie Ilarail, Mnqrio Dugan, Bridget Brislin, Lizzie Tan ney, Katie Tanney, Annie O'Eeilly. Maggie Mitchell, Lizz'e Mitchell, Mary O'Hara, Macrie Sheridan, Lizzie Dillon, Annie O'Malley, Mary Jarrall, Ellie Vightengali, Bridget Dugan. Fannie Dugan, Annie Con well, Minna McLaughlin. Table Xo. C, Itiver Boad Mrs. Sevmour, Mrs. McGlinchcv, Mrs B. Burns, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Mannion, Mrs. Fennessey, Mrs. Finley, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Anccll, Mis. Sauers, Mrs. Brogan, Mrs. Xewell. Aides: Misses Annie McPherson, Marv Can oil. Katie Boacu, Katio Xagle, Katie MacXatnara, Mollio Bums, Stella Burns, Alice Hart, Mary Mac Xainara, Mazie Fenelly, Winnie Flaherty, Bridget Flaherty, Mazie Cabbitt, Lester An ccll, Annie Hanlev, Bridget Xewell. Maggie Hanley, Maggie Xewell, Lucy Kelly, Katie Ford. Table Xo. 7, Thirtv-sixth ward, Second dis trict Mrs. P. roley. Miss O'Toole, Mrs. J. Mitchell, Mr. Whalev, Mrs. ji. McCormiclr, Mrs. H. Thurlcm, Mis. P. Farrell, Mrs. Palmer, Mi-j M. Fabej-, Mis. Fnrris, Mrs. Mutiny, Mr. FncI, Mrs. Harkins. Aides: Misses Katie Fahey, 3tnry Conroy, Ella Me gan, Emma McGinnis, Maggie Whaley, Xellio Denkin, Katie Denkin, Lillie Geisler. Lizzie Finnigan, Teresa Finnigan, Mary White, Alice McGee, Lettio Tanney. Josie Tanney. Refreshment Stand Misses Maggie Mc Ginnis, Mary Malonoy, Mary Price, Tillio Dugan, Mary Welch, Maggie Kcleher, Sadie Ault, Lulu Minnick, Maggie Connell, Maine Campbell, Millie Seymour, Maggie Corbett, Sadie McGinchcy, Katie Burns, Elodie Carlin, May Mountain. Flower Booth Misses Doll Farrell, Katie Cailin, Millie Aneell. Cora Thurlow, Mary Cavannugh, Jennie Towney, Katie Dongh ertv. Maggie Welch, Julia Glenn, Katie Fallon, Celia Kogers. Gymnasium Hall Doorkeepers, John Call ens, diiector: James Tnll-, John Walsh, Thomas Kainey, John L. Sullivan, Daniel McCabo, Thomas Brislin, Benjamin Burns. Ticket office, John M. Welsh. P. H. Dugan, M. Minick, J. V. Hughes. Hat and cloak room, Joseph F. Minick, director; Charles Brislin. Joseph Auth, James McIIugh, Pat rick Collins, John Stack, T. Maloy aupper iiaii onei qo Allaire, oiey. Doorkeepers, Conrad Auth, director; John Malono, John Doran, Joseph Gaul, Edward Ansell, P. J. Dugan. Bernard Fnel. Ushers at supper table, John F. O'Toole, Martin WeUh, John E. Cunningham, John Shenkel, James Burns and James Flinn. Tiiere will be a special sale of fancy articles and fine linen work suitable for Christmas to be held Tuesday and Wednes day, Xovcnibcr 24 and 25; and of cakes, piis, puddings, croquette, etc., to be held Wednesday, November 23, for Thanksgiv ing at The Womans' Exchange, 62S Penn avenue. The Largest Stock of 'Winter Dress Goods Is here, all good, new and desirable styles, and many lines away under so-called "bar gain prices. It will pay you to calL Be member our big black dress goods depart ment. Jos. HORXE & CO., . C09-C21 Penn avenue. Tree Thanksgiving Day. To accommodate those who cannot come r.nv other time, Prof. Little will meet a limited number of persons having eve trouble and needing glasses at his office, 311 Tenn avenue, Thursday, November 26, 9 a. m. till 2 1. m. Consultation free. En gagements by inaiL Ladies and Children's Mackintoshes. New and handsome line just opened. Prices lower than ever offered before. A. G. CAMruELL & Soxs, 27 Fifth ave. SI 23 quality 50-mch genuine English suitings, 75c a yard to-day. Stripes and plaids, and extraordinary ofler. JOS. HOKNE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. The People's Store Firth Avenne. Visit our great carpet sale commencinir to-dav. 5ee display ad. CAMr-BELL & Dick. Best Valncs In All-Wool Country Blankets, S3 to 5 a pair, extra large size and quality. JOS. HOKNE & Co., 607-G21 Penn avenue. THE PITTSBURG IS SARDOO'S ODETTE Clara Morris Gives Another Illustra tion of Her Emotional Powers. FANNY KICE IN FAECE COMEDY. Frank Daniels in Little Puck Charles Gardner as Captain KarL ALL THE PLATS IN TOWX CKITICISED Miss Clara Morris appeared in "Odette," a play in four acts by Sardou, at the Alvin Theater last night. Some people, and they are not all Frenchmen, or they might be pardoned, would have us believe that be cause Sardou writes a play it must be a work of art, a powerful drama and a model of con struction; that its dialogue is sparkling, and that, in short, it is a thing apart, like a play of Shakespeare, before which critics should bow and audiences courtesy in the most def erential spirft. Well, those who have that kind of feeling, are at liberty to work the hinces of their knees double-turn before "Odette," but it will not convince us that it is not a very bad play so bad a play that had it borne the name of anyone but the author of "La Tosca" it would never have been accepted by Miss Morris. In the or iginal, perhaps, though it is doubtful, the dialogue was sufficiently brilliant to redeem the play from dullness. It is an ugly play; French to the finger-tips, so to speak, and while the moral ostensibly taught by it is good, yet the life it pictures involves so much that is low and vicious that the result cannot be edify ing. A glance at the story of the play will be enough to show how dull and dismal, as well as unpleasant, it is. The Story or the riay. Oddle 13 the wife of a French Count It is hard to tell what kind of a wife she has been before1 the play opens, but the first we see of her is enough to show us that she is tired of hum-drum domesticity in a country house. A young lover, who nossesses the key to a secret passage way to her chamber, uses it at the very moment her husband uuexpectedly returns. Husband and lover meet there is a struggle friends separate them, and they part to meet again on the field of honor. While the husband is preparing to upbraid his wife she appears, and in the darkened chamber it was dark on tho stage last night, although the lamp continued alight is feeling her way to the secret staircase, murmuring her anxiety for' her lover's safety, when she collides with her rightful lord. Struggle number two, followed by hot denunciation from the husband, and very mild protest from the wife. He turns her" out of doors, having first sent away their little daughter to a place of safety. That ends act I. All of act IL is devoted to the narration of all that happens to OdctU in a vicious life of 15 years. One after the other the characters come to the footlights and take up the story, and as a piece of dramatic construction this act is about as weak as it could be. It might be left out without anyone's miss ing" it Act 3 shows Odette's last resort, a low gambling den in Nice. Hither her hus band comes to beg her to give up his name and go away, in order to save their daugh ter from scandal on the eve of her marriage. There is a powerful and affecting scene at this point, and one in which Miss Morris is quite at home. The abandoned woman in a measure consents upon condition that she see her daughter. The interview that fol lows between mother and daughter, the lat ter ignorant entirely of the former's iden tity, is by far the best scene in the play, and the nearest to nature. The result of the in terview is that Odette consents to obliterate herself, for the sake of the daughter, who unconsciously has passed sentence upon her. So the play ends with -a declamatory tag that robs the situation which it ends of half its pathos, and is an error that we can hard ly believe Mr. Sardou capable of making. Incidentally during the play we are intro duced to a number of malodorous creatures, male and female, and to the interior of a "brace" gambling saloon in Nice. The audience probably failed to comprehend the offensiveness of much of the business, and laughed good-humoredly at the exaggerated paint upon the face of one of the elderly syrens. The weakness of the play may be imagined when it is considered that of four acts only the first has a strongly dramatic situation; that there is no clearly marked climax, and that one whole act is devoted to recitations in place of action. Not a solitary character except Odette betrays any original creative genius; the ingenue is our old and ever welcome little girl dying to be married; and the rest are shadows, merely labeled differently but Eracticallv alike. Even Odette's husband as no individuality to speak of. Miss Morris as Odette. Miss Clara Morris in the last two acts showed some of her old power. In the first act she was to stilted in her delivery; she did not catch the inspiration of the situation, and her passion appeared me chanical her screams when she found her child gone especially lacked . the gen uine ring. She benefited apparently by her immunity from the drenching rain of words in act IL and when she entered upon the interview with the Count Clermont in act ILL her touch was bolder and more magnetic Her expression of grief and anger alternately in this scene Tas in tensely moving; and the emotional triumphs of the las: act, in the heart-breaking sac rifice Odette makes for her daughter, was quite in Miss Morris' grand style. The ' audience recognized all the brilliant work of this great actress, and called her before the curtain twice. Mr. Colville played the Count with some dignity and ielodious pathos, but a little too stiffly. The nearest approach to comedy in the piece was furnished by Miss Abilene Barrison, who as the daughter of Oddle dig played a girlish enthusiasm and archness that were very refreshing. Miss Mittens Willett made something oi the conventional young wife of an elderly man the French dramatist loves to ridicule gently. Other wise the company is not remarkable. The play was given everything in the way of scenery that could be asked, and one or two of the interiors displayed richness and good taste in furniture and coloring. FAKHY EICE IN A HEW DBESS. Tho Musical Comedy, "A Jolly Surprise," Is Very Much Like a Variety Show. Fanny Bice is as charming in Arthur Wallack's musical farce comedy, "A Jolly Surprise," as she was in "Nanon," but it is doubtful whether the impression she creates is as pleasant in the former as in the latter. As "aiion she captured the hearts of every body and has been enshrined in their memo ries ever since, but to see her in a farce comedy,even if she be the star.has the effect of dimming, the brightness of the future. The surroundings of the play, clever as it is in parts and comical in its situations at times, cannot be compared to those of the light operas with which she seemed to be connected by nature. This has a jarring effect on the nerves, and less enjoyment is takeu in the performance than if she had never been seen in pro ductions of a higher class. Last night at the Grand Opera House, she sang several songs with all hr old-time at tractiveness, and her character sketches were good, especially the duet from "The Merry War." She' danced as .a ballet premier very gracefully, and she is an accomplished actress, so that the small thread of a flat to which she contrib uted her share was made the more accept able, just because she was the character upon which it centered. As Oalatca in the third act she made a statue 'fair to look upon, but the burlesque surroundings were a little broad. "A Jolly Surprise" can be called a farce comedy with propriety, but to attach the word "musicar to it is rather broad. It is DISPATCH, TUESDAY, true that there are a number of songs and choruses, but originality is lacking and most of the songs are burlesques. Some of them are quite bright, as, for instance, "When the Moon Shines" and "Good bye, Sweetheart," sung by W. Andrew Mack, and "Coming Through the Dye," sung by Mr. J. Thornton. The second act is entirely given up to specialty performances and has little or no connection with the plot. Most of the specialists have been seen on the variety stage in this city before and their names are familiar. Mr. Charles H. Bradshaw gets tipsy quite naturally in the sec ond act and carries out the idea of a would be gay young husband in fear with his mother-in-law very acceptably. Miss Eugenie Nicholson, as his wife, and Miss Turner, as the dreaded mother-in-law, re ceived deserved attention at the hands of the audience. As a whole, though, the company is far from beinc what it should be. There is too great a difference between the star, Fannie Kicc, and the rest. In fact they seemed to have been cast in molds of so divergent excellence that there is a lack of harmony that is noticeable. The attend ance was not what it will be if the weather improves, but there was a good-sized house present, and, judging from the number of r.ecalls, "A Jolly Surprise" and its people will be favorites before the week is out. GILTEDGED FBANK. DANIELS Sets the Merry Ball Kollin Again in Fan tastic Littlo Pack. No matter to whom most credit is due, to Mr. Anstey who supplied the central idea and the motive, to the comedian Frank Daniels who constructed the play, or to A. C. Gunter who wrote, there can be no deny ing that "Little Puck" is well built for the purpose, namely, that of making people laugh heartily. Last night a large audi ence went from smiles to guflaws and back again for more than two mortal hours, while Mr. Daniels and his clever as sistants unwound the humorous story, and exploited the gigantic jokes. The company is tne same as was here last year in this piece with the exception of Mr. Bert Coote, who takes the place of Arthur Moulton in the role of EilUj, first the son and afterwards the father. Miss Bessie Sanson is as charm ing as ever, and there are enough pretty faces to suit everyone. The Clipper Quar tette does some good work, and a bit of Irish impersonation by one of them was especially clever. There are several new features m an incidental way, and among other is tin costermongcr song which Mr. Daniels sings. It is a neat imitation of the London costermongcr, although it has hnrdly the essential bweetness of the new cut in the matter of accent. The audience enjoyed this and every other specialty in the play and encored everything they could. GAEDNEE AS CAPTAIN KABL. A Very Mild Affair a Lone Instance From the Original Emmet. With J, IC Emmet gone to play his part in another world, there is much strife to fill his vacated place in this one. He has not yet had a worthy successor, and we doubt if ever he will have. But there have been imi tators of our "Fritz," and one of them is Charles A. Gardner, who opened in "Cap tain Karl" last night at the Bijou Theater. Without wishing to discourage Mr. Gardner, who doubtless is a hard working actor, it must truthfully be said that he is no par ticular success. Probably Mr. . Gardner will disclaim any intention to gain distinc tion in roles particularly Emmetish. but that won.t let him off scott free. For if there is anythipgmore commonplace than Gardner as an imitator, it must be Gardner as a creator. He cannot sing: that is, he cannot sing the songs he essays. His voice is metallic and his manner mechanical. And, ohl we must say it, though it pain him, it is absolutely necessary even for comparative success, that this portly gen tleman should reduce his weight. Now he would fill the part, supposing all else equal, of a fine English squire or a New Tork broker, but he can't flit yes, flit is the -word, upon the stage, in a captivating manner. These are the parts that Mr. Gardner can play at least we suppose they are, but he Erobably knows more about that than any ody else. One thing is certain, Captain Karl is not his part, and another thing is likewise certain that "Captain Karl" is not worthy the name of a part In his play "Captain Karl," there is a cen tral figure,say Gardner, who is called a hero. The narrls Theater. The annual visit of Susie Kirwin and the Wilbur Opera Company is the attraction at this house just now. Yesterday "Falka" was given and it will be repeated asain to day. It is quite a novelty here and was highly enjoyed by two large audiences on on its first day's presentation. As usual, Manager AVilbur has recruited a number of young and pretty girls for his chorus, and Miss Kirwin sees that their costumes and tights are new, bright and appropriate. The company is much the same as it was last season. All the old favorites arc here Miss Kirwin, Tre Denick, Kohnle, Belle Hamilton, Emmet Drew, E. A. Clarke and Maggie Bolton. The latter yesterday sang sweetly and acted prettily as Eheidge, the gipsy girl. "Bohemian Girl" will bo given to-morrow. Davis' Museum-Theater. A great many people visited Harry Davis Fifth Avenue Museum yesterday, and gazed in awe-stricken wonder at Ella Swing. That young lady looked benignly down from her altitude of 8 feet 2 inches, and calmly brushed the ceiling with the top of her coiffure without difficulty. She is probably the tallest human being ever in Pittsburg, and it is not likely that her height will ever be approached again. She must be seen to be appreciated. Her mother, who stands by her side, is like a child in comparison. The Arcaries, in their knife and tomahawk throwing, are remarkably skillful. The vaudeville entertainment in the theatorium is very good, the performers all being bright people, and many of them being old favorites in Pittsburg. Harry Williams Academy. Williams and Orr's Meteors flashed across the Academy sky last night to the delight of a fairly large audience. Juliene's elec tric organ, John E. Drew, the American Macs, the Inman and the Coyne sisters, Miss Alice Hutchings and the Continental Four are among the bright features of a good entertainment from beginning to end. World's Masenm-Theatcr. The wonderful illusion by which Dr. Beatty appears to cut up any human be ings without pain to the latter drew large audiences yesterday, who were also pleased with Den Howe's capital specialty perform ance in theater. Fatima, the beautiful Hin doo snake charmer, and Mathews' educated goats, are also popular features. Stage Chatter. The Austrian Juyentlo Band, that is to give its llrst conceit in Pittsburg in the Auditoiium this evening, has evidently caught Philadelphia, as the following in tbe Ledger of last Friday says: "As tho lads ranging Inage fiom 14 to 2D years filed upon the stage, certainly few pi esent coald havo been so sjnguiue a3 to have anticipated tho lino performance that followed. Had tho 'Lodeiska' orcrtme of Cherubini. which opened the concert, been played while tho yonng Austrians were con cealed, the best posted of the listeners would have been ready to declare that it was either Gilmorc's or the Marine Band they were listening to." There is a brisk ad vance sale at Hamilton's music store. The advance sale for Crane on "Tho Sena tor" begiu3 on Thursday next. Tuk Boston Symphony Oichestral Club will give a concert on Thursday evening at Old City nail. Mr. Lloyd, the tenor and Miss Burnhnm, the soprano, with other notable singers will appear. The lecture of Mar O'Rell, to bo given In Sewlckiey next Thursday evening 'at tho Presbyterian Church, is the first of a season that promises to be very successful. NOVEMBER 24, 1891. DOCTORS BOB A BANK. The Two Physicians Arrested in Illi nois Tell Their Story. ONE PLEADS THE COCAIKE HABIT. A Eemarkable Termination of a Long List of Yillage Hurglaries. DK. M'ADAM IS QUITE BAf)LY WOUNDED Gakdnek, III., Nov. 23. Dr. James E. McAdam, who was shot while re sisting arrest after being detected in an-attempt to rob the Gardner Bank, is 34 years old. He is one of the best-known physicians of Grundy county and a gradu ate of the Northwestern University of Ohio and the Itush Medical College in Chicago. He came here six years ago and soon had a good practice. He is married, and, being a man of more than ordinary intelligence, ex ercised a strong influence in the commu nity. About a year ago a girl whom he at tended professionally preferred a serious charge against him, and, although he wa never convicted, the incident almost ruined his practice. Dr. William Boye, who was also con cerned in the attempted burglarylast night, is 40 years old, and says that in his native land, Sweden, he was a Count. He settled here a few years ago, claiming to have a di ploma from some Chicago institution, but has not stood high in the community. The Tro Physicians Become Intimate. When Dr. McAdam was on the top wave of prosperity he would not recognize Dr. Boye, but after he had met reverses the two physicians became very intimate. The raid on the bank Saturday morning was the culmination of a series of bold burglaries that began in Gardner a year ago. Besidences, stores and even the Gardner Bank had been entered, and in many in stances the thieves had been well rewarded. All efforts in nm down the cane proved futile, and its members grew bolder and more active. They robbed the houses of Sheriff Beam and Marshall Godson, yet not a clue could the local Hawkshaws discover. A few weeks ago, while James Kervin and his wife were sleeping peacefully ln their rooms on the second floor of their house, a man climbed a tree, opened the bedroom window, and drawing up a long pole attached a sponge saturated with chloroform to it and hung it over the nostrils of the sleeping couple. The man held one end of the pole in the tree, and as soon as his victims became unconscious he entered and stole 625 in money and two gold watches. A Detective Pnt on the Track. At this stage of the proceedings, J. C. Lutz, who owns the greater part of the bank's stock, determined to import a de tective secretly and set him to work. He secured Will Twining a young man whose stepfather is a stockholder in the bank. Gardner is. the old home of Twining, but he had lived many years in Chicago. He came down from Chicago and was "soon intimate with Dr. McAdam. From talks with the physician the detective came to the conclu sion that he was the leader of the band of burglars. Suspicion next fell on Dr. William Bpye and another man, but Mc Adam, although he would talk about himself, would say noth ing about his companions. It is a disputed point who first proposed the raid on the bank. Dr. McAdam and his friends assert that the detective proposed it and induced Dr. McAdam to join him. Furthermore, they say the doctor is a victim of cocaine; that while crazed with the drug he played the part of cracksman, and was under its influence when the tragic scene in the bank was enacted, and also when hemadeaplea af guilty in court the next morning." The detective's story is that shortly after he began to associate with Dr. McAdam, the latter told him that once every month, iust before the miners' pay-day, the bank con tained about f 25,000 and suggested that they blow open the safe and secure the money. The Detect! vo Explains the Method. He showed that the job could be easily done and that the chances of detection were slight. The bank was in the rear of a general store, and as the vault was of an ancient pattern, the doctor said it could be eaily opened. The detective agreed with everything the doctor said and notified President Lutz, of the bank. Dr. Boye re mained in the background and held no con versation with the detective. Dr. McAdam said that Dr. Boye was "in" for a "whack" of the boodle. About a week ago Dr. McAdam informed the detective that the money would be in the bank on November 20 and 21, and said that Friday was the best night for the job. President Lutz engaged three Pinkerton de tectives to assist in the capture of the burglais in the bank. Five men were con cealed in a small room in the banlc At midnight Drs. McAdam, Boye and Mr. Twining met by appointment and proceeded to the bank building. They were provided with "jimmies," "drills," "clamps," a dark lantern and a heavy hammer. It was decided to leave Dr. Boye on guard at the front door. Dr. McAdam and Twining went to the rear door with their tools. De tective Twining took a "jimmy," and in a few minutes the door was forced. It was only a few steps to the vault, which was burrounded by a wire screen. The screen door was forced and as McAdam in spected the door of the vault, two of the five men concealed in the room went out Sf the back door to cut off retreat. Tampering With the Sare Lock. The doctor and the detective decided the best way to enter the vault was to drill holes around the lock and then pull it out with the "clamps." The doctor picked up the drill and began work. He was grinding away industriously when Twining gave a signal to the three men con cealed in the room. They stepped up to screen with shotguns and revolvers. "Throw up your hands, doctor," said one of them. Twining jumped back and also covered tho physi cian. Instead of complying with the command the doctor drew a revolver from his pocket and fired point blank at Twining. The man's life was saved by a small wire extending from the screen. It turned the bullet, and before the doctor could fire again the shotgun cracke!! and the pistol arm of the burglar fell to his side. He tried to change the revolver to bis left hand and shoot, but was seized and overpowered. "Why don't you shoot to kill, Tom," said he to the city marshal. "I would have fetched one or two of you if you hadn't dropped that arm of mine." Meanwhile Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOUJlTEiy PURE IRON AND STEEL BUILDINGS, ROOF TRUSSES, COLUMNS AID GIRDERS. PITTSBURG BRIDGE COMPANY, Thirty-Eighth St noU-i7 Dr. 3oye heard the firing and ran off, but was arrested in bed at his home a few min utes later. "What are you doing here, doctor?" the marshal asked McAdam. "This is a put-up job," he replied. "That fellow there," pointing to Twining, "got me into this and I can prove it by his letters." The two doctors were taken to Morris, 111., and, after a preliminary examination, held in S4.000 apiece. The third man sus pected of complicity in the burglary has not been arrested. j FBAHK PEELICK STTICIDES. His WHe Finds His Body Hanging in a Wardrobe. Frank Perlick committed suicide, in a wardrobe at his home on Summit avenue, Troy Hill, yesterday morning. He took a piece of loosely plaited rope and tied both ends closely together. He then passed the loop over his head and brought it down under his chin and crossed it. This done he fastened the endto an iron hook, and when found by his wife about 4 o'clock, he was hanging with his feet drawn up so they would not touch the floor; No reason can be assigned for the deed as his home life was seemingly very pleasant. Sunday night a number of his friends had spent the evening with him, chatting over a glass of beer, and when they left at 11 o'clock he and his elder son sat up until 1 o'clock, both parting in good spirits. He was an employe of the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company, and a member of several bene ficial societies and social clubs. Coroner McDowell will hold an inquest to-day. TVilklnsbnrg Left in Darkness. The big dynamo of the electric light plant at Wilkinsburg has burned out and the borough has been in darkness for two nights. Not only are the street lamps out, but all the stores and a score or so of private houses that depend for their light upon electricity are suffering great inconvenience. The awful weather of yesterday would have pre vented much business being done in Wilk insbure in anv case, but the Duttine out of the lights gave everyone an exense to give up all attempts to carry on business, and the result was that everyone seemed to go to bed almost immediately after supper. THE FIBE EEC0ED. At Memphis yesterday, the De Soto Oil Mills burned. Loss, $60,000. At Paris, Tex., Sunday evening, 3,000 bales of cotton and a portion of the compress plat form burned. Loss, $100,000; fully insured. Neae Latrobe yesterday morning, the farm residence of Jacob Smith was de stroyed, caused bv a defective flue. Loss, $1,500. .Air alarm was sent in from box 05 about 6 o'clock last night for a chimney flre in the house of Charles Garrett on Compromise alley, Twenty-third ward; no damage. At Leavenworth, at the height of the storm a flro of unknown origin broke out in Byrnes' livery stables. The stables and two adjoining buildings were destroyed. Twenty-one horses perished in tho livery stable flre. Total loss, $35,000; partly in sured. ' r Belle Plaine, la., Sunday, William Han son's jewelry and stove stores, a harness shop and other smaller business places burned. Loss heavy. Sovoral persons work ing at tho flre were severely injured. An ex plosion of powder and cartridges during the progress of tho flro caused much excite ment. . At Middiebnry, Vt Sunday night, the most disastrous flro in tbe history of the town occmred. Nine business blocks were burned. Tho water supply was out of order. Firemen responded from Burlington and Rutland, and aided in saving tuo town. The origin of the flro is unknown, and tho 10S3 will reach $150,0M. At Paragauld, Ark., Sunday night, lire broke out in the Bertig block, destroying Bertig Bros.' famous drygoods and clothing stores, Dr. nick's drugstore, Gallamore's saloon, J. II. Bryant's saloon, M. G. Uew som's grocery store and H. Goldman's dry goods store. There was a heavy snow storm at the time, which probably saved the town from destruction. Loss estimated at $100,000. At Coppcropolis Sundaynightthe hoisting works on o. 2 shaft, owned by the Union Copper Mining Company, were totally de stroyed. Forty men wero in the shaft at the time, but all escaped through another shaft. The calmness of the night saved the town from total destruction. The timbers in the shaft are now burning, but tbe undergrounl woiks aro said to have been saved. Esti mated loss $30,000, tartly insured. , At Minneapolis, last night, flre broke out at 10 o'clock in tho live-story building occu pied by the Xorth Star Boot and Shoe Com pany. A brisk wind was prevailing at the time and the flames had a good start. It looked as ir Temple Court, the Aicolet House and other big bnilding3 would have to go, but tho flames were confined to tho building in which the flre originated. Tho loss is es timated at $350,000; fully insured. The build ing is owned byH. G. Harrison and cost $S5,00O. MONDAY'S HIN0E MATTIES. Twelve new cases of diphtheria and seven of scarlatina were icported to tho Bureau of Health yesterday. The stabbing of Con O'Brien on the Sonth side Sunday night did not occur in Moore's restaurant, but in an adjoining house. Ajt II. Moylcn was arrested in Beavor Falls about a week ago. There is an H. Moylen in Pittsburg in the extract bnsiness, but he is not the one who was arrested. A. A. Hcxixas will to-morrow evening recite, for tho benefit of the Keeley Patients, that most pathetic and touching poem by J. T. Trowbridge, entitled the Vagabond1?. An unknown Italian was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital last evening with both legs broken. He was ennght in a fall ing building yesterday afternoon at a small town in the coko regions. Jerkv Dillov fell into a pit in Tottcn's foundry, at Twenty-font th and Kallroid streets, yesterdav afternoon and injured his back severely. He was removed to his home at 20UlPenn avenue in patiol wagon No. 3. BOTES FE0M THE CITY GTABDIANS. John Krc.LT was locked un in the Twelfth ward station house last night on a charge of assault and battery, on oath of Nicholas Piovident, in an information made yester day before Alderman McKenna. A twelve-year-old boy named Donald was arrested yesterday for stealing $2 fiom Har rison Bro'. notion store in Allegheny, where he wns emplojed. The boy's widowed mother made good the loss and the boy was released fiom custody. Martin DnoA was placed in Jail last night on a charge of aggravated assault and bat tery made' before Alderman Gripp by Michaol Gorman. 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