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THE PITTSBUEG- DISPATCH,- TUESDAY MARCH 15, 189a
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HILL TO THE SOUTH.
Bii Presidental Boom on Wheels
Commences in Dead Earnest.
TALKS POLITICS FfiOH THE START.
He Preaches Tariff for Eevenne Onlj to
Southern Iron Men, and
BEPLIES TO DAEEISON'S SPEECHES
Knoxyiixe, March It The first point
at which Senator Hill's train stopped this
morning was Roan oak e, Va. The Senator
spoke for ten minutes, saying:
I do not intend upon this occasion to enter
upon any discussion of Democratic princi
ples. They are dear to you, as thoy are dear
to the people throughout the land. AVe be
Here in an honest and economical adminis
tration of public affairs. We believe that no
more money should be raised for the sup
port of the Government than Is necessary
for its actual administration, economi
cally administered. Vt'e believe that the
place for surplus taxes is in the pockets of
the people, and not in the Federal treasury.
Cheers. We believe in the right of each
State to regulate its own domestio affairs in
Its own tray. Applause. We claim that
right in the great Empire State, where I
live, and we freely concede that right to the
citizens of Old Virginia. "Good, good," and
applause. I congratulate you upon the
signs of the times.
It is evident that the majority ot the peo
ple of this country believe in Democratic
principles. Cheers. Although in the last
national election our candidates were de
feated through the machinery of the elec
toral college, you have not forgotten the fact
that they received a majority of the people.
Applause. Oar principles were sustained.
Applause. They are vital to the success
of this country. They are essential to the
welfare of the people.
The Democratic Power Limited.
We are opposed to monopolies. We are in
favor of that course and policy hich give
the greatest good tq the greatest number.
The Democratic party legislates for
all the people, and while we are not
able now to accomplish much, from the
fact that the Senate of the United States is
Republican and the President is Republican,
we can, at least, through the House of Rep
resentatives, control the purse strings and
have an economical approoriation of public
money bj withholding extravagant and un
necessary appropriations. Applause.
In this section of the country I am in
formed that your industries are growing. I
consratulate you upon the fact. The Demo
cratic party is in favor of the reasonable en
gagement of all the industrial interests of
this country not by takinir monev out of
one man's pocket to place it in another'e.but
by Just and reasonable and fair legislation.
We make no war upon any of the indus
tries or the land. Our platform states our
position, anl, while I do not intend' to argue
it here at this time, I simply say to you that
tne industries of the country, yours
here and elsewhere, will be, as they
always have been, safe in the hands
of the great partv that has always built up
the State of irginia, and is entitled to con
trol this great country of ours. Applause.
I bring you upon this occasion the good
wishes of the people of the Empire State.
Applause. To-dav we have not a Repub
lican State official, from one end or the State
to the other, elected by tbe people at large.
Applause and cheers. We have a Demo
cratic Legislature in both branches for the
first time for many years. Applause.
No Walk-Over for thetnocracy.
Our Republican friends have kept control
oi the State for many years, so far as its
legislative branch is concerned, becanso
they have refused an enumeration of its
Inhabitants: but I can safely assure our
Democratic friends in this section of Vir
ginia, that it is the Aaat you have seen, in
my Judgment, or a Republican Legislature
in the Empire State. Cheers.
Bear in mind, fellow oltizens, that the con
test is to come. You have not an easy fight.
The enemy is intrenched. They have the
possession or the Government, and they will
use it ror all it is worth. Laughter. The
candidate of the other side will probably be
the present occupant of the White Uouse,
and. my friends, surrounded as he is with all
the power of this great Government, it will
not be easy to dislodge him or his party.
It is not enough that the majority of the
people believe in Democratic principles.
It is not enough that the sentiment
of the people is with us. There
must be organization in every school
district, in every town, in every county
throughout your State and throughout
the country. The party that is best organ
ized, in my judgment, will in the fight this
coming fall. Therefore, in parting from yon,
I simply desire to say a fewpratical -nords
on organizing for the fight that is to come:
Organize your people; instruct them; cir
culate your documents; subscribe to your
newspapers.; inform tbe people; agitate: agi
tate and organize everywhere. If this be
done, we can rejoice this fall, in my judg
ment, in the redemption of the country.
Cheers.
Hill Proceeds on His Journey.
At Kadford, Va., a city of 6,000 popula
tion, the train stopped for three minutes. A
delegation boarded the train and insisted
that Senator Hill should address the people
briefly. The Senator stepped out upon the
platform and made a short speech.
He was greeted with loud cheers.
The chief demonstration of the afternoon
was at Bristol, where Mr. Hill was escorted
to a convenient stand. He spoke as fol
lows: When I view this vastcrowd I realize that
this country is growing. I never did take
much stock in Mr. Porter's census, and I
don't know bow much population he gives
this city, but I'm inclined to think
you ought to have a new count. Cheers.
I realize also that I am passing through the
Xew South.
I am informed that this town is situated
partly in Virginia and partly in .Pennsyl
vania. You have here, thetefore, a divided
allegiance, but I am sure that while
your allegiance may be divided be
tween the two States you are loyal
to our common country, which embraces all
the States. Cheers. In this vast audience
there are, undoubtedly, citizens of all
parties, but I assume that the greater por
tion belong to the grand old Democratic or
ganization, to which J. am proud to belong.
About a year ago you gave a welcome, a
grand and magnificent one, to the President
of our country.
Giving Harrison His Dae.
It was fitting and proper that he should
have such a welcome at the hands of the
citizens of this town, not only because of
his high character, but because of the
exalted place hich he'occupies by the suf
frages or tbe American people. Applause.
It Is one of the distinguishing
traits of our people, or all parties
and of all sections, that they havo
proper respect for constituted nutbority.
-.Therefore, I rejoice that you gave the Presi
dent of our Republic the welcome that was
his due.
I might well say that the light of vour
furnaces lights the path of your railroad
from ono end of it to another. There is iron
to right or us, iron to Itrt or us, iron in
front ot us, and iron all around us.
The development or your iron In
dustry constitutes ono or your sources of
wealth. I observe that there has been
printed on this pamphlet a portion of a
speech or President Harrison, which be de
livered here at the timo or his reception.
Permit me to quote a Tew sentences from
that speech. He said:
What hinders u Irom securing the market of
our own great population from successful competi
tion in the market or the world? What hinders
our people, possessing every element or material
wealth and endowed with lm entire genius usiur-
Sacsed, from again stein tbe merchant marine
ylng the flag or our country and carrying its
commerce into every sea and CTerr portr
Permit me to say to the President and his
V
artv that 1 can tell them what is to
inrtVr. It is the Republican legislation of.
ti n t 55 or 30 vears: the legislation vinrii
has built up the Darrlers to the greater com
merce: legislation which, instead or giving
us freer and wider markets, has restricted
tnem.
Our Flag in the Good Old Times.
That is the reason that the farmers and
tbe manufacturer of this portion of the
country, as well as of the whole United
States, have not entered in to successful com
petition In the markets of the world. He
speaks of the desirability, of hav
ing our merchant marine flying tbe
flag of our common country everywhere. I
beg to remind him that in the good old days
of Democratic rule the flag or our conn try
used to fly on the merchant marine every
where throughout tbe globe, and It is only
the narrow, restrictive, partisan policy of
the party nowin power that has prevented
our commerce frpm thus spreading around
th frlnbe.
I trust the time will come when our com-
morce will be freer than it is now. I trust
the time will come when the barriers of
legislation which restrict and hamper our
industries and embarrass our busi
ness will be removed. That time
will come, in my judgment, when
we shall have that Democratio
victory next fall for which wo are all now
praying. Cheers. I think, my friends,
that the time Is ripe for the express mani
festation of a bold, vigorous and aggressive
Democracy. Applause.
The Reception at Knoxvllle.
The train made several stops, daring
which the Senator spoke a few words
of greeting to assembled thousands,
until Knorville was reached at
Gr.M. Here he spoke to the largest crowd
which he has met on his trip. In his speech
Mr. Hill said:
We do not want taxation imposed except
for public purposes. Cheers. We want no
Government partnership with private in
terests. Applause. We believe in up
holding and sustaining and encouraging
all the industries of this great land,
but we do not believe in rob
bing Peter to pay Paid. Great Applause.
At the conclnsion of this speech the train
proceeded on its journey to the capital ol
Mississippi
aillls'lpartlsans Snub Hilt.
AuSTnr, Tex., March 14. The defeat
of the resolution inviting ex-Governor Hill,
of Xew York, to address the Legislature of
this State, is attributed to a disposition
of the Mills men in the House to even up
against Hill on account of his supposed In
fluence at "Washington against Mills fir the
speakership.
DB. SCUDDEK'S FIEST TBIAL.
The Husband of His Victim and a Phjslclan
Testify Against Him.
Chicago, March 14. The preliminary
arrignment of Dr. Scudder on the charge
of mnrder took place this afternoon before
Justice Brayton. The prisoner was brought
into court supported on either side by a
policeman, and seemed unable to move
without their assistance. He was ashy pale,
his eyes u cro closed and he gave no sign
that he realized the situation. He re
mainded in 'a seeming stupor throughout
the proceedings, except "when a portion of
the skull of the murdered woman was ex
hibited in evidence.
Two witnesses were examined F. "EL
Dunton, the husband of the victim, and Br.
Palmer, who conducted the autopsy. Mr.
Dunton told of the prisoner's supposed at
tempt to poison him, the suspicious actions
of Dr. Scudder the morning of Mrs. Dun
ton's death, and the endeavor of the pris
oner before her burial to take from the house
the box ccr.taining her will. A curious
fact, not heretofore Drought out, was that the
sleeves of Mr. Dunton's night shirt were
spotted with blood after the discovery that
his wife had been injured. The testimony
of Dr. Palmer was, iu effect, that Mrs. Dun
ton's death, beyond all doubt, was from be
ing pounded upon the head. The examina
tion will be resumed to-morrow.
1HE BIO GKANDE TEBEOBIZED,
Not by Garza's Outlaws, but by Captain
Bourke's American Troops.
Sak Axtonio, March 14. The situation
on the Lower Rio Grande is assuming a
most serious aspect Complaints from 80
citizens concerning the alleged unjust ac
tion ot certain United States troops con
tinue to pour in from all quarters of the
turbulent territory, and if these reports are
to be believed the whole Mexican popula
tion of the Texas frontier are terror-stricken.
It is said many of the citizens of that
section are anxious to put themselves to the
expense of a leal examination rather than
undergo the treatment which they allege to
have received at the hands of the troops.
A number of prominent Mexican ranch
men who have been accused in an indirect
manner of being identified with the late
Garza revolutionary fiasco will arrive here
this week to learn whether or not any com;
plaint has been made against them before
the Federal authorities. Robert Summer
lin, who is the legal representative of all
the wealthy ranchmen who have'so far been
arrested, has gone into the matter with a
view to making a strong legal fight, and has
already preferred some very sensational
charges, backed by affidavits, before Presi
dent Harrison against Captain John G.
Bourkc.
A FLAW IN THE LAW.
The Act of New Jersey Legalizing the
Heading Deal Probably in Vain.
Trenton, N. J., March 14. It was dis
covered to-day that there is probably a
grave constitutional omission in the pro
ceedings of the Legislature in passing the
bill on the last day of the session legalizing
the recent combination of the Beading
Railroad deal.
Information received in this city to-night
is to the effect that counsel for the Pennsyl
vania railroad at a meeting of head
officials in Philadelphia stated that
the bill is clearly unconstitutional
in that notice of the introduction
of the bill had not been published in any
legal newspaper, and that the bill is clearly
of the class of special bills, the passage of,
which are prohibited. It is expected that
Governor Abbett will sign the bill to-morrow,
making it a law.
The Avery College Movement.
A meeting of the United Ministers' Coun
cil, comppsed of the pastors of the colored
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches of this vicinity, was held in the
Wylie Avenue A. M. E. Church to con
sider the future of the Avery College. This
college, for colored boys, was to be sus
tained by the Avery bequest. It was oper
ated for a time and then closed. Recently
a reopening has been agitated and the meet
ing yesterday was to consider this question.
The sentiment was entirely in favor of put
ting the college in operation again, and the
Rev. Messrs. R. S, Laws, G. C. SampsOn
and J. H Trimble were appointed a com
mittee to make arrangements for a public
meeting to agitate the question. ,
STUMBLED OVEB THE STATUTES.
John Fbisbey, colored, was arrested by
Officer Terry last night for stealing a pair of
shoes from a store on Wylie avenue. He
k as locked up in the Eleventh ward station.
Thomas Hall and Antony Pool were ar
rested by Officers Welsh and Hanly yester
day afternoon and locked up in the Hazel
wood police station for fighting on Sylvan
avenue. Twenty-third ward. Both were
badly used up.
Frask Killed, of Soho, 21 years old, was
fished out of tne Monongahela river at tbe
foot of Twenty-second street, by Officer
Brown. He was almost dead, and at a late
hour last night was unable to explain how he
got intotho water.
Nettie Johnstoi? and Ambrose Bird live out
Fenn avenue and are bad friends. Last
evening Bird forced his way into her house
and struck her. The woman picked up a
sewing machine and felled film to the floor.
Then both were arrested. Thoy are power
ful people.
Joseph Midglet, of Allegheny, had a hear
ing last night before Alderman Cahlll on a
charge or cruelty to his wife and child, pre
ferred by Agent O'Brien. Mrs. ilidgley testi
fied that her husband abused her and the
child in a terrible manner. Tho Alderman
fined Jlidgley $10 and costs.
CAB.
TI!1 Y.. .? nnra wnM Uranfri Jme,
goods, 45 Inches wide, at 50c a yard, 21 dif
lerent shades; new 1892 shades, too.
Boggs & Buhl.
Attend Cain Bros.' shoe sale, 10 per
cent off for cash. Good shoes. Low.prices.
tx Liberty and Sixth streets.
Come to Amheim'a auction sale to-morrow
it wanting a horse, the only place in
the city you can get a horse guaranteed as
represented. ,
Bisque of Beef, Herbs and Aromatics for
torpid liver and dyspepsia. 60c and (1.
The Arnheim auction sale commences to
morrow at 10 o clock, sharp.
DEDICATED IN STYLE.
Southside Turners Formally Take
Possession of Their New Ball.
THOUSAHDS IN THE PARADE LINE.
Bunting and Flags Decorated Practically
Every Building.
AN ENJOYABLE TIME IN THE ETENING
Clouds of bunting and thousands of flags,
decorated with bright ribbons of every con
ceivable hue, floated from the windows and
doorways of nearly every house and store
on the Southside all day yesterday. It was
a regular gala day for the residents, and
throngs of people crowded the principal
thoroughfares from early morn until long
after midnight. The entire district pos
sessed a holiday appearance. The occasion
was the dedication of the new Turner Hall
on South Thirteenth street, between Carson
and Sarah, whioh has just recently been com
pleted at a cost of $45,000.
The headquarters for the day were at
Birmingham hall on Jane street Magistrate
Succop, acted in the capacity of chief
marshall, and as soon as he had discharged
his public duties he donned his high silk
hat and rushed to headquarters where his
time was employed for several hours issuing
orders to his assistants and superintending
the preliminary arrangements attending the
street exercises.
Societies from Neighboring Towns.
As early as 10 o'clock In the morning the
turner societies of the surrounding towns
began to arrive. These were escorted or
directed to the Birmingham hall. Here they
were arranged into line and shortly before
S o'clock the procession moved. The order
of the parade was as follows:
Birmingham Turners.
Mounted Police.
Chief Marshal Succop with a mounted staff.
Five open carriages containing the district
officers, speakers and Building
Commission.
The various societies) ot visiting Turners
from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia.-
The latter part of the procession was
made up entirely of the Southside Turners,
which was, perhaps, the feature of the
Iiarade. There were nearly j$,000 men in
ine, and these marched to the lively tunes
furnished by seven of the leading bands of
the city. The route was from Birmingham
Hall to Twenty-eighth street, to Carson to
Tenth, to Sarah and hence to the new hall,
on Thirteenth street
At 4 o'clock the head of the procession
reached the hall and the men filed into the
building, after which they proceeded di
rectly to the spacious music hall on the sec
ond floor. Here already had a large erowd
oi ladies and children gathered to witness
the dedicatory exercises. The men were
speedily ushered to their seats, and after a
few minutes delay the ceremonies were com
menced. The Delivery of the Keys.
The programme began with a choice musi
cal selection rendered by the Germania
Band, and upon its completion Mr. Seibert,
the contractor, made a short address, in
which he said his work had now been com
pleted and he wis prepared to deliver the
keys over to the society. At this point Mr.
Kaiser stepped forward and in behalf of
the organization accepted the keys and
made a short congratulatory speech, com
mending the work of the contractor. Ho
also said the Southside Turners were pleased
with their building and were proud to know
that it was ready for occupancy.
According to the' programme which was
arranged several days ago Mayor Gourley
was to have been present to make the salu
tatory address, but at the last moment it
was reported that he would be unable to at
tend, and Prof. John Golden, or the Twenty-ninth
ward school, was asked to take his
place. The latter kindly responded, and
interested his listeners with a brief history
of the Turner societies in general and the
good work they had accomplished in this
country since their arrival. Following
this a number of select singers Irom the
various organizations throughout the city
sang the "Star Spangled Banner" in the
German language, under the direction of
George Pfisterer. The music was well ren
dered and heartily enjoyed by everyone
present
Some Very Enjoyable Features.
The last feature' of the programme was the
dedicatory address. It was delivered by
Mr. Gdtfried Ihsen. He held the attention
of the people for probably one half hour
when the assemblage was dismissed. Im
mediately after the close of the exercises
the members of the Southside Turners, to
gether with the large number ot invited
guests, repaired to the lower floor where re
freshments were served. For the next three
hours there were no restrictions placed upon
the merrymakers, and that they" all' thor
oughly enjoyed themselves was proven by
the broad 6niiles upon every face.
At 8 o'clock there was a concert, with a
very elaborate programme.
The feature of the entertainment without
a doubt was the horizontal bar performance,
but the pole vaulting and club swinging
and the calisthenics by the pupils of the
Bedford School also deserve honorable men
tion, and the participants received their
share of the applause. At the close of the
entertainment the hall was cleared, and the
floor made ready for dancing. Ladies with
their escorts began arriving in large num
bers about this time and at 11 o'clock the
hall was crowded with dancers. All present
enjoyed themselves hugely, and it was not
until daylight that the building was finally
cleared of its merry gathering.
Chile's New Ministry.
Washington, March 14. Senor Montt,
the Chilean Minister, received a cable
message from Santiago to-day announcing
the formation of a new Chilean Ministry, as
follows: Juan Castellon, Minister of For
eign Affairs; Eduardo Matte, Minister of
the Interior; Gaspar Torro, Minister of Jus
tice; Jorge Biesco, Minister of Industry;
Augustin Edwards, Minister of Treasury,
and Luis Barros, Minister of War.
A Blizzard in Kansas.
Kansas City, March 14. The blizzard
continues to-night with unabated fierceness.
The fall of snow varies in Kansas from 6
to 8 inches on the level, which is proving
very troublesome to the railroads. The
evening trains for the West are bulletined
late from one to four hours, and some of
them are posted as "indefinite."
Dr. D. Hayes Agnew Seriously 111.
Philadelphia, March 14. Dr. D.
Hayes Agnew, Emeritus Professor of
Surgery at the TJniversitjr of Pennsylvania,
and one of the most eminent surgeons in
this country, is lying critically ill at his
residence from ad attack of heart failure.
DIED.
ALBEIGHT On Monday, March U, 1892, at
11:45 p. St., Mikhie Estella, lnlant daughter
ofWm. and Bose Albright, neo Schuman,
aged 1 month and 4 days.
Funeral on Wedhesdat, March 16 at 2 p. at.,
from the residenco of the parents, 2319 Sarah
street, S. S. Interment private. 2
Twenty matched teams of carriage,
draught and general purpose horses will be
sold at the Arnheim auction sale to-morrow
at 10 o'clock A. M.
Good fitting shoes at low prices, and 10
per cent oil at that Cain Buos.,
XT Liberty and Sixth streets.
Bisque of Beef Herbs and Aromatic,, Ytf ?ffikSuLH2r& &1W T "SKBK ' IflC UflD IIC Q Pft ' C
the best and purest ot appetizers.' BOc and tL firink or even car fare from anyone. Mr. tyJSdmF EiHwO' .111 rlllnilrvlll
Dunstan made up to look like Bill HSr CTKr WUW I IVIIllk (A WWa W
nnv'ix . iK. ..1. nFdm.itii.nliKn. Kje, plays the .gentle editor: Tost- , , TUffiV RvV'
at the Arnheim Lire Stock Company, Lim.7
63 Second avenue.
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MISS HELYETT'S BOW.
An Amusing Flay From Paris 'With Clever
Actors in the Cast The Cadi Full of Bill
Nyelsms Paulding's New Melodrama
Staged With Beautiral Scenery All the
Flays In Town Criticised.
The operatic comedy "Miss Helyett,"
adapted from the French of M. Boucheron
by David Belasco, the music being by Ed
'mond Audran, was given its first perform
ance in Pittsburg at the Alvin Theater last
night It is a peculiar piece, neither comic
opera nor comedy, and perhaps it maybe
best likened to an American farce comedy
translated for the' Parisian stage and then
re-adapted for ours. In the process the
humor has taken on an unmistakably
Gallic flavor and a plot of some amusing
complications has crystallized. As to the
motive, there is no denying that it is
suggestive, but the offensiveness of
the suggestion largely depends upon
the individual's imagination. Miss Belvett
'simply tells her father, and the audience,
that she fell down a mountain side, landed
upon a projecting dusd, and wnue ner attire
and her soul were thus perturbed was res
cued by an artist, of whose identity she is
ignorant. She and her father agree that sho
must marry her savior, and the story of
tho play is her attempt to find tbe
"Man or the Mountain." She suspects ev
ery ono but the right man, who happens to
be the one she loves. In the original French
the suggestion of naughtiness was probably
broader.
Trie Musical Fart or the Flay.
The play as it was done at tho Alvin last
night was chiefly amusing because of the
actors' cleverness. The music was murdered
cruelly. Tho orchestra did not appear to
understand the soore, and oould not always
agree with the singers as to the ohoice of
key but the blame is bard to assign. Mark
Smith, one of the best ooinlo opera
artists alive, played the artist - hero
with lots of spirit, and his duet with
J. W. Herbert In act II. was the best ren
dered as it is the best musloal number In tbe
Slece. The final duet with Btlyctt, In which
r. Smith bore the principal part, is also
pretty. His other numbers were mangled
uy tne orcuestra. M. A. Kennedy, a come
dian whose unctuousness is a Joy forever,
hardly has a chance to sho r his powers as the
tubby Englishman who makes love like a
calf to Belyttt, but his courtship was softly
funny. The moralizing Quaker, who quotes
unique proverbs at every turn, and cloaks
worldliness with a sanctified air, is an old
figure on the burlesque stage, yet as Mr.
Uarwood plays tho character it has a
novel humor. Some of the proverbs
will be on everyone's tongue
befoie the week's out. -"Flattery is
cologne, to be sniffed, not swallowed," and
"Maniageisa place of punishment whero
some people are condemned to stay a long
time," and "The wise man will take what ho
can get," are sample proveros, and they
caused the heartiest laui'titerof the evening.
The burlesque or a fiery Spanish matron, nnd
incidentally of La Carmencita by Miss Kate
Davis was extravaeantlv absurd, and ar
tistic too. Miss Laura Clement's voice is
powerful, sweet, and well-trained, and all
nerworK was artistic, ner
last song being
especially
effective. Geonro Lvdlng also
sang well. He has a pleasant tenor voice.
Mrs. Carter's Looks and Acting.
The title role was taken by Louise Leslie
Carter, who startled New York last season
by making a hit and her first appear
ance on tho stage' at the same
time. She Is a slender, little slip of
a woman, with a piquant race, very
bright eyes, and a wonderful crown of hair
that is deeply, yet really red. She is hardly
what you would call a beautiful woman, yet
she Is distinctly attractive. As the Quaker
maiden in the plainest of plain clothes, and
feigning a modest shrinking disposition not
really Belyett's, Mrs. Carter always looked
the cnara&er thoroughly. Her aoting, how
ever, is amateurish still, and her very clev
erness in little details or comedy told too
plainly for pleasure of Infinite coach
ing. If she could get rid of the stiff
ness, which reminds one of me
chanical toys, her close imitation
or the original Helyett would be much more
entertaining. Still Mrs. Carter has done a
great deal in two years. The rest of the
company, including some Tory pretty wo
men in charming dresses, was quite equal to
the work. Finally a word again as
to the play: It would be better
if it commenced near the end of
act I. That long preface of high kicking,,
roundabout kicking, dancing and more kick
ing, without a spoken word or scrap of intel
ligent uctlon is enough to damn a better
play.
A large audience JangbeiLu great deal last
night at "Miss Helvett" but did not go into
ecstacles ovor it. It was a cold, cold house.
PAULDING'S HEW PLAT. ' '
The Scenery Is the Kedoemlng Feature of
the Struggle or LIT;.
It is a good thing for that talented and
very capable actor Frederick Paulding that
the programmes issued in connection with
the performance of "The Struggle of Life"
announced ' him as a Shakespearean
player. "We know from that an
nouncement that he has -some real
tangible excuse for being on the stage.
But it would be still better for Mr. Pauld
ing if he confined himself strictly to the
field in which he claims a place. In that he
is destined to achieve a fair if not surpass
ing measure of succes, while in melodrama
and particularly rr.elo-drama of "The Strug
gle for Life" stam p, he is not certain to ac
complish success of any kind. It is a pity
that such a clever .performer should waste
his energies on such material. As Borneo he
earned attention and respect. In such parts
as were allotted Uim in tlieJelTerson-Floience
company hi audience, usually a cul
tured one, undorstood nnd appreciated his
efforts. But, in melodrama of the old
"blood and thunder" Bowery pattern, he Is
woefully out of place. Tbe more legitimate
stage is in bad need of actors as clever as he
and there he nhonld remain.
"The Strug jle of Life" is the old story of a
man wronged by his friend. How, after long
years, the wronged man returns to his old
time home tyo clear his name and honor and
to have re jenge. Through many stirring
scenes, or varying success and failure, tbe
hero makes his way until, as usual,
final and chmplete triumph results. Several
of the situ Itions are quite good and as they
are set in :i frainewoik orieally remaikable
scenery, tjiey cannot lall or interest.
Ifthetofnas nothing else to' he seen but
that spleildid view of New York Harbor and
Lihertv pight at night, iu the second act,
The Struggle or Lire" would be well worth
seeing. I lis unquestionably on of the finest
bits of sago setting over placed on the
boards. An addition, there is a view of tho
river frclht, with shipping and a section of a
great citfr sewer, and a viow'of Fifth avenue
and St. Patrick's Cathedral, either one of
which wjouldmake the reputation of any
play on its spectacular morlts.
Of tho company It can be said that it is on
the whole- really above the ordinary. Mr.
Pauldlng.l of course, perrorms intelligently;
Mr. Gus Ltndsley is clever as the unfaithful
friend, John BoUon-Lorley, and Sylvester
Marketree,! a broken-down gambler; Miss
Lillie Sinclair plays the character or a
street arab, with considerable force. None
or the othir parts aro sufficiently well drawn
to give tho actors a chance to define them
excepting Sthat of Mollie McCue, a good
hearted, witty old Irish housekeeper, por
trayed Dyfjurs. unanes reters. xuis is
really tha best performance of the
piece. Iii it Mrs. Peters lays a
well-founcled claim to being one
of the hestf dialect actresses on the stage.
The plav
as well received In the main last
night, but
derision o
ome of the situations excited the
tho gallery.
THE CADI'S CHABMS
Are Largely Those ot the Great Humorist
Who Wrote the Play.
If you like .Bill Nye's humor you may
like "The Cadi," which was produced at
the Dnquesne Theater last night, and you
may not. , It is a singular composition. The
lines hae more quaint wit in them than
any farie comedy dialogue has ever been
known So boast But the chunks of fun,
mostlybuilt in that severely earnest stylo
which (Bill Nyo affects, wonld certainly look
in print than they sound on tne
"Tho Cadi" reduced to articles
me column to a column and a half
ould be good reading for many
Parhans Bill Nve had this ultimate
tlon of the material In view when he
it loosely together andcallea it "ine
It looksas If he had.
conscientious critic who desires to
m nubile some idea of what "The
is, finds it impossible to use a shorter
or simpler dennition man mat is a larce
conjody - melodrama- tragedy-lecture -news-
artiole.
ha ttctinn- is not astonishing, but the
mor of the lines does not require much
gag out. it comes out oy ltseii ana
s out alone without asking food or
rink or even car fare from anyone. Mr.
Dunstan made up to look like Bill
plays the gentle editor: Txst-
master and Justice rolled Into one
quietly and effectively to a certain extent.
Hiss .Lizzie Hudson Collier wastes her-
better I In print than they sound on tne ., " A?, ' ': ' : - -V . 5.
stage. "Tho Cadi" reduced to articles L .".," A , tf, V f
about lone column to a column and a half , Sy: . : r .OAO. , J
long irould be soou reading for many . . .e. ' -ft.v A&br. S t I .
days, f Perhaps Bill Hyenad thisultimate A.A. X. V ": ' ' ? . S ll.
dispositlon of the material In view -when he ..wLwWa. . 6 ' " .A $ J ( U.
taokefl it loosely together andcalled it "The aM.? . Jrf -?. r6T f JL4L
Cadi.7 It looters U he had. fLffjC6: X. ?j& ' f MjnHG.
The conscientious critic who desires to BjHHB(r7). . t &iK ' f jJOVfiAlnUSISx
Rive Jthe public some idea or what "The PwMBmat' - ? v W ttMFllQS3B&
Cadi' is, finds it impossible to use a shorter 40B!CHbZr- . e , 'Yt w XiSS MKrtBBSr
inter artiole. OKk.jD . 4 M -JZ;B!28'yV9r
Tim ttctinn- is not astonishing, but the . IWiKdHkCO. . V ' w -3r-RiVv4Wcv2
abilities on a small part, and the other small
parts, and they are all small but the Cadi,
are acceptable filled. A colored quartette
sings in approved plantation fashion some
aged glees. The audience' laughed at Nye's
Jokes and wondered at the play.
PAUL KAUVAS.
The Play or the French devolution at the
Grand Opera House.
The picturesquo and powerful drama of
"Paul Kauvar" was played again last night
at the Grand' Opera House, and pleased a
large audience. Its story is a stormy one,
laid in the midst or the French Eevo
lution's darkest hours, yet it has snch
a pathetic love interest and somueh comedy
in It: that tli vlnnm itng Tint T1fl.ll UUOn On6.
L It is Steele Mackaye's best work. Mr. Edward
jj. onauer piayea jx.av.var i ""
with eminent ability. He Is a handsome
man and -a promising actor. Miss
Boselle Knot as Dtane fully deserved the
two cnrtaln ealls she got after act III. E.
B, Spencer as Ourec, the villain of tbe play,
and Miss IvaniUi, who had the trying part or
the scolding wife, also did very good work.
Taken as a whole, the performance was de
cidedly strong. It ,won the plaudits of a
large audience.
The Academy of Music.
While the "Bose Hill English Folly Com
pany" may not be the best that has been
at the Academy of Mu3lc, there are certainly
a lot of entertaining performers. The
patrons of the Academy have had a
good supply of the roily Company
kind of entertainment lately, but tbe
crowded house last evening did not at all
get wearied at the performance. The bnr
letta, "Judge and Councellor," is not a bad
piece for a vaudeville theater, and last night
It went well mostly because or tho pretty
artistes. with their pretty costumes.who took
part in it. It is very amusing. "The Mounte
bank," styled a "two act extrava
ganza," introduced somo good scenery
and Mullen ns the "Three-Card Monte Man"
was really droll. Among the specialties
Maud Raymond was good, her Irish song,
"Break Away, McCaffrey " being encored
Tho others, ErbaEobeson.Tonerand Frobel,
J. K. Mullen and Annie Dunn and Fred Itob
erts were passable.
The Harris Theater.
W. H, Power's pretty romantic Irish
drama, "The Ivy Leaf," holds the boards at
this house the present week. It Is being
produced with as good a cast and
the same scenery as upon its former visits
to Pittsbnrg ' at othor theaters whero
higher prices of seats prevailed. Smith
O'Brien is the Murty Kemgan, and a very
clever one, too. Ann Bent is quite pleasing
as Maureen DeelUh, and Samuel and Bate
Morton, In their Jig danoing, more than
bring down the house. A good piper and a
very fair quanet add to tho Interest of the
performance.
Theatrical Notes.
Tqebh Is a strong local interest in the feats
of strength performed by W. O. Austin, the
giant athlete at the World's Museum this
week for he Is a member of the
Atlantic Atbletlo Club of Allegheny.
Krao and other curiosities also are on view,
and in the theater Prank E. McNlsh sup
ported by a clever company of specialty
performers, gives an amusing show.
Slackey's stilt wire-walking is a wonder.
Tub advance sale for the Sarah Bernhardt
engagement at tho Alvin will open at the
box office a( 0 o'clock on Thursday morning.
The repertoire is as follows: Monday night,
"La Toscaj" Tuesday, "J-eah the Forsaken"'
Wednesday, "Fedora;" Thursday, "Camllle;"
Friday evening and Saturday matinee,
"Cleopatra," and Saturday night grand fare
well. AT Harry Davis' Museum-Theater yestor
day large audiences were amused by Mile.
Cfaretta with the trained birds, Barnello's
fire-eating tricks and other new features.
In the theater Cool Burgess and some other
clever performers give a capital entertain
ment. Burgess himself is a host.
THE PIKE BEC0ED.
At Charleston, S. C, the State Military
School was damaged $30,000; insured.
At Jersey Shore, Pa., the Odd Fellows'
block and two dwelling houses owned by J.
F. Larbert. Loss over $13,000. The fire was
caused by rf defective flue: .
A. CHHtKET fire occurred yesterday after
noon at 51 Enoch street, In a.hous.e occupied
by P. McStcen. An alarm w as sent in from
box 312. . There was no damage.
At Joolln. Mo., the mills and' elevator of
the Sergeant Milling Company, tjtf finest
plant in the soutnwest. J. no ursc cost was
$150,003: insurance, $25,000. Origin unknown.
At Clarksville, Ark., sparks from a pass
ing engine sot fire to the platform of tbe
depot on the Fort Smith Railroad and 145
bales of cotton burned. Loss, 153,000; partly
insured.
Excuse Compact No. 1 answered a still
alarm at noon yesterday for a slight fire in
the storeroom of Thomas Treganowan, at
the corner of Elm street and Wylie avenue.
Damage slight.
About 8:45 o'clock last evening an alarm
of fire was sent in from box 213. It was a
false scaie, the only fire being a bonfire
that some boys had built in a yard where a
new house is being built.
Near Carlisle the large barn, outbuildings,
farming implements and all of last year's
crops, together with several head of live
stock belonging to S. B. Boblnson. The fire
originated from a spark from a threshing
machine. Loss, $3,000; fully insured.
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imWBITTEH HAHOVEB HIST0BY.
Some of the Negotiations Which ted Up to
tbe Becent Settlement.
Vienna, March 14. The FremdmUatt
says it is authorized to state that at the out
set of the negotiations for a settlement of
the Guelph fund, the Duke' of Cumberland
declined the offers of the Eussian, English
and Danish courts to intervene in his be
half, on the ground that as a German Prince
he was unable o avail himself of foreign
intervention.
The FremdenUatt further says that Queen
Victoria, as executrix of and a legatee un
der tbe will of the late King George of
Hanover, tried to obtain for the Duke of
Cumberland the payment of the interest on
the fund. Prince Bismarck refused to al
low the interest to be paid. In January
last Baron Hammerstern, acting under in
structions from Chancellor von Caprivi, ar
rived at Gmunden, where the Duke resides,
with the object of negotiating with him con
cerning the fund. The settlement eflected
was rendered possible by the Government's
consent to the Duke's succeeding to the
throne of Brunswick. There has been no
question, the FremdenblaU adds, of the Duke
renouncing tbe succession in favor of his
PLOTTED AGAINST THE STLTAK.
Constantlnople Police Capture Two
Sus-
pects Who Were Hiding. .
Constantinople, March 14. The police
claim the discovery of a plot to assassinate
the Sultan, Abdul Hamed IX Yesterday
they captured two men who are believed to
have been selected by the conspirators to
carry out their designs.
, Information came to the ears of the
authorities that if a close watch was kept
upon the Yildiz kiosk the men who sought
to encompass the death of the Sultan might
be discovered. A number of policemen
made a search of the building, and in a short
time discovered two men.
LOOKS LIKE A NATIVE VICT0B7.
Africans Attack British Fort and Capture
i a Seven-Found Gun.
Mozambique, March 14. The represen
tative here of the British African Lakes
Company has received news of a native at
tack upon Fort Johnson, in which Officers
King and Watson and six soldiers were
wounded. Two Sikhs and two Zanzibaris
were killed.
One seven-pounder gun was captured by
the natives. Trade in the vicinity of Fort
Johnson is paralyzed. The enemy's loss is
unknown.
Victorious Rebels In Fanang.
London, March 14. Advices received
here from Singapore show that the rebels in
Panang have again assumed the offensive.
The rebels were recently reported as being
gradually hemmed in by a superior force.
It seems, however, that the troops have
failed, for the Orange Kyah, the leader of
the rebels, has captured tbe station at
Luboktruk which was defended by a few of
the Sultan of Panang's Malay soldiers. A
number of rifles fell into the hands of the
rebels. One European was captured, but he
was subsequently released.
The German Literary Convention.
Berlin, March 14. The literary conven
tion between Germany and the United
States passed its third reading in the
Eeichstag to-day.
Callings From the Cables
Spain is again afflicted with floods.
Ex-Euphess Frederick will attond tho
funeral of the Grand Duke of Hesse.
A heavy thunderstorm has caused dis
astrous floods In North Wales, and the sus
pension of work in quarries.
A orakd funeral service was held in
Brussels yesterday over the remains of the
Charlerof mine disaster victims.
Fbesch Anarchists seem to have redoubled
their activity since the fall of M. Constant,
of whom they had a wholesome dread.
Irish police are collecting statistics of the
acreage and valuation of holdings, to be used
in connection with the local Government
bill.
The French bark Achille has been sunk in
a collision with an unknown steamer in the
English Channel. Five of the bark's crew
were drowned.
Thb Dacoit chief who led the revolt
against the British near Arrakan, India,
together with a number or his followers, has
been condemned to death.
Two high officials in the French Account
ant General's Department have been arrested
by order of M. de Freycinet, Minister of
War, on the charge of committing frauds.
Of 14 cattlemen who went to bed in the fore
castle of tbe Spanish Navarro on its first
night out from Boston, all were asphyxiated
by gas from the stove, and seven died dur
ing the night.
A memorial upon tho situation of immi
grants in the United States sent by the Ca
nadian Bishops, has been submitted to tho
Pope. The memorial leaves open the ques
tion of providing bishops of the same
nationality as the immigrants, but recog
nizes its importance.
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