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?-. JL?JiSiSLSUL'LSLSUiSLSLSUiSLSL^ ?JL8.iL8 JL9 AT THE ACADEMY. , Monday Night?Arthur Dunn, in "The Little Joker." Thursday Night?"The One Wo? man," by Thomae Dixton, Jr. i Friday Night?Westling Match?' Jones vg. Quinn. Saturday, Mati.ee and Night? "Zaza," with Mis6 Mabel Montgomery. . Arthur Dunn Tomorrow. "The Lllllc Joker,"' a now musical comedy by Herbert Hall VVInslow, has been ehusen as this season's star? ling vehicle for the clever comedian Arthur Dunn, to* supplant his lormer success "The Runaways" in which he was last seen here. "The Little Joker," is said to bo olftVcnt from any comedy Boon in recent years and to afford Mr- Dunn remarkable possibilities for bis fun making. The Cirst act lakes place at n fish lonublo mountain resort in the Adl rondueks where Punch Swift, "The Little Joker," bursts in upon the blase summer guests as a new arrival from the B?ro pen n watering places. He falls In love Immediately with a charming girl whose father, now dead, lias bequeathed her a legacy of ii, 000,000 with the provision, curious as it may he. that she marry a man at least six feet in height. This of course is n serious drawback for Punch, who is really hut three feet four inches tall, but he overcomes this difficulty by the aid of quack doctor wdio has discovered a chemical which will bring about the desired height. He suddenly grows to the re? quired height and is married at. once. The closing of the act shows the de? parture of the bride and bridegroom on their honeymoon. Act second occurs at the summer ai Priricipcx borne of Punch, where several peoplo pie have installed themselves think? ing that Punch and his bride have gone to Paris, hut the sudden appear? ance of the bridal couple causes the utmost dismay among the usurpers. ms Mt ZI beatre Cb There are said to be many charm? ing musical numbers, pretty dunces, delightful stage pictures mid ensem? ble numbers, to say nothing of the numerous new funny topical songs < and parodies sung by Mr. Dunn In bis inimitable way. Some of the biggest song bits are "The Little Joker,'* "May 1." "The Widow,I'eraslla," "If 1 Were Only Taller," und "The Fairest Flower In Dixie." . j I _Thc east Includes?Marie Qhtr.ior, Kitty Nelson, Jean Salshury. Ann Dale, Bessie Franklin. Henry Leone. Gus Thomns, Oliver Holden, lentis Christie and others. I Frieds for this engagement 25, 35, 50 and 75c; (LOO mid $1.5(1. The ad? vance sale so far has been the heav? iest of the season. The management requests nil having seals lnid away, to call for them before 0 p. nil tomor? row evening, otherwise he reserve the right to place them on sale again. "The One Woman." Three of the acts or the new play i "The One Woman," su e by Thomas Dlxon,- Jr., are located in the Klon? dike gold fields and nothing but scones which would really and truly give Hid Alaskan atmosphere would suit the author of "The Clansman." I "It must he correct. Hnmrick" he was continually saying to his pianng er "for I want to get not only players hut my audiences Into this Klondike atmosphere so thoroughly that tin1 1 picture before the oyo will always seem real." Accordingly, Mr. Dlxon dispatched nil expedition to the Klondike coun? try which Included P. Dodd Ackorson, the well scenic artist; Charles Uay I num. the electrician or "The One Wo? man" company and Heber Mac Donald, the business manager. The hunters after atmosphere and scenes spent three weeks wandering about I the Alaskan, gold fields and returned L Menqbers of tt\e ( to New York with enough stuff for half u dozen shows. The littlo excursion to Alaska cost Mr. Dixon a bit over ten thousand dol? lars, but when he saw the sketches, the dog sledges, the moose hides, joTmmrraTrBTroT^^ is ttleek minim; <hilflts ami tlui thousands ami tlu> thouwuids ami ono ?thur atirlos.j which will be UBed In thy stage set? tings the manager-author tlocldcd tlio money was well spent. Muc Donald made the acquaintance o[ Knut Erlckson, the well known | Alaskan guide whim the porty In Dawson and engaged him to pilot tbu j tourists through the gold Heids. Af? ter the Dlxonlles returned to Daw son the guide pro8entod Mae Donald with the loader or the dog train, an unusually flue specimen of tho "Iiub ky" or wolf dog. ! The dog, whose Christian name Is | Alek, returned to New York with the expedition and Is now the property of Thomas Dixon 111. So pleased was the younger Dlxdn with the wolf dog that he Insisted his father write n part In "The One Woman" for Aleck. So tho dog was dramatized and a thinking part Inserted and at all the rehearsals of the play Stage Director Kose has never had to show Alok. the dog net or, his cue hut once, The production of "The One W<H man" appears nt the Academy of Mu? sic next Thursday nigh! for a single' performance. The sale of seats he gins hi the hex office Tuesday morn? ing at !! o'clock. Prices will ho 25, 50 and 76c; $100 mid $1.50. i Miss Montgomery in "Zaza." | I "Zaza," with Miss Mahle Montgom? ery In tin; title role, will bo seen at. the Academy next Saturday matinee and night. "Zaza" la considered hy many to he a fine drama, well constructed, sharp in character contrasts, thrilling In climaxes ami provided with a central role in which the qualities nt Ma he. Montgomery are finely displayed. This nrgunient Is not. prejudiced hy the critics, but is founded on the twin facts that Mine. Itejane made a ]!ori|paryy ?ppeariii success In the original version of the play by Plerro Herten. Berton'fl understanding of stnge methods is surpassed only by his com? prehension of popular requirements In the drama. He knows what the stage needs and he knows what Its nudl enco demnnds. It Is said, however, that, yielding to the taste of our au? diences?which is not invariably good taste?Mr. Borlon has. changed the ending of the play to bring down the curtain in happiness. . The original declares that "Zaza" I after a life of sin and vicissitudes, re- ( turns to wickedness when she finds , that, her god of love lias feet of clay., That is na artistic and natural termi? nation worthy of the French. Amor- I lean audiences, require that the play shall end felicitously, In order that they mny have an easy stomach for supper. I Realizing this amiable weakness in American people. Mr. Horton .has de? parted from tho original French scheme, nnd in this version Znzn per? severes In virtue and sends us home in joyous humor over the knowledge that she is going to a nunnery. Wrestling Match. At the Academy next Friday night Bennlo Jones, the local retired world's champion featherweight wrestler", and Jack Quliin, champion featherweight of New England, will meet on the mat for a purse of $100. Qulnn Is nearer Bonnie's build than any wrestler seen In these pnrts In I many a day. and the sports expect to j see an interesting match. Both men will weight, in nt something like 120 pounds. Jones Is not. quite so tall as his opponent, but is heavier in the body nnd shoulders. Articles of agreement have been signed for a catch-as-catoh-ean match, the man taking two out of three falls to be declared the winner. "The County Chairman." "The County Chairman" comes here next week after several seasons of phenomena] success. George Ade has succeeded In producing the play that has long been desired, a straight comedy of absolute cleanliness and devoid of any BUggcstlvcncss too of ten depended upon for the humor of the modern comedy. Hod a Premonition. Theatergoers must have had a pre monition?"The Girl Patsy" was seen h.v n very small audience at tho Aca? demy last night. No comment upon t..e play will he made In theso col Uinus, tor what tho company does for tin* poor thing Is enough to excite pity, even if one had stayed long enough to Und out what It was all about. COUNTERFEIT~KIT OF 1604. Secret Door in Venetian Ducal Palace Reveals Ancient History. Workmen employed In the restora? tion of the ducal palace at Venice dis? covered a few days ago a secret door In one of the walls, whtch led to u dark room in which wtis a complete counterfeiting outfit. Including molds, {meltlug pots, hollies of acids, u fur? nace outfit containing remains of burned charcoal and many Important documents from which it hns been possible to write the story of the counterfeiters. The head of the gang seems to have been a French soldier, .lohn Rohol, who wns arrested In 1064 under the charge of counterfeiting the coins of the Venetian republic. With htm nlsa was arrested a priest who practiced chemistry- und n deni? er In nmia who were subsequently re? leased.? New York World. ' INDIAN SITUATION IS ACUTE. Interior Department Awaits Report on Ute Uprising. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 29 ? The officials or the Interior depart? ment are anxiously awaiting the re? port, which Is daily expected from Indian lns|.tor Mclaughlin, who has been dispatched to Wyoming to make an effort to induce the 300 Uto In? dians of Utah, now encamped near Douglas, in the former State, to re? turn to their homes. Cov. Brooks has represented the sit? uation as quite acute, ami Acting Sec? retary Ryan has recommended to the President that troops be dispatched to the vicinity of the encampment, and that the Indians he rounded up and escorted to their homes In case Inspector McLaughlin lulls to induce tho Indians to return without coor-1 clou. Inspector McLaughlin has hud q ir\ "Tlqe Oqe Won many dealings with the Utes. He la.t Washington for Wyoming lust Friday and was due at. the camp yesterday. The Tenth Cavalry Is now at Doiiglus attending the State fair, and Gov Brooks makes an urgent appeal for nn order to the troops to remove the Indians. He says they are killing stock and committing other depreca? tions, and that the authorities of Con verso County, where the Indians are encamped, arc entirely Incnpaolo of dealing with the situation. The commissioner of Indian affairs has taken the position that as the In !dlans are citizens, the national gov? ernment is Incompetent to act in tho matter. I Notwithstanding this opinion Act? ing Secretary Ryan expresses flic op-, Inlon Hint the troops may be used, but, as nn alternntlvo, he suggests | 1 tluit an opinion be secured from tho 1 Attorney General. The President has 'not indicated what course be may dl-i rect. WASHINGTON WANTS HOSPITAL. Commissioners Will Urge Congress to Give $1,00,000. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Sept. 29.? ) According to a stntement mado by Commissioner Macfarland, tho most important legislation to bo askod from Congress this winter will be an appropriation of about $1,000,000 /or the establishment of a mammoth gen I oral municipal hospital for tho treat? ment of chronic diseases, which, ho points out, would take tho place of the makeshift between the jail and the workhouse, where sick convicts at present lie side by side with tho hon? est poor. SUPREME COURT TO OPEN. Chattanooga Lynching Will Have Hearing at Session, October 8. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 29.? Many cases of national importance will ho considered at the next term of tho Supreme Court of the United Statos, which will open on Monday, October 8, among which are the fol? lowing: The contempt proceeding ngalnst certain citizens of Chattanooga, Tenn. in connection with the lynching of a negro prisoner in whose ense the court hod tako jurisdiction; tho KansaB-Col ARTHUR DUNN, IN oradn suit. Involving Jurisdiction over I the Irrigation waters of tho Arkansas Klvor; Barcclon vs Dnkor, Involving I tlm quostlon us lo whether Hie Phil' Ipplno Commission has powor to sus? pend tin' writ of habeas corpus In tho Philippines; Mover, Haywood, nml Pottlbone, officers of tho Western Feilerntlon of Minors, vs Nichols, In? volving their right of relensu from \aP[," by Tinorrias ? prison In Idaho; where they nre Incar? cerated on tho charge of complicity in the murder last year of former tiov. Stounenberfe; Tearcy vs Strana hau, a revenue case, Involving the question ns to whether the Isle of Pines is Cuban or American territory, and Wilson vs tho Secretary of the Treasury, no effort to enjoin the pay? ment of money on account of the pur? chase of the Panama Canal. On account of tho resignation of Justice Drown and tho failure to fill his place there will be one vacant seat on the bench. $20,000 FOR A UFE. New York Railroad Company Settles Without a Trial. I BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 29.?Justice ' Kenefick granted permission to Mrs. Clara C. BlnilcCuso to accept. $2ii.nno from the Dolawaro & Hudson Hall-j road Company In sett lenient of her suit for damages for the death of her husband; Frank A. Sindeeuse, last March ns the result of a railway I wreck at Saratoga. The judge's per? mission wns necessary because the j woman aued as ndinlnlstrntrlx of her i husband's estate for the benefit of I herself and her only child, n girl, I eight years "Id. I Under the circumstances, there was no .-defense to the action, tho only question that n Jury would be called on to decide being how much tho award of damages was to be. As Mr. Sindeeuse was a young man under ? largo snlary, the company expectod that tho award would be very largo and consequently made tho offer to pay $20.000 and have neither sldo run the risks of a trial. I Mr. Sindeeuse was traveling sales? man for the Cnry Safo Company. He lived with his wifo ami child in Buf? falo. While be was a passenger in one of the company's trnliiB at Sara? toga on March 7, a collision occurred with nnolhor train, Mr. Sindeeuse be? ing so badly crushed that ho died in a hospital at Saratoga a few bourn la? ter. The case was on the calendar for trial at tho next term of court. Mrs. Sindeeuse began the suit a month af I ter her husbaud was killed. "THE LITTLE JO.KER." CAR FAMINE GROWS WORSE. Penney Cannot Supply Equipment to Move Grain from Buffalo. PHILADELPHIA; Soul. 29.?Con? tinued lieavy Irafric of ull klndn la pulling the traffic ami transportation officials of tho PoiuiBylvnnln t<i their wits' ends to supply sufficient ours for Its bundling, despite tint largo amount of new equipments that hns lieen delivered within the last mouth or two. General Traffic Manager Dlckson. In discussing the situation yosterdny, said he couldn't see where all tho enra went to, and that the demand was most urgent. During the day he was obliged to turn down nn urgent appeal for curs to move grain from Buffalo to this city. The heavy traffic offering Is not confined to nny class, but Is largely what is known as general merchan? dise. The car situation Is expected to bo still further aggravated In ;i few weeks, when the all-rail movement of grain netti 111, REGULATE HOURS OF WORK. Ohio Trainmen Must Rest After Cer? tain Period of Labor. CLEVELAND, O., Sent, 29.?Upon nn Opinion rendered a day or two ago by Attorney General Ellis the Ohio slate railroad commission lias signi? fied Its intention to procepd under Hie law to regulate the hours of labor of? tho men engaged In tile operation of the railroads of tho state. The law provides that when a train employoo haB worked fifteen consec? utive hours ho must have at least eight hours' rest before again going on duty. The law was enacted not only In fairness to the men, but also to protect tho lives and property in tho care of the rail road-men. Turning of Another Worm. Mrs. Vick-Senn?Tho Idea of a man chewing gum! Whnt would you think of me If I kept my Jaws wngglng con i tinually with n chunk of gum between them? , Her Husband?That would be a great deal better, my dear, than tho use >"u generally malto of them. Naturally. "Thoro's a fellow who gives him? self dead away evory time'he starts talking." I "You don't sny. What's the trou? ble?" "Ho makes his living by posing as n deaf and dumb beggar."?Phtladel I phiu Public Ledger.