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gait? and
L. H.—lst. Both Mr. Burgess, the de
fflfgner, and General Paine, the owner of the ••Volun
teer,” are native Americans, Mr. Burgess being born
in Boston, of an old Boston family. He is also a
graduate of Harvard. 2d. The cup won by the
•• America ” was known as the “one hundred guinea
cup.” The conditions under which this cup was
held were that any organized yacht club, through
one or more of its members, should always be en
titled to claim a match for this cup with any yacht
of not less than thirty, nor more than 300 tons,
measured by the Custom House rules of its
country. Both sides could agree to any match
they chose, but in case of a disagreement,
the match was to be sailed over the course of
the annual regatta of the club holding the cup and
according to that club’srules, the challenging party
being bound to six months’ notice in writing, fixing
the day he wished to start. This notice was to con
tain the length, Custom House measurement, rig
and name of the vessel. I( won, it was held by the
club only, and on lhe condition of keeping it open
forever, to be sailed for by yacts of all foreign coun
tries upon the terms just mentioned. The cup was
presented to the New York Yacht Club by John C.
■Stevens, Edwin A. Stevens, Hamilton Wilkes, J.
Beekman Finley and George L. Schuyler. In De
cember, 1882. the cup was returned by the club to
Mr. Schuyler, who, on Feb. 2, 1883, returned it un
der new conditions to the club. These conditions
govern it now and will continue to govern it. These
are the rules: “ Any organized yacht club of a for
eign country, incorporated, patented or licensed by
the legislature, admiralty, or other executive de
partment, having for its annual regatta an ocean
water course on the sea or an arm of the sea (or
one which combines both), practicable tor vessels of
300 tons, shall always be entitled, through
one or more of its members, to the right
of sailing a match for this cup, with a
yacht or other vessel propelled by sails only, and
constructed in the country to which the challenging
cup belongs, against any one yacht or vessel a ore-
Baid constructed in the country of the club holding
the cup. The yacht or vessel to be of not less than
thirty nor more than three hundred tons, measured
by the custom-house rule in use by the country of
the challenging party. The challenging party shall
give six months' notice in writing, naming the day
lor the proposed race, which day shall not be less
than* seven months from the date of the notice.
The parties intending to sail for the cup may. by
mutual consent, make any arrangement satisfac
tory to both, as to the date, course, twine allowance,
and any and all other conditions of the match, in
Which case also the six months’ notice may be
waived. In case the parties cannot mutually agree
upon the terms of a match, then the challeng
ing party shall have the right to contest for
|he cup in one. trial, sailed over the usual
Course of the annual regatta of the club holding
the cup, subject to its rules and sailing regula
tions, the challenged party not being required to
pame its representative until the time agreed upon
for the start. Accompanying the six months* no
tice there must be a custom-house certificate of
the measurement, and a statement of dimensions,
rig and name of vessel. No vessel which has*been
defeated in a match for this cup can be again se
lected by any club for its representative until after
> contest for it by some other vessel has intervened,
©r until the expiration of two years from the time
jiuch contest has taken place. Vessels intending to
/compete for this cup must proceed under sail, on
their own bottoms, to the port where the contest is
to take place. Should the club holding the cup be
for any cause dissolved, the cup shall be handed
©ver to any club of the same nationality it may se
lect, which may come under the foregoing rules. It
is to be distinctly understood that the cup is to be
the property of the club and not of the owners of
the vessel winning it in a match, and that the con
ditions of keeping it open to be sailed for by any
organized yacht club of all foreign countries, upon
the terms above laid down, shall forever attach to
It, thus making it perpetually a challenge cup for
friendly competition between foreign countries.”
P. W. 0. — On the morning of the 19th
Of September, 1875, the mutilated body of a man
•was found concealed in the underbrush in Lyddy’s
Wood, West Farms. The body was guarded by a
Wmall black-and-tan dog. The body was taken to
ihe Morgue, and was afterward identified as that of
.braham Weisberg, of No. 185 Rivington street,
who had left his house about two weeks before and
gone into the country to peddle. Detectives were
set to work upon the case, and on the morning of
September 21, Detective McGowan, of the Nine
teenth Precinct, went to the village of Westchester
to search foe the murderer, having learned in the
meantime that a party of negroes had been seen
conversing with a Jewish peddler about half a mile
from the spot where the body was found. He
f rrested two men at a place called Fox’s Corners,
n the village of Westchester, and brought them to
the Tremont Station-house. On searching them
they found a pocketbook on each of them. These
pocketbooks were the same, in every respect,
as some that were found in the peddler’s
pack. The names of the negroes were Will
iam Thompson and William Ellis. In Thompson’s
Socket was found a spool of cotton, and oij this evi
enco the men were committed. Three days after
Che arrest of Ellis and Thompson, Captain McDon
nell, of the Eighth Precinct, arrested a white-eyed
negro named Charles Weston, at No. 1G Grand street.
Tie was found in the attic, with his iace hidden
from view. Though at protested his inno
cence, on the day succeeding his arrest, he made a
confession in which he acknowledged that he had
present at the murder, but sought to throw all
the onus of the crime on Thompson and Ellis.
Catherine Green, the white mistress of Weston, tes
tified against him. The three murderers were tried
|>ofore Judge Barrett, in the Court of Oyer and Ter-
In In er, and on Friday, October 28th, 1875, Ellis and
Thompson were found guilty and sentenced by
Judge Barrett to be hanged Friday, December 17th,
1875. Weston was found guilty and sentenced on
the next day to be hanged with the other two mur
derers. Ellis and Thompson confessed before their
execution. On tho 17th of Dec, 1875, the three men
■were hanged in the Tombs prison yard. Weston and
Thompson died comparatively easy, but Ellis met a
dreadful death. His left arm became loosened and
he clutched the knot. Ho also moved his head to
the left with a sudden jerk. These two movements
caused the knot to slip under his chin, and as his
hody sprang involuntarily in the air, he dangled in
nwful torture, for consciousness continued. He
thus remained for perhaps half a minute, present
ing a horrible spectacle. Then there was a strug
gle. One of his hands rose and fell in spasmodic
motion, as if to seize the rope, and next the unfor
tunate man swung round until his feet touched the
Broad screen. As they did so, Ellis began to actu
ally walk np the screen, using his head as a lever,
thus relieving the strain upon the neck, and, to the
horror of all, he uttered a terrible moan, and cried
cut, in anguished accents, “Save me ! save me !”
As the words were uttered, his feet fell, only to raise
again and encircle the body of Thompson. As if by
instinct, Ellis clambered up upon his fellow con
vict, his hand clutching the cord. At this junc
ture, Under Sheriff Cumming passed through the
executioner’s door to order Ellis to be lowered, but
as he disappeared the half-hanged wretch struck
the fatal knot with his hands, and caused it to slip
to the side of the neck. In an instant his legs fell,
and he died slowly of strangulation. He suffered
greatly even then, until death relieved him.
D. W. M.—After the surrender of
3Lord Cornwallis, the British Premier, Lord North,
resigned, and a ministry favorable to peace with
the American colonies was formed. In May, 1782,
Sir Henry Clinton, British general in America, was
Recalled, and command of the forces here was given
into the hands of Sir Guy Carleton. All hostile
demonstrations were now brought to an end, and
tbo war was, in effect, closed. In the Summer, Par
liament sent Richard Oswald to Paris to confer with
Franklin and Jay, American embassadors, with re
gard to terms of peace. John Adams and Henry
Laurens soon after joined the conference. Novem
ber 30, 1782, preliminary articles of peace were
jagreed to and signed on the part of Great Britain by
Oswald, and by Franklin, Adams, Jay and Laurens
©n behalf ot the United States. The following April
the terms were ratified by Congress, but it was not
Until Nov. 3, 1783, that a final treaty was effected.
On that day the embassadors of Holland, Spain,
England, Franco and the United States, in a solemn
conference at Paris, agreed to and signed the articles
©f a permanent peace. The terms of the treaty
provided for (1) a full and complete recognition of
the independence of the United States; (2) the re
cession by Great Britain of Florida to Spain; (3) the
Burreuder of all the remaining territory east of the
Mississippi and south of the great lakes, to the
United States; (4) the free navigation of the Missis
sippi and the lakes by American vessels; (5) the
concession of mutual rights in the Newfoundland
.fisheries, and (6) the retention by Great Britain of
Canada and Nova Scotia, with the exclusive control
©f the St, Lawrence. On the 25th of November,
1783, the British troops evacuated New York.
Sam A.— “My name is on the United
States Pension Roll. I am very deaf, caused by
Shock and exposure during the war. I have tried
tnany so-called remedies, such as oils, electricity,
Artificial ear drums, trumpets, &c., but nothing
seems to improve my hearing. Can you tell me of
Anything, instrument or device, which you think
will enablo me to hear a lecture, preaching, or ordi
nary conversation ?” There was an instrument in
Use a few years ago for the purpose of aiding the
partially deaf to hear better than they had prev
iously. It does not seem to have been a pro
nounced success, as it is seldom nowadays spoken
■Of. The ear trumpet is an aid in conversation.
Have you ever tried the Eye and Ear Infirmary, at
No. 218 Second avenue? Among the attendant
physicians and surgeons are some of the most skill,
ed in this country in their specialties. To those
unable to pay there is no charge for advice.
M. U. —The following are the dates
And places of meeting of the Masonic lodges you
speak of: Allemama. No. 710, No. 317 Washington
street, Brooklyn, second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month; Lincoln, No. 748, Fifty-seventh street,
corner of Third avenue, first and third Fridays:
Klops tock, No. 760, Stapleton, S. 1., second and
fourth Mondays; Solon, No. 771, No. 117 West Twen
ty-third street, first and third Mondays,
J. J, f,—Tlie six days’, or 142 hours’,
championship of the world walking match, at Mad
ison Square Garden, which was won by Patrick Fitz
gerald, he making 577 miles 440 yards, began Octo
ber 23, 1882. The other contestants, with their rec
ords, wore as follows: G. D. Noremac, 56(5 miles 880
*%rds; D. J. Herty, 541 miles 385 yards; John
*tifghes, 525 miles. Rowell, the English pedestrian,
jvas not in the contest.
A. M.—lst. Chester Alan Arthur,
twenty-first President of the United States, was
Born in Fairfield, Franklin county, Vermont, Octo
ber 5, 1830, and died in New York city November 18,
J. 886. 2d. Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second and
present President, was born in Caldwell, Essex
county, Nqyv Jersey, May 18, 1837. 3d. The proper
pronuheiation of the word is dyn-a-mo.
’ Littl.: Jumbo. —“Is a foreign born son
jof American parents, outside of Ministers, Consuls,
©tc., eligible lor office of President of the United
States?” He is not; even the son of an American
Uonsul born abroad is not eligible for that office,
nnd it is even doubtful whether the son of a Minis
ter Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary so born is
eligible.
J. C. H. — “A and B are throwing dice,
cue raffle. A throws 17, and claims that B has but
one chance to wiu—that of throwing three of a kind.
B claims he has six chances. Who wins ?” A wins.
His statement that B has but one chance to win,
that of throwing three of a kind, confines the mat
ter to one of the six three of a kind thrown.
I Ninth Ward. —Edith Kingdon was
married to George Jay Gould, September 14th, 1886,
In the parlors of Jay Gould’s residence at irvington
on-the-Hudson. Tne ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Washington Choate, of the Irvington Pres
byterian Church, in the presence of the bride’s
mother and the groom’s entire family.
F. W. E.- Mr. George B. Post, No.
15 Courtlandt street is the architect of the Equita
ble Building.
Mary L. Soak the squeaking shoes in
oil. That will amend the nuisance, if anything will.
Veritas. —See answer to “Forrest” in
Dispatch of October 2d, for answer to your question.
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE:
‘ CONTINUATION OF ‘’A WOMAN’S HATE.”
’ THE IDEAL MOTHER.
‘ THE MAGIC LINE.
, “ CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE I”
, A HISTORIC LOG.
I WHY IS THIS THUS ?
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
WHY DO PEOPLE DROWN ?
A MARTIAL PEOPLE.
PECULIAR HOGS.
THIRD PAGEi
MASONIC MATTERS: Trust; A Knotty Question; Im
portant; Higher Degrees; St. Cecile Lodge; Sorrow;
Piatt Lodge; City Lodge; Benevolent Lodge: Eureka
Lodge; Park Lodge; Royal Arch Items; Important
Sale; Templar Notes; Late Hours and Hurry; Evan
gelist Lodge; Worth Lodge; Personal; Condolence;
Buxtehude; One Difference at Least; Leading Prin
ciples of Masonry.
SIXTH PAGE :
MORTAL MAN AT REST.
HUNTING A ROGUE.
THE ACCIDENT-SEEKER.
AN INTELLIGENT JUROR.
BROTHERLESS GIRLS.
A DOUBLE WEDDI'iG.
THE LAND OF SUNSHINE.
A DANCING INCIDENT.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
SEVENTH PAGE:
UNREVEALED.
SPOTTING A GENTLEMAN.
THE AVERAGE TURK.
UNIQUE HOSPITALITY.
SHE IS A FOOL.
NELSON’S THREE ARMS.
LUCK IN GAMBLING.
CAPT. ISAIAH BOND.
HIDDEN INSPIRATION.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
DIED WITH A SHRIEK.
OLD “ROUGH AND READY.”
pu glrspatty-
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9, 1887.
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lished in the Ci nitefl States.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Secretary of State:
FREDERICK DENT GRANT, of New York.
For Controller:
JESSE C. LAMOREAUX, of Saratoga County.
For State Treasurer:
JAMES H. CARMICHAEL, of Erie County.
For Attorney-General:
JAMES A. DENNISON, of Fulton County.
For State Engineer and Surveyor:
OLIVER H.P. CORNELL, of Tompkins County.
THE SITUATION IN IRELAND.
Oakey Hall, who has not changed his wit with
his skies, sums up the Tory side of the Irish
situation in an epigram. “Balfour,” he says,
is shooting pheasants in Scotland, while his
myrmidons are shooting peasants in Ireland.”
The government prosecution against Lord
Mayor Sullivan, of Dublin, the editor of the
Nation, has broken down. The Tory magis
trate was obliged to discharge Mayor Sullivan,
and Mr. O’Brien took no notice of the govern
ment summons. Mr. Healey, who defended
Mayor Sullivan, told the magistrate that “ the
Crimes act is not governed by any evidence of
principle nor any principle of evidence.” An
army of British soldiers, police and bailiffs
boldly attacked a poor shanty; were repulsed
with hot water and stones; carried the place
by storm, and found that the garrison consisted
of an old woman of eighty, her husband, five
years older, aud two little children, hidden
under a bed. This was a brilliant victory, and
the brave British army now rests upon its
laurels.
Glacistons, the real leader of tho pooplo of
England, sends special word to America that he
is greatly encouraged by recent events, and
that, at ths next election, a large majority of
the English voters are pledged in favor of Home
Rule. This cordial message gives additional
enthusiasm to the reception of Michael Davitt,
Arthur O’Connor and Sir Thomas Esmonds, a
lineal descendant of the great Henry Grattan,
who came to bear testimony as eye-witnesses to
the outrages which the Irish tenantry are
patiently enduring for the national cause.
While they are here, we hope that they will care
fully consider the proposition to organize emi
gration from Ireland to this country. That
proposition has assumed practical form in the
offer of a donation of one hundred thousand
acres of land in the South. Lot Messrs. Davitt,
O’Connor and Esmonde be invited to inspect
this land and report upon it They would
willingly serve as commissioners for such a pro
ject if the land be available and the offer made
in good faith, Ireland for the Irish is one of our
mottos; but there is no reason why another gen
eration of Irishmen should be left to starve at
home, when millions ot fertile acres are await
ing them in this free country.
Poor old John Bright, doddering in bis do
tage, takes the opportunity, when the Irish
skies are brightening,, wlion Tory coercion has
become ridiculous and when the bulk and
brains of the Liberal party are arrayed for
Home Rule, to rush into print, attack Gladstone
and Parnell and express his sympathy for the
policy of force. John Bright was once a man of
the people, striving for their advancement; but,
when he was seduced into accepting a Cabinet
office, wearing a fluukey uniform aud kissing
the queen’s hand, his views were changed and
his nature transformed. Since then he has
been a rabid Tory, and ho now poses as the
champion of Toryism, which is as decayed and
as near dissolution as himself. Always s talker,
rather than a thinker, he is no more to be com
pared with Gladstone than an ant with an ele
phant. Tho kiss which he impressed upon the
queen’s hand was a Judas kiss, the sign that he
was ready to betray the masses, from which ho
sprang, for the class to which he foolishly as
pires. We are sorry to see any friend of this
country go astray so sadly ; but no man can be
a true friend of America who is not friendly to
the national sentiment of Ireland.
Everybody, except such blind leaders of the
blind as young Balfour, old Bright and their
hidebound, aristocratic associates, knows that
the Tories are playing a losing game. The
attempt to govern Ireland by force has boon
made for centuries, and has always failed.
The Tory organs talk of discontent and vio
lence. What else could be expected when
legalized fraud and tyranny are used to exas
perate the people ? When men are robbed of
their property, and their wives and children
are turned out to starve, under a disgraceful
system of cruel and oppressive laws, they
would be more or less than human if they did
not resist by every means in their power. All
the platitudes ot John Bright and the coercion
schemes of Balfour cannot alter human nature.
But the fact is, that the old men and women
and the starving children, who are now keep
ing the British army at bay with hot water and.
paving-stones, are backed by the irresistible
force of public opinion throughout the civilized
world. They are the Davids who fight with
the Goliahs of tyranny and injustice ; and now,
as in the olden time, right will prevail over
might; for the Lord of hosts is on the side of
David.
STOLEN MONEY VS. JUSTICE.
Judge Huger is the man who knows it all.
He has never seen the official papers in the
Sharp case; but he does not hesitate to say that
grave errors have been committed. He would
listen to only one hour of argument from four
lawyers—an average of fifteen minutes each—
and then promptly granted a stay of proceed
ings which will keep Sharp out of Sing Sing un
til after the election in this city and State. - The
combined power of the people, the press, the
District Attorney’s department, the criminal
courts and the General Term is thus set at
NEW YORK DISPATCH, OCTOBER 9, 1887.
naught by the will or whim of Judge Ruger,
and the fact is demonstrated that it is simply
impossible to punish a wealthy briber in New
York. Wo may, with infinite pains, get an hon
est and intelligent jury to convict him. We may
happily find a courageous and upright judge to
sentence him. But, after being convicted and
sentenced, he has only to procure a stay, and
his case must be tried over again indefinitely.
No doubt this result is reached by strictly legal
means. We might be guilty of the terrible
crime of contempt of court if we disputed that.
Not being as rich as Sharp, we acknowledge
Judge Ruger’s infallibility without argument.
As our citizens rage with impotent anger at
the triumph of the bribers, it is an aggravation
to remember that they are being beaten with
their own money. Jake Sharp has never earned
an honest dollar since he was a boy. Every
cent that he has in the world he has stolen from
the people. The money which enables him to
hire clever lawyers to befog justice and political
lawyers to influence judges, is stolen money.
The money with which he has furnished his
apartment in the Ludlow street flat-house
luxuriously, with carpets on the floors, pictures
on the walls, tho choicest viands for himself,
the beet brands of wines and cigars for bis visi
tors, and all the comforts of a home, including
the constant presence of the wife whom he has
disgraced, is stolen money. Tho money which
he pays to the doctors to keep up the sham that
he is too ill to be removed to a prison, like any
other criminal, is stolen money. What is the
moral for the thieves and plunderers who are
still at liberty and at work? Why, obviously,
steal enough to make yourselves safe—go in for
a big haul—take millions and defy the law 1
We are not surprised that Peter B. Sweeney
should turn up again at this stage of the Sharp
case. Perhaps he has already been called into
consultation. He knows how it is himself. He
might be occupying the flat next to Sharp’s if he
had not possessed plenty of money and a dead
brother to serve as a scapegoat. Now he stands
before the community legally innocent, a mem
ber of the Bar, able to advise his old crony,
Sharp. They have lived and loved together;
run the political machine together; exercised
influence upon legislators together; worked the
Board of Aidermen together, and the ex-Bis
marck should not desert his old pal just on the
eve of municipal nominations, when money,
stolon or otherwise, adroitly used, may change
the personnel of the District Attorney’s office
and put more friendly judges upon the bench.
Sweeney is a very different man from Sharp.
He knows how to go away when he has enough.
Sharp is more grasping and more obstinate.
Sweeney would rather pay out part of his for
tune than see the city treasury suffer. Sharp
hugs it all and lets his railroads pay his law
yers. But Sweeney has not returned to New
York without an object, and we expect some new
developments in the Sharp case alter he has
pulled tho election wires.
THE CITY NOMINATIONS.
Bubble, bubble go tho political pots iu the
back offices of the bosses. Candidates are
dashing about in cabs, seeing prominent edi
tors, rallying their friends, trying to influence
the men who make up the tickets. For the pre
sent it seems to be taken for granted that a
nomination is equivalent to an election. The
common people, who cast the votes, will be ap
pealed to later. This Week the only persons
of any importance are those municipal sover
eigns, the political bosses and their cabinets of
confidential advisers, who meet formally, like
the Emperor of Germany and the Czar of Rus
sia, or consult in a friendly way, like Prince Bis
marck and Premier Crispi. The press, that
bugbear of the politicians, seems to take a ma
licious pleasure in smashing the slates as fast
as the bosses complete them. “ What do I care
for the newspapers?” asks Boss Power, of the
County Democracy; “ why, I seldom read
them.” But he does care for them enough to
relinquish reluctantly his pet project of giving
the District Attorneyship to his protege, Fitz
gerald.
There would have been no trouble on the
Democratic side if the boodle politicans, at
home, in Ludlow street and in Canada, had not
decided to get rid of District Attorney Martine
and put up $250,000 lor the purpose. Mr. Mar
tine was tempted by the promise oi the now
Judgeship of General Sessions aud refused a
renomination. This left the District Attorney
ship vacant; but, before the boodlers could
chuckle over the success of their plot, the press
nominated De I.ancey Nicoll, and the bosses,
who never read the papers, appear inclined to
accept him. He is young, able, vigorous, ear
nest, independent, and will make a strong can
didate, whether he is endorsed by the Demo
crats or runs against them. The bosses of
Tammany and the County Democracy had a
Clearfield, if they had only letwell.enough alone.
With Martine, as District Attorney, and Judge
Bedford, as we advised, for the General Ses
sions, their ticket would be powerful and popu
lar. Now they have raised a spirit, which they
cannot exorcise, in the Nicoll movement; they
do not know how to deal with Martine, and the
strength of Judge Bedford, who is backed by
tho press, the Bar, the business community, his
own spotless official record and the fact that he
always ran ahead of his ticket, convinces every
body that his nomination is a necessity of tho
situation.
The Democratic muddle gives the Republi
cans, the Labor party and the independent
voters plenty of golden opportunities. We can
now assure the election of worthy candidates,
whether the Democratic bosses road the papers
or not. If the Democrats nominate bad, weak
men, we can beat them easily. The voters, ig
nored now, will have all to say about the candi
dates in November. There are several Repub
licans who deserve promotion and will receive
it from the hands of the people. Surrogate Rol
lins, for example, will be a most popular candi
date lor the Supreme Court. His ability and
integrity are indisputable. He has worked six
teen hours a day, during his term as Surrogate,
and has displayed judicial faculties of the high
est order. If be be nominated by the Republi
cans he will receive the full vote of his party, of
the independents, of the workingmen whose in
terests he has protected, and of many Demo
crats who honor and esteem this faithful magis
trate. Of the same excellent school is genial
Justice Gedney, of the Eighth District, who
should be made one of the City Judges. In his
own District he could be almost unanimously
reelected, and, if he desires the higher position,
his capacity, experience and widespread popu
larity recommend him for nomination and elec
tion.
The feature of municipal politics, this year, is
that neither party can afford to select incompe
tent candidates. The Labor vote is an unknown
factor, which disturbs the Democratic calcula
tions. Thanks to the vigilance of John J.
O’Brien, the Labor party will have its inspec
tors at the polls, and the probability is that
more than the GB,OOO George votes will be polled.
A still more important factor is the press, which
scrutinizes every candidate carefully, compels
bad men to slink into- tho background and
brings talent and honesty to the front. Already
the press has done great service by presenting
such candidates as Mr. Nicoll and Judge Bed
ford on the one side, and Surrogate Rollins and
Justice Gedney on the-other—all newspaper
nominations—not on the political slates at first,
but engraven there now in big type. An equal
service is the killing off of unworthy aspirants,
who have been slaughtered at the rate of a
brace a day since Judge Donohue was warned
to send no more intermediaries to the World
office. On the whole,, it seems certain that the
best man will win, in. November, ami this is an
encouraging sign of the times.
ANARCHISTS_AT WORK.
Last week, hearing from the Anarchist orators
exciting reports of a bloody battle at Union Hill
—the Bunker Hill of the new social revolution—
we hurried over to Hoboken and interviewed
Superintendent Donovan, the popular and ener
getic chief of the police, who were supposed to
be defeated in the gory struggle. To our sur
prise, Superintendent Donovan had not heard
of the battle until he read ihe New York papers.
Nobody was killed, wounded or missing, to his
knowledge. “ There was a slight scrimmage,
caused by a few thoughtless people,” he said
carelessly, “ but it gave us no more trouble
than an ordinary beerhouse quarrel.” The
calm, smiling face oi the superintendent reas
sured us even more than . his kindly words.
I Evidently, the Anarchists had not broken loose
l in New Jersey, The Union Hill battle was a I
figment of the imagination, and, up to date, the
country was safe from the redhanded agitators.
But, this week, George Francis Train has gone
to Chicago to rescue the seven Anarchists under
sentence of death, or perish in the attempt.
Previous to perishing, he will eccupy a dollar a
day room on the top floor of the Palmer House,
with the privilege of making speeches out on
the roof. Of course, the Train crusade will
fizzle out, like the battle ot Union Hill, and the
pschycological orator will end his eccentric ca
reer in a prison or a lunatic asylum. Once upon
a time he was a smart man, and it is a pity to
see so much cleverness and vitality wasted in
the manufacture of a confirmed crank. We
have not been certain whether he was not doing
more harm than good by talking to the children
from his bench in Madison Square. He has set
tled our doubts by bursting forth as a full
fledged Anarchist, frothing at the mouth against
the law and with only one sound bit ot logic to
his back, which is, that tho Chicago murderers
are as much entitled to a stay ot proceedings as
Jake Sharp—who is not entitled to it at all.
Nobody expects common-sense from George
Francis Train or the beery scrimmages on Union
Hill; but the silly people who are deluded by
the Anarchist babble about free speech and the
rights of freemen, should be taught that no such
principles are involved in the Chicago business.
The seven condemned criminals are going to be
hung, not because they held meetings and made
speeches, but because they murdered, or in
cited their followers to murder, the representa
tives of the law. This is a free country, and, there
fore, it must be a law-abiding country. If a ma
jority of our people do not like the laws, they
can be changed at the next election. If a mi
nority are opposed to the laws, they must either
submit quietly or convince the majority that the
laws are wrong. There is no necessity of killing
anybody. We have no Czar, no Bismarck, no
Thiers, no Balfour, to tyranize over the people.
As we make our own laws, we all take an interest
in enforcing them. This is why the seven
Chicago murderers, falsely called martyrs, will
be justly hanged, and all other Anarchists who
take up arms against the law -will share the
same fate.
Miami
Will the Democratic Leaders Give
Heed ?—The business men of New York, irre
spective of party, are making tremendous
efforts to have ex-judge Gunning 8. Bedford
nominated for City Judge—which means an
election. Ex-Judge Bodford sat on the bench
in the days of the Tweed “Ring.” Though
having been nominated and elected by that
gang of precious rascals, he was never their
tool. When on the bench he was as independ
ent, as the boys used to say, “ as a hog on ice.”
No matter what the case, who wore opposed to
him, the citizen was always protected in his
rights of property and personal liberty. Re
cently there has been a proclamation is
sued by independent citizens of New York,
who desire the nomination of Gunning 8.
Bedford for the high office of City Judge.
The gentlemen who are connected with this
movement remember his excellence and inde
pendence when onAhe bench years ago. Among
those who have signed the petition for his nom
ination ate such men as H. L. Stow, Edward H.
Wales, A. V. de Gocouria, Carl G. Peters, C.
L. Cammann, Edward Bement, John H. Jacque
lin, H. Durand, George J. Losea, Y. Martinez,
H. C. Kretschmar, W. H. Henriques, E. B. Van
Courtlandt, and about a thousand others ot
equal high character. When such men have
petitioned for the Democratic party to nom
inate Gunning 8. Bedford for the position of
City Judge, that party will be foolish if it pays
no attention. The man who is nominated by
the Republicans against the Democratic candi
date, should he not be Bedford, will have a
“ walk-over.”
Gould, Garrett and Bennett.—On
Friday, Robert Garrett, Jr., formerly of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, arrived in this
city, and J. G. Bennett, Jr., formerly of the
Herald, is expected to arrive to-day or to-mor
row. As soon as he landed, Mr. Garrett learned
that Jay Gould had quietly captured the Balti
more and Ohio telegraph, and when Mr. Ben
nett lands he will rush across to the Herald of
fice to see whether Jay Gould has not captured
that also. Lookers-on see the most of the
game, and, to everybody except Mr. Bonnett, it
is clear that, having secured all the land lines,
Jay Gould will soon succeed in getting control
ot all the cable lines. There are several morals
which may be deduced from the facts. One is,
that Jay Gould is a much cleverer man than
Mr. Garrett or Mr. Bennett. Another is, that a
newspaper proprietor ought to stick to his pa
per and keep out of telegraph speculations.
While Mr. Bennett has been playing with the
Commercial cable, Mr. Gould’s man, Pulitzer,
has been taking away all his best journalists
and leaving the Herald away in the rear. We
presume that, having obtained a monopoly of
the telegraphs, Jay Gould will offer it to the
Government at a price. He is too shrewd to at
tempt to hold it long, and the tremendous sur
plus in the treasury is very tempting.
Another Swiwn—Grover Cleveland
is swinging around the circle, just as Andy
Johnson did. We hope, for the credit of the
country, that his swing will not be followed
by bis impeachment. Everywhere the people
are curious to see a real, live President of tne
United States, and glad to offer all sorts of
courtesies to his pretty young wife. He may
mistake this curiosity and courtesy, as John
son did, for political popularity and an en
dorsement of Ira policy. If so, history will
have to repeat itself. Ed. Murphy, in the in
terest of harmony between the Hill and Cleve
land factions in this State, ought to send a tele
gram to Grover, urging him to return to the
White House, wearing the same sized hat as
that with which he started on his swinging
tour. A swelled head is fatal to any President.
So far as we can judge, Grover Cleveland has
only to sit still, and the -Democratic nomina
tion will drop into his mouth, like his wife’s
kisses. If he struggles for it, he may tear
something. We do not oare what Democrat, or
alleged Democrat, is set up for the Republican’s
to defeat, at the next Presidential election, and
we had as soon see Cleveland nominated as any
other man.
Repeal she Internal Revenue.—Be
fore Congress meets every Senator and Repre
sentative should talk with the people and hear
for himself how unanimous is the demand for
the repeal of the outrageous internal revenue
system, which is impoverishing our business
men and locking up useless millions in the
overflowing treasury. Let each Senator anil
Representative talk with the poor men, and
learn how tobacco and whiskey are made dearer
and of inferior quality. Let them talk with the
business men, and learn how trade and com
merce are disorganized by the immense, unnec
essary surplus hoarded at Washington. Let
them talk with bankers and capitalists, and
learn the dangers of making money scarce. Let
them talk with philosophers, and learn how ex
travagance and corruption are fostered by rob
bing the people to fill the government vaults.
Such conversations will be an education in po
litical economy, and Congressmen will then be
as unanimous as the people in repealing the
internal revenue tax upon labor, business and
finance. _
“Caw Me, Caw Thee.”—The Presi
dent is yet going toward the ever-increasing
West, and making speeches from the “Ameri
can Cyclopedia.” Many papers have found fault
with his plagiarisms. We do not understand
why they should. It is not the fault of Grover
Cleveland that he doesn’t know much, and he
must go somewhere to get information. Where
better could he go for information than to a
book which Charles A. Dana had edited ? We
all know that Mr. Dana is an intense admirer of
President Cleveland. Why should not the
President, show his appreciation of Mr. Dana’s
abilities 1 Notwithstanding that this is the lat
ter part of the nineteenth century, the old Scotch
proverb of “ tickle me and I’ll tickle you,” still
holds good. We congratulate the President on
bis present opportunity to return the editor of
the “American Cyclopedia” Borne of the many
kindnesses which that gentleman has extended
to his “lat friend,” as Beau Brummei put it
about the Prince of Wales, the afterward extra
| ordinary George IV. of England, j
A Question. —We call the attention of
our readers to the article on our first page
headed “A Royal Roue.” It is a terrible ar
raignment of a scoundrel prince and king. The
present Prince of Wales seems to be a natural
descendant—in every thing which the word im
plies—of “ The first gentleman of Europe.” If
a worthy successor of George IV. goes upon the
throne, how long will it be until the Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland becomes another En
glish-speaking republic ?
Another Great Judge.—ln Califor
nia they have a judge named Sawyer, who would
be fit to sit on the bench with Potter and Ruger,
of our own State. Ho has decided that a man
in hiding, out of tho jurisdiction of the trial
court, has a right to count such time in his own
favor. There are some judges in this country
who are trying to destroy respect lor tho law.
Look to the Judges.—All the large
cities of this country are crying out against
“ boodieism.” They are right. Let us all join
to destroy the thieves who feed upon the taxes
wrung from the people. But before we can suc
ceed in this endeavor we must elect judges un
like Potter aud Ruger.
and (BuO.
By Our .Own and Other Alleged Humorists.
THE OLDEST INHABITANT.
When the Winter Is long and exceedingly cold,
And the sheep are found frozen to death in the fold.
The Oldest Inhabitant then will rehearse
Hie account of the Winters ho knew that were
worse.
If the season is backward and late is the Spring,
Tho Oldest Inhabitant always will bring
Forth some anecdotes grim, from his memory vast.
Of ths very late Springs that they had in tho past.
With affection on topics like these he will dwell,
When you meet him at night at a country hotel.
Patronizingly cheerful, he greets his old friends.
And a drink, at another's expense, condescends.
When the villagers meet at their annual Fair,
The Oldest Inhabitant always is there.
He indulges in peanuts and Wintergreen beer,
And his praise o himself is amusing to hoar.
He will brag of the plowing he did when a boy—
How he beat ail the men in his father's employ.
Much I fear that this fossil departs from the truth
When his thoughts wander back to tho days of his
youth. H. w. D.
Our pleasant contemporary, Tid-Bits, is res
ponsible for this clever hit at
THE SIMPLE SERVANT MAID.
Housewife (to new domestic)— “There is one
thing 1 wish to say to you. The last girl had a
habit of coming into the parlor and playing the
piano occasionally. You never play the piano,
do you ?”
New Domestic—“ Yis, mum, I plays, but I’ll
hov to charge you a dollar a week aixtry if I’m
to furnish music for the family."
An English exchange tells this amusing story
about
A POOR YOUNG MAN.
Lord X, who married a wealthy but exceed
ingly plain woman, took her to India with him.
They attended a dinner in Calcutta at which an
English duchess was seated next to tho Rajah
of B. The rajah asked:
“ And this Lord X, of your great country—has
helbrought his wives with him ?”
“S-shl” exclaimed the duchess, blushing
scarlet, “ That’s Lady X, over there next the
Viceroy I”
The Oriental regarded Lady X for a moment,
then remarked, with a sigh:
“ Poor young man I I hope they allow him a
nicer one at home I”
SMALL OH ANGE.
“It has been ascertained,” says an
exchange, “ that the umbrella is far older than
the pyramids.” Our esteemed contemporary
undoubtedly refers to the umbrella which was
loft in place of our new silk parachute at tho
sewing bee last night. We are inclined to be
lieve that he understates tho age of the venera
ble relic.
Arkansaw Traveller’s philosopher
thus meditates: It is er mighty hard matter
fur us ter see de bad p’iuts in or thief dat is
willin’ter lend us money, ur de good p’iuts in
er hones' man dat had 'fused ter do us a favor.
Dar ain’t er weaker raskil in dis yere worl’ den
human natur’.
Boabder (at New Jersey farmhouse) —
“See here, I’m getting tired of fried salt pork
and potatoes for breakfast day after day; can’t
you change?” Farmer—“Waal, I guess we
kin, to please yer. After this wo will have the
potatoes and salt pork for supper 1”
One ot our young athletes was ex
patiating to a young lady friend, whom he had
honored by a call, on his ability as a walker, the
other evening nt 11:30 o’clock, and was told by
the sweet girl that she would dearly love to see
him walk.
Timid tourist—“ Say, cap’n, this boat
seems very shaky. Was anybody ever lost in
her?” Boatman—“ Not ter my knowledge.
There was three men drowned from her last
Thursday, but we found them tho next high
tide.”
Emil Zola received $60,000 from his
pen last year, and a western paper says there
is a bog raiser in Kansas who got twice that
from his pen. And no doubt the hog raiser’s
pep is the cleaner of tho two.
Goethe gives us a vory small grip on
things when he assorts that “we do not possess
what we do not understand.” We think he
should have made an exception in tho case of
rheumatism.
Next to a red wagon with a spring
seat there is nothing so pretty as a drum-major
who wears a hat made of a buffalo robe and
swings a long pole with a silver knob on the end
of it.
Agent (to traveler) —“Have you a pol
icy in case of accident ?” Traveler—“ Yes, sir.
My policy would be to go halves with a smart
lawyer and sue the company for $50,000.”
Some people do not seem to care to
make the neighborhood in which they live pic
turesque. It they did they would go away.
Better a dinner of herbs, with or
without love, than a stalled railroad train ten
miles from tho eating station.
“ All But,” is the title of a story by
Rose Terry Cooke. Probably the history of a
billy goat.
Waiting for the letter that never came
is not a circumstaace to waiting for a backward
sneeze.
It takes nine tailors to make a man,
but one tailor can make a dude.
Poverty won’t be abolished this gen
eration, by George!
fit
GOSSIP OF THE WE3K.
The following attractions are announced for this
week in New York: “The Marquis’’ at the Casino;
“Leather Patch” at Harrigan’s; “Arabian Nights”
at the Standard; Salsbury's Troubadours at the
Bijou; “The Mouse Trap” at Wallack's; “Dandy
Dick” at Daly’s; Mrs. Langtry at the Fifth Avenue:
Dockstader's Minstrels; “Jim the Penman” at the
Madison Square; “The Great Pink Pearl” and
“Editha’s Burglar” at the Lyceum; Hobson and
Crane in “The Henrietta” at the Union Square;
Maurice Grau French Opera Company at the Star;
Imre Kiralfy’s “Lagardera” at Niblo’s; Minnie Pal
mer at the Fourteenth Street; Effie Elisler at the
Windsor; “Harbor Lights” at the People’s; “A Dark
Secret” at the Academy of Music; “Lights o’ Lon
don” at Hart’s Theatre Comique; Globe Museum;
Miss Ada Gray in “ East Lynne,” at Poole’s Theatre,
and Henry Dixey at Lee Avenue Academy, Williams
burg.
Maurice Barrymore’s shirt front, as he stands
on the upper steps of the portico ’neath the moon
light, in that “exterior” in “Langtry’s Looking
Glass,” knocks spots out of the pale sheen of the
lunar prop, and almost sheds a lustre on the love
sick pair at the foot of the stairs.
The efforts to revive public interest in Koster &
Blal’s music hall, which Mayor Hewitt caused to be
closed for violation of the excise law some months
ago, have thus far failed. A good concert is given,
but the public had a taste of frolicsome femininity
there once upon a time, and it is not willing to be
“refined” or “educated” by simple music rendered
in Teutonic claw hammers.
W. J. Scanlan, the young Irish comedian and vo
calist, gave the Mormons in Salt Lake City a touch
, of his brogue last week, and from reports that have
reached this city they liked it,
Mr. Richard Mansfield’s success In Philadel
phia with “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" last week, has
been swift and certain. There, as here, the play
caused much interest and discussion. The public
flock to Mr. Mansfield’s performance in great num
bers, and greet his work with even more strongly
emphasized enthusiasm than in New York or Bos
ton. There is not a night that the Chestnut Street
Theatre is not crowded from top to bottom. There
has not been a performance when the young trage
dian has not been recalled after every act and at the
end of the play. Cheers and the waving of hand
kerchiefs reward him after the final episode of
Hyde’s awful death.
Mr. George Edgab appeared last night at the
Opera House, York, Penn., as James Ralston, in
“Jim the Penman." Stage Manager Presbury tele
graphs that Mr. Edgar made a great hit; was “elec
trical and full of feeling," and had several scene
and curtain calls. He adds that the climax of the
last act was superb. He plays “ Jim " very unlike
either Whiting or Robinson, and wins the sympa
thy of the audience. In no part is he cold or cruel
to the wife, but full of tenderness and love for her.
May Brooklyn, Presbury adds, “ was superb."
Chevalier Blondin, who was for a long time one
of the features of the Ravel Family, with his clever
performances on the tight rope, will this winter
fill engagements in Paris and Berlin, and in the
spring comes to this city on a professional visit.
Manager J. M. Hill is said to have “done up"
Woolsey, the backer of “One Against Many,” in one
round. Where were the reporters ?
Mr. Ben Teal, the well known stage director, has
just returned from San Francisco, after having
made an elaborate production of Wilson Barrett’s
“Clito.” He begins at once active preparations for
a spectacular production of “She” at Niblo’s.
An unusual company of local literary lights will
honor the inaugural of Mr. James Roach’s dramatic
tour, under Manager J. M. Hill’s direction, at Wor
cester, Mass., Monday, October 17. It is said that
A. C. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle), J. A. Harrington (Car
boy), Jerome Eddy, W. F. Perkins, A. L. Parkes,
F. C. Bangs, 0. A. Vernam, August Brentano, Mary
Fiske, Harrison Gray Fiske, G. P. Brady, and a num
ber of others will be of the party.
Miss Marti Crocker, singer and actress, the wife
of Spencer Pritchard, the actor, and sister of Josie
Crocker, is dangerously ill of consumption, at her
mother’s residence, 5,418 La Salle street, Chicago.
She was forced to give up an engagement at Kansas
City recently, and return home.
" Lost in New York," by Leonard Grover, will be
produced at the Grand Opera House, in Brooklyn,
October 17th, and then go on the road, under the
management of Messrs. Miles & Barton, oi the Bijou
Opera House. It was tried on the Bostonians last
Spring, and received so warm a reception, although
badly cast and mounted, that Miles & Barton will
put it on the stage in a very liberal manner. The
play is a page from the history of the American me
tropolis, and although it deals with the elements of
humanity that surge through the lower part of the
city, it is a pure and wholesome story, without pis
tol-firing or knife-drawing. It is said of this drama
that the people who are represented in it are alive
to-day, and that the main points in the story are
true.
Miss Grace Henderson, who has lately made such
a decided hit at the Lyceum Theatre, is the wife of
Mr. David Henderson, part owner and manager of
the Chicago Opera House.
Watkins’s Tea Pabty, in “Catnip Tea.” is doing
a very large business in the interior towns of Ohio.
The new play to be produced at the Lyceum The
atre by Mr. Dan Frohman is called " The Wife."
"The Mahdi,” an opera composed by Mr. Robert
Stoepel, who recently died, will be put on the road
this season. The book is by J. Armoy Eaox and Mr.
Schneider, of Baltimore.
Mb. C. A. Byrne, of the Morning Journal, and Mr.
Arthur Wallack have written a drama, for which it
is said they havo already had an offer.
Robert B. Mantell presented his new play of
“ Monbars’’ in Cincinnati last week, with complete
success. The local critics speak in the highest
terms of the star and his play.
Frederick Warde, the young tragedian, has be
come an established favorite in this city, and his
forthcoming engagement at the Windsor Theatre is
already beginning to attract the attention of the pa
trons ol that popular house. Last season Mr. Warde
played there to a succession of crowded houses, and
his reappearance appears to be of more than usual
interest to the East-side theatre-goers. To-morrow
evening the tragedian begins an engagement in
Brooklyn, during which he will be seen in a round
of his best parts, supported by an excellent com
pany.
Joseph Murphy, the popular Irish comedian and
vocalist, will be seen at the Windsor Theatre during
the week of October 17th, in his familiar plays of
" Kerry Gow ’’ and “ Shaun Rhue.”
Frederick Warde’s repertoire at the Windsor
Theatre the weak of October 24th, will include
" Virginius,” “ Galba, the Gladiator," “ Ingomar,”
and other popular plays.
Mr. John S. Clarke’s reappearance in this country
after an absence of many years in England, where
he has had great success, is an event of particular
interest to theatre-goers. He stands with his con
temporary and friend, Joseph Jefferson, among the
leading American comedians, although he has
passed nearly a score of years in England, where his
work is more familiar to play-goers than here, to
any but the older generation. One of his imper
sonations which is remembered with admiration is
that of Dr. Pangloss in " The Heir at Law.” Mr.
Clarke is at present making a tour of this country,
and in addition to “ The Heir at Law," is appearing
in "Toodles," “She Stoops to Conquer,” and one
or two other comedies. His company includes
Theodore Hamilton, Creston Clarke, his sou, Mrs.
Germon, Olga Brandon, and other capable people.
The Edwin Booth,-Lawrence Barker com
pany are playing a three weeks’ engagement in
Chicago, and in spite of the fact that seats cost $2.50
each, hundreds havo been turned away at every per
formance. This organization is unusually strong in
its male members, and includes Edward J. Buckley,
John A. Lane, Owen Fawcett, Ben. G. Rogers, P.
Hanford, Lawrence Hanley and Charles M. Collins,
seven excellent actors. The theatre-goers of this
city will have a chance to see this exceedingly strong
combination during the coming holidays, at the
Academy of Music.
Mlle. Rhea, the Franco-American actress, has
not been seen in this vicinity in several years. She
begins an engagement in Brooklyn, to-morrow
night, during which she will appear in “ Fairy
Fingers,” “Camille," "Pygmalion and Galatea,"
and “ Frou Frou,” supported by an excellent com
pany. In “Fairy Fingers," the chief scene will
show the rooms of a fashionable dressmaker, whore
all the rich wardrobe of Mlle. Rhea will be display
ed on aummies procured for that purpose.
Frank Wilson of the Casino company has been
allowed to air himself to the extent ot half a column
of "explanations” of his row with the Aronsons.
It’s a pity that so bright a man and excellent actor
should not be able to control himsolf. Beside, it is
a matter that is of little interest to the general pub
lis, who care not a whit whether Mr. Wilson pro
duces "The Lady and the Tiger” with the McCaull,
or the Casino forces at his back.
The New National American Company is com
mencing to give vent to the same noisy bursts of
promise that characterized its defunct bankrupt
predecessor. Mrs. Thurber has come forward with
a long address to the public iu favor of the galvan
ized organization, giving her reasons for the failure
of her “educational” schemes, and soliciting the
support of the public for the new company. Con
sidering the “strained relations” that existed be
tween herself and Mr. Locke a few weeks ago, this
new move appears rather peculiar.
‘•The Pointsman,” by the author of “ The Great
Pink Pearl,” is A. M. Palmer’s property for America.
The Madison Square company will produce it first.
Mr. Palmer’s good luck in securing English suc
cesses for this side is due to Charles Overton, who
seems to be a play speculator in general and a pur
chasing agent for Mr. Palmer in particular. “Jim
the Penman,’’ “The Great Pink Pearl,” and all of
Frank Harvey’s successes found their way to this
stage through Overton.
LAST WEEK OF “ LAGARDERE.”
To-morrow night Imre Kiralfy’s sensuous and
glittering “ Lagardere, the Hunchback of Paris,"
begins the last week of its long and successful run
at Niblo’s. The crowds that have witnessed the
performance of this melodramatic spectacle has
justified Imre Kiralfy's prediction that it would
prove one of the most profitable of his productions.
The dramatic company, which includes J. H.
Gilmour, as Lagardere; W. H. Lytell, Harold Fos
burg and others, is a good one and has done ac
ceptable work, while the ballets of the “ Gypsy
Revels ” and " The Seven Ages " have become pop
ular.
Mlle. Qualitz, the graceful premiere; Arnold, the
grotesque dancer, and the 120 young and handsome
coryphees have established themselves in public
favor, and have been vigorously applauded at every
performance.
A portion of the scenery and costumes to be used
in Imre Kiralfy’s forthcoming spectacular produc
tion of “ Mazulm,” the Ravel pantomime, arrived
from Europe during the past week. M. Grossi, the
maitre de ballet and stage manager, is expected with
in a few days, when the preparations for this pro
duction will be pushed with great rapidity. The
Ravel pantomimes were formerly an exceedingly
popular form of entertainment in this and other
1 cities
A week from to-morrow night Denman Tuump--
son, accompanied by Joshua Whitcomb, Si Prime,
Lettie Perkins and others, will take possession of
the stage at this theatre, where they will again be
seen in the familiar and popular “Old Homestead,”
which will be presented with entirely now scenery
and accessories and additional realistic effects, in
cluding a pair ot horses. In the last act a large hill
will be shown on which a big “ bob ” sleigh filled
with people will slide rapidly down. This is not a
toboggan slide as has been previously announced.
Charming Olcott, the tenor, will load the "Old
Homostead ” double quartette.
“ THE MOUSE TRAP.”
On Tuesday evening next. Wallack’s Theatre will
come in line for the regular season.
The opening night will be notable in being the
inaugural performance of Mr. Henry E. Abbey s
first season of the management ot this theatre. The
occasion will be a memorable evont in the history
of the long and honored career of Mr. Loster Wai
lack, who has for so many years beon the sole
manager of the theatres which havo for a quarter of
a century borne his name as their distinctive
title.
This will be the first season that his theatres,
the Star and the “ upper house” have been under
other control than his own, and his retiring from
the stage as one of its most famous artists,
and as the manager of what has long been regarded
the world as the leading theatre of America,
is to be regretted
But it is a matter of gratification to know, that
the direction of his theatre has passed into tho
keeping of a gentleman whose record as a manager
is without a blemish, and whose executive
ability and decision of character have made him
one of the few prominent and successful leaders iij
the later and most important theatrical enterprises
of his time. Ha possesses all the requisites of ex
perience and judgment to ensure him success in this
new and venturesome undertaking, and certainly
there can be none who will wish him other than
good fortune and increase of reputation as the suc
cessor of Mr. Wallack in the management of this
theatre.
Mr. Abbey’s company—for the season, will include
Miss Rose Coghlan. Mme. Ponisi, Mrs. Louisa
Eldridge, Miss E. Blaisdell, Miss Kato Bartlett. Mrs.
Abbey, Miss Minnie Conway, Miss Netta Guion,
Miss Enid Leslie, Miss Effie Liston, Mr. Osmond
Tearle. Mr. John Gilbert, Mr. Harry Edwards, Mr. J.
W. Piggott, Mr. Charles Dodsworth. Mr. Kyrle Bel.
low. Mr. Charles Groves. Mr. E. D. Ward, Mr. Sam.
Sothern, Mr. W. T. Lovell. Mr. T. W. Robertson,
Stage Director.
He commences his season with ths first represen
tation on any stage of Mr. Sydney Grundy’s origi
nal comedy-drama, entitled “The Mouse Trap,"
with the subjoined cast:
Lord NormantowerMr. Osmond Tearle
Sir Peter Lund Mr. Charles Groves
Philip SelwynMr. E. D. Ward
Tom VerinderMr. Sam Sotheru
Kate DerwentMiss Hose Coghlan
Beatrice Selwyn, Mrs. Abbey
Mildred SelwynMiss Enid Leslie
The drama is in three acts; the now scenes are by
Mr. Phil. Goatcher.
" HARBOR LIGHTS.”
Mr. J. A. Herne and his company, in the sensa
tional drama, “Hearts of Oak," were encouraged
during the past week by numerous and apprecia
tive audiences. Their final performance wan given
last evening, at tho People’s Theatre.
Tomorrow and every evening during tho waek
and at the matinees on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons, the popular drama—first produced iu
this city at Wallack’s—entitled ■• Harbor Lights,”
will be the attraction. The cast will bo capably
represented, and the various scenic effects and stag®
appointments tho same as those which marked it®*'
original American performances.
Acting Manager Charles Davis was —although the
fact until now has not had publication—on Thurs
day evening last, after tho curtain fell upon the
last act of the play, the fortunate recipient of a
very valuable present.
Or rather a souvenir of his travels, many year®
ago, in India. It was the diamond-studded hookah
or pipe once owned by tne Rajah Agra-Aga-Neka-
Waui, when he was the chief official of Benares.
The presentation was made by Ayah Djalmapoo—
an Indian merchant of Singapore, now here on a
pleasure trip, The pipe is a wonderful example ol
artistic design and is valued at S7OO.
After the presentation, Manager Miner, Mr. Davis,
the Ayah Djalmapoo, Mr. James A. Hearne, Mr. Abe
Hummell, the Wicked Gibbs, Hon. Jake Hess, A. 0.
Wheeler and other invited guests, sat late at the
festive board and “ hit ” the pipe for all it was
worth, until—well, it was late. The pipe is now on
exhibition in a velvet-lined cabinet in the lobby,
opposite the orchestra entrance.
GRAU’S FRENCH OPERA CO.
This week will be the last of the brief season of
French.oomic opera at the Star Theatre. Monday
and Wednesday “La Fills de Madame Angot" will
be presented for the last times, with Mlle. Bennati
and Mlle. Pirard. Tuesday Mlle.Bennati will appear
in “La Mascotte.” Thursday Mlle. Pirard will
make her farewell bow in " Serment d’Amour,” and
on Friday, Saturday afternoon and Saturday even
ing, “Fatinitza" will be produced for the first
time in French, with Mlle. Bennati as the heroine.
If wa endeavor to call up in review a list of act
ors who are true artists in the field of comedy, w®
aro apt to find ourselves brought to a stop by th®
name of Joseph Jefferson.
Certainly there are now no actors who can justly
be placed on the same level with that gracious and
refined Interpreter of all that is bright and cheery
in comedy, or who approaches him in the versatility
of his achievements. _„Mr. Jefferson, assisted by Mr.
John Drew, Miss Emma Vaders, Mr. Barton Hill,
and other well known artists, will appear at this
theatre on Monday week, Oct, 17, in “ The Rivals,*’
as Bob Acres.
"MY SWEETHEART.”
To-morrow night petite and pretty Minnie Palmet
will ba “welcomed home" after more than, two
years in England and Australia in soach of filthy
lucre, which she is said to have found in large
quantities. The little actress has arranged to re
ceive her friends at Manager Rosenquest’s Four
teenth Street Theatre, where the reception is an
nounced to begin at eight o’clock sharp.
There has been a large demand foi' places, and a
crowded house may be expected.
The exercises will be an operetta once familiar t<
playgoers here, in one act, entitled “The Ring and
the Keeper,” in which Miss Palmer will assume fl
dual role, that of a boy and a girl.
It is an interesting story, and a number of charm
ing songs are introduced. On the same evening the
familiar “My Sweetheart" will be given, with
Miss Palmer in her original part, diamonds and all.
The supporting company includes S. A. Roberts,
an English comedian; T. J, Hawkins, Thos. WibbdT.
Hal Clarendon, Ben Henderson, C. W. Allison, ancK
Misses Carrie Reynolds and Jaue Gray. Manager
Rosenquest promises appropriate scenery.
•‘A DARK SECRET.”
The interest in this drama continues unabated,
and the Academy has been crowded at every per
formance of this sensational play. The demand for
seats is unusually large and are being sold for sev
eral weeks in advance. Last Monday night Mis®
Adelaide Stanhope made her first appearance in the
leading female role, and added materially to the
strength of the cast. Many water scenes have been
shown on the stage, but none so realistic and ex
citing as the Henley regatta, on a vast river of real
water, and the following one where the heroine is
thrown into the water.
George Hosmer continues to be the hero of th®
Henley regatta, where ho wins the race in true pro
fessional style, and is vigorously applauded for his
victory.
“THE HENRIETTA.”
Bronson Howard’s fine comedy has struck the
popular fancy decidedly at the Union Square Thea
tre, if bustle and throngs and extra high prices are
important in s-ettling this successful quality. Bron
son Howard, the discoverer of the “Land and Min
ing" wealth; Robson and Crane, the principal
operators, and J. M. Hill, the manager and capital
ist, will increase their reputations as success
ful manipulators of this class of stocks and ad
ditional fortune to their present plethoric purses.
Every night since the opening the “Standing
loom only” sign has been necessary, and the ex
treme merit of the production and rare delight of
all attending, is mortally sure to make the Union
Square Theatre for n long time to come, a scene of
one of the most pronounced and gratifying suc
cesses recorded in local theatrical annals.
"WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN.”
Frederick Bryton appeared at the Windsor Thea
tre last week in his romantic play of “Forgiven,”
and succeeded in pleasing large audiences.
To-morrow night, Miss Effie Ellsler, the fireside
favorite, begins as engagement, when she will be
seen in Frank Harvey's emotional drama entitled
“Woman Against Woman," which drew crowded
houses last season at the same theatre.
This will be, in all probability, Miss Ellsler’s last
appearance in New York in the part of Bessie Bar
ton, as she is under contract to produce several
new plays next season. The charming actress will
have the assistance of a good company, that in
cludes Messrs. Frank Warton, Archie Boyd, Archi
bald Foster, J. B. Doud, Orrin Johnson. C. B. Heaps,
and Misses Lizette Le Baron, Mary Myers, Florence
Field and Billie Wilson.
Manager Murtha will provide handsome and ap
propriate scenery and accessories. Matinees as
usual. There has been a large demand for seats,
and a succession of larg® audiences may be es* .
nested.