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tion at the Grand Opera-house this
week, and is incidentally responsible for
two splendidl>- muddled actB to begin
with. It is impossible for any one who
has not read the book to gain any ade
quate idea of its story until the third
act. That is really, effective. There is
a mob rioting without reason, an impos
sible conspiracy about nothing, an equal-
JOHN ARTHUR FRASER is re
sponsible for the particular "only
unauthorized version" of "The Lit
tle Minister" that is the attrac-
Continued From Page Three.
Upon convening yesterday afternoon
the House of Deputies went into execu
tive session to discuss the fitness of the
various nominees for the office of mis
sionary Bishops. Of the five men nom
inated by the. House of Bishops, but four
were elected. The fifth, the Rev. Charles
Campbell Pierce, D.D., chaplain In the
United States army, was rejected.
The four clerics elected were the Rev
Dr. Ingalls of the missionary district of
Shanghai, to be missionary Bishop of
Hankow; the Rev. Charles H. Brent of
Massachusetts to be missionary Btshop
of the Philippine. Islands: the Rev. Fred
crick 'William Cator, D.D., of Iowa, to
be missionary Bishop; of the district of
Porto Rico, and the Kev. William Cabel
Brown, D.D., to be missionary Bishop of
the district of Olympia. •
The five nominations were discussed at
length by the deputies and after prayers
had been offered a vote was taken The
reason Dr. Pierce's .nomination did not
receive \u25a0 favorable consideration was due
to his lack of experience. The denutiM
felt that he was not adapted to "t8 P wSrk
and expressed a wish that a moreTexDerl
enced cleric be appointed to the rwsoonsl
iblo position. Dr. Pierce haa bVen^nTh^
army for the last few years and hki dnnS
excellent work among the soldiers In th!
Philippines. He intended returning to Ihe
new possessions, but was advised by his
physician to remain in this country
.The action of the House of DeDuties
was embodied in a message and sent to
the House of Bishops and it Ms likelv
that , tho prelates will to-day nominate
another cleric for the honorable position
mtr n nin|?° Urnment: Was taken ™«1 "his
NEW PRELATES
ARE ELECTED
I belong to the class of those men who have
changed their minds upon this subject since
they came to this convention and since they
have listened so far to this debate.'. I came
here in favor of some euch principle as is ex
pressed in this message from the House of
Bishops. I . have . been changed by the consid
erations that have been given.' to the subject
by myself, and I am here to defend the
amendment proposed to that last clause. Then
again I belong to the class that has been
mentioned as having been generally in favor
of the mesrsaze of the House of Bishops un
amended, namely, the class of lawyers. I think
it Is a mistake to say that the lawyers of this
house are. In -favor of this article as it comes
from the House of Bishops. I want to con
sider some objections that have been urged to
the amendment. I want to refer to : the objec
tion based on the nrayer book. It Is almost
wrong- to seek to Influence our actions by an
appeal to a source as high as that, If the ap
peal be not well founded. And I say It ap
proaches a wrong to seek to Influence our ac
tion by the suggestion that the church in this
formulary has Sought to bind people to holy
matrimony until death do them part, regard
less of any or til circumstances. The gentle
men who are opposed to this amendment > say
they do not expect tho woman to \u25a0 love the
adulterous husband until death do them part?
Do they stand here Faying that. they want the
woman to obey the adulterous husband until
death do them part? There Is an element of mu
tuality in this contract and this obligation which
is taken under the sanction of the holy church.
The man says, though he does not say it in
words, "Iii consideration of the promise of the
woman to me I do thus promise," and the
woman says, "In consideration of what the
man hath said I do thus promise." In legal
principle, is that not the meaning of It? They
take each other In consideration of their mu
tual promises. Brethren of the law, don't put
the church as opposed to the principle of this
amendment.
DEPUTY LEWIS CLOSES DEBATE.
Deputy Lewis of Pennsylvania, in clos
ing the debate, said in part: .
Those who espect a display of oratorical py
rotechnics from me will be disappointed. I
feel that I have . a totally different duty to
perform to this house. It Is my duty to help
the house so far as lies In my power to reach
a right conclusion upon an exceedingly impor
tant subject. I may not succeed, .but I shall
try. I am more anxious to get a right con
clusion than I am to come to any, particular
conclusion.
I deprecate two things which have In a meas
ure crept Into this debate.' I deprecate any
suggestion that the persons who have taken
the side that I represent In this discussion are
arrogating to themselves . In any way, any par
tleular desire to pose as the defenders of the
family life of the United States. Such is not
the case. Every man on the floor of this con
vention Is equally interested In preserving the
family life of the United States, and it is a
mere question of methods • as to how we can
best do it. I deprecate, on the other hand, the
suggestions that have been thrown out from
time to time that any particular set of -men
is trying to set at naught he teachings of our
Lord. That may be the effect of things In the
minds of Borne of the gentlemen, but it cer
tainly Is not the intention of, any one who
appears on either side of thla debate.
Again, I have been asked to state a precedent
for any action which would countenance legis
lation based on expediency in any church body,
because it has been said that this Is a" meas
ure of expediency. I recall having rtad In the
Holy Scriptures that pur Lord • stated a i law
of marriage as . having been given In the be
ginning, and he said to Moses -"From the hard
ness of their hearts, suffer them to put away
their wives." , I venture to think that "the
hardness of their hearts 1 ' in the " English
language probably means as a measure of i ex
pediency at that time. 'And. If our 'Lord did
not condemn Moses for that — and he most as
suredly did not — It seems to me this church
to-day is Justified in debating : a measure . of
expediency upe-n this same subject.' ";. ; '
Before I plunge into what' I consider the Im
portant points of this debate I want to get
rid of a few things whlcn in my humble Judg-
In forty-three out of the forty-five* States of
this Union a man or woman ' has ' a choice : of
perhaps a half a dozen 'causes for divorce;. a
woman has a moral right to select any one of
those ' causes. , There <. Is many . a *• woman \u25a0•\u25a0 in
this country whom you \ pity". and I pity ...and.
God pities, who has been; treated by )ier hus
band in the most outrageous manner . by ' the
breach of the marriage vow, - with little . chil
dren dependent upon them,' and: It, Is necessary
for various reasons, property reasons' and' oth
er perfectly good reasons/ that that: unfortunate
woman should go and get a; divorce from her
husband; she sits down In' her'room. overcome
with grief and horror, and , she says to her?
self, "I had; rather " die than, put .'.upon the
public records the- charge of adultery against
my husband and bring that stigma upon my
own name and that of those little children
whom I have borne to him. . She does not do
it, and she ought to be admired for it. Those
We are told that the number of divorces for
adultery in this country Is .very small. That
Is the strongest argument possible. in our favor.
A gentleman, a delegate on this floor, told me
that he had rendered more divorces in the last
thirty daya than any other • Judge that ever
sat on the bench In the United • : States. I
asked him how many were baaed on the charge
of adultery. He said 4 per cent. * Are there
no Innocent parties in this country? God for
bid. I know, them and you 'know them. 'But
I beg you to notice that they do not bring ac
tion for divorce :\u25a0 for r - the - cause * of 'adultery.
And it is to the credit of the women 'of Amer
ica that they do not. -. '.v" ." ; ' \u25a0 \u25a0
I agree that the Innocent party In a divorce
for the cause of adultery has a right to re
marry, and I beg to; say to this house that
at least three-fourths of your own committee
would have been, any time In the last three
years, and are willing to-day to endeavor to
secure that right to the Innocent party, pro
vided anybody can show us any possible way
of doing it In which we will'not do much fur
ther harm than good. Somebody " said . some
thing about the old canon.; I am willing to
talk about the old canon as much as anybody
wants, but If the old canon does not give a
roving commission to anybody to do precisely
what he pleases I am very much mistaken. I
recall having a case brought to me a while
ago under the old canon for divorce and I said:
I will advise you any way you please,, because
I wll} undertake to acquit you In tha ecclesias
tical court on any earthly thing you may do
under the old canon." (Laughter.) - We would
be very willing to bring In a canon here to
allow the innocent party to be remarried by
the clergy of the church If we knew how to
draw, that canon; The people who ask it don't
know how to draw that • canon, \u25a0 and I don't
think they will ever find out, and. that Is ex
actly the difficulty and the necessity ol the
constitution.
COITTRIBUTOIIY NEGLIGENCE.
ment have nothing on earth to do with it In
the nrat place, we are told that we are adopt
ing the Roman system. If by that it means"
to say -that the Roman Catholic church does
not solemnize the marriage of divorced per
sons, that It is true; it is also true that this
canon does not propose to allow the ministers
of our church to solemnize it. But If It Is
meant to say that we are,, by passing this
canon, adopting all that the Roman Catholic
church teaches on the subject of the lndls
solublllty of marriage, God forbid. In refer
ence to that clause at the end. "Unless the
former were annulled by the decree of a court
of competent Jurisdiction for cause existing be
fore such marriage"— that Is one thing that the
Roman church does and I think is the very
weak point of its system. It does not grant
divorces, but it' annuls marriages for causes
existing before marriage. And upon the part
of some of . our right . reverend fathers In
God, the Bishops, there has been in the last
eight or ten years a little evidence that they
were trying to do the same thing, and when
ever they have tried to-do it they have reached
this result, and as the result the committee
which had charge of this subject took care to'
see that nothing of that Roman theory should
ever get into the canons of this church. (Cries
of "good.") That is the explanation of that
clause. ">
On the recommendation of the Rev. Dr.
Egar, several new sections will be con
sidered by the house on the canon pro
viding for the formation of new dioceses,
the principal object .being? to keep the
question of the formation in the hands of
the General Convention. Both the above
questions were placed on the calendar.
The House of Bishops sent a message
to the House of Deputies for the forma
tion of a joint committee to consider the
prohibited degrees of marriage and to
continue the joint commission on Ameri
can churches in Europe.
The' resolution presented by the Rev.
Dr. McKim of "Washington to provide
for a joint commission to consider the re
lations of capital and labor was unani
mously passed. \
At the close of the debate on the canon
on divorce the committee reported to the
House of Deputies. Leave was asked fcr
the committee to sit again and discuss
the canon on disciplining divorced persons
who remarried. The request was granted.
The house then adjourned until 3 p. m.
The Rev. Dr. Huntington, chairman of
the committee on amendments, -announced
that his. committee had added a section
to article X of the constitution providing
for the oversight by a Bishop of congre
gations not in union with the Episcopal
church.
Connecticut. Flsk of Rhode Island, Hart of Col
orado and Tatlock of Michigan, Deputies Stet
son of New York, Davlea of Massachusetts,
Dupuis of Plttsburg. L>lghtner of Minnesota
and Prince of New Mexico.
are the Innocent parties, and you propose to
give them this canon and say to them that
they must do that very thing or they cannot
bo remarried in the Protestant Episcopal
Church. That is nonsense. -Who are the 4
per cent? I venture to suggest that A3 a ruls
they are not composed of the people that this
church wants to aid In the least; In other
words, as 1 heard It once said, applications
for divorce for that causa are very apt to be
applications for divorce in order to get some
body else. - /•
Then there are a great many cases which
come up where there has been what 1 call con
tributory negligence. If a man walks on the
railroad track and gets run o/er by a railroad
train it is a very unfortunate thing, but he
can't get a verdict for damages because he
has been guilty of contributory negligence.
There Is something like contributory negligence
In cases of \u25a0 divorce in this country, aa where
a woman allows her husband to do pretty much
as he pleases, or a man allows his wife to do
pretty much as she pleases and to be surround
ed with this man and that man, and she falls
into trouble. He Is not an Innocent party mere
ly because he has not been guilty of the act
of adultery,- but he is guilty of contributory
negligence; it gets to be a - question. of his
going- his way and she going her way, and ,a
roof Is the only thing that covers them. A
friend 6f mine met another friend In the street
a short time ago and said to him: "Well, I
. suppose you and your good wife are still living
happily 'together?" and hla reply was, ••Hap
pily, but . not together." (Laughter.) When
you eliminate all those people who do not re
sort to divorce for the cause of adultery be
cause they have other causes, and when you
eliminate from the 4 per cent that you have
In the general proportion of causes the num
ber who do not care much but get a divorce
from one i party In order that they may mar
ry another, v and when; you add to- those the
contributory negligence people there is a very
small residuum left of that 4 per cent, and
It is , not , worth tha while of the Protestant
Episcopal church to legislate for them.
The objection to using the record as evi
dence has been called an attack upon the
courts of the country. I make no such at
tack; it would be Impossible for me or any
member of the bar to make it. I am perfect
ly, willing to admit that, the courts do the be«t
they can. The difficulty about this record.bus
iness Is .that the church Is endeavoring to
up© the record of a court for a p'urpose for
which the • record is never intended. ~The ob
ject of the record in a divorce for the cause
of adultery Is to prove the adultery, and It Is
conclusive on that point. »But In this matter
you are proposing to use the record whtch has
established the guilt of A in order to prove the
innocence of • B, and the ' two ' things are not
similar, | and I one " does not • necessarily prov«
the other. \u25a0 You are using a record established
for one purpose in order to prove another) fact.
VThe difficulty with this amendment is tr-jt in
the first place it seems to apply only to : the
State of New York, and I am opposed to spe
cial legislation. I do not .think that In any
other State ; you could get those things Into
tho decree of a courts Secondly, because, , if
you are trying: to helo out the innocent party
you are not' helping him by that amendment.
It - Is . a kind of a : gold brick amendment : ' It
does* not do what It Is .'Intended to do. You
mierht. just as well pass a resolution of sym
pathy v with all, the Innocent parties through
out the \ country except In the \ State of New-
York. If. you pass that : amendment, you won't
be ; able to marry anybody at all. Therefore,
excent for the reason . that I don't want to
legislate for the Sta.te of New York alone, and
that I don't want to put the church In a false
position .. before ; the country with :. reference to
an amendment which • can't b<* carried ' out. I
for one.-would.be perfectly wllllnsr to vote for
it. because It is absolutely, Innocuous except In
one State. •' . . ;
' Previous to the debate on .the divorce
canon' Chairman Lindsay, announced the
following apoolntmehta of deputies to
serve on the joint committee to nominate
a aboard "of managers for the Board of
Missions: \u25a0
: The Rev. Drs. Eccieston of Indiana, Lines of
Major Booth. Goes to Fort Davis.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.— General Young,
commanding the Department of the Co
lumbia, has notified the War Department
that Major Charles A. Booth, Seventh
Infantry, has been directed to command
the post at Fort Davis, Alaska.
Balloon Party Crossing the Ocean.
- PARIS, Oct. 15.— The balloon of Comte
de la Vaulx, which left Les Sabletts. near
Toulon, Saturday night, on a voyage
across the Mediterranean, was reported
yesterday near the Balearic Islands, with
all. on board well.
Fire Euins Large Furniture Store.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14.— Fire to-night
on Camp street ruined the large furniture
store of the TJnion Company and the Teu
tonic Insurance Company building. Loss
$100,000.
allowed them because the shepherds won't pro
tect them?
Dr. Fulton interrupted to say that the
speaker was absolutely misrepresenting
what he said on the floor, and the Rev.
Dr. Mann interrupted demanding to what
point the gentleman was speaking, and
saying that there was nothing in this
section of the canon about remarriage.
The speaker resumed:
I claim that the advocates of this measure
must brins: forth grounds clearer than those
yet offered. I will make this contention, that
the Christian church must found her legisla
tion either on revelation or on right reason
and conscience. I say to the laymen here,
"Don't you take your Interpretation of revela
tion from lawyers, but listen to us clergy,"
end I say to the clergy here, "Don't you takp
your Internretation of natural • law from us
clergy, but listen to the distinguished judge who
sits upon questions of ethics." I would like to
ask some high churchman or broad churchman,
who claims he is the supreme representative of
Atanasian theology, to explain how It Is that
they are found on the side of and standing by
the words of they who are trying to represent
the highest conception of his personality and
wish to retire him .in the background upon
expediency— the tyrant's plea. I ask them that
question. .
VIEWS OF LONG ISLAND DEPUTY
Deputy Minders of Long Island opposed
prohibition of remarriage of divorced per
sons, saying:
This canon is an absolute prohibition, of the
remarriage of a divorced person by. this church
and under the doctrine and discipline of this
church. If passed, it will disfranchise every
Euch remarried person, whether . such party
was Involved In the original divorce or not.
It will disfranchise them from the rights of
baptism, confirmation and holy communion.
(Cries of No, No). It will under tha canons
as they stand. None of those services can
be administered by a presbyter of this church
If the fact exists that the purty who is apply
ing for those services is a party to a remar
riage, or a divorced person. An appeal will
He to the godly judgment of the Bishop, but
that judgment must' be rendered upon the facts,
and the only fact for consideration will be
whether or not there has been a divorce for
any cause whatsoever. There are other meas
ures cut forward here before us for the dis
cipline of the laity, so called; measures that
have been put forward in contemplation of
the situation which will exist under the pres
ent canon. One comes to us from the House
of Bishops in which power Is given in a meas
ure to the Bishop to grant dispensation: an
other Is that of discipline of. tha laity. 1 These
measures will never be adopted by this con
vention in the short time that remains to us,
and we shall adjourn, leaving the new canon
to stand with the present canon of discipline.
I am heartily in accord with the spirit of Dr.
Huntlngton' s amendment. .There are greater
reasons for supporting his amendment than
those which I have adduced. ' There Is the
ragular standing policy \u25a0 of the church, which
has stood for years, and under which the
church has gained converts and adherents; • *A
church, of all bodies In the world, should be
conservative, and a change of nrinciple, I pro
cedure or doctrine should not be undertaken
unless the necessity plainly exists. Does It
exist here? Have we heard- any reason? No;
no reason that is a reason. If we adopt this
these i>eo:)le will be married elsewhere. We
are In advance of any other sect, denomina
tion or religious body. We are In advance of
the civilization of the world. A canon in the
terms .proposed la not the way to address the
world on this great subject of divorce. : .
EXPI«AINS CHANGE OP, MIND.
Deputy Henry of Iowa favored; the
Huntlngton amendment in the.' following
speech: •
I speak because I belong to two classes that
have been mentioned here. In tbe first place.
SEVILLE, Spain, Oct. 14.— A general
strike began here to-day, although the
tobacco workers and' some others have
thus far declined to Join. There has been
some rioting, compelling the cafes and
shops to close.
General Strike at Seville.
BERLIN, Oct. 14.— The Municipal Coun
cil of Berlin having refused to tender
congratulations to Empress Augusta Vic
toria upon her forthcoming birthday, a
private committee has prepared an ad
dress, which has been placed in various
public institutions for individual signa
tures.
Congratulations for Empress.
The Central Theater will reopen this
evening with "Wife for Wife." a strong
and thrilling melodrama by John A. Stev
ens. It has always proved to be an at
tractive bill wherever presented and its
revival at the Central will be on an elab
orate scale, with 'the roles in the hands
of a very strong cast. The box office will
be open to-day after 3 p. m.
Central.
The vocal corps is unusually strong at
Fischer's Concert-house this week. It in
cludes Eleanore Jenkins, who sang and
acted a scene from "Glrofle-Glrofla" last
night; Lillian ' SUnkey, the- well-known
soprano; Sylvia Puerarl, the operatic con
tralto, and Maud de Alma, a pleasing
singing soubrette. Little Sydney Smith
delighted a large audience with her songs
and dances, Val Vousden gave some clev
er imitations and did some good ventrilo
quial work and Harry Holmes, an amus
ing blackface comedian, introduced his
trained dog "Dandy," which dived from
a ladder reaching to the top of the thea
ter into his master's arms. Herr Huber,
a gentleman without arms, painted a
landscape in oil with his teeth, and Hin
rlchs' orchestra furnished a delightful
and varied programme.
Fischer's Concert - House.
Admirers of vaudeville who attended the
performance at the Orpheum last night
were pleased.' 'Every number was heart
ily applauded, j Wilfred Clarke and com
pany, Mitchell and Barnard, the Sisters
O'Meers, Monroe, Mack and Lawrence,
Tommy Baker, the Kea tons, the wonder
ful Da Courseys and little Maud Sorenson
and Tom Dunn' constitute as clever an
aggregation as has ever been seen here.
Orpheum.
WASHINGTON, . Oct. 14.— The general
organization of the William McKinley
Memorial Arch Association was completed
to-day. The officers are: Henry B. Mac-
Karland, president; Lyman J. Gage, treas
urer; Thomas F. Waish of Colorado, sec
retary. President Roosevelt and the mem
bers of the Cabinet were elected honorary
members of the association. An appeal to
the public will be Issued shortly.
McKinley Memorial Association.
assure the synod of their sense of th» neces
sity that the church In Mexico should have,
at the earliest possible day. Its own episco
pate.
The Bishops are not prepared at once to
grant the request to give the Episcopal order
to the three Bishops-elect and feel that cer
tain conditions must be complied -with before
any Bishop can be \u25a0 consecrated for Mexico. -~
First— There must be definite assurances of
the adoption of the form for tbe ordination and
consecration of Bishops and for the ordination
of deacons and priests, confirmed In all the
essential features of the ordinal of this church,
and that the ordinal of thla church shall be
used until the form of ordination la adopted by
the Mexican church.
Second— There must be such evidences as this
church always requires before tho consecration
of a Bishop in the United States of the quali
fication In character and learning of the per
sons proposed to be consecrated.
Third — There must b» on tha part of those
to be consecrated, and those who ask their
consecration, an acceptance of article 4 of
the covenant, which is in the nature of a
promise of conformity required of every per
son before ordination and consecration in this
church.
Kourth — There must be some arrangement of
jurisdiction by which the Bishop, when con
secrated, shall have definite charge of separate
dioceses or missionary districts in the Mexican
church.
Fifth — That a covenant be entered Into be
tween the Bishops of thla church and the
church of Mexico in the same or similar terms
and essentially in form as that made before
the Bishop was conscerated for Brazil. Namely,
that the person consecrated shall before hta
consecration bind himself to the prestdln.se
Bishop, to be amenable to the constitution and
canons of the Protestant Episcopal church of
the United States, both as to Its personal
conduct and to the Episcopal government of
the territory under his charge until there shall
be three Bishops consecrated by thl3 House of
Bishops resident and exercising their Jurisdic
tion In Mexico and by their joint action a na
tional church shall have organized.
The following . resolution was then
adopted:
Resolved, That a commission of fchree Bishops
be appointed, who, having satisfied themselves
that the above conditions are complied with,
may request the^presldlng Bishop to call a
meeting of the House of Bishops to consider
and decide the question of c6nsecratlng not
more than two Bishops for the Mexican church.
The Bishops of Maryland, California and Los
Angeles were appointed.
The Alcazar presents to-night for the
first time in. this city "The Girl in the
Barracks," a new comedy in three acts,
by Curt Kratz and Heinrich Stebitzer, the
authors of "The Proper Caper," that had
a certain success some short time ago at
the Alcazar. "The Girl in the Barracks"
had a recent run of several months at the
Casino, New Tork, and promises lively
entertainment. The scene is laid in Paris,
•tho environment is military and the cast
the best the Alcazar has at its command.
Alcazar.
Continued from Page One.
Dear old Verdi — peace to his ashes! — the
only Verdi, the mention of whose name
quickens the pulse beat of the world, was
honored last night by the Tivoli bohe
mians, while Italy, France, Germany and
America sat side by side and greeted the
music of the'oM master with glad palms.
And the favorite singers as they came
upon the stage were clapped and bravoed,
while they bowed and -smiled acknowl
edgments till they got cricks in the -neck.
Collamarinl, always popular, then the
great Salassa, then Russo, Barbareschi,
Repetto, Dado, Ferrari, Nicolini, Monta
nari, Agostini, PolletinI and Castellano'
were encored again and again. There was
Tivoli.
"Florodora" is now in the final week of
its successful run at the Columbia Thea
ter and the farewell performance of the
musical hit is -announced for next Sun
day night. The piece is one of the best
attractions offered here for a long time
past and the demand for the remaining
performances presages the attendance of
capacity testing audiences up to the last
performance. Next Monday night Stuart
Robson will begin an engagement limited
to two weeks. He is to appear In an elab
orate revival of Bronson Howard's great
est comedy, "The Henrietta," and will be
supported by a veritable' all-star cast, in
cluding among others Maclyn Arbuckle,
Dorothy Rossmore, Russ Whytal, Estelle
Carter. Clifford. . Leigh, Mary. Kealty,
Charles Lane, Laura Thompson, Roy At
well, Joseph P. Keefe and Charles R. Gil
bert. Robson in the role of Bertie the
Lamb offers a performance of rare merit
and his characterization is one of the
brightest of comedy creations.
Columbia.
Captured Anarchist Commits Suicide.
LONDON, Oct. 14.— "Romas, the leader
of a notorious band of anarchists who
ha.ve destroyed various : public and other
buildings during the last few months,"
Bays a dispatch to the Daily Mall from
Kracow, "was arrested in Stanislavow,
Eastern Galicia, after a severe struggle,
in which he and a gendarme were wound
ed and a child was accidentally killed.
Romas hanged himself in the guard
house."
ly .'nexplicable quelling of the riot, a
crowd of people each doing his little mys
terious turn without any connection with
his neighbor. There is one short scene
that is prettty and effective, between
Lady Babbie and the English captain,
Halliwell, but beyond that confusion
reigns supreme..
Miss Laura Nelson Hall is the star of
the cast, as Lady Babbie. She more than
confirms in the role the favorable impres
sion that she has already made, showing
marked talent in her work, and is a win
some, arch and lovable "Egyptian."
5f Miss Hall's enunciation \u25a0were on a
level -with her intelligence, there would
be considerable hope for her, but at times
she is utterly unintelligible, even to those
seated only a few rows from the stage.
Neither is this only when the pretty
ectress- affects the Scotch that is not Of
this earth that is spoken down at the
Grand Opera-house, but in what should
be good, round English. It should not
be necessary to renjlnd Miss Hall that
one must first hear to enjoy what she
says, but with the exception of Mr.,. May
all every member of the company is de
ficient in this regard.
Mr. Mayall has the title role of "The
Little Minister." but a prodigiously
wrong conception of the character. All
the quaint simplicity and unworldliness of
the Auld Licht minister is. lost, his sturdy
belief in himself and. reverence for Auld
Licht ways, and instead Mr. Mayall gives
us a knowing, flippant, smart, young per
son who discounts utterly Lady Babbie's
conversion to reverence, and it al
together out of key. William Bernard is
well suited as Captain HallVwell, and
dees a bit of very good acting with Lady
Babbie in the prison s-cene. Charles
Smiley also stands out as Sheriff Rlach.
Miss Maynard as the tearful Nannie
should sufficiently restrain her feelings
to be intelligible. The large audience en-
Chutes.
The Chutes has a strong 1 bill of novel
ties this week. The L\mdgrens present a
novel comedy aerial act and have stored
a bis hit. The Lerners, two clever chil
dren, appear in character impersonations;
Wise and Milton, colored comedians,, keep
the audience in roars of laughter with
their funny sayings; Edna Ha ml in has a
fine soprano voice and sings popular se
lections; Carter brothers and Mile. Lotty
continue their last week's successes. New
moving pictures conclude a strong bill.
Alhambra. ;
The Alhambra Theater has contained a
larger audience than the one last night,
HOUSE OF DEPUTIES, IN COnniTTEE OF THE WHOLE, VOTES ON DIVORCE LAW
California.
Bright and catchy music, some pretty
girls and a batch of. jokes, all of which
are not time-honored, are the pleasing in
gredients'of "Rudolph and Adolph," a
three-act farcical- melange that served to
show the fine capabilities, of Mason and
Mason to the patrons of the California.
"Rudolph and Adolph" boasts of a plot.
It is one of those accommodating plots
that can end anywhere and never be
missed. However, it Is not the play but
the people in this case and some of them
are very clever. Mason and Mason are at
all times funny. Lottie Willlams-Salter
sings a song with dash while stepping
joyed the play, however, and it will
probably be popular.
the fourth act of "RIgoletto," a scene
from "Aida," an act. from "Otello and
the "Miserere" from "Trovatore" and
numbers from "I Lombardi"— a splendid
sample selection from* the works of the
master -whose fame has outlived a gener
ation and will stand.
The work of the orchestra was excellent
and. was warmly applauded.
Next week will begin the special en
gagement-of Signor Avedano, and."Nor
ma" will be given on Monday, Wednes
day, Friday an-1 Saturday, and "La Bo
heme" on Tuesday, Thursday and Sun
day, with scores, scenes, models, etc., di
rect from Italy. It will be put on the
stage in a style never before witnessed in
this city. - . »
gracefully in time. The Lawrence sisters
are clever acrobatic dancers and Gloria
Alonzo and Beatrice McKenzie help with
their pretty faces to round out the cast.
The "comedy will run throughout the
week.
but it certainly never contained a more
enthusiastic one. Channlng Ellery's Royal
Italian Band, under the directorship of
Giuseppe Creatore, has unquestionably es
tablished itself as one of the most per
fect and artistic organizations of the kind
ever heard In this city. Creatore has to
be seen to be appreciated. His gestures
are truly wonderful. His head, with its
superabundance of hair, and his arms and
body are constantly in motion, which
made a learned Jurist remark: "I ,ex
pected every moment to see him turti a
back spring." Last night's programme
consisted of the march "Columbus," by
Creatore, which was given with dash and
precision; overture, "Poet and Peasant."
bv Suppe: bombardino solo, Gounod's
"Serenade," by Signor Curti, which was
encored; ballet music, "Excelsior," by
Marengo; march. "Countersign," by Crea
tore; overture, "II Guarany," by Gomez;
soprano solo, \u25a0waltz, "Parla," by Mme.
Barili, which was encored, and selections
from "Faust," with solos by Signori
Palma, Aiala and Marino. The applause
after each number was deafening: and
encores \u25a0were demanded and acceded to
except after Creatore's own marches,
when he contented himself with bowing
his acknowledgments. There will be mat
inees every afternoon this week beslde3
the evening performances.
Macedonian Committee Decides to
LONDON, Oct. 15.— "It is announced
from Bucharest," eays a dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Vienna, "that Herr Ros
•.'iithal, the representative of a German
firm, has been kidnaped by Bulgarian
brigands at Silestra. The Roumanian Gov
ernment has sent a protest to Sofia and
ihe Bulgarian. Government has ordered
troops to pursue the brigands.
"It is rumored that the Macedonian
Committee has decided to capture every
foreigner within reach in order to attract
European attention to the bad state of
public security in Macedonia."
Capture All Foreigners in Beach,
HERB, EOSENTHAL KIDNAPED.
SOME CLEVER THEATRICAL PEO
PLE WHO ARE APPEARING IN
LOCAL THEATERS THIS WEEK.
BISHOP WILLIS MAY.
Pan-American Delegates Entertained.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14. — The delegates to
the Pan-American Congress, who arrived
from Washington last night, were hand
somely entertained to-day. The delegates
left the city at 11:50 o'clock to-night in
their special train for Mexico. . ; -
NEW YORK, Oc^. 14.— Judge Foster, In
'the Court of General Sessions to-day, de
nied the application of counsel for Albert
T. Patrick, indicted for the murder of
William Marsh Rice, that the case be dis
missed and the defendant discharged.
Patrick Must Bemain in Custody.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.— The Navy De
partment has been informed of the de
parture of Admiral Remey on the Brook
lyn and Admiral KempfC on the Kentucky
from Chefu to-day, bound for Chemulpo*
Korea, and "Woo Sung, China, respect
ively.
Admiral Remey I»eaves for Korea.
The cornerstone of a new building for
Oahu College was laid at Punahou on the
4th inst. with elaborate ceremonies. The
building is to be a large one and is to be
comjiieied at. once. In the cornerstone
were laid away many relics, Hawaiian
end American, that may make an inter
esting find for a future generation. Oahu
College is the principal school of higher
education in the islands and It \u25a0 has made
great progress since annexation.
In the case of another answer, not
sv.-orn to. he took the same course, in
F;iKe of the Hawaiian statutes allowing
answers not sworn to. He refused to fol
low the practice of the Hawaiian courts.
The Supreme Court of the Territory
\u25a0met yesterday for the first time since the
fifwt of the death of the President was
received In Honolulu and adjourned for
the day out of respect to the memory of
the !ate chief executive. •
Acting Attorney General J. W. Cathcart
soctressed the court, moving an adjourn
ment., and Attorney McClanahan offered
resolutions to be spread on the records.
)i\stice Galbraith acted as Chief Justice
In the- absence of Chief Justice Frear,
\u25a0who is In the States.
HONOLULU, OcU S.— United States
Judge Estee yesterday rendered a decision
In the suits for condemnation of lands
for the Pearl Harbor naval station, rul
ing out the answers of three of the larg
est defendants. The answers were filed
since his order that answers be amended
to as to leave out the demand for a Jury
trial. The defendants' original answers
admitted all the allegations of the Gov
ernment, except as to the value of Hie
land, while the new answers denied every
thing, including the stated need of the
property for a naval station. Judge Estee
decided that the answers were not amend
ed but new answers.
CALL. BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.
W., WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.— Rear • Ad
miral Charles O'Neil. chief of naval ord
nance, has taken measures to prevent
further explosions of steel armor piercing
shells in th« 13-inch guns of battleships.
One sun, that of the Kearsarge, was so
seriously damaged by the explosion of a
shell that it was necessary to remove it
and substitute another gun. The Ken
tucky reported that a shell exploded in
one of her 13-inch guns, but fortunately
the damage was slight.
Rear Admiral O'Neil has received a re
port from Captain Willard Bronson, com
manding the Alabama, regarding an acci
dent to her 13-Inch gun, and he has stated
that the gun, while slightly gouged, will
still be serviceable.
Immediately after the accident on the
Kearsarge was reported to the Navy De
partment Rear Admiral O'Neil began an
investigation. This determined that the
shell was manufactured by the Midvale
Steel Company. A letter was addressed
to the company, calling attention to th*
premature explosion, but the company
was unable to furnish any explanation,
pointing out that the lot from which the
shell had been selected was accepted aft
er the usual teats. '-*\u25a0•/» \u25a0'
In order to prevent further accident-*
Rear Admiral O'Neil has directed that all
semi-armor piercing shells under manu
facture shall be made with thicker walls
and with a gaa check. JRather than have
another prejnature explosion he will prob
ably request the department to order that
these piercing shells be used without pow
der charges in target practice.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Judge E3tee Rules Out the
Answers in the Condem
nation Suits.
Accidents Aboard the Kear
sarge, Kentucky and Ala
bama Cause Inquiry.
Little Progress Is Being
Made in Securing
the Site.
Steps Taken to Prevent
Further Premature
Explosions.
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