Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1899 — Page 3

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AMUSEMENTS. That merry company of actors who will be seen in “Jack and the Beanstalk” at English’s to-night, witli their tons of Bcenery and scores of chorus girls and ballet dancers, arrived in Indianapolis yesterday afternoon on a special train from Chicago, and for a time the Union depot presented an animated scene. It is an unusual thing for a city to receive a visit from such notable personages as Old King Cole, Princess Mary. Marquis De Carabas, Sinbad, Mother Hubbard, Little Miss Muffet, the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, and Giant Killer Jack, the hero of so many brave encounters, and that they should travel in a special train is no surprise. Besides all these famous people there were the “eight pretty maids," who are supposed to be as pretty a group a3 ever communed with the fairies. The ten good fairies were separated from their queen, who was busy talking politics in another car. The firefly dancers were everywhere, and could not be distinguished from the other chorus members of the company. The Marquis De Carabas, leader of the forty thieves, was discussing mutters of dress and good hotels with Princess Mary, whose mortal fie is. All the scenery and paraphernalia for “Jack’s” appearance were included in three baggage cars, which brought up the rear of the train. Immediately on the arrival of the company the numerous theatrical transfer wagons, including one or two which the company carries, were set in line, and a force of fifteen theatrical manipulators carried by the company began the work of unloading. From the first car came the giant’s palace, a profusion of stage clouds and many other pieces of scenery. “Drops.” ”wjngs” and “borders,” with two big electrical plants carried by the company for the electrical effects, came from the next car, while from the next came the golden hen, the magic harp, the beanstalk. Jack’s cow and Mother Hubbard’s dog, who was taken In charge by an elderly man. whose sole business it is to see that he w r ants for nothing, and to remind him that he is expected to want a bone at each performance. Manager Price says the dog was never known to miss his “cues.” is never sick, and gives less trouble than a good many biped actors. The cow was the burden of the whole fairy menagerie. It was removed from the car by the aid of seven brawnv stage hand& and put on a truck. It will be sold to-night to a villainous marquis for a hatful of beans. Manager Price says .that this cow has been sold cheaper and more often than any cow that ever lived. A remarkable piece of work Is the beanstalk. This is the wonderful piece of vegetation which by the aid of the fairies grows up above the clouds. J” made of an ingenious composition of rubber, and resembles the real article. It took the combined efforts of eight men to handle it. The company this year will present few now faces in addition to Miss Beaupre, the vivacious French girl, who plays Jack. AeMie Lynch as Little Miss MulTet, Marie £®‘£ st f Princess Mary, Harry Kelley as hinbad. Ross Snow as the Fairy Queen, are all excellent entertainers, and may be depended on to amuso both young arid old In Una musical version of the old nursery tales.

The sword duel In the fourth act of "The Banker’s Daughter" is the first encounter of the sort in any of the Grand stock com-, pany s productions. It will be between Mr. Kirkland as Do Carojac and Mr. Patton as Harold Rutledge. These gentlemen are hard at work every day brushing up on their fencing, and are expected to put up a pretty contest. It is a more than ordinarily impressive duel, the quarrel leading up to it being written in Bronson Howard’s strongcst vein. It takes place in a snowstorm, and as Rutledge falls mortally wounded the arrival of -Killian Westbrook on the scene adds to its intensity. The play all the wav through gives the members of the stock tempany broader opportunities than any in which they have as yet appeared. Additional Interest will attach to the production this week from the fact that Frederick Paulding is to make his first appearance with the stock company in the character of John Strebelow. The opening performance Will be to-night and the usual matinees are tc be given Wednesday and Saturday. The Park’s offering this afternoon and until Thursday is a farce-eomedy under the management of Blondell & Fennessy, called "A Cheerful Idiot.” This play Is supposed to depict the adventures of a country boy on his first visit to New York, and is said to be very funny. The company is made up altogether of people who have won a reputation for cleverness in vaudeville. Among them are the Blundells, Kmery and Nordine Armstrong and Porter, Vestal and Day Sadie Kirby and others. To-morrow night an additional feature of interest will be the special wire to the theater, which will bring all the details of the McCov-Sharkey tight direct from the ringside. The last half of the week will be devoted to melodrama, with what is one of the best companies in that line of plays seen here this season The production is William (’aider’s sensational "John Martin’s Secret.” and in the principal roles will be seen Sheridan Block, P. Augustus Anderson, Emma Field, Mae Williams and others. One of the most attractive pictures in "The Golden Horseshoe," the spectacular play with which the Hiliputians will come to English's next Friday night, is the swamp scene of reeds and rushes of mammoth dimensions. Here the little performers hop about as frogs and sing a croaking quartet that Is one of the musical hits of the evening. Here also they do some capital aeting lu the Joys and disappointments of search for the coveted horseshoe. lis ultimate discovery in the deep sea is occasion for a transformation scene and a rushing in of ari army of handsome young women in bril-

liant costumes. A popular feature will be the musical festival in the second act. when the dancers play on gilded violins and rib-bon-twined trumpets. Ebert and his companions personate well-known composers and conductors, from Sousa to Seidl and from Strauss to Wagner. Another ballet, called the "Pink French Ball,” is costumed in brilliant silks and satins and exquisitely danced. “Submarine Life” is the name of another presentation of corals, pearls, spangles and sea urchins, in the third act. In a traveling scene Zink wears a Stanley-in-Afrlea costume of white and Ebert an Inno-cent-Abroad outfit. Another masquerade Is in Salvation Army outfit. It ends with serious up-to-date war pictures on a revolving stage, with the Liliputians as national heroes. Benjamin Teal, general stage manager of Klaw &. Erlanger's attractions, arrived in the city yesterday with the “Jack and the Beanstalk” company and registered at the English Hotel. Mr. Teal is one cf the few famous stage directors in this country, and this is his first visit to Indianapolis in years. Mr. Teal is here to arrange certain details with Manager Edwin H. Price, of the “Beanstalk” company, relative to the European trip of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” which will begin some time in the spring. Mr. Teal will remain In the city until tomorrow morning, when he departs for New York. Fred Rider's “New Night Owls” will be the Empire’s attraction for the coming three days, beginning this afternoon. Senator Lew Carroll, the three Rio Brothers and a specialty-filled burlesque are among the features. “Way Down East” follows Mansfield's remarkable run of “Cyrano" at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. It has proved one of the most popular and profitable rustic dramas ever written. Anna Held and “The French Maid” played to the biggest New Year holiday receipts in Philadelphia, the competition including Maud Adams. Mrs. Fiske and De Wolf Hopper. The Held is traveling in royal state in a private ear more sumptuous than Cleopatra’s barge. “The Turtle” will have run nearly two hundred performances at the Manhattan, New York, when it goes on tour and is suc- < ceded. Jan. 30, by “Mile. Hebe,’’ a French farcical adaptation by Leo Ditrichstein. Eugene Canfield, of the “Female Drummer” Company, was arraigned in the Harlem Police Court Friday on his wife's charge of abandonment, and was ordered to pay her S2O a week. Digby Bell has closed his season with “The Hoosier Doctor,” and returns to New York to begin rehearsals on Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s new comedy drama. "Joe Hurst. Gentleman.” This play will be produced in Washington Feb. 2?. David Belasco already has Mrs. Carter's play for next season completed. It is entitled “The Queen s Drawing Room.” George H. Primrose, of the PrimroseDorkstader Minstrels, is quite ill with the grip in Kingston, N. Y. Miss James, a daughter of Louis James, will succeed to the role played in “Catherine” by Miss May Buckley, when the latter joins the “On and Off” Company. Jefferson de Angelis was unable to appear in “The Jolly Musketeer” at the Harlem Opera House Wednesday night, owing to a heavy cold. Mr. Burnside, the stage manager, came to the rescue and successfully took Mr. de Angelis’s role. Hoyt and McKee have decided to produce Mr. Hoyt’s now play, “A Dog in the Manger.” much sooner than they had at first intended. The initial presentation will take place in Washington Jan. 30. Joseph Coyne has been engaged to originate the principal comedy role. He is the husband of the charming Anna Boyd, who was here a few weeks ago with “A Stranger in New York.” William De Vere and Ixouise Gunning are also selected for prominent parts. It is given out that no dramatic attraction has had such a phenomenal engagement in Chicago as Mr. Mansfield's “Cyrano.” The final performances were as crowded as those of the first week, and, judging from the sale of the hook at the book stores even now. it would seem that Mr. Mansfield could stay in Chicago two months longer hefore all the jK'ople who have read Rostand’s great work have a chance to see it.

Unless John Drew hastens to comply with the law lie will be liable to arrest and imprisonment in the Ludiow-street jail. As aoministrator of the estate of his mother, Louisa Drew, well known on the stage as Mrs. John Drew, he should have filed an Inventory hefore Dec. 16. The claim against Mrs. Drew’s estate results from an unsuccessful starring tour she made in 1893 with her son Sidney Drew and his wife, Gladys Rankin Drew. She produced “The Road to Ruin.” a title that seemed to apply to her company’s experiences "on thp road.” She also appeared as Mrs. Malaprop in “The Rivals,” a part in which she had become famous. If Mrs. John Drew left sufficient property to rover the debt the lawyer hopes to collect the entire amount due. Cissy Loftus has taken a stand in New York which is highly commended by this young woman’s friends. She made a contract to perform at Koster <Sr Blai s Theater. and her own portion of the entertainment consists of the mimicry of noted actresses. On the bill was also a duel scene between two women, stripped to the waist. The scene is said to have been disgusting. Miss Loftus informed the management that the scene must be cut out if she was expected to go on. It was not cut out, and Miss Loftus. who in private life is Mrs. Justin McCarthy, broke her contract and went to tlie Casino, where she is now appearing in “A Dangerous Maid.” Francis Wilson, who is quite a bookworm and has one of the finest libraries in the country, has his own ideas about reading. He believes witli Franklin that a man should “read much, but not many books.” Mr. Wilson has compounded how many books a man can read if he begins at the ago of five and continues till he is seventyfive years old. If lie reads a book a day he can only devour 269.000 books in a lifetime, and that is but a trifling percentage of the millions of books that are written. Mr. Wilson’s favorite books are Victor Hugo’s “Los Miserables” and Boswell’s “Life of Johnson.” PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Schaf and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Perry will give a card party to the members of the Lyra Casino at .the club, Jan. 14. Mr. Charles F. Remy w ill describe “Some of the English Dialects” in a paper on this subject at the meeting of the Century Club to-morrow- evening. Mrs. W. D. Owen will entertain the Monday Afternoon Club to-day at her home. It East Michigan street. After adjournment Mrs. Owen will ask the ladies to remain for a social hour. Mrs. Azbill, who has been visiting her brother, L>r. Lafayette Page, here, and friends in Kentucky, left Saturday for Honolulu. where Mr. Azbill is in business. Miss Azbill returned earlier in the week to the University of Illinois, Champaign, where she is in school. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Keller entertained twenty-five of their gentleman friends at cards one day last week in honor of Mr. Keller's birthday. Mrs. Keller was assisted by Mrs. William Stumps and Mrs. Joseph Keller. Those entertained were Messrs. Simon. Levison, Kerb rmann, Flappersbergor, Thudinm. Jungciaus, Emil Martin, l harles Krauss, Albert Kipp, Robert Ueber, August Kuhn, Oscar Frunze!. Christian Weiss. William Stumps. Carl Schneider, w. Spriughorn. Robert Keller. Paul Krauss. li. Tilly. J. P. Frenzei. Joseph Keller and I)r. Wagner. Miss Marie Celeste, of the “Jack and the Beanstalk" Company, arrived in the citv yesterday, and with Miss Hattie Moore, of the same company, are the guests of Mrs. E. G. Hunt at the Blacherne. Mrs. Catterson gave them a dinner yesterday, and an informal reception will be held at Mrs. Hunt's Tuesday afternoon. Niiss Celeste has been a leading member in the Lillian Russell. Della Fox. “The Brownies” and other companies, and is now playing Princess Mary with “Jack and the Beanstalk.” Miss Moore is cast for the role of Mother Hubbard. Several theater parties are being formed by friends of Miss Celeste for tlie engagement. Hint to Collaoier Boys. Columbia City (Ind.l Mail. Earl Barrett appears to be the “beau ideal” with the young ladles of Coilamer. It will be necessary for “our boys” to spend a little more time curling their mustaches, brushing their hair and shining Heir shoes if they desire to capture our fair young damsels. A word to the wise is sufficient. The Marlon County Agricultural and Horticultural Society will meet next Saturday. Annual reports will be made.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY', JANUARY 9, 1899.

LAST DAYS OF CONTEST * SENATORIAL CANDIDATES PITTING ON FINISHING STROKES. Doth Branches of the Legislature W ill Meet Again This Afternoon. . This afternoon both branches of the Legislature will resume their sessions and both House and Senate will meet again at 2 o’clock. A long session is not anticipated, as it is not expected that much will be accomplished until after the senatorial caucus to-morrow night. To-day and to-morrow will be devoted to the hardest kind of work by the senatorial candidates and their friends, and the turn into the last stretch is rounded with each one of the five confident he will be the first under the wire. The caucus will be held at 8:30 to-morrow evening, and that will mark the beginning of the end of one of the most remarkable senatorial struggles in the history of the State. The politicians who wore in the city seemed to be religiously inclined yesterday, and nearly ail of them went to church in the morning. It was the most unanimous act of the contest thus far. Representative Stevens had a unique experience and could not keep his mind off the struggle. The first hymn sung in the church he attended had as a closing line for each verse, “There is nothing new in the world to-day.” When the line was reached for the first time Mr. Stevens turned to one of the friends wdio accompanied him and remarked: “The fellow who wrote that was a blamed fool or else he never went through a senatorial fight.” The solemnity of the occasion was somewhat disturbed. Senator Culbert was somewhat disturbed in his worship also, as it was communion Sunday where he attended, and the service was not as rapid as he might have wished. He was of the opinion that not enough assisted, and figured the cash loss of time to all there at the rate of $1.26 a day by reason of the insufficient number of servers, and found It reached a large sum. The Indications of a senatorial contest were chiefly from without the city. Representative Ross, of Delaware county, received a petitior, signed by 120 soldiers, that he should vote for Major Steele. He also received another petition, which was largely signed, asking that he should not vote for Mr. Hanly, but not naming any other man who should receive his vote. Mr. Ross has publicly declared for Mr. Hanly. A lengthy petition from the glass workers and tin-plate men of Muncie, Hartford City and Orestes was brought here by Mr. Lewis, a tin-plate worker, and will be presented to the Delaware county representatives. This petition was strongly in favor of Major Steele and urged that he be supported by the Delaware county representatives. A large delegation of workers from these trades will be here to-day and to-morrow to urge the representatives from Delaware to support Major Steele.

From West Middleton, Howard county, came further support for Major Steele in the subjoined resolutions. They were adopted by H. C. Coulter Post, No. 131, G. A. R., and in the letter accompanying them. Commander G. H. Francis and Quartermaster J. B. Sims stated that they received the votes of all the members except “one Nicholson Republican and one Bryan Democrat.” The resolutions were as follows: “Resolved, in view of the approaching nomination and election of a United States senator. That this post unanimously indorse Maj. George W. Steele for the position. This action is taken in recognition and approval of Major Steele’s long public service, in which ne has always shown himself a most zealous and effective servant of the people. We especially commend Major Steele's clean, direct and common-sense methods and his habit of doing what he sets out to do, and at this stage of national growth we w r ould urge the importance of having in the Senate a man of his knowledge of military affairs. Furthermore, it is the sense ot this post that we are rather tired of oratory as applied to legislative procedure and would enjoy for a season the quiet that is conducive to the proper consideration of new and momentous questions.” TAYLOR AS A POLITICIAN. Senator Gilbert took it easy nearly all day yesterday, but last evening in the Denison the remark was casually made to him that the main objection offered to his candidate was that he was not a politician, and it provoked a spirited retort. “That is not so,” said tlie senator. “In any creditable sense of the word Judge Taylor is a firstclass politician. Os course, it depends on what you mean. If it is to understand public questions and discuss them intelligently and strongly he can do it, as his opponents all admit. If it is to attract good men to him end make friends, the crowds that have been around this hotel for a week speaJting for him testify on that point. If it is to attract votes and strengthen the party, his record covers that ground. He has been a candidate before the people four times. The first time was in 1866, when as a young man he ran for clerk of Allen county against William Fleming, one of the most astute politicians wdiieh the Democratic party has produced in Indiana. Old Allen was good at that time for anywhere from 3,500 to 4,000 Democratic majority. Mr. Fleming was elected by less than I,ooo—l think not much over 500. The next time was in 1870, when he ran for the Legislature from Allen county and was elected by a majority of between 200 and 300— the only Republican who ever sat in that body from Alien county. The next lime was in 1874, when he ran for Congress in a Democratic district laid out by a Republican Legislature to corral all the Democratic votes in that part of the State. It included Allen. Adams, Wells. Blackford, Jay and. I believe, Huntington and Whitley. The normal Democratic majority was about 6,Dot The candidate was Holman Hamilton, backed by the energetic support of William Fleming. Hamilton was elected by something over 1,600. Jay county, which had been, as it is now, a county of very narrow and uncertain majorities, gave Judge Tavlor a majority of nearly 1,000. The fourth time was in 1880, when he ran for Congress in the present Twelfth district, which then had a normal Democratic majority of about 3.500. Judge Taylor was defeated by only about I, I can safely challenge the production in the State of Indiana of a better record of personal popularity. More than that, his work lias been productive of permanent good. It has contributed more, in my opinion, to that steady reduction of Democratic majorities which has been going on in the Twelfth district for a number of years past than the work of any other one person. We have had no he'p there from commercial or industrial conditions-no gas industries to develop interests favorable to Republican ixdicies. I resent the charge that Judge Taylor is not a good politician.” MR. STEVENS’S BILLS. Representative Jesse Stevens, of Wayne county, is somewhat disgusted over legislation as he has found it so far. Said hp last evening: “This thing is ridiculous to me. The Legislature adjourned until tomorrow afternoon to give the members a chance to go home. This thing is costing the State a large sum of money, and if we were here on a pleasure trip it would be different and we might adjourn to go home and take our time, but as I look at it we are here for a purpose and the State pays us for it. and we ought to stay here and attend to business. There is any amount of legislation needed that could be looked after in the time that we spent over the appointment of a page the. other day. We needed that page, but there was a buncombe game by the Democrats that took up much time. There are many things I don't know- of. but there are some things that, as a farmer. 1 do know of that ought to have some legislation. There is the question of ditches. The large township ditches cost money, and the law now provides that they shall be In charge of the township trustee. These ditches fill up. and the law now provides that the trustee shall have charge of cleaning thorn out. The trustee has no way of knowing just what the depth ought to be, and guesses at it. Now. those ditches are laid out by surveyors, and when they are cleaned out it should be subject to the approval of a surveyor, who can decide from the profile and bench marks when the proper bottom is reached. My own experience has been that as soon as the large ditch was finished I put in tiling through my farm, and when the drain filled up. was cleaned anti approved by the trustee as having been cleaned clear to the bottom, the outlet of my tile drains was buried under sand and mud. If the trustee of the next township below decides that the bottom has

been reached at a higher level than the one above, it acts as a dam and the water backs up on all the property above It. The work ought to be approved by a surveyor and the law so amended. “Then I am in favor of sustaining the country school. The trustee now has the power to consolidate any school districts or to tear down any schoolhouse he wishes. T would like to see the law amended so that a vote of those in the districts intended to be consolidated would be required before it could be done. Then If a schoolhouse is abandoned the law should make it compulsory on the part of the trustee to keep it in repair. I know of some that are now being used for corn cribs and for like purposes. No one knows when they will be wanted again, and it is cheaper to keep them up than to build new ones. Then the law that a trustee cannot be held to a contract entered into by his predecessor should be changed so that when the term of a trustee expires all contracts will not expire with it. In school matters the tendency is to get central schools and to send the children from the country to school in hacks. If there are not enough children in districts around small towns and the schools in the towms are crowded, why not send the tow’n children out to the school? I can’t see that there is any difference in the distance from the town to the country school from that of the country school to the town. Let them come out and get a little fresh air. There is another thing about it that may sound queer from a rough old fellow as I am. but that is that the morals of rural children, raised In rural homes, are kept purer in country schools than they are if they go to larger schools. Let the rich send their children to town schools, but it should not count against the district, and so lessen the number in the district as to make the children of the poor man go a greater distance by reason of the abandoning of his schoolhouse. Then I am opposed to discrimination in the granting of school certificates against those who do not graduate from the state schools. It should be attended to.” Bonham's Rills. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 8— Joint Representative John A. Bonham, for Blackford, Jay and Randolph counties, is home from Indianapolis. Next Monday Mr. Bonham will introduce two bills in \he legislature. The first will be in the interest of merchants. Its object is to protect business men from deadbeats, and is similar in many respects to the “board-bill” law. Indianapolis merchants are said to have held a meeting and indorsed the bill. The other bill has for its object the creation of anew Superior Court for Blackford and Delaware counties. Blackford and Wells counties now form the judicial circuit, but the legal husiness in this county has Increased to such an extent since the natural gas and oil industry has been developed that it has been impossible to prevent rapid accumulation of untried cases. Another bill will be presented later on by Representative Bonham asking for increase in county officers’ salaries. Three Against One. Special to the Indianajioli.s Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., Jan. B.—A strong request addressed to Representative Barlow is in eireulat'on in this city asking that he do not vote for Steele for senator, as Steele has no supporters in the county. The paper is being signed very generally by friends ot Taylor. Beveridge and Posey. A delegation will also wait on Mr. Barlow and urge him to support one of the three above named.

Why Mr. Hoynes Favors F. S. Heath. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Permit me to state in answer to numerous inquiries regarding my choice for United States senator that I heartily favor the Hon. Perry S. Hetith, assistant postmaster general. I am aware that he has not authorized the use of his name as a candidate, but his modesty in that regard should be no b<ir to popular preference. In fact, without modesty there would be an absence of the dignity befitting that high station. Such dignity is not obtrusive and clamorous. It falls like a mantle upon true merit, and only such merit should be considered in the selection of a senator. A primary duty devolving upon us in the light of present considerations is to send to the Senate one of our best, ablest and most trustworthy citizens. In selecting him care should lie taken not to mistake activity and diligence in-importunity for evidence of qualifications. Our next senator ought to be a man of whom the State and the people may justly be proud. He ought to have experience and be fairly known and influential in public affairs. He ought to be endowed with superior qualities of mind and estimable qualities of heart. He ought to possess a far-reaching vision, with mental power to grasp and follow' into the years of futurity the consequences of important events. He ought to be just and even-tem-pered in his official relations to all classes of persons, and kindly and genial alike to rich and poor. He ought to stand so high in honor and integrity as to render his election a triumph of the moral forces of our commonwealth and an assurance to all that suspicion of venality or wrong-doing would never find shelter under his roof tree. Such man is the Hon. Perry S. Heath. In record and character he fiiis to the brim the measure of all those qualities. In intellectual stature and true manhood he attains to the highest standard of all those requirements. He has for many years been in close touch with public affairs and public acts, both state and national. He has a personal acquaintance with the notable men of the country who have represented it in the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as in the executive and judicial departments, since his duties first called him to Washington. He has already learned iri respect to the functions and practical operation of the different branches of the government what it would require years of study on the part of one untrained to acquire. His practical knowledge of public; policies and measures, not less than his wide acquaintance with leading men, would assure him of exceptional influence and efficiency in directing and shaping legislation. Indeed, his versatile pen has already aeomplished much in that regard. His intellectual endowments are of the highest order, and he is justly considered, not only in Washington, but also here in his home State, as one of the brightest and most capable men in public life. Moreover, it is a notable fact that he has never erred in judgment respecting political issues or public concerns of importance. Time has fully vindicated the accuracy of his forecast in respect to all such matters. And true to principle in all the vicissitudes of time and circumstances, he ranks as one of tlie most trustworthy of men. Conspicuous in the executive branch of the government for ability, originality, resourcefulness, progressiveness, firmness and strength of character. he is withal one of the most kindly, genial and cordial of men. The poorest person who calls at his office is as welcome as the richest. His measure of men is taken from their standards of honor, integrity and character, and not from the accident of social station or wealth. His active efforts to promote the welfare of workmen and to strengthen their unions furnish conclusive evidence of how close lie is in sympathy with those that earn their bread by honest toil. Accomplished gentleman that he is, he never deviates from the primary canon of gentlemanly deportment, being invariably the same in disposition and manner tow'ard all. invariably constant in fidelity to truth and duty, and scrupulous honor in word and deed. He stands peerless in the charm of bis personality. No man could lie closer to the people, and yet more completely master of the elements that assure efficiency in the performance of public duty. He is broad-minded and big-hearted—a man too just and honorable to be small in anything. xVly comrades who “wore the blue’ in the great civil war have no truer friend, and I honor him for all that in friendship, charity and loyalty he has done in our behalf. As senator he would be one of the most influential men in Washington, and not only our State and people, but our fellow-citi-zens generally could well be proud of him. They would never have occasion to be solicitous in respect to the w'isdom and consistency of his course and action in dealing with even the gravest of public concerns. Seldom is opportunity offered to send to the Senate a man so true and honorable, so noble and manly, so gifted and lovable. WILLIAM HOYNES. South Bend, Ind., Jan. 7. Newspaper Opinion. Every Republican who can do so would do well to go to Indianapolis and use his influence toward electing Judge Taylor to the Senate. Taylor is a man who will hold his own with Senator Fairbanks or any other great mam—Decatur Journal. We continue to believe that Judge Taylor is the best available senatorial timber. His ability ranks with the highest, he is gentle yet courageous, and is the choice of the conservative element of the party represented by the business men. Unfortunately, his supporters generally are not politicians, or else he would be nominated the first ballot of the caucus.—Pendleton Republican. The most careful and conservative estimate of Manly’s strength places him within ten or eleven votes of a nomination, 'and his friends feel, or pretend to feel, confident that these votes will be easy to get at the proper time. Mr. Beveridge Is a close sec-

ond to Mr. Hanly, and the oldest and best political workers are generally of the opinion that Beveridge is the only' candidate who can defeat Hanly'.—Kokomo News. We trust that there will be a large delegation of Grant county people go down to Indianapolis next Monday, and that they will remain at the capital until the close of the senatorial contest. Much good work can be done in this way. Whatever may be said of the other candidates, there is no doubt that Major Steele is the one man best qualified for the place, and there is no lack of material for argument in his favor. —Marion Chronicle. If. for no other reason, the Tribune holds it to be the duty of the members from Henry county to support Hon. Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, for the caucus nomination, because he is so clearly' the choice of a large majority of the Republicans of the county. The sentiment of the Republicans of Henry county is very largely in his favor. No man can honestly deny this. Every vote taken among the people seems to be in the ratio of almost two to onto for Taylor.—New Castle Tribune. Asa Republican, Mr. Beveridge’s claims on the party are second to none. It has been his custom to work for the party' in every campaign and to defray his own expenses while so engaged. When the Republicans of this county offered him. his campaign expenses, he refused, always, and told them to use it at home; that he was interested in the success of the entire ticket and would contribute his share. Albert J. Beveridge should be the next senator on account of his ability', his age. his constant industry and his fidelity at all times to the party.—Martinsville Republican. The senatorial contest is still in a more or less tangled condition, but still we are much pleased with the developments of the past few days. While Hanly still has enough votes to lead on the first ballot, we believe be is out of the race so far as his chances for success are concerned. Beveridge and Posey have made more substantial gains in the last two days than any of the other candidates, with the advantage In favor of Beveridge. Contrary to the predictions of many, the candidates will most likely all go into the caucus, and we firmly' believe the Indianapolis man will Win.— Connersville News. Never in the history of Indiana has there been such a scramble for the office of United States senator as the one now on at Indianapolis. One of the prominent candidates is openly' charged with using every means, fair or foul, to secure votes, and it is an open secret that he is to pay the entire expenses of all, who, as he terms it. will get on his hand wagon and ride through to victory with him, and there is no doubt that a few' sycophants, parasites and hang-ers-on are now safely aboard the wagon. If such a promise has been made, and we believe it has, the honest, conscientious members who flocked to his standard at the outset have certainly good cause to abandon it and go to that of a man like Judge Taylor, who knows none of the tricks or intrigues of the wily politician or demagogue, and depends wholly on his reputation as a man, a scholar and a statesman to pilot him through.—Richmond Item.

THE CHI RCHES IN 18K. Beliginus Believers In Hie United States, Their Divisions anil Inerease. The Independent. General summary Net gains 1898. in ISOS. Denominations. Members Members Adventists, 6 bodies 84,454 2.509 Armenians. 2 bodies 5,924 5,589 baptists, 13 bodies 4,364.42? 131,4(m Brethren (River), 3 bodies 4.73# Brethren (Plymouth), 4 bodies... 6,722 Catholics, 4 bodies 5.395,!7S 219,791 tYitholics, Apostolic 1.491 Chinese temples Christadelphlans 1.277 Christians. 2 bodies 124.363 2,868 Christian Catholies. Dowie 14,C“) 9,0 m) Christian Missionary Ass n 7.54 Christian Scientists TO.ocO 30,000 Christian Union 18,214 Church of God (Winnebrennarian) 38,000 Church Triumphant (Schweinfurth) 384 Church of the New Jerusalem.. fi,702 *972 Communistic Societies. 6 bodies.. 3,930 Congregationalists 62.5.864 10.669 Disciples of Christ 1,085.415 34,830 Dunkards. 4 bodies 106.194 B,uno Evangelical, 2 bodies 17.'.,904 24,134 Friends, 4 bodies 118,020 1,132 Friends of the Temple 340 German Evangelical Protestant.. 36,300 German Evangelical Synod 199,234 4.010 Greek Church. 2 bodies 49,030 34.32 G Jews i.a;o,oeo letter Day Saints 340,639 43.209 Lutherans, 20 bodies 1,526, .'.52 30,678 Waldenstromlar.s 20.0n0 ....... Mennonites, 12 bodies 56.318 1,774 Methodists, 17 bodies 5.895]0:>4 162!l90 Moravians 14,553 .333 Presbyterians, 12 bodies 1,542,401 52,239 Protestant Eptsco|>al, 2 bodies... 689,347 21.844 Reformed. 3 bodies 370,277 13,056 Salvationists 40.0<>0 ....... Schwenkfeldians 30s Social Brethren 913 Society for Ethical Culture 1.300 236 Spiritualists 45,030 Theosophiea.l Society 3.000 United Brethren. 2 bodies 285,940 5,823 Unitartans 75.000 5,000 Universallats 48,856 2! 169 Volunteers 2,000 ....... Independent Congregations 14,126 Total in the United 5tate5....27,714,523 862,3(81 •Decrease. American Literature and Nivtionit llty. Hamilton W. Mabie, in January Forum. The service of English literature as a. practical force in English life cannot he overstated. It lias done more than any other single force to give the English race clear consciousness of its strength, its aims and its work; it has bound the race together in the consciousness of a. rich and enduring community of history and fortune. Bhakspeare has done more for England in forming this consciousness than Pitt or Peel or Gladstone. If this service was needed in a country of such narrow territory, with a population so compact, as England, it is sorely needed in this country, with Its immense distances and its widely separatedTommunities. And when one adds to these natural conditions the complexity' of races now learning to live together in the Republic, the neressitv of a literature that shall develop first a national consciousness and then clarify national spiritual ideals and make them authoritative becomes even painfully apparent. A literature adequate in its power and vision to the range of life on this continent is a prime necessity for our safety. Wo need a literature w'hieh shall speak to and for the consciousness of the Nation as the New England literature spoke to and for the consciousness of New England. The note of nationality was struck with resonant dearness by Emerson, Lowell and Whittier, hut the force and depth of conscious national life were not behind these earlier poets as they will he behind their successors. The time was not ripe, but it is fast ripening. This more inclusive literature will not he w'ritten by intention: it must eome spontaneously and by the pressure of a wider and richer experience. The way lias been prepared by every true man of letters from Irving to Howells. It Is being prepared today by the widespread activity in the field of history, for the later historians, by making us aware of the strirring and romantic history behind us. are developing a consciousness of our racial resources and of the experience which has made us a nation. It is being prepared by the writers of fiction. whose work in many instances has depth and reality, and is a true revelation of American character. A Woman’* Work. When I am busying aiiout, Sewing on buttons, tapes and strings, Hanging the week's wet washing cut, Or Ironing the children's things. Sweeping and dusting, cleaning grates. Scrubbing the dresser or the floors, Washing the greasy dinner plates. Scouring the brasses on the doors— I wonder what it's all about And when did people first begin To keep the dirt and worn ness out And keep the wholesome comfort in: How long it is since women bore This round of wash and make and mend. And what God makes us do it far 7 And whether it will ever end? When God began to do His work He made anew thing every day— Even now He is not one to shirk But makes things, always some new way. He made the earth, and sky, and sun, The creatures of the sea and wood, And when His first week's work was done He saw that it was very good. But He—for all He worked so fast To finish air. and wave, and shore. Knew that this work of His would lust For ever and for evermore. On Saturday night He was content: lie knew that Monday would not brinj Need for another firmament. Another set of everything. But though my work is easier far Than making sky and sea and sun. It’s harder than God’s labors are. Because my work is never done. I sweep and chum, save and contrive; l bake and brew. t don’t complain, But every Monday morning I've* Igj*t Monday's work to do again. I'm good at work—l work away; Always the same rny work must go; The flowers grow different every dav. That’s why 1 like to see them grow. If. up in heaven, God understood. He’d let me for my Paradise Make all things new and very good And never make the same thing twice! —JB. Nee bit, ia literature.

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IRVING BREAKING DOWN * THE GREAT TRAGEDIAN'S STAGE DAYS ARE YEARLY ENDED. + Sir Henry Is* Said <0 Have Hern Hurnin it the Candle at Both EntU for Many Year*.

London Correspondence St. Louis Globe Democrat, Dec. 24. America has certainly seen the last of Sir Henry Irving, and it is not unlikely that the English stage has lost its most famous actor. Irving himself said yesterday that he would he in better health than ever in a few weeks, and that he would soon be ready for greater work than ever before. All lie needed now was a little more rest. That, too, is what his physicians say—for publication. And that is what the laindon newspapers say. Yet the great tragedian is a broken-down man—old at sixty-two, when Wyndham. for instance, is young at sixtythree —as young almost as John Drew, who gets from Wyndham the most of Ills plays. The beginning of the end was noted by those who knew Irving best almost a year ago, when the tremendous strain of his Peter the Great was upon him. His speech hecame indistinct at times. He mumbled his words. The physical effort required was at times manifestly too great for his strength. latter he bought the English rights of “Cyrano de Bergerac.” and every one wondered why he did not stage this play, that was as nearly certain to be a great financial success as you can ever approach to certainty in stage matters. All sorts of queer reasons were given, the queerest being that he was afraid of comparispn with Coquelin. The real reason was that he kept putting it off In the hope that he would soon be. equal to the physical strain. It is safe to say that he will never don the “Cyrano” nose. He is not so well aware of his own condition as are those about him, and is said to be busy making plans for the future. But even if he ventures on the stage again it is said that necessarily it can he for only a short time; that his permanent retirement in the near future is certain unless a miracle is performed. The cause of this unhappy condition is the fact that Sir Henry has been burning his candle at both ends for years. An actor has to take better care of himself than any one in any other business or profession. Not even a great singer has to be so careful about what he eats and drinks and smokes if he wants his powers preserved past middle age. But. in the first place, Irving has overworked. His personal supervision of details, which has helped to make his stage setting and his stage management the most perfect the world ever saw, has been almost more than one man could do, to say nothing of acting his own part. His conscientiousness alone would have killed him in time. Yet that hasn't been the worst of it. The Garrick Club seems have been his undoing chiefly. Every night found him there after the play, year in and year out, when he was in town. It was his home more than the rooms he occupies in bachelor solitude in Old Bond street. He was about the last man out. You could And him there often as late as 4 or a o’clock in the morning, drinking his Scotch whisky and soda, and smoking. He was always the most delightful of companions, and there was never a lack of someone to talk to. No one ever saw him under the influence of liquor, and Ills life was blamclfss enough, but the hours he kept were too much for a man whose work required so much nervous energy. The disastrous failure of Peter the Great was a double blow to Irving. He had almost as much to do with the shaping of the play as his son, I>aurenee, to whom it is credited. He spout sst>.iJoo in mounting it, and the salary list during its briet run was something unprecedented. It was* a magnificent picture, but its unbroken tragedy and the robust cruelty of its hero were too somber for even the British public. The Prince of Wales, who is unaffectedly .ond of Irving, took an extraordinary step to save the play, publicly asking to have it run another week that he might have opportunity to see it, although he had been three or four times already. But oven this mark of royal favor could not rally the public to Peter, and in consequence living is a comparatively poor man to-day—poorer, may be. than the public suspect. But 100 years of uninterrupted successes could never make Henry Irving a reallv rich man. His generosity has been like that of Edwin Booth, both in quality and quantity, i happen to know of an instance that illustrat*s this. There was a man in the last company Irving had in America who had been with the tragedian for many years, and had grown old and rusty in the sei\ice. He had only a few lines to sp>ak, and had never been an Important factor In the mmpany, yet for the sake of the long association Irving gave him JIOO a week to the day of his death and never let nim know that his meager part was worth scarce $lO a week and that the rest was charity. His other henefactions have been large, and in one way even the lavish settings of his plays might be said to be a benefaction, for he often spent far more in mounting a play than was called for from a financial viewpoint. simply to satisfy his own tastes. It has been a long time since Irving has made a big financial success in London, hence his tours outside, a sign that London isn't doing as well as it might by an actor, for he will always stay here If lie can. The fact is, Irving had about exhausted Shakspeare—from a box office viewpoint—and I/Ondon insisted on seeing him In classic drama, and he could find naught that would serve his purpose. Irving has been one of the most beloved men on the English stage, by every one, from his supernumeraries up. At rehearsal, where, according to tradition, the recording angel passes judgment most lightly on ac-tor-managers, Irving was wont to he as courteous as if he were in his own corner at the Garrick Club. Y’ou coulln’t tell from his manner and tone whether he was talking to a stage carpenter or to a .itled visitor behind the scenes. A young friend of mine, who has no especial claim on Irving s attention, savs he hapjiened to be placed beside the actor at a dinner not long ago, with the important Duke of Something or Other at Irving's other hand. My triend noted with gratitude Irving’s scrupulous care to address to his comparatively unknown neighbor quite as much of his conversation as he gave to the duke. It was a little matter, to be sure, yet a genuine sign of the tragedian's unfailing courtesy and tact. Irving’s home is In about the last place you would look for It—over a store in it hopelessly dingy building., on the dingiest corner of Old Bond street—noisy, foggy and

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RAILROAD TIME TABLE. ON and after Sunday, Nov. 20, 1898, trains will run as follows: (Central Standard Time.) All trains enter INIOY RAILWAY STATION. —P. M. Time In lllack Face Figures Trains marked thus: Dy—Dally. S—Sleeper, P—Parlor Car, C—Chair Car, D—Dining Car. CLEVE., CIN., CHI. A ST. LOCIS R’Y. Cleveland Division—llls; Four. DEPART I AKRIVB New York ex, dy s. 4:23’ U City A W ac, dy. 9:25 Muncie & B H ex.. 6:33' S’wst'n lim, dy. and s.ll:S8 Cleveland mail 10:50 B.H. & Muncie ex 3:10 And’on &B H ex.. 11:15 Cleveland ex HiOO U C & W ac, dy.. 4.50 B.H. & And’n ex. 8:45 Knlck'b'r, dy, ands. <1:25 N. Y. ex. dy, a...10:50 St. Louie Division—Big Fonr. St Louis expr....... 7:30, New York ex, dy. a. 4:05 S’wst’n lim, dy, ands. 11:451 Mat &T H ace 10:30 T. H. & Mat. ac.. 4:30 St. Louis express..s:4o T H & Mat acc, Kn'kb'r sp, and s.dy 0:10 Sunday only 0:15 1 NY A StL ex.dy sll:20l Cincinnati Division—Big Four. Cincinnati t I. dy s. 3:45 Greensburg aec 9:o# St L A On f 1, dy, s 4 16 Cln’tl acc. dy. 11:11 Cincinnati accom... 7:00 C & St L mall, dy Cincinnati acconi... 10 .50 and sand p 11:4# Cincinnati dy p....2:45 Chi. Lim., p 4:15 Greensburg acc... 5:30; Cin A Ind ex, p... 41:40 C'tl & Wash, F. L, |C lAStL ex. dy e 11:05 dv, and, • and p... <l:2oi Chicago dy a 11:50 I/Oulavllle- Line. Louisv f l dy 3:45 Louisv f I dy e... 11:50 Loutsv day expr...2:45 Louisv day expr...11:44 Chicago Divlalon—lllg Four. Lafayette accom.... 7:lojCin f I, dy, a 3:34 CM f m, dy, and p—ll:46| I-afayette acc0m...10:34 Chi. Lim, dp 4:151 Ctri. mall.p and, dy. 2:38 Lafayette acc silSi Lafayette acc 5:45 Chi F It, dy s 12:06' C'tl A Wash, dp. 0:10 Michigan Division—Big Four. Benton Harbor ex.. 4:36! Wabash acc. dy l U Mich mail and #x..11:15| B.Harbr ni l ex... 8:10 Wabash acc. dy.. 4:50 Michigan expr..., 8:41! Peoria Dlv.. W’eat—Big Four. Peoria ex and mail. 7:35j Col A On ex. dy, *.3:31 West’n ex, dy, p...11:45 Champaign accom..lo:2l Champaign acc... 4:85! N.Y. ex * mail... 2:42 Peoria ex. dy. 5..11:15, Peoria ex, dy. p.. o*lo Peoria Dlv., E’.uat—Big Four. Columbus exprees.. 5:10 i Springfield expr 11:89 Sp'field & Col. ex.8:540 Columbus expr...10:40 PITTS., CIN., CHI. dfc ST. LOUIS H’Y. Indianapolis Dl vision—Pennn Line. Eastern ex, dy, 5... 6:50, Faet ex, dr T:M Fast ex, dy 8:25 Lima mall, dy a d.8:05 Columbus accom.... 8:30 St L ex, dy, and it. 12:25 Atl'c ex. dy, and e. .2:30 Ind p’te ate 3ilß Day ex, dy 5:00, Mall express, dy.. O:SC BtLANY, dy sand.. TilO 'West’n ex. dr, s..10:0(1 Chicago Diviaion—Penns R. It. Lou A Chi ex. dy p.U:M[ Chi & Lou f ex.dy s.S:2t Lou* Chi f ex.dy s 11:06'Oil A Lo ex, d.v p. 3:41! Louisv 1 lie Diviaion—Penna R. R. Lou A So spl. dy, a. 3.301 Mad A Tnd acc 10:24 Lou A Mad ao. dy a 8:16 St L A C f I. dy, p 11:21 Ind A Mad accom, ; Mad & Ind acc...5:40 Sunday only 7;no!lnd A Pitta, dy, a 7:00 Ind A Mad ac....3:30 Mad. A Ind arc., L. A At'a, dy. p..4i00 Sunday only 0:10 Louisville acc 7:10 L A Chi ex dy a.11:30 VAN DA LI A LINE. 9t Louie ex. dy ... 7:M New York ex, dy a. 6:44 NY A BtL, dy ad. #:W Casey accom 10:'KJ StL ex. dy, ad p.12:35 St Louis ex. andy — 8:20 Casey acc 4:00 Atl’c ex. dy. and 5p.2:28 Fast Mall, dy 7:03 Fast Line, dally. 4:45 Western ax dy a. 11:35 StL ANY. dy, sand 7 iOQ INDIANABOLI* A VINCENNES It. H. C’ro A V’nes ex. dy 8:16l Vincennes expr 10:6) Vincennes expr....4:20 Cairo expr. dy 4:s|i C INCTNNATI, HAMILTON A DAYT’Y R’ff Cin ex. dy. • 0 3:56 Cin. Ind A Chi ex. Dally fast mall. dy. s 12:15 Cin A Detroit ex .10:46 Dally fast mail. 5..4:|4 Ctn A Dayton ex. Cin A Roaehdale p 2:45 ex. dy. p 11VJ Cin A Dayton, dy. Cin A Dayton, and, and p 4:45 p 3:313 On A Detroit ex, Cin A Dayton acc 7:30 A* T, ° 7 ' c,n a* ll * * c. 10:2:5 LAKE ERIE A WESTERN R. K. Mull and expr 7:001 Ind’pls ex. dy 10 20 T D A MCex. dy 1:20 Mail and e, r r ... 2:35 Evening expr T:00 Toledo *xpr ttifit) INDIANA. DECATUR A WESTERN R’Y. Mail and expr 816| Fast expr. dy. s e,. 8:60 Chicago express 11:60 Tuscola acc. 10:40 Tuscola arcom ... B:4s,Chicago expr 2:40 Fast x. dy. a c.ll ilO Mai! and expr.... 4:40 C., I. A 1.. It’Y. (Motion Route.) Chi night ex. dy. s.I2:S; Cin vest. dy. s 3:80 Fast mail. dy. a ... 7:00 Faet malt. dy. 5.... 7.6S Chi expr. p 1U&0 Cin vest, dy. and p. 4:37 Chi vest, and p..... 8:35 Chicago expr..... 2:40 fimokv; but. like so many other places in J/Ondon, you mustn't Judge of it by its exterior. Once Inside, you will find some of the most richly artistic- chambers in I<ondon—an ldql of color harmonies, curios and relics. Mrs. Irving, of course, does not live there. Her husband never sees her except on his first-night performances, when she occupies the most prominent box in tin- theater, and scowls at him all through the play. She has not missed a first night these many years, and lias never failed to express her disapproval of her husband's acting. YY'ho will succeed this extraordinary man? Os course, no one now in sight will have his qualities—his peculiar combination of managerial and artistic instincts Out his mantle will naturally fail on some on*-. Keerhohtn Tree would not dodge if he saw the coveted garment descending toward his shoulders; but Mr. Tree has not only his partisans, but his critics, and these last, who are not a small band, say that tills ambitious man is not an actor and never was mid never will bo, except in a limited sense. Forbes Robertson is said to he a mors likely candidate, although he has no capacity feu advertising himself, and lacks business ability. Another man who will he heard from is Irving’s son. H. B. Irving, who is a hard-working actor, constantly rising and constantly growing 10 took and act more like his distinguished fattier. Ho Is a comparatively man, whose cwoef will bo worth watching.

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