Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 345, 15 January 1907 — Page 3

The Richmond Palladium, Tuesday, January 15, 1907

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Theatrical Calendar. GENNETT. Wednesday, Jan. 16. Robt. Down ing, "Running for Governor." Thursday, Jan. 17 "The Girl and the Bandit." Saturday, Jan. 19. "Sleeping Beau ty and the Beast." Monday, Jan. 21. "The Black Crook. PHILLIPS. Entire Week High class vaudeville. The Qfrl and the Bandit" Gennett. Miss Viola Gillette's gigantic pro duction of the bighly successful com ic opera success, "The Girl and the tlandit," is announced to appear at the Gennett next Thursday night. No production in years has attracted the attention accorded "The Girl and the Bandit," which was considered on its first presentation by competent critics, the biggest, brightest and best or ganization of its kind- The princi pals are too well known to theatergoers to need any extended introduc tion. "Running for Governor" Gennett. We have had dramas, the scenes of which were laid in Arizona, Alabama, Nevada, Colorado, California and now comes "Running for Governor," a four act comedy picturing life in the etate of Washington. Unlike the majority of the dramas of the border, Mr. Bashford, the author of the play, has seized upon "society" folks as they exist in the far northwest and this presents a phase of life that has not been seen on the stage heretofore, and one that must appeal to all patrons of the theater. The play was written expressly for that wonderfully versatile actor, Robert Downing, and in the title role, he has created enthusiasm wherever he has appeared. Perhaps no playwright has ever succeeded in building a part for an actor that is better suited to his talents than is this refined comedy of western life. The play is as wholesome and refreshing as a breath from the forests of the Cascades, and has been accorded a most flattering reception by the theater-going public. "Running for Governor" will be presented at the Getinett next Wednesday matinee and night, by Robert Downing and his company. 1 Scene from "Running for Governor," as his Company at the Gennett next "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast Gennett. "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast," which was imported a year ago, and has since been presented in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and Boston . only, with great success, will be the attraction at the Gennett next Saturday, matinee and night. "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, two fairy tales, dear to the childish heart and fondly remembered by a grown up, have been combined to make the story which runs lightly through the piece, as first written for the London stage, as one of the Drury Lane pantomimes. The production is in three acts of four scenes each. The curtain rises in the fairy parliament, held in honor of the birth of Beauty, daughter of King Bordout and Queen Spadia. The infant, endowed with beauty, wit health and other desirable attributes by the fairy folk, when Malevolentia, a jealous old witch, steps up and announces ber gift "Death to the Princess on her sixteenth birthday" but the fairy queen softens this awful sentence by Baying that the Princess shall not die, only sleep one hundred years and then be awakened by the magic kiss of a gallant Prince, who shall Brave all dangers to rescue her. In the second act, the royal maiden celebrates her sixteenth birthday, pricks her fingers at the bewitched spinning wheel and sinks into her long sleep. In act three, one hundred years have elapsed. Beauty is rescued by the Prince, who is turned into a beast by the vengeful witch. In the end, however, Beauty kisses the Beast of her own free will, and as this kiss is the thing that can break the magic spell, the Prince assumes his natural shape, marries the princess and all ends in true, fairy-like happiness. "The Black Crook" Gennett. At the Gennett next Monday night, Messrs. Miller and Plohn will present their splendid revival of "The Black Crook," the pioneer of stage spectacles. "The Black Crook" which first Hvas produced forty years ago, was originally written by Charles Barras, a, struggling player, who had never Hvritten anything of any value prior to Ihejrook," nor for that matter, fctnee. It was "put on" at Niblo's Garden In 1S66, to fill a vacancy in the season, caused by an unexpected failure. Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer, its managers, had no faith in the play, which Is in itself but little else than an adaptation of Goethe's "Faust," and much to the author's dlsm- and dissent, Secided to introduce a ballet. It was an instantaneous success, however, surprising no one so much in this reipect as it did its sponsors. A sensational minister, taok up the udgsl-against-it and succeededVin ad-

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Prima donna with "The Girl and the nett Theatre vertising it so thoroughly, that it ran from September 12th, 1866 until January 4th, 1868, a total of 47 performances, one of the longest, if not the longest record for continuous perform-

ances ever Known in the city of rewjing there September 5th, 1892, and York. ! closing May 20th, 1893,' totalling 306

Numerous revivals have since been made, tha one under the management of Eugene Tompkins being the most i 1 7 f" ' presented by Robert Downing and Wednesday, Matinee and Night. vS ; 2 t V M J'Z 1 THREE CONICAL "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, at - .and

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1 t 4-' v4 Bandit" opera company at the Gen Thursday night. J notable and probably the most elab orate. - The Tompkins production was first seen in Boston, thence comine to the Academy of Music, New York, openperformances. The Kiralfy Brothers also gave a tig production of "The Black Crook" which was very successfully present ed in all the large cities of America. It is said that the present production, the one to be seen at the Gen nett, will compare favorably with any of its predecessors and that Messrs. Miller and Plohn have spared neither expense nor energy to make their pre sentation first class in every particu lar. Scenically, it will be, so it is promised, more than adequate, there being fourteen complete sets of scen ery from the studios of Frank Dodge, a noted New York artist; the costumes are all bright and new, and a company., of more than fifty people has been engaged. Among those principally concerned in the exploitation of "The Black Crook" are Robert Black, Emmett O'Connor, Wallace Hopper, Coit Albertson, Eugene Barry, Thomas Hayden, John Gerome, Leo D'Artega, Harry Elvin, Joh Rochette, Nellie V. Nichols, Miriam Norris, Hes ter Phelan, and a large chorus of comely girls. Vaudeville at the Phillips. The vaudeville bill at the Phillips theater last evening was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by all present, judging from the applause that greet ed every act. The performance opened with pretty selection by Marie Reisch Brooks, entitled "enobie " FolI lowing Jeane and Ellsworth, a very clever musical team, and are certain ly musicians of ability, Miss Marie Snowden in a clever singing and danc ing specialty, was well received. Swain and Powers, German comedy sketch artists, pleased greatly ad were com pelled to respond to several encores. The illustrated song was well render ed by Franklin A. Brooks. Ed and Nettie Masse, equilibrists and jugglers, presented an act, one of the best juggling acts ever seen in Richmond. The performance closed with the Philoscope, showing. "The Tramp Dog," "Coal Strike" and "The Accordion." Manager Murray should be congratulated on securing the bill he is presenting to the Phillips theater pat rons this week. If you are tired of buckwheat, try Mrs. Austin's famous Pancake flour. Made from the great food cereals. Artificial gas, the 20th Century fuel. 10-tf COMEDIANS. the Gennett next Saturday, Matinee night. .-- -- r

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SMITH IS BADLY SCARED He Is One of the Principal Witnesses in the Assassination Cases Down in Kentucky's Dark and Bloody Ground. IFuV)Hners' Press Jackson, Ky., Jan. 14. John Smith, the Ereathitt county feudist who confessed to his part in the assassination of Dr. Cox and fled from Jackson to prevent assassination, is at the home of his brother, Govan Smith, nine miles from Jackson. Smith says he received warning that his life is sought and several relatives are at the hcusc day and night armed and guarding him. Smith is badly frightened and says he will appear at the trial of Judge Hargis only on condition that -he be given a bodyguard. A. F. Byrd, B. R. Jouett and James P. AdaiK3, attorneys conducting the prosecution of the Hargises, have been threatened with assassination, but all say they will return to the trial here Friday. It is learned that if Jud?e Carries again asks for troops at Jackson they will be sent. Many feudists are in Jackson, but all are waiting the order of the court of appeals on the motion to arrest the case from trial before Judge Carnes. COUPLE Of THUS COLLIDE III A FOG Railroad Accident at Chicago in Which Ten Persons Are Badly Injured. ENGINE THROWN IN DITCH MOST OF PASSENGERS IN WRECKED CARS WERE ASLEEP AND HAD NO OPPORTUNITY MAKE THEIR ESCAPE. TO Publishers Press Chicago, J 2. 14. Tea persons were seriously injured when a through train, outbound on the Monon railroad. collided in the fog with a sleeper otf the rear end of a Wabash train at One Hundred and Twelfth street. Amon those seriously hurt was John Olinger of Toledo, O., who had an arm and leg broken and was injured internally. AH the occupants of the wrecked car were in their berths and had no opportunity to escape. The Wabash engine was thrown from the rails into the ditch. Coals from the re box set fire to the sleeper, which was destroyed. The following passengers In the Wabash sleeper were injured: Man ual Cook, Indianapolis, Ind., head cut; Edward Fersentham, Chicago, left leg bruised; William Morgan, Chicago, shoulder cut; James Chancey, Ash land, Wis., leg bruised; W. F. Chap man, Louisville, Ky., head cut and hip injured; F. J. Spencer, Chicago, head cut; John Faulkner, Bay City, Mich., back hurt and head cut; John Olin ser, Toledo, O., body crushed, may die; C. W. Thomas, Toledo, O., inter nally injured, serious; Wayne Mcln tosh, Toledo, O., cut about body, not serious; George Pearson, Grand Cross ing, Chicago, badly bruised. Ran Into Open Switch. Publishers Press. a high rate of speed, Rock, Island passenger train dashed into an open switch at Barney, N. M., 190 miles north of El Paso. Five persons were killed and eight injured. Passenger Train Ditched. Salina, Kan., Jan. 14. Missouri .Pa cific passenger train, westbound from St. Louis, was ditched four miles east of Salina. The engineer, Jake Rose, was killed and the fireman, Jones, suffered a broken lea Freight Trains Meet. IPublishers" Press. Bloomlngton, ill., Jan. 14. One fire man, J. A. Fike, was killed, another fireman, C. E. Cummings, was probably fatally, injured and six other train men were injured when two light engines of the Chicago & Alton railroad collided during a fog. Railway Officials In Wreck. El Reno, Ohla., Jan. 14. A special train carrying a party of Rock Island officials went Into the ditch near Hydro, Olak. No one was injured. The wreck was caused by spreading rails. The railroad men are on a tour of Inspection. Arnolds Divorced. . (Publishers Press.J London, Jan. 14. H. R. Arnold was granted a divorce from his wife, Daisy Grace, formerly Miss Hclman-of Chicago, on the ground of misconduct. The couple were married in Indiana in 1904. Ohio River Rising. Evansville, Ind.. Jan. 14. The Ohio river is rising and it is predicted that the river will go to 45 feet. Green, Wabash and White rivers are again rising rapidly. . - - Gone to California. Mrs. W. A. Fiske and children ac companied by Mrs. Fiske's sister and children left j-esterday for California where they will spend the winter. How to make money.

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Live Like Civilized People at the Government Colony in Philippines. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 800 FOUR SISTERS OF CHARITY AND JESUIT PRIEST VOLUNTEER SERVICES NO MORE BEGGING NECESSARY. Publishers' Press. Washing wcii, n. 14. After long delay the Culian leper colony in the Philippine islands, with accommoda tions for about S00 patients, was open ed in May, 1S06. The first lepers taken there were from Cebu, and they protested vehemently against going. When they arrived they were delight ed with their surroundings and their present life, according to a report to the insular bureau, is a forcible con trast to what they had been living Instead cf bfccs'&g on the streets and beiag driven from town to town, they are comfcritily housed, well fed and looked after, and situated where they have a modwn sewsrase system, pure water, laundries, bath houses, a church and a dining hall, capable of accommodating 300 people at times. In addition to all this, they have a brass band and a theater. The lepers are taken from all over the archipelago to the colony. A care ful examination is made of each patient before he can enter the colony. In a great many cases persons supposed to have leprosy have only trop ical cancers or ulcers. Four sisters of charity volunteered for duty in the colony, as has a Jesuit priest, Father Valles, who is to be the chaplain. The ouarters of the nonleprous residents are removed about a Quarter of a mile from the colony. HAD PLENTY OF NERVE Brave Engineer on the Wabash Saves Many Lives and Much Valuable . Property. Publishers' Pressl steubenvflle, O., Jan. "1'4." The nervy action of Charles McCabe, engi neer on the Wabash railroad, saved property and human life on the West Virginia side of the Mingo Junction bridge. With a full head of steam on, and when the earth was slipping from under his engine wheels, he rushed nearly all of his train swiftly over a big slip of earth. All but the caboose and six cars got over the slip and ran out on the bridge. The six cars and caboose went over the hill, and one brakeiaan, who was in the caboose, was injured 1a jumping. Would gr event Wrecks. Publishers Press. inmanapolls, Ind., Jan. 14. In preparing for the reopening of the inves tigation of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad wreck at Woodville, Ind., In which over 60 persons lost their lives, Dec. 12, 1906, the state railroad commission has summoned a large number of railroad officials to appear at the hearing Jan. 31 and testify. The commission is seeKlsg to arrive at a means whereby disastrous wrecks may be prevented in the future. Rails Spread. Paris, Ky., Jan. 14. A Baltimore & Ohio passenger train running on the Louisville & Nashville tracks between Lexington and Cincinnati was derailed at Hutchinson. The engine, baggage car and three passenger coaches were thrown from the rails. None of the passengers were injured, but all were considerably shaken up. The track was torn up a distance of 350 yards. The wreck was due to spreading rails. One In Utah. Ogden, Utah, Jma. 14. Passenger train, westbound, on the Southern Pacific was wrecked 15 miles west of Montello. The engineer, Frank Neesley, was killed, and a number of passengers were injured. The engine was wrecked and seven of the eight cars were derailed. Gas Escaped in Church. Publishers' Press. tialion, O.,. Jan. 14. Services at the Presbyterian church were interrupted by a number becoming violently ill from the effects of escaping natural gas. Lillie Grace Green is in a precarious condition and had to be kept walking constantly to prevent her going into a comatose condition. Several others were seriously 111. Cited for Bail. Publishers' Press. Wasnington, Jan. 14. Attorney General Bonaparte presented to the supreme court of the United States a motion to require Sheriff Shipp of Hamilton county, Tenn., and 26 others charged with contempt of court on account of the lynching at Chattanooga last March of the negro Johnson, to appear and give bail. Wadsworth at White House. . Washington, Jan. 14. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. speaker of the New York state assembly, was a visitor at the White House. He discussed the politic 1 situation in New York with the prjsidenL Rev. W. M. Nelson of this city Is conducting a series of revivals at Greenfield. 3 Bears the lha Kind You Haw Always Boagtt

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SHOWMAN'S WILL CONTEST Contestants Who are Nieces of ' DeCeased Circus Man, Claim that He Was Not in Right Mind When He Made Widow Sole Executrix. Publishers Press. White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 14. A legal struggle for the possession of the $2,000,000 estate left by James A. Bailey, the circus proprietor, began here. Under Bailey's will the entire estate goes to his widow, Ruth Louise Bailey, who is made sole executrix. The instrument Is being contested by Bailey's nieces. May Gordon and Annie Robinson, both of Detroit. They contend that at the time the will was drawn Bailey was of unsound mind and that he was moved in disposing of his property by undue Influence, misrepresentation and fraud. KILLED IN A COLLISION Engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio Meets Death When Two Trains Come Together. Publishers Press! Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 14. Chicago express, eastbound, on the Pittsburg & Western branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was in collision at Allison Park, Pa., with a heavy shifting engine. The passenger engine was wrecked and C. W. Mprs, engineer of Chicago, O., was killed. The fireman, H. C. Lewis, also of Chicago, O., was fatally hurt. Several passengers on the express train were slightly cut by the broken glass, aad all were badly shaken up by the impact, but none seriously injured. The collision waa due to a freight wreck. Turn over a new leaf. Open a Savings Account with Dickinson Trust Company. 31-tf

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THURSDAY NIGHT. JAN. 17. UNPARALLELLED TRIUMPH OP THE I VIOLA GILLETTE OPERA CO. PRESENTING THE BIG COMIC OPERA HIT THE GIRL AND THE BANDIT. Greatest Singing Organization In America. Tha one real comedy opera hit of the season. The same big company that played ten record breaking weeks at the Studebaker Theatre, Chicago. CO CUerer Comedians. Staging- Comediennes CO 3' Protty Fbow (ilrlt. 3' Jlfeaded by the young Prima Donna Contralto - Viola QIIUtt. Supported by the American baritone, Geo T. Mae Parlane, Geor geous scenic display. Dazzling costumes. PRICES 41.50, $1.00 .75, .60,. .25. Seats on sale at tha Weatcott Pharmacy;.-.

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MATINEE AND NIGHT. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10TH. The Eminent Actor of the "Gladiator" Fame, MR. ROBERT DOWHDH Supported by an excellent Company Including Mtss Haleno Andrea and Mr. Lee Millar in , ' Herbert Bashford's brilliant Comedy 1 , , "mmm tor ' wmmiw'--The successor to "The County Chairman." " PRICES Matinee, adults 50c, Children 25c Night 75, F0 ' 25c Seats on sale at the Wescott Pharmacy.

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O. G. MURRAY, LE88EE AND MAN AOS. PROGRAM WEEK JAN. 14th, 1907. Saturday 3, 7:46 and 9:15 p. m. A A. Overture Mrs. A. Erooks Ed Massle Nettle

is. jeanere ana .cuswwrm - Refined music and singing. C. Marie Snowden. Singing and dancing. D. Swain and Powers German comedy sketch. E. Illustrated Song, F. A. .Brooks "The Preacher and the Bear." Special matroee eacn Saturday; 10c. except to children under 5 years. HAYS BROS.'

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