Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1899 — Told in a Few Linen. [ARTICLE]

Told in a Few Linen.

An anti-cartoon bill has been passed by the House of the California Legislature. Six cases of yellow fever have developed In the 202 d New York regiment at Guanajay, Cuba. The Bruce meteorite, which weighs over four tons, is now on its way from Australia to the British Museum. The question of bounties for officers and sailors who destroyed the Spanish fleet will be referred to the United States court of claims. The Commercial Congress, to meet at Wichita, Kan., in May, will invite Presidents Dole of Hawaii and Aguinaldo of the Philippines to attend as territorial delegates. A beautiful red fox suddenly appeared in the streets of West Roxbury, Mass., in broad daylight, and was immediately pursued by dogs and men, but he far outran them all and escaped. The opinion first expressed by Schiaparelli that certain lines visible on Mars are canals is now opposed by another Italian astronomer. Dr. Cerulli, who declares the whole thing an optical delusion.

'Sporting Life” opens an extenard engagement at-McVicker’s Theater Tn Chicago Sunday night, Feb. 10. There is the greatest interest in tb-s engagement in the Windy City for the production is acknowledged the most ela borate production of a play ever made in this country, and it has moreover scored the biggest hit of the theatrical season in New York, where it has just completed a run of twenty weeks at the Academy of Music. “Sporting lase” is a melodrama of English life and u said to be the best play of its kind ever brought from across the pond. It tells the story of a fine, manly, honorable young Englishman, the Earl of Woodstock, who loves sport for sport’s sake and has risked his whole fortune through his love for his magnificent stable of thoroughbreds. The story goes through five acts, during which the evil genii of the play try their level best to wreck his fortunes, but he finally triumphs after a series of thrilling adventures. Sixteen different scenes are shown. Two hundred people take part in the performance. Robert Hilliard, who piays the heroic young Britisher, is one of the handsomest and cleverest American actors. He has been a successful star and was induced to assume this role by the offer of the largest salary jver paid to an actor in the world. Elita I’roctor Otis is also a successful star. She is considered the best player of the stage adventuress we have; Joe Wheelock is another ex-star; Frank BurbeCk has starred, and so has Jeannette Lowrie. Frazer Coulter, Robert Paton Gibbs, R. A. Roberts, who staged “Shenandoah” and also stages “Sporting Life”; Adeline Adler, Charles F. Gotthold, Edwin Holland and Margaret May are some of the prominent players in the organisation.