Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1887, Page 2

‘ - L the Ber. | \Imrlsnn. of Chicago, sha.. 1 - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. APRIL 11, 1887. DEATH AMONG STRANGERS. Partioulars of the Accidental *Shooting of Mr. 8, W. Morrison. A CAREER TO BE PROUD OF. State Superintendent Akers Notifles Teachers of Arbor Day — The Growing Strength of the La- bor Vote—Other lowa News. Morrison's Demise. Drs Moises, In., Avoril 10.—[Special to —'L'he sudden death of Mr. S. W. while hunting near this city a few days ago, deserves more than ‘s passing notice, and illustratcs anew the force of the old saying that truth is stranger than tiction. It is one of the strange things of nature that men can go through perils in- numerablo by soa and land, and then meet their death in some trivial manner as he did. Mr. Morrison was only thirty years of age at the time of his death, yet his brief career had been crowded full of adventure. He en- tered the United States navy some time ago, and when a call was made for volunteers to g0 to the relief of tho ill-fated Jeanette he ‘was one of the first to respond. He sailed from San Francisco in the spring of 1881 in the John Rogers, a steamer bought by the government for that purpose. After passing through some frightful storms before reach- ing the Arctic ocean, the ship met its tate while In winter quarters off the Asiatic coast. One fine morning it was discovered on fire and the flames spread with such rap- 1dity that it could notbe saved. The vessel ‘was a mile from shore. Its boats were use- less in the floating ice and death by drown- ing or fire seemed Inevitable, when Morrison offered to reach the shore in a little skin cance and carry a safety line with him. Taking two men he started on his perilous trlp. With a couple of boards he steered his canoe from one cake of e to another, riding when possible, and part of the time half submerged in the lcy water. After a hazardous voyage of nearly one hour he reached the shore, and drew after a heavy cable by which the bal- ance of the ship's company reached land in safety. Then came weary months spent in the cablns of Esquimaux, ana the fruitless ssarch for help, and the patient waiting till a messenger sent overland 1600 miles could reach St. Petersburg and cable Uncle Sam for rellef. Induetime the help came and the would-be rescuers were themselves saved. Mr. Movison’s bravery. which saved the lives of the whole crew, called forth a speclal let- ter of thanks from the secretary of the navy, and the promise of promotion when the first opportunity should come. However, having had enough of the sea, as hethought, here- signed, and began business as an electric en- glneer, aud export and in that capacity visited DesMolnes, three years and a half ago, su- periutending the establishment of an elec- trio plant here. While so engaged he re- celved notlce of his appointment to & fine position in the revneye mar- ine seryice, with headquarters at New York, and he once more entered the mnavy, and continued for a year. Then he sailed to Europe and traveled abroad for a year, then came back and went into business, and while visiting old friends here a few days ago went out for a little hunt, accidentally shot him- self and was dead in a minute. After sailing In three oceans, facing death from fire, flame and fainine, he at last meets his fate on solid ground by the accidental discharge of a gun while out on a little pleasure trip. It seems like the irony of nature. ABBOR DAY. State Superintendent Akers has aj ted 408 Arbor day, when teachers 1- in the public schools shall ple twoes on the school house grounds, The code pro- yides for having this done every year, but the practice has not always been kept up, and this year Superintendent Akews calls special atfention to it and will make the event one of sreat satisfaction. He suggests that additional interest could be given to jhe exercises if the children were permitted name the trees after distinguiShed in- dividuals In groups. Thus he would have a president’s group, a soldier’s group, a s wp. etc. He designates this year's Arbor as a memorial to Horace "Mann, New Engl: great educator, whom Iowa re- “n‘l with special pride and veneration. 'hen the fathers of lowa were framing the school system for the young territory they secured the help of Horace Mann and he nt some time here and assisted in devis- '{ the present admirable school system "Jch has bornesuch fruits that Iowa has ay a less percen of illiteracy than any other stato in the union. 1tis very fit- ting, therofore, to set apart Arbor day as a memorial to the great educator who has dona 80 much for the cause. It is expected that as ‘nurl of the exercises of the aay there will "‘-’geeehes of Horace Mann read by the ers with quotations from his works, music, ete. May 4 promises to be a very fw: portant day for the school children of Towa. AN EFFORT TOWARD JUSTIC! ‘The governor has done his duty toward ‘wining out the stain of the Corning lynching Dy offering the customary reward for the ar- yeat of those concerned in _it, but it is not le that the men to whom it refers will be known to the law. Just before the d ted atter the tragedy was over, leader solemnly informed his associate: {tany of them ever made public the iames Of thelr fellows, his fate would be the of the man hanging from the tree before . 1f the governor had been allowed by w to offer such sum as his discretion ied best, there would be more of a chance secure some result. But the law provides g‘ flexible and unchangeable reward for X letection of murderers, and no matter now lfi ravated the circumstances, the suin ¢ his disposal is never more than $500. LARRABEE AND THE RAILROADS. The eontest between the governor and the Obicago, Burlington & Quincy rallroad de- r‘ofll the fact that the executive of the state yery strol determined to bring the lroads to & siriet accountability, He In- sts that they have been violating the law gflwtul qu, and have never been brought time. He proposes that they shall now, and it resent ratlroad commissioners do it I8 hinted that he will dispense th their services and appoint a commission tho will, He Is thoroughly in earnest in is respect and has fortitied himself with a amount of facts and figures in support elaim, THE GRANT CLUB, The Grant club of this city is making rations to celebrate General Grant's ¥ day on the 27th by abvropriate cere- L'hls was the first club in the state fake the name of the great republican ler, and it is composed of the leading re- bl s here at the eapital. Colonel Hep- and several other orators of acknowl- reputation have been invited to m nd an inspiring and patriotic oc- casion 1s exvected. TOWA’S PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITE, Benator Allison, whom 80 many regard as strongest man for the republicans to nom- hlu"i the rl.lcldonuy’ Ils ome (lu‘r the v mer and quictly engaging in his regular ‘worl lhqlu making no frlps through the nor attempting to attract any special lon to himself, but, all the same, ne is eonstantly growing in popular -favor and his fitness for a nomination to any oftice the people may have to give. ine has still the warm regard of Iowa re- licans and if he will consent to be a can- there 18 no doubt that Iowa will stana, if he is not a candidate there is also no at the state will shout enthusiasti- jy for Allison, and be prepared ‘with a determination to win, SONS OF TOIL TO THE FRONT. ‘The growing strenath of the labor vote in '“:!m“\l the talk of the hour. When 1 wmen captured Dubuque at the sed el i, B Sl Ives. 1t s Ml’lnr(wlor ote—that I8 goin| Ay & ver Paat part 1o the pol loa ot o future, ot demcriie, SEYOiR] More o democral Ve h::‘ pected in the fall elections. to support ———— The Rahway Mystery. 2 Y, N. J., Avril 10.—Ex-Chiet of Po- Jloe Yates, of ll!fl:ll. huphoned'.l:) I‘:‘y.(:‘r _Daly to-night that he could positively iden- murdered girl. Vapor Stoves | and soe the Peorless Vapor Stoves ouse Broa.', 003 N. 10th St THE CROP OUTLOOK, Reports From the Winter Wheat Belt Show pamage By Drought.{ CuicaGo, April 10.—The following is the weekly crop summary of the Farmers' Re- view of thiscity: Complaints of drought come from all partsof the winter wheat belt, and are especially numerous in Ohio, Indiana, Allinois, Kansas and Missouri. In nearly every county of 1lilinols the reports Indicate that the ground is dry, and together with the vrevalence of cold winds, has retarded growth and caused some injury to growing grain, In Johnson, Wayne and White counties the grain 18 looking poorly. In Champaign, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Efingham and Gallatin counties the crop - 1s_ described as in fair_condi- tion, while in Brown, Fulton, Greene, Hardin, Hamilton, Hancock, Kankakee, Madison, Pulaski, Stephenson and Wabash counties, despite the neea of rain, the prospects are still excellent. 1In Knox and Montgomery counties, of Indiana, the crop shows Inaur{ from drouth and cold winds, In Carroll, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Elkhart, Fountain, Gibson, Joys La- rouge, Monroe, Morgan and Vermill jon counties the prospects are stil- regarded as favorable. In Ashtabula. Dela- ware and Hancock counties of Ohio the wheat fields show injury, butin Coshocton, Crawford, Darke, flocking, Huron, Jackson having been winter-killed. Top reported looking badly in _Ellsworth, Jewell and Pawnee counties, but is still in fair con- dition in Anderson, Butler, Cherokee, Cow- ley, Crawford, Jefferson, McPherson, Miami and Washington counties. Winter wheat in the southern tier of counties of Michigan con- tinues to look poorly. Reports from Missouri, while describing the need of rain, are nearly all of a favorable tenor. Spring seeding has commenced in 1llinois, a and Ne- braska, but not under favorable conditions, «wlmfi to the dry weather, The_fruit pros- pects in 1llinois, Indiana and Missouri are poor, peaches especially havifig been injured and will bea short crop. In Ohio and Wis- co:alu the fruit prospects are considered good. e e ot “PARALLEL PILGRIMAGES." The ¥rench War Question and Gen- eral Boulanger’s Shrewd Strategy. PAnis, March 18.—[Correspondence of the Beg.]—Despite M. DeLesseps’ pacitic pilgrimage to Berlin, General Boulanger has commenced opening “parallels.” Heo mveigled the ambassadors to dine with him, and drove them into—ecstacies, not only by a Lucullus divine—-but a wittily composed bill-of-fare, which served as Attic salt. Among the ancients, a repast was a religion; men had no other sign of union more expressive than to eat mn common, Many a man who abstains from church-going will accept with alacity an invitation to a dinner; he may reveal the *Seven Sleepers' at a charity sermon, but will reserve his forty winks till he has feasted on the fat things. Boulanger is the shrewdest of strategists, knowing that great events de- pend on a good or bad digestion, he put on_the whole strength of the Kitchen to captivate, not capture his guests. Charles X rose one day frem table with a colic; he believed the protestants had poisoned him, and he ordered their massacre at once. Car- lisle’s digestion made him anything but an ‘‘angel of the houseLold '—at least 1t is believed that was his wife's opinion. Rosseau was most misanthropic after his dinner, and it was due to a burnt mutton- hash, that he decided to send his child- ren to be reared and educated by the state—in the workhouse. It is only the boa constrictor which is most dangerous after meals, bence, v:hy it is avoided. " If, as Rousseau lays down, the charac- ter of people can be derived by the choice of dishes, the Germans ought to rank Boulanger with their own emperor, for both their paths are peace. Thus, the general served his diplomatic guests with Dutch soup—so good 28 to secure the suc- cession bill passing in Holland; Sarony crusts, a_la Vienna, suflicient to mollify Count Valniky; lake trout, a la German, symbol of ~Bismarck's clear policy and Moltke’s unrufled calm; haunch of venison, a la _England, a com l)llmunt to _her ‘“high’ foreign poli owl a la Portugal; then the plh ragout, & la Russia, to symb czar's political hash; slices of wild duck and Spanish sauce, emblem of Iberian canards; American lobster salad, sug- ostive of Liberty Enlightening the Vorld, or an excellent corpse reviver. There was Roman punch to drink the health, though in spoonfulls, to the new Italian ministry. The Danes were re- membered 1n roast plover and gelinottes, birds that never flock together, like the king and his parliament. The Athenian salad, served as rosemary to the Greeks —for remembrance. Asparagus, a la Belge, to calm the nerves of the good folks of Little Britain, who fear they will be invaded. Ices were a la Japan, the bonnes-bouches ala Chinese, and nibbling confectionery was dedicated to Sweden. The Bombe, a 1a parisienne, - exploded, owing to a chorus of admiration from the guests---the only mellenite visible. . The emperor of Germany is on the threshold of his ninetieth year: his dearly beloved Augusta is seventy-five. His majesty dies as often in Berlin asin Paris; a change in the wind may produce not only one fainting fit, but a succession of them, so he will continue in perfect health till some New York Herald weather signal announces the coming mortal blast. Till such arrives, the orand old man of Germany will show himsn]f daily at the palace window to solute the regiment passing below and smile a blessing on his loving subjects, between two twirls of his thick snow moustache. Some conclude, the emper- or's straight back is stiffened by stays; pot & bit of it; the drill sergeant and practising his lessons during seventy cars, explains the mystery. His majesty KM no marked passion save to be a “'sen- without reproach;” he has no cranks, he 18 neither devotee nor materi- ahst; neither a heavy eater nor a hard drinlmr; he desires to be a military “*Lord Shepherd of Peace.” " When presented to the old warrior, his first glance is to take your weight; to guess do you belong to the infantry, dragoons or nrlillnr‘y. He looks imposin; in his uniform of black, with red braid- mgs, a little the worse for wear; but it fits comfortably like an old slipper. From his neck falls the docoration of the “Order of Merit,”" not for good work alone done in the past, but for every-day labor at hisdesk, Like Victor Emmanuel, his majesty keeps twirling his moustache when speaking, as if a young man with the down on_the upper lip commencing to harden. He only speaks in short, word-of-command style; something of the minute-gun delivery. His French is not Parisian; he is better up in English, having learned it in his exile days, thirty- nine years ago, n the headquarters of cocknoydom, But ho prefers shaking you by the hand than conversing, and at such ofticial duty he would beat the presi- dent of the white house when in full swing, tinel * e The emperor carcs nothing about liter- ature, and still less, art. He hates music and theatres; adores the opera—n 1ts ballet parts. A %n tull of officers ap- plauding the leg business of the danscuses, acts like a fortifymng elixir on the old monarch—his boys are ID.‘)]. a8 they should be, like free-passers alway: The only book his majesty reads is Sue' “\r:nndurlng Jew," l:lnkoammnood it when a young man, and keeps away n’h [l What urflnwlm he turns over the pages of the chief illus- trated papers of every country, Nl he, Bismarck, nor Moltke, were ever known to be inside of a museum in their lives. They all devour military pamph- lets, to which the chancellor has to add, for his own account, any despatches that his son Herbert, eannot deal with, When the emperor ascended the throne, he had y lay heis wealtiy; his little 18 fr millions, i He isas f and he goes on savin Queen Vietori: d only his nis confidant, His savings are destined for his grand son, his pet. e His majesty pays a tea visitevery even- ing to the empress, who returns it next morning at breakfast tim With this exception, they Live apart, te meeting rather than to encounter. The empress is nervous andirritable, He old ladies of honor dote on the emperor they wear in their watch lockets a pellet of the shot extracted from his majesty’s wounds when riddled some years ago by 1 It will last longer than a and brings luck, as the dames seem fated to live as long as un annuit- ant, who, Byron s, never dies, The crown prince and princess are still kept in the social go-cart by their majesties; there is nothing for it but to grin und bear it. But, Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day when the heir and his resolute wife succeed to the throne. There will be a clearing out similar to what might be expected if in Franee the monarchists hadthe chanceto play equality and fra- ternity with the republicans. * *"e A person carries their life in their hand when aliuding to anything jubileeic: indeed the very appearince of a big J, makes one fe:l immediately, “not quite well, thank you." In the British colony here, the endemic has been raging in a limited, but not intense form. Some gave way under jubilee on the brain, so far as to renounce the distribution of tracts, and of cards to collect money for the conversion of the Jews—why not let Marechale Booth tell off a few battalions, to do skirmishing duty 1n the rue Laflitte before Roths- child’s oftice? There was not a coterie but rivalled the tailors of Tooley street— “Wa the people of England;’ they had an axe to grind, counting upon a C. B- ship, or u knighthood. In the midst of this chaos came forth order, thanks to Mr. Blount, the banker, and the popular director of the Great Western railway The Blounts were always totherefore at a pinch, at_ least consult ake- speare. The present descendant will secure a baronetey, and eyery- one who knows him will congratulate him on the honor. Meantime the hat is to be sent round, and the collection ex pended on a Paris refuge for the British poor, and a slice, for that brick and motar head-centre of loyalty—the imper- ial institute, if a site can be found. The Americans have movable houses, as Ire- land has moving bogs; why not solicit our cousins to run up a transportable I 1. * The republic 18 also going in largely for building, as the erection of the Revo- lution institute is decided upon, and 12,000,000 fracs will be voted to run it up —this can be readily voted as, thanks to the new income tax, the treasury will be as full of cash as an'egg of meat. It is not a site which is wanted, but a plan. Architects are left a free hand to submit theif illustrated ideas to commemorate the 187 triumph of popular soverignty. Monarchal .architects are free to com- pete. The institute must contain a museum, and a valhalla palace—not for the souls, but the marble statues of the great men and martyrs of the revolution. Laid to rest in the pantheon d set up in the hall of tombs, 1 if in plaster of paris as at Versailles for kings and courtiers, who could hesitate to mourir vour lu patrie? *n Two men have been condemned to death within the last fow days in Paris. The first was a soldier, looked to by a court-martiul. He shot a comrade dead, who was continually chaffing the assas- sin; the punishment, however, was too heayy for the horse piay. May M. Grevy be in one of his clement mood duys when the soldier’s petition for pardon arrives at the Elysee. The second death sentenco was passed by the Assize court on a recidivist, a scoundrel, who was taken in from motive of charity, as a waiter ina wine shop. tor had toputin his twen| litin drill; his wife kept the one night when she was counting up the 's receipts the waiter murdered her, tore off her trinkets, decamped to Algiers, where was arrested. He deser as the Gor mans say, “‘to be put under the knife.”” 5 e This is the way Parisians at least ex- ercise the summary jurisdiction act on gpysies who steal children, The parents of u pretty girl, aged twelve, lost her; they searched in vain for ner, as did the pol One day the poor father in his disconsolate wanderings near the out- rts of the city, saw his child, and quietly followed her to & showman’s van which was laid up in ordin- ary for the winter, and sur- rounded by a stockade of old planks, he peeped in, recognized the child, who fled into the van when he called ner. A crowd had cotlected, and thickened like a snow ball. The father went up to the van door to claim his child. The proprietor, an acrobat, re- plied by lodging a bullet in the father's head. The crowd now broke in, pulled out the showman, and were pounding him into jelly, when two policemen ar- rived, and with difticulty dragged the girl-grabber to the station. The show- man's wife took to her heels, the small boys spotted and perhaps ignorant of ‘her being a Jewess, stoned her, The other part of the crowd, after taking out the living occupants of the van, includ- ing learned dogs, linquistic cockatoos and a monkey unrivalled for tricks, ete., put the palisading over the van and set fire to the lot, daneing around the bon- fire. The police arrived to record only a pile of ashes, and a monkey that would not *‘move on,” being on the limb of a poplar tree, though invited to do so n the namo of the law. *x What was feared has arrived; the bull- fight has become an institution. How- ever, there is nothing repulsive about the display; the most peaceful of the mem- bers of the peace society might sit it out; children do, and go home promising to be good for a month, The Oller circus has an arena, which serves alsoasa basin of fresh water, for aquatic clowns, mermaids, naval combats, and sveaking seals. This is boarded over for the pony business, the jumping through paper hoops, waltzing elephants, monkey sup- per parties and asses at liberty. Ata signal given the arena opens, when earthquakes are flying about and thous- ands of people bolting from them, the vi jon is not 1nviting; a few spectators, those who have done the earthquake at Nice likely, cluteh their seats, When the flourin slides arise we are in the pres- ence of a Spanish fair at Seville, the town famous for oranges and the depot of the prettiest girls in the world—save where they can be surpassed. Next rushesin a bull with tremendous horns, bellowing and switching his tail; the animal mak arush at picador, who seizes & horn— and keeps it; around plunges the bull— that has a nice, nut-brown hide, and said to belong to an Apglo-American rac and another picador, in self-defense, grasps the second horn, which too comes aw The matador now advances to put the animal out of pain with uplifted sword—not made of hoop iron; he is on the point of striking, when the bull bursts its sides—with langhter, as two p .rga with a “Here we are ‘m! .'lll‘lha dividual 8 Jadivicon :l:n could n:t #houl once make scream at h.u ok ing to avoid [{ THURBER'S BIRDS OF SONG. The Arrival of the National Opera Com- pany by Special Trains, OVER THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE. Treasurer Jaffray Talks —The At- tacks Upon the Company—‘' The Flying Dutchman' To-Night— The Stage and the Scenery, The National Opera Company. At 10:45 o’clock last night the leading members of the great National Opera company arrived at the Council Blufis transfer. They were cosily quartered in the Wagner sleepers, M , Geneva, Oscoda and Traveler. Their bag; was carried 1n three cars of the West Shore line. The arrival of the train was anticipated by the BEE representative. When it came to a stand it was boarded by the scribe. Mr. Locke, the manager had gone out to attend to some matters while a corps of U. P. employes busied themselves in inspecting the running gear of the sleeping palaces. Mr. C. D. Jaffray, the treasurer of the compuny was found reclining in the sitting room of the Traveler. He was pleased to meet the BEE'S repre- sentative and took occasion to tell how greatly had been appreciated by the man- agement the efforts the paper had made to bring the National opera company to Omaha, as also to entitle this city to rank with the largest places in the country in establishing a school for the cultiva. tion of operatic music. As the cars rolled trom the transfer over the bridge to this city, Mr. Jaflray spoke of the malicious attacks which had been made upon the company. He de- tailed a number of instances whe hirelings of the press, avaricious m agers, and creatures whose will was compelled to yield to the rules of the or- ganization, had done everything that ay in their power to compel to result in failuve. * nd numerous have been these at- ' said Mr, Jafiray, ‘‘that the now nothing left for thém to do, to « n their malicious end, but to burn our scenery or theaterin which we play or tear up the k and run our train to de- struction. Nothing less than this can have any effect upon us. We are not en- deavoring to make money. We are simply striving to pay our expenses and that we are doing handsomely. To do even that 1s something gr wl you consider that everything we attempt is carried out in a style of splendor and perfection heretofore never attempted. Our costumes are the rinest that the pieces will allow, ‘our scenery the best that can be painted,’ while our singers, dancers, chorus and orchestra are such as have n()t*( been, Approached in this country. We have abolished the star sys- tem, or rather we have not in practice ar system. W¢ have artists, not- ithstanding, andievery part is filled to &»uriu tion. I met Mr. Rosewaterin New York several times 'Jast season, and ap- preciated the efforts he made to induce the company to come to Omaha then, but we were so engaged that we could not make an engagement at that time.” By this time the train had rolled across the bridge, and Miss: Emma Juch came into the parlor with buoyant spirits, bursting into a ravturous exclamation of delight'over the aspect of the Missouri, tipped as it was with the radiance of the brilliant moon. Mi¥s Juch is a beautiful woman, with a wealth of flossy hair and Eossessed of vivacity whicn, with her wonderful voeal powers, will un- daubwdl‘yl conduce to strengthen- inF the favorable impression which she has already made upon our people. The management in deference to this gifted lady ought to abolish the paper mache alleged likeness of her which appear in some of our store win- dows. 'They are libels, making the fa- mous songstress look more_like an idiot than the beautiful and intelligent crea- ture she is, The Union Pacific management al- lowed the train to roll into the middle of the depot on this side, Instead of on the track adjacent to the platform. As a consequence, the visitors were compelled to walk along the dirty tracks until they found an opening in one of the trains which enabled them to reach the car- riages. The principals with their husbands and wives were driven to the Millard, whero thu{ registered in these nunes: Mr. Hock and wife, Mr. Pierson and wife, C. D. y and wife, Miss Fub: C. E. Locke, Miss Juch and mother, Will- iam Ludwig and wife, Miss Van Zanten, I;:mline I'Allemand and William Candi- dus. ‘The following registered at the Paxton: William H. I'essenden and wife, M. W. Whitney and wife, Miss Phillipps, Ar- thur Mees, Gustave Hinrichs, A. L Stod- dard and wife, Hilienthal, O. Schitz, ¥, Volker, R. Schliewen, G. Nic- cohni, G. Muller, H. Bahrs, J. Jaeger, W. H. Lee, W. H. Hamilton. The second train, containing the ballet and chorus, arrived at 12 o'clock. The parties on board remained in the cars. The third train, containing all the bag- gage, arrived here at 1 0'clock this morn- ing. The scenery required for the three operas to be presented here will be put in place this morning. great The Stage and the Scenery. The exposition building has been trans- formed into a mammoth opera house to accommodate the army of artists who take part in this musiecal festival. ‘The stage proper 18 T8x64 feet in dimensions, built of the best material and equipped as completely as in the largest opera houses i the country. Dressing rooms for 300 people have been provided i the rooms in the east end of the building and in the annex, The musicians have been pro- vided with a sepdrate dressing room under the gullery. (A space of sixteen feet between the stage and the orchestra ail will furnish room'for the renowned heodore Thomas firdwhlm» The appli- ances for manipulating the meny changes of scenery have beén’carefully arranged, and the “opera will be presented with every care to the mechanical and scenie effects. To-Night's Pepgramme. The initial performance of the Na- tional Opers company will take place at the exposition building this evening. Wagner's brilliant” dvera, *“The ing Dutchman,” ) will be pre- sented with the full strength = of the company, and’ will be foilowed by the grand ballet bal costume. Especial attention has been paid to the arrange- ment of the scenic effects in the produc- tion of this opera. In one acta huge ship is seen approaching in the distance. It gradually inereases in size and finally lands at the whart with sixty swlors aboard. The duiusien is perfect, the scene being one of the finest ever pre- sented, and alone worth the price of ad- mission, the cast of “The Flying Dutchman,” Charles Bassett, tenor William Ludwig and Alonzo Stoddard baritones; Myron Whitney, basso; Emma Juch, soprano, and Jessie Bartlett Davis and Mathilde Phillips, contraltos, will appear. e grand bacchanal ballet will .pz:en suc g‘rlnclr.al dancers as Marie Ginri and Felicita Carrozi, as- 8 M.l:r s;'r'l:ndldnorwdoly;lm. Tuesday afternoon Leo Delibes' gr: opea, “‘Lakme,” will bé given, with su leading singers in the cast as Pauline L'Alemand, Alonse Stoddard, Charles .-éAfl'B;&fi)‘L‘u, i Ih\.w-,ti.t William H. Lee, Amanda Fabris, Rose Ritchie, Matilde Phillips, Jessio Bartlett, Davis and William Fessenden. In the second act the grand ballet ot the “‘Bayaderes™ will be given, in which will appear such queens of the ballet as Mlle. Carrozi, Mile. Theodora de Gellert, as- sisted by all the rorYuhm'.\ and twenty advanced pupils of the ballet school, the whole to conclude with a grand and sacred dance. Tuesday evening Richard Wagner': grand opera ‘‘Lohengrin.”’ In this spl did opera will appear Myron W. Whit- ney as Heary I, of Gormuny, assisted by William Candies, Bertha Pierson, Wili- iam Ludwig, William Merton and Corne- lia Van Zanten, Omaba has had a great many notable musical events, but none that will com- pare with the feast of song that will be presented during this festival, An awak- ening in the higher class of music 1s in- cated by the interest that is being taken 1n this festival, and the exposition build- ing will doubtless hold the most cultured audiences that have ever assembled in Omaha. That the auliences should be the largest that have ever assemled in Omaha, the promised exceilence of the performances will mora than warrant. pdiui-ebidiviesiy ROBBERY OF THE OFFERINGS, Trinity Cathedral Visited by a Sneak Thief Who Steals $60. While Easter services were in progress at Trinity cathedral yesterday morning, some enterprising crook was calmly ap- propriating the morning offerings. Dean Gardner carried the contribution of the early morning service to his study and locked the door, placing the key where it was customarily hidden, jast above thg door. When he returned the door was still closed and the key was where he had leftit, The offering, however, was gone. ‘The amonunt was about $60, It was not a serious loss to the church, but it was a despicable theft neverthele The thief must have obtained access to the vestry through the church, as all of the outside doors were locked. He escaped before knowledge of the theft, by the door. The offerings of the day amounted to about $500. s HISTORICAL HISTRIONICS. How the ‘‘Queen’s Kavorite” Takes in Important English Events. Boston, M April 5.—[Correspon- dence of the BEe.J—In my last lettor I made some mention of the play called “The Queen’s Fayorite,” which was be- g presented at the Park theatre in this city by Miss Genevieve Ward and her company. The play is so full of historie and literary interests that it will certain- ly warrant & more careful exvosition. To the thorough student of KEnglish history, the period of the reign of Queen Anne is an interesting one. At that time there was a constant and bitter struggle between courtiers and unseru- pulous attendants for the favor of the poor, weak queen, and it is with these - trignes that the play deals. Besides the queen herself, the most important per- sonnges are Sarah Jennings, duchess of Mariborough, and Henry St. John, who afterwards becomes Lord Bolinbroke. As 15 well known the duchess was Queen Anne’s groom of the state or mistress of was, therefore, very intimate Her power over the queen o great that it was a t‘\wskion which was the queen and which the attendant. The duchess not only exercised a rigid authority over matters of dress and the charge " of the royal houschold, but often dictated to her upon affairs of great importance to the state. The influence of the duchess at the court of Anne was not only well understood at home, but it was recognized by the conti- nental powers of Europe. When Charles II1, of g&aln, was on his wedding tour, he went to England to pay his respects to Queen Anne, who received her royal ally with great courtesy and entertained him with royal magnificence. All kinds of march people crowded together to see the youn, Liug dine with the queen in public, an the deportment and appeatance of Charles excited much admiration among the spectators, especially the fair sex, whose national beauty was highly ex- tolled by the comely young monarch. The duchess was there. Though no longer young SHE STILL LOVED to grace the court svhica she controlled. it was her duty after dinner to hold the basin for the royal hands to be dipped after the manner of the ancient lover and ewer, hkewise the modern finger bowl. Charles took the basin from the hands of the fair duchess, and after gal- lantry holding 1t to the queen, and re- turning it to the duchess, he drew a valuable rine from hie finger and placed it on that of the stately Sarah.” The casunl observers called it a notable piece ot gallantry, but the long-headed ones set it down as a cunming bit of “snipery "' Such it was. King Charles put on the bait and the Duchess of Marl- orough bit. ‘T'wo years later, this same duchess, and not Queen Anne, received a letter of thanks from Charles for the as- sistance granted 'num in the way of troops and supplies to help him fight the French. The above is but one of the many his- toric instances going to show to how great an extent the duchess made herself the power behind the thrown. [t is even admitted that the rigid surveilance of the duchess amounted in some instances to rank insolence. When once the queen, attended by the duchess, were driving through London to attend some public T yin St. Paul's, history records that these august persons engaged in a highly tempered quarrel which was_lis- tened to with wonder by the populace which crowded the royal procession, and that in a fit of passion the duchess per- emptorily said to the queen “‘Hold your tongue!’" This disgraceful scene “was caused by the queen having refused to wear a certain drees selected by the duchess for the occasion. But to return to the play. Henry St. John, whom our Enghsh friends are pleased to call “Sint Junn,” “with a marked accent on the *'Sint,” is the avowed rival of the duchess for the fayor of the qu d The dialogue of these two persons with ench other and with the queen makes up the vrincipal part of the play, To say that the whole thing is charming seems insuflicient. To begin with, it 1s a de- lightful change from the farcical coarse- ness of most of our American comedies, Ihe listener feels himself transported into a highly literary realm, where the mind canYeed on intellectual bon-bons of the most delicate flavor, and where & singlo grain of common-placeness would cmbitter the whole repast. Added to the keen wit and skillful construction of the play is the admirabie ucunRur the lead- ing artists, Miss Ward and Mr. Vernon, THE MINUTEST DETAILS of the play have re 1 Miss Ward's careful personal attention, ~She has spent many hours in the British muscum examining old prints, to get the correct mode of dressing the hair, and the proper materials for the prover costumes. Even 80 swall a matter as the black patches on the face had to be historically correct, as the tory ladies w their patehes on the left side of the face and the whigs wore theirs on the right. The old picture gallery at Blenheim palace, which was begun in 1704 by Queen Anne for the duke of Marlborough, plays an important part in_the make-up and porsonnel of = Miss Ward's company. The pictures there have given the correct styles of the dresses worn by the queen and the ladies ot her court. X(iwfl Ward's features, voice, nnd matronly figure are such as to peculiarly fit her for the role of the duchess, while she says that Miss Kellogg was especially chosen to take the part of queen, on account of her ex- traordinary likeness to the pictures of the queen at Blenheim. The most pleasing situation in the play is the incident of the cup of water. Queen Anne was receiving the French minister against the wishes of the duchbss. The queen called for a glass of water, and the duchess, unable to control her temper, dashed the water on the queen's dress. This is a singular historic inci- dent, as it virtually ended the duchess' ower over the queen, and it is said to have brought about the treaty of Utrecht. BOSTON 18 ATHLETIC ‘T'o be sure it is. The ancient Athe- nians took great paing in training their bodies, and why shouldn’t modern Ath- enians do the same? But New York is athletic too, isn’t she? Well, rather. Tl t is that most eastern cities are thus inclined, and the result is that we have a healthy, muscalar, and, physi- cally, well-developed class of people.” A wholesale clothing dealer told me the other day that the men were taller, and, as a rale, better proportioned in the east than in the west. “Wa sell our tall ock at home," he said, “‘and for a beer- drinking city like—say Cincinnati, where the men, like the jokes in ‘Town ‘Topics,’ are as broad as they are long,we have to cut clothes to suit.’” Wo grant that New York 1s ahead of us just now in the way of a mammoth athletic club house and riding club, and all that, but she won't keep the lead long. An athletic club has been formed at the Hub which will beat New York in every respect. Before the end of the ear Boston will have umfrcmust ath- etic institution in the world. The New York club with a membership of 2,000 charges an entrance fee of #50, with an nnal dues of §40. Even at this price it has no tennis courts nor bicycle rooms. The Boston club with an entrance fee of $10 and annual dues of $30, ofters to its members a finely equipped gymnasium, fencing and sparring rooms, temnis and racquet courts, bowliag alleys, with separate al- leys for ladies, and “bicycle stal's to the number of 100. Besides the above, which are considered necessary to the modern gymuasium, there will be reception, smoking, reading and billiard rooms. more extensive than those of any other Boston club. The lavatory arrange- ments will be very complgte and will in- clude, besides regular bath rooms, turk- ish and shower baths, and a large plunge both. The building, to bo cen- trally located on Dartmonth street, will be n commodious and handsome edifico, and the whole affair will add another to the mm\{ public institutions for which Boston is noted. The two important theatrical anunouncements here for next week are the APPEARANCE OF BERNHARDT at the Hollis street, and the production of “*Ruddygore”’ at the Globe. Bernhardt will _appear in_‘‘Fedora,” “Adrienne,” *‘Camille,” “Theodora," and “Frou-Frou.” The production of ‘“Ruddygore’ is looked forward to with considerable 1n- terest by the lovers of comic opera, The charming music of this opera will be new to most of us, although some of the airs are already familiar. ‘The first produc- tion of “Ruddygore” in New England was given in Waltham last week by loeal talent, and some of the music was fiven at the same time by the Harvard D. K. E. theatricals in Cambridgeport. “Ruddygore” will havea long run in Boston. But one of the best treats our music loving veople have had lately has been the playing of the brilliant young pianist, Fraulem Aus der Ohe. Mr. Gericke, of the Boston Symphony orchestra found out the abilities of this delightful lady in Now York only a few woeks ago. Ho was delighted with her and immediately engaged her for one of the Symphony concerts in Cambridge. Her playing is exquisite and remarkably free from ihe imperfections common to so many players. And now the city of Omaha is to be honored by a_visit from that wonderful combination of musical talent, the Na- tional Opera company. It seems almost a waste of words to endeavor to describe the magniticent performances of this company. Such an effort too is unnec- essary, because 1 know there are enough peopie in and about Omaha who appre- ciate an artistic operatic production, to ve the company a rousing reception on e eleventh and twelfth of this month. 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