Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1894, Page 20

OPENING OF THE BALL SEASON Bhort Btorics About the Game and Play- LITTLE NICKS WONDERFUL EXPLOIT clation Meeting Tomorrow on Snle—Billy Moran to Omaha—Mis as Ball New ‘Western As Nembon Books Comes Back cellan Tim Murnane’s recent magazine article WRescribing five of the greatest plays he ever saw on & ball fleld recalls some of the phe- nomenal plays made in 8t. Louls during the past decade. They are as numberless as the sands, says the Globe-Democrat, but Hugh Nicol, now manager of the Des Moines Western assoclation club, enjoys the dix tinetion of having accomplished a feat at old Sportsman’s park that has never been duplicated on the green dfamond. In 1883, while playing right fleld for the peerless old Browns, he threw out the side on ground hits into his territory. Each was a very diffcult play, made all the more wo as the batsmen, Birchall, Stovey and Purcell, were speedy base runners. Nicol performed an other remarkable plece of flelding at Louls- ville the same year by throwing oul Pete Browning three times In one game on ground hits fnto right fleld. The Gladiator was so enraged over it that he walked way out fnto right fleld and abused Nick with the Billingsgdte of a Chicago fish mougoer BACK OF THE PAN. There is Where the League U ires Wil Stay. Harry Wright 18 hard at work upon the jaying rules and in eonstant communica- ion with President Young. It is the vet- eran's desire, writes Frank Hough, to have @ diatinct understanding upon the inter- pretation of the playini rules, and with that object in view he proposes to go over the mooted points and be in a position to yender decisions which will admit appeal to n higher court. Mr. Wright has wiso come to the conclusion that it will be more satlsfactory if the umpires render all thelr decigions from back of the plate, a will fssue instructions accordingly. Here- tofors, when the umplire took up his posi- tion behind the pitcher, after a runncr had reached first, considerable fault ha been found with his judgment on balls and strikes, and not infrequently he hus been advl: the spectators to t behind the bat. The only distinct advantage to the umpire in standing back of the pitcher decisions _on first and nd reason of his clo: to those bases he Is in better | render accurate judgment. On the other hand, when standing behind the pitcher he 18 a =our of annoyance not only to the batsman and pitcher, but to the short slop and third bazeman, who may have to throw to first, to the second man who may have to throw home, or to the calcher, who may want to throw to second buse, Distributio ay Plumns. The Western league moguls finally fixed up their schedule and these were the holl- day plums distributed: Memorial Day--Milwaukee at Ind olis, Detroit at Kansas City, Toledo at City, Grand Rapids at Minneapolis Fourth of July—Milwaukee at G 1as, Sloux City at Detroit, Kau: Toledo, Minneapolis at Indianapolis. Labor Day—Detroit at Kansas City. In- dianapolis at Sioux City, Grand Rapids at Minneapolis, Milwaukee at Toledo. Milwaukee gets seventeen Sunday games, but this, it is believed, will be to the mutual advantage of the members of the league, as Sunday ball is a success (here. The best of feeling prevailed throughout ihe meeting. The magnates were ban- queted at the Plankinton hotel. The season opens April 25 with Mil- waukeo at Kansas City, Detroit at Toledo, jrand Raplds at Indianapolis, and Minne- apolls at Sioux C Baso Ball Guides Both the Reach and Spalding base ball guide for 1894 have found their way (o the mporting editor’s table. They are, as usual, interesting and valuable little volumes, con- taining readable histories of the game and all the data and statistics calculaied to mako a fan's life a happy one. A Column for tho Cranks. Lefty Marr joined the Siloux Citys at Knoxville. Ed Steln was the first of the Brooklyns to report for duty. Charley Reilly is to be a fixture at third base for the Phillies. . Billy Klusman and Billy Niles have ar- rived at Kansas City. Tim O'Rourke and Larry Twitchell have reported at Louisville. Dad Clarke has shown up well for New York in his practice work. Con Strothers has been installed as the mianager of the new team at Jacksonville, m. Gus Alberts, the old third b now superintendent of the Milw; park. Phil Knell, who s going to 1 chance to breathe league air, at Pittsburg. Wil Armour, who was 8o badly injured while coasting at Homestead, is able to be out once more. Umpire Sheridan will be found in the Western league this season, as well as Mes Donald of the coast. Billy Earle and Phil Ehret have finished their boiling out at Hot Springs and have reported at Pittsburg. Manager Cushman has wankees o report to him at hotel there on April 5. “Ki” Baldwin, Martin McQuaid and Charles M. Hamburg are the best kiown players in the Harrisburg team. Jos Ellick, the veteran player and um- pire, who is now located in Kausas City has been in Cincinnatl attending his father's funeral. Little Jimmie Cooney, once with the Omahas, has signed with Providence. ‘Tom Lovett. has also been claimed by these Clam Digsers. Graclous! Charley Snyder—so runs—has evinced a desire to ko « and 1s confident that he will “pla ball of his carcer!” The three sheet posters at Pittsburg very much circus. They show Jake wel at bat—large as life and in the and numerous other colors of conditi Jack Sneed, the old Omaha ball pla bas been collared at Ohleago. He is now eharged with the theft of a lot of mileage books from the Pennsylvania railway office at Columbus. Jike Wells' Mobile agregation walked all qver the New Orleans team in their first exhibition brush. Fred Roat made a wild throw and the’ Pelicans went to pleces, being defeated 8 to 3. President Dave Rowe has callud a ing of the directors of the Western dladen for Rock Islaud tomorrow. Joe Nelly has made peace with Ned Han Ton and »igned. Jouett Meakin's ‘“pa’ mayor at New Albany, Ind., and Captain Ward has granted him permission to re main at home for a few days to electioneer for the old man. The Western assoclation fleld for “martyrs of the kar Cline, George W. Lucas and are among the appointees on President Dave Rowe. Abuer Powell, the “Shenandoah Farmer,” #3 not golng to manage Macon. He been wintoring at New Iberia, La., and is now practicing with the Pelicans. Abner ts a place as a fielder Tin Hurst is bound to be In shap umpire the game of his life. Encased in heavy sweaters ho thinks nothing of reeling lle after mile at a dog trot at the Uni y grounds.—Philadelphia Press. Presldent Young has completed the staff of umpires and announces his appoiniies as follows: Tim Hurst, Robert E. Emslie Tom Lynch, John McQuaid, Ned Swartwood, James J. O'Rourke and C. W. Stage Billy Moran, who was with Omala’s fu mous 1889 team, has been signed by Mana &er Rourke for the present scason, and Wwill undoubtedly prove Omaha's main back stop. Patay Bollvar Tebeau is Cleveland kickers. eman, s kee ball ve one more has arrived the Mil- Dennison ordered the the st L a the is running for opens a new 1y Haskell staft of Jack the o red hot at the He went through one war for freedom and got his stomach so full of experience that he is the staunchest sort of admirer of league rules these days “King Kel" is to manage Alientown. He hos signed a contract with Al Johnson and takes hold at once. Kel wants Mark Bald win to play with him, and he believes that they will pull down the Pennsylvania leagu bunting Walter Wilmot has trailed into cago eamp, leaving Jimmy Ryan ono outside of the breastworks. Jeems I8 stll quaffing the joys of the cup of the honeymoon and is too busy to think of base ball just now. Syracuse has put in a claim for Curt Welch. The Salt City will have a great aggregation of “eclipsed stars” who hay stubbed their toes in traveling over the rough road of experience, They are likely to do better now. The Cleveland muss over salary augur well for the Spiders this year. Bur- Kett 1s pouting because he doesn’t get as much money as “Buek” Ewing. They are not in the samo class, either, as drawing cards or players, says Mulford Sccretary Walter Q. Oresham has one re- deeming trait. He s a base ball crank. 8o I8 Attorney General Olney. These offi- clals, with Senators Hill and Gorman, have been accorded the courtesy of entree to all the league grounds thls year. “Old Hoss" Radbourne has asked Arthur Irwin for a chance. If the Hero of the Last Illinols had sworn off on hitting the eanteen while here he would have proved A great treasure. Ilis anxiety to break into the league once more may lead to his doing good work if the chanco he feraves Is granted him Colonel Jeems A. Hart was coughing a few days ago that May was too bleak a month in which to expose his tender colts to the breeze from Lake Michigan. De- spite that blast he has concluded to buy Uncle Anson's ear muffs and a sealskin suit and send him out to do battle with Grand Rapids, Minneapolis and Detroft the second week in April Willle Mains and the entire Minneapolis team will report here tomorrow for practice Tho Little Casino base ball «chedule of the Natlonal league, published by Emil Gross- man & Co. of Cleveland, is out and in mo acceptable shape than ever before. This is the tenth annual issue of the Little Casino, acknowledged almost universally to be the best thing of the kind ever published in the country. 0. P. Caylor takes a fall out Kicking Duke of Marlboro” so Farrell a grievanco. The New York elub offcrs him only $400 a month. Grind- ing poverty, just think of It! And yet the wopld expects a ball player to eat meat and wear whito shirts! Truly times are hard-—very hard—harder than hard-boiled eggs, when a ball player has to drag through the hot summer on a beggarly $16.66 a day, including Sunda Colonel Von der Beek of Detroit fs wail- ing that he was sandbagged at the Western league mceting. He seems to be the only “mag” there who does not claim to have reccived “the best of it Everybody Is happy except this gentle plant from "Frisco. Van says: I shall appeal to Nick Young. I'll see whother these other players are golug to grab my plawers at will.” Presi- dent Ban B. Johnson has gone to Washing- ton and he may assist you. Uncle Nick is pouring kerosene ol on troubled Detroit waters, the Chi- the only does_not of “The “‘Cateher Y. M. C. A, Base Ball Notes. Work has commenced upon the grounds, grading, leveling, fixing fences, grand stand, ete. Everything will be put in shape early in April. Since last week arrangements have been completed for games with the State Unl- versity of lowa and Grinnell college. This makes three callege games, including the University of Nebraska. Minuesota will probably come in June. Robinson has_decided to try for the box this summer. If he ever gets control of that speedy ball of his he will prove as bewildering as a full grown catacomb. Connor is getting his flipper into sh down in the city of Mead. The team will open the season with com- plete new uniforms, the very best that can be secured. It is proposed to refit the team 0 that it wil be practically complete be- fore any of the important games of the spring are played, and it would be well for the new men who are candidates to bear this in mind. The track is not yet finished, some filling has been done upon ft, but until the clay filling has fully settled the surface cannot be leveled. ~ As soon as possible expert lovelers will be put to work upon it, and when their services are completed the sur- faco will be perfectly true, instead of dished, as it was last year. The Kansas City Reds, amateur champlonship of Kansas, have written for a game sometime in May. A proposition has been made to them, and in all probability a game will be arranged. Manager James Manning of Kansas City has promised to arrange some exhibition gumes duriug the season, whenever he hap- pens to have some convenient open dates. 4 CURIOUS C RIME, OMAHA, March 30.—To the Editor of The Beo: Now and then we are informed by cable from Germany that an edltor has been punished tifere for “crimen lacsae majestatis” (crime of injured majesty). He had used some words or made utterances termed dis- respectful, disloyal, dangerous to the ex- istence of the monarchical form of gov- ernment or the high estcem of the ruler. Thero might be observed universal derision after the publication of such news Items, because it seems to show that the so-called cquality before the law is a snare and de- lusion, “‘those in power’ possessing all the might’ and right. ~ But it must be kept in mind that the ruler himself is not directly concerned in these procecdings. The pub- lic prosecutor brings the charge or informa- tion, the defendant is accorded a fair trial, and in this respect no fanlt could be found. Have we any reason to sueer at such news? We hear jugges speak of the dig- nity of the bench being attacked by some of their own ecritles; they rage and foam from the mouth and drag the culprit before their own court to fine him for contempt. If that is not constituting the ‘crimen lacsae majestatis,” the crime of the injured majesty, we must be mistaken or misunder- stand that legal term. But such a judge even surpasses the monarchical ruler of Ger- many or Prussia, He pretends to be prose- cuting witness and judge at the same tin nd in the same person. This is an abuse official power, contrary to equity, justice and law. The dignity of the bench must and shall be preserved, as ho states—even at the hazard of undermining or destroying the same. Of late such instances of Judicial arrogance are numerous, since (he legisla- ture enacted stringent libel laws, nearly abridging the freedom of the press. Verily, there seems hardly any cause f derision for it judges In this republic imitate the worst features of the monarchical form of government, assume the right (o fine or punish, when their personal vanity must be satisfied, we have no reason to laugh about the curious crime of Injured majesty in Ger- man C. L M e DeWitt's Littlo Early Riser: o pills, bost pills. pe who claim the Small pills, PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. Mamma—\Why, Howard, why do you eat those cakes so greedily? You have plenty of them. Little Howard—I kunow it. That's why I'm afrald my appetite will gone before the cakes are. “Mister,” sald the small boy to the gro “mother told me to ask you il they's any such thing as a sugar trust.” “Why, of urse there is." *“W-well, mother wants to get trusted for two pounds.'* Fond Mother—Waell Georgie, what did you aru mew at school today? Georgle (de antly)—1 learned that overgrown bully of a Stiggles boy that he isn't half » big @ prize fighter as he has always the ht he was. Tommy be Paw, Is worms worth more than sparrow Mr. Figg—] guess not. Why? Tommy-—Then what made the Sunday schiool achoer tell us that a man was worth more than 100 sparrows, and the preacher tells us that we was nothing but worms Freddy—Why won't you fight me if you ain't afraid to? Willy (moving off)—I ain't afrald, only 1 am't going to have all the boys in the block saym' I fought a feller just because I knew I could lick him. o A dozon raw with a bottle tra Dry Imperlal Champagne theater thought. )t Cook's Ex- is an after THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 1, —— 1804~TWENTY .y—— BREAING THE BOORMEN Deaperate Means Employed to Foros Racing Plugs to the Front. ELECTRIC SADDLES AND FIERY SPURS O1d Horses Made Young Again and Races Won Against Heavy Odds by the Use of a Battery—A Profitable Device. For the past three years there has been a widespread belief among turfmen that a new device for Increasing the speed of race horses had been invented and was in operation, and that a select group of bold track gamblers were dividing among them- selves the enormous profits resulting from its nse. There were s0 many races won by hopeless outsiders, who had been beaten again and again, and these outsiders were in every Instance so persistently backed, not only in New York, but in pool rooms all over the country, that the rogulars began to suspect a conspiracy. The full extent of this turf conspiracy has just been laid before its readers by the New York World, together wjth an accu- rate description of the appliances which were used. It Is a remarkable story, and an be read with great profit by those in- tuated persons who believe that they can t the ' THE FIRST DISCOVERY. The first intimation that racing men had of the new plan to defraud the public and the bookmakers was on March 26, 1802, at Guttenburg, when a jockey named Cook was discovered with a complete electrical | apparatus concealed on his person. Cook rode an old mare named Gyda in tho third race on that day. The favorite was Zenobia, and the other starters were Logan, Stratagem and Pan Handle. Gyda, who was at long odds in the ring, was so heavily backed that particular attention was directed to her. It was reported about the track that Gyda, who had won at Gloucester several days before, had been ridden by a jockey who had an electric bat- tery fn his boots, and that the same plan was to be carried out again. Gyda, a solemn, stiff-jointed old mare, displayed unusual speed in the early part of the race, but collapsed at the end and fin- ished last. When Cook went to the scales after the race it was discovered that he weighed four pounds more than before the race. Judge Burke and Superintendent Carr began to question the boy sharply and after a few moments he broke down and con- fossod that the battery had been given to i, He was taken into the secretary's office, and when his clothes were removed a cleverly devised electrical apparatus was discovéred in a belt strapped around his waist. Wires extending down his legs were connccted with his spurs, so that with very little exertion the jockey could give his mount a succession of fiery electrical shocks. In Gyda's case, Cook said that the wires became disarranged before the race was half over, and the mare, which had been urged on o extraordinary effort by the electrical prodding she received, at once relapsed lnto her usual sleepy condltion. Cook told all this readily enough, but when it came to giving the names of the men who had manipulated the job he was mute. Nelther threats nor promises could shake him, and the track managers had to content themselves with making a rule punishing any one, Jockey or owner, caught using electrical machines on horses. The affair attracted wide attention among horsemen at the time, but the. sonsation finally died out and was forgotten. There were vague rumors of “the battery” being applied to oth r Lorses, but no evidence was produced and no names were men- tioned. THE MACHINE AND ITS INVENTOR. It now appears that the Gyda race was only an incident in a carefully arranged campaign, and that for years before, and almost continuously up to the closing of the New Jersey tracks last December, elec- trical belts, boots, whips and saddles were in constant use, and that the men who planned this campaign made many thou- sands of dollars. Tho inventor of this astonishing elec- trical machinery is James P. O'Brien, a resident of New York city. During the three years in which they have been in use he has made electrical saddles, belts, ete, which have been used not only at Clifton, Guttenburg and Gloucester, but also at Monmouth Park, Sheepshead Bay and Morris Park, and at most of the tracks in the west. They have been used, of course, without the knowledge of racing officials. ~ So cleverly and quietly have the gang of gamblers who have managed the scheme attended to their business that the bookmakers, the general public, and, in some cases, the owners of the horses themselves, have been as completely fooled as the race track managers. ~Even the in- ventor, Mr. O'Brien, was not told what particular horse would be given ‘“‘the bat- until after the race had been run, when the conspirators would give him a share of tho profits. As every one who is at all familiar with racing knows, there are any number of old horses who possess great speed, but utterly refuse to race. They are what horsemen call ‘“cunning.” They have been ham- mered and battered around until they have grown heartily sick of the whole business. They see that there is nothing in it for them if they strain and struggle and exert themselves to the utmost. They recelve no more food and no better treatment. So they quietly but firmly decline to do more than make a decent pretense of racing, leaving the victorics to the foolish young horses still full of ambition. CARRIED TO WESTERN TRACKS. The immediate effect shock electricity on these wily old animals almost " invariably to make them for the moment shuke oft their lethargy and dart away at breakneck spe When they showed signs of stopping, they were given another shock, and then another and another, untl the Jjudges were finally passed and the amazed betters and book- makers rubbed their eyes when they saw tho despised outsider defeat the favorite in a gallop. Of course, a horse without speed could not win by the simple force of electricity, and in several instances the gambling ring lost money by using the wrong kind of horse; but, as a rule, thelr caleulations wore correct, and In twenty-four races at Guttenburg, extending over a perlod of three weeks, where electricity was used, only four of the gang's horses lost The electrical device was the gang in the fall of 1891, There was some experimenting at first, with more or less success, until the electrical saddle was invented. This was used successtully, not once belng suspected during the racing seasons of 1892 und 1893 on all the big tracks. Last year It was sent west and races on all the tracks in the western circult were won by its use. Including the races won at Gloucester and Guttenburg and those at the big tracks, where tho precautlons taken to prevent any crooked work are so much greater, the number of horses winning with electrical appliance exceed half a hundred in this nelghborhood. At Louisville, New Orleans and San cisco the saddle was used with equal suc and, except on the outlawed tracks ew Jersey, its use was never suspected. Even there suspleion would not have been aros ( had not certaln persons Influential In the managemuent of the tracks, who were laken into the secret, becou 80 confident as Lo take too many persons into thelr confi dence. The application of the electrie: current to spur race horses to greater feats first took the form of a simple compound dry bat tery, hidden away on the person of (ko Jockey riding the horse that the gang played to win The battery, encased In a thin covering of wood, the whole being not much more than an lach in thickness, was fas toned around the wuist, underneath the clothing, by a canvas belt, which buckled on one skle. ANl the devices, however, finally gave way Lo the electric saddle, which is by far the most Ingentous and admirable of sl this kind of inventlons. There is nothing In sight that can possibly lead to the dis- of a violent of was first used by *ran- covery of the real atate of affairs. Tt In exceedingly simple, and therein lies its chief virtue, Unexposed Insulated wires in the saddle are attached to the buckles through which the stirrup straps pass. Sawed on the side of the stirrup straps are bright tinsel wires, Whichk'to the casual ob- server appear to have been placed there fc ornament A Stift wire sewed | would be apt to betray least awaken suspicion by bstituting tinsel, which serves as a conduetor fully as well. This saddle batter: Is extremely powerful, and is arranged 8o @ to provide four connections, two from the bat y direct and two from the coil When the jockey is ¥eady to apply th rent he rests his hangd on. the pommel and, turning one finger underneath the saddle, pulls on a small copper hook, which moves forward one-half inch. Simply pressing this hook back serves to break the current. THE FIRST [BXPERIMENT. O'Brien’s story of TI¥ firat electric battery applied to a horse fof speed fs quite enter- taining. “It was in 1885, he said, “‘when I was spending the spmmer at Patchogue, L. I, with a friend, '‘Who has a farm there. L the fdea first ‘Bcecurred to me. My friend had a horse Which he placed at my disposal, as I am fonl' of riding. He was a well bred, handsome #nimal, with a glossy dappled coat, but wad over 15 years of age. While I did not care particularly for fast rid- fng, it was annoying to have other riders pass me, while no amount of spurring or whipplug would induce the old horse to get out of his steady jog. He was bound to have Iits own w heedless of whatever [ might do. Usually 1 came home at night completely exhausted by the work of plying whip and spur. “I had dabbl le the stirrup straps its purpose, or at The risk Is avolded cur- d more or less In electricity, but was not much of an electrician, and it oceurred to me that perhaps in electricity I might find something that would awaken the horse or at least be a material ald in hurrying his steps. “I rigged up a battery in a case which had formerly leld a pair of fiold glasses. This I wore suspended by a sirap at my walst. The battery was connected with my spurs by a slender insulated wire, which ran through my jacket and down along the inner seam of my trousers to the boot, through which a metal connection was made with the spurs “It was rather a crude arrangement, and the battery was bulky, but it served Its purpose. The keys which connected the poles of the battery were on the outside of the case, and whenever I desired to admin- ister a shock to the horse I pressed the keys together. “When the spurs were put to the horse's sides simultaneously’ he received a shock about as strong as oné gets from one of the penny-in-the-slot machines that are to be found fn many public places about town. “I remember well the first time I tried it on my old nag. You never saw a more surprised horse n your life, He let out his hind feet at once, and away he went. The good people of Patchogue,” who for years had known the staid qualities of the animal, did not know what to make of him. He ran over a mile without decreasing his gait, and then I was forced to pull him up for fear he would run himself to death. “I carried my secret away with me, and was amused a few weeks later to receive a letter from my friend saying that e had sold the horse to the son of a wealthy New Yorker, who had spent the summer at Patchogue, for $400.” SOy THE THEATERS. Nothing could speak more eloquently for the strength of the Whitney Opera com- pany than the fact that in the near past nearly every member of the cast of “The Fencing Master” was a comic opera star and at the head of a recognized company. Miss Lilly Post, the second soprano of the or- ganization, will be remembered as the prima donna of the McCaull Opera company and created many of the leading soprano roles of the operas produced by the colonel In such a manuer as to demand praise and prosper- ity. Mr. Julius Steger has had a varied career. He first began theatrical life as a member of a dramatic stock company and it was not until after he liad proved his ability to earn a livelihood i the dramatic stage that he decided to utilize his exceptionally fine baritone voice and appear in opera. He created the leading male part in “The Al- gerian” at the Gardeh theater in New York, at the commencement of the present season and assumed the role of Fortune, the ban- ished duke in ““The Fencing Master” at the Grand Opera house, -New York, the Ist of Junuary last. Mr. Gerald Gerome, the lead- in tenor of the company, is a tall, hand- some young man with:a volce of great range and purity. He is a native of Chicago and finished his musical education in France and Italy, appeared with the Carl Rosa Grand Opera company and was especially ongaged to return to his native land and eing in the role of Count Guido. = Mlle. Thea Dorri, the prima contralto, was until recently a mem- ber of the Royal ItaMan Opera company of Milan. Miss Julia Spencer is an Australian prima donna, who at’the head of her own opera company made several successful tours in the antipodes. Mr. Rich- ard F. Carroll was the comedian of the Duft Opera company when that organization was in its prime, and succeeded Francls Wilson at the New York Casino. Mr. H. W. Tre Denick as the comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera company created the comedy roles of the majority of the Gil- bert & Sullivan operas. Mr. A. M. Hol- brook, the basso, was until recently stage director and principal basso of the New York Casino. Miss Marion Langdon was for a number of years one of the principal members of the Carlton Opera company. Mr. Ole Norman, the temor, Mr. Walter West, basso, Arthur Licblee, baritone, were members of the Swadish Opera company, and other equally well known organizations. So it may be seen that when the characters of “The Fencing Master” are entrusted to such capable people, a very meritorious performance may naturally be expected. These people arc led by the beautiful little English prima donna, Marie Tempest, who has a repatation on both sides of the At- lantic as one of the greatest living comic opera stars, This evening Miss Tempest will make her first appearance before an Omaha audience. The engagement of the Whitney Opera company at the Boyd is for tonight and tomorrow night only. with which DeWolf Hopper appears in this city on next Tues- day and Wednesday evenings at Boyd's new theater, there fs, it 1s said, more music than has been the case with his past suc- cess, J. Cheever Goodwin, the clever librettist, wrote the book, while Woolson Morse, & young and rising composer, contributed the music, and Ike all prominent comic opera successes of the past decade, It is written and composed in an Orlental atmospher, It 15 a good thing wiways to put the scenario of a comic opera in an obscure corner of this vast world, with which the general theater goer' is unfamliliar, as it always allows such an enjoyable amount of latitude for the free reign of fancy and anticipation Subaya, a suburb of Manilla, the princi- pal seaport of Luson, one of the Philippine islands, also the distant island of Borneo, are far enough away to escape the knowing censure of any ong likely to see the sprightly and melodious opera in this coun- try. The story of “Panjandrum” begins in the picturesque village of Subaya, where a bull fight Is about to take place, and ends in the eity of Kutehing, which is situated near a vast jungle on the coast of the island of Borneo, ‘hoth being quite unknown to ordinary amusement goers. There are bull fighters and sailors, Span- ished grandees and their high-combed ladies, grand visers and prime Misters of Iorneo, with their native wiyps and which surcly make a pleturesque and varied group to move about to the ¢pmposer's mu Orlental skies. There is a great Sun Feast ta the kingdom of Panjandrum, during which time some of the funniest seenes In th opera take place. It s a pity to tell the amusing story in print, because it is quite complicated, and would' straiu one's brain on paper—to keep Pedro and his coquettish sweetheart, Paquita, Diego, Donna Inez Luiz, Donna Maria and Don Rosollo separ ated during their travgls, or in thelr wany adventures and experfpnces. The clever ruse by which the venturesome sailor, Pedro, disguised as a fakir, assumes the robes of royalty in the palace of the de- funet king, Panjandrup, is said to be one of the funniest bits in the opera, which by the way enjoyed a long and brilllant run of 156 nights at the Broadway theater, New In “Panjandrum,” York cfty, and which comes to this city with all the favorites in the cast, including the charming little actress and singer, Della Fox, as well as Grace Golden, Nellls Doug- Ias, Louise Hilllard, Holen Bereaford, Sam- uel Reed, Bdmund Stanley, Alfred Klein, Harry P. Stone, Lonis Shrader, Willam Jones and others no less prominent and pop- ular on the comfo opera stage. A speclal feature of the engagement will be tho appearance at every performance of Miss 1da Fuller, of Parisian fame and the sister and pupil of “La Lole" Fuller, and sald to be her superior, in the rendition of intricate butterfly and serpentine dances, a serles of which will b given with d zling rainbow and novel electrical effects, “Panjandrum’ will be sumptuously staged and mounted, as all of the entire original scenery, brililant costumes and numerous mechanical effects will bo employed. Mr Hopper and his entire organization will ar- rive in this city in a specfal train composed of six cars on Tuesday morning. The sale of seats will open Monday morning A new play and an old one with a well known and exceedingly artistic actor in each is promised at Boyd's theater the latter half of this week. The new play is “Hrother John,” and will be given Thursday, Friday and Saturday matinee; the old one is “The Senator,” which will be presented Saturday night, and the star of both is Willlam I Crane, tne comedian The first named play, “Brother John,” wos originally presented about a year ago, and since then has had more than a fair measure of success. It has had a run in New York, been_seen for six weeks in Chicago during the World's falr season, and has been given for a fortnight in both Philadelphia and Bos. ton. Its strength fs sald to lie in the strong story of the heart ft unfolds and the Interest which it arouses. Its llnes are sald to be smart and Its characters enter- taining. The plot hinges on the desire of the fomale members of the family of a Con- necticut hat manufacturer to go into so. ciety. They go to a fashionabie watering place, spend money extravagantly and sur- round themselves with people whom they believe will gain them admittance into so- clety. Unfortunately for them, these peo- plo are all sharpers, and In the end they are all glad to go back home with their brother, baving learned the lexson that it is the seat of all true happiness. As the old hatter, Mr. Crane is said to do the most artistic work of his career, In “The Senator” the comedian will as- sume his old character of the western poli- tician, Hannibal Rivers, The play has had enormous success, and pletures social, polit- ical and diplomatic lifs in Washington. Its story Is founded on facts and it has caused thousands of people to become enthusiastic during its recital. Both plays will be given by Mr. Crane's stock company. “$11.75—Keep the Quarter.” This sen- tence, which was heard a number of times during the action of “The Nabobs’ perform- ance when this jolly skit was last seen here, as it was presented by Henshaw and Ten Broeck and their clever company, will again be heard when this organization will play their return engagement at the Fifteenth Street theater Thursday, Friday and Satur- day of this week. Mr. Henshaw will upon this occasion again have the pleasure of pay- ing his little bill of $11.75 some five or six times and the persons in the play who will recefve the $10 and $2 bills which he pre- sents for the liquidation of his wine supper at the Liederkranz ball will again invariably be requested to “Keep the quarter.”” This, of course, is all done while Mr. Henshaw is impersonating the chajacter of Iowell I Dodge, the Mosquitoville, N. J., banker. Miss Ten Broeck will again be seen in her old role of Zenobia Dodge, Howell's wite, and the other characters of the plece will be portrayed by the same cast as was seen here upon its last engagement. While the same plece will be played as far as the dramatlc action is concerned, the musical portion of the program and the specialties will be al- most entirely different from those seen when the company last appeared here. This will give an opportunity to the persons who wit- nessed the last performance of seeing a much different show from that presented last time. As the company left an excellent fmpression upon its last visit, it almost goes without saying that its roturn engagement will even be a much larger one financially than the previous one. By speclal request Mr. Henshaw will at each performance of this engagement sing “The Bridge,” “Molly, I and the Baby" and “Half-Past Nine. Real horses, real patrol wagon and real policemen are a fow of the —inducements offered in A. Y. Pearson’s “Police Patrol, which comes to the Fifteenth Street theater for four nights commencing next Sunday matinee. This will be refreshing to the weary public and will no doubt be appre- clated. A satlety of alleged realism has quite prepared theater goers for something that is really real, and it is scarcely neces- sary to dwell upon the fact that there is nothing make-believe about “The Police Pa- trol.”" Those who have not read of or seen tuls excellent production have doubtless been apprised of its merits by their friends, for it has toured the contluent season after sea- son wilh unvarying success, and promises to retain its popularity for many years to come. “A comic album of home lifo” is a term applied o the latost comedy success, “Zeb," which 8 to be presented at the Fifteenth Street theater for four nights and Wednes- day matinee, commencing with matinee today. “Zeb” is a hilarious comedy with a pleas- ing dramatic story, told in a funny, home- like manner. Most of the scenes are lald within a few miles of Muncie. Ind., and the charaeters introduced n this laughmaker are sald to be true to life, in dress, habits and action, and are, it Is claimed, copled after certain individuals well known. The pleco is replete with singing, dancing, and nothing but the best, and high-classed spe- clalities are given. The company carry an cellent quartet and an abundance of spe- clal scenle and mechanical effects, and it s claimed that not one old or worn out ef- fect Is introduced, every effect presented being new and original with this company. Ise Face,” a farce comedy by M. Breckenridge of Omaha, will be ction at the Fifteenth Strect thea- ay evening, April 14, A T Charle: the attr ter Saturd The program for the Omaha Elk minstrel entertainment in Boyd's theater Tuesday, May 1, I rapldly taking form, and it prom- ises to be the most notable local perform- nce that has ever occurred in this city Forty gentlemen, all well known In Omaha, will be seen_on the stage in the magnificent first part. The Temple and Bedoin quartets will furnish the solo, quartet and band se- lections, assisted by a sextet in the wings. Captain Kinzte, U. 8. A., will have a solo in the first part. In the second part there olog by Jules Lumbard and Joe F. , and a choice program of special- of noticeable merit. The date when the ice of b is to be scld by auction has not yet been fixed Questions and Answers. FORT OMAHA, Neb., March 0 The Fditor of The Fee: Mo settle a dispute please answer the following questions: (1) A cannon situated on a train moving for- ward at the rate of sixty miles an hour is fired in the opposite direction. The velocity of the cannon ball 15 gixty milcs an hour. ~How far apart is the ball and the train at the end of an hour? (2) A hunter {rees a squiirel and in trying 1o get a shot at the squirrel (he squirrel keeps the tree between ftself and the hunter. In going around the tree does the hunfer go around the squirrel? (3) Two teams are plowing a forty-acre fleld. The second team 5 the irst at a distance of forty feet, that belng considered a sutlicient distance to allow the first team to turn at the ed ner before being overtaken by the seco team. Which of the two have plowed t most land, supposing them to have started At the same time, malntain the san te of speed und Klop ut the wime tme? What would be the difference ft, instead of fol lowing cach other they would start and stop on opposite sides of the fisld?—Alvin. Ans.—(1) Theoretically the ball would never go beyond the mouth of the cannon (2) No: both describe lines in motion, the outer line at time completely circum seribing th line. (3) Neither; long as they start and stop al the same time and plow at the same rate of speed they must under all eircumstances plow the i ount of ground. GRAFTON, Neb,, March To the tor of The Hee: It is stated in Sunday's Bee that Easter day fills on Lady day this year for the first time since 1742; how about 1883 7—Subscriber Ans.—We stand corrected A large number of requests are {nto this department foF answers to priz questions launched hy a certaln eastern YT which, in_ justice to all con cerned, ure obliged to refrain from an swering, Qur_correspondents will theres tore look elSewhere for the Information. dj- coming we ’“nn door #t cocurred to her that rreo i “:;:‘:\" .:« f& LAGECURTAINS Are in our spring opening sale. s - Not a pair, but every pair we have go in at lower prices than We have too many fine laces and laces have ever been sold. propose to reduce the stock of Irish Points, Tambour, Brussels and Russian laces by making prices unheard of in this coun- try. Odd curtains and odd pairs at 50 per cent of value. Some odd chenilles up to 72 inch wide for couch covers. China silks for fancy work at 50c yard. 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