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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1900. Pope Pleased s which relations of b Hlippines. - The 2 1} P with he sovernment gives proof of good t for the liberty and rights he President of the republic Rampolla (the Papal Secretary:of State) ~dinal declared - such tements - were ¥ | w to be true, and that 1 was at liberty | ¥ Furihermore, Card Rampolia astons petitlons had been sent & name of betwes fo such pe ks PELE 4444 4444444494045 40004404400040 Pr444442444000 04040002 GALV:STON FACES GREVE CONDITIONS PP P S No Money to Rebuild and to Provide + helter for the Home!ess othing buy And in th loss of § 1pon to face a bllitation and to provide »f more than S0 homeless lahorers employed 1t sed fciently pro- This will they need to their prop- mittee tv ag- - of the Funds. cker School will g of the Galves- of Oct 2, yhe De- e ten cents be serv vesterday 10 00 S 0m from concert will Total Previously acknowledged.... Total to date TRYING TO ADJUST THE ARMOR PLATE CONTROVERSY Representatives of Various Concerns | ‘Will Confer With Secretary of the Navy Long. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11t is expected that representatives of the various armor producing concerns will be-here to-mor- | row to confer with Secretary Long con cerning the armor required for the war- | ships now in course of construction. This | armor amounts to about 36,000 tons for eight battleships, six armored cruisers | and three pr ed cruisers, and consti- tutes the largest amount of the kind ever réecommended by the Government. When the first bids were opened it was found that the Carnegie and Bethlehem com- panies had divided the amount of armor. each bidding the same price, $i45 for class A armor and 34 added for royalty. The | Midvale Steel Company’s bid was $438 per | ton. without charge for rovalty, but with the condition that considerable time be given before deliveries begin. All the bidz | were rejected and new bids were called for, to be opened to-morrow noon. In the meantime the Midvale Company pro- tested that as the lowest bidder it shouid receive the contract. Efforts are now under way to adjust the matter so that the chief aim, that of securing the armor @t the earliest possible time and at a reasonable price, may be realized. To this end the plan of opening new bids to-morrow has been given up and insteas there will be a conference to devise means for an adjustment of the matter. - WILL BROOK NO DELAY. Commonwealth’s Atterneys Will In- sist on Youtsey’s T: GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 1.—When | Henry Youtsey’s case is called to-mor- row it is certain that the commonwealth will insist on a trial. Youtsey's attorneys . to-night whether or not PELL 4444444444444 44 4444444444434 4 4444444 LEO SENDS THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT —- can Government’s Spirit of Justice and Liberty. p Ireland. who has arrived here from Rome | his face FAVORS THE ARMY | Surgeon General Sternberg Modifies | eral Sternberg writes to Adjutant Gen- | eral Corbin, : lished statement attributed to me, op- | posing the army canteen. I presume this statement as published is practically | among line and medical officers of the | grasped the lines and attempted to sto, + With Ameri- erview to-day is quoted as say- e granted me, the Pope sad: ‘We are American Government to the church Jeaders, asking that direct, offi- 1:the Vatican, but the Vatican had out of consideration for the B R TPV 4294444442209 0 044420 n the dition Crawfc secured his cond ag0 torneys, oved. | d, one of Yout | agreement t m days in whic! sross-inter: tories 3 S monwea Attorney F been too. pusy m | t d trial to prepare those inter- | roga e if the trial proceeds it is at depositions from Tay- lor or Finley will be read FUSION AGAINST NATIVES. White Republicans and Democrats of Hawaii May Unite. HONOLULU, S Polltical signs o v Democrats on of m: wing o f the Republican party »n move agal the native | Hawalians’ anti-white party. The split in the publi er and the v is actively the isk AN pATtY RTOWS W e Rule par i on all with Robert the former Royalist nd Kevoluticnist, for Congress as head e ticke A with a general ant-| policy. K ans, missionary seem hopeless- with Democ are warnings also by which the e profit. - No white ¢ of that in Ha- permit to be plun led. An appeal to Congre: red ang modification of the suffrage woukd i d misr move; and if that relief w too long withheld, then the law vation would assuredl be white people of Hawaii de- abhor the color line, but if any is t3 rule Hawall it must be white. ngs zre the Republican and Demo- < are willing to fairly divide b rs and offices with the natives; but peither will submit to an aboriginal anti- ole (white) government." The Hawaiian Star, also Republican, ad- fusion against’ natives as a neces- he nearer we get to the election, the clearly is shown that division upon e party lines of the mainland is inad- visable and that we should, if we wish to nsire th= progress of the territory, reach says; | | i { ! a basis of fosion and elect men to the Legislature who will represent the pro- | gre e, the conservative and the Frop- holding class. g o IR “FATHER” CLARK TALKS | OF CONDITIONS IN CHINA Declares That the Blood of Mission- | aries Should Not Be Shed in Vain. L—At the Congregation- BOSTON, Oct al ministers’ Monday meeting this morn- ing principal speaker was Rev. Dr Francis E. Clark, president of the United | Society of Christian Endeavor, whose | subject was, “Losses and Gains from the Uprisings in China.” Dr. Clark, who has visited several mi: sions in North China, where the massa- occurred, said in part: ragon’'s teeth of war and mas- | were sown by the foreigners came in the spirit of commer- 1 greed to push their conquests. Turn tables for a moment and imagine China forcing her goods upon us at the who point of the sword, sending her opium here to debauch our youth and com- ling us to buy It, seizing the whole -"of Massachusetts because of two e murdered by a mob, and we can : some of the feelings which ani- the Boxers,.or the more intelli- gent powers behind the Boxers. | A hercic chapter of missionary annals has been written, a chapter whose records | 1 never be dimmed. The native con- has proved himself worthy of the | our who died for himn. The taunt of Christian’_can no longer be thrown China has been awakened from her sleep of ages. She can never | agair fall back into the same comatose | condition as before. A trumpet call has | jssued to_the Christians of America | t Britain to go in and possess . to sce to it that their comrades have not died in vain.” o R rice CANTEEN. a Former Opinion. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Surgeon Gen- saying: ““My attention has been called to a pub- what I sald some years since when inter- | viewed upon the subject, although 1 do not at present remember to whom it was given. T did not at first look with favor upon the proposition to sell beer to sol- diers at army canteens. That opinion was not based on personal observation, as [ had not been stationed at a military post gince the canteen was established. Owing to the general consensus of opinion army who have had ample opportunity to observe the effect of the army canteen upon the habits of our soldiers, I am obliged to admit that, from a practical point of view, it seems to. have accom- plished very desirable results In reducing the amount of drunkenness in the army | and the disposition of soldiers to leave | thelr stations for the purpose of obtain- ing spirituous liquor: P a LA Kicked to Death by a Horse. REDDING, Oet. 1.—L. H. Zuver, who came to this country with his wife and four children three months ago from Au- burn, met death in a peculiar manner this | morning. While ne was in a blacksmith | shop his horses took fright and started to | run. Running out of the place, Mr. Zuver the team. One of the horses kicked wit both heels, striki him over the heart and crushing his chest. He dled within a half-hour, never regaining conscious- ness. —_— Jews May Organize. BERLIN, Oct. 1—The papers publish reports that an organized Jewish move- ment is on foot, and it is intimated that a national meeting of the Jews will be beld annually to combat anti-Semitism. . duacibie o s SANTA CRUZ. Oct. 2—J. Hartman, W. 8. and A. Sudlinger have been appointed Court Wildwood, Independent Order of Foresters, as an ve committee to assist the committee in Cruz in arranging for the coming Court, whith 1s 16 convene in this city, and also to have charge of the festivities at Boulder Creek. —— e To Cure a Cold in One Day ;| by reason of the r | forees. | miners from $2 7 to $1 50 per keg. | Lathrop, STRIKERS REFUSE TO ~ACCEPT THE INCREASE Workers in the Anthracite Coal Fields Have Other Grievances Than the Wag HILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.—The mine owners of the Wyoming, Lacka- wanna and Ohlo regipns to-day at a meeting at Wilkesbarre followed vesterday's action of the Reading Company in giving 10 per cent increase in wages. The company decided to reduce the price of powder from $2 75 to $1 50 per keg. The latter price has prevailed at the Reading Company’s mines for a long time. | The action of the Wilkesbarre meeting means an increase of 10 per cent to a'l mine workers except miners. The latter will earn an Increase of about 10 per cent duced price of powder. ed by represent- atives of all the railroad companies which »wn mines in the region named. Some of the independent miners oppose this pro- posed increase unless the coal carriers re- duce the t on their product to tide water. The strikers show no indication of ac- cepting the offer. None returned to work at the Reading Company's collier- in résponse to the notice .of higher wages, and, In fact, many who had been at work there quit and joined the ranks of the strikers. As a result there were The meeting w: Is | fewer collieries In operation to-day in the huylkill region than at any time since the strike began. In the other regio there were also additions to the strike! were | entire anthracite region to-night, but the opinion is general that few if any of the strikers will return Notices of the increase posted throughout the in pay to work. The strikers say they have other grievances to be adjusted besides wages | and powder charges, and they further say hey want recognition of their union. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will visit Wilkesbarre to-morrow to address a mass-meeting and review a | parade of miners. | WILL NOT ACCEPT TERMS. Strikers Refuse Offer of Advance Made by Operators. WILKESBARR! Oct. 1.—The coalt operators of the yoming, Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley regions held an lm-1 portant meeting in this city this after- noon and decided to offer the miners an Increase of ten per cent in wages and | also reduce the price of powder to thei W. A | general superintendent of the | Lehigh Valley Company, presided, and all | of the railroad and individual companles | were represented. The whole situation was thoroughly cussed, nearly all those present taking part therein. The powder question was the chief subject of debate and next came | the recognition of the unjon. So far as ecan be learned none of the operators were in favor of recognizing the union | in_any way The meeting lasted from 2 p. m. until § ais- | o'clock. This evening W. A. Lathrop, chairman of the meeting, gave out the | following i Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Wilkesbarre, October 1—Notice GROW NUMERDLS Federal Judge Refers to the Filing of Forged Affi- davits. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 1.—Judge C. D. Clark, presiding over the session of | the United States Court for the Bastern | Division of Tennessee, which convened here to-day, in his charge to the Grand Jury made special reference to pensions and sald: “It s perfectly astonishing how bold applicants for pensions are becoming in forging affidavits, and especially the names of non-resident negroes who can never be found. This class of fraud 's ming so prevalent that even persons claiming to be Spanish-American war vet- erans are beginning to put in claims that are fravdulent.” Judge Clark laid special stress upon this class of fraud and cited an instance of a case at Knoxville, Tenn., during the late session of the United States Court, where an applicant for pension produced affi davits that he was wounded in tife charge at San Juan, but finally admitted that he had 1ever been nearer San Juan than the State of Georgla. _— Confers With Clark. CHEYENNE, .Wyo., Oct. 1l—General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific Raflroad and Senator W. A. Clark of Montana were in conference here to-day grobahly with reference to the proposed alt Lake-Los Anfles road. Later they both left for Salt Lake. ety Embezzlement of Benevolent Funds. QUINCY, 1, Oct. 1—Captain J. V. Henry, who has jist resigned as assistant postmaster, was a ted to-day for the alleged embeazlement of $3300, funds of the National Raflway Mall Service Benev- business. of the Pittsburg Stove and Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. money if it falls to a fund the ‘cure. T Grove's sigmature is on cach bax: All e, * +4 4444444444 444400 option on their extensive properties. [ | o | be in the homes of miners' LABOR t imity of the men in deciding to stand out | officers. PITTSBURG, Oct. 1.—The Commercial Gazette to-morrow will sa; cerns scattered throughout the country are to meet at the Auditorium, Chicago, on October 6 to take definite action on the formation of the Natlonal+Stove Manufacturing Company, which will be capitalized at about $60,000,000, astde from a possible large issue.of bonds. The promoters of the enterprise have already taken out a charter under the laws of the State of Delaware, and about 200 of the stove manufacturing companies have optioned thelr properties ment to its mine employes: It will adjust its rate of wages so as to pay fo its mine em- ploves on and after October 1 a net increase of 10 per cent on the wages heretofore received, and will take up with its mine employes any sricvance which they may have. W. A. LATHROP; General Superintendent. jte—It fc understood in the foregoing that powder will be sold to miners for $1 30 per keg and that the difference between this rate and the old rate of $2 75 shall be taken into account in figuring the net advence of 10 per cent noted above for this class of labor. Similar notices to the above will be posted by all the other companies repre- sented at the meeting, The strikers that under no circumstance will the. cept the offer. as good an offer as the Reading Com- pany made to its men, as the unlon is ignored and the net increase must come from the price of powder. E. L. Palmer, chairman of committee at United headquarters, sald: *The men will not return to work under such conditions. It is not a fair offer.” The operators will make no further move until they hear from the men. Preparations are about completed for the big demonstration to be held in this city to-morrow. President Mitchell makes the following statement to the miners of Wyoming Valley: To the Miners of Wilkesbarre and Vicinity: I look forward with pleasure to. the great demon- stration whieh will be given under the auspices of the mine workers of the Wyoming Valley on Tuesday, October 2. The mine workers of the anthracite reglon have by thelr law-abiding conduct won the respect and admiration of all justice-loving citizens of the United States. I feel aseured that organized labor has won a great victory and that there will in the future familles a little more sunshine and happiness instead of gloom and sadness, too often finding a dwelling place there. JOHN MITCHELL, President. ————— LEADERS PLEASED. Ten Per Cent Advance Totally Ig- nored by the Strikers. HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 1.—Although the labor leaders positively sald they did not fear a break in the ranks of the anthra- clte coal strikers, they were nevertheless pleased to learn that the 10 per cent ad- vance granted by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company in_the Schuylkill Valley was totally ignored by the striking mine workers to-day. It was y ac- They claim_that it is not the press Mine Workers' | predicted that many of the strikers would | Teturn to work under the belief that the 10 per cent increase would be the limit of he operators’ concessions, and the unan- for a further zdvance caused many re- marks of surprise. Tt was expected In some quarters that to-day would bring a turning point in_the strike, but nothing came to the surface that would lead to any indication of the strike nearing an end. There Is still a lack of anything tangible on which to base the report of an immediate settle- e Question. > GENERAL GOBIN REVIEWING THE EIGHTH REGIMENT, N. G. P., AT SHENANDOAH. + - - ment. President Mitchell continues to deny that he knows anything about it. The strike situation in the Lehigh Val- ley showed a change In favor of the men. veral _hundred men quit work at the Calvin-Pardee mines at Lattimer as the result of persuasion on the part of the 400 marching strikers, and at Oneida and Cranberry the coal companies lost addi- tional men. collieries were closed down to-day. HANNA TALKS OF THE STRIKE. Says Any One Who Would Delay Set- tlement Should Be Hanged. CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—Chairman Hanna ot the National Republican Committee ar- rived this morning and until _afternoon S R e e e e e G+ 4444444444444+ AMONG mand by to the effect that Captaln Deverea four of the soldiers were killed, am Captain Shields. Lieutenants Reiff After gathering troops nd Bates, CAPTAIN SHIELDS Further Details of Capture of an American Com- MANILA, Sept. 28, via Hongkong. Oct. which are generally believed, have been current | ty-ninth Regiment Infantry, consisting of forty-five Marinduque Island, embarked September 13 on th landed on the Marinduque coast September M4, w armed with rifles supposedly from L uzon, surprised latter fought for several hours until their ammunitic they were overpowered and Surrendered, relief being | native reports, a for several days :x Shields and Comp: F of the Twen- men, stationed at Boag gunboat Villalobos and The Americans also g whom, accord had several wounded on board the Yorktown. left Manila Monday. proceeded to Marinduque to verify at Batangas they the reports regarding the fate of Cap the native rumors were well founded to punish the rebels and release the cap- tives. News from this expedition is awaited with some arxiety at Manila. In the meanwhile the censor prohil the transmission of news concerning the affair. AR S e + THE SLAIN Filipinos. 1. — Per ere 300 th, ain Shields and his men and In case P R R R R AR R e S S R A A SRR N . 30009000000000006’000000000000006600Q‘0000. | in full swing on the other side of the cur- | tain EQUINE STARS ON THE STAGE Horse Actors That Add Zest to Any Number of Spec- tacular Plays. “Is thera a good house to-night?"” asked Ned. He was carelessly chewing a straw as he walted in the wings with the others while the stage hands were getting ready | for the: chariot race. & J “Splendid!"” said Nellie, peeking through a rift in the scenes and tossing her head coquettishly. “Tell me, Ned, this plumed bridle of mine on straight? “Perfectly,” sald- Ned, politely. “Oh, by have you Heard the latest on the " sald’ Nellie, curiously. Jocko and Monk and the two white horses whisked their talls and stretched thair necks to listen. “Why, they say that Billy—you know Billy, the big bay down at the Academy in the ‘Little Rebel'—has struck for a higher salary and wants to play only one matinee a week.” “Holy oats!” said Nellie, flirting her ears pertly. “What does that horse want, anyhow? He gets thirty per now, and that's the highest in the business.” “He’s getting chesty, like all the stars,’™ | said Monk, scratching his right hind leg was closeted in his room at the Audito- | rflum Annex with Perry S. Heath, chair- man of the press bureau. “‘Any man who would put a straw in the way of a settlement of the great coal miners’ strike sylvania should be taken to the nearest lamp post and hanged.” This is the way Senator Hanna spoke to-day when asked for particulars regard- ing the success of his endeavors for end- ing the strike. “T do not want to talk about the strike. T do not think that it should be mixed in politics. "It is.a bigger question than any political question. and should not be dis- cussed from a political standpoint. No one should be permittéd to use it for political capital. Tt Is the duty of every American to do his utmost to end the deplorable trouble.” —_——— ‘Will Hear Grievances. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Oct. 1.—The coal operators at their meeting this afternoon decided to offer the striking miners of the Wyoming Valley a net advance of 10 per cent on wages heretofore pald and to take up with their emploves any grievances which they may have. Powder will be now progressing in Penn- | | | sold to miners at $1 50 a keg, but the dif- | ference between this rate and the old rate of $2 75 a keg shall be taken in account in figuring the 10 per cent advance. e To Accept the Reduction. BLOOMSBURG, Pa.; Oct. 1.—The 700 em- ployes of the Reading Iron Company of | Danville decided to-day to accept the 25 per cent reduction in their wages, to take ef- fect October 16, and against which they struck. . olent Association, of which he had been secretary and treasurer since its organi- zation. Henry had given the association a bond of £10,000. MURDERED WTIT'E IRON BAR. Cigar Dealer Beaten Into Insensibil- ity and Throat Cut. WALLACE, Idaho, Oct. 1.—Matthew Mailey, a cigar dealer, was murd¢red in his store early this morning, and at a late hour to-night the officers have found no clew to the murderers. Just before 9 o'clock this morning a passer-by saw the body lylng near the rear of the cigar-store and notified the Both doors were locked and blood ‘on the floor caused the belief that Mailey had committed suicide. When the door was forced it was found that his throat was cut and his skull crushed in three places. An iron bar eighteen inches long lay beside the body, which was cov- ered with blood. A towel had been tied around the head, evidently for a gag. An examination of the premises showed that the safe was locked, the money drawer undisturbed and a watch was on the corpse. The body was yet warm, but death had occurred some time before. Nothing was missing from the store ex- cept the key to the door. One witness saw the deceased enter the store with a tall, slim man about 6 o’clock. Mailey had lived in the Coeur d'Alen n't:.}ut fteen years and had no known e emles. —_— Coal Mine on Fire. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 1.—The Sun- nyside coal mine in this city, the largest coal mine In Southern Indiana, is on fire, and it is feared the entire mine will be destroyed. The value of the mine is es- timated at $200,000. Six Armored Cruisers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Proposals for constructing by contract six armored cruisers will be received at the Navy De- Y)arlment until 12 o'clock noon on Friday, ecember 7, 1900, when they will be pul liely opened. g O POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 1.—Judge Beatty to-day, in the Federal Court for the Southern District of Idaho, refused to hear Peter M. Baum, law partner of Tom Glenn, when he attempted to plead in the case of Nolan vi Crane. The Judge refused to hear m | cause he had been disbarred from practice in Montana by the Supreme Court of that State. SIS LR Representatives of some 400 stove-making con- John W. Baker, the eor&ntlon ltlurnw‘ and flnancler of Philadelphia, s at the head of the enterprise. Directors nge Company, one of the largest In the country, have authorlzed the delivery of an AR R e e S AR e A e e R e R R RS SRS S DTS PSY Bi44440444444444444940 ‘.7he Day’s Dead % Ce444444544445044444440 Julius Gutte. Julius Gutte, an old-time resident and well-known business man of San Fran- cisco, died Sunday evening at his home, 1835 San Jose avenue, Alameda, after an illness lasting several months. Mr. Gutts was a member of the firm of Gutte & Frank and largely interested in Mexican and Central American coffee plantations and shipping. He was a_native of Ger- many, aged 74 vears. He leaves three sons—Henry, Isldor and Jullus Gutte. The funeral will' take place to-morrow from the late residence. Albert Gurnett. WALNUT CREEK, Oct.. 1.—Albert Gur- nett of East Oakland, son of A. G. Gur- nett, died at the latter's ranch near here of pneumonia last night. He was em- loyed in his father's office on Pine street, n Francisco. % John E. Hudson. BEVERLY, Mass, Oct. lL—John E. Hudson, president of the American Bell ‘Telephone Company, died suddenly in the Boston and Maine Railroad station at Beverly Farms to-day while waiting for a train. Dr. E. R. Adams. SAN JOSE, Oct. 1.—E. R. Adams, form- erly a practicing physician in South Dakota, died suddenly In a lodging house this afternoon. Heart failure is supposed to have been the cause. He was 60 years of age. Reuben Leech. GRASS VALLEY, Oct. 1.—Reuben Leech, a pioneer resident of this city, died this morning. In early days he conducted a lumbering business and was very pro: perous. About twenty-iwo years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, by which he was crippled. He was a native of New York and 67 years of age. The Live Stable, a weekly paper printed In New York, charges the tight heck rein and the docked tail horse to ‘heartless women,” “and adds that If “ladies will refuse to drive behind docked horses and tight check reins” both abom- inations will soon disappear. B RR e R e ] STEPS TO FORM A GREAT STOVE TRUST d B4+ 4444444444444+ with his hoof. “Ever since that fool critic wrote about him there's no standing in the same sta- ble with him. I hear that he subscribed to a press clipping bureau!” It was Jocko who spoke, gnashing his teeth musically. “When was that?” sald Ned. “Why, last season; some critic wrote: ‘Andrew Mack appeared in a new play las night, supported by a horse.’ You couldn't hold Billy after that. The horse actors laughed heartily. ““All ready there for the chariot race!” shouted the stage manager. “I always get so nervous when I hear the mob on the other side of the eurtain in the arena scene,” sald Nellle in Ned's ear. “I know it's nearly time for our cue, and sometimes they don’t get it in the right place. Why don’t they keep their minds on the business, as we do?" “Come on, people,” said Monk. “They're ready on the stage. “They have a new kind of dust for the race to-night,” said Jocko. “I'm happy to say we won't be choked with sawdust, as usual. It's a new kind of powdered bran, 1 believe. Lucky we kicked.” “Here come lxe villagers,” satd Monk, as the army of costumed stage people trooped past ready to enter the arena scene beyond the drop. “Now, they'll pat us on the nose. Don’t you hate it?" “Quiet, there,” said the stage manager, sharply. ‘‘Whoa—steady!"” And without anothe: horses appearing nightly took their places on chanical flooring that with their aid pro- duces one of the most wonderful stage effects ever conceived—that of the furious race between eight horses. plunging at full speed amid clouds of dust. the cries of the chariot drivers, the lashing of whips and the shouts of the populace. It is a nerve-stirring place back there on the stage while this scene is in prog- ress. word the_star in “Ben Hur" way when with a whir the electrical ap- paratus begins to buzz and the horse ac- | tors start their tramping. There are rushing belts and bolts and masses of moving scenery, and there are the horses straining, snorting amid all the din from behind the stage, as well as the roar of applause from the house, roused to a perfect fervor of enthusiasm. It all starts in the darkness. The last bet is made in the arena. The drop still hangs before the set race scene, each horse in his placé quivering to begin. A man sits on a brake projecting from the fioor. He looks like a mere supe, but in reality he is an electrical engineer The momént the cue words come from the front he jumps away and the machinery | is goirg. Black darkness falls over the house. belts, the thud of woving canvas and the deafening noise of the horses’ feet com- bined with their heavy breathing as they plunge on in the darkness while the whole compary joins in the shouting. Suddenly the light flares up. The ple- ture is a beautiful one, fairly rampant with life and vitality. A wave of applause comes in from the audience. Darkness again. Then more l?hl for the finish. Ben Hur's chariot bad forged ahead. He has won, and the house goes mad in its clapping and stamping while darkness falls again. More light for a recall. The race is finished and the curtain falls. And with the applauding audience still the wonderful me- | Stage hands have learned to gather | themselves together and keep out of the | You can hear the whir of the | these horses are as calm and now that their work is were in their stalls. “That dust is simply lovely Me, sniffing and tossing her head ““They last as ione, as if said Nel- t. he light e | | y, decorously, quietly these won- | derful horse actors step off the center of the stage and pass out of the back door of the scenes. Not a tremor, not a parti- cle of fear ggitates them; not even a loud footfall betrays any excitement despita | the darkness, the sudden lights, the lash- | ing whips and the shouts. It is a wonder- | ful-exposition of horse inteiligence. Not the intelligence of the trained trick horse | but dramatic talent developed in these animals until they have acquired a fond- | neas for their work and a pride in it, | These horse actors seen in “Ben Hur" are among the star horses of the stage. There are twelve of them in all—eight in the race scene each night and four under- studies held in readiness for any possible reakdown. But the bstitutes get very ew chances. The stars are too fond of their nightly sport in the light and the darkness. They have sniffed the incense of public applause and the glamour of the footlights s upon them. Horse actors are an important part of the modern play. There are about 150 actively employed In plays now touring the country. —The season’s further ad- vancement will bring out many more de butantes from the dramatic school for horses and graduates of the circus ring The automobile may be driving the horse from the front of cabs and wagons, but it is placing him in the higher walks. The horse_actor has made a hit with the pub- lc. He adds that touch of realism that erfects the modern stage portrayal of ife. In. tact, he touches the hearts of some auditors where mere humans U There are no bad actors among the horses. The stage horses are trained carefully for their work after having beer selected with a view to their possessing this touch of the histrionic témperament. They study at a dramatic school for horses in East. Twenty-fifth street, convenient 'to the theater district. Here all the netable horse actors have been taught and have been graduated with honor. 3 £ them live there when not on th With one success the stage horse his contract with the drama. He is henceforth- an actor and does no other werk except in his chosen profession he average salary of a horse ac ranges from $15 to $20 a week. mals are pald for according to the work they are called upon to perform. The stars get $25 and $30. Dre. Martin Potter and S. 8. Fi th 3 hey pick « the owners and instructo y P 1 their subjects for the stage as carefully Toad makes matic school for horses. as a manager selects his chorus. The orse must be good looking, well bred. telligent and good tempered. He must have temperament. These requirements are absolutely essentlal in the horse actar as a foundation. He may be taugnt to ersonate a vicious horse or m: up_to ook like a mean, haif-starved animal. but in private life he must be a & Certain factal characteristi the clever equine actor, such a8 breadth between the eyes, which must be soft, full and intelljgent. The forehead must be | lae as well as broad. The Roman-nosed horse has no place on the stage. They do not even attempt to teach him the rudi- ments of the art. The training of these horse pu gins with a certain sort of Delsartean study. Grace in moving and turning. car- riage of the head, easy handling of the feet, are among_the primer lessons. Thien follows the class in s Cues, pretty tricks of the eves, tossing the head, pawing delicately in stage grass and_rocks, jumping and other feats are eradually acquired as accomplishments and the dramatic horse passes into a higher grade. The advanced studi clude famillarity with stage nolses, thunder, firearms, the smell smoke, the ringing of bells, moving scenery and falling of drops. All these are elements in the education of the ho actor. Fire is the last stage of the coursc. The horse is surrounded with blazing effects. | Flaming newspapers are flaghed in his €ves an about his legs and heody until he learns that it may come near without harming him. He is gradually weaned | from the horse’s natural, inborn fear of | fire. With blanketed head he is rushed through flame and smoke. s only when these branches are mastered that the horse is numbered among the stars. Rarely do these horses of the stage be- have badly. A story Is told of one roman- tic actor who had a sceme in which he pleaded with his sweetheart to elope. The stage was set as the morning room of an old country house with a terrace and a road back. The girl was young and timid, the lover ardent and daring. He remarked to her that his horse was at the door. and ltha( uniess she comsented to run away | with him then and there he would ride | away_forever, nev:r to return. He got | mixed in his cues and the horse. which was to have been ied on at the back, sud- donly walked 1n0 the room. apparently | fhirough the w.l. as though wishing to | express his enti’® sympathy with the af- fair and his wilingness to participate in any plans for in elopement. Frequently :he horse actor “doubles ™ for the reassn that he is an Juxury in staje life. This doubling is done usually by s of a change of saddles and trappir8s or in the costume of the rider. 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