N. K. FAIRBANK SHED.
Playwrightlielasco Asks the Court to
Award Him $65,000. ‘
MADE MRS. CARTER A STAR.
This, He Says, Was Done as the Result of
\ a Contract Made With the Million-
aire Lard Man of Chicago—_The
Bill of Specifications.
NEW YORK, May 23.—That it was Worth
[65,000 to make Mrs. Leslie Carter 3 star
is what David Belasco, playwright, will
be called upon to demonstrate in a case
.. now on the calendar of the supreme court,.
and which is expected to be called up for
trial probably some time next Week.
The title of the suit is David Belasco ver—
sus N. K. Fairbank and Mrs. Leslie Carter.
Mr. Fairbank is one of Chicago’s mil-
lionaires. He made his fortune in the
packing line, and Mr. Belasco claims that it
was under his direction that he made Mrs.
Carter anactress after she was vanquished
in her sensational divorce suit in Chicago
in 1889.
When this suit was brought, everybody
thought the Carter-Belasco partnership
had come to an end, but the recent suc-
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MRS. LESLIE CARTER.
cess of Mrs. Carter does not indicate that
the suit had this effect. Mrs. Carter, al—
though named as a defendant, has not re-
tained any lawyers to resist Mr. Belasco’s
suit, so far as could be learned, and the
plaintiff expects to secure the amount of
any judgment he may obtain from the
Chicago millionaire.
In an affidavit accompanying. his bill
of particulars Mr. Belasco says his claim
is based upon a. contract between Mr.
Fairbank and himself, by which he was to
prepare her for the stage and make her a
star. He claims .Mr. Fairbank was kept
advised of his work and of the progress
made in the tedious labor of starmaking.
In the bill of particulars Mr. Belasco
. says he prepared and instructed Mrs. Car-
ter in stage work, elocution, calisthenics,
facial expression, stage department, voice
culture and all the other accomplishments
a star requires. He devoted all his time
from July, 1889, to November, 1890, to
this work. Then she made her debut in
“The Ugly Duckling.” .
Among the roles and plays in which he
says be instructed her were Leah, Rosa-
lind, Portia, Gilbarte, Frou Frou, Julia,
Galatea, Mrs. Honeytoy, Juliet, Camilie,
Marco, Geraldine, Ophelia, Pauline. Flo-
ria and Fedora. He estimates the value of
these services at $50,000. He read plays
by George Jessup, Fred Sydney, Arthur
Wallack, Archibald Gunther, Boucicault
and others, trying to find a vehicle for his
star’s talents.
hint. Carter :15 a Star.
He sent agents to Europe to scour
around for plays. and be revised and fitted
“The Ugly Duckling” until it suited he:
so well that his star made her debut in it
and starred the land and failed to impress
the world with her ability. This, he
thought, ought to be worth $5,000.
Then for managing the tour he particu-
larizes that $8,000 is about the proper fig-
ure, while for staging the piece his figure
is $2,000, all of which he enumerates,
besides expense bills for trips to Chicago,
as he alleges, at Mr. Fairbank’s request,
dinner for one of Mr. Fairbank’s legal
representatives. expenses paid for Mrs.
Dudley, the star’s mother, carriage hire
and sundry moneys expended in the de-
velopment of the star’s theatrical career.
For all this he says he received only $300.
A. J. Dittenhoefer is Mr. Belasco’l at-
torney, but he would say nothing of the
nature of the contract said to have existed
between his client and the Chicago mil-
lionaire. '
Horace E. Deming, of Deming & Wal-
bradt, who is appearing for Mr. Fairbank,
' likewise refused to discuss the case or tell
' of the line of defense against the big
claim.
Several Chicago lawyers who appeared
in behalf of Mrs. Carter during the cele-
brated divorce proceedings in Chicago are
here, and others are expected. They are
called to tell what, if anything, they know
of any interest Mr. Fairbank may have
had in the financial support of Mrs. Car-
ter’s stage am bitions. Of course he knew
Mrs. Carter in Chicago society, and one
of his summer homes is at Lake Geneva.
Mrs. Cart-er spent some time in a sani-
tarium at that place before she startled
Chicago society by the sensational charges
in her action for divorce from Leslie Car-
ter. In the trial of the case one Of the
points urged by Mr. Carter, who made a
counter complaint and secured the divorce,
was that Mrs. Carter had received great
giiims of money from sources uhknown to
m.
Mr. Fairbank himself is in the city.
Superintendent Roberts Murdered.
HAZLETON, Pa., May 23. —Griflin Rob-
erts, superintendent of the Lehigh and
.Wilkesbarre Coal company’s colleries in
the Honey Brook district, was found with
his skull fractured. He died at the hospi-
tal here today. A piece of gas pipe stained
with blood was found near where the body
lay, indicating that he was murdered.
The Convention Hall at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 23.—The convention
hall is practically complete. Only the fin-
ishing touches remain to be added. The
contractors will turn it over to the local
committee of the Business Men’s league
on June 1. The hall will have an actual
seating capacity of 13, 809 persons. '
Germany’s Sugar Bounties Bill.
BERLIN, May.23.—-The bundesrath has
accepted the government’s bill increasing
the bountics on sugar, as ‘amended in the
relchstag. ' I '
Advertisein the GA'z‘nrru.
‘ and family.
PRBSBYTBRIAH ASSEMBLY.
Announcement of the Clmirmcncf the
Standing Commitees.
SARATOGA, May 23.—The second day’s
session of the Presbyterian general as-
sembly was opened with devotional exer- ,
cises led by the Rev. George D. Lindsay
of Galena, Ills. The business ‘of the day
consisted in the reception of the reports of
the special committee appointed in 1895 to
report this year. The following announce-
ments of. chairmen for the various stand-
ing committees were made by the moder-
ator: _
Bills and overtures. ex-Moderator Dr.
Robert R. Booth of New York; judicial
business, Dr. Francis C. Monfort of Cin-
cinnati, who was appointed in place of Dr.
David R. Breed, who was interested in a
case that was to come before the commit-
tee; church polity, Dr. John R. Davies of
New York; home missions, Dr. William
P. Kane of Bloomington; foreign mis-
sions, Dr. Benjamin C. Henry of Canton,
China; education, Dr. Everett B. Thom-
son of Crawfordsville, Ind; church erec-
tion, Dr. William F. Junkin of Montclair,
N. J.; theological seminaries, ,Dr. David
R. Breed of Pittsburg; ministerial relief,
Dr. George B. Stewart of Harrisburg; aid
for colleges, Dr. Thomas F. Clelland of
Duluth. and benevolence, the Rev. Henry
G. Smith. the newly elected professor of
theology at Lane seminary, Cincinnati.
Other announcements will be made on
Monday.
The report of the committee on the de-
nominational missionary periodical was
made by Dr. McIntosh of Philadelphia.
It showed successful operation during the
year notwithstanding a slight decrease in
circulation. An outline of a Christian
training course for young people‘s societies
was proposed on behalf of the periodical,
and after some discussion was adopted.
Dr. John Fox of Brooklyn reported on
the temporalities of the church, recom-
mending a change in the constitution of
the church in regard to the Office of deacon,
and suggesting that the property of the
churches be committed to the board of
dcacons when possible.
The newly elected moderator, Rev. Dr.
John L. Withrow, was congratulated on
all sides. .
OKLAHOMA STORM SWBPT.
A. Cyclone and “rater-spouts Do 'Great
Damage In the Territory.
ST. LOUIS, May 23.—A special to The
Republic from Guthrie, O. T., says:
A disastrous cyclone .and waterspout
passed over this section, causing great dam-
age. At Edmon 20 house were demolished,
and two persons, Harvey Rich and his
daughter, were killed.
At White Eagle, 353 miles north, three
cyclones formed within the space of one
hour and swept toward the Osage country.
Twelve houses were demolished and 40
or 50 head of stock were killed in the
vicinity of White Eagle.
At Black Bear John Rodgers and wife
were killed by falling timbers, while a
farmer named White was ’ killed and all
the members of the family injured by their
house being blown down on them.
At Cushing five persons were killed.
They are Harris McIntyre and daughter,
Julia, and Jennie Wilmer, Peter Davis
and son, Frank Davis.
The storm came up from the south and
traveled north, where it collided with an-
other storm coming from the west.
It is reported that $75,000'damage was
done to property and stock in the Osage
country. Several are reported lost.
Eight cyclones have occurred within a
radius of 50 miles in this section within five
days. The city of Guthrie has always es-
caped the fury of the storms owing to its
location.
Relief will be sent to sufferers in Payne
county.
The Transvaal Sentences.
CAPE Town, May 23.-—-The ugly feel-
ing among the public here against the im-
position Of a sentence of 15 years’ impris-
onment upon the leaders of the Johannes-
burg reform committee, who were origi-
nally condemned to death, is increasing,
upon its becoming known that the prison
rulesare strictly enforced in their cases,
and that the condition of the prisoners is
alleged to be unworthy of Kafiirs and a
positive outrage upon civilization.
Kept All Night In a Ferris “’lieel.
LONDON, May :2..——The great wheel at
Earl’s court. which is an imitation of the
Ferris wheel at the World’s fair, but
which is somewhat larger, stopped sud-
denly last'night while a number of persons ‘
were riding on it. Those nearer the ground
were taken ofi", but several persons were
obliged to remain in the cars all night and
until noon today. when the wheel was
finally started.
The Buffalo Disaster.
BUFFALO, May 23.—The body of the
missing contractor, William P. Straub,
was unearthed in the ruins of the collapsed
Brown building today and were removed
to the morgue. The body of the man re-
covered after midnight last night and not
then identified has been recognized as that
of one of the Polish workmen employed
by Straub. The identification was made
by his wife.
Riotous Labor Assembly.
PRAGUE, May 2 3.—Riotous labor as-
semblies have been frequent at Reichen-
berg, Bohemia, since May day. A crowd
of 1,000 persons gathered outside of Wolf’s
factory and refused to disperse when or-
dered to do so by the police. Finding the
crowd determined to remain, the gen-
darmes fired upon them, killing two and
seriously wounding five. The mob then
scattered.
K. of P. Supreme Lodge Meeting.
COLUMBUS, 0., May 23.—M. A. Bridge,
grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
of Ohio, being shown ”the message from
Milwaukee , says the supreme lodge will
meet in Cleveland, Aug. 24-31, and at the
same time and place the national encamp-
ment of the uniform tank will occur.
A Wealthy Man’s Suicide.
MIDDLETOWN. Conn, May 23.——Word
reached here today that Job BrOoks, aged
.70, one of the wealthiest residents of Had-
dam Neck, committed suicide by hanging.
His lifeless body wais found by his wife
hanging from the rafters in the barn. No
cause can be ascribed for the deed.
Riots In Florence.
ROME, May 23.—The strike of the straw
plaiters in the city and province of Flor-
ence is assuming an alarming phase.
Thousands of strikers paraded the streets
and hurledstones at the passing carriages
and tram cars. The police interfered and
were also stoned by the mob. .
Yang Yu’s Extensive Bailiwick.
WASHING-TON, May 23.'—'-His excellency
Yang Yu, the Chinese minister to the
United States, has returned‘to Washing-
ton fromavisit to Spain and Peru, to
which countries he is also accredited as
minister. He was accompanied by his wife
Advertiseia the. Gum. ‘1 ‘
,OF GENERAL INTEREST.
. A WAGEB of a. $100»suit of clothes has
been made in New York that Maj. Mc-
Kinley will receive more votes than
Harrison at the next republican con-
vention. _ ,1,
THERE are only four days each year .
in which the sun and clock time exactly
correspond. April 15 is one of those
days. The ’other’ three are June 14,
September 1 and December 24. .. ..
IT is Said that the highest point ever
reached by oil was ’in January, 1860,
when \it went to twenty dollars per
barrel. The lowest point, five cents
per barrel, was reached in November,
1861.
Two LITTLE colored boys called at a
bank at Owensboro, Ky., and, present-
ing a. $1,000 bond, one of them said:
“Say, massa, please gib us change for
dat.” They were arrested. They had.
stolen the bond from a merchant’s safe.
C. E. BRADFORD, a banker of Augusta,
Wis, has contracted blood poisoning
from the habit of wetting his fingers
on his lips when counting bank bills.
He has been obliged to go to the hos-
pital for treatment.
OLD Whipple, the Maine lumberman
who paid $10,000 for a gold brick, says:
“Perhaps if I had read less of Tal-
mage’s sermons and more of the crimes
going the rounds I should have been a.
less 'easy victim.”
THE San Francisco Cremation society
. has recently completed what it calls a.
Columbarium, intended for the ashes of
the cremated dead. The structure is
fireproof, of Romanesque design, and
has 1,000 tiny rooms destined to hold
urns containing the ashes of inciner-
ated persons.
LITTLE H EALTH HINTS.
A DAMP handkerchief or a. big green
leaf in your hat these hot sunny days
promotes comfort and may save sun-
stroke. 7.
YES, bones that have been broken
and grown crooked and, so caused de-
formity can, by proper manipulation.
be straightened and the deformity en-
tirely removed. ‘
CARRY a lemon in the pocket while in
the hay or harvest field, and take a lit-
tle of the juice occasionally. It will
quench the thirst. One should not
drink too much water when over-
heated.
THERE is nothing better for a. nerv-
ous,1ow-spirited nature than outdoor
life and a. genuine love for grOwing
things; to go out as soon as one is up
to see how many new rosebuds have
opened, or What is to be the color of
the new pansies, or what variety there
is in the sweet peas.
AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND "SEV-
ENTv-rwo employee are engaged in
handling; the annual output of Chica-
go’s post office.
HORSE meat as an article of ' food is
not new to the people of Oregon. The
old missionaries from 1833 to 1844 used
it as a regular diet.
THE Missouri is the longer river,
and the Mississippi really joins? the
Missouri. But the Mississippi was dis-
covered first, and obtained the reputa-
tion of being the principal stream..- '
THE two post offices in the United
States that are most widely separated
from each other are those at Key West,
Fla, and Ounalaska, Alaska. They
are six thousand two hundred and' sev-
enty-one miles apart, and yet a. two-
cent stamp will carry a letter from the
one to the other as readily as from New
York to Brooklyn.
HIRAM n. REVELs, the first negro
elected to the United States senate, has
been chosen supreme trustee of the col-
ored Knights of Honor of America, suc-
ceeding Frederick Douglass. Rev. Dr.
Revels is, a resident of Washington;
COVERED
. WITH .
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gflUMORi
When I was thirteen years old I began toihave
sore eyes and ears, and from my cars a humor.
~spread. I‘doctored with five different skilful
doctors, but they did me no good. My disease
was Eczema. By this time it had gone all over
my head, face, and body. Nobody thought I
would live, and would not have but for CUTICURA
REMEDIEs. I used four boxes of Concern,
five cakes of CUTICURA SOAP. and three bottles
of CUTICURA RESOLVENT. My hair all came out
at that time but now it is so thick I can hardly
comb it. am sixteen years old, weigh 130
pounds, and am erfectly well.
‘ Miss IRE GRAN DEL. Clayton, N. Y.
Senor Coal TasATucsr.-—Warm ‘ .
TICUBA SOAP gentle up licutimIs oi cgfitchSX‘l‘og'l-
ment).and mild doses of once-A Rssorvxrr greatest
of humor cures. '
Sold throughout the world. Price, CWTICURA 50c.;
SOAP. 25c; RISOLVEN’ , . . '
AND Cams. Com, SoleTPr§§-.,.Egst:rli. Pom“ Dnu‘o
a- " How to Cure Every skin Humor," mailed free.
Piano Lessons.
BS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (daughter
of the late_Wm. B. Nash.) gives effluent
and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at
her home No. 193 Main street.
DO YOU KNOW
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That' you can save money
by buying your Meats
and Fish at
F. W. SMITH’S, .
55 Main Sireei.’
EVerythingFirstCla'ss. ,
[7 r HEEvENING c
..,_
HALF
Fez-es
ISALE.
m 'vquI owns. 442. Inoinwu.
~ HAL-PH BE SAL.
IN OUR POPULAR
This is the Opportunity ihai‘You
Should Embrace.
N ow that the hot weather is here the‘ problem is
how to keep healthful. Our belief is that most
people are careless of how and when to dress. In
this very changeable climate some think that as
soon as the first warm days comes that they must
drop their outside garments, put on a lawn dress
and keep it on until September. Hence so many K
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. ’ I pulmonary diseases and rheumatism in this part
..... _‘<\\ ”)7 of the country. Now our advice is to always have - A, ~—
3. light-weight garment, either Jacket or Cape, so that when you walk or ride out in the evening? no matter how hot it is
in the day, there are evenings in June and July that you will need an outside garment to go to the shore or into the coun.
try. As this spring has been unusually warm it has left a great many
Jackets and Capes—4‘
on the manufacturer’s hands. We have a consignment that we will sell at 50c on the dollar.
$33.75 Ladies’ Black Cloth Jackets, $|,81 $3 93 Ladies’ all-wool Cape, half price, 32'0”
$7 98 Ladies’ Black Diagonal Jackets, $3.93 $350 Ladies’ Black Cape, trimmed, half'price, ”'15
$449 Ladies’ Covert Jackets, $2.25 $13.50 Old Ladies’ Black Cape, half price, $3.15 ..
$59.50 Ladies’ Finest Broadcloth Capes, trimmed with $15.00 Ladies’ Gros Grain, all jet work, half price,$1,5o I
while pearl buttons, strapped and appliqued. $4.25 $6FO Ladies’ Black Silk Capes for $3.25 ‘ '
34-98 Ladies’ all W001 Tan Cape, braid and trimmed $6.50 Ladies’ Black Velvets, half price. $3.25
with gill buttons $2.50. ' $1.98 Children’s Jackets, half price, $1.00
$10.98 Ladies’ ail-wool Covert, trimmed with cloth, $3. 50 ' “ é‘ 3"15
buttons to match and strapped, $5.50 $2.25 “ . “ 3'42 “
x h. {v
We Bought ‘ - " -
25 Dozen Lad IeS Sh I rt waIStS“
' F1 om an Albany manufacturer. They were not quite good enough to sell at 5‘2; so we shall put
them separately on a. counter and sell them at 509 each. ' ,
We shall not open our Store on Decoration Day. Buy early in the week, their shall he
drives in every department ' ‘
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A , POI N TE RM.
Is your plate glass. or safe insured? ‘If not, call on me‘ and
I will write you a. policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Sale Insur.
ance Company. Glasswill break and burglars use dynamite.
a case of Fire . _
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You should be; insured. A'policy in the Reliance 01 l‘hiladelphia
Phoenix . of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of
Manchester; Rochester German of Rochéster; United States and Pacific 4
of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State Of Ports-
mouth Will protect you against the fire fiend.
W. Ire-r. assurances. . " +
' Real Estate and General I nsura‘nce.‘
». ROOM ’1,.GAZETTE (BUILDING
LOANS NIEGOTIATED .AND INVESTMENTS MADE. - , 1 ~—
stratum-ms.
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