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THft SUNDAY OREGONIA.N. PORTLAIO), JUNE 28, 1903. 27 English star and a leading: American star In 'Barrie' plays In both -countries." This will be the third Barrle comedy produced In London by Mr. Frohman. The other two -were "The Little Minister" and "Quality Street," Maude Adams appear ing in the principal role of each. William Collier and Charles Blgelow, who are gocd friends, were playing not many seasons ago in Chicago in the same company. BIgelow, having noticed the other actor's superstitious habit o touching a bit of wood on all occasions, especially before riaking an entrance to the stage, said to Collier in the flies one night: "Say, Bill, do you always touch the wood that way?" "Yet," was the reply, as Collier, be fore going out Into the view of the audi ence, ran one finger across the top of his friend's head. George H. Broadhurst recently got the idea into his head that he wanted an au tomobile. Having some loose change at Iho end of the season, he wandered into one of the places where these machines are sold and was taken for a little spin In the vehicle that most took his eye. He returned to the shop enthusiastic and asked the price. "Oh," exclaimed the salef mm, "that one is very reasonable. It Is only 12,000. Broadhurst looked at it again and sadly shook his head, then he retorted, with much feeling. "How did Tyou know that I was the author of 'A Fool and His Money'?". Fnnk McGlynn recently told the story of an old friend who heard he was to play In a Western town and wanted to see him In the footlights' glare. The friend, like the actor, was an Irishman. McGlynn was to appear in "Under the Red Robe," and his part was that of a dumb man. The friend, who had known the actor when he was a lawyer before going on the stage, approached me theater box office and asked: "Frank McGlynn to play here tonight?; "Yes." "Docs he hnve much to say?" was the next question. "Well, no," answered the ticket seller, "His part's a cood one, but It is that of a dumb man." "Give me a couple of tickets." said the J visitor, laying down a greenback. "It's worth the price to hear an Irish lawyer keep his mouth shut for three hours." Lawrence D'Orsay has a reputation for absent-mindedness. That it is deserved was proved the other day on a New York elevated train. The actor was riding down town on his way to appear at a mat inee performance. As he was gazing ab stractedly out of the window two young women, sitting across the car, kept up a lively flow of conversation. -vnd have you heard 'rom Sarah?" asked one of them. D'Orsay recalling in the midst of his daydream that one of his cues in "The Earl of Pawtucket" was "And have you heard from Sarah!" straightened up In his seat and said: "Aw, yes. I have a telegram from Sarah. Sarah's bettah." Whereat the other passengers, especial ly the two young women, stared at him curiously. Nobody, says a dramatic writer, has yet succeeded in making a play out of Byron; yet Byron's life had many epi sodes which would suit the stage. It would be a bold and clever man who would put dialogue In Byron's mouth. David Garrick would turn over in his grave If he could see himself as he is presented in .Robertson's play, very possibly. It does not add to Garrlck's dignity, and. if It were supposed to be a true record, it might reduce our estimate of him. Na poleon is really impossible, even now, when distance begins to lend its illusion. In fact, the petty details of great heroes are never really Interesting. We think of Byron as the poet; we think of David Garrick more in the greatness than in the versatility of his art; we cannot look se riously upon Napoleon's domestic life with Josephine and his family, and his Empress, when the tremendous figure he cut in European history must come for ever before us. A woman over 70 years old recently ob tained shelter one night at Charing Cross Hospital. New York. She gave the name of Margaret Howard, and said that she was once leading lady to Sir Henry Irv ing. Her hair was white; her cheeks were sunken by hunger; and her frail. Ill-clothed frame tottered with weakness. BAKER THEATER OEO. L. BAKER Manager PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POPULAR-PRICE PLAYHOUSE GEORGE ALISOX. Week Starting This Afternoon at 2:15 IVIatinee Saturday SECOND WEEK OF LIMITED ENGAGEMENT , THE BAKER THEATER COMPANY -IN- ARABIAN NIGHTS AUGDSTIX DALY'S GREAT BROADWAY THEATER SUCCESS EVENING 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. MATINEE 10c, 15c, 25c. NEXT PRODUCTION Starting Sunday Afternoon July 5 The Famous Play EAST LYNNE CALVIN HE! LI a Manager IMARQUAIM GRAND THEATER Phone MAIN S6S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS, JULY 2 AND 3 ANNUAL TRANSCONTINENTAL TOUR MR. IN. C. IN HIS LATEST SUCCESSES GOODWIN IN-rHIS - LATEST . SUCCESSES -THURSDAY- FRIDAY- THE ALTAR OF FRIENDSHIP WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ON "With all the scenic accessories and stage embellishments that were used at the original production In KNICKERBOCKER THEATER. NEW YORK, and COMEDY THEATER, LONDON. PRICES Lower floor, except last 3 rows, $2.00; last 3 rows. n.50. Balcony, first 6 rows, $1.00; first 3 of last 6 rows, 75c; last 3 rows in balcony. 50c. Gallery, and 2oc Boxes and loges, $12.50. The advance sale of seats -will open next Tuesday morning ot 10 o'clock. . - She had injured one of her shoulders, and when this was act aright she went out into the night still mumbling a phrase from "Lady Macbeth" that had before come a score of times from her lips. Ex amination of the cast of eery play which Sir Henry has produced since 1879 does not, however, disclose the name of "Mar garet Howard." Neither has Bram Sto ker any recollection of a woman of that name, although he has been with Sir Henry for 25 years. It is assumed, there fore, that "Margaret Howard" is not the real name of the poor, bedraggled crea ture who received the kindly offices of the Charing Cross Hospital. MUNICIPAL USURPERS BY CHARLES RICHARDSON, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE THE rapid Increase In the proportion of city to country voters has made it evident that the time is near, If It has not already arrived, when the po litical conditions prevailing in our cities "will determine the character and con duct of our state and National govern ments. It may therefore be said with truth that from a National as well as from a municipal standpoint the gradual substitution of ring rule for popular sov ereignty in American cities is one of the most serious and alarming evils of mod ern times. There is no resident of the Vnlted States for whom it Is not a mat ter of direct personal Interest, and no member of a state or city government for whom It Is not an imperative duty, to do what he can to prevent the fun damental principles of democracy from being undermined and destroyed by men in whom the desire for power and plun der has taken the place of civic virtue, and the fear of causing a political revo lution or of being made to suffer as criminals is the only substitute for con science in dealing with public rights and assets. In theory the supreme local authority In each city is still vested in the people, but as a matter of fact the voters in some of our cities have been so shorn Cf their richtful nowers that thov nn only make their wishes known or re- : spected upon rare occasions and with i great difficulty. They are still permitted I to go through the old forms of choosing their own officials and lawmakers. But these nominal servants of the public are really selected in advance by a small ring or cabal of partisan leaders, and are lit- j tie more than so many obedient tools or henchmen of those upon whom their I positions depend. These leaders or bosses ! are the actual rulers. Without a shadow I of legal right or responsibility, they gath- er into their own hands the powers which j belong to the people and to such officials and representatives as the people may ; voluntarily select. They and they alone j decide what the city shall do or not do, ' what taxes shall be levied, what money ! shall be borrowed and for what pur poses, what franchises, contracts and ! special privileges shall be granted and 1 to whom and upon what terms, what ' persons snau be elected, appointed or employed by the city, what bribes or political services shall be required In ex change for the toleration or protection of vice and crime, what laws or ordi nances shall be passed, repealed or ig nored, and what measures shall be adopted for the supply of public necessi ties, the maintenance of public health and safety, and the regulation and ad vancement of public and private busi ness. Under the despotic sway and de moralizing influence of these usurpers, the people have been rendered almost as helpless as a man who has been hypno tized, or as Gulliver was when the Lilli putians stole upon . him while he slept and fastened every joint and muscle, un til his body was like a lifeless log upon which they could climb and dance and work their wilL The powers and assets of a modern city are necessarily great, and It is not surprising that in the absence of wise laws, and of Intelligent vigilance and unted action on the part of the citizens, municipal governments should become an irresistible temptation and an easy prey for the venal and unscrupulous classes, who are always striving to control and use them as meant for. obtaining power and wealth, or some kind of personal or partisan advantage. The first essential for the success of these predatory ele ments Is that they should be combined and thoroughly organized and disciplined as a political army or machine, under the absolute control of a few leaders. These leaders, like the pirate captains of for mer days, direct the movements, win the victories, and divide the spoils. Public plunder is the life blood of the machine. The authority of the leaders and the servile obedience of their followers can only be maintained by a careful distri bution of rewards ranging from a glass of liquor or a bucket of coal, to a high office, a fat contract, or a public fran chise. Of course all that is paid or given in exchange for political work Is taken directly or indirectly from the pockets of the people, who are thus compelled to furnish the means for their own en slavement. Any effectual resistance or united action by the voters is prevented partly by keeping them divided on party lines, partly by giving the city much needed services and improvements (at prices which are excHllnirU' nmflfnM.. and strengthening for the ring and Its followers), and partly by measures which convince a large proportion of the peo ple that It is as useless as it is danger ous to antagonize the powers that be. Each victory of the machine adds to Its power and greed, spreads discouragement among Its opponents, and augments the number of citizens of all classes who support It because it rewards them with offices, franchises, contracts or special privileges. The successes which are won by bad men and dishonest methods are always tending to lower the moral stand ards of the people, and to make reform movements more difficult; but on the other hand every additional burden tends to arouse indignation and resistance. Even if the spoilsmen win every battle and capture every public position, their exactions may at any moment lead to such a combination at the polls as will Inaugurate a new era. So long as that possibility remains, and the ballot can be preserved from pollution, there can be no sufficient reason for inaction or despair. No amount of misgovernment, no ex treme of moral or political decadence, no loss of public spirit, can be a valid ex cuse for ceasing to hope and strive, as the brave and good of all times have hoped and striven, to protect and pro mote the rights and interests of the people. During the last 20. years many lines of work have been widely discussed, and to some extent tested by experiments. Among those most likely to be effective in contending with municipal marauders are efforts to enlighten, arouse and or-, ganlze the voters; and movements to procure the enactment and strict enforce ment of carefully devised laws, for es tablishing the civil service reform or merit system; for regulating .primaries. j elections, ballots, and the personal regis tration of voters; for inflicting much heavier penalties for crimes affecting elections; for limiting franchises to defin ite periods, providing for municipal owrierr ship and operation of public utilities, and establishing a referendum system of a reasonable and practical character. De-. tailed information and references to the5 available literature on these subjects may be found In various publications and es pecially in the proceedings of the National Municipal League, which has its office In Philadelphia. Pa. In each city the choice of methods shQuld depend largely upon the special conditions prevailing in that community. There Is, however, one point which should be defended at any cost as long as a can can be rallied or a blow can be struck, because If that should be captured, it would be difficult to find a foothold for further resistance, or a sufficient basis for our confidence In the ultimate success of Republican institutions. That point will be lost whenever the lords of misrule can control the selection and conduct of As sessors, policemen and election officers to such an extent that an actual majority of honest votes can be converted Into an apparent minority by such methods as the padding of assessment lists with fictitious names, and the employment of repeaters, stuffed ballot-boxes, wholesale fraud, violence, perjury, Jury fixing and other crimes. The election returns are the only authoritative expression of the will of the people. If they are so vitiated or falsified by fraudulent voting and count ing, that they represent only the wishes of the spoilsmen, and not the bona fide votes of the honest citizens, it Is hard to see how the latter can regain the power to make their voice heard or their will respected. Their condition might be lik ened to that of some unfortunate sover eign bound and gagged by conspirators, and compelled to look on in Impotent wrath while his captors counterfeit his signature, and In his name Issue decrees banishing his friends and dividing his rights and possessions among his worst enemies. An examination of some of our cities will ehow that this terrible depth of civic degradation if not actually reached. Is neither impossible nor Improbable in the near future. We may rejoice that the number of urban communities which have thus gone from bad to worse, is as yet very small; but it is a matter o vital consequence that their deplorable condi tion, should be made known, and utilized as a warning for the American people, and especially for the inhabitants of other cltiesL If the latter can be broucht to I realize the fate that will be theirs If they lan io protect tne ballot from pollution. tney may oe able to save themselves from the foul quagmire of municipal corruption in which some of their sister cities are now floundering, or sinking slowly and despairingly into unknown depths, with no apparent means or hope' of rescue. Philadelphia, Pa.. June. 1903. MYSTERY LAST REVEALED Recently Developed Facta "Which Might Have Saved EL S. Stokes. Successful American. The recent death of Edward S. Stokes has revealed a" strange secret never here tofore published. On his trial for the homicide of Colonel Fisk, Stokes, among other Important statements vital to his defense, swore that he did not deliberate ly go to the Grand Central Hotel with the premeditated design of meeting and shooting Fisk. but, on the contrary, that as he was passing the hotel on the op posite side of Broadway he happened to look over and saw a lady, sitting at the window of the ladies' parlor, whom he knew and to whom he bowed, and that she returned his salutation so cordially that he Immediately concluded to visit her; that ho crossed the street, went into the door of the ladles entrance, ascended the stairs and went to the ladies par lor, but could not find the lady, .and after a few moments he retraced his steps, and as he was about- to descend the stairs Colonel Fisk entered and they Instantly recognized each other; that Fisk Imme diately drew his postol. but before he could fire Stokes drew his and shot Fisk. j Third Regiment and Battery A, 0. IN. G. I Q R EAT SHAM BA BY ARTILLERY .DRILL by Batteries, Field Artillery, U. S. Army. CONCERT ' v. by the famous Nineteenth U. S. Infantry Band. i BENEFIT HEPPNER FLOOD SUFFERERS i ji IRVIINGTOIN RACE TRACK, JULY 4 I! Commencing 1 P. M. General Admission, 25c. A pistol was subsequently found In the hallway of the hotel, which was claimed to have been the one that Fisk drew with the Intention of shooting Stokes. The lady whom Stokes swore had attracted him to visit the hotel was not produced at the trial to corroborate Stokes, and consequently grave doubts were always entertained as to the truth of that por tion of Stokes' sworn evidence; for had she been produced and substantiated his evidence in this Tegard. his entire de fense of justifiable homicide would have been accepted and he would have been acquitted. His death, however, has vin dicated the truth of his testimony, for the lady in question Is now known, and her explanation for not having appeared and sustained Stokes in his testimony is that she was married at the time to a gentleman who was Insanely jealous of Stokes, but without reason, and that the moment she saw that Stokes intended to visit her after her recognition of him it flashed on her mind that her meeting him would be observed, and that It might create a scandal and compromise her a3 a married woman, and that the moment the thought occurred to her she precipi tately fled to a lady friend's room to avoid meeting Stokes. "When she sub sequently heard of the tragedy and Stokes' statement she became more ter rified, and. without explaining her rea son, became so persistent in her plead ings for her husband to take her to Europe that he finally complied and that they did not return until after Stokes' trial and conviction. Since then her husband died and she Is now a widow; but her conscience has al ways upbraided her for not having hon estly and fearlessly come forward and corroborated Stokes In his statement, so far as she was concerned, as he was al ways honorable In not publicly mention ing her name; although his counsel was Last"Pop"Concert FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, "Wednesday Evening:, July 1. HiDDEN-COURSEN STRING QUARTET Reginald 1. Hidden. Violinist J. Adrian Epplng, Baritone. Seats, 50c All s'Pop." tickets not used are- good for this date. DOX'T MISS THIS TREAT. Direction Elmore Rice, Violinist, A. O. TJ. W. BIdg. fully aware of It; but since his death she has voluntarily stated these facts to vindicate his memory as to the truth of his testimony in this respect. "Truth Is strange, stranger than fic tion." THOMAS W. PITTMAN.. . He Visits Quaint Places. "Washington Post. Charles "W. Lauder, of Pittsburg; Is a first cousin of Andrew Carnegie, with whom he was formerly associated In the iron business. Mr. Lauder - has more money than he really needs, and he spends his days in visiting different parts of the globe, mostly stopping at quaint, out-of-the-way places far remote from the beaten path of travel. In his swift-sailing schooner yacht the Endymion. which holds the record for having crossed the Atlantic in less time than It was ever done by sailing craft, he was lately cruising in the "West In dies and the Bahamas and finally turning" Corner Twelfth and Morrison EMPIRE Phone Main 78 THE ONLY FIRST-CLASS VAUDEVILLE HOUSE IN PORTLAND ACTS AND'THEATER TO SUIT YOUR.TASTE Week Starting Monday, June 29 Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday BUDD BROS. Comedy Acrobats ARTHUR HAHN Australian Baritone. RAYMOND AND CLARK Crossfire Conversationalists. BROOKE ELTRYM Operatic Soprano. COLEMAN AND MEXIS Shooting: "Wonders. JAMES DUNN Mimic. WELLS BROTHERS Musical Comedians. ANDREWS & THOMPSON Operatic Vocalists. AND THE -POSITIVELY LAST WEEK OP ANDREWS & THOMPSON EVENING 30c, 20c, 10c. MATINEE 20c, 10c. BOX AND LOGE SEATS 50c. Last two performances to day Sunday of present bill. Watinee at 2:15, night at 8:20. Shields' Park 13th and Washington Streets 3200 SEATS SUMMER VAUDEVILLE EVERY NIGHT 10 BIG STAR ACTS 10 Hugh Emmett Ventriloquist. Hooley & Kelton Comedy sketch "The Somnambulist." Leonaand Leona Aerial Artists. John J. Welch Blackface Comedian. Illustrated Songs Athon - Wilson - Clark Co. Presenting the satire, "What Hap pened to Brown." The Pa lam os Operatic duo. The Dagmars Sensational Acrobats. Rooney and Forrester Irish Nonsense. The Polyscope Columbia River Scenery. General Admission, Ten Cents In case of rain go to Cordray's north landed on Cumberland Island, on the Georgia coast, -where dwells in royal style Mrs. Lucy Carnegie, " the widow of Andrew Carnegie's deceased brother. Mrs. Carnegie's home is called Dun &cness, a name It has borne- ever since the beautiful semi-tropical isle, with its orange groves and grand forests of live oak. was given by the State of Georgia to General Nathaniel Green, of Rhode Island, for his services In th& Revolu tion. Mrs. Carnegie dispenses lavish hoe pltallty here and has an establishment that many a Prince would envy.