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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1908.
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DEVASTATING FIRE
CAUSED BY SHUT
Farm Near Walla Walla
Damaged to the Extent
of Five Thousand.
whloh have been reported lately, ther
WINGFIELD II! HEW
VARIETY OE GAMBLE
Ooldfield Gamester and Mil
lionaire Miner Takes Mat-
rimonial Chance.
MAKING OF "A GITY BEAUTIFUL"
AT THE OREGON STATE CAPITAL
naving uenn no lesa than 10 in (n
nearby countryside In the past two
weeks. The cause ! attributed to smut.
which Ja present In unusual quantities
In the whaat In the valley this year.
Fire insurance men say risks on whs,t
have bean mora unprofitable this year
tkan avar before.
S fT , , - ' - w ' .,- I x . ! -
Street Improvements Costing $100,000 Are In Progretis at Salem. All Streets Are to Be 100 Feet Wide,
(Portland Should Take Notice), Making Magnificent Boulevards and Splendid Thoroughfares. The
Abore View Is of State Street. Photo by R. Lowenfeld, Salem, Or.
THREE TO CLAIM
10 S
Adopted Daughter, Alleged
Wife and Affinity in
Finish Fight.
Daniel Frohman Tells About New
Plays to Be Seen Soon in Portland
(SpveUl DlRMtch to Tb Joarnd. )
New York, July 80. What promises
to be one of the most bitterly contested
will fight that New York has seen
In many years waa begun today when
the will of Benjamin Hart, the. Ameri
can who died In Paris last May leaving
an estate valued at several millions of
' dollars, came up for probate In the sur
rogate's court. Before the case Is set
tled there probably will be unfolded a
tale of free love and an alleged "af
finity" that will maice exceedingly In
teresting reading.
Benjamin Han amassed a fortune
during the civil war as a clothing pel
dler, and Increased It gjeatly by Ju
dicious Investment? In New York real
estate. Thirty years ago he took up
his residence In Paris, and flvo years
later adopted an Italian child, Gahrlelle
Josephine Lucchesl, who afterward
came to be known as Isabel Hart Later
she married a French diplomat. Jean ' own.
(iuillemln. Some years later Mart eel
up an establishment for a woman named
Gahrlelle Juliette Antoinette de Ble,
who benefits largely under the present
will.
OabrleUe Disinherited,
Mart's friendship for this womnn
offended Mine. Guillemln, anil It was
tmld that In consequence ho disinherited
her. In the will, however, the testator
pnys he amply provided for her at nr
iniirrlagp. He left her two art objeois,
whlcn bequest he revoked In a codicil.
So she gets nothing.
To make the situation more complex,
last February a MrH. Wright, who said
Klie lived at 21 Perry Rtreet. this city,
proclaimed that she was the wife of
Hurt, whom she said she married la
1 r,rnn ? 7 tnr BKO. TheV lived tO-
fiathcr three years before separating.
Vrr.m thnt time, she said. Hart nave her
a monthly allowance. She, as well na
the adopted daughter, will contest mo
will. The third contestant is said to
be Mme. I'c Pie. .
The henof iclarlen named In the will,
all of them being relatives, are Mary P.
H Jones or Foutn orange. -. .1.. a nmtn;
Benjamin Hart of Han Francisco, a
nephew: Frances Breated of Chicago a
nir.ro Tmoirene V. Hart of South Or
ange, and Michael Hart of New York
city-
Undue Influence A-Ueg-ed.
In a codicil the testator directed thnt
"the annultv of J16.000, which In ray
second codicil I aid bequeath to G. J. A.
Ie Ble. shall bo paid to her free of
all possible taxes, assessments, commis
sions or deductions."
In Another codicil he bequeathed "to
Gabrielle Juliette Antoinette De Ble
mv house and land at 29 Bou De Galilee.
Paris, together with all personal prop
erty find effects In said house, except
articles specifically bequeathed." lie
also directed that J2S.000 be pnid to
Mile. De Ble, free of all tnjces. Immedi
ately after his denth. The' residuary
estate Is to be created Into a trust, the
Income from which Is to be paid to dls
nephew. Michael Hurt.
Donald Harper, a lawyer. Is here from
Paris to look after the Interests rf
Mine Guillemln. Hart's adopted daugh
ter, In the coming will contest. It will
be claimed that Hart had always given
his adopted daughter to understand that
she would lnneru me oum u ins mil
lions and that they were always on
most affectionate terms until the aged
millionaire met Mile. De Ble. One of
the grounds for Contesting the will will
be that Mile. De Ble exercised undue
Influence over him.
By O. L W.
Fiction hns established on type of
theatrical manager, the big, burly, bow
wow, bulldog species, that never speaks
above lower O and never looks as If
less than your head would satisfy his
rapacious Jnws. Life has established
another type, the keen, alert, pointer
species, that gives you a swift, search
ing glanoo, talks In smooth even tones,
that is well-polsed and well possessed,
and draws Its conclusions after-deliberate
Judgment and then never misses It
And of this type Is Daniel Frohrnan.
one of the best known figures In the
whole managerial world.
Mr. Frohman knows the stage, Ite
planet and satellites. Its history and
future. Its makers and Its destroyers.
Its authors and critics from beginning
to end. He Is as good as an Indexed
catalogue and vastly more Interesting.
Xteea of Fronl MgnUm.
"They say that women have no
chance on the stage," he said'. 'It Is
not chance they need but magnetism.
Put a girl in the most obecure place In
the chorus, she will come out if she
has the right quality. Miss Illington
began with the smallest part In a play.
She was paid $10 a week for saying
two lines. The next week I saw she
was being wasted and I had her play
second woman. Still she dominated the
girl parts and simply bubbled over with
the kind of humor that has a tear be
hind it. She would keep you roaring
with laughter while at the same time
you would be ready to burst Into tears.
sue was a beautiful, slender oionue.
But as she grew older she became less
good looking; she grew rather iat and
developed Into a cold, hard. Intellectual
being. She now chooses to play a dif
ferent kind of play altogether and does
some remorkublo work; things no one
else would dare to trv and many do not
cure to see. Her plays ae growing 1'iss
popular with the people constantly for
Ihu people who oari apprsolate them are
of the small minority."
Without a slnglo word of disparage
ment, and with a courteous Interest
throughout In her welfare Mr. Frohman
conveyed the Impression that he Is not
at all enamoured of Mrs. Flske the
present Mrs. Flske. He had many In
teresting hits of reminiscence concern
ing stage people whose names we whis
per with bated breath and with awe. He
spoke of the constantly Increasing de
mand for good actors and aotressea, the
passing of the old New York stock com
panies, because each actor was a star
and went to make a play the next year.
He was himself manager of the Lyoeum,
one of the greatest of these.
"I gather a company of players and If
they make names, as they are sure to
do, because I would give them such
plays and opportunities that they could
not heip It, they would be with me only
SIIEEP8IFEAREBS NAME
NEW OFFICERS
(Rpectil Dltpitcb te The Journal.)
Walla Walla. Wash., July aO.r-An ex
ploalon following a fire on the ranch of
W. A. Raymond, four mllea northeast of
the city, cauaed a losa Tuesday night
of nearly IS, 000. The explosion was
cauaed by smut In the separator of the
threshing outfit of George MoOulreand,
besides demolishing the threshing outfit,
the flames consumed two settings of
wheat, over 1,000 sacka. The threshing
separator, derrick wagon, cook house
and other wagons, together with a 20
acre field of standing grain, were also
destroyed. Charles McKntlre. who was
standing on the machine at the time of
the explosion, was badlv Injured.
The fire waa the worst of a n"nber
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RpHal DlaMtrh to Tba Jouraal.)
Butte. Mont. July SO. The National
Hheepshearera' convention yesterday
elected M '. Forrest of Butte president
anu seoreiary-ireanurer, and w. H. Wil
liams of Washington, vice-president
The executive board; hi H. McKlllon of
Montana, J Carlson of Utah, C. K.
Smith of Oregon, Dave Owens of Idaho
The headquarters urn retained In Butte.
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CHARLES II ERR WEDS
MISS LES IIILLIARD
(t'nltrd Freda aaed Wlra 1
Walla Walla, Wash.. July 30. With
the marriage In the county Jail yester
day afternoon of Charles Herr and Miss
Inez Belle Hllliard, the former escaped
an almost certain convlctlun on a statu
tory charge. Herr agreed to marry the
girl If released, but the officers would
take no chances and the oeremonv waa
perforrtied by Judge J. J. Huffman In
the sheriff's office. The girl Is 17 and
Horr Is 28.
(United fWs Leaaad Win.)
San Franclaco, July 30. The an
nouncement here todny that George
Wlngfleld, millionaire mining man
from Nevada, la to be married In the
fall to Miaa Mauda Axlle Murdoch,
daughter of R. B. Murdoch, caahler of
the United States National bank, haa
caused no little surprise.
Wlnfleld and hla fiancee admitted to
day that they had been engaged for
some time and atated that they In
tended to be married In the fall.
George Wlngfleld was once a gambler
In Nevada. lie ventured In Goldtleld
mining properties and Is now several
times a millionaire and a partner of
I'nlted States Senator George Nixon
and Charles Hchwab. Nixon and Wlng
fleld formed the merger called the Gold
field Consolidated, which controls the
richest claims In the Nevada mining
camp.
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stage and I put her In a play of her one vear The next vear'thev would all
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WALLA WALLA DEMS
FREPARE FOR FIGHT
Political Rlly Will Be HrM on
Saturday Republicans Are
Feeling I'nensy.
Walla Walla. Wash., JuIt SO. Dem
ocrats of the cltv are getting busy In
preparation for the fall campaign. On
Saturday night a political tally of the
leaders of the party will be held to
plan the campaign fo. the coming fall,
the countv slate will be fixed up at
that time as well. Although the date
for the close of filings Is not more
than 10 days distant, but four Demo
crats have declared themselves for
countr office. whll some 27 Republi
cans hare filed their declaratlona. In
dications this year point to a heavy
Iemocrate vote In Nalla Walla county
and Republicans are lesa confident than
usual of results.
HARRIMAX TO START
FOR OREGON FRIDAY
frnl te rtaa Leased Wire.)
Naw Tork, Jaly lo E. H. Harrlman
la to leave here Friday to spend a mofth
In the wools of ao 'it hern Orearn. H
will make tba trip across the continent
slowly, tnspartrng hla railroads n
route. Mr. Harrtsnan aatd today that he
Is seeking abaoltite rent In Ma trip to
tha Parlfle meat and will t"t try to
br k speed rawwfla on nta trip, as he
La-a 4 one on former rlslta to the coast.
That waa long before Rhe was
Mrs. Frohman or had any thought or it.
That was not pushing; she came up like
a cork In water; nhe had to rise. That
magnetism of hers forced her to the
front. Even when she first came to
me with her mother I didn't notice her
at first because I have so many appli
cants, but as soon as she began to talk
1 began to look up.
"It was the name story with E. 11.
Sothern. He was with me 16 years. I
had him first in a play with a female
star but It didn't take long to see that
Sothern, not the star, was the center
of Interest. When I put the play out
on the road I held him back ajid gave
him n play of his own. I put it on for
two weeks as an experiment; It ran the
wholo season. After all it is the audi
ence, not the manager that makes the
sta rs.
Constant Search for Tolanft.
"Managers of all sorts are constantly
on the lookout fur any one that shows a
spark oi talent. It can be detected at
once in the chorus or anywhere anil
they want to find It for they recom
mend these new fin-Is to Parisian mana
gers. But It is very seldom they find
one. If a chorus girl remains a chorus
fdrl it la because she belong there.
PaderewskI Is by no means the greatest
pianist In the world but he has more
magnetism than Kosentnni. wno is in
finitely better In execution
Mr. Frohman Is deeply lntereste-1 In
the showing that Portland Is making
Ho first vlfdted here In 1S76 and at that
time there wns only one main street
hero. His last visit was made 10 years
ago and he said the progress since that
timo especially on the east side is re
markanle
"It has the facilities for another New
York thftt great east sldo of the river.
I went up to Council Crest, which was
a wilderness on my last visit and ad
mired that wonderful panorama. Port
land has unlimited possibilities wlin
its river outlet to the ocean." He Is
Interested In Investments here, not for
himself but for eastern friends for
whom he has Incidentally been looking
on the const
Tht Frehman brothers are planning to
semi many splendid attractions out this
wav next season. Maude Adams, who
made su-h a paccess in The Little Min
ister." Is to have a new play of James
I T. Barrio; Kthel Barryrnore. William
H. Crane end Otis Skinner will all 1m
nit with new plays. Mary Doro. a new
player, who has been stsrrlng In "The
Morals of Marcus" In London with pro
nounced success will have a new play.
She rose from musical comedy, where
she had a small part and waa put Into
drama because of her talent.
An Vnosoal Play.
"The Thief." In which Margaret- Il
lington Is rtarrtng. Mr. Frohman con
sldc-rs ar. unusual play. It arouses
much discussion and brings home many
lessons." he said. "Some can not ap
preciate the circumstances and are ut
terly out of sympathy with the woman
who" st'-als to look beautiful to please
her husband. But It Is essentially a
French play which could not have been
written In America. There the code of
morale Is dlferent and circumstances
which wrap her about In their foils are
more possible and seem In the manu
script more extenuating.
"It la hard to produce a translated
play to people unacquainted with tha
country In which It waa originally writ
ten. So It Is with Ibsen most people
cannot understand or get Ir.to eympathv
with the conditions he depicts which are
not general conditions but have to do
with his own country and people.
-'lbsn Is undoubtedly a great drama
tist. All the modern writers have based
their work on his example. For one
thing he has done away with the
dreaded soliloquy In which the actor
had to come down stage and tell all
about himself and what he wau a-otng
to do. Now the context ia allowed to
haw it. Another dwrelorment Mhst
helped toward thta and waa the pro areas
In atag lighting Now the footlights
and lights overhead ara thrown uoon
tha actor face and so ha can depict
bv his expression tha emotlors that
atlr him "
InclelentallT Mr. Frohman haul much
to ay of Nra. Flake, who name In tha
paatfew yaara carae so prominently to
the front aa a fighter of the theatrical
trusta
"Aa a girl aba waa the most delight
ful creature you ewr aa w 8h aang
with tba moat beautiful ratltna and hu
ms Utcrsat. Btt played ewrat yoang
be taken by others to present new plavs.
because each one could draw a housa by
himself; And they can make more by
folng on the road with companies of
heir own starring than by staying In
New Tork to play stock.
Trouble on the Circuit.
"The theatrical business has Increased
so a'l over the country that now book
ings are always made a year, sometimes
two and three years in advance and 'It
works out automatically. A manager can
not any more go to a town and cancel
an engagement If he finds a circus or
Snniay school picnic to counteract his
attraction. And the town In the mld
d'e west and the larger towns on the
roast pre beginning to demand the orig
inal companies in the new plays now
and thev must be brought out. Only
In cases where the plav Is so big that
the company doesn't matter will they
take a sccor.il company -as in "The Man
of the Ibmr' anil 'The Uon and the
Mouse.' There it Is the play that mat
ters "
Matrimonial Amenities.
Mrs. Henpeck Before our marriage
you told mo you were well off.
Mr. llenpecK so 1 was only I dldn t
know It.
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