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THE BANNER ATHENS, GEORGIA, SE
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LONDON STRIKE.
SOME OF THE REASONS FOR ITS
^EXISTENCE BRIEFLY STATED.
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Tin- ('uin^sriv* of tho World's Metropolis
I» Not *«> V ast as It Was Ih for« the
Opening o! the Hue* Canal, Whlfjh Kov-
olutlonlr.l.l the Hast Imlia Travie.
No labor trouble of recent years has
attracted greater attention from tHink-
ing men and wqmen t'tan the vast up
rising of low paid workers on and iilxUit
the Hast London thicks. But tlie causes
iiich have led up to the action of the
ten in going out and the stubborn 're
fusal of the employers to "rant the six
pence advance asked for are not well
understood in the United States In the
course of a recently printed editorial ar
ticle The New York Run set forth those
causes with such singular lucidity as to
warrant the transferrenceof a good por
tion thereof to these columns.
AN ANXIOUS MOMENT.
“To understand the present strike of
the London dock laborers and the un
willingness of the dock companies id
grant all the demands of thi» laborers,**
says The Run, ‘‘we must keep in view
the fundamental fact that the port of
London some time since entered on
a period of decadence, Until the open
ing of the Suez canal and for some years
thereafter the volume of its foreign
trade rapidly expanded. During those
good times the Wages of all classes of
Workers rose. Corn arid timber porters
(tho highest class of dock laborers) and
stevedores earned from §10 to §!5 a
week. In -72 the casuals of two of the
docks, the London ami St. Katherine
and the West and East India, struck
and obtained ten cents an hour in the
place of sixty-two and a half cents a
day. To defeat a similar combination
tho Millwail docks imported country la
bor, which they have retained to this
day.
“When the economical consequences
of the Suez canal were fully revealf-d. it
was plain that tho lido of commerce had
turned against London. The slow in
crease in the volume of goods handled
was much more than counterbalanced
*>y the shrinking of values and of profits.
'The transshipment trade was revolu
tionized by the opening of the direct
route via Suez to tho European conti
nent; goods formerly housed in London
were'unloaded straight from the ocean
vessel to the continental beet. The re
sult of dwindling profits has been a
downward tendency in all the grades of
hiburempl'iyod by the docks and wharves
of East i,-avium This tendency ha.1 been
accelerated by the unceasing drift of
foreign hud provincial labor into the
n»oinipaii,s. which has gone on simui-
Ijuicsiuaiy with the shrinkage of employ
ment.
“it is necessary? to hear in mind the
decline of London’:) foreign comungve
-and its depresses; effect upon the dock
c anpaai -s in order to comprehend t-he
ctnhhorunes.) with which, while \ ielding
o:i most points to the strikers, they have
set their faces against The demand tor
twelve cents an hour for piece work.
What is now paid, and v.d . t piece work,
as dLsth-guishrd from contract work,
means in East Loudon, will be presently
made ch ar. Bat first let us get some
exact notion of tlm number of dock la-
liorers, stevedores and others who could
by any possibility take part in this strike.
case the men are paid directly by the
company, and receive ten cents an hour.
But half the work of these docks is let
out to small .contractors, generally
chosen from the permanent laliorers.
This system has naturally led to sweat-
ing-tlinl is. to the coercing of laborers
by the sub-contractors to accept starva
tion wages. In 1880 the casuals struck
against this system. The company
yielded and required the‘gangci^ sub
contractor. head of a gang, to pay his
hands a minimum of twelve cents an
hour. It is said, however, that this
regulation is. evaded by secret bribery
and corruption.
“V-\> are now in a position to under
stand (lie ultimatum of the East London
strikers. They demand that the con
tract system shall bo utterly swept away.
Ail work given to the irregularly em
ploye! 1 must U- piece work. To this de
mand, as well as to the stipulation that
no casual workman shall be discharged
until he lias a chalice to earn fifty cents,
the dock companies early expressed a
willing::,vs to accede. What was re
fused was the demand that under tlie
piece work system the men shall receive
a minimum of twelve cents an hour.
They refused because they have hither
to, since 1872, paid but ten cents, and
Iveowse the plus has not in recent years
averaged above one cent an hour to each
laborer. They say that at twelve cents
an hour there would be not only no plus,
hut scarcely any profit to the compa
nies."
The methods of work upon the London
docks are not at all like those 'employed
in New York and other American ports.
Few of the improved methods of hand
ling freight used in the United States are
known there, perhaps, among other rea
sons, because of the deer .-osiug amount
of business to be bandied.
Tlie methods of hiring extra men have
been described so often in the newspapers
since the beginning of the strike as to re
quire no special mention here. The two
cuts given show the gang waiting for the
announcement of men wanted to be
made, and the mad rush that ensues
when bread is distributed. to the unem
ployed. They are from The London
Graphic.
HENRY HITCHCOCK.
SIOUX CITY'S PRIDE.
Tlio
Corn Palace or 18S0 Will Be the
finest Ever Erected.
Sioux City will soon complete her
third dim palace, which will be the
central object of iuterest in her third
annual harvest festival. The com pal
aces of her two preceding festivals at
tracted so much attention that the com
ing one will be on a larger find better
plan. Of course this structure will not
be built of corn alone, seeing that that
would be a rather unstable material;
but it will be “finished’l_in corn and
decorated with the same, and its large
exhibition flails will show that grain ar
ranged in all forms of beauty.
ALL WELL ALONG IN YEARS
JOHNNY MULLEN, THOMAS ROONEY
AND MRS. ELIZABETH LARNED.
THE STRUGGLE FOR BREAD,
“Then the term dock labor is in London
* properly applied only to tho employment
-offered by the import trade. Tho export
trade is handled by tlie stevedores, with
whom tlie shipowners contract directly,
•and for whose work the dock companies
are in nowise responsible.
“Now as to the grievances complained
of. These do not arise in connection
with the pay Of the permanent laborer
but out of the methods of employing the
casual or irregular labor. In tho West
and East India docks the contract sys
tem dees not obtain, but what is called
“piece work” is distributed among the
irregularly employed. That Is to say,
when the company has undertaken a
particular job, such as the unloading of
a large steamer, a number of irregulars
are taken on for the day by the com
pany's foreman and paid ten cents an
hour. As an encouragement to good
work, and provided the task has been
accomplished at a certain rate of profit
to the company, a “plus” is divided
among the members of ‘ the gang. To
the ordinary workman thi3 plus aver-
i one cent an hour. Counting in the
ings of the irregular
idia docks have averaged
Katherine
ract
the former
r '"
Sketch «if the New President of the Amer
ican Ily Association.
Henry Hitchcock, who lias recently
been elected president of the American
Bar association, comes of a family of
high standing in the profession of the
law. His grandfather, Samuel Hitch
cock, of Vermont, was a United States
circuit judge in 1801. His father, Henry
Hitchcock, was
chief justice .of
Alabama. T li a
present Henry
Hitchcock w a s
born in 1827; was
graduated from
the University of
Nashville. Tenn.,
in 1840, and from
Yale in 1848. He
studied law and
went to St. Louis.
HENRY inTCUCCCK. When the ,S t.
Lotus law school, in which he became
a professor-, was first thought of in
I SCO, he had become one of tho lead
ing practitioners cf that City.
Mr. Hitchcock vv.-w identified with the
United States military sort ieo during the
civil war as judge • advocate on Gen.
Sherman's -staff. He was one of the
founders and has been an active member
of lire American Bar association; and
f .*otu thii date of itsorganization ho has
been a member of ihe jurisprudence
committee, lib has ba n president of
the Missouri-State Bar association and
the St. Louis Bar association. In 1882
Iso.was associated with Edward J. ’Phelps,
Clarkson N. Fetter, Wiiiiam M. Evarts
and others on tho special committee for
the relief of the United Slates supreme
court, and prepared a majority report,
which was adopted by the association
after debate. It has since been the basis
of all their action for the relief of the
United States supreme court. Mr. Hitch
cock was also the organizer.of the Civil
Service Reform association of Missouri.
As professor, dean and provost of the
St. Louis Law school be has done good
work.
Tho Southern Exposition.
Montgomery, Ala., will hold its first
exposition on Nov. 5, closing on Nov.
13. Its object 13 to give the people of
the south an opportunity to display their
wares and manufactures before the peo
ple of Alabama. From all sections re
ports are coming in that undoubtedly
poiut out tho fact that the exposition
will present the finest array of exhibits
to its visitors that was ever presented in
that section. The representatives of the
exposition are eagerly welcomed on all
sides. Tlie people of Georgia are as fa
miliar with tho southern exposition as
with their state affairs, and it has been
very extensively advertised.
Maj. Burke, who is the general man
ager, was very much pleased with the
result of his visit to Auburn, where he
had many and long conferences with
the Allianoe men, and a number of influ
ential farmers evinced a lively interest
in the exposition.
Mr. W. 0. Bible, Jr., the secretary,
speaks very encouragingly of the out
look for the exposition in Georgia.
Everywhere he went in that state he
found friends willingly working to add
CORN PALACE OF i8fci>.
The palace will be 2-10 feet long and
120 feet wide, and will have a central
tc wer 200 feet high. Most of the inte
rior will be comprised in an auditorium
233 feet long, with a music stand and
tlie most approved arrangements for
acoustic' effects. The music this year
will be bv tlie famous Seventy-fifth Regi
ment band of New York. It is scarcely
possible to describe trie peculiar finish of
the corn palace, and quite impossible to
give any just idea of it in an engraving,
such are tlie delicate blendings of green
and gold and delicate tints of red, brown
and orange, which may be produced -by
an artistic arrangement of native grains,
grasses and fruits. All the decorations
in wood and drapery will he made to
harmonize with the general design,
which is to give a complete picture of
American grains.
Inside there wifi lie balconies and al
coves for various exhibits, and it is ex
pected that most native American pro
ducts will be shown, as there will be an
open floor space of 8.000 square feet, be
sides balconies and alcoves and other
sections for display. At the highest
will float, of course, the American
little lower down will appear
bunting harmoniously shading the main
wall, and all below the bunting will be
covered with corn and other grains in
all obtainable forms, relieved at inter
vals by designs in grasses, ferns ar.d
other growths which long retain their
consistency and color. The novelty of
the design and the success of the former
exhibits justify the prediction that the
corn palais of September and October,
18S9, will richly repay a v Lit.
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point wi
flag; a
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THE ORIGINAL BANNER.
Its
Lend It to the
Proprietor Will Not
City of Halttiuorc.
The particular star spangled banner
which inspired Francis Barton Key to
write his soul stirring but somewhat
throat stretching song lias become the
subject of a rather curious controversy.
Several questions are involved. Does a
Slag become the property of a command
ing officer simpiv because he lakes it
away with him? If not, does the title
vest in Ilia family by long and undisput
ed possession? Or does the statute of
limitations (which cannot “run” as
against a government) tako effect as to r.
Hag?
Here is tho history: The ladies of Bal
timore made the flag and presented it to
the garrison of Fort McHenry, where it
“waved in triumph” Sept. 10. 1814: Col.
George Armistead, commander during
SOUTHERN EXPOSITION BUILDINGS,
to its success. His reports from Macon
and Augusta were very favorable; the
Southern exposition is a familiar name
in these cities. Great efforts are being
made by the several railway companies
to run excursion trains to tlie exposition.
At tlie Top of tho Eiffel Tower.
Traveling American—Good gracious!
How far beneath me it all seems!
small these Europeans are!—Life.
THE ORIGINAL STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
the bombardment, took it away with
him, and it is now in the possession of
his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, of
New York city. Baltimore wants it to
exhibit at her approaching celebration of
the battle of North Point, and Me. Ap
pleton says it shall not be exhibited un
til the World’s fair in 1898.
The flag was originally of regulation
garrison size, but is now merely a square,
the rest having been cut away tayfelio
hunters in the early days, when it was
not so jealously guarded. It has fifteen
stripes, In one of which CoL Armistead
wrote his name and the date of the bat
tle—the same being clearly legible now.
His widow bequeathed the flag to her
daughter, Mrs. William Stuart Apple-
ton, wBo was born in Fort McHenry
some years after the war, and from her
it came to her son. It has been exhibit
ed on several occasions, notably at the
Lafayette reception in 1824, and at tho
Philadelphia .centennial; but Mr. Apple-
ton declares it shall be seen no more till
1892, and then all the world can get a
view of it.
Light Bodies.
“I see,” remarked Homestaver, “that
some swimming matches are advertised
this morning." And Mrs. Homestayer
(scornfully said that any match would
swim well enough, but she didn't believe
tho best matches in the world would be
of any account after they had been in
™ uai ! swimming more than once, anyhow.—
tlow Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho First Named Lives In Maine and
Claims 130 Years, the Second in Michi
gan and Claims 107. ami the Third Will
Shortly Beach the Century Line.
Who was it said there are no very okl
people in the New World? Whoever he
may have been he must hide his dimin
ished head, for scarcely a week passes
nowadays that the newspapers do not
unearth some individual who has passed
the line marking tho first century. This
article deals with one Thomas Rooney,
who has passed the line by several years.
Mrs. Lajrned, who is about to step
across it—if grim death does not step in
and prevent, and “Johnny” Mullen, of
Oxford. Me., whose age is claimed to be
130 odd years.
The oldest man in Oxford, Me., is
Johnny Mullen, who was horn in the
north of Ireland, and claims to be ISO
years of age or thereabouts. He is
of about the medium height, very thin
and sinewy, and with no surplus flesh cn
his body. His eyesight is keen, but he
complains of defective sight cn very near
things, though he has never used specta
cles. He is beginning to get deaf, and
his only complaint is of a “tired feeling”
after working a chert time. His parents,
Charles and Bridget Mullen, were linen
weavers and quite well off. They had
two boys and two girls.
One of th.e first things that Johnny
can remember is crawling across the
floor to his mother and cawing with
fright, while th.e dreaded press gang
searched the house for his father. As
soon as he was strong enough to stand
alone and tall enough to reach the weav
ing harness, lie commenced to work at
the loom until a little over 21 years of
ago. Then the Mullens, hearing such
glowing accounts of a new and wonder
ful country, of its great fertility and th.e
freedom of its land to ail, sold out and
crossed the ocean to St. John, N. 13. All
the family, except Johnny, went to Bos
ton in a sloop.
Mullen got a job in a sawmill in St.
John, where he thinks he stopped about
thirty years, as a
little boy he first
got acquainted
with there grew
to manhood,mar
ried and had sev
eral children be
fore he left. In
the summers he
worked in the
sawmill, and
along the coast in
the winters when
the mill was not
running. After
awhile ho tired JOHNNY MULLEN,
of St. John, and with two friends hired
out on a coaster and came to Capo Eliza
beth, Me., where lie iivod somo } T ears.
He next went to Portland and then tc
Westbrook, where he fortunately secured
a job lugging new wet brick in Hawke’s
brickyard. This was such a nice job he
stuck to it for seven years. When he
had saved a little money he bought a
farm at Raymond and settled down.
Soon after he married Mis ; Lizzie Bryant
and had five children. His wife finally
deserted him and went to the bad. His'
three boys died young, and his two
daughters work in tho factory ut Gx
ford.
Johnny could not make a living off
his farm, as it was small, poor and rocky,
so he commenced digging ditches for
other men. He was an expert at this,
and soon his fame as a ditch digger
spread abroad i:i tho land. For twenty-
five years he followed tins work in Ray
mond, LriJgton, Casco, etc., and all the
country round. Finally ho sold out and
went to Oxford, where Iu3 ‘first job was
the excavation for tho foundation of tlie
woolen factory. When the factory
opened Mr. Robinson, tho manager, gave
Johnny the position of night watchman.
He smoked strong tobacco “like a steam
engine” all night to keep awake. At
this time Mr. Mullen was probably 100
years old. His irregular habits, sleep
less nights, tho malaria of swamp3 and
the poison of tobacco clo not seem to
have impaired his constitution. About
five years ago he began to fail a little;
not from sickness, but from a gradual
weakening of all his physical powers.
He left off regular work two years ago,
only doing light work.
In his young days Johnny went to
New York city, and relates many inter
esting stories of that city in “ye olden
time.” He was one of the first gang that
commenced coopering in Virginia, and
the only one who stood the climate with
out sickness. He attributes this to his
care in wearing warm woolens when
not working, keeping out of the night
air and not touching intoxicating
liquors. After wandering around he
returned to Maine, and now does most
of the worjs on bis . farm of fifty-three
acres in Harrison. His diet lias always
been very plain, and his habits are very
regular. Wormwood, which he steeps
in a strong tea and drinks when “out of
sorts," is his only medicine. He has
studied the habits of all nature’s'living
things, and is quite a natural philosopher
in his way.
Thomas Rooney lives in Fremont,
Newaygo county, Mich. He was bom
in Ireland in 1782, “and by this token”
is now 107. In his early life he was a
stock raiser, and
a successful one,
too. Later he
came to the new
world and locat
ed at Toronto.
Still later ho re
moved to Mount
Forest, where he
grew rich and
prosperous as a
farmer. In 1873,
THOMAS ROONEY, U<Wever> he de l
cided to leave Canada, and then took up
his abode in Holton, Mich., whence he
removed to his present home. He is a
father of fourteen children, four of
whom are now living. His declining
years are also gladdened by thirty-six
grandchildren and fifty-three, great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Larned. of Central
Falls, R. I., is an interesting old lady,
who is just on the verge of a demurv of
life. She was born in Dudley. Mass..
Jan. 10. 1 T0:>. Her maiden name was
Elizabeth Eaton. Her parents were
John Elliott Eaton and Elizabeth Davis
Eaton. Her father was a surgeon in the
revolutionary anny, being a resilient of
Spencer, Mass., at that time. After the
war he moved to Dudley and settled.
In 1810 Miss Eaton married Morris
Larned, of Dudley,whore she remained
nil her life, until seven years ago, when
she moved to Central Falls. Mr. Larned
died ten years ago. Their children num
ber thirteen, of whom only live are now
living. Mrs. Larned has twenty-live
grandchildren living, and her great
grandchildren are too numerous to be
correctly estimated even by members of
the family.
Mrs. Larned sleeps a great deal of the
time, and at times does not care to leave
her room. Within the last few years
she was very fond
sm -
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Sir Edwin|
authoritv, per j “ d ,l >* !
india and
about enterin'* on Aai » £%
States and C l(,Ur or
feel a renewed L, ' uu! Hwjf
! us Work »- 'n !is J
because Edwin ArnSn' 1 Cl
bree sided man. I &
is interesting in j," .I***! 2
coders knowlumin -^Ui J
and other w W fc # 0l
but m addition to U o m' ,,1u1 Cl
most able and inihS e * *1
ers m Great ffritain‘1
Daily Telegraph | )e n- F ° rTi >eUfl
7.000 leading
merits, and he is , *01
eminent in power ion,' , ^
Otherwise have fallen ° afl0r it,
Tlie peculiarity of : L ■;
^rr" lr ,„„riuu
written at white heat and i
spur of the
v
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MRS. LARKED.
| member of the Episcopal church in good • ii„ tIT ,
and regular staudiug and has been the Boston Journal.'* ' 0t
of receiving call
ers, but has
grown indifferent
\) of iate. She is
considered to be
in good health,
and can read with
spectacles a little,
hut rarely at
tempts to, as she
appears to have
no wish to read.
Her sight and
hearing have re
cently failed her,
and she speaks very seldom of old times
since. She has been a great knitter in
her time, but her failing sight has de
prived her cf that pastime. Her home
is with her married daughter. Mrs. Cor
delia Davison. She is a direct descend
ant of John Elliott, the great Indian
apostle. Her grandfather, Joshua Eaton,
:t clergyman of Spencer, married Sarah
Elliott, a granddaughter cf John Elliott.
Mrs. Lamed’s father was tlie first phy
sician in Dudley, Mass. The Indians
worshiped and regarded him as a “great
medicine man,” and he was highly es
teemed by all who knew him.
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEES.
John Milter, Republican, of North Dakota,
nnd J. :i. Toole. Democrat, of Montana.
John Miller, familiarly known in
North Dakota as Farmer Miller, and
nominated by the
Republicans o f
that ?>tate for gov
ernor, was born
in Dryden.N. Y*.,
some forty years
ago. His early
training was on
his fatlier’s.farm,
and his education
was that of the
common scliooL
When but a
young man he JOHN miller.
engaged in tin? mercantile business in
Dryden as a clerk, and has since then
followed the same business for lumself
with more or less regularity save for the
last few years. In 1880 he removed to
Dakota as axi employe of the Dwight
Farm and Land company, with tread-
quartern at Dwight, Richland county.
Elis political career began when Th.e
Wall pet on Globe Loomed him for the
territorial council. Binco then he has
steadily risen in the estimation of his
party, a a the nomination for governor
shows.
Joseph Kemp Toole, of Helena, who
has been recently nominated by tlie
Democrats of j
Montana for gov-1
ernor, was bern j
atSaVannah,Mo., ;
May 12, 1851. He j
was educated at |
the public schools j
of St. Joseph, j
Mo., and at the j
Western Military
academy at New
Castle, Ky., of
which Gen. E.
J. K. toole. Kirby Smith was
principal. He studied law, was admit
ted to the bar and has since practiced.
In 1872 he was elected district attorney
of the Third judicial district iu Mon
tana, and was re-elected two years later
without opposition. In 1881 he was
elected to the Twelfth legislative assem
bly of Montana as a member of the coun
cil from Lewis and Clarke county, and
was also their president. Toole was
elected a member of tlie constitutional
convention which met in Helena in Jan
uary, 1884 He was also elected to the
Forty-ninth and re-elected to tlie Fiftieth
congress as a Democrat. His first speech
of consequence in the house was deliv
ered last January.
Cliarlf* A. Lee, President.
Charles A. Lee, the new president of
the National Editorial association, which
has just ended its annual session at De
troit, is a young
man from Paw
tucket, R. L He
has been a news
paper man all his
life, and has been
with his present
paper fortwenty-
five years. He is
but 43 years old,
standing over six ’
feet in height. He
is a trenchant
writer. In poli- Charles a. lee.
tics he is a Republican. He founded the
Rhode Island Press association, and has
been three years president of the New
England Suburban Press association. He
is a prominent Knight of Pythias. Ho
is a handsome man, and one of the most
popular fellows in the profession.
i/Wy** shoot anything down in
Maine, asked the inquiring neighbor of
< e . , 1 ' e *- urnt d sportsman.
Gh; yes,” said the truthful sportsman,
all the rapids.”—
of
frequent]
mens aft
y i]e<-|i
ontent; f or
in thf»K n „ ^
id night an, '*!
best editorials were in C " V '' h
hours iff:-.;
them. Yet they anTmoLf 1 '
English The writ,,-', ..JJj? 1
them to be a perfect m ac hq«
ecl _m perfect order, incr J.;^
evsion ol action wifi; "* l
her languid moods. W
. ° l>il “ on v,e “- snyin- that,
ignore , urkey and Sm% {
panubian princijialitics. ird’’,
mg was gained | )V t! , e
Edwin Arnold
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SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.
risen*
Edward 1 -
son, the latter holding
terest in the paper, boldiv
this movement, turning from
J 11 e
'( had us
A Ported i
% &
tnainteisaJl
British
and prei
'/the eas
effect rj
derfui.
tides tl;
with eagerness by all intelligent
men are now regarded as bavin? J
an era in British politics.
Edwin Arnold was bore June
and is the second son of Robe..
Arnold, a country gentleman and
landed proprietor of Sussex.
Arthur gained some repul
house of commons for his
the franchise, and also as
eastern affairs. Edwin ve
tained a scholarship in
lege, Oxford, and in 1832
Newdegate prize for iiis poem
“Feast of Belshazzar.” After
term as instructor he was mad,
of the government's Sanskrit
Poona, India, and since that
fame in America rests almost
his works about India and
ligiens. It is only in England
editorial fame is the greater.
Other works besides those®
religions have proceeded from bi>
the best known being some
lations from the Greek poets
tory of recent government
in India. FIG “Light of Asia’'
in 1871. and evented a reiigMB
literary sensation both in
America. For this production
of Siam decorated him with tlf
the While Elephant. In 1883
“Pearls of Faith, or Islam3
ii>g the Ninety-nine Beautiful
Allah, with Comments in Versa,
was he who arranged tnelm.t
of Mr. George Smith to ,-vssym
duct'd the proprietors of The
to send Mr. Henry Stanley w
Despite his immense and brilliant
Mr. Arnold is still comparatively*.®
man, still in full health ‘aid
and the public may confidently
rich results from his tour in i
AiuericJ I
tlyalj
illi
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Actor, Playwright, Anti**
George Fawcett Rowe, the arW
dramatist, who expired recem
Glen ham hotel, in New Vork,'«s
in Exeter, County Devon, G
about 1836. His father was an
man and his mother a Spa““"l
son inherited idiosyncrasies
When quite a child he
called “Alfred and the ^
learned to sketch and paint'
mother. When a very young
went to London ami bee
painter. From this he ^
In 1852 the Australian gold t
out and Mr. Rowe went W*
his fortune. He
painted and
wrote and acted
until he got a
theatre at Mel
bourne and be
came a manager.
During these
years in Austra
lia he translated
and constructed
over fifty plays.
They were
ephemeral affairs
and soon passed
out of existence. . gp
He mado a tour of
Peru and at last brought
York. thaOly®^
In 1868 he opened a* ® 0 ^
atre,on Broadway, un
ment of Mrs. Jolm Wood, ^
cessfuL From
played frequently to £
with favor, but was
Dickens’ characters. iar k3W
making nonsiderab
latter impersonation. ^ m
He wrote a conrcdy nosto{ W
which failed- ^ffailure* jj
matic writings nere t
neva Cross” was a jt f J
was accused oM Ly, lie £ f[ i
French. In g but W
good cn-cumstanccs, j0)0 D.
stood by him and help**
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