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VOL. 6.—NO. 31.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Disastrous Fire in West Virginia—Fright
ful Railway Accident—A Desperate
Moonshiner Rumored Fight Be- <
tween French and Chinese Force#
—The Markets and Other Items.
Jersey City, Jan. 30—A frightful rail- 1
road accident occurred this morning on the '
New Jersey Central Railroad, in which a
number ot persons were either killed or
wounded. As the fast express from Phila- ,
delphia was approaching Danforth avenue,
just after crossing the cemetery bridge, a
wheel of one of the forward coiches broke,
causing several of the others to leave the ■
track. The derailed cars crashed into a coal 1
train standing on a siding, upsetting the |
coal cars and piling up on them in a badly I
wrecked condition. At 11 o'clock, thirty
seven per-ons in all had been taken from
the wreck, more or less badly injured, some
it is feared fatally. Others are still in the
wreck badly wedged in among broken tim
bers, etc., and it is reported several corpses
can be seen amidst the debris.
OUR RIVERS AND HARBORS.
What Mr. Nicholls Proposes to Do for
Their Improvement.
Special Dispatch to Savannah Daily Times.
Washington, Jan. 30—Representative
Nicholls will at the proper time introduce
an amendment to the river and harbor bill
mw before the House,to appropriate SIO,OOO
to provide for building a large dredge boat,
to be operated in the harbors of Savannah,
Charleston, St. Johns and Fernandina, the
object being to facilitate the deepening of
the channels at these points. He will also
ask to have the appropriation for the Bruns
wick harbor increased to $2-5,000, and also
provide for a survey of the entrance to
Doboy’s Sound.
DISASTROUS FIRE
Which Threatens to Becoms a Conflagra
tion.
Wheeling W. Va., Jan. 30.—A fire
broke out in the shoe store of Geo. White
at Wellsburg, sixteen miles north of th : s
city, early this morning, and, owing to in
tense cold and absence of any fire extin
guishing apparatus, it is spreading on all
sides. There is nothing but telephone con
nection with the place. The postoffice and a
number of other buildings are reported to te
in flames, with prospects that the entire i
business portion of the town will be de-1
strayed-
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
This Morning’s Work in Both Houses.
Washington, Jan. 30—In the House,
at the opening this morning, a letter was I
read from the Speaker designating Hon
J. C. T. Blackburn, of Kentucky, as Speaker ]
for this day. Speaker Carlisle’s absence is
in consequence of an invitation to Albany
to confer wth the President elect.
The Chair laid before the Senate a com - I
munication from the Secretary of the In - '
terior in relation to an objection on the
part of the Creek Indians to pending legis
lation for the opening up “to settlement
lands in the Indian lerritory.
REMARKABLE REVIVAL.
Over One Thousand Conversions Report'd.
Gallipolis, 0., Jan. 30.—The most re- j
markable religious revival ever known here
is in progress. One thousand conversions I
have been reported. Saloonsand di-reputa
ble houses have been closed and business is
to a large extent suspended.
A Desperado Who Has Committed Num- ,
erous Murders.
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 30 Riley Pile,,
a desperate moonshiner of Pickett county,
murdered Deputy Marshal J. McDonald, a ;
few weeks go, and two or three days ago he ,
murdered Jank Davidson, a respected farm , 1
er. McDonald was kill-d white trying to
arrest Pile, and Davidson was murdered ,
while saving his brother, who was threaten
ed by Pile for ha ing given certain infor I 1
mation on him.
A Preacher in Tumble.
Lawrence, Kans, Jan. 30.—Rev. B. F. I ]
Elder of the African M. E. Church, was j i
bound over yester -av on a charge of illegit
mate parents, e. Carrie Anderson, the p
complaining witness, is a mulattoe girl 17 j (
yea-s old. 1 ,
Fire—L >ss, #23,500. i
New York, Jan. 30.—At 1:30 o’clock 1
this morning a fi-e at No. 35 West Four
teenth street caused the loss of $3,500 to
E. D. Bashford & Co., dealers in house (
furnishing goods, and $20,000 to B. Y.
Turner, picture dealer. ,
Couch's Whereabouts. .
Arkansas City, Ark., Jan. 30 —Couch
and his colonists, returning from Oklahoma, t
are encamped on the State line, six miles
south of here. General Hatch and command
are reported moving toward Caldwell.
Train Wreckers Arrested.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 30.—Three
men were arrested at Lloyds and two at
Darbyville yesterday, charged with causing I
recent numerous wrecks on the Florida '
Central Railroad. >
LIFE PRESERVER.
If you are losing your grip on life, try I
Wells’ Health Renewer.” Goes direct to ;
weak spots. t
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885.
ATLANTA AFFAIRS.
Two Damage Suits Against the Constitu- ,
tion—Minor Matters.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Times.
Atlanta, Jan. 30. —Two suits for dama
ges were filed in the Superior Court of Ful
ton county to-dav, against the Atlanta Con
stitution Publishing Company. They are
for SIO,OOO each. Last year the Constitu
tion published a special from Henderson, j
Houston county, stating that Miss Camelia |
Perry, of that community, had eloped with
her married brother-in-law James T. Grant, i
on the day set for her marriage to a young
farmer named William E. Till. The pair
were overtaken at Hawkinsville, when
Grant explained that he was taking the
young lady away from an objectionable
suitor. Miss Perry and Till have since mar
ried, and now Giant sues for SIO,OOO and
Till and his wife sue for SIO,OOO. The Con
stitution published a statement for the two
at the time of the occurrence, aud the pro
prietors of the big daily are not very much
frightened by this heavy claim for damages.
R N. Holtzclaw, of Perry, represents the
parti-s who bring the suits.
Hon. W. W. Gordon, of Chatham, was
among the callers at the Governor’s office
yesterday.
The report reaches here that Hon. W. O.
Tuggle, of Troup, now at Thomasville, is at
the point of death from consumption.
There is much hope here now that the
artesian well will be made a success.
New York Stock Market.
New York, Jan. 30. —At 1:30 p. m. to
dav quotations were :
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Western Union Telegraph Co 58%
Pacific Mall 53%
Lake Shore Gl l / H
Louisville and Nashville 23%
Texas Pacific 12%
Denver and Rio Grande 8%
Michigan Central 5>
Delaware, Lackawanna & West’n Bli%
Northwestern 89%
St. Paul ~-
Chlcago, Burlington aud Quincy Ils 1 .;
Oregon Transcontinental 11%
Northern Pacific 37%
Hock Island 1081,
Jersey Central 31%
Mem phis and Charleston 25%
East Tennessee, Va. <S Ga (com) 3
East Tennessee, Va. A Ga. (pfd) 5%
Philadelphia and Reading Hi
Omaha (com) 25%
Omahal(pfd) 86%
New York Central 87%
Kansas and Texas 15%
Erie 12%
New York Produce Market.
New York, Jan. 30.—Flour opened
quiet and easy. Fine grades $2.50a2.82; Su
perfine $2 80 <3OO. Wheat, No. 2, red win
ter, for February 89. Corn, No. 2, mixed’
for February 50a50jc. Oats, No. 2, mixed,
36} for January. Pork dull. Mess sl3 50
al3 75 Turpentine quiet, at 31c. Rosin
dull, strained to good, $1.25al 30. Sugar, j
refined, dull; cut loaf 6|; granulated, 63; i
confectioners, 6?,; coflee dull, fair Sargoet, 9c '
Chicago 'Change.
Chicago, Jan. 30 —Wheat opened weak |
and lower. February, 76}; March, 77g. j
orn easier; February 351; March 36}af; I
April 36, • Oats easier; May, 30}. Lard
nominal. Pork lower; March, sl2 17}; May I
sl2 35. Bulk meats nominal.
Reported Franco-Chinese Fights.
Paris, Jan. 30. —A report is current here
of a sanguinary engagement between the
French and Chinese fleets off Matsop.
Prob abilities.
Washington, Jan. 30—For the South
Atlantic States, warmer weather, followed
by increasing cloudiness and local rains;
winds generally easterly, falling barometer.
He Knew He Wouldn't Make a Liar
of Him.
A few weeks since an Irishman direct from
the old country called upon a well-known
Bostonian, presenting letters of introduction
from mutual friends in England
The Bostonian leceivtd him very cordially
and proffered a glass of brandy, which the
Irishman drank with a relish.
After some further conversation the for
eigner said :
“Well, Mister X., Oi’ui very much pleas
ed wid the new country. It’s a foim: place.
I will tell me frierds what a foine
land it is and what foine gentlemen y- have
in it. I’ll te'l them how foinely ye ir >ted
me; how you gave me two glasses < I foine
old brandy—”
‘ Bur,” broke in the amused host, ‘‘l
haven’t given you Hit one.”
“Oh, well, ve wouldn’t make a liar of me
to my friends. That Oi know!”
Ano.her glass was f rthcoming at Once.
she Was Just Too Cute for Anything.
It was only about three hours since dinner,
but the small boy of the house was hungry
and began to “snoop around,” as his mother
called it, for “suthin’ to er.”
3 “Ma,” said he, “can I have some of them
c-r-a-c -k-e-r-s on the table?” (spelling the
word out, but not pronouncing it, as Rilla,
the 4 year-old, always wanted whatever the
rest h id, and it was thought advisable some
times not to let her have it).
“Yes, my boy, help yourself if you’re
starving,” replied his mother.
“Oh, I want one too," said Rilla, as she
danced out to the dining-room.
Presently she returned minus crackers
with a downeast Ipok, and just ready to cry.
“What’s the matter, pet?” said her
m ithi'r.
“I—thought that spelled doughnuts,” said
she, and began to sob.
Sue got the. doughnut.
PRETTY WOMEN.
Ladies who would retain freshness and
viyacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health
Renewer.”
Jay Gould's wonderful yacht will, it is said
be most completely and elegantly furnished.
Among other useful and indispenslble things
ordered for It was a box of Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup.
Idling Piles.”—Symptoms: Moisture
Like perspiration, Intense Itching, worse by
scratching, most at night, seems as if pin
worms were crawling. “Swayne’s Ointment”
Is a pleasant, sure cure.
A WINTER CARNIVAL.
MERRY TIMES IN MONTREAL
Thousands of People Present at the Festi
vities— A Grand Ice Palace—An Inter
national Schedule of Railway Fare*
—Unveiling; an Ice Lion—Mag
nificent Sights and Scenes—
Tobogganing, Skating
and Sleighing.
I Montreal, Canada, January 30.
I The weather to-day has proven
favorable for the opening of the third win
ter carnival. A rising thermometer yes
terday threatened the Wills and foundation
of the grand ice palace, but this morning
came in brisk and frosty, and all the hill
side streets have been throughout the day
crowded with residentsaud visitors. There
are a great many Americans in town, and
their enthusiasm to-night at the sight of
the crystal turrets of the ice king’s palace
and the shining proportions of the icy lion
is very great. Montreal, in fact the entire
Canadian Government, has this year made a
big bid for Americans and American gold.
For the last three days customs officials
have been unusually civil and non-inquisi
tive. A very cheap international schedule
of railroad fares has been arranged, and all
efforts have been made to draw a crowd
over the border. These efforts have proved
particularly successful, and the Windsor
and other hotels are crowded to their ut
most capacity.
Nothing of all the strange surroundings
prove more attractive to visitors from the
United States than the wondrous glassy hill
courses, that by cureful attention have been
made ready for the steel runners of the to
boggans, and which were thrown open this
afternoun. Canadians in their seal coals,
and New Yorkers in meltons and chinchil
las, have been ever since the opening of the
slides, and are at this moment, fighting f>r
places on the swift running sleds. Through
the level streets bordering thefjotof the
! bills, sleighs merry with silvery bells are
making their way. Many of the houses are
illuminated. There is music in the prii -
cipal hotels. The genuine carnival spirit
is abroad in the land, although the cream ot
the sport will not begin until to-morrow.
Ou Wednesday the storming of the ice-pal
ace by an army on snow-shoes, will take
place, and there will be the inauguration if
the ice condora and a fancy-dress ball al
the Victoria Rink on Thursday night. The
programme for the week calls for an alm' st
continued round of gayety and excitement.
Nobody here seems to feel the cold. There
is no shivering, and the streets are throng
ed with bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked wo
men, many of them Americans, who seem
i determined to see and enjoy all that is go
j ing on.
The boulevard to St Helen Island and
■ the Corso on the St Liwrence river were
formally inaugurated this afternoon. Sever-
I al of the leading members of the East End
j Carnival Committee drove across in s'eighs
i and the general public followed. It was
j noticed that the majority of those enj ying
the drive were American visitors who were
. charmed with the novelty of crossing over
the frozen surface of the mighty river. The
boulevard was nicely traced out by means of
trees, pathways on either side being marked
out for pedestrians. For a distance of four
or five bundle 1 yards the roadway had been
carefully levelled off, but beyond the Corso
considerable lump ice was encountered. The
ice was capable of bearing burdens,
as dozens of sleighs followed one another in
a serpentine trail to the island in quick
succession. Several hundred persons
thronged the revetment wall to watch the
proceedings, while all the sairounding
buildings contained their quota of sight
seers. As seen from the city the ice-bound
island presen'ed a very pleasing appearance
the snow-clad hills being literally black
with j eople.
All the toooggan slides are open and in
condition. Tugue Blue slide, on the Mon
treal Lacro sc Club grounds, was alive and
g'owing with the variegated costumes of
many scores of pleasure seekers. The
Landsdowne slide evenly divide I the hon its
with the Tugue Blue as regards the num
bers that were to be seen enjoying them
selves on its fur fine tracks. At these two
slides strangers, both American arid Cana
dian, seemed to be enjoying themselves
to the fullest possible extent. To-night all
the tobaggan bills are lighted up with
electric lamps an 1 are crowded with thous .
| ands of visitors.
The ice lio i was unveiled this evening.
Upwards of t n thousand people witnessed
the inauguration The ice palace is partly
illuminated and is a magnificent sight. L’he .
streets are blocked with all kinds of convey
ances and thronged with sightseers in every
imaginable costume. Ti.e carnival proper
does rot begin until to-morrow night, when
the first torchlight procession will take
place.
STRANGE WORLD THIS
And some funny people in it, too. You
have all come in contact with some that
ire never satisfied. They grumble from
morning until night—we heard a man
even grumble in bed. That man would
grumble at any thing ar.d every thing,
without reason; but this week we heard
a gentleman grumble with good reason.
He bought a suit of clothes and paid a
good old fashioned price for it, and, hap
pening to co ne into the “ Famous,” he
was shown a suit of the same class of
goods, and our price was $8 less than he
had paid. That gentleman had good rea
son to find fault, and grumbled at bis
bad luck; but it will be a good lesson to
him, and he will buy of the “Famous”
□ext time. We are through taking stock,
and now comes our annual clearing sale.
We will sell you anything in our line at
manufacturers’ cost. Our prize system
has worked charmingly, and we made
dozens of people happy by giving them
prizes. We will keep it up. Call, and
we will not only give you better goods,
cheaper than you can buy any where, but
give a prize to every twentieth purchaser
in the bargain. “Famous,” 140 Congress
street.
THE MISSING BONDS
Suits Against the Bank of Augusta —Beth-
lehem Iron Works Sue for a Special
Deposit of #115,000 in Bonds.
Augusta Evening News, 29th.
The suits against the Bank of Augusta
for the recovery of a special deposit and
I the discovery of assets, began to day.
The first suit is brought by the Bethle-
■ hem Iron Works, of Pennsylvania, which
I furnished the iron for the Georgetown and
Lanes Railroad, and which holds the no’es
1 j of President A. J. Twiggs for $95,495 71
with interest, endorsed by W. S. Roberts,
■ ’ President of the Bank of Augus'a. To
, I secure these notes President Twiggs de
posited from time to time the bonds of the
■ Georgetown and Lanes road as collateral,
■ amounting in the aggregate to $145,000.
> Instead of sending on these bonds to the
, Pennsylvania Company, the Bank of Augusta
. sent receipts for their safe keeping as a
special deposit, and subject to the order of
I the Bethlehem Iron Works. Receipts for
> $82,000 of these bonds were signed by W. S.
1 Roberts, President, and the balance by E H.
Walton, cashier. These receipts were for
! warded from time to time as the notes f< r
i iron, given by Messrs. Twiggs & Walton,
were made. They date as far back as 1883
. On the recent suspension of the bank of
Augusta the B-thlehem Iron Works made
a demand for their special deposit ot bonds
! and they were not found by the assignees
I among the assets. The officers of the bank
| were called upon by the representatives of
[ the claimants and whi'e President Roberts
■ was non committal and reticent, Cashier
. Walton gave a statement of the case as long
as the bonds were in his keeping and until
. taken to New York by the President. Be
. tween them.it was ascertained that these
bonds, together with the other
i . bonds of the Georgetown and Lanes
: road, held by the bank as collateral on
; President A. J. Twiggs’ note to the bank,
1 had been taken by President Roberts to
. • New York for disposition and sale to meet
. j the notes on which they were deposited as
■ collateral. It was also stated that $40,000
, ;of bonds had been placed in New York for
. Mr. Roberts’ own debts in the Mechanics
. ■ Bank, and that $185,000 were deposited
. unsold, in the Bank »f New York. Os these
. $105,000 was left for safe keeping And
i i there the bonds are still held.
f Other assets of the Bank of Augusta are
. lin New York or in process of collection
. through the Georgia Railroad and Banking
> ' Company in this city; and to-day, in order
flto get at the assets,’he Bethlehem Iron
t | Works, through its attorney, Mr. F. H. Mil
; I ler, brought a suit in tquity against the
i Bank of Augusta, Harper & Bro., assignees,
the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company,
, J. B. 1 umining, its attorney, also attorney
. fir the 1 ai.k of New York, and others, and
. Judge H. C Roney, af.er hearing the bill,
; granted an injunction against tae Georgia
. Railroad and ussoiic to ,an 1 solicitor of the
Bank of New York from transmitting beyond
| the Hurts of the State ■ Georgia any a-sets
,: of the .Bank of Augusta tur ied over t. the
. ! Bank of New York.
Here the case rests at present, and its de
. velopments, while startling, were not alto
; gether unexpected. What further is in
store must be awai ed with patience while
i the courts take charge of the matter.
TO SAVANNAH VIA CHARLESTON.
A Singular Shipment from New York.
In face of the fact that Savannah possesses
■ unrivaled communication by sea with New
! York in the service of the splendidly
i equipped Ocean Steamship Line, it seems
somewhat singular to read the following
paragraph, which appears in the local
columns of the Charleston News and Cou
rier of to day, under the caption, “To Savan-
■ nah byway of Charleston.”
“A very large and valuable shipment of
machinery was made from New York to
! Savannah byway of this city, by the steam
ship City of Columbia. The machinery con
; sisted of the complete outfit for a steam
dredging machine, and weighed in the ag
gregate, 58,000 pounds. It came from the
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Comdany, of
■ New York, and was consigned to Messrs.
Ross A Sanford, of Savannah. The several
> parts of the machinery were carried from
Adger'swhirf to the Charleston and Sa
vannah Railway depot in the Enterprise
Railroad cars, and were there transferred to
, the three large platform cars for shipment
to Savannah yesterday.”
j We cannot understand why such a ship
ment should have been made. These goods '
■ could have been forward-! from New York
to Savannah direct by steamer at consider- i
i ably less cost and time
An Interesting Reminiscense.
The following is what, at the time of the
writing, the writer and his friends all
thought would be his last composition, as he
was a Southern spy and doomed to be Lung
on the morrow. The original letter was
written in the prison at Sandusky City, and
is now in the possession of Maj. A. A. Winn,
who was a prisoner there at the time. The
doomed man was led out to be excuted and
the dreaded moment had almost arrived
when a reprieve was received and the
spy’s life saved. What became of him after
wartbis not known, whether he be living or
not. The contents of the let'er show the
agitatien of the writer :
Johnson's Island, Near Sandusky 1 I
City, 0., February 11th, 1865. J
My Dear Friends: Time is short. Let
one letter do for both. Friday is near—only
to-morrow —but “God’s will bl done." To
hope seems almost ridiculous, but, like a
drowning man I catch at every straw. I am
(thank God) the same man I was a week ago.
Nearness has no effect upon me. Tls only ;
going to bed a little earlier to-night, then you
all will soon follow. I have done my duty. I I
die submissive te God’s will. lam not afraid I
to die. “Only tell my young friends and
companions when they meet and crowd
around to hear my mournful story in the
good old Richmond town.” Tell them I died
a man, a soldier, with clear conscience, a firm
trust in God and ashamed of nothing. I
have done. Farewell, my friends. May a
long and happy life be yours. Farewell.
[Signed] S. Boyer Davis.
"■ To Lieutenants Hollingsworth and Golds
borough.
ACTOR’S SALARIES.
THE ACTOR’S SIDE OF THE QUES
TION.
What Mr. Janies Neill, Savannah's Young
Actor Has to Say on the Subject—A
1 Glimpse Behind the Shenes—Why
S» Many “Solid” Companies
Disband Dramatic Artists
Entitled to Good I'ay.
In the Kansas City Journal of a late Hate
I we find the following letter, from Mr. Jas
Neill, the young Savannahian, who has
> ; achieved a creditable reputation as an actor.
- It will be read with interest. Mr. Nei 1
3 referring to an extended review in the Kan
sas City Journal of the present theatrical
, i situation, and seeking to explain the present
t depression as partially, if not wholly, at
, tributableto the alleged high salaries of the
C ■ artists composing road combinations, says :
“In default of any worthier champion of
the much abused actor, let me respectively
call your attention to a few mistakes, con
. tained in the article referred to, and to pre
. I sent a few facts for your consideration.
; “Your premise that an ordinary utility ac
• tor demands a salary of from S4O to SSO a
week is incorrect. As a matter of fact, util
, ity actors never receive more than S3O, and i
‘ in almost every case from S2O to $25, whilst ■
; the salary of people entrusted with the im- i
portant roles, in the average combination, i
■ seldom exceeds sso—in rare cases reaching i
S6O and $75. In the cases of leading men '
. and leading women engaged to support
‘stars;’the average is somewhat higher. The
popular belief that dramatic people receive
enormous salaries attributed to them by the ;
press is an outgrowth of professional vanity,
which leads the ordinary actor to overs' at i
his salary f om 50 to 100 per cent; some go
ing so far as to have two contracts made
with the manager, one for a moderate com- :
pensation under which he “works,” and an-
I other, for some fanciful amount, which he ■
uses to impress the unsophisticated with a i
sense of his greatness. To cite a case in
point: An Atchison daily recently contain
ed a complimentary personal notice of a
; professional lady, which concluded with the
, I matter-of-fact statement, made with an air
of quiet conviction very amusing, that her
salary was $l5O a week. Her salary is ac-
. trially just one-third that amount.
“Another material mistake you make is in
. overstating the number of people composing
I the average combination. Shook & Collier
, and Brooksand Dickson control the largest
dramatic organizations on the road, and the
. total strength of the largest company is i
exactly twenty-two includirg advance]
: agents, manager and mechanical force.
J “The true reason why so many apparently ,
I solid companies disband and return to New
York is simple. Managers are unwilling to ;
’ stand by th" result of their want of spec Ha 1
, tive judgment as indicated by a successive
i number of week’s losses, preferring to dis
band, cancel datrs and go back to New ,
. York regardless of all obligations, to await
until a ripe time for another venture.
‘‘Such a step of course throws the poor
ictor out of a position, but there is no re
dress. “Custom hath made it” in him such
a property of easiness that lie does not eve
think of protesting usually. He quietly
waits for a few more crumbs from the mana
gerial table. The injustice of such a pro- ,
ceeding is well illustrated by the policy oi
one managerial firm, which netted in the 1
first two season’s tours of one of their at
tractions a sum which amounts to a large
fortune. They admit that they have sus
tained no actual loss this season with that
particular attraction, and yet the members
of the companv were called upon some time
since to consider a proposition to accept a
20 per cent, reduction of their salaries. It is
but fair to add that a wise remonstrance
was successful in defeating the measure.
Three gentlemen of that company were
members of it during the two successful
tours, and are still playing their original
1 parts, one at a salary of SSO and the two
I others at salaries of $35 each. They parti
cipated very modestly in the large profits of
the management, and yet they were asked to
reduce their salaries tq prevent a wealthy
management- from sustaining a va y in i - ,
‘ nificant prospective loss.
But assuming that leading people in this
profession are paid the salaries they are rep
resented to receive, in a spirit of debate let
me ask, are they really overpai 1 ? By what .
i right is the remuneration ot a dramatic p ■ ■ ■ : <
fessional to be restricted more than that of a
physician, a lawyer or a journalist. The
apprenticeship we serve is fully as hard as
that undergone by a medical student, a law- 1
yer’s clerk or an aspirant for the honois and t
profits of the fourth estate, and the talent
developed by an actor’s hard experience,
certainly deserves relative financial recogni
! tion. Mr. James O’Neill, Mr. Eben
Plympton, Mr. Joseph Wheelock and Mr.
Robert Mantell fill relatively the same po
sitions occupied by the leading medical, le
gal and journalistic talent of this country.
Yet what a difference between their yearly
receipts and those of Drs. Harr mo id ai d ]
Ague, Messrs. Joe Howard, Whitelaw Reid
and Charles A. Dana, not Io mention the ■
enormous sums realized from their practices
by such men as O’Conor, Conkling and I
Evarts.
One gentleman of my acquaintance, a j
graduate of a military college and of a state
university, a man of brilliant parts, many j
accomplishments and of splendid physique, I
without the drawback of a single cardinal I
vice, finding journalism, law and medicine I
overcrowded, turned to the drama, and is
exerting all the qualities of his soul to reach i
the topmost round of dramatic fame. Do
j you think that the profession would have j
] received this yaluable acquisition if the re- j
i wards of his most persevering efforts were to j
be circumscribed by an ultimatum of SIOO, j
or, perhaps, S2OO a week ?
Is it because salaries are small that men ]
of talent are forced immaturely into the rank I
of “stars”—stars who, becoming too numer
ous, surfeit the public with attractions and .
react upon themselves as well as tending to
paralyze the whole dramatic field with over
production. Pay your leading people good
salaries and there will be fewer stars; in :
other words fewer companies, and fewer j
companies means larger receipts for all; a I
smaller contingent of amateur additions and
a restoration to healthier business princi- ■
pies. ■
$6 (JO A YE V
“It must not be forgotten that a dramatic
i season is considered a good one that gives
thirty weeks employment—thirty-five weeks
is exceptional. For twenty-two weeks the
actor remains idle and during that time, as
well as throughout the season, he must pro
vide for himself and family out of the bal
, ance of his salary left from hotel bills, the
demands of his wardrobe and personal ex
penses. The newspapers argue that the
actor must meet the business depression
prevailing, but hotel rates remain the same,
tailor’s bills are quite as high, and no im
portant reduction is mide in the selling
prices of commodities in which actors deal.
p The prices of admission have not been re
duced, and yet we are invited to lower our
s j already barely sustaining salaries from 20
! to 50 per cent, acconjiug to the amount of
' misinformation possessed by the dramatic
' ; critic. The movement to reduce salaries was
J inaugurated by the Dramatic Times, or at
least first given voice by that paper, a
journal which derives its support almost
. entirely from the profession, vet it has failed
to announce any change in its subscription
pri e or advertising rates.
It is probable because you have not in
vestigated the subject closely, or perhaps
because you have been misled by a hurried
| acceptance of the ostensible cause of the
j difficulty that you have lent yourself to the
views you recently advanced. I trust you
will not consider it presumptuous in a poor
i actor who has many interests at stake to call
: your attention mildly and respectfully to
I the other side of the question. Believe me,
I voice the opinion of the whole acting pro
; session, and the deep convictions of so many
, interested persons deserve an earnest con-
I sideration.
Let me trust that however much you may
differ from the view taken by a humble pro
fessional, you will at least give me a
I courteous hearing. James Neill.
MLLE RHEA.
Another Delightful Entertainment.
[ Last night the theatre was again crowd
]ed with as select an audience as the best
j social circles of Savannah coild afford. The
play produced was Victor Sardou’s “Ar
cadia,” adapted to the American stage. The
play is assuredly a most charming one,
abounding in interesting situations, and in
the bands of the excellent company sup
] porting Mlle. Rhea immediately bounded
into the good grices of the entire audience.
And Mlle Rhea—well she was well
I received the previous evening, but as
] “Helene” last evening she succeeded with
i out est irt in captiva i-g her audience so
] entirely that it was with the utmost im
patience that the rise of the
curtain after each act was
] awaited. The role assumed by her last eve
: ning was that of a charming young girl,
- innocent of the guiles of the world, in
love with a handsome young fellow,
’‘Henri Leverdier," whom sue unconven
t.onally and with the most charmine:
I naive'e, isks to become her husband. Her
I attemp. at figuring up 50,000 francs worth
of nous keeping on only 35,000 francs, was
quite . m tsing. Mi e Rhea s wirdrobe has
] not been equaled by -ny on the stage this
season, and she understands perfectly the
art of wearing them to the best advantage.
: Her every action indicative of the most
careful culture and inspiring all with feel
| ings of greatest respect, her motions, poet
i ie and graceful, her voice sweet and flexible
and possessed of wonderful effect, her soft
brown eyes and earnestness in action make
it a nutter of little wonder indeed that
she is the great success which she is.
She plays in Augusta to-night, and Au
j gusta will be charmed, as was Savannah.
I Gome again among us, Rhea, you will not
j be forgotten ever.
He Was Not Trying to Steal.
Peter Jenkins is a negro man about 45 or
50 years of age employed as a wa'chman at
Baker's wood yard on the Ogeechee canal, at
the foot of Niw street. This morning about
4 o’c'ock he heard a noise in the stables and
taking a lantern and his gun he went on an
inv’stigating tour. At first he visited the
chickens, thinking probably some one was
trying to raise his fine chickens, some
dozen of which had already disappeared.
Finding no one here, he was
about to give up the search when he dis
covered i man’s body crouched under the
breast of one of the mules and trying to hide
himself in the trough. Peter hailed the
individual quite a number of times, but elic
ited no reply. He then told the hiding mao.
if he did not answer him at once, he would
immediately give him a through ticket to
climb the golden stairs and to impress on
the fellow the fact that he m&ant business,
he cocked his gun and proceeded to take
careful and deliberate aim. This fetched,
the would be thief who came rushing out
saying, “Fer God’s sake don’t shoo’d Ise
your good and true friend Moses Spann!”
“Friend or no friend, I am going to take
I you to the barracks, and have you locked
i up for attempting to steal,” and so Peter
j did intend to do, but Moses got away for a
■ short time. However, a warrant was is-tued
■by Magistrate M. Frank Molina, and in a
j short time Officer Jas. Adams had Moses
| again in custody. Moses said he did not go
I there to “steal dem chickens —he wouldn’t
i steal no chickens, ’t’want right to steal
‘ chickens—Le jesr went thar to git some
I wood. F<-r shore, he wouldn’t do dat for
nuffin.” However, an examination of his
] premises were made, and a young pullet was
I found in a coop, while the feathers
of six others lay scattered
>in the yard. Adam Brown, who had to
j leave the place because so many things were
I stolen from him while he was watchman that
i he found the position unremunerative, since
he was charged with ail losses, was hunted
up and identified the pullet as one stolen
: from him, and for which he had to pay.
Peter and Adam say they will make it as
I uncomfortable for Moses as the law will
allow. Peter is a plucky old fellow and de
serves notice for his bravery in catching the
I fellow,
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