Cotton Kings Oto Make Millions Amid Market Frenzy
New York reports wild cotton market gains with Bully and King Brown's winnings cited as examples. Critics warn of ruin for cotton milling and fear wage cuts or shutdowns as open tips on crop reports trigger gains. An investigation demand follows accusations of government crop report tips leaking to operators. Also notes theater moves and performers like Marie Tempest, Mrs Langtry, and Eleanor Robson in New York and beyond.
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New York
Dec
Bully
King Brown
Orleans
Department of Agriculture
Grand Monday opening sale for Ren Hur draws crowds
The Ren Hur engagement begins a week at Grand Monday with long lines at the office window since Thursday. The chariot race stage realism startles audiences, using eight horses. The panorama shows a 3600 foot canvas scene and the overall scenery uses over 140000 feet of canvas. During Ben Hur’s Seattle run, railroad and steam details are noted.
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Seattle
Ben Hur Stage Sets Describe Elaborate 17 Tableau Display
The description details a reconstructed stage for a famed Stene production of Ben Hur with 17 tableaux split into a prelude and six acts. It features 8 hanging scenery pieces connected by 375 rope lines, each 186 feet long, used to raise and lower the scenery.
Seattle Theater Scenes Show Opera and Stars Tour
The Olympia Opera company presents Bald Pasha as an early Grand attraction with Mise Lottie Kendall leading the chorus and Florence Roberta to appear at Seattle theater. Neill Morosco brings A Royal Family Jamie Meredith and Shenandoah to the Seattle stage starting Dec 27. Lulu Glaser finishes Dolly Varden engagement at Grand tonight. The grand old man of the stage 3 H Stoddard appears in The Bonnie Brier Hoyt. The Minister's Son opens tomorrow with W B Patton as Simon Ray for a week. The Fostonians rehearse The Two Sisters at Seattle theater tonight. Arthur Fyron joins Mary Mannering in A Pledge of Friendship. Archie Boyd to star in Joshua Whitcomb. Mansfield to stage Ivan the Terrible in Chicago on Dec 14. The Spenders with W H Crane not well received.
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Olympia Opera Company
Bald Pasha
Mise Lottie Kendall
Florence Roberta
Seattle
Johnson
Mise Roberts
Hudson
New York
Santa Harbara
Neill-Morosco
Jamie Meredith
Inet
Third Avenue Theater
W. B. Patton
Simon Ray
Baptist minister jailed for wife murder in Kansas City
Rev. Ph. Hilson, a Baptist minister, was today sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his wife in Kansas City.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ph. Hilson
Markets and legal notes on agencies amid price shifts
The piece details wholesale market activity with large beet and potato supplies and rising prices for some goods. It also reports Judge Rudkin voiding a city ordinance that raised employment agency licenses and restricted operations, noting industry plans to form an association to curb fraud and protect legitimate agents.
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Rudkin
Superior Court
A. R. Grout
Free Employment Bureau
Congressman Henry Burk Dies in Philadelphia
Congressman Henry Burk, a Republican from Pennsylvania, died at his Philadelphia home. He represented the Third district and was first elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress before reelection. Born in Germany, Burk was a noted manufacturer in the city.
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Philadelphia
Geror
Conaresseman
Henry Burk
Conareseman Burk
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