Show DRAiAT1OAO LYRIC H Sketch of the Famous P S Gilmore 1 IliVE WEEK AT THE THEATEE The ED slf8 Jolin Kelly logan Tanl as L tc3 nReceai Anmsemeu Notes 1I 1 Tbe hundreds of our musical people who r bave SUBS under the magi baton of Gilmore Gil-more ao < the thousands by whom ho was loved will peruse with interest the follow f ing details of the life and final moments of tile great bandmaster A St Louis dispatch dis-patch ot Sept 24 says The fatal Illness the exact nature of which has not been announced by the physicians attacked him about 4 oclock r Ibis morning For nearly two weeks the If great musician has been In bad physical t condition but ho and his friends attributed r 0 It to overwork He was looking forward to the conclusion of his season at the St Louis exposition when he purposed taking ft good rest t About 4 ocloik this morning his wife was awakened and found he was in dist r dis-t lre s She summoned their daughter Minnie Colonel Gilmore was vomiting i and seemed be suffering greatly Dr t Muiid was called and appliod remedies that brought relief In a few hours however the sufferer condition became so serious that two bther well known medical gentlemen gentle-men were celled and a conference was held The illness bad assumed the character of tn acute bilious attack and shortly before 4rOclock the doctors gave him up He sank gradually until the final breath left him at 645 oclock The news was soon carried to all sections of the city and the greatest excitement mingled with sorrow was manifested The band was at the exposition I exposi-tion ready for the first concert and they went through with the first hours concert = Then the death Was announced and there was no more music tonight I Patrick Sarslield Gilmore was born on Christmas day 1830 in the county Galway Ireland During the days of his boyhood hfl snowed intense love for music Piddles c Pid-dles fifes and drums made by his own n hands were his toys and whatever was productive I pro-ductive of melody or harmony fell upon his ear like a charm At theBge of fifteen young Gllmore was t music toucher in Ireland Athlone being a large garrison town there were generally gener-ally three or Jour British regiments quartered quar-tered there and the boy could always be c found among the band musicians A retired re-tired bandmaster and famous musician r named Heating took the musical prodigy in F hand and put him through a course of harmony c har-mony cud instrumentation so that in a f saort tinie he could play upon any instrument instru-ment in the Athlone amateur band of f which he was a member and for which he composed several pieces It was the opinion of his teacher Keat ing that he would find a wider field for his musical abilities in America inasmuch as he bad already arrived at great proficiency profi-ciency on the cornet and he accordingly determined to try the experiment CAMS TO BOSTON He arrived in Bcston at the age of nineteen nine-teen and at once accepted a situation in the music store of the Messrs Ordway Sis services as a cornet player were immediately im-mediately sought for and his first engagement engage-ment was as leader of a newly oreanized band in Charleston He successfully led the Suffolk and Boston brigade bands and then accepted an offer of a thousand a year and all he could make to leave Bos ten and go to the neighboring city of Salem to lead the band there which he did with J grant success for four years Returning to Boston be organized Gil f moros bund which soon became famous i throughout the country When the war broke out be and his band went to the front with the Twentyfourth Massachusetts Volunteers Service in the cause found Gilmore at New Orleans In 1SG4 where all the bands and music in the military department depart-ment were placed under his charge I Here it was that he oi anlzed what maybe may-be styled his first grand jubilee the occasion occa-sion being the restoration of civic power under the stars and stripes in that city BIS FIUT GBEAT PROJECT He projected the plan of having a chorus of 10010 school children and 500 musicians with infantry and artillery accompaniments accompani-ments in a grand national concert to aid in the inauguration of Miohaal Hahn l he first governor of Louisiana elected under the Union administration just before the close of the war The loyal element of New Orleans loaded t him down with gifts after this great fete Pll one of the gifts being a silver goblet filled with gold presented him at a complimentary compliment-ary dinner given by gentlemen previous i to his return to Boston i A few years later he conceived the idea of the great National Peace Jubilee t Tunica was held in Boston and its successful success-ful accomplishment was looked upon as something almost miraculous creating naturally a national interest but attracting attract-ing the attention of the civilized world Three years after the first jubilee which was entirely national in character Gilmore yearned for a musical gathering which should represent all nations With this idea he visited the chief government of Europe tho result being that in 1872 Boston I Bos-ton was agaia the center attraction for the eyes and ears of all musical Christendom BIO GATHimiXG OF MUSICIANS Never in the worlds history had there been such a gathering of musicians The chorus numbored 20000 voices and the great orchestra 20000 instruments In addition to these the band of the Grenadier Guards from London came to represent the British the band of the Garde Repub licaine from Paris the French and the band of the Kaiser Franz regiment from Berlintho Germans while Johahn Strauss stood up for the Blue Danube and Austria Aus-tria In 1873 Gilmore moved to New York and erganized the now famous Twentysecond Itegiment band which after playing for several seasons in Gilmores garden and making many concert tours throughout the country even as far as San Francisco went to Europe and there won the reputation f reputa-tion of being one of the finest militnry r bands in the world I k lROJIFIC COMPOSIm t Mr Gilmores musical compositions ars very numerous I The song of Good News from Home written some twelve or fifteen years ago JJi has attained immense popularity having S been suns the world over Another or his i I compositions the descriptive bass song t eatitled The Voice of the Departing Soul L Deaths at the Door When Johnny I v Gomes Marching Home the words of i which were written by Mr Gilmore under I the non de plume of Mr Lambert has been J heard in every part of the world and was t very popular during the war I t 3for the last ten years or so Mr Gilmore I was engaged every summer at Manhattan i f Uech hotel where he presented admirable J t programmes Mr Gilmore might have been called a It demonstrative conductor His eyes sought A out every player his gestures were quiet i H but were always rewarded with prompt fl recognlsatlen His natty person gilt f epaulettes waxed moustach his eye is glasses gloves and baton were familiar to everyone There are few bandmasters who have made such a name for themselves and their country as Gilmore In Europe ho wrested laurels from many competitors and in this country he stood head and shoulders above all otberlsaders of military bands Some of lIs best known anthems are Columbia Ireland to England and tho national sir of republican Brazil Tho first oerformance of Columbia was heard in the Academy Music on December Decem-ber 25 J879 Three thousand voices joined in the chorus ii r r9 I Jobe Kdly in McFee of Dublin I I xeacbe Suit Lake Thursday and will reap tiie eonfareoe harvest f Mr Kellys abilities are well known tour to-ur tfaBtr fors WHO remember with < J Lpleasuro l eJga I pleasure his engagement here last season in U and I His performances are always al-ways spirited and full of vim and his fun never fiagsforan instant The supporting company is tho best that Mr Kelly has ever had including Florrio West a charming spubrette from across the Atlantic Adelaide Adel-aide Randall the primadonna who once headed an operacpmpany Flora Veldron Nellie Page Josephine Ditt Margie Mor timore Mildred Moseley Harry Kelly C Jay Williams James Quinn Wright Leon and Maurice Levi The production will be handsomely staged and costumed I f < This isa cutof our old fellow townsman Logan Paul as the martyred president Abraham Lincoln in the play of The En i LOGAN PAUL AS ABKAHAM LINCOLN sign which opens what will be amonster engagement at the theatre tomorrow night The part is not a speaking one but Mr Paul is said to secure several recalls nightly on his makeup The very handsome printing scout town shows adequately the sort of show liTho Ensign is It is a patriotic naval scenic sensation and is one of the heavy moneymakers money-makers of the season everywhere The usual big musical event at the tabernacle taber-nacle during fair snd conference week will take place Saturday evening next when the tabernacle choir numbering nearly five hundred voices and 1000 children will give a monster concert Mr Stephens has arranged ar-ranged a somewhat novel programme for the occasion all the numbers rendered by the adults Deing selected from the two operas The Bohemian Girl and The Daughter of the Regiment The soloists will be Lizzie Thomas Edwards Agnes 01 gen Thomas the popular Easton and J D Spencer The Mandolin and Guitar club snd juvenile choir band of thirty boys will also appear if The Choral society will res ume work on The Light of Asia tomorrow night in its new halL The attendance is now about 100 and the directors are confident of making the number 150 The examination of voices is conducted in groups after each rehearsal and members are notified whether or not they have passed The secretary states that if any member has received notice of the action of the examining board in his or her case he or she should attend the meeting tomorrow night and ascertain the result from tho secretary Ot Wonderland will havo a big week during fair and conference season week commencing com-mencing Thursday Oct 0 Among the many features will be seen Miss Marion G Eilcs who models from common soap and soapine said to be the latest novelty in the exhibition line Miss Elles was to have appeared ap-peared last week but owing to the quarantine quaran-tine it was impossible for her to get here However she will positively appear this week On ladies souvenir day Wednesday Wednes-day Oct 12 all ladies attending will be presented with a handsome gold sword pin made by the wire king All through one of the best programmes yet seen at Wonderland Wonder-land will be given Notes Lotta is 111 and her trip has been deferred The Chicago Dramatic lieug died a violent death last week The Silver King Is telng received in New York with great success William Gillette returned from Europe last week He is improved In health DIxey revived Trial by Jury and the Sorcerer in New York last week Clara Morris will open the new opera house Defiance 0 on October 21 in Sardous Odette John Drew has made a big hit In his new play and Maudle Adams seems to have shared his success Madame Modjeska is making extensive preparations pre-parations for the production of Henry VIII at the Garden theater Miss Jennie Hawley hag received tne contralto con-tralto solo from the opera Captain Therese sung bY Agnes Huntington Mr Neil one of the leading men of the Ensign once played the part 01 the Spy in Held by the Enemy in this city Emma Abbott provided In her will for an organ for the Madison Avenue Baptist church in Rochester Tho instrument was recently dedicated Miss Erne Ellsler who finds It difficult to secure se-cure good new plays intends adding Camille to her repertory this season She will also revive Hazel Kirke Richard Mansfields next production will be the Merchant of Venice He has long desired de-sired to appear as Shylock and he ought to give an excellent interpretation of that character charac-ter Mr McKee Kankins application for divorce has been denied In tho San Francisco courts Mr Rankin charged his wife with having deserted de-serted him live years ago but she furnished evidence that n reconciliation was effected last July Henry Ji Abbey has notified the singers engaged en-gaged for the Metropolitan opera house season that their American contracts are annulled No legal complications arc expected to grow out of the canceling of these agreements They contained a fire clause it is said Lewis Morrison writes that his business Is greater than ever this season At the Queens theatre Montreal last week he turned people away every night He put on Richelieu one night durinT the engagementnot because he needed another drawing play besides Fanst tut because he took a personal pride in playing the role Mirror While in Leghorn Italy during the past summer sum-mer Alexander Salvlnl and his manager W M Wilkison met Mascagnl the composer of CavallcriaKusticana who expressed himself as delighted with the success of the dramatic version of his work which Salvint presentsand which Introduces through its action the music which made him famous SalvinI and Mas cagnl by the way went to school together In their boyhood days and the meeting between the two each of whom has become famous was thereforedoubly pleasant Music and Drama I One of the exhibits of the Worlds fair from Montana will be a statue of solid silver eight feet in height costing 50000 and standing upon a pedestal of gold to cost 5250003 The pedestal willrepresent tho largest lump of gold ever seen Sculptor B H Park will receive 110000 for the model for which Ada Rehan has consented con-sented to pose The figure will represent Justice Jus-tice standing on the globe with advanced foot resting upon the continent of North America In the left hand the figure will hold equally poised balances ono side side to be filled with gold and the other with silver coin The right arm will be extended with sword In hand It is not stated that the usual symbol of blindness wilt be employed Mr Daly ought to secure this ornament lor his theater lobby after the Columbian exhibition Mirror |