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Show T f i PART TWO VOL. L NO. 269. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, l'' save the king and in honey, reproduced the prince id Wale's feathers, and. quite rerenily, drawn the outline of a bicycle in the same substance. CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH S FACE PERPETUATED BY A FAMOUS DECENDANT BADEN-POWL, WHOSE poslble, and the work is now almost FAMILY TREE COES STRAIGHT conpleted. Ths accompanying photocolon. graph of it which 1 was permitted to back IZER OF VIRGINIA. TURNS AN make Jhe other day, ia the first that OTHER OF HIS MANY TALENTS has ben taken. A DIFFICULT TASK. TO ACCOUNT. The task of making a bust of Captain Defender of Mafeking ia About aa Ex- John Smith was a rlfllcult. one in many Baden-Powetraordinary a Man aa Waa Hia ditionally attractive to Grandfather, Smith, and the Root of Oo begin with, as the general remarked Unuaual Hia to the writer when discussing the tho Family la Equally subject, there was the question of exSlater Kcepe Beea In Her Bedroom Lon-dopression. and Raisee the Best Honey in You see, he was a soldier, a sailor urNERAL to the bought ll. ! AN EARLY BIRD. Copyright, 1904. by Curtis Brown. London, Sept. 14. Captain John Smith, hero of tbs Pocahontas yarn and of many other adventurs quite an P." and and an administrator, and it is rather hard to give hints of those three different callings in one and better substantiated bas a descendant living In England, bo is more famous today that the doughty captain was when he set out for that memorable trip to Virginia Sue years ago. The descendant is none direct a Baden-Foweother than General R. over whose succesful defense of Mafe-hin- g John Bull was so exvlted that lie threw dignity to the winds and danced Practi-vsll- y hornpipes home in the Strand. every humble home in England showing ths has s panel picture ll, ll fare. But the chief difficulty was the fact that there are so few authentic portraits of Captain Smith. Same were in 's famithe possession of ly; blit the belterv ones, the General learned were owned by Americans, aud after correspondence he succeeded In borrowing some of these, and getting a good deal of valuable date bebut these sides. So. with nothing various prints and certain scientific and mat hematical calculations of fiTh own. General Baden-Powe- ll began a work which professional sculptors who have seen it declare to be good. Baden-Powell- PRICE FIVE CENTS 1904. mud-stuff,- aiTV-ihl- AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY. It Is doubtful if there is a more Interesting house In London than that of the at No. 13 Princes Gate, Hyde Park only a stone's throw from the two mansions that J. Pier-poMorgan recently made into one to house his art treasures or a mors Interesting family than thgj of which the hero of Mafeking is n member. a,B. P.'s collection of trophies, which the dwelling contains, alone would make it unique among London residences, but it also shelters many of the works of brother, who 'is a painter of distinction; the belongings of his mother, who is an amateur astronomer, and those of his sister, who keeps bees there on quite an extensive and altogether novel scale. The family have been in Prlnres Gate onjy a comparatively short time. They lived formerly In St. George's place, close to Hyde Park corner, but were driven from their home by the approach of one of Ijondon's new underground electric railways. B. P. Is absolutely devoted to hia mother, and this may be one reason SHE KEEPS II BEE THB BAMMSWKLL why the many rumors of hia engagePsmb a note Totes foe This Article. ment have all turned out to be false. l, national Idols, Roberts, Kitchener and however, ia idolisAs the picture shows, the general Mrs. side by side. has portrayed hia famous ancestor as a ed by all her children. 8he will be the daughty Baden-Powe- ll Now B. P.M for that other B. P, biufl, hearty, but determined and 80 next month, and left LondonIn the Ha the British Public, always refers to bralny-lonkin- g customer, aa no doubt other day to spend her birthday Beden-Powe- ll his he was. The bust, which Is about half-aga- Isle of Wight Just before she wont affectionmlly by initials is aa astonishing sort of man. life slice, has been modeled in her children gathered round her and Next to Major F. R. Burnham, who has clay, to be cast eventually In bronxe. gave her a toilet service of pure gold. now returned home to the United Baden-Powe- ll says he has no Idea what Soon after her marriage Mrs. Baden-Powe- ll Slates, he is perhaps the gent scout in will become of it when completed, but developed a keen Interest In asthe British army, and has figured in as it will be rather surprising if so in- tronomy, and still keeps n telescope in many adventures and hairbreadth ee- - teresting a work ia permitted to re- her room, so that she can Inspect the heavens when the notion takes her. apes aa did even his main on this side of the water. from Captain She Is a great reader, too, and an unusTteT. is descended Captain John Smith. Besides his fkme aa a soldier, he is an Smith on his mothers side. She was a ually good talker. B. excellent draughtsman, he paints well, Francis Baden-PoweP.s" Smythe," and her father, Admiral tie is noted as a hunter of big game, he Smythe, came down In direct life from elder brother, whose paintings are one whose life of the features of lbs family residence plays a variety of musical In elm men Is, the daughty coloniser he writes well, as the several books Pocahontas was reputed to have saved. in Princes Gate, Is an artist of promifrom his pen bear testimony, and he Just when and why the spelling of ths nence, who frequency has got has renown as an amateur actor. name was altered ia not clear, but as 5.000 for one picture. Most of his Furthermore, be haa no mean skill as there Is no question about the family paintings are naval ones, tho best a sculptor, so when he discovered not tree. Shot known of them being The But by all long ago that no bust existed of his The making of the bust of Captain at the Spanish Armada. ffcmnns ancestor, B. P." resolved to Smith Is the most ambitions thtnb in odds the most picturesque members make one. He set about it as soon as the sculpting line that B. P. ever has of the Baden-Powe- ll household alter B. P. himself is his sister, who Is famous in society as the only woman who has ever kept bees In a London drawing room amf Induced them to BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS CANARIES AT LARGE. No less striking than the Baden-Poweapiary, however, is fis avalry. work. s in a bedroom make For if an uncommon sign. m docs a iree with live birds on it in a hallway. One uf the first things that strike the eve on entering tbe horn of General -Powell ia a small jutted fir tree, about the branches of which hop seven or eight canary birds. They are ab- Gossip Of the Stage And the World Of Players bee-hive- Manager Grant of the Grand Opera month. Having a large following, the William A. Brady will he Interested desire to aee them is more than ever prououticrd on account of the brilliant In seventeen productions this season. In outlining his plans, he says: I will edccesa of the new play Sahtmmbo," piovlded hr Their managers, Messrs. have ihe usual three Way Down East WageuhslH and Kemper. The new play companies and Wilton Liukaye ia Tbe Ill. Grace George remains as Louisa ing for the rear to continue with her which is the work of tbe popular auth- in r Two Orphans, in which I the dramatic work in which field site has or Stanislaus Siaitgc. is founded upon an interest have with Klaw It lfrlaugcr novel the tho in of tbe wonderful Salammba," by pnat a rutile great progress in Girls and George Tyler. A1 four years. She will be assisted by oth- famous French author Gustave FlauWill Ho Girls, a production in which I n er people from Salt lAke bert. It may be described aa a romanand this city. On Thursday night the tic tragedy, giving a graphic idea of have great confidence, opened August n The the primitive passions of humanity an 39 at tho Fourteenth Street theatre. pow erful Convict's Daughter,'' with a strong cast they were expressed in ihe day of I also retain Joseph Hart and Carrie of De Mar to play Foxy Grandpa until On Fridtty night with a first chow com- ancient Carthage. The hyitocricy and funny com- tl:e priests, tbe selfishness and wanton election, and then they go into a new pany, the Steer." made extravagance of her rulers, the fero- musical piece. In association with edy drama, A Texas famous by Its author. Chiu. Hoyt This cious vengeance of tbe soldiery whom Joseph R. Grismcr, on October 2. at will be one of the good attractions of they had cheated, and the nobility and McVicker's theatre, Chicago, I make a the season. On Saturday night, the the patriotism of her women are all re- big revival of Bartley Campbell's Siberia, which will go into the Academy, n A Homespun flected in the Ret Ion of the play. play, Year! has hocu sumptnously staged of Music, New York, New Heart." will be presented by a capable by Wagrubala anil Kemper. It pre- week, for a run. I retain, with Sam and company. sents a series of elaborate stage pic- Ire Shubert, my interest is the De Miss rcari Snyder, who appears at tures, abowlug the temples, pal sees, Wolf Hopper company, and Wang the Grand Opera House in a dramatic battle camps, and tbe bejewelled and will lie played by tliia organization unrecital, bus long been known aa one of resplendent costumes of this almost til February 1, when Mr. Hopper will forgot ton civilization. Mr. Wards will appear ns flic Barbarian general Mat ho mid Mina Kidder as Salamrahn, the priestess of Tanlt, goddess of the Moon. rth-iia- solutely free, and fly alioui. the hall at will, sticking to the tree for the most part, however. These songsters also who got belong to Miss the first pair of them ss young birds, ths others having arrived since. And, to make ths surprise of the thing tbe complete, the lady parted branches of the fir tree aud exhibited a small and dainty nest which contained two little bine eggs, shooing off the mother bird for this purpose. Apart from these sighit. however, house ia given up althe Uadcn-Puwemost entirely to relics of B. P.'s travels and adventures, and of the siege of Mafeking. Where the walls are not hidden behind spears, arrows and such like weapons they are obscured by framed addresses from one would think every society in Great. Britain. Also by frames containing specimens of the itostage stamps (bearing his own head), wblsb B. P. ixBig-during (he siege, as well as the paper money also issued by him. There are photographs, too, of different scenes in the king orsat deal through which B. P." tight." Finally, just outside the door one la confrontto the drawing-rooed by an immense African lion, stuffed, heart. which Is dear to It is the first one that ever fell to his rifle and waa bagged in Hcchuanaland. all-sta- , well-know- melo-dram- well-know- a, well-kno- ho well-know- d Baden-Powell- tit Rccoab Brunch jSMWATBWSSmR 's REMARKABLE MUSEUM. P.s'' bedroom. In which the bust of Captain Smith still stands on Its trliiod, proved, as might have been expected, to be an apartment of Spar- ilD IKI tan plainness. A portrait of the mother Blood on his dresser, while on the walls were several old prints illustrating the sport of pig-1 sticking, of which Baden-Powe- ll sol-dis- r's the best elocutionists in the city, havAshmore the ing graduated from in School of Expression '98, and again from the IhdroiL Training and English LiterSchool of ature in 1908, of which Edna Chaffee Noble in director. Miss Snyder is alsu a gifted musician, having completed a course of Instruction under the direction of the Inter-Stat- e Unlvcralty system. A very nnnsual numlier on the program for Tuesday is a combination uf the two arts where Miss Snyilcr Improvises to her rending of The Monk and the Bird. She will bn sstilated liy such artists ns Mr. Chas. Kent. Mrs Kate B. Anderson and Mins Armfnta Klin.-utin- Baden-Powel- j ' l's ll ' MAJOR GEKBRAJL B. B. gADH-r- U ELI. ' i - ;dv i , - Josef llofman. Among tbs violinists wi' be Yanys, Maud Powell, Frits Krels'er and ths boy wonder, Frans Veracy. The one 'cellist wtll be Anton lickklug. Tbe vocaiiots will Include Maiirlcl Fueler, Johanns Gadski, David hisphsm. Eduard De Desxke, Mme. Melba. The Kirley Lunn and Mme. q neat ion now arises, where does llis American nrthd mme in? This formidable list does not. Include Hie for the Metropolitan (liters Hounr; nor for Savage's English of Parsifal, nor Mme. and Frit id Scheff, who will appear in comic opera. V i. y i ? ,vv4 A'' v- - V- , j?,. V i 1 Wm K-fjV- , I. a if . V. -- Hi . V I v- InvwfSMvt v.i , y v. , - - go Into the Lyric theatre,' New York, ill a new opera by Fred IUnkin aud Reginald Do Kovon. Kurly in March Grace George will appear at tbe head of her own company, presenting a new play. In December, at the Madison Square Garden, I hope to prosent an at-- 1 rad ion of the' sped ocular kind to run through the holidays. In Capo Cod. Folk, by the Rev. John Snyder, I expect to land another Way Down East. It will bug light, shout December 1. if lh author succeeds in making the changes fur which 1 hgve arranged. If Mr. puts out bla Caie Cod, Folks I will relinquish that title fur another I have already selected. It la more than probable that Mr. Frank Curxon, of 1mdon, and myself will make one, and possibly two, new productions before the season ends. pro-dui-tl- nk MELBA'S AUTOMOBILE , KtLI.S AN OLD MAN. Mme. Melba, Hm singer, while driving in an automobile Sunday evening. In Iario. accompanied by her two cousins. run over a man about 84 yearn old and killed hint irihianily. The accident occurred on Ihe Boulevard PetL The rhaffotir was not to lilamn, an the old man got. In the we of the Y'ork Now "A Runaway Match, the eutoinnlille whllo endeavoring to cscaiie farce comedy success, has been secured being run over by a cab. Mmo. Melba as one of the attractions at the Grand was greatly distressed aud returned o the hotel, where she la now confined Opera House during the present The date of lie appearance here to her apartments. will be early next moiiili. The producSUICIDE IDENTIFIED, ing company Is made up of clever CHIMAY WILL TRY VAUDEVILLE. players aud the play iloclf la one of Topeka, Kan., Sept. 34. It la stated the teal tired surceases of tbe east. Clara Ward, former Princess de here that the George Davia who comin 1indnn ia the eon of Chinny, whose escapades have stirred mitted sub-IdHOYT'S A TEXAS STEER." two continents, Is to come to this coun- E. II. Davis, a large ranch owner of That happy sai.lrical try to appear in vaudeville. Adolph Norwieh, Kan. E. II. Davie wss for- Hoyt's A 'lexas Steer. will lie given at. Ihe Grand Opera House on Friday night, by practically the original company that, made the piece one of the greatest theatrical successes of the past decade. In A Texas Steer" the misery as told by a of the life of colored applicant from the newly elected congressman's district lx considered one of the cleverest hits that has graced the stage in many years. Hoyt's faculty of going from the sublime to (he ridiculous in dialogue and situations. is as amazing ss it is amusing and entertaining, and more truisms are brought out In hia productions than in the works of any other American playA Texas Steer" will deservwright. edly prove on Immense attraction here. iu Ite-roir- oea-sn- n. in ll. . . Baden-Powel- make honey there. KEEPS BEES IN HER BEDROOM. Bees always have Interested Miss and it was when, about fifteen years ago. Sir Benjamin Brodle offered a swarm of them to her that she determined lo try to keep them at the family's London house. Having their hives In the drawing room was an afterthought worthy of a Baden-PoweIt must not be supposed? however. that the liees were loose In the drawing room. The past tense Is used In Ibis connection because at Princes has these Gate Miss Baden-Powe- ll queer pels of hers In her own apartment. They occupied the drawing room of the family's other house. The wall of this house was pierced by a hollow metal tube which connected the hives with the outside world, and through this the insects passed out in quest of honey and In again with their loads. They got. and still g tbulr honey In the many London parks, and perhaps on account of the lack of bees competition Miss have from the first produced a lot more of this delectable substance than Insects belonging to friends of hers who live In the country. bees Last year the Baden-Powe- ll garnered over sixty pounds of honey, which wss nsed either in the house-- i hold or given to friends. And so close gsade a study has Mias Baden-Poweof her bees and the kind of flowers they affect that as each bee returns she ran tell whether It baa been to Hyde Park, the Green Park, or across ths river to Battersea Park In quest of supplies. The glass hives are arranged In such a way that the bees can be seen at work at which B. P. himself frequently watches them, and It was at his suggestion that they wen provided with dwellings of various shapes in order that they might work their combs In different designs. In this way the bees have written, "God , . IIII0M. aaurh ' America will be flooded during the coming season wliu foreign musical tslcut. Among the pianists will be O'Albert, Da Motts, De Bachman and l's ll, RtC0?9 SitEAPEfl I trertV ATEMS SlEIfi Tkc ed B. nt mil Sousa Is out on another Ocean to Ocean concert tour, of which this IKipttlar conductor seems to have the exclusive monopoly. He is a welcome visitor In every city and town in the country, and he usually finds oppor-- tunily to renew hie acquaintance with even the most distant states every two years. Since It was last heard here Sousa's nuitcrb organisation has won many new laurels, having been the premier band of the world from Sin Francisco to St. Petersburg. Early in the present tour Mr. Sousa will visit Ibis city. Haden-Powell- Baden-Powel- BRADY TALKS SOME ABOUT HIS INTERESTS. House will present a varied and strong line of alt reel ions for the mining week, opening on Tuesday With tbe dramatic l to be given ly Miss l'carl Snyder of Hits city, previous to her leav- Baden- Baden-Powell- In 8ouib Afros the natives nicknamed Hiilen-PoweThe Wolf That Never Sleeps. The General does slumber orcasionslly, hut it is a good uvany years since he has allowed himself more than five hours rest out of the twenty-four- , and the esrlv hours uf the morning are his favorite time for any special task, like this bust, that he has on hand. In fact the servants at his mothers house, where the General lives, declare that he gets through with a whole day's work before ordinary people begin to think of theirs. So at the outset he hud " his ss he calls his sculpting paraphernalia, brought iuto hia bedroom, the bust standing on a triped close to the window; and here any morning for the last month the famous soldier and scout could have been found soon after dawn giving hia first and freshest thoughts to his absorbing In facl, such hours as hr can snatch before breakfast arc the only time that General Baden-Powcran find for outside the regular routine. Though he is at home now, army matter! absorb most oi his time, and on the morning that 1 visited him he had to rush off in the midst of talk about Captain John Smith and his own affaire In response to a hurry call from the War Office, where his opinions on some subject were reHe is in immense demand quired. socially, too, and has Just gone to Scotland for a month or two of grouse shooting. He expects that his present post, inspector general of cavalry, will keep him in Great Britain for the next two years. B. 25. Baden-Powel- undertaken. Horses have been his favorite studies before, though he has produced one head that of a South African negro which ia a fins work. It occupies a pedeatal lu hia study, lie models rapidly, si hs does everything else, and the Sroiih bust, detailed as it is. has taken him only a little more than a mouth to make, lncidenily, every bit of work that B. P." has ex-- 1 tended tiion it has been dons between the hours of 4 and 7 in the morning. n. SEPTEMBER MORNING. SUNDAY a. p.'s best or hi T1IX JOHI aucrs-tor- , ran SMITH, rroa rww toomi tot xu aitkiw especially fond, and alwut which he lias written a book; hut there were no other decorations. On the other hand, the mayor general's study is quite regal. It la richly furnished like the rest of tbs house, but ths dazzling effect Is produced chiefly by two Immense rases of walnut and glass, which occupy one whole side of the room and which contain a few of the gifts which ths ration showered upon the defender of Mafeking. There are caskets without number I most of them having contained addresses'), swords of honor, helmets, flasks, walking sticks, most of them either entirely composed of or lavishly ornamented with pure gold. It might be a corner of Aladdin's grotto. On tho wall there Is a portrait of the queen, signed simply Alexandra. Over a lay figure Is thrown the richly decorated robe of a 8puth African potentate, one of tbs soldier's trophies; and lying cm a chair at one side of the hat room is the famous with ita feather that B. P." wore all through the Mafeking siege. Official-lookidocuments lie on every side, desk is piled high and Baden-Powewith them, with blue books and army reports and works on teeth, some of them written in foreign languages. The room is made even more impressive by the presence of a pipe organ, which Is set into the wall on one side, and on which the soldier plays when weary , and 111 at caw. P. P.s Inteseat In hia great ancestor is Mi own by the presence oir his walls of a splendid steel engraving of broad-brimm- ng farce-comed- y, office-seeke- rs "THE CONVICT'S DAUGHTER." This is the fourth of that enpowerful melodramatic sucre a titled The Convict's Daughter." So far it has repealed Its yearly season's to theatres Tiusfness, crowding the Ihtir utmost capacity. Surely liters must be a reason for such large audilies in ences. The secret, of ita the fm-- t that, both ihe author and ntan ager have put forth tlielr best efforts to please and supply the demands of a nierly manager of the Refrigerator line of the Santa Fs railroad and it ia Mid In Santa Fe circles that the suicide was bla son. VANDERBILT CORNELIUS WILL NOT RUN FOR CONGRESS. riii-ccs- s New York, Sept. 34. Cornelius Vanderbilt baa notified the Republican leaders of New York county that lur will not a the offer of the Republican nomination in the Thirteenth congressional district. He was urged week to last accept the nomination by loaders. representatives of the local 'Jhe present represem alive from that district is Francis B. Harrison, who was nominated for Lieut, governor by the Iemocratic convention Just held at Saratoga. public. The box office returns show the wisdom uf their melodrama-lovin- g judgment. 1 his is a pure American play depleting love and jiaihos, hate and luission a play that touches the heart, 'i here Is one way. and only ono way. to appreciate this great play, and that is to see ' hours intense it. For nearly three dramatic scenes and Captain John Smith, and also a pic- complications follow each other In rap ture of Pocahontas. On the table, too, id succession. An unequalled company among other historical works, is Cap- of artists have been engaged, each one SCAP.- 77 tain Smith's autobiography. I opened for his or her special character, and a OREGON APPLES FOR 81IAXGHAL this, and found on tbe flyleaf Ita own- wealth of beautiful scenery, start ling Scenes From Convicts Daughter. ,'' ers autograph, R. S. 8. mechanical effects bas been lirovitM. Portland. Ore.. Sept. 24. A contract and this quotation, When God Grand Opera House, Thursday night. Marks, a lawyer of Chicago, returned waa closvi yesterday whereby three harder to then usual haa something do, from Europe last week with a contract thousand boxes of Oregon will be telle an Englishman to do it When "Arizona was first produced, in his pocket. When he went- abroad bo shipped by a Portland apples to firm HAYDEN CH CECIL several months ago he was commis- I Shanghai on the steamers of the Port-- , critics, professional and contended ns to whether It would sioned by Ben Harris to engage this land and Asiatic or a woman, if pnssihle. for a season of now and Christ maa.company, between properly elsssify as a melo-draFIRE AT BELLINGOregon apl-'ever wbal Which nf realistic comedy. forty weeks, at 9500 a week. He got i have been sent to the Orient for years, HAM, WASHINGTON. ever may he its proper designation, the her signature to a contract for fifty hut- the Shanghai market is au en! !." success of the piece seems to indicate weeks, but not .without considerable ly new Held for the fruit, and bas bora Bellingham, Wash., Sept. 34. The it hts won Its way Into the hearts parrlng on the salary question. She opened largely as tbe result of efforia that lumber Lumber planGlobe company, held out for 91,000. Marks asys she on the part of Consul II. B. Killer of tbe people. This may be largely atmill was destroyplant ing and shingle lie author, la still a handsome woman. 8he haa at Newcfawang. fact that the to tributed a loss ed by firs at midnight entallfhg a Journalist of wide disagreed with her new husband. of 945.000. The Insurance was 91.-00- Augustas Thornes, lived the life be porbaa experience, mya-tej-of a fire is the Ths origin New Y'ork. Fpt. 34. Archer Brown, to anRoiicrts' artistic portrayal Tbe Globe mill was t&e first trays. Manager Grant Is happyof the of Florence a Marta in Lowlands at Marta of tbe nounce engagement iron merchant whose the eeriy Bellon of the kind built large plant the California theatre lest week, was firm has branches In many wedtern "Arizona company. ingham hay and was a land mark. The highly praised by all the critics, and dries, la dead at hia home in Fast company had Just signed a contract WARDE AND KATHher business has been phenomenal. Orange, N. J.. from heart disease. He with a Seattle street contractor to cut FREDERICK This play will bo one of the features began hie career as a newspaper reof RYN KIDDER IN SALAMMBO. eight million foe t of lumber, oneever Frederick Wards and Kathryn Kid- of her repertoire this coining season porter In Cincinnati and was an author for lumber the largest contracts der are pretty sure of arousing wel- - when she gore on tour under the man- of considerable note, especialr on signed by a mlH. Its cat was about trade subjects. on their appearance here next agement uf Frederic Belasco. a laugh-provoki- Baden-Powell- ! . 0. well-kno- 70,000 f. day,. rme J |