Show Thc Stolen Pirates Chicago InterOceans Washington Wash-ington On the 2d of February last John Stetson of Boston a theatrical manager came to Wellington He entered a copy of tho opera Pirates of Pcnzancc in the office of the librarian of Congress naidS2 fee and received a certificate of tho copyright which gives him the exclusive proprietorship of the opera ir this country Gilbert and Sullivan had in some manner neglected to obtain a copyright of their opera and have gone back to England Librarian Shoflorc did not know who Mr Stetson was and had no right to question his ownership of the opera |