17 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1902
Page
1
A popular actor touring in St Louis drew warm receptions during a week back in town while supporting another star. After a celebrated scene, the actor heard cheers as he passed the dressing room, prompting a quip about past roles. The tale recalls the era of high attendance and notable figures in American theatre.
Miss Rose Coghlan, Lester Wallack’s leading lady, remains a New York theater favorite born in England. Her career includes roles with notable actors and a celebrated Peg Woffington in Magic and Faces. Jean de Reszke expands Wagner roles and explores singing in other languages. Geraldine Ferrars, now with the Royal Opera Berlin, has sung Violetta in La Traviata. Blanche Bates has recovered from typhoid and rests in New York. Paul Kester’s Mills and Mars to be produced by Langtry in London then the U.S. Stephen Phillips’ Ulysses rehearsals with Beerbohm Tree. Mrs. Brown-Potter joins the cast, and Ramsay Morris’ Ninety and Nine will tour New York with Julia Arthur reviving A Winter’s Tale.
Jefferson De Angela, born in 1859 in San Francisco, rose from child actor to world touring comic opera performer. Since 1880s he has led the De Angelis Opera Company, becoming a leading comedian on the operatic stage with admirers touting him among the top in his field.
Tenor Willi Birrenhoven sues Stadt Theater Hamburg managers for 10000, claiming injury from a fall through trap door while riding a horse in Rienzi. The report notes two deaths from similar mishaps and identifies veteran stage manager Vert Laurant Howard, 47, leading the defense, with ties to Orpheum Brooklyn and past work in St Augustine Florida.
The report discusses George Ade preparing a play for Ward and Vokes with Marguerita as a potential star in the next season. It mentions a new comb opera as the vehicle and highlights Bertha Galland's company where most members used their real names among twenty three members.
Washington scenes show the House passing the Nicaragua Canal bill by 308 to 2 with a broad cross party show. Final passage vote stood at 1700,102 for the Panama alternative was defeated as amendments were rejected. The Hepburn plan authorizes President to acquire route territory from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with $180 million cost cap and $10 million to start. Liberty Belt arrives in Charleston amid salutes and a welcome by officials. Granddaughter slain attempt ends in grandfather's suicide in Macedonia Town.
Amperiogu OL in Germany reports that Standard Oil expanded its German market last year while Russian petroleum imports fell. New statistics suggest Russian oil may disappear from Germany entirely. British Receptors Gun London reports Lord Kitchener notifying the War Office that the second British gun at Brackenlaagte has been recovered after earlier claims of destruction.
Fire at Rickey to Non-Explosive Powder mill near Clearfield Pennsylvania killed John Stewart and Roy Smith. Injured were G B Roseberry James Blacker and F K Zentmeyer. Fire likely started by explosion. two injured may die. Mill owned by James Kerr and W H Rickey. built eight months ago for $40,000.
Profecta Big Coal Combine in Pittsburg Missouri plans to consolidate all local coal mines with railroad links. H C Prick, elected director of Pittsburg Coal Company, leads efforts with J H Bickmore of J Pierpont Morgan in town for meetings. Proposed combine of independents then merge with Pittsburg Coal Company, needing about 200 million dollars in capitalization.
Cleveland Construction Co secures commissions from the Turkish government to build a trolley line linking Cairo with Mount Sinai and Mecca. The project aims to profit from the annual Mohammedan pilgrimage, seen as a major rider for construction costs. Four sisters marry in Wakefield. In Wakefield Kansas on January 10 Bertha Chapman Tuey Chapman Anna Chapman Kate Chapman wed Pred Montell William Montell Samuel Windsor Matthew H Spooner at home of parents. Clergyman Rev John Chapman, their brother, presided. Charles Caleb Creasen found dead in Philadelphia home at Germantown asphyxiated by gas from a heater. He was 96, longtime wholesale druggist and noted philanthropist.
Former South Carolina governor Franklin J. Moses was sentenced in Boston to four months in jail after admitting his photo appeared in a rogue’s gallery and acknowledging long familiarity with New York opium joints. He pleaded for mercy from the court.
The Vicksburg Express on the Mississippi Valley line, departing New Orleans at 7 10 am, hit an inbound freight twelve miles out. Fireman Henry Foster, a Black named man, was killed and several train hands injured. Fog blamed for the crash. In London, Dr Dutton in Bathurat reports a new parasite causing human fever similar to the horse fly disease in South Africa.
A Valparaiso dispatch to the Herald says Chile’s cabinet is rumored to resign following an explanatory note sent to Argentina to make the protocol acceptable.
Governor Shaw honored at a Grant Club banquet in Des Moines upon his appointment to a Treasury post. He spoke on duties of the Treasury, its role in money, minting, customs, revenue, and navigation. He described ship construction oversight, lighthouses, pilots, and coast patrols, and defended federal authorities in travel and baggage inspections.
Emma Horth, 23, of Wanatsh La Porte County, arrested in Hammond for taking money from a woman. The disgrace surrounding the arrest and trial induced severe mental strain on the girl, leading to her sudden death. Coroner's verdict cites excessive mental strain as the cause.
Interest groups favor compulsory arbitration but will not push the plan in a single session. The chair will refer the proposal to the department of foreign relations for communication to interested governments. Argentine Bolivian Peruvian Paraguayan Venezuelan and Dominican delegates will protest and may not attend tomorrow session.
Frank James the outlaw Jesse James brother and noted actor is a defendant in a suit filed in the Superior court by George Klimt. The case involves restraint on his production of the drama The James Baya tt and seeks to stop Van Dyke and Walters and James from interfering with Klimt's contracts and with notifying managers to prevent production in Missouri.
United States Marshal William Henkel will auction tomorrow the jewels seized from Penrhyn Naville the young Englishman who came on the Umbria for a wedding to Miss Neva M Wall of Chicago. The haul includes a diamond necklace about $2000 and a diamond sapphire ring valued around $300. Boston reception for Bryan in the afternoon with Commonwealth Club guest list and a Quincy House banquet in his honor.
Frankfort on the Main reports many teachers seek admission to the gendarmerie amid praise for policemen. In Chicago Edmond Palmer, once head of three banks, has been indicted for months and was captured in Pittsburgh. Detective Sergeant Farrelly proceeds to transfer him into custody.
Vienna Jan. 10 Bartelmue an Austrian electrician has invented a system to prevent accidents caused by trains meeting or rear-ending each other. The invention reportedly reduces collision risk on rail lines and could enhance railway safety.
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