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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
14
Dramatic engagement centers on Mrs Fiske and the Manhattan company in Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm. Rebecca West pursues Rosmer, causes his wife's death, and undergoes a moral transformation culminating in a powerful confession and final act. Cast includes Arthur Forrest and George Arliss.
A group of actors led by Arthur Don and Minnie Thompson discuss future plans off the stage. Don aims to open a musical stock theater in Seattle next season while Thompson pursues a first class millinery business. They seek permanent homes location stability.
The first test of a new primary law in Marion county sees mixed reaction to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. voting hours. Democrats field many candidates and campaigns deploy vehicles and workers to mobilize the noon rush, while Republicans complain voters avoid the polls and some cross over to Democratic ballots. Returns expected Friday night at party headquarters.
In Washington on May 15 Joseph B. Kealing U S district attorney for Indianapolis will move to Chicago next Monday to open headquarters at the Auditorium Annex hotel for Vice President Fairbanks the Republican presidential candidate. Fairbanks would be the first to set up in Chicago and Senator Hemenway will assist after congress adjourns. Kealing believes Fairbanks has a good chance with no current delegate majority.
A court rules that when a city grants an electric interurban a franchise, five cents may be charged inside the city and five cents more for trips to adjacent stops. The interurban can collect up to ten cents per ride without violating state law, and in some cases up to fifteen cents for short in-state journeys, under contractual rights. The Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern line from Seymour to Stop No. 68 is cited as applying the same rule.
Democratic governor candidate Thomas R. Marshall praised Gen Benjamin Harrison and the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry at a campfire gathering in Caleb Mills Hall Thursday night. Speakers included W W Ketcham John B Elam and ex Confederate Charles E School with admirers Admiral Geo Brown and Gen G F McGinnis. About 150 Seventieth Indiana members attended Friday’s reunion marking the regiment's 34th annual meeting and the forty fourth anniversary of Resaca battle.
In Chicago on May 13 the Socialist party nominated Eugene V. Debs for president amid gag rule charges and riotous excitement. Benjamin Hanford of New York, Debs' running mate in 1904, was chosen as vice president candidate.
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