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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1900
Page
6
Magician Kellar debuts a costly illusion about materializing people from air inspired by a Hindoo legend. The act centers on a queen transformed into a rose in front of Mahatma’s cottage, with the tale tracing the attempted break of the spell and reincarnation of the princess.
The Trilby stock company plans an elaborate open production in Indianapolis next week with Lotta Linthicum in the title role. Royalties would support families, and manager promises a series of brilliant modern plays after recent offerings underperformed. A Thanksgiving matinee, photo giveaways, and four English's performances including a Wednesday matinee are scheduled.
Edward Strauss third son of Jonathan Strauss brings an orchestra of 50 to Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis for two Dec 2 concerts. The program features Strauss works, Beethoven polka, Bizet waltz and a string quartet. Advance sale opens at the Grand box office Wednesday morning.
Morgan's Faust returns to the park with a new scenery rig and electrical effects. Ernard Dunbar stars as Mephisto with Frank Lynne as Faust and Genevieve Kane as Marguerite. Audience interest grows as audiences demand multiple curtain calls on tableau. Thanksgiving matinee will mirror night prices.
Frank Keenan, replacing Sol Smith Russell during his absence, will perform in A Poor Relation at English's for two Thanksgiving outings. Keenan, a trusted substitute, has long been a favored actor known for Noah Vale triumphs. The play’s sentiment and the starving child supper scene move audiences and showcase Keenan’s sterling talents.
Jose Barrios the Cuban returns from the south to perform with Emerson the man eating lion in the Ting arena. He joins Leo and Gladstone and two boar hounds Carl and Mosco in one show with Emerson. Clown Bobby Nack also features with Midge the diving monkey and the bucking donkey Dynamite in a sensational lineup.
Indianapolis promoters unveil The Riley and Burton stock company to launch December 19 from Indianapolis. First show planned for Monticello or Richmond with three night weekly runs in Indiana and Illinois this year. The venture emphasizes merit and aims to tour a large territory next year. W. W. Burton and W. H. Riley lead the lineup with a veteran background in stock theatre and connections to notable actors.
Ruth I Fye versus Chas A Chapin centers on a $25,000 damages claim after Chapin's Newfoundland injured a child. Trial in Kalamazoo saw a $10,000 verdict doubled by Judge Buck, then reduced by appellate courts. The U S Supreme Court upheld the original ruling without doubling.
Detroit actor Percy Edwards joins three years at Madison Square with Mallory Bros. He stars in Pitticus Green in Hazel Kirk and is signed for juvenile and light comedy. Max Milligan of the Standard stock company acts the old man. Nellie Montgomery with Pair of black eyes plays soubrette. Clara B. McCarty handles versatile and comedy parts alongside Miss Orr, Lollie Herrick, and Clarence McDonald son of Maj. McDonald Franklin in straight bits.
The Gay Masqueraders start a three day engagement at Empire theater next week with a large company featuring the Savans Swift Hoover trio and many stars. Also Parker and his dog circus and a second show by Sam Devere run three days starting Thursday. The Kilties from Toronto bring kilts and Scottish dances to Tomlinson Hall Tuesday with matinees for children at 10 cents and a 2:30 p.m. performance.
Democratic papers urge Parks Martin to resign as state chairman amid scathing criticism from Daniel McDonald editor of the Plymouth Democrat. McDonald cites party losses in 1896 1898 and 1900 and accuses Martin of mismanagement and self promotion. Hoosier Democrat agrees Martin should resign after accepting tax commissioner post.
A Constantinople dispatch reports Turkey has declined to grant a visa for a United States consul at Harpoot. The expected visit of the battleship Kentucky is tied to the porte’s decision.
Hobart M. Stocking of Cleveland, divorced from Mrs. Blanche Clare Stocking of St. Paul on desertion after two years of court battles. He blamed his mother-in-law, Col. Albert Barnitz’s daughter, for dominating his household and business affairs during the marriage.
Maclyn Arbuckle's farce The sprightly romance of Marsac played at English's in Paris noted as wholesome and lively. F. Abeles and Margaret Fuller led a talented company performing improvised situations with a happy ending. The crowd enjoyed the Saturday matinee and evening show.
Advertises the Pyramid Pile Cure as a non surgical, suppository remedy for piles highlighting its systemic action, relief from pain, and claims of permanent cures after weeks of use. Promotes nightly applications, asserts freedom from opiates, and offers a 60 cent full size package with a free information book from Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall Michigan.
Chicago author Samuel Eberly Gross blasts Coquelin as a clown and ridicules his remark on the Cyrano de Bergerac authorship. He cites Tolstoi and Rostand, denounces European plagiarism, and says he fights for American authors against un-American copying.
Thomas Arder of Hardin county wed his stepdaughter in less than a week after divorcing his wife, the girl's mother. Previously, Arder had married Mrs. Nellie Marster two years earlier. jealousy and quarrels followed, with Miss Marston leaving for St Louis and Arder departing to join her. Mrs. Arder filed for divorce for desertion, granted recently.
Miss Amelia Tilson of Southwestern Virginia Institute Bristol Virginia is charged with attempting arson in a fit over being sent to school by her parents. The incident allegedly occurred last Sunday while others attended church. A romance is said to underlie the act. she lives in Unicoi County Tennessee and faced an arranged marriage opposed by her parents. faculty dismissed her.
Joseph Bellingzahgi, an Italian physician who developed a serum for yellow fever, confirmed via an interpreter that he won the $100,000 prize offered by the Mexican government. He said the money has not yet been paid and rumors link him to a $500,000 cattle ranch and serum laboratory plan in Texas.
Reverend W C Jones of First Congregational Church in Sharon Pennsylvania has offered his resignation effective January 1. He cites member indifference and nap during sermons as a trigger and ended last Sunday's service after finding a worshiper asleep.
A four member Seminole delegation met Senator M S Quay at San Lucia Florida and invited him to the wedding feast and dance at their camp near Cypress Mound to unite Chief Tiger Tail II with Charley The Pilot The whites call him The Pilot Quay accepted the invitation and sent a gift to the bride elect while hosting the delegation and praising Quay as a strong hunter and fighter.
Schenectady locomotive works near completion of the first of ten freight locomotives for the Cape government of South Africa. Baldwin works in Philadelphia builds the passenger engines. The freight engines use English-type features with two whistles and vacuum brakes, gauge 3 feet six inches, eight 10 wheelers and two combination types. first two ships in two weeks.
A brief note highlights a finest prepared meal in the city offering quality dining. The fragment mentions Bromo Quinize laxative tablets and a cold remedy, but no clear event or additional details are provided.
Story from Wichita Kansas notes white men from the east journeying to the Indian territory to wed rich Indian girls. Hundreds travel in ten days and Irishmen from New York report their plans, while Muskogee dispatches log 3324 inquiry letters.
In superior court Susie Kirtley sues the street car company for 200 dollars after a fuse failed on W. Washington Street car and she leapt from the moving vehicle. Will Latta for the defense portrayed a frightened negro and told of a rabbit’s foot tale before winning the case.
A well dressed man named Andrew Fankal, later found to be Valenta, sought his origins from Attorney Nowak in Cleveland. He traced his foster care to the Fankals of Poland and learned of a missing will and inheritance valued at $10,000. Valenta’s mother, tied to property at Gallup street, was declared insane in 1879 and confined in the city infirmary.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on Friday Mary Rose was shot and killed by Mrs Joseph Bevalock after a quarrel over a bill for work. Five shots were fired with four taking effect and Bevalock was arrested.
An advertisement features Mrs May Hawkins of Grand Rapids offering a secret home remedy claimed to cure alcohol addiction in husbands sons and fathers. It cites testimonials from readers in East Hampton Maine Elwood Indiana Paterson New Jersey and others and urges distressed wives sisters or mothers to write for the treatment.
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