Minstrels Open Season At Englishs With Sold Out Show
Se用于 Minstrels led by Al G Field thrill Indianapolis crowd at Englishs Opera House. Elks bought 100 seats in honor of Field and company. Dan Quinlan and Reese Prosser standouts among varied vaudeville acts. Ensemble finishes with blackface dance and square dancing. tour heads to Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English’s
Opera House
al G. Field
Indianapolis Elks
Mr. Field
The
Elks
Dan Quinlan
Mr. Pringle
Reese Prosser
Olip
Doc Quigley
Quinley
Mr. Quinlan
Uncle Tom and Rag Time at Park Theater
The Park Theater staged Uncle Tom and Rag Time with W. Martins company. A cakewalk ragtime interlude features colorfully dressed dancers amid 1852 staging while Eliza’s river escape and Eva’s heaven sequence draw laughter and crowd reaction. Thursday brings At Valley Forge to cap the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
W. Martin
Mr. Martin
Uncle Tom
Eliza
Legree
Loker
Marks i
Aunt Ophelia
Topsy
Eva
Valley Forge
the Park
Venetian Night Concert at Fairview Park Features Mile Band
Indianapolis Military Band of thirty will perform at Fairview Park tomorrow evening with a singing quartet Homer Van Wie George M Talbott Frank N Taylor and H M Lout. The program includes From Fireside to Battlefield and red fire illumination for the Venetian night event with special streetcar service planned for large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview Park
Street
Indianapolis
Homer van Wie
George M. Talbott
Frank N. Taylor
H. M. Lout
Unds
Street Railway
FAVERSHAM AS A STAR AT THE CRITERION
William Faversham debuted as a star at the Criterion in Don Caesar de Bazan adapted as A Royal Rival. Jule Ott, back in America, supported him with Joseph Holland Jessie Busley and Edwin Stevens. The performance drew strong curtain calls despite critics noting a departure from traditional Caesar traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Faversham
Criterion Theater
Don Caesar de Bazan
Jule Ott
America
Joseph Holland
Jessie Busley
Edwin Stevens
Faversham
Don Caesar
Actress Louise Sheridan dies in San Francisco at fifty nine
Louise Sheridan also known as Louise Davenport, a former stage actress in San Francisco, dies at fifty nine. She was Canadian born and longtime wife of actor W. K. Sheridan. After her husband’s death she had not appeared on stage for several years.
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San Francisco
Aug
Louise Sheridan
Louise Davenport
W. Kb. Sheridan
Minstrel Star J H Haverly Ill At St Marks In Salt Lake
Salt Lake City August reports J H Haverly famed minstrel is dangerously ill at St Marks Hospital with heart trouble. His wife has traveled from New York to join him as he recently moved to Salt Lake City for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. H. Staverly
St. Mark's Hospital
New York
Haverly
Salt Lake
Otis Skinner Stages Francesca De Rimini Revival
Otis Skinner presented an elaborate revival of Francesca De Rimini at the Grand Opera House in Chicago on August. The tragedy featured Aubrey Boucicault Marcela Van Dresser William Norris and Gertrude Norman sharing applause with Skinner as he pursues mining after retirement from show business.
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Chicago
Francesca de Rimini
Grand Opera House
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Aubrey Boucicault
Marcela van Dresser
William Norris
Gertrude Norman
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY NOTES FROM INDIANAPOLIS AREA
A long list of local families and visitors. Many residents travel to Nantucket Minocqua Wis Buffalo and Montreal and return home from trips to Cleveland Columbus Dayton and Atlantic City. Engagement announced for Grace Eleanora Watson and Herbert Robinson Duckwall with a late October wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Parrott
Nantucket
Louis Hollweg
D. W. Fisher
Hanover College
Buffalo
Robert S._ Sinclaire
Quebec
Jackson Landers
Eudora Landers
Minoqua
Wis
Anna Hays
Cleveland, O
Horace McKay
J. A. Everson
Avondale
Frank T. Meharry
A. F. Denny
Lon R. Maury
A. W. Brayton
Arthur A. Johnson
T. C. Steele
Brookville
T. Stoddard
Atlantic City
William 8. Beck
Minnesota
Montana
Raymond van Camp
Charlevoix
van Camp
J. M. Wescott
Richmond
Wescott
Grace Carter
George F. Bass
Lina Wickard
Denver
John ©. Keenan
Joplin
J. H. Keenan
Highland Avenue
L. B. Freeman
Columbus
The
Colonial
Amelia Roper
Zanesville
Eli Roper
Katharine Roper
J. I. Herriott
Woodruff Place
Charles A. Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Fort Wayne
Chauncey R. Watson
Grace Eleanora
Herbert Robinson Duckwall
Fred E. May
Leona Hinchman
Rushville
Emmett Pharis
C. Truby
Fowler
Ruth Pharis
Jeannette Hackleman
Charles K. Smith
Theodore W. Smith
C. Vance Smith
Lake Wawasee
Laura Lewis
Lebanon, C
Indianapolis
Frederick C. Victor
Arvilla Grenamier
van Wert
Ludlow
Victor
Benjamin I’. Wheat
Beville Avenue
Mr. Wheat
Mrs. Wheat
Mrs Morrison Dies After Illness At 48 In New Jersey
Mrs Mary Irene Morrison wife of Lewis E Morrison of 1 North New Jersey street died after a two week illness. A New Hampshire born widow aged forty eight who married there came to this city twenty five years ago with her husband. Survived by three children the funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Irene Morrison
Lewis E. Morrison
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Funeral for Furman Stout’s son to be held Thursday
George Stout son of former county commissioner Furman Stout died early yesterday at the family residence on Rockville road. Funeral will be Thursday at 10 am from 2008 West Michigan Street Haughville with burial at Crown Hill.
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George Stout
Furman Stout
Rockville Road
West Michigan Street
Haughville
Crown Hill
City Briefs Report. Notables and Local Notices
Dr Joseph Eastman returns from a Can ada lakes vacation. Theresa Brinkman aged 33 of 422 Spring street adjudged of unsound mind and has attempted death by her own action, claiming continuing illness. Harrisburg dispatch reports Adj Gen T J Stewart of Pennsylvania suffered a compound fracture of a leg after a Sunday accident. Stewart is a former adjutant general and popular figure at the Grand Army encampment. Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind announces staff for the coming year with locale tied teachers and department heads in Literary Music Industrial and Physical Training. School opens Sept 2.
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Theresa Brinkman
Spring Street
Harrisburg
Adj
T. J. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Grand Army
Cleveland
Indiana Institute For the Education of the Blind
FE. Kinzie
South Bend
Anna G. Cravens
Madison
Nannie Crampton
Anderson
Annie Robinson
Cit
Louise Hawley
Edinburg
Jennie Welling
Adelaide Carmen
William Carmen
City
Lillie J. Adam
Charles Keeler
Broom
Frank Smith
Plano
Carrie Fprench
May van Wie
Colored Kaigh of Pythias Campfront conference opens in Chicago
In Chicago on August 31 the Colored Kaigh of Pythias began its biennial United States conference with tents set for four members. Officers encamped include Major General R. R. Jackson of Chicago and his adjutant, Joseph L. Jones of Cincinnati, Supreme Chancellor S. V. Stark, Quartermaster Generals J. A. Hazelwood of Charleston West Virginia and Brigadier General D. S. Miller of Paris.
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Chicago
Kaigh
Pythias
the Order
United States
R. R. Jackson
Joseph L. Jones
Cincinnati
V. Stark
J. A. Hazelwood
Charleston
W. Va
D. 8. Miller
Paris
Fire devastates Tiptonville for second time this year
Memphis dispatch reports Tiptonville, county seat of Lake County, Tennessee, nearly annihilated by a major blaze yesterday. Loss pegged under 12,000 dollars, with about half insured. This follows a March 1 fire that destroyed most of the town, with the few remaining structures in the burned district newly erected and all frame buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Tiptonville
Lake County
Fie
Photographers turn strike pickets into marked men
Striking machinists in Chicago adapt to Kohlsaat injunction by taking photos of nonunion workers at the Allis Chalmers plant. Officials say the images cannot be intimidation and will circulate among unions to mark men as traveling strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kohlsaat
Allis- Chalmers Company
Ireland
Labor Conditions Across Nations and States
On the Anchor line steamship Ethiopa twelve British workers arrived to study American labor, housing, hours, and unions visiting Washington Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cleveland East Liverpool Buffalo Ottawa and Montreal. United Mine Workers of the anthracite fields hold a large convention in Hazleton seeking wage and inspection reforms. In South Carolina five hundred Olympia Cranby Richland and Capital City mill workers were suspended for refusing to work overtime on Labor Day and a mill owner pledged no union labor, threatening closure if workers joined unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ethiopa
H. J. Humphrey
Lutonstore
Essex
Frank Morris
Bo-Ness
Scotland
F. A. Scott
Glasgow
C. J. Jackson
Stratford
Thomas Graham
Miner
Yorkshire
Washington
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cleveland
East Liverpool
Buffalo
Ottawa
Montrael
Hazleton
United Mine Workers of
Amalgamated Association of the Stationary Firemen
United Mine Workers
Columbia
8. C
Olympia
Cranby
Richland
Capital City
Smith Whaley
South Carolina
Four Kansas mines set for strike September first
Topeka Kansas aug 2 The big four southern Kansas mining companies will strike Sept 1 state labor commissioner W L Johnson said The Pittsburg Kan center of the mines saw a recent conference between miners and operators end without agreement Companies refused concessions and lodges in the district will vote separately with several hundred men employed in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Big Four
W. L. Johnson
Pittsburg
Mc Clintock Marshall job shop shuts after 700 strike
Pittsburg area workers at Mc Clintock Marshall Construction Co demand reinstatement of a discharged employee, a 1 percent general wage rise, and end of the checking up system. A committee visited the Braddock office but was refused audience, prompting a strike after a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McClintock-Marshall Construction Company
Braddock
Bates Machine machinists strike over foreman dispute
In Joliet on August 26 the Bates Machine Company machinists, totaling 30 workers, went on strike citing an objectionable foreman after an earlier wage dispute was settled. No material change exists in the steel strike situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Bates Machine Company
Not Asking Peace Concluded Statement on Conference
The excerpt notes that Mr. Easly concluded not expecting meetings with Messrs. Morgan and Schwab and that he did not seek a conference with them. It suggests that offering peace could cause more harm than good and remains inconclusive about any forthcoming negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easly
Messrs. Morgan
Schwab
Steel strike drives up Chicago steel and pipe prices
Chicago dealers report steam-fitting pipe value rising from 2% to 20% in two weeks as a result of the steel strike. Light plate is in premium supply and mills may not fill standing orders before January. In New York, iron pipe prices have climbed about 2% since the strike began, with a 12% rise noted last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Striker Clash at Canal Dover Over Mill Hiring
In Canal Dover Ohio on August 26 authorities clashed with striking workers when a train admitted a colored waiter from Pittsburg to the sheet steel mill boarding house. Police and the mayor dispersed the crowd as the man was escorted out of town amid calls for sheriff protection of mill property and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal Dover
Pittsburg
Yellow Fever Tests Sixteen People Bitten in Cuba
In Havana eight individuals bitten in yellow fever experiments saw three deaths, three recoveries, and two unclear outcomes. Major Reed will continue studies while Major Gorgas defends the approach as scientifically valuable despite public concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgas
Havana
Yellow Fever Board
Reed
Major Gorgas
Caldas
Enlistment rules bar negroes from First Cuban Artillery
New York reports from Havana state that Negroes are barred from enlistment in the First Cuban Artillery. One hundred fifty "Cubans" will join, all must be 21 or older and white. Enlistment mirrors U S practice for two years. Debate arises over who qualifies as Cuban under birth or adopted citizenship ahead of a new constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Infiom & Syndicate
New York
Tribune
Havana
United States
Wood
Ano
Scott
Cuban newspaper man killed in Manzanillo
Havana reports Martin De Castro, a well known Cuban journalist, was shot and killed in Manzanillo after attacking the rural guard. He had sought protection from Governor General Wood, who ordered local authorities to safeguard his rights. The assailant, a rural guard member he quarreled with, is being pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Martin de Castro
Manzanillo
General Wood
Wood
Castro
Bank of New Matamoras Closes After Deposits Lost
The Bank of New Matamoras in Washington county shuts its doors after failing to withdraw $50,000 deposited with Superior Street Savings and Banking Company of Cleveland, which failed last Friday. Cleveland directors moved $50,000 to the Cleveland depository. rumors of the Cleveland bank's weakness led to the withdrawal request and the failure. State Senator W. T. Clark pledges tighter state bank examinations if reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Bank of New Metamoras
Washington County
Superior-street Savings and Banking Couny
Cleveland
Superior Street Savings and Banking Company
New Matamoras Bank
Cleveland Bank
Sayle
W. T. Clark
Carey Banking Company Closed Under Sheriff Action
Upper Sandusky Ohio August 26 The Carey Banking Company of Carey was closed by the sheriff due to a Cleveland bank suspension. Organizer secretary treasurer J F Miller of Superior Street Savings and Banking Cleveland credited with the failure. A run on the bank Saturday left only 650 dollars cash on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky, C
Carey Banking Company
Carey
J. F. Miller
Superior-street Savings and Banking Company
Cleveland
Cleveland Bank
Northeastern Indemnity Seeks Receiver Amid Slow Affairs
The fraternal benefit insurance group based in Lowell applied to the insurance department for a receiver to wind up its affairs. Incorporated August 21 last year, it cites lack of member interest as the reason for voluntary retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Northeastern Indemnity
Lowell
Insurance Department
Chicago creditor seeks receiver for National Automatic Telephone
Melvin E. Richar dson president of the National Automatic Telephone Company and a creditor asked the Circuit Court to appoint a receiver. The case centers on patents claimed to be of great value and involved in the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Melvin E. Richardson
National Automatic Telephone Company
Circuit Court
State Treasurer demands cash payments for all debts
Austin, Aug 24 The state treasurer ordered that no checks be accepted for money owed to the state Effective immediately all land payments and other debts must be paid in cash The move follows the $258000 tied up in the First National failure after checks deposited for collection caused funds to be in bank only cash payments anticipated to curb further delays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas House Defeats Trusts Ban Resolution Vote
The Texas House adopted by a wide margin a Mc Fall resolution denouncing trusts and monopolies as contrary to liberty and republican government. It singles out the United States Steel Corporation as embodying the evils of trusts and community of interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House of Representatives
McFall
State of
Texas
United States Steel Corporation
Gaelic League of America Adopts New Constitution in Chicago
Delegates at the Gaelic League of America annual convention in Chicago adopt a constitution to form a state league in concert with the national body. A resolution calls for teaching Irish history in parochial schools, and Philadelphia is chosen for the next meeting in October 192. Officers elected include Rev Richard Henebry president and P F Holden secretary, with Rev F Yorke and Michael Davitt among speakers at the open meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gaelic League of America
Philadelphia
Richard Henebry
Washington
D. C
Hiding in the Hills in Corning New York
Dr Nellie Poor of Chicago and her two sons who brandished a knife on an Erie train last Thursday night are missing. Relatives search the hills around Corning as villagers report a woman and two boys matching the trio have been seen in the woods buying food from farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
N. Y
Nellie Poor
Chicago
Erie
Exposition Panel Plans Condemnation for More Ground
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company executive committee authorized its subcommittee to proceed with condemnation of additional land near the World’s Fair site. Forest Park’s 660 acres proved insufficient for planned buildings, and several hundred more acres may be acquired by condemnation if owners refuse to sell. General Counsel Blair states the company has full power to secure any extra land needed for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
The
Tragedy in Seneca Falls as two men slain in quarrel
In Seneca Falls four men from Geneva and the village quarrelled at Bull’s Ave. Two men, Justin Apple and George Smelter, were stabbed on the way to Cayuga Lake Park. Apple died, Smelter later died. James Colgan Edward Relfe and two women and two men were detained as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Justin Apple
George Smelter
Geneva
James Colgan
Edward Relfe
Bull'sve
Cayuga Lake Park
Ich Apple
Smelzer
Apple
Relfe
Colgan
Farmer Robbed on Chicago Cable Car Near Aurora
Nicholas Kranz a farmer near Aurora HL was relieved of more than 100 in notes 155 in checks and 33 in currency on a Cottage Grove avenue cable train in Chicago. He suspects two men who jostled him then fled before he noticed the loss. Police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nicholas Kranz
Aurora
Cottage Grove Avenue
Municipal Day at the Pan American Exposition
Buffalo hosts Municipal Day as mayors and officials from major cities gather in the Temple of Music. Speeches welcome by Mayor Diehl and Director General Buchanan feature Randolph Guggenheimer acting New York mayor, Samuel Jones of Toledo, Thomas G. Hays of Baltimore, J. Johnson of Fargo, and Raymond Prefonteine of Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Diehl
Buchanan
Randolph Guggenheimer
New York
Samuel [. Jones
Toledo
Thomas G. Hays
Baltimore
J. Johnson
Fargo
Raymond Prefonteine
Montreal
Grain Rates Secretly Cut Sparkrail Row In Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 26 the Santa Fe posted notices refusing to deliver grain for transfer to the Prisco Stem and the Chicago and Alton Railway while publicly maintaining a 7 cent rate for wheat to Chicago. The carrier is moving large cargoes of battle wheat to Chicago as rivals advertise secret rates below the published 7 cent rate, prompting industry talk of covert pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sant Fe
Prisco
Chicago & Alton Railway
Chicago
Santa Fe
New Furnaces at Sharon Receive Contract Reaward
Sharon Pa Aug 3 The 6 cm Steel Comming company reawards a contract for four more basic open hearth furnaces and ten sheet mills with 100 ton daily capacity. Construction starts at once and the department is slated to operate early in the war. The project totals about 10 000 000 dollars in value at South Sharon and will employ 600 workers.
Deputy Sheriff Bound and Gagged by Prisoners
Steubenville report says deputies confronted county prisoners escaping at night. Deputy McMasters was overpowered as three inmates jumped him, pinned his arms, threw him to the floor, gagged him with a sheet, and beat him into unconsciousness. Three prisoners are said to be affected by the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Mono
McMasters
Cheap Chinese labor plan discussed in Honolulu
A plan to bring Chinese laborers to the islands is under discussion with hopes Congress will fund it. Following a Hawaii government model, adults would come for up to three years to work, return home at their own expense, and sign three year labor contracts. Also noted is an income tax dispute involving United States Marshal Raney. The navy ship Solace arrived from Guam and Manila, and George B. Scott, a Coast Artillery sergeant, died by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cette
Nee
the Associsted Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
Congress
Republic of Hawaii
United States
Raney
Hawai
Dole
Supreme Court
United States Navy
Solace
Sixth Coast Artillery
Return of Admiral Beardslee Arrives in San Francisco
Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee U S N arrives on the Hahong Maru from the Orient after a year in Japan and the Philippines. He is the last survivor of the Perry expedition to Japan and attended the Yokohama monument unveiling for Commodore Perry. He received several honors from Japanese authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Amiral L. A. Beardslee
Japan
Philippine Islands
Ad Beardslee
Perry
Commodore Perry
Yokohama
Veneer Package and Machine Company Formed in Cleveland
The Grant s' Company teams with Veneer Barrel and Package and Tomlinson Barrel of Chicago to form Veneer Package and Machine Company. The new firm will be based in Cleveland and issue stock of 1900 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabi
Grants’ Company
City
Veneer Barrel and Package Company
Yene Land
Tomlinson Barrel Company
Chicago
Machine Comany
Cleveland
Tragic Caisson Accident at Port Sam Houston
At Port Sam Houston San Antonio August a caisson overturned during artillery drill crushing Corporal James Clark and Yates Nix and James who were trapped underneath two of them probably fatally injured named in the Seventeenth Field Artillery under Captain Gatley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Port Sam Houston
Cant
Gatley
Seventeenth Field Artillery
James Clark Andyates Nix
James
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription Cited In Female Cure
A court notes doctors sometimes pass tougher sentences than judges yet their decrees are often set aside. The piece claims Mrs Riven used Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription after a harsh sentence and recovered quickly. It asserts the remedy cures chronic diseases including female weaknesses and related inflammations.
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EPA Indianes
Pettis Dry Goods Co
Sale Soft
Paul Hi. Krauss
East Washington St. Men's Furnisher
N. A. Moore CO
North Iinois Street
Nowmarket ST
MI Sidke Schleicher Martens
MCRD
W. H. Messenger
East Washington St
J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
Geo. J. Marott
East Washington Street
Lee Cream Peddlers
Mrs. Austin
Selius Minstrels
the Park Theater
Fairview
Don
Caesar de Bazan
Mr. Faversham
Empire Theater Stock Company
Jessie Millward
England
Jack” Haverley Dangerously
Personal and
Hayes
Gardner
Roscoe R. Hayes
Madison Hayes
Emma Gardner
Martinsville
Mr. Hayes
North
New Jersey Street
Joseph Eastman
N Fne
the Lakes
Canada
Amalgamated Association
Cuba
Shaffer
St. Louis Fair
Sharon
Islands
Admiral Beardslee
Pe Nellie M Reycraft
Washington Co
Oregon
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Bent
RE. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Indiana Dental College Department of Dentistry
University of Indianapolis
Delaware and
Ohio
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