West Minstrels at English's Opera House Fail to Return
William H. West and his company performed last night at English's Opera House. West, recently recovering from surgery in Chicago, is unlikely to rejoin this season. Richard J. Jose, now in San Francisco, was missed. The show mixed knickerbockers, singing, and talk with vaudeville acts including the Rio brothers and Zeb and Zarrow on bicycles.
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William H. West
West
English
Opera House
Dan Quinlan
Chicago
Richard J. Jose
West Minstrels
San Francisco
Jose
Frederick McDonald
Rio Brothers
Zeb and
Zarrow
Carr
Joli opens Paris theater for pure in heart amid tea period
The Joli theater in Paris debuts with assurances for mothers that children will be safe, serving tea between acts. In English’s tonight and tomorrow, the Lulu Glaser Opera Company presents a new light opera Dolly Varden by Julian Edwards and Stanislaus Stange. Glaser’s team includes Richie Ling, Van Rensselaer Wheeler, and Mark Smith as principals. the production features elaborate costumes and scenery. Meanwhile Sarah Bernhardt dismisses male costume roles, preferring future projects such as Marion Crawford's Brancesca da Rimini, and Reginald De Koven discusses Maid Marian and Robin Hood. de Koven plans to settle in Washington, sharing a quip about John Stetson. Lotta Gladstone appears at the Grand Opera House, entertaining with voices imitating Irish, a little girl, and her mother. The Tyrolean singers, Miss nd Werter and Reider, complete this week’s program.
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Lulu Glaser
Lotta Gladstone
Grand Opera House
Jakey
Miss
Werter
Reider
Du Barry at National Theater and vaudeville contrast
Washington theatergoers witness Mrs. Leslie Carter’s company announce Du Barry at the National Theater with plans to tour Eastern cities and New York. A vaudeville pairing shows a stark contrast with Raymond and Caverley, whose vulgar Germanized acts draw dull applause, while Belasco’s claims about Du Barry’s authorship are questioned by Paris critic Jean Richepin.
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Leslie Carter
Washington
du Barry
National Theater
New York
David Belasco
Mr. Belasco
Hatch
Grubbs Flats Sold to Dr. Long for 32000
The Grubbs flats on the southwest corner of Ianois and North streets sold yesterday through Ralston and Camden to Dr. Robert W. Long for 32000. Frontage runs 144 feet on Illinois street and 1 feet on North street. Matilda Grubbs, widow of Daniel W. Grubbs, formerly of the area, conveyed the property. Dr. Long plans an apartment house at the rear facing North street.
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Grubbs
Ianois and
North Streets
Ralston & Camden Agency
Robert W. Long
Illinois Street
North Street
Matilda Grubbs
Daniel W. Grubbs
Mexico
Long
Dane S. Dunlap
Belmont Avenue
Lambert Street
Social round of visits and events in Chicago and local towns
Mrs Hervey Bates Jr is in Chicago and Mrs Henry Houghton returns from Defiance Ohio. Miss Emminger of Columbus visits Mrs L A Kinsey. Various clubs host dances card clubs and luncheons. Notables include Mrs Joseph E Bell Mrs Eugene F Hylan Mrs Isaac Newton Richie and Mrs Frank A Morrison. Several families announce visits from Boston Harvard Princeton and Purdue scholars.
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Hervey Bates, Jr
Chicago
Henry Houghton
Defiance
Emminger
Columbus
L. A. Kinsey
H. A. Mansfield
Katherine Elder
Avalante Club
Assembly Hall
Julia Spades
Virginia
Americus Club
Kappa Alpha Theta Club
Eichrodt
Clinton
Joseph E. Bell
North Meridian Street
Henry C. Meserve
Eugene F. Hylan
Lowell
Mass
Isaac Newton Richie
de Pauw
Frank A. Morrison
Campbell H. Cobb
H. W. Lawrence
Edward Gilbert
Talbott Avenue
Ella Zaring
College Avenue
Women's Missionary Society of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
H. G. Coughlin
Central Avenue
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Friends’ Church
3. C. Trueblood
Young Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
Second Presbyterian Church
St. Clair Parry
North
Meridian Street
John H. Smith
Spencer
Frank W. Wood
Smith
Na Fowler
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Meridian-street
M. E. Church
William M. Stevenson
Alonzo Clinton
Burlington
C. W. Richrodt
Emma Clinton
New Jersey
Hervey Bates
University Club
A. H. Snow
Mary Fletcher
Mannheimer
The
Temple
Emma Messing
Daniel S. Moore
Edith Cole
Shelbyville
L. D. Conklin
Delaware Street
G. M. Smith
Clara Hawkins
Miss Adams
Portland
Harris
Atlanta
Miss Hawkins
Eni Morris
Gertrude Butler
Edith Beck
Alexander Taggart
Mono
Gertrude
Lillian Taggart
Fourth Presbyterian Church
G. W. Mackintosh
Charles W. Moores
Judge Cox
John Dyer
Rey
Indiana Republican Editorial Association Plans Next Meeting
The executive committee met at the Denison Hotel to arrange the January gathering in Indianapolis. The banquet is set for January 30 and the business session for January 31 with four topics to be debated. Secretary Singleton will circulate invites to editors statewide.
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Denison
F. T. Singleton
Martinsville
M. W. Pershing
Tipton
Harry Smith
Greencastle
Will H. Craig
Noblesville
Pershing
Indiana
Hanna
National Association
Denison Hotel interviewee predicts McKinley win and continued prosperity
A Denison Hotel lobby meeting with a Republican traveling salesman from New York yields a forecast of McKinley’s re election and ongoing good times. He notes his firm’s strong year and cites a Michigan Wabash wreck he survived, describing the scene of flames and cries of mothers and children as he helped eleven people escape.
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Journal
Denison
McKinley
Justin Keith
Bryan
Keith
New York
Michigan
Wabash Road
Detroit
Chicago
Mamma
Hamilton County Republicans edge toward strong county nominations
Will H. Craig of the Noblesville Ledger reports a heated yet friendly contest for county nominations. The focus is the judgeship with candidates W. R. Fertig Ira W. Christian and S. D. Stewart. He notes a robust GOP revival over eight years, shrinking old leadership losses, and mentions ex Senators Boyd Graham and political prospects in Colorado and Indiana.
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Hamilton County
Will H. Craig
Noblesville
R. R. Stevenson
J. E. Walker
N. D. Levinson
Cripple Creek
Graham
Urge
Colorado
Teller County
Indiana
Washington
California Fruit Tales From Berlin Visitor
N E Sanford of San Francisco, finishing a cross continental trip, praises California grown fruit while staying at Spencer House. He recounts a Berlin grocery sign claiming California fruit for sale, and a conversation with the proprietor about California preserves and a special line for the Empress of Germany.
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N. E. Sanford
Francisco
Spencer House
Sanford
California
Berlin
Empress’s preferred fruit and San Francisco talk
Mr Sanford describes the Empress’s fondness for sliced California oranges and notes shortages of Royal Anne cherries, figs, and raspberries. He argues San Francisco offers strong work prospects despite the climate, aided by fruit handling jobs and seasonal trade winds, with roses blooming at Christmas.
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Sanford
California
Oregon
France
Manhattan
San Francisco
China
Pacific
Court Fight Over Hammond Crown Point Courthouse
Ex Senator Kopelke and J B Peterson of Crown Point with William Johnston of Valparaiso and A H Knotts of Hammond visit the city in the Hammond Crown Point courthouse dispute. Lake county commissioners plan a 50 000 loan to build a Superior Court house in Hammond, Crown Point opposes and seeks an injunction. The case is before the Indiana Supreme Court for argued today. Crown Point fears the new courthouse could push Hammond as the county seat.
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Kopelke
J. B. Peterson
Crown Point
William Johnston
Valparaiso
A. H. Knotts
Hammond
Hammond-Crown Point
Lake County
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Denison Hotel Guests Report Local Notables in Town
W. T. Whitington Crawfordsville lawyer and Republican figure is at the Denison. W. S. Haggard of Lafayette declares for Tippecanoe county senator. Es F. L. Powell of Madison, banker and brother of Nathan Powell, who ran in the Fourth district last year, was a guest.
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W. T. Whitington
Crawfordsville
The
Denison
W. S. Haggard
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Es F. L. Powell
Madison
Nathan Powell
Colored preacher fined for fraudulent marriage
Rev. Charles Johnson, a colored preacher, was fined 200 by Circuit Court Judge Allen for fraudulently marrying Miss Odebelle Majors, former organist at his church. The couple met at a justice of the peace office, with Majors then at Butler College. Johnson claimed his church brethren urged the marriage to avert a scandal, then fled West before later being arrested on the fraud charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
Allen
Circuit Court
Odebelle Majors
Hugh J McGowan Returns From New York Visit
Hugh J McGowan, president of the street railway company, returned to Indianapolis after weeks in New York. He said the interurban question remains in abeyance awaiting his return and expected to confer soon with the Board of Works and other interests. He did not mention any major developments.
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Hugh J. McGowan
New York
McGowan
Board of Works
Indianapolis
Bankruptcies Filed by Wahlen and Coble in U.S. Court
Samuel A. Wahlen of Elkhart files for bankruptcy with liabilities of 8234.50 and assets worth 13. Albert H. Coble a Frankfort physician also files a bankruptcy petition with liabilities totaling 14401.35 and assets of 863.00.
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Samuel A. Wahlen
Elkhart
United States
Albert H. Coble
Frankfort
Charles W Clark Sings at Philharmonic Club Lecture Night
Charles W Clark baritone of Chicago presented a varied program at the German House last night. He sang pieces from I Pagliacci Vision Fugitive Thanatopsis and other works, displaying strong tone and dignified style though his Danny Deever shading veered into melodrama. The event featured substitutes for absentees and ended with a lively coat room scramble as two hundred men queued for hats and coats.
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Philharmonic Club
Charles W. Clark
Chicago
Baernstein
Mr. Clark
Kipling
Danny Deever
Jamie
Jammy
Clark
Prince Charlie
Nelli
William Cullen Bryant
Edward Treat
Frank N. Taylor
Bremmerman Edmunds
Pierce lecture to follow opera at Starr Piano room
Oliver Willard Pierce presents a lecture titled Lohen grin tonight in the Starr Piano Company room Newton Claypool building. Opera reservations for Saturday by the Gray company at Tomlinson Hall admit holders to the lecture at no extra charge. Miss Faulkner’s lecture on the Thomas Orchestra’s programme will be tomorrow night in the Starr store.
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Oliver Willard Pierce
Starr Piano Company
Newton Claypool
Gray Company
Tomlinson Hall
Miss Faulkner
Thomas Orchestra
Starr
Board of Works Probes East Michigan Car Service
Mayor Bookwalter and Major Megrew investigated citizen complaints about East Michigan car service. Officials learned regular cars only run to L. E. & W. tracks, with a dummy car on a twenty two minute eastern loop. Passengers are dumped in mud and cars are dirty. Vice President Jones was summoned to explain substandard service.
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Bookwalter
Megrew
Board of Works
East Michigan
L. E. & W. Railroad
Jones
Permit Refused for Veterinary College Wood Structure
Building inspector Bartel refused to issue a permit to the Indianapolis Veterinary College for a wooden building on Pogue's Run north of East Market Street and east of Davidson Street because it would be in the fire limits. The college appealed to the mayor, who sustained the inspector.
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Bartel
Indianapolis
Mayor Bookwalter Heads Four Day Knights Trip
Mayor Bookwalter leaves for a four day Knights of Pythias business trip traveling to New Albany Salem and North Vernon. He will attend as many district meetings as possible during the journey.
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Bookwalter
Knights of Pythias
New Albany
Salem
North Vernon
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