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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1902
Page
3
The theater chronicle notes the planned demolition of the New York Lyceum in spring. It highlights the venue’s past readings and play readings as part of its final season, signaling a major shift in local cultural life.
A week of opportunities at English's with Julia Marlowe in When Knight hood Was in Flower nightly and Saturday matinee. Irving and Terry perform MondayTuesday in The Merchant of Venice and Nance Oldfield with Mathias in The Bells. Grand hosts Peter F Dailey sketch A Dress Rehearsal this afternoon. Park Theater features Alice Adams in Bar 7 and Happy Hooligan follows.
Leander Richardson notes in the New York Telegram that the New York Lyceum Theater will be demolished in spring to allow an insurance company to expand on a block bordered by Twenty-third Street Madison Avenue Twenty-fourth Street and Fourth Avenue. The Lyceum once led by Gustave Frohman and Steele Mackaye housed star names and a stock company shaping New York’s stage history with productions like The Wife The Charity Ball and Lord Chumley. Annie Russell may be the last star to perform on its stage.
Bernard Shaw argues that printed plays face reader prejudice due to stage tech frills. He asks how many readers Dickens would have had if he wrote that way and notes theatre directions have grown needlessly elaborate. The London Daily News cites Shaw on reader, actor, and manager considerations.
The speaker debates repulsive technicalities in playwriting urging dramatists to describe actions. He cites a mocked example of stage directions and notes actors can convey emotions without explicit reader or actor insult. He argues the craft lies in how the actor performs rather than the director's prescribed lines.
Harry Ellsworth Feicht drew two large Park Theater audiences yesterday with a bright description and luminous pictures of Oberammergau. Applause matched the Sunday show as patrons appreciated the engaging lecture and visuals.
Twenty one Society women chosen to aid the St Louis Exposition include Mrs William H Coleman of Indianapolis among the portraits featured in Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. The group comprises prominent national figures such as Miss Helen Gould and Mrs James L Blair with ties to notable political and business families across the country.
Indianapolis Council Knights of Columbus opens a new hall in the Badger block on Washington Street near Meridian. John Manning serves as custodian. opening includes a reception and dance. Members traveled to Marion to institute a new council. Epiphany mass at Sacred Heart Church is at 6 o’clock with benediction.
The Capitol Council No 26 Y M S plus about twenty others traveled to Prescott to inaugurate a new Y M I council. About forty members of St Vincent's Church joined as officers were elected led by President Matthew Lux and installed by William P Cosgrove.
John D. Carter of Muncie is at Dr W B Fletcher's sanitarium with a serious condition and is not expected to recover. William Bassett, arrested yesterday by Detectives Haley and Splan, faces charges of stealing blankets and robes from Barrows Pierce livery stable. Bessie Beard of 508 Roanoke Street was sent to City Hospital after health officials confirmed smallpox. The Mothers Circle of the Y M C A will meet this afternoon in the gym parlors. Marion County Medical Society plans its annual meeting tomorrow evening at the Willoughby Building on North Meridian Street with officer reports and a talk by President Dr L H Dunning.
Investors seek guaranteed protection from title risk says Indiana Title Guaranty Company. Firm emphasizes necessity of title guarantee before real estate investments, urging cautious handling of property transactions.
The Rev J Cumming Smith of Tabernacle Church preached a New Year sermon on Philippians three. He urged the strong mind to test truth by life, praised inner inspiration over external voices, and highlighted the roles of parents teachers statesmen and God in guiding ambition toward noble ideals. He contrasted religious devotion with practical work and affirmed the church's vital yet imperfect role in modern life.
The Rev. C E Bacon preached on Acts 1 1 urging balance between contemplative devotion and active service. He warned extremes lead to a cold church, noting mystic introspection versus performance based religion governed by deeds and money.
Rev William C Taylor urged young men to vow deeds of good in the new year and avoid bigotry in daily life. The College Avenue Baptist Choir performed Christmas numbers before his talk. Mary Christian’s absence altered the program and soloists were named for future performances.
Rev Charles E Edwards of Edwin Ray Church spoke last night on the golden rule and its practicability. He defined it as doing unto others as you would be done by and illustrated how the rich should help the poor and the sick be ministered to. He urged applying the rule to all life relations and praised home practice to foster happiness and brighter lives.
The First English Lutheran Church at Walnut and Pennsylvania streets installed new trustees Philip Hildebrand Jonas Johnson and John Twiname new deacons William Meyers and Edwin Andrews and new elders Joseph English and William Huarris. The service followed by a sermon on The Power of the Holy Spirit and the Great Need of the Church. The council will meet this evening to receive officer reports and the Sunday school elected John Laughner to continue as superintendent.
The Rev Dr Kellogg leads nightly services in the Sunday school rooms of Central Avenue Methodist Church each evening this week except Saturday. Services begin 745 pm with an 8 o'clock sermon followed by prayer and discussion. Topics: Monday The Passing of Old Form Rev Melious Transition What Here We left Tuesday Revivals Wednesday The Spiritual Life Its Reality and Manifestations Thursday Christian Obligations to the Home the Church and the World Friday What Ought I as a Christian to Be and to Do
At yesterday's monthly reception of members, twelve new members were received into the First Baptist Church. The pastor, Rev. Thomas J. Villers, extended the right hand of fellowship after the Lord's Supper was served.
The pulpit of Christ Church was filled yesterday by the Rev. J. D. Stanley, the rector, instead of the announced speaker Rev. Oscar F. Moore of East Orange New Jersey who was unable to speak due to illness.
The piece outlines expected Republican district committee selections across Indiana districts through January and February. It notes James P. Goodrich likely to be reappointed as chairman, with various district contenders including George Cunningham John C. Billheimer Harvey Cushman George W. Self Thomas McNutt Oscar Montgomery Dan V. Miller George C. Harvey J. J. Higgins Miles K. Moffat E. P. Thayer Floyd A. Woods Adam Beck Elmer Leonard Elmer Crockett Major Brown and secretary candidates Charles S. Haas Will Whittaker and G. M. Tichenor.
George Thatcher a veteran showman visits Denison Hotel and recalls Indianapolis gigs from 1868 to 1876 with Forepaugh Simmons Slocum and Haverly. He recalls the origin of Dog on you John Butts and notes shifts from old minstrelsy to modern styles while praising earlier songs and box office appeal.
The Second district shows Robert W. Miers facing a hard battle for renomination to Congress. Cyrus E. Davis from Bloomfield and Co W Wellman of Sullivan also seek congressional honors. Davis claims Miers broke a prior pledge not to run again. Wellman previously ran for clerk of the Supreme Court and reportedly returned from the West with substantial cash from tax enforcement.
The report notes discussions of possible Congressional challengers in the Second district with no avowed opponents yet. It states Gilbert H. Hendren's election as committeeman favors Davis's candidacy, and Charlies T. Akin of Sullivan County has withdrawn in favor of Wellman after canvassing his county. Akin, who ran six years ago for the nomination, was defeated.
Dewey Haywood, a Beaumont oilman and former concert entrepreneur, drilled three wells on Spindle Top Heights Texas. All gushers, No. 2 cited as especially strong, reportedly flowed for seventeen minutes at about 145 thousand barrels daily. Haywood seeks cars to ship the oil north. Also noted is a Denison Hotel dinner hosted by Rev. Lewis Brown and his mother Mrs. Lucy M. Brown for a large group including Bishop Francis and many regional guests.
Mason J. Niblack of Vincennes stays at the Grand Hotel as the State Board of Agriculture convenes in a delegate convention to elect eight new members or re elect the same number. Governor Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter are expected to speak, with a president and secretary to be chosen Wednesday. President McDonald is likely to be re elected though rivals may seek the post. Board members are selected by representatives from Indiana fair associations.
Mr H Hardin hosted a dinner at the Grand Hotel last night attended by Miss Virginia Miner Mrs Thad Rodecker Miss Pearson and Miss Edith Pearson.
Schleswig Holstein brother of the present Empress of Germany and her sister Princess Stephanie were the wives of the Arch-Bishops of Austria who committed death by own action.
London statistics show Britain holds 42 percent of colonial trade while the United States accounts for 12 percent. The US gains rapidly with Canada and Australia, prompting unease. The Standard editorial urges renewed national effort to boost trade.
The German Mormon Conference assembles in Berlin under Hugh J. Cannon son of George Q. Cannon. About 125 missionaries are active in Germany with 2,000 followers and over 100 German missionaries attending the conference.
Antwerp dispatch reports Captain Rossander missing since New Year's Eve after leaving a dinner party in a cab to return to his ship. The retreating tide uncovered the river cab with a dead horse and the drowned captain inside.
Police uncover traces of anarchist plots in Jerez de la Frontera Alcala de los Gazules and Arcos de la Frontera Cadiz Forty nine arrests made and prisoners sent to Barcelona for military court trial
Berlin reports eminent pathologist Professor Rudolph Virchow slipped alighting from a street car and suffered a serious thigh injury. His age makes the injury more consequential though the leg damage is not expected to be fatal.
In Sofia on January 5 the Sobranje is dissolved by Prince Ferdinand after the newly formed cabinet failed to obtain two months supplies. The move follows the assembly’s rejection of the cabinet’s demand for funding.
The Hartford Courant argues the United States should return every penny of the 2,000,000 indemnity from the Boxer uprising. It states no just claim supports retaining the money and that返empting it would preserve U.S. self-respect and foster Chinese gratitude and goodwill for future benefits.
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army remains in Oakland to await his wife Consul Emma Booth Tucker’s removal to New York. The consul’s tour dates will be canceled, and the national officers congress in New York is expected to be abandoned.
Very Rev. Godfrey Schilling O F M prominent Cincinnati Franciscan long active in Mt Sepulchre Washington and Holy Land commisary appointed director general of all Franciscan foreign missions by the supreme head. He will go to Rome to establish headquarters, a post second in importance to the provincial general.
Cleveland date of January 5 reports that third baseman Bradley, playing in San Francisco, has not signed with another team and remains under a two year contract with Cleveland. The local paper wired him for confirmation regarding a potential move to the Chicago National League team.
The Buffalo Express notes that the wake of this year will remain in place at the New Castle and Sharon plants of the United States Steel Corporation. The report says unionism has not necessarily to scale up. The plants became stable after the steel strike last fall.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church celebrated fifty years since its 1851 founding with a brief sermon by Rev. George L. Mackintosh. From nineteen charter members the church grew through relocations to its Nineteenth and Alabama site, now with about 325 members. A survivor of the original nineteen, Mrs. Julia M. Moores, attended the service.
In a vivid reminiscence, the piece recounts James Creelman’s interview with the Pope and the famed Dana interview that inspired a passion for publication. It notes Dana’s reluctance to print his Dante moment, contrasting the bold impulse of many journalists with Dana’s restraint and pride in memory.
Toledo dispatch reports a fatal altercation in Tipton Ohio last night leading to John 3 dying from a stomach wound after James Sayler fired. Sayler has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
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