Amusements at Park and Grand Theaters This Week
Amusements note Ferris's Comedians at Park Theater with The Plunger The Stowaway and The Fatal Card. Lighting tricks in The Woman in White fascinate audiences at Grand. Gulliver's Travels a musical comedy adaptation may come to London. The Dairy Farm and vaudeville acts continue. Jeffries in A Man from the West at Park. Nat Goodwin as Shylock at English's May 15 with a large cast. Mia Lestie Carter leads at English's tonight and tomorrow. Belasco's David Belasco adaptation to debut. Performances feature many noted actors and ensembles across venues.
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Ferris
Park Theater
James J. Jeffries
Mr. Jeffries
Nat Goodwin
Shylock
Maxine Fliot
Portia
Annie Irish
Nerissa
Evc Elster
Jessica
Aubrey Boucicault
Bassanio
Vincent Serrano
Gratiano
J. . Dodson
Launcelot Gobbo
W. J. Lejoyne
Father Gobbo
Mactyn Arbuckle Antonio
Wiliam Courtleigh
Prince of
Morocco
Frank Weston
Doge
Venice
Harry Woodruff
Mia
Lestie Carter
Opera House
David F. Belasco
Pana
New York
London
Mrs. Carter
Marie Fates
Hugo Tolandik Smitih
Maude Winter
Charles A. Stevenson
Herbert Millward
Downing Clarke
Helen Robertson
Marjorie Bond
Berta
Eiger Hart
Harold
King Leads Royal Pageant at Engileh Opera House
A royal procession features cheering crowds and maidens with palm branches as the king rides a white horse past the cheering multitude. The event unfolds at Engileh's Opera House next Wednesday night at 7:45.
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Engileh
Opera House
SOCIAL NOTES BRING MANY ILLINOIS VISITORS HOME
Preston Kelney visiting Paris returns Saturday. Chicago guests Mrs. Frank Jones and Mrs. Bert Jones visit Mrs. J. W. Coons. Leetonia residents Mrs. H. W. Snyder and Mrs. Walter Fpugate host events. Rev. Hl. Ce Mrve observes no midweek home. Miss Lucy Hitch visits from Paris returns today. Summer abroad planned for Courtland Van Camp family. Pittsburgh guests arrive for Florence Coffin visit. Invitations issued for May 7 reception by Mrs. Lydia Gilbert Millard. William Allen and Lillian Rash wed in Fortville. May 6 and 7 at home cards for Mrs. Snyder. Mahoney Laene wedding at St Patrick's Church. Various social gatherings mark week in capital city.
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Preston Kelney
Paris
Frank Jones
Bert Jones
Chicago
J. W. Coons
HW. L. Snyder
Leetonia
Walter Fpugate
Hl. Ce
Lucy Hitch
E. B. Martindale
Courtland van Camp
Courtland van Camp, Jr
Miss van Camp
Constance Morrison
Marjorie Young
Pittsburg
Florence Coffin
Lydia Gilbert Millard
Misa Millard
Elizabeth Oleen
Lillian
William Elmer Allen
Tipton
Lillian Moore
Evaneville
Woman's Research Club
Indians Union of Literary Clubs
Clara Hawkins
Hdna Stevenson
Marie Hines
Eudora Landers
MacDonald-Ellis School
Washington
Harmon Bradshaw
Lebanon
Charlies W. Tutewiler
Park Avenue
Arthur G. Brown
Frederick L. Evans
Willard Wickard
William E. English
Robert A. Brown
Jones
Florea
Connersville
Charles W. Fairbanks
H Ae Allen, Jr
J. T. McShane
William Wry
Daniel Shields
William Omberg
Joseph Marott
J. E. Shideler
George A. Gay
Thomas G. Smiley
William Welch
T. A. Randall
Gerry Sanborn
Harry Temperly
George White
Anna Comstock
Mra. Lash
Willis Fugate
A. P. Craft
Patrick J. Laene
St. Patrick's Church
W. A. Maher
William Finn
Bernard McCloskey
Mayme Bowen
Dominick Coll
Miss Bowen
Huron Street
Michael Mahoney
Randfather
Mrs. Mahoney
Florence Wagner
Hannah Moran
Loene
Baltimore
Man breaks leg at Grand Opera House on return fall
Harry Colvis of 74 North Capital Avenue toppled at the Grand Opera House and broke one leg while recently recovering from a leg fracture. City Dispensary physicians attended him.
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Harry Colvis
North
Capital Avenue
Grand Opera House
Insure Your Real Estate Title With Indiana Title Guaranty
Trust not to luck for fire and for title to property. Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan Company at 129 East Market Street offers insurance and title services. Tel. 3006.
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Indiana
TLE Guaranty and Loan Company
East Market Street
Boys Club Association Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Boys' Club Association met at the clubhouse on South Meridian street and Madison avenue. Officers were mostly re-elected with Edgar H. Evans chosen to replace resigning president Pickens. New directors were elected to fill vacancies, and many existing trustees and advisory board members were listed. A plan to establish a $35,000 endowment funded by about 1,000 letter asks was approved, with initial contributions already pledged. The treasurer reported income and balances for the general and endowment funds.
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Boys’ Club Association
Bouth Meridian Street
Madison Avenue
Pickens
Edgar H. Evane
Mra
BE. J. Foster
Evert M. Thompson
Annie Elizabeth Fraser
Thomas Taggart
R. W. Furnas
Clarence A. Kenyon
W. B. Fish
H. Eldridge
A. Wallingford
A. M. Glosabrenner
T. B. Laycock
C. BE. Eaglesfield
T. C. Day
Mise
Sara Wilson
Guntuy Lilly
Finley Pugh
James J. Dissetto
Franz Bellinger
Elder
George Stilz
Wynn
Arthur Fletcher Hall
D. W. Coffin
J. H. Holliday
C. Denny
Clarence Zener
J. A. Milburn
O. Pickens
Tt. C. Day
H. H. Hanna
C. 3. Denny
M. V. McGilliard
D. Parwin
J. Cumming Smith
B. Morss
Ft. ©. Hawkins
John L. Griffith
E. M. Thompson
Association
Sepec
Alice Graydon
W. M. Backus
E. J. Foster
General Fund
Orphans' Home Annual Held In Indianapolis Building Repairs Reported
The Indianapolis Orphans Home held its annual meeting with large attendance. Mrs. Graham Wells presented the secretary's report and a year in review while Mrs. F. F. McCrea read the treasurer's account showing receipts of 12 637 53 and a year end balance of 38. Building repairs and new plumbing were outlined by Mrs. John B Elam. Officers and board members were reelected, including President Mrs. John W. Bradshaw and Secretary Mrs. Graham Wells. Seventy eight children are now in care at the asylum.
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Indianapolis
Graham Wells
F. F. McCrea
John B. Elam
J. G. Williams
John W. Bradshaw
John C. Wright
Oran Perry
Henry Schurman
Frederick Baggs
John R. Love
Franklin Landers
W. J. Richards
Eugenia D. McOunt
John R. Wilson
John A. Sutcliffe
Sanitary measures prompt dairy closure and city cleanup
City Sanitarian Clark ordered the health board to close Eliza Conroy’s dairy on Ste Nowland Avenue after an unsanitary inspection and disobedience to shut it down. Warnings alert residents to dump only dry grass on vacant lots, with fines for violations. Indianapolis begins a spring house cleaning with police inspections of yards and immediate notices to clean up, followed by arrests for disobedience.
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Sanitarian Clark
Health Board
Eliza Conroy
Ste Nowland Avenue
Indianapolis
Buildings owners seek city design of smoke consumer
A delegation of smokestack owners met Building Inspector Bedell to press the city to designate a preferred style of smoke consumer that meets the law. He indicated likely refusal but agreed to a joint tour of sites where devices reduce smoke. Tomorrow morning Bedell will tour smokestack sites with chairman Volney T. Malott and committee members D. M Parry, C. C. Perry, Fran Fitzgerald, and H. B. Wasson.
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Bedell
Volney T. Malott
D. M Parry
C. C. Perry
Fran Fitzgerald
H. B. Wasson
Promoters Seek Fast Action on Indianapolis Southern Railway Route
Promoters of the Indianapolis Southern Railway urged the Board of Works to grant quick action on the road’s petition to use its own trackage to access the southwestern Indianapolis area. Chairman Sahm and Mr. Maguire planned to review the proposed route soon and suggested entering via an existing line could be preferable.
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Indianapolis Southern Railway
Board of Works
Indianapolis
Sahm
Maguire
Heiskell Receives Medal From Indiana National Guard
Major A B Schank of Attica heads the Indiana National Guard artillery battalion and has ordered rich silver and gold medals for each battery. Battery A’s Frank Heiskell, first sergeant, won the award at a semi annual muster in the Armory. Captain Callon presented the medal. Schank plans to award similar medals annually.
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A. B. Schank
Attica
Indiana National Guard
Callon
Frank Heiskell
Schanz
Plumbers Union Seeks End to Apprenticeship System
The local Plumbers Union demands abolishing the apprenticeship rule to curb a perceived overstocked journeyman market. Members vow not to work with a helper after May and threaten a strike if Master Plumbers refuse. They argue the system wastes time and money, replacing it with journeymen carrying their own tools and tolerating no wage increase.
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Master Plumbers’ Association
Labor mediation plans seen for nationwide arbitration
President Joh Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will travel to Pennsylvania and New York to join a National Civic Federation special committee. The May 7 meeting aims to form conciliation plans with a sub committee drafting proposals for the general committee to present to the public and influence employers and workers away from strikes. The advisory council includes hundreds of leaders across manufacturing, agriculture, finance, and transportation, with insular reps from Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
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Joh Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
New York
National Civic Federation
Mitchell
Herman Justi
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
E. D. Kenna
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Advisory Council
Hawaii
Cuba
Forto Rico
Philippine Islands
Plasterers Union Seeks Hourly Wage Increase
The Plasterers' Union demands raises from 40 to 50 cents an hour starting today and threatens a strike after contractors refused the increase. Union and nonunion contractors dispute pay scales with nonunion at 26 cents, causing bidding and job losses for union shops.
Boy Evangelist Jack Cooke Captivates Large Audience
A large crowd attended last night to hear boy evangelist Jack Cooke. The 8 o'clock start featured a song service followed by an appeal for testimonies from those feeling conversion. Several rose as Cooke answered biblical questions and delivered a sermon built around a chosen text.
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Jack Cooke
Grocery employee nabbed in tobacco theft confession
Charlie Fry, an employee of George W. Stout’s grocery, was arrested by Detectives Bray and Lancaster while disposing of a tobacco caddy. He initially claimed a raffle, then said he stored it in a rear barrel and removed it after dark. He had worked there about two years.
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Charlies Fry
George W. Stout
Bray and Lancaster
Insurance Men to Meet at Bates House Today
Indiana agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company will hold a meeting at the Bates House today. Executives from the New York home office will attend including Haley Fiske vice president George H. Gaston second vice president Thomas H. Willard medical director F Ayres manager and C A Weigel superintendent of agencies.
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Indiana
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bates House
New York
Haley Fiske
George H. Gaston
Thomas H. Willard
F. ©. Ayres
C. A. Weigel
Midnight Blaze Destroys Barn at 1101 North Senate
A midnight fire at 1101 North Senate Avenue destroyed a small barn owned by L. G. Miller and its contents, valued about 10 dollars. The blaze spread to the residence at 0 West Eleventh Street, causing about 3 dollars in damages to the occupant’s home.
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North
Senate Avenue
L. G. Miller
West Eleventh Street
Last Concert of German Club Ernestino Impresses Audiences
The German Club and Musikverein concluded its season with a large audience at the German House. Director Ernestino received high praise for skill directing chorus and orchestra. Highlights included Roewitz overture, Beers Mailied, Grieg piano concerto with Una Clayson, Buck and Russian selections, Kuhlau flute quartet, and Weinzierl Love and Spring finale. Afterward, chairs were removed and dancing continued.
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Musikverein
Moalkverein
Ernestinos
William Tell
Beer
Grieg
Una Clayson
Clayson
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Oliver Willard Merce
Dudley Buck
Robin Adair
Annie Laurie
Moszkowski
Welt
Spicker
Kuhlau
Messrs
P. Montant
H. D. Kaleer
Walter Kipp
H. Kiser
Weinzierl
Mra. L. Kiser
Matinee Musicale Introduces Request Programme This Afternoon
The Matinee Musicale debuts a request programme, a first for the group in its annual plan. The program features Chopin Mazurka Op. 38 No. 4, Sitt pieces, Massenet Danse des Saturnals, Mascagni intermezzo, Bizet Dreams, and Tschaikowski selections, with performers including Miss Mary Josephine Wight, Miss Sarah T. Meigs, Mrs. Richardson, Miss Kipp, Miss Martin, and Miss Ray among others.
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Chopin
Mary Josephine Wight
Haberber
Hans Sitt
D'Armour
Sarah T. Meigs
Danse Des Saturnals
Massenet
Richardson
Kipp
Martin
Ray
Mascagni
Jessie Patterson Roth
Benaldine Smith
Dreams
Bizet
aint-Saens
May Aufderheide
Ida Gray Scott
Miss Ray
Tillman McLaurin feud sparks political storm in South
Hartford Courant surveys reactions to MLAURIN'S speech as Ben Tillman denounces him as a deceitful Republican while McLaurin retorts with defiant pride. Generals Butler and Clay, Governors Candler, Skinner and others weigh implications for Southern politics and party realignment amid imperialism and imperial retreat debates.
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Hartford Courant
Ben Tillman
McLaurin
Tillman
Senate
M. C. Butler
Charlotte
McKinley
South
South Carolina
General Butler
Clay
Georgia
Candler
Harry Skinner
North Carolina
Savannah News
Allver
The
Chronicle
Augusta
Nashville Banner
Bryan
Florida Times-Union
Virginn
New York Journal
Tom Johnson
Carter Harrison
Democratic Party
New York
National League of Democratic Clubs
Object to the Glue Works Meeting on May 7 in Indianapolis
Property owners and residents near the National glue works at Fourteenth Street and Fall Creek will gather Tuesday evening May 7 at Thomas Tracy's home, 1231 North Senate Avenue, to take definite action against the glue works, alleged as a nuisance due to its stench. A preliminary meeting was held last night.
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National Glue Works
Fourteenth Street
Fall Creek
Thomas Tracy
Senate Avenue
Smallpox Quarantine at Maxwell Street House
Two new cases reported to the city Board of Health yesterday involve Jennie and Olive Bivens of 616 Maxwell Street. The house was quarantined to prevent spread.
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City Board of Health
Jennie
Olive Bivens
Maxwell Street
How the Circus Instructs Collier's Weekly
The piece describes how American circuses impressed European armies with their logistics. It recalls a London arch installation solved by American workers in hours, British officers studying circus transport, and a European monarch observing operations to learn heavy-material movement for military use.
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Collier's Weekly
Europe
England
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Transportation Department
Olympia
Madison Square Garden
London
Building Department
America
Milwaukee Sentinel Advertising Claims Stir Debate
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes Tom L. Johnson and an ad campaign from Cleveland. It highlights how the ad differentiates the town from the pit and claims it avoids giving Milwaukee a black eye, as described by the Poo Bah.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Milwaukee
A Knowing Insect in Scientific Tangle
In New Orleans Times-Democrat a reader cites a magazine discussion on cockroaches. He reports an old building infested and roaches rushing to a paste feast at 5 o'clock daily, responding to a bell’s sound and daily schedule with perceptive behavior.
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Orth Stein
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ccan
Poor Lot of Husbands in Camden Family Tale
A Camden County story describes a colored cook on Linden Street who weds a deacon rumored to be rich. The man dies poor, leaving her with funeral debts and a shaken reputation. Her mistress chides her as she vows to wed no more husbands to avoid dirt and ruin.
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Market Streets
Admiral Decatur
Philadelphia
Camden
Linden Street
Carl Schurz Confined by Illness at Age Seventy Two
Springfeld Republican reports Carl Schurz has been bedridden for ten days with an undiagnosed illness. Doctors are unsure of the trouble. His son hopes for improvement and his return to activity. Schurz, seventy two, has long been a prominent figure and his illness is noted with concern.
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Springfeld
Carl Schurz
Mr. Schurz
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