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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
6
The Holden Comedy Company presented The Wages of Sin a English melodrama with London and country scenes at Park Theater yesterday. The production alternates serious and comic incidents and closes with a moral. Vaudeville between acts. Next week the company will perform Under Two Flags.
A long list of social visits and travel plans among Indianapolis families and guests. Mrs Bevis with her son Harry Bevis, Gen Lew Wallace visiting his son Henry L Wallace, Mr Hugh H Hanna staying in Mackinac, visits from Mrs E Parker of Chicago, Miss Jessie Ada of Frankfort with Miss Leila Thomas, and numerous travels to Columbus French Lick Springs Atlantic City Detroit and Cincinnati. Events include a mothers breakfast at the Girls Classical School, a luncheon at the University Club, and society circles meeting at various homes and churches with guests from across Indiana and nearby states.
Several marriage notices from Indiana towns including Muncie Richmond Hagerstown and Seymour. Couples include Charles M Martin Phoebe A Stoops Walter H Klopp Della Mae Wells and John Werking Julia Fritz Effie Weaver and others. Local officiants and home venues noted.
Dr Henry Van Dyke of Princeton was elected moderator on the second ballot in New York as the General Assembly convened. The vote totals showed Van Dyke 298 and Moffat 227 on the second ballot with 574 votes cast. The election was made unanimous and the session adjourned.
The seventy second General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States convened in Springfield Missouri at 10 39 this morning. Moderator Rev. E E Morris of Marshall Missouri delivered the opening sermon as attendance reached an unprecedented high.
Miss Marian Loomis former wife of Arthur Gaukler Detroit was wed today to William McLain Chicago after a civil and ecclesiastical divorce plea was refused by the Roman Catholic Church and is on appeal to Cincinnati. McLain said Loomis was not Catholic and they did not await church consent despite Gaukler’s belief in the sacrament.
Mrs Emmett, severely burned yesterday while trying to save her daughter Mrs Beck who died in the blaze, remained in critical condition last night at Hy Hospital. Doctors could not predict her survival as she inhaled flames and suffered extensive injuries.
Two Quebec police officers and two detectives, arriving by special train, waited at the wharf for the Spray. They kept the ferry Glacial ready to depart into mid.
Washington officials announce a carefully prepared plan under the Justice Department to extradite Gaynor and Greene from Quebec. Marion Erwin leads the mission to secure their return to Savannah for trial, with extradition treaty provisions cited and Montreal warrants to avoid habeas corpus releases. The plan faces complex legal steps but aims to compel trial in Georgia.
The strike continues as companies swear in deputies and supervisors while offices remain staffed. The Retail Grocers Association plans a Monday meeting to decide on eliminating credit terms.
In Mahanoy City, May 15, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company ordered all mules hoisted from its collieries. Pumpmen and other workers prepared to quit. In Susquehanna, May 15, the Erie Railroad Company suspended 8,000 men system-wide until coal mine disputes are resolved.
Chicago Telephone Company faces a planned strike after new linemen voted to quit Monday unless pay demands are met. The union had refused the company’s earlier terms, making a strike likely.
In Chicago on May 15 two thousand wagon drivers and conductors employed by four major express companies have been granted a ten percent wage increase.
The Brooklyn YMCA naval branch building was dedicated with prayers led by Rev Dr Hillis. Helen Gould, for the Women's Auxiliary, presented the building to the international YMCA. Admiral Dewey lauded the navy, Moody spoke on expansion, and Roosevelt sent a letter of support and best wishes.
New York May 15 reports negotiations by the New England Consolidated Ice Company, already incorporated in New Jersey with a capitalization of 3160000, to gain control of Time's Special from Ambury, Mase. The principal New England firms are involved in the move.
The Indiana Optical Society convened its seventh semi annual meeting at the Denison Hotel with about fifty five members present and seven new members admitted. C M Jenkins of Richmond is president while J H Elis of South Bend presided at the national association. Papers on Lenses and Psychological and Ethical Points for the Ophthalmic Optician were read, and Herman T Schlegel of Peoria was absent due to a death in the family. The group adjourned to meet again the second Wednesday in January in this city.
May Manton offers a wearable frock pattern with gored skirt and full baby waist for girls. Describes pale blue dimity model with fine embroidery, guimpe options in white or lawn, and washable materials suitable for warm and cool days. Waistline fitted by shoulder and underarm seams with gathers at edges. Neck features a frill.
Embroidered sleeve frock with short pore finished sleeves and frills. Skirt has front and side gores with straight back breadth. Guimpe plain with shoulder seams and waist drawn by tapes. Pattern 4121 offered in sizes four, eight, ten, twelve years with yardage for various widths and embroidery. Pattern coupon instructs mail to Pattern Dept The Journal Indianapolis Ind. Allow one week for return.
Gentry Bros famous trained animal show the largest exhibition of its kind will visit the city soon. The season’s performances are greatly augmented with a miniature zoological display of hay and meat eating animals in infancy. The program features performing dogs ponies monkeys and elephants among others for the amusement of local families and children.
The Hen show introduces a drove of Siberian camels as a novelty in its act. Gentry Bros. will present combined exhibitions with street parades planned for one week starting May 19 at Sixteenth and Capitol avenue, with two performances daily.
The funeral directors met yesterday and elected officers: President E. E. Davis from Alexandria. First Vice President George C. Wyatt of Rushville. Second Vice President Harry Culver of Indianapolis. Secretary W. H. Hiss of Plainfield. Treasurer C. B. Keesling of Pendleton. Delegates named were W. H. Adams of Indianapolis and A. V. Weisinger of Mount Vernon to the national undertakers convention in Milwaukee next October. Resolutions memorialized ex President Parsons of Greensburg, 8. 10. McCully of Idaville, and Dexter Gardner of Vincennes.
Miss Lottie Henderson of 336 Virginia avenue was thrown from a bicycle into a crowd at the Illinois and Washington streets corner during a parade. She suffered a fracture of the left leg and body bruises, and was taken home by City Dispensary ambulance with Dr. Schenck in attendance.
Peck's Boys Brigade Band and several soloists perform this evening at Benjamin Harrison School at Delaware and Walnut streets. Proceeds go to the graduating class for a school gift.
The Philadelphia Telegraph traces royal succession from Queen Wilhelmina through her half brothers to the next heirs in line. It notes Grand Duke William Ernest of Saxe Weimar as current closest kin, unmarried and without siblings, with Princess Marie and her four children likely next, then Duchess Elizabeth of Mecklenburg Schwerin, and finally Crown Princess Louisa of Denmark before broader German prince descendants. The piece highlights Europe’s sprawling line of succession and German princes near the Dutch throne.
The Dutch people view the German Emperor with suspicion and distrust. He is described as a bogeyman ready to press for a great confederation of former independent sovereignties under his aggressive leadership.
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