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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
Park-Holden COMEDY company.

Even the great counter attraction of the
departing soldiers could not keep the peo-
pie away from the opening performances of
the Holden Comedy Company at the Park
Theater yesterday. The attendance was
good both matinee and evening, and the
play, Dangers of a Great CITY," was ex-
cellently presented 1t is familiar to theater-
goers here and hast lost none of it's old
time excitement being well stocked with
sensational scenes and situations. Between
the acts the speciality people with the Or
ganiZation entertain the audience with
songs. dances. shadowgraph work and other
vaudeville features. This makes, practical
ly, continuous performance. Prof. Miller
and his orchestra were given big round of
applause for their new descriptive piece,
of to Camp" which is played between
the second and third acts and which is IL
Illustrative of the marching of tropos, their
departure on the train, the arrival of the
train and the scene at camp. Dangers of
a Great City" will be repeated this after
noon and tonight. Tomorrow THE Plung-
err first made famous by Oliver and Kate
Byron, will be the bill. This is the next to
the last week at the Park and the season
will be brought to q close with a round of
fine war dramas next week. comprising
Captain Herne, U. 8. A" "A Fair Rebel
and alabama"
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pantons arrived at the palace thew were
conducted to the temple, where their clothes
Won Heyking. the German minister here,
then visited the Empress dowager, who
asked them innumerable questions. They
afterwards visited the Emperor who re-
in the grand audience hall The Emperor
was nervous and his hand was trembling
as he shook hands with the prince, who
offered him present of some magnificent
porcelain.
After short exchange of compliments,
the Emperor walked to the entrance hall.
Ting drums caused the Emperor a momen-
tary start The prince then left the EN-
peror and with his suite embarked on board
electric and steam launches on the lake and
visited the different points of interest La
ter the prince returned to the audience hall,
where the Emperor returned his visit. bring
ing with him most beautiful and valuable
ware and two fans painted by the dowager
Empress herself After a private CONVEX
sation lasting considerable time, the
LONDON. May 1.-THE Times CORE
spondent at Picking says: prince Henry
of Prussia is reported as much impressed
by the personality of the Empress her mas
terful activity and ability thus confirming
the Chinese belief that she is the true ruler
of China. The visit has broken the last bar
rier hedging the court. Its striking feature
was that the Empress expressed an inten-
ton to arrange an audience for the wives
of the foreign ambassadors and ministers"
The Berlin correspondent of the Times
says: IA dispatch from Picking to the
LokalanZeiger says the Empress sat UNI
painted and unveiled behind table in the
form Of an altar. Prince Henry expressed
the wish that the European ladies in Picking
piled that this request should be complied
with at the next state reception. She also
sent her own order to Empress Augusta
Victoria, Empress Frederick and Princess
Irene"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
A French Plea for Harmony.

PARIS, May 16.--The Journal des Debats,
in the course of a long article to-day, re-
fleets the anxiety experienced in govern
ment circles here respecting the feeling
aroused in America on account of Frances
open sympathy with Spain. 1t says: '"rhe
whole affair is misunderstanding. French
opinion at the outset of the war certainly
regarded the United States as in the wrong,
and some of the papers expressed this opin-
ion in an aggressive form. The Americans,
however should not have taken the matter
tragically, for of all foreigners our natural
sympathies are for the United States, and
our government throughout has acted most
correctly"
After. charging Great Britain with being
at the bottom of the mischief and declaring
that it is Americas own business if she de-
cides to intervene in distant affairs, the ar
ticle concludes: What concerns US is that
America shall not, in taking up the great
role of international domain, start with pre-
conceived ideas against us and renounce
the good understanding with France which
has been so useful in the past and which is
still more desirable in the future The
French nation was never really hostile to
the Americans. who will realize this when
the present friction has had time to dis
dpDear,"
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while her. characteristic. ana sparkling
manner of singing coon" ballads showed
her TO be the only one on earth henceforth
Tor this town. 1t matteTed little about the
play, but even with the fiimsiest sort of a
pretense for a farce, Miss irwin made an
individual hit that has not been duplicated
here in years.
/. Few of those who saw Miss Irwin last
night remember anything about her play.
Ihey know the first act was IN a swell city
dressmaking parlor, and the scenes were
more irresistibly funny TO the women than
TO the men. When Miss Fitzwel came face
TO face with her French husband, Martinez
IT, as the Count de Cagiac, they had an
amusing family quarrel, and then made
their peace with duet about things that
need q pinch of salt TO make them palata-
Bile. Then Miss Irwin sang her song about
the troubles of a naughty little frog that
got into mischief when he had nothing else
TO do, applying the lesson to human frogs
so humorousiy that she was repeatedly re-
cahed Tor otner verses. Inc SeconG dcI was
in female Doctors office, where Miss Irwin
assumed the doctors place, and attempted
10 operate on patients in a manner that
created an uproar of laughter. Her speciality
with the telephone was. the cleverest bit of
dummy sketch work ever seen mere, and.
price OF admission. This act closed with
finale made up of a medley of plantation
songs. Ned Wayburn playing a rag-time
accompaniment on the piano. The rag-time
music was continued in the last act with
a beautiful moonlight setting that brought
nently forward After Miss Irwin had been
encored there was continued applause until
Wayburn returned. He performed the
unique feat of playing Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march to rag-time and won the au-
dience. His hit was only second to Miss
Irwin. He was recalled time and again,
playing selections all the way from 20
Promise Me- to 1.-The Star-spangled Ban
ner'' in the same picturesque rag-time with
faultless execution and brilliant arrange
ment of variations that stirred the audience
almost to as wild a demonstration as when
Padewreski played here. Martinnetti,
Sparks, Burress ana the rest of the capable
company had little more to do than create
opportunities.
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PERCY SULLIVAN'S PARDON.
Probable that 1t VIII Not BE Long
Delayed.

Reports were in circulation again yester-
day to the effect that Percy Sullivan,
young man who was convicted in the Fed
erai Court on a charge of counterfeiting
some months ago, had been pardoned The
young man came from Louisville. He was of
a very prominent family. Yesterday his at
torney, Robert F. Davidson, telephoned
Deputy United States Marshal Foley to in
quire if the report were true. Mr.. Foley in
formed him no one in Marshal Kerchevars
Office knew anything of pardon having
been granted. When asked about the mat
ter District Attorney Wishard said he had
received no information of the pardon hav-
ing. been granted. He thought If the pardon
had been granted he would know of it,
Since Sullvan's conviction a doubt has
arisen as to his guilt. The federal authori-
ties think ii possible his was case of mis-
taken identity. They think likely 'Al" Lint
ner, once arrested for the murder of Leo
Hirth and now serving a ten-year sentence
for counterfeiting, in an Eastern prison.
was the guilty man They have all recon-
mended Suliivans pardon and Mr.. Wishard
seems TO think it might be granted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
Y. M. C. A. AFFAIRS.
Quarterly Meeting of State Executive
= Committee.

The quarterly meeting of the executive
committee of the Indiana Y. M. C. A was
held at the Bates House last night. Among
those present were George w. Wishard,
John f, Wallick, DIR. L. H. Dunning, E. E.
Stacy, V. w. Helm and M. A. Hollabaugh,
of this city, r. T. Brooks, New Albany;
o. NJ. Gregg, Charlottesville; Dr. Joseph
Swain, Bloomington; H. p. Townley, Terre
Haute; Prof. c. A. Waldo, Lafayette, and
Prof. w. r. Snyder, of Muncie.
E. w. Peck, of Des Mones, Ia, for ten
years secretary Of that association, was
elected to succeed ". w. Helm as associate
state secretary. Mr. Helm resigned. He
proposes to fit himself for foreign work A.
w. Butler, secretary of the State Board of
Charities presented a plan for work among
paroled prisoners. The finances of the COM
mittee were reported to be in good condi-
ton. The college committee recommended
the election of A. w. Hanson, of Indiana
University, and G. M. Wells. of Wabash, as
the college deputation" for the present
year.. The recommendation was con-
Cured in.
For the first time the international rail-
road conference is to be held in Indiana.
1t is to occur at Fort Wayne, Oct. 60 The
railroad committee expects five hundred
railroad men to be in attendance. The re-
ports were received concerning the state
athletic meet at Winona Aug 10, features
of which will be the outdoor pentathlon,
bicycle races and tennis tournaments and
the international secretaries conference, be-
ginning June l. preceded by the Indiana
secretaries meeting May 81. The special
committee on the state encampment, to be
held at the same place Aug. Is. reported
that much interest was being taken in the
subject.
E. ]. Burlington, of Anderson. rendered his
resignation as member of the executive
committee on account of his intended re-
moval to Chicago. The date for the next
State Y. NJ. c. A. convention. to be held
in Lafayette, was fixed for Nov. TO- In
that the Terre Haute Association had pur-
chased a lot and building next to the prop
erty given 1t for Christmas present last
winter.
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Campbell Gone to Columbus.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, May 16-Capt. B. B.
Campbell to-day left with several of his
Anderson friends, to open headquarters at
Columbus He will come before the State
G. A. r. convention Wednesday as one of
the three candidates for the commander
ship The other two are Daniel Ryan, of
bell has made two previous races for the
position and this time he thinks he is in
year at Richmond. He was a member of
the Thirty-fourth Indiana, and participated
in the last battle of the war-on the Next
can-TeXas border May Is, 1866, two weeks
after peace had been Declared
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Miss Twins New Play Tonight.

Miss Irwin made such a hit last night
that many people on leaving the theater
purchased tickets for her performance to-
night, when "Kate Kip. Buyer" her new
play by Glen MacDonough. will be given.
Manager Rosenbaum announces that an en-
tirely new programme of songs will be in
PRODUCED in Kate Kip Miss Irwin using
Playwright Marlborough is here, having
been to Kansas City experimenting re-
hearsals OF the new play and will continue
season Saturday night in Detroit The
Kansas City papers all rank Kate Kip
above any of Miss Twins plays.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
EngIish's-"swem Miss Fitzwell."


An indianapolis audience that has been
yearning for May Irwin for number of
years took to the delicious bill she offered
at English's last night like hungry soldiers
at a lunch counter. The gifted and dubious
Miss Irwin with a by figure and deter
mined mouth that might have been made
TO boss a boys seminary or announce din
ner from the back door of farmhouse to
harvest hands in the field. came out and
acted as if 1t were a pleasure to be there
She was a hit from the moment her sunny
features turned to the audience. When she
talked there was laughter: bright eyes fci-
lowed her when she accompanied Martinez
ii in a few side steps and applause inter-
rupted her in the middle of her songs. In
stead of finding Indianapolis people new
acquaintance and hard 20 cultivate Miss
Irwin actually had to curb her efforts 10
give the audience time to recuperate. Wo-
men chuckled at the telling emphasis she
gave her lines and men roared when she
flung a pointed shaft in their direction
The personality OF Miss IrSin is better than
any recipe any doctor ever scrihbled for
taundice, indigestion. or tight shoes. Her
general ensemble would make h1mesick
soldiers forget sweethearts and mother,
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Cut i'm Wages Withdrawn.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, May 16.-Through the
kind offices of the Indiana Labor Commits
sion and a consultation between the man
ayers and workers at the American plate
glass plants in this country, the threaten
ing trouble was removed to-day by the
company withdrawing the reductions in
wages which had been announced. The
strikers and all others went to work this
morning at their old wages and the Penn
sylvania Company, which has control of the
plants, announces that there will be no
changes in the future to bring on trouble
between the men. The reductions in the
wages of office employees and officers has
not been changed, however, and they stand
as announced-about so per cent. cut on
all from the presidents $1,000 salary down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
Gladstone somewhat Retter.

HAWARDEN, May 49, IL D. ma bulle-
tin just issued says: "Mr. Gladstone passed
a quiet and comfortable day and has taken
nourishment well. He experienced no pain,
maintained his strength and had a good deal
of sleep. The Queen has written Mrs. Glad
stone making inquiries and rendering assur-
ances OF profound sympathy. To-day long
of Wales. in which occur the words: Il am
praying for YOU
DR.. Dovie, who is attending Mr.. Gladstone,
says his distinguished patient may last a.
fortnight. The local malady will not kill
him. but he will gradually get weaker and
weaker and die of heart failure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
BRITONs STILL EXCITED.
Chamberlain's Speech Brought to the
Attention of the Commons.

Attention of the Commons.
LONDON, May 16.-The speech of Joseph
Chamberlain the secretary of state for the
colonies, at Birmingham on Friday, is still
the sensation OF the day and was intro
duced in the House of Commons this even
ing. During a question as to the date for
the discussion of the foreign office vote, the
Liberal leader in the house, Sir William
Vernon Harcourt, said the country desired
to discuss the new Birmingham foreign pol
icy. The remark aroused tremendous
cheering. The cheering was intermixed
with ministerial Obs"
Michael Davitt, member for South Mayo,
having read an extract from Mr.. Chamber
lains speech in which the latter deprecated
the value of Russian promises, asked the
colonial secretary If he thought such lam
guage and sentiments were consistent with
the friendly relations between the two coun-
tries, but the speaker refused to allow the
question to be put
Mr.. Leonard Courtney, Liberal Unionist.
formerly deputy speaker of the House of
Commons, and now member of Parliament
for the BOdmin division of Cornwall has
long letter in the Daily Chronicle this
American war favoring the views recently
expressed by Mr.. Phelps, former United
States minister to Great Britain, and by
Prof. Charles S. Elliot Barton, of Harvard
University, and intimating fear that now
that the United States has tasted blood It
will become a military power, disturbing
to the worlds peace" In conclusion Mr..
Courtney disapproves the suggestion of an
Anglo-American alliance as mirage that
may lure us into desert places" He says
that an Anglo-Saxon alliance against the
world is inconceivable, 'as free nations can
not bind themselves like absolute mon
archS."
The Daily Chronicle thinks Mr.. Court
neys attitude 'in the main that of the
represented by the New York Nation
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech at Birmingham,
which has been discussed by the Spanish
Cabinet, is still the principal theme of the
European press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
St. Johns to Re Fortified.

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, May 16-The
government has been advised that owing to
complications between Great Britain and
France. which are likely to result in war
and to the constant friction always develop
ing along the French shore of Newfound
land. the imperial authorities intend to for
tify ST. Johns. The Colonial Ministry re-
ceived by mail from Halifax to-day COM
munications from the military authorities
there, asking for plans showing the extent
number of barracks available for the ioca-
ton Of troops, the number of contractors
who could undertake the building Of forti-
fications and the facilities for prompt con-
StructiOn.
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merous placards about the rooms asking for
silence and bearing quotations relative to
silence. The guests were allowed to use
pantomime, the silent alphabet or to write
on small tablets decorated with some patri-
otto design furnished by the hostess. The
house had a profusion of American and Gu
ban flags for decorations, and the national
coors were much in evidence. When supper
was served the usual method of conyersa-
ton was resumed The method of entertain-
ment insured amusement for the guests, and
the tablets will serve souvenirs of a.
pleasant evening which was quite out OF
the ordinary.
The Misses Mcintosh were hostesses for a
tea yesterday afternoon, which they gave in
honor of Miss Florence De PAW, of New
Albany. Flags were mingled with the palms
and flowers in each room. For the recep-
ton parlor there were Easter lilies, for the
library pink and white carnations, for the
second parlor white roses and for the din
ing room La France roses with dainty doy-
lies and ribbons In addition for the polished
table The young ladies were assisted by
their mother, Mrs. A. ]. Mcintosh, Mrs. d.
s, Hill, Mrs. w. e. Stevenson, Mrs. J. n.
Richie, Mrs. D. A. Chenoweth, Mrs. w.
II. Seaton, Mrs. G. N. Catterson, Mrs.
Miss Estelle Sterne. Miss Clara Haueisen,
Miss Mary b. Butler, Miss Harriet Rottler,
Miss Blanche Jelleff, Miss Mary Hicks and
Miss Kate Cathcart. A harpist played.
Among the guests were Miss Susan MeCrea,
of Wabash; Miss Goldthwate, of Marion:
Miss Edith Finch, of Alexandria, Miss Nc
Dermott of Cincinnati; Miss Ayler, of Ma
rion; Mrs Address, of Lafayette, and Mrs.
Dolfinger, of Louisville.
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Suit over a Half Million Dollars.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, May 16.-One of the
most important suits ever tried in Allen
county commenced this morning, involving
claims of a half million dollars, it being the
Guardian Trust Company of Cleveland
against the Fort Wayne Electric Steel Rail-
way for purchase of mortgage bonds of the
street company. Frank De Haas Robson,
former president and j. j. Shipherd took
some of the bonds for security, and capital
lists in Chicago and New York also handled
them The latter purchasers are suing for
the right over Shipherd and Robson. Robi-
son claims Shipherd sold the bonds and used
the proceeds to his own private uses when
pany. The case will take several days. 1t
is full of complicated legal questions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17
DEATH OF M. G. BAUER.
Sudden End of a Noted secret-Service
Oficer of the Government.

LOUISVILLE. KY, May 1S-Captain
Michael G. Bauer, secret-service agent for
Kentucky, dropped dead in front of the Gus
tom house to-day. Several days ago Captain
Bauer had hemorrhage of the lungs, but
this morning felt as well as ever. When
near the entrance to the government build
ing, he fell, blood issuing from his nostrils
and mouth. Death soon followed. Captain
Bauer was about fifty-seven years of age
and one Of the most noted secret-service
men in the country, being mainly instru-
mensaI Rr IN Ennning miles ogle and the IA
earth many years ago. He had been in the
secret service for twenty years, though not
continuously.
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Strike OF Wood Workers.

OSHKOSH, Wis, May 16 About 1000
members of the Woodworkers' Union to-day
refused to go to work Several other large
sash, door and blind factories are involved,
tons will be greatly hampered The strik-
ers are very orderly. Each striker will re-
ceive SO a week from the national union,
necessary. Thomas f. Kidd, secretary of
the National Machine Woodworkers' Union,
and the State Board of Arbitration are here
ers demand an Increase of 25 per cent, with
a minimum wage of $1.25, weekly pay days,
abolition of female labor and recognition
of the union
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SEVEN BURNED, FIVE MISSING.
Catholic Institution Destroyed and
Twelve Lives Said to Be Lost,

ST. HYACINTHE. Quebec, May 1s-A.
disastrous fire occurred here early to-day,
when the Maitrel ST. Joseph was burned,
causing the loss of seven lives and the in
jury Of number of the inmates, of whom
there. were two hundred in the institution
by jumping from windows There are also
five persons unaocounted for. The cause of
the fire is unknown, The dead are: Two
boys, named Beauchemen; Sisters AIexan-
drtna, Philomen and Des Agnes; Mrs Guer-
tin boarder; Mrs DR.. Chagnon, of Fall
River Mass The missing are: Maria Mil
lott, servant; Nofiette Meunchi, servant;
and Auge