Richmond Palladium (Daily), 6 May 1904 — Page 1

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RICHMOND DAILY FALLADIOIXt FRIDAY MAY 6, 1904. ozns oszrr a copy. M -A

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SPLENDID WORK OF CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT CONCERT FINE PRESENTATION . , - By Chorus and Orchestra Under Direction of Mr. Earhaxt in the , Evening. Two splendid audiences both as to size and personnel listened to the concerts given yesterday afternoon and evening under the auspices of the Richmond Festival Association and from the expressions of-, hearty appreciation, shown in the applause and enthusiasm over the various numbers and appearances of the several soloists, there can be no doubt as to the artistic success of this venture from the standpoint of both musician and the public at large. The afternoon concert was an orchestral one the following program being given; the soloists being Mrs. Kirkman, Mr. Howland and Mr. Franz "Wagner, violincellist. ''' Overture, Di Fallo, Sir Arthur SullivanOrchestra. Concerto for Violoncello, A Minor, Op. 33 Saint-Saens Mr. Franz Wagner. Recitative and Aria.. "Le Tambour Major" (Le Caid) Ambrose Thomas Mr. Howland. . Symphony, Im Walde (two movements) Joachim Raff. (a) Largo. K In the Twilight, f Reverie. , . (b) Allegro. NighVThe- Murmurs r of Night in the Forest. " ' The coming and going of the Wild Hunt with Dame Holle and Wotan. Break of Day. Orchestra. Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Camille Saint-Saens. Orchestra. Aufenthal Schubert Mrs. Kirkham. Huldigungs Marsch Wagner Orchestra. Richmond is certainly to be congratulated upon having for three appearances so thoroughly musicianly an organization as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra which, aside .froir the Thomas orchestra, is regarded as, ranking any other organization, of its sort in the west. Perhaps the most interesting number on this program to musicians was the Raff Symphony "Im Walde," the first movement being given with the most subtle appreciation of its exquisite harmonies and tender melodies, the last of the series in this movement "Reverie," be ing interpreted with the highest appreciation of its poetical motif. The second movement, more essentially descriptive and less elusive to the average in consequence, was interpreted with the finest effects in ensemble. The almost perfect ensemble of this body of musicians is at once the most noticeable and in combination with a refined yet virile interpretation, gives it a leading place among orchestral organizations. Mr. Adolph Rosenbecker, while given to no . eccentricities of manner in conducting, has his orchestra under masterly control, .nd attains that refinement above referred to, which is far more a desit deratum than more bizarre effects sought after by directors sometimes of startling personality but less mu sicianly spirit. Perhaps the most enjoyable num ber on the afternoon program was the Saint-Saens Concerto for the vio lincello given by Mr. Franz Wagner, a musician of talents who used his instrument sympathetically and giv ing, as well, an intelligent reading of this rather involved form of compo sition, the other Saint-Saens number on this program, "Danse Macabre," given by the orchestra being the piece de resistance of the afternoon, full of life, color, movement. Mr. Howland proved himself the popular success he generally, rfinds. 'himself to audiences of this ;cbaraeter, f. giving Thomases Le Tailor;. JfojorVritH telling 1

ffect, and responding to'an overwhelming encore with the familiar ' Tur Grenadiers, ' V by Schumann. Through some contretemps not quite understood by those ' at a distance fro mthe stage where it was explained, Mrs. Kirkman, was not able to give her 'Schubert number, "Aufenthalt," but instead gave two little songs from "Sea Breezes," by the English composer. Elgar, delightfully

presented, Mrs. Kirkman 's rich, full contralto lending itself admirably to the vocalization of these little songs, her voice also showing remarkable range for one of this quality. A brilliant audience heard the closing concert of the Festival last evening, many of the representative people of nearby towns being in attendance, the bright costuming, the effectively placed chorus and the general air of festivity making an impressive : tout ensemble. The first part of the program, printed below, given by the orchestra and the four soloists, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Kirkman, Mr. Towne and Mr. Howland was one of the most enjoyable ones of the festival, the orchestra being in excellent form and giving its two Wagner numbers, especially the "Ride of the Valkyries," with great spirit, verve' and color, graciously responding to the enthusiastic encores. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has firmly established itself in the regard of this community and need have no doubt of its future cordial reception here either in festival or purely concert appearances. . Mrs. Wilson's high soprano was heard to the best advantage in her solo number "Ave Maria," and Mr. Towne in "Lend me your Aid," from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba," displayed the dramatic quality of his well controled organ as well as showing a range and timbre without which a singer of oratorio cannot be entirely successful. This proved one of the successes of the evening1, Mr. Towne responding to the long continued encore. Vorspiel from "Lohengrin" WagnerOrchestra. Aria "Lend me your Aid" (from I Quef npgsheba) Gounod Mrd Towne. Raphsodie Ecossaise, Op. 21. Sij Arthur Mackenzie Orchestra. Ave Maria, Op. 61 Max Bruch Mrs. Wilson. Ride of the Valkyries WagnerOrchestra. The grande finale of the festival was given by the chorus, orchestra and the four foreign soloists, being Mendelssohn's "St. Paul," and extended comment on the excellence of this performance is here unnecessary, suffice it to say that it showed on tho part of Mr. Earhart, the Director of the Festival Chorus, who also conducted the overture by the orchestra intelligently, a devotion to an ideal of perfection as musicianly as it was admirable. Mr. Earhart 's unselfish and devoted work and his kindly spirit throughout cannot receive toe high commendation from his fellow towns men who are largely in debtcd to him or giving1 to this community one of the most delightful and interesting musical seasons ever had here. Tb-i management is to be heartily con gratulated on the successful issun of the affair from both the musical, financial and social standpoint, such events giving to the town a orc'n and enhancing the reputation for cul ture which Richmond enjoys n this section of the country' Appointed Superintendent of Feeble Minded Institution. A dispatch from Ft. Wayne says that Albert E. Carroll was appointed superintendent of the Indiana School for Feeble-minded Youth. lie has been serving as acting superintendent since the resignation of Alexander Johnson last summei-. He was appointed from Indianapolis when the school was moved to Ft. Wayne from this cit3T in 1S93, av.l has shown splendid executive ability in every position he has held. He is about thirty-five years old. Miss Tmy Hodgin, who for five weeks has been lying very ill at the home of Mrs. Rachel Hodgin, north nineteenth street, was yesterday removed In an 'ambulance to her home near Lynn.

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CASE IN 111 COLORED MAN COMES TO RICHMOND AND STEALS HIS ' BABY. ,-.;'.: AND MAKES AWAY , V IN A BUGGY Followed by Relatives and Caught and the Babe Returned to IU ' ", -. .. .t--v:-- . :; f Mother. Lewis Patterson ; and wife and their little two-year-old baby have been living ,at Chillieothe, Ohiq. Mrs. Patterson, whose maiden name' was: Kellar, says that her husband ha been very ugly to her and has made life . miserable. On divers occasions he threatened to kill her,, and she made up her mind that the proper thing to do would be to leave him and sro to her relatives in this city. Rut this she feared -to do, lest she be caught by Patterson, and her life would only be that much harder to bear, so she bided her time, and, when an opportunity presented itself, she took her baby, a nice little girl named Charlotte, waded Honey creek; reaehed the opposite shore in safety arid tame to Richmond and to the home of her brother, Mr. Charles Kellar, on south sixth street. After Patterson discovered they were missing he determined to fol low them and arrived here yesterday morning. " He called at the Kellar house and asked to see his wife. The meeting was one of affection, the husband embracing the wife and impressing a kiss upon her lips, which was only Judas-Iscariot-like ; for it was his intention to betray her. He asked her if she- woutdnt baek-.to Chil-j licothe with him. She said: "It would be of no use, Louie, for we can't get along and had better live apart." This reply did not please Patterson, and he said: "You don't want to break my heart, do you?" After some further talk he asked his wife if 'she would grant him a divorce. Ehe said she would if he wanted one Then he asked her if he could come and see the baby and she replied that he could if he wanted to. Then he left the house and the family supposed he had left the city. He returned to the Kellar house at 2 o 'clock in the morning and begged admission, which was granted him. This morning he had another chat with his wife and Mrs. Skillen, who Jives at 35 south sixth street. He later went to Mrs. Skilen's house, where the baby was and tried to put Mrs. Skillen out of the house. He wanted Mrs. Skillen to plead with his wife to return with him, but Mrs. Skillen told him very distinctly she would not inter fere. He said if she did not go with him he would kill his wife and baby. He finally left and at about 11:30 returned with a horse and buggy and seeing the little girl inside the gate took her up and put her into the buggy. The mother who was looking on became frantic and ran to the buggy and took her baby. Patterson succeeded in getting1 it again, and . the mother soon took it from him. 'This time the baby fell between the wheels but was taken out uninjured. Patterson finally succeeded in getting the baby into the buggy and drove rapidly down south sixth street and on down to the piano works. The alarm soon spread and Mr. Kel lar gave chase. Patterson drove back to the city, up one alley and down another until he finally came out near the Main street bridge. Here he was met by Kellar who had followed all the way on foot. Kellar got into the buggy and the chid was returned to its mother. The matter was reported to the police but the kidnaper was caught before they had time to act. Mrs. Alice Ross left this morning for Cincinnati where she will visit her daughter, Miss Leota for a short time. Mrs. M. T. Knodle of the Wayne will return Saturday from Newark, where she attended the funefal' Of her father; '- ' - - rllL

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H. S. YS. COITY B. S. THE MEET TAKES PLACE TO MORROW AFTERNOON AT -REID FIELD-NOTES Estate field meet. At Bloomington, May 14, Will Now Hold Interest Probable Richmond Team. 'V. Everything is in readiness for the field ;xneet which takes place tomorrow afternoon between the Richmond high school and the high schools of Cambridge City, Milton, and Dublin. Reid field is in fine condition for the meet, the ground being dry and the track fast, and it is certain that some excellent records of the county will be made. The high school track team has been practicing steadily for some time under the able coaching of Peacock and has attained a state of almost athletic perfection. The entire team is in fine condition and eager far the first meet of the season. Be: sides serving to finish off the athletes the meet tomorrow will show the weak points, if there be any, on the Richmond team and thus enable the captain to pick out the strongest in the school for the meet at Blomington. The three other schools which will participate in the meet tomorrow are practicing hard and although this 'will be the first event of the kind attempted for some time by them they will doubtless make a good showing. Reports have come in that the county boys will enter the meet with a "do or die" spirit and will try to even up the odds which the high school has at present because of superior condition "and the fact that it nas oeen training ior a longer period. The county schools have some athletes whieh will without doubt show up very well in the meet in the events for which they are entered but it is hardly probable that these few good athletes, together with a number of inferior ones, will be able to do much against the finest track team which the Richmond high school has had for some time. Competent officials have been selected for tomorrow's meet ''and the boys will work today and tomorrow getting the field and stands in order. The advanced sale of tickets has been very gratifying and the boys are assured that a arge crowd will be present at the first athletic meet of the year. High school will enter about, fifteen boys and it is expected that the three other schools together will probabjy have about twenty, thus giving the 'county schools an advantage, such as it is. At first glance it looks as though three to one would show that the one stood a small chance of winning, but when the relative strength of the school is compared it will be seen that the R. H. S. will without doubt carry away a ma jority of the events. After the meet tomorrow the athletic interest will center in the field meet of the state high schools, which will occur at Bloomington on May the 14thJ-i While the visiting high school athletes are in the city they will be the guests of the Indiana State University and a dance will be given in honor of the visitors. Quite a number of supporters of the team will accompany the team to the state meet and it is expected that Richmond will stand a good show. While there are many other larger high schools that will participate Richmond has gained quite a name for itself in track athletics. This name has been acquired by letting all other forms of athletics "go by the board" and concentrating the full athletic strength of the school on this one team.Genn, the star sprin ter, is assuerd of making the team which will enter the state meet, since his fine records of last year have seldom been surpassed by a high school athlete. Newman is doing some good work in the' standing and running high and the standing broad jumps and will doubtless be selected to represent the school in these events. Car man' is working hard at the weight events, fhe, shot "put and hammer tfcrV and is setting some fineree-

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ords. The remaining one of the teamwill be . either Reller or Rettig in all probability. Both of these boys have been trying hard at th6 hurdles ; and runs and vaults and one or the other will make the team. , - y A If Richmond should rofke a good showing in the meet of the state high schools, it will be one of the best things that could happen for the school. Nearly all of the high schools of theN state, large or . small, will be represented and besides the honor of being the .victor in the meet the winning team will become the object of great interest and other schools will seek to meet this school on the athletic field. , :K-7Vrr The boys who will compose ' the Richmond team will be the best athletes who could be picked from the high school boys and will enter the meet full of hope . that , at" least some of the first prizes will - fall to the

Quaker City's team. ARRANGEMENTS MAKING FOR COMPLETE RENOVATING. THE ASBESTOS CURTAIN BOUGHT For Which Mr. Murray Paid $850 New Opera Chairs Re- ' decorations. In the remodeling of the Philips opera house the people of Richmond will have a modern, up-to-date play house in every particular. Manager Murray intends to make it one of the leading houses in theTstate, and, with this object in view, Mr. Edward E. Kockrill, representing the Daniel's scenic studios of Chicago, is in the city. He sold Mr. Murray a beautiful asbestos curtain for $850. He also has the contract for putting in new opera chairs of 1 the very latest pattern, taking into consideration comfort and design. Arrangements have also been made for redecorating the house and putting in a full set of scenery. In fact, when the work is completed, there will be no semblance to the old Phillips. The new curtain is of handsome design, and will be 97 per per cent pure asbestos. Mr. Kockrill is now seeing the merchants for space on the curtain, and has found little trouble in filling all the spaces. Mr. Murray has a fine list of shows booked for next season for the new Phillips and will spare no effort to bring all the leading attractions to the new Philips. The Gennett. This theater, under the manage ment of Mr. Ira Swisher, wil also be added to wherever improvement is necessary. Mr. Kockrill called on Mr. Gennett in regard to new scenery, but as yet, has made no definite arrangements, but will most likely do so before he leaves the city. Mr. Swisher has booked all the leading shows and will give the pa trons of the house the very best of service. . " DEATHS AND FUNERALS; Ligon The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ruf us Ligon, died yesterday at their home, 209 south' third street, Short services were held at the house this afternoon, and the body was taken to Elkhorn for interment. Reitz The remains of Mrs. Caro line Reitz will be taken this evening on the 8:55 train to Dayton, 0. The funeral will take place nexe Monday morning from St. Emanuel's church at Dayton. Intermeen at Calvery cemetery. Friends desiring to view the remains may call at the home, 215 south seventh street this evening from 5 to 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reid spent yesterday evening with relatives ..and friends in Cambridge City. Mrs. Allee of ChicagOr .formerly of this .eity is the guest of. her father, Daniel Surface at The Westcott.

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PASSED THROUGH HERE EN ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS AFTER A LONG TRIP. ,.. . . , .'. IN CQMMON.PLACE GARB They Go to the Pike, Under Charge' of v.; . ' .. . . ...... Mr. Douglas Tribes Represented. ' Eighteen Kaffirs, representing seven tribes of South Africa, passed through the Union ' station yesterday on their way to St. Louis to swell the little army composed of all kinds and classes that will be seen on "The, Pike." ' They were in no way different from the American negro, and in the ordinary clothes in which they were, dressed would be hard to distinguish. When they arrive at the exposition they will doff their commonplace raiment and don their native costumes of gay feathers and finely wrought leather. It has. taken nearly three years for Mr. Douglas, of Bulwayo, South Africa, to collect these men, and even then he was unable to secure their wives, as they were afraid to accompany their husbands. Most of the men are farmers, but although engaged in this peaceful pursuit are of a war-like nature and are constantly fighting among themselves. Mr. Douglas is responsible to the British o-overnment for them. nrtH tltv will form a part of the Boer exhibit: The tribes represented are the Betchuanana, Barostsi, Zambeezia, Matabele, Mashore, Majaiokoa and Blantyre. . Many interesting and valuable curiosities were brought over, includ ing "lion" and tiger skins. One cane made from a piece of rhinoceros skin is valued at $500. beautiful robe made from the tails of 600 wild cats was exhibited. KARL J. SCHNEIDER Sounds Praises of Musical Festival Mr. Rutherford B. Jones is in receipt of the following note which is self explanatory: Indianapolis, Ind., Maj- 5, 04. Mr. Rutherford B. Jones, Pres. Richmond Festival Assn. Dear Sir: It was with deep regret that I had to leave your concert last night in order to make the train. I would have liked to tell you how much I enjoyed the first ni?ht of your festival. You have a fine chorus of fresh voices and excellentlv drilled. Your local solo talent reflected great credit upon your city and the highest praise is due to the man whose sound musicianship and untiring working made possible such a feast of music; your musical director, Mr. Will Earhart. Richmond may well be proud of her conductor, chorus, and manage ment, of her festival. Most sincerely yours, Jvan x. tocnneider. Miss Mabel Teeter of Hagerstown is snendinf? thft "weelr the anpst of Miss Hazel Williams of Fort Wayne Avenue. Frank Ever arrived yesterday af ternoon from Greenville 0., to make a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Lef twich. ' Mrs. W. E. Brown arrived yester day afternoon from Connersville to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Humpe. ' . Mrs. C. R. Coblentz and Mrs. Cox of Campbellstown arrived last evening to spend the rest of the week visiting in this city. Drs. A. T. White, Milton Lamb, and I. W. Ellis returned last evening to New Castle after attending the meeting of the E. L D.JL ; , Mrs. B. B. Timberlake left jesterday,..! tenaoon ior ;ureensiorK, - inu., where! she "will spend' today; with rela tives and friends. ' . ' .