The evening world. Newspaper, March 7, 1906, Page 10

ia “the beautiful Richelieu Hotelon Michi- * Consolidation Act Doesn’t Apply. Another leisurely step in the way of Getermining the legality of Sunday + Might theatrical performances, termed “Sacred Concerts,” was taken In Spe- lal Sessions to-day when the case of) ule Wilich duu sturied ii the uovng eon | veWeon Wie Curd uly lourth uuurs, A poliweman on Puliy-wiia siteet BAW Suwas und Hanes oUursuug irom the window of Air. UG. W. ment on tue 1ourth iloor. the hotel, snouung to Avexs the nigat cerk, toat toe noe: Was on! fire, hurried out valu anu turned “Herr Direktor Conried. of the Metropol- ftan Opvera-House was argued. Herr ' Conried was arrested for «iving a con- _ @ert on the evening of Sunday, Feb, 11. Verdi's Requiem Mass was suns on ‘that occasion without costumes, change ef scenery or a curtain. Inspector Bchmittberger, with members of his| ‘etam, was present, and after the con-/ then began telephoning to every apa: cert decided to make an arrest. It was; Ment. agreed by all the theatrical managers ‘that the case should be a test one. Former Judge Dittenhoefer anpeared | @or Herr Conried to-day. and after Po- Lemmon hed testified to the al- violation of the law admitted the facts as presented. Then ho moved that ‘he complaint be dismissed on the enound that under section 277 of the Penal Code giving a Sunday concert fs not a crime. ‘He held that the Consolidation uct does not apply to the case. “Mustc in an opera-house is as ele- ‘vating and eoul-inspiring as music in a church; in fact, in many churches the + Tauplc 1s rendered by professional ar- tists,” he sald. “The prohibition ts _almed against dramatic performances, “and a concert is not a dramatic per- formance. “It is not contended that any dis- notion may be made under the law #0 favor of Verdi's Requiem or what is ‘ealled in general sacred music. Con- certs of every kind on Sunday are "either prohibited or not prohibited. Dut | the fact that the defendant is being | Prosecuted for the singing of Verdi's | Requiem Mass, a composition continu- elly sung in cathedrals, shows to what absurd lengths the law can be stretched if it ie to be construed as forbidding the giving of concerts on Gunday." Assistant District-Attorney Krotel said he had none prepared. The Court re- Berved decision. No matter what the imment may be an aopeal will be fen in order that the question m-v.j ieentsed by the highest ccurts in the 3, HOTEL MAN’S SUICIDE ‘SHOCKS HIS FRIENDS. » Henry V. Bemis, of Chicago, iil . and Despondent, Ends His i Life with Bullet, Hotel men of this city were grieved to-day to hear of the suicide of Hensy Vv. Bemis, of Chicago. Mr. Bemis, who started umd conducted for many years an avenue, shot himself yesterdny in his home on Indiana avenue. He haq met many reverses, his health was breaking and despondency had seized That Henry Bemis, hearty, jovial, a 4 prince In liberality and a samaritan to ‘those In need, should take his own life dn a Mt of melancholy was a great shock ‘to his friends, He made the Richelieu to Chicago what the St. Regis is to New York. ‘The Tuoms were appointed with every tux- ury. The wine cellar was the finest {:: the country at that time. The place Was exclusive and held its tone. But Mr, became involved in unfortumute Speculation and lost his grip. He had to give up the Richelieu and became Proprietor of a mineral water establish- ment. Even in this onterprise he was not successful, and h i Beautiful New Upright $ 1 $5 Monthly 49 Until Paid. Free with Each of These Pianos, Beautiful St ol, Scarf and 25 of Popular Sheet Music, 3 Copies 1 BARGAINS j SELECTED For Mid-Week Sale. yy Come Quick, They Won't A Stay Long. ) UPRIGHTS. $90 BILLINGS } 145 ROBT. WILSON 4 150 GABLER ati 165 WEBER Until Pala SQUARES. S25 WALLACE — $2,Mentnty, S5CHICKERING 2 ently, 55 WEBER 3 une Pata 65 STEINWAY untl Pala ROEIZ & CO., $1, 83, 85, 87 COURT ST., from City Hall, Brooklyn, *Phone 359 Main, G2MON cau y UPWARD, CASEUPN COURT) TAME ELEMOR Boy Ran Car Through Dense Smoke, Carrying 150 in | Pump. He was home. Before the “Bebt Chief New York Ever Had." table in the basement of his residence, So, 310 West Twenty-elghth street, was rge platter heaped with lamb chops. “Big Bill" clipped the morsels of meat off the bone and stowed them away, his great, shaggy eyebrows rose | He was scanning the columns ‘Conreid’s Counsel Argues Nearly all of the 150 guests who live at the Hotel Bristol, Forty-ninth street, spent an uncomfort- | muzzle. “Be a good fellow and they hand It to you with the axe,” “It's none of my funeral, but I am mighty sorry for young Muck. his education when his hands were*stift from turning the brakes. Deputy Commish Js a ladder-climber of It he had started on the pave, he would have got the stripes on his sleeve in twelve months. G Cleveland helped him beat the 5 | of instruction, and I am right sorry he can't ride in one of the new $5.00 auto- | Marra ‘set off the automatic fire-| alurm, which rings in every room, and | ‘As each guest answered the ‘phone, Marra shouted to them: | “Hurry out to the elevator and come own to the office. ‘here's a slight fire Tt doesn’t amount ¢ : w Got in Bingham’s Way. y It. fede dT at apt “But I saw it coming wecks ago. Gen. Dam-Dam was born in the purple. | Ho wears fur on nis coat. The Third {| Deputy Commish got in his way. | more one does for a guy born in the oP) been, dense smoke soon filled the halls. In the mean time Joseph McG! the elevator boy, trips in the elevator from th q filled the elevator shaft. and McGlennon opped his car long enough to dip his | fy handkerchief in the water-cooler. Then with this wmpped over his eyes and nose, he contined The fire was his on the run—with a big “Touchin’ on an’ appertainin’ to the big | ” guys, there 1s no use,falling against the | tor public when your number's hour's work. The damage done !s about enn Judge Dittenhoefer submitted a brief. | Grandest lines of Evening Slippers in the world. Alfred J. Cammeyer, 6th Ave., Corner 2Oth St. . DEVERY TELLS OF MAN oy WHO IS BEHIND BINGHAM: Devery was net at the) Thind Deputy Commish had better keep out of poker games, ‘There is no use ’ in the hot room with a sore . Forget it! That's my Mte's . Take care of the inward self! most important. | Course it's hard, especially when you're out t's railroad ticket to Prince- + but T am with the young certainly has panned Gen, ‘Dam right through the whole deck. “The Third Deputy Commish needs a But he has the right dope—take that from me." Here the head of the W. 8. Devery Association gaade a savage attack on the lamb chops. He knows how to wear his napkin, and he does not eat with his knife. Bingham Out of the “Know.” rhe right dope for a blind man who went on “Big de a wide sweep in the y fork. . Da is a big stall. He in all the pictures, but he is never ow. ‘The Man’ Unseen 4s pulling |the strings. Only the Man Unseen ain't {wise enough to pull them right, Man Unseen is a has-been and he it, He got lost in the shuffle The shadow of West Fifty-e has fallen across No. 300 Mul- i m is going to is nose burnt trying to find out jwhat makes the gas gi). I'd Ike to hand you a few pointers, sonny, about the! Man Unseen. Get this right.’ Tom Byrnes Js the Man Unseen. He has Gen, Dam-Dam out on the press detail, Got in in his wind-bonnet, has the Man Unsee: that with the passing of Gen, Dam-Dam the Commissionership STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. Our Women’s Shoes at $3.00 and $5.00 Embody All the Best and Essen- tial Qualities of Shoemaking. 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