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Th^ Billboard GeoigeFilzinaurice Bionson-Howard Detained inBaltiiiiale <pii«Oiaige ; A \ajE Fofl^^ Braid—^New York Detectives AccompuqrvHni : : ' to Godiam Where He will be Tried f v , Ud.. W T.—(SpL to "Bf _ Itsmmuzlcc Btvosoa-Uowasi* ■■A VhlTWTigbt, wu airater In BalUmoce. MO., -MMrS, an the du^e of forfeiting « bond of n^MO €■ which he was released in New York iMt Oeecober the cbeisa of can;liis a con- tfrtecttvct mtatrt hint as be hto Be was ameted Ian Ansnat at the ataca door of the. Ceiiiia In Kev York on the chaise at tMttrr on complaint of Mfaa Theodora Gaud, ■a acticn. She told tbe police tliat Howard cb- tered ber apartments and tlireateiwd to fciB bar with a Ions knife. This charge was dlsmtsaed, lint when be was searched at tbe police station a lonff dA^fcer was found In Ills iMisseflsloa. He told tbe nuglatrate that he took tbe dagger : franjier apwtwati aa the attempted to kin A tfWer a m tas Knr Xock Interned tbe locsl anthoriOMeC Ms VCMce hen and tm dstae- tivea ware aent ant- to aeaidt fiir bta. Thar woe ea hla tntt all day Uonday bat tber did not aoeeeed in locating him tutu Tnesdsr. Be was - taken before the maglstrstc at the ■ dPmiNQ OF NEW BRIOHTON THEATRE. New York, May S (Special to The BlUboard). —With tbe opening of the Coney Island aeasoo on May 14, comes the annooocemeat that - twt> days later, Uonday afternoon. May 16, tbe New Brighton Theatre wHI open its doors with a big array of hlgh-daaa TandeTiUe acts. Tbis seaside tdaybcose. which la managed by Darid Bohtaeao. of Percy G. WOilsms' sUlf. made - leood itadaim last sommer, of glrlDg the pnb- -ile the aaae dasa of ahowa tbat are presented rlBe theetzcs o* tbe city, 1 ao eaeepOas to the rale. amltr; DeiIsJM| GQlden Repudiates • lofffStory C«tnl Police Station and he was released on ball pending tbe arrlTal of Mew York police to take blm back to Gotham. Be decided to go back -wltbont teqoiaitlon papers. Bronson-Howard was tbe coUaI>orater of the play. Tbe Only Law. which waa <nlte aaccesa- fnl. He has i " " In a snmber of Id the past. He first came Into proml He was attending a matinee at tre and-be was occupy lag a her. 'IB.'*B aMia- aite bos aat Iflaa Decotfay SUaBOr. aC NEW SYNDICATE FOUNDED Shamokui,-FilL^ to be the Headquatten'for a New Company that «iriD . be Known as the Pennsylvania Amusao^t Syndicate— Cook ■ . pany will Cany on a General Theatrical Business Aa otganlsatiaa to Tenia Amneement 8 Used at «MMMI0O and the Pcnnayl- heca eeplia- ' a chala of atata «( Praa- Is a is at Ike FREDERICK 8ANTLEY. ^ uttde^lhatTieeently at*eared In Tbe BDlboara.—eman atlin; fto i n a Ipeeial traTellng correspoodeot -.of 13ie BDlboex^a, as regards the Great Goldew Tronpe. that Is tbe n presentatlre mentioned that one Eddie Mal- Inotr. who bad recently came east to join tbe troope, claimed Golden bad opened msj] ad- . h im and had also giren telSgrapb ^ Instmctiotts to deilvec messages to I jers ooally that were addressed to Mal- .Onr cotrespmident waa mach in error aa lea. The editor 4^ lett ers Ijy Mr. J WlttfeB& to fct—* br Btatlnw .ia .wiltfeK to Mdaa _j\a hirding seat «a to Ma iMi CMU aetjbr tko asle pnrpose at copriw It :!» Ita entnety. maale boalnese and manenrcce^ mn^ then retnming West to the other act and pro- dnclng an Imitation of the Golden act, tbe manager of the opositlon act furnishing Maltn- ■>tr the money to lire on tm he had meniorlzed ' the Golden act completely. As Malinotf had offered hia serrlces gratis to Golden in coosld- i latiaB of being permitted to join the act. Mr. I Gtridea realUag Malinoff was not proHcientl to Jota the eet. seat blm to New York under a. •^gj^l^hypir.^|Hgk t^ ndartaadlng that be, This tre atawMt to him ao aon"**"'*^''^ that be ^rohmtarOy impaitad Oe original scheme to stud tha Of _ after signing a bona-llde coatxact with sent on to blm tbe telegnms msa letten of In- slmctloss that be bad received from tbe man ager of the bogns act. thereby exposing tbelr entire plan. Mr. Golden Is nnder contract wltb Hnrtlg & SeamOQ and are nearing the dose ''f « thirty weeks' season with C. B. Arnold's Fads sod FolUea. Either of these Arms will roach for the bonrsty and rellabiuty of Mr. Golden. An_ Injnstlce hss been done Mr. Golden * " e mentioned and It pnbllcly contradict ^ correspondent who aaaathentleally latotmed. ^»ojaen. An mjnstice has bee by tbe prerl uu s notice above Aoftamswmn^u'th' HBtrs T O THg HKitbia>;r: ~ Vw» seen tooe acton on the ataaor-'-^ . Vhat certainly were fine. Pd like to mention, oa QiSa ] Some favorites of mine; Bat I'll refrain from doing i And simsily say lastead: . . egela. I lift my pen ^lad bid It sonnd tbe praise Of acini a who are enmmoa men •ksae ways 'hjr Ike crowd. J-—- - - IT-I— *■ — »■ ^ -. an. SO O,, Inc&uuiTheatre Sold Ft. Wayne. Ind., May 5.—^The Lyric Theatre haa been aoM by Meaais. Balfe and Wagner, of Laflvatta^ lad., to the Lyric stock Company, CMpaaad at-Maame. S t oo d ae . Bazaett and BCaUe. na .l9ile waa baat aboat two years ago and aaed as a TsadaiWIii heaae, bat ▼aadeeMi a fUIme aad a stack cempaai toak th Tbia. alao^ ~ after a two nr " *^^ ^ raa. a tallarc. HaaUr W. Hartmaa. of Dan- ville, HL. was aeLBUd as anaager and he atart- ed oot with a d te-ca ut ptetaie show, after aev- erai montha be added three vandeville acts aisd I cliarging ten cents sdmlsston, this prorlng to be a snccesa and aboat a month ago added ooe more act and cliarging ten and twenty cents. Mr. Hartmaa will not be connected with the new maaagemet. ■tank E. Stooder, one of tbe sew owners. Is.alao owner and manager of-the Saavle Thea- tre. Ft. Wayne aad wm awnacc tka Id'Hc Tbe- atre In connection wltb the Temple. . T. Boy Barnes and Bessie Crawford will com- jjete tb^ tsar of tbe Orpbeom Clrcnlt. June ||K_Afl|C IpoadiaK a few days at their horn* Win sail for England. Jnne 29. aad spend their Taestton Kramer and Boas have flniabed tbe Otpbeam Clrctiit and have opened on the Interstate time for twelve wiitks, la Aagaat th^ opca la New York with a new act ttcn aialo so oi the Orpbeom tear. la ApdL IMlTthay aaU tar Spider Girl Found^^Mad prodtable results, a chain of motion picture and vaudeville theatrea t bi un a bo ut ' the- state.- Bccaaae of Ita Ideal loeaUoa. which dha. amkia paoadly h oia t a ad; aad■ bttacpcaeHealij la tka cealia - of tba atala, tkia cnjr kas kaak arteettd aa tka place ab ai a tba'faawal aacas are ta he Iscatcd. Optlaa . aa baOdhw altas have already beta aeearad aad It ta stood that the eeatral aawlr statlaa; whkk win be placed berr la caanartlsa wtth tte odieea. tbta city being the dlstrlbatlaK niat- for all dims, etc.. will be aa Immcaaa '^'"'■'t Huodreda of banda will be employed and Sbamo- kla will bare an todastrr. which wUl benefit Its biulness manifold. In vaDdevlIle only tbe bigbest salaried artists wUI be employed and tbe men. who have bad mack experience In tbe theatre baslncas, wU] airaage their bookings so as not to conflict with tbe motloa picture boainees It conducts. Tbe focaaatloB of this Company means tbat Hhsmnkla wm hav«_ a Brw_tiaatn. Plaas s»a I " CAPAcrrv.. The Ceay Tliestre. Hoostoa, Texss, has been compelled to enlarge Ita aeattng capacity in Older to baadle the crowds that attend this theatre. rauOlai Maaasii Maurice Wolf, wte la alwns^SB ttO 'Slmt. booght ootrlgbt the Happy Ssar Iksalia adjolnlag bla playbeasa, and combined the two Into one big. conmodloos Ooay. This gires It a seating capeetty oC dOO. 3b. Wolf eontinaaa to offer blgh-claas acts to tbe pnbUe, wbold— " " lag this popniar I HAlia^Tflil'^IM. 1^ Irvlw Bamtlton. formerly managsr tko Globe neatre. Chicago, aad the Clevdaad Ibea tre, Oeveland. O.. baa Joined the Marena toew forces. He hss been appelated manager of tbe Majestic Theatre. New York City. In place of Mr. Seward, who bis been tr^npferred to the Lyric Theatre, I^rook'Tn, '> "i A CI ever Adverbsing Scheme New Rocfaelle. M. Y.. May «.—Harry Dull, manager od X0ew*a New Boc^eile Theatre, has doped out a new scheme to draw- petnaage to bla theatre. On last Tuesday night be put on. after the regular performance, A Cotmtry Store. Each admtsaion ticket was scccmpanled by a namber aod after tbe rejmiar performance tbe ctn-taln was rsised and there waa a full coontiy store wltb Dave Roue ind Walter Jobnsoo la charge. Aa each anmber was called, the balder waa reqaaatcd to call np on tbe atage aad re- ceive tbejiclaa wblcta correapoadcd wllk tkair caa be teaad la a . created tkroagk tta almoet eqaaled a i pcatcd every Tntsdaf a Ms drawing card. THE MERMAIOii; The SbObert Ttieatie. Ctlca. K.- aa a beadllner. for tbe week of , and Gladys Pluoey. samamed ' which name tbey are juatly entitled. Tbe Mermalda present a swimming act that la imustial and marveloua In a clever and grace- ful manner, together with tbelr rare beanly and perfect form hare made the bit of tlM aea- aon. If not In tbe history of tbe tbcetrv, Tbe Misses Finney perform seemingly Impos- slbla (eats In a glaia tank which Introdocea grace, ability and endnrance to the fnll aatls- tsctloa of the large and enthusiastic audiences, ner sHsar tagatbes la a aleeplag m ' Id math waadcnaeat, Mba i tka ts» oC tka task wkna Mc Iho katlaa, .wklck aaidtlaa *• ' ttat Is.tkrilling sad cspll*a^ Mkad.Mcteas tbe hit at tko » n eelaa (M being ber recstd) The body of Maty . _ Spider 6bl of the Otto Shew, waa Cnnd la ber room at TP H street a c t th we st laat week. Tbe room waa flUed with gaa- Beside the body piece of paper os which waa written tko MM «(Jha.sk^s %nlkm^J. t. ~ KCLSEY TO DESERT THEATRICAL BU SINE SS. E. B. Kdaof, tar fonr srssnas msnsger of E. D. Stair booses in Toledo, tbe Lyceom end American (formerly Bnrt'a), baa realgned to accept tbe position of director of pnbUeltr tot the Toledo Ballwaya and LIgbt Company. Mr. Kelsey was formerly a Toledo newspsper msn and has gained quite a reputation for bis sbUity as a theatrical press story writer and publicity man. tbst I revolvliig log, wUla Mtas act by picking ap 81 eefaa (M being I (torn tbe bottom of tbe tank with ber teeth, and aet rising for air. This task takes two and a half minutes and Is certainly a great feat. Tbe yootig ladies cannot remember tbair Brat lessoB In swimming as It was while Infsnts. tbelr fsther. Cspt. Jsmes Finney, being tbe champion swimmer of the world, naturslTy be> Ueves In water aa ooe of tbe esaentlala at bealth. grace and beauty. These young ladlas are One examples. Baaldca belag aceompUahsd awtanna thty are madcat. ndasd aad ad a c a i a d- Otl ca reg reta tkdr dapertare. bat srlshia aa THE THIRD DEOREB AT THE ILU- LeBoy snd CablU closed on tbe Sullivan and OoBS ld ln e time st Kaaaaa OU,_pttrt a taat to the Coaat and tslasa. Tbsy wm lay off daring Jaae aad port of Jaly. tkw esaaaaea lahiaiasH -— aoe g( na, H. OWIU^kvlMapo ttam. •. .May e (Special to Tbe Billboard.)— tko fact tbat Her Husband's Wife was a decided success at tha llllnola Theatre, tbe booking arraagements were such thst it wss forced to take Ita departure long before erery- ooe who woold have eeen It In Oblcago avaUed th s m i rt Tss o( tbs Oeetlag chsaes. Mow at tto nUaols to oa view tkattlaie-trted taTOrita, Tko Third Dagree. wUik to la tka Int weak aC Its