Thaw to Face Trial for Stanford White Murder
Harry K. Thaw, heir to the Pittsburgh fortune, to stand trial in New York for the murder of architect Stanford White on Madison Square Garden roof. A 200-member jury panel is drawn. insanity plea and defense strategy loom as proceedings near formal start and Judge Fitzgerald must clear Hilgert case first.
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New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Pittsburg
Thaw
John J. Fitzgerald
Matthew Hilgert
Harry K. Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Madison Square Roof Garden
Madrigal Club Concert Delights Chickering Hall Audience
In Chickering Hall the Madrigal Club directed by Hiram Tucker with Nina Fletcher violinist and other soloists presented a second series concert. Bertha Cushing Child sang the alto in Mary Magdeleine while Fletcher performed Bach and other composers. The chorus offered selections by Bradlee Gallus Saint-Saens D Indy's Schumann Brahms and Franz. The performance highlighted Fletcher's refined tone and Tucker's fine vocal ensemble with strong attack and balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickering Hall
Madrigal Club
Hiram Tucker
Nina Fletcher
Paul Fox
M. H. Lorbeer
M. D. Chandler
Mme
Bertha Cushing Child
D’indy
Mary Magdeleine
Tucker
Fourth mid season concert of the People's Choral Union
The People's Choral Union presented Haydn's Creation at Symphony Hall with Mr. Cole conducting. Soloists Mrs. Grace Bonner Williams Miss Clara Studenmayer Mr. Clarence B. Shirley and Mr. Levirit B. Merrill with Miss Edith H. Snow and organist Herman A. Shedd supported. Critics praised clarity and energy while noting some stylistic excesses and tempo issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Choral Union
Symphony Hall
Haydn
Cole
Grace Bonner Williams
Clara Studenmayer
Clarence B. Shirley
Leverit B. Merrill
Herman A. Shedd
Edith H. Snow
Williams
Mr. Shirley
Merrill
Three-Wived Algerian Artist Shocks Boston Patrons
Abdel-Kader, an Algerian landscape artist and grandson of the famed general, lives with three wives and trains in New York, then Boston, claiming government permission. He dines separately from each wife to secure hotel rooms and plans to paint on stage at the Orpheum Theatre daily during his Boston visit.
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United States
Boston
Abdel-Kader
Paris
New York
Orpheum Theatre
Subscribers Back Post Call for Lower Telephony Rates
Citizens write in by the bushel backing the Post in pressuring New England Telephone and Telegraph to cut rates and improve service. No defense letters reached the Post, while many readers sign as backers and praise the plea for general reform in the metropolitan district.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bisnk
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Boston
The
Post
Boston Post
Mrs. Fiske Arrives for New York Idea at Majestic
Mrs Fiske and the Manhattan company arrive in Boston for a two week run of The New York Idea at the Majestic Theatre with Harrison Grey Fiske and Langdon Mitchell. Notable cast includes John Mason George Arliss Marion Lea and more. Opening tonight at eight signals a social and dramatic event with a large advance seat sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Mason
Boston
The
Museum
George Arliss
Leah Kleschna
Marion Lea
Greatest Military Band Concert Set for Mechanics Hall
The Boston Musicians Protective Association Local No 9 A F of M announces a historic concert led by Emil Mollenhauer with cornet soloist Herbert L Clarke at Mechanics Hall on Sunday evening February 10. Tickets cost 50 and 75 cents, available at 44 Federal Street Boston daily 12 to 4 p m.
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America
Emil Mollenhauer
Herbert L. Clarke Cornet
Mechanics’ Hall
Boston Musicians’ Protective Ass’n
A. F
Association
Federal St
Boston
End of the World Predicted by Missionary in Potter Hall
Evangelist N F Kerr ing returned missionary from South America spoke on The End of the World Will It Come In Our Day to a large congregation. He argued the end is at hand citing New Testament signs and claiming the past year was the most disastrous for earthquakes in world history.
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N. F. Kerring
South America
Potter Hall
Edison worker survives double electric fall at city corner
John Maclellan, street light repairer for the Edison company, was hurled from a live wire 35 feet above Union and North Market streets. An awning saved him from crashing on the pavement, and after a dazed recovery he returned to work, reporting to his boss at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maclellan
Edison Company
Union
North Market
Near-Fatal Electric Shock Rescues Man From Wire
At the corner of Union and North Market streets a man named Maclellan touched a bare live electrical wire while repairing a defect. He was thrown back by the shock and landed on an awning after a dramatic fall. He lay for 15 minutes before Patrolman Bigelow arrived with a ladder and rescued him. He suffered only slight burns and a nervous shock.
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Maclellan
Union
North Market
Bigelow
Court Square
Knights of Columbus Dress Rehearsal At Tremont Theatre
The dress rehearsal for The Wonderful Land of Man at Tremont Theatre proceeded without police interference despite Sunday law concerns. Casts in bright costumes and painted scenery performed as expected, with planning for Military Night and Rhode Island State Council officers attending the opening.
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Knights of Columbus
Tremont Theatre
Land of Man
Dramatic Committee
The
State Council of
Rhode Island
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the Post
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Tremont
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Ernest Denny
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King
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Volta
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Women’s Auxiliary of British Charitable Society
Columbia
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Majestic
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Lessee
Law &Erlanger
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Conk
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