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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
9
A revue of acts at Proctor's Twenty-third Street and Keith's Theatre features Edwin Keough and Dorothy Ballard in a three scene sketch with puns and a green-desk detective routine. Performers Mary Norman Lottie Brandon John Kernell and the Morton duo headline with piano dancing and bicycle loop stunts.
Welterweight known to boxing circles dropped in to see Julius Caesar at Herald Square. The house was packed and he stood throughout the performance. After Marc Antony’s speech he exclaimed to a friend Hullo.
Harrie Chambers brother to Haddon sold a fanciful comedy to E 8 Willard for production soon likely in London. Mittenthal Brothers acquired scenery for Iris and Cavalleria Rusticana from Boston and moved to New York. William Gillette telegraphs Charles Frohman asking who runs the Georgia Cayvan benefit and pledges $200 for one standing room.
Supreme Court Justice MacLean ordered a referee to hear the Rosalie Aaronson versus Henry B. Sire case over the Casino Theatre lease at Broadway and Thirty-ninth Street. The suit seeks an accounting of profits from the property tied to bonds secured by the leasehold mortgage and a potential one quarter share to Rosalie Aaronson. Rudolph and Albert Aaronson previously controlled the New York Concert Company, which operated at the Casino years ago.
Irving Place Theatre presents Der Bureaukrat a four act farce with busy entrances and mistaken identity. Hedwig von Ostermann and Otto Ottbert star with a Daly era German comedy style. Director Conried's company delivers strong performances as the run continues through the week, with Emilia Galotti shown Friday.
Sam S and Lee Shubert formed yesterday the Charles E Evans Comedy Company to star Mr Evans and select company in There and Back by George Arliss. The piece, once produced by Charles Hawtrey, enjoyed London runs and will soon tour with a New York try at the Princess after Amelia Bingham’s current run ends. Evans, once Herald Square Theatre manager, has been abroad over two years.
A certificate of voluntary dissolution was filed in Albany showing the Klaw & Erlanger Company of New York was dissolved by stockholders on December 6 and filed with the Secretary of State on December 11.
Meyer Livingston of Klaw & Erlanger explained last night that the dissolved entity existed only to own the Tulane and Crescent Theatres in New Orleans and that Klaw & Erlanger Theatre Company bought its stock. He said the move does not affect the interests of the Klaw Erlanger combination locally.
Miss Marbury's London representative Ada Wooldridge fell suddenly and dangerously ill in London. A cablegram says she cannot attend to any business for four weeks and Miss Marbury may send a New York replacement to oversee London offices due to the busy period.
Heber R Bishop retired banker merchant and railroad man died last night at 881 Fifth Avenue after a long illness. Born Medford Massachusetts March 1 1840 he moved to Boston at nineteen then to Remedios Cuba founding Bishop & Co. He later lived at Irvington on Hudson and remained connected with railroads and various companies. He served on the New York Chamber of Commerce and held directorates at Chicago Rock Island and Pacific and other firms. He supported hospitals and civic causes and belonged to many clubs including the Metropolitan Union League Yacht Club and Century Association.
The Metropolitan Opera revived Le Prophète with Alvarez as Jean of Leyden and Schumann-Heink as Fidés. Critics praised the handling of spectacle and staging while condemning Meyerbeer’s music as old fashioned and emotionally thin. Alvarez offers a dignified Leyden but struggles with vocal ease. Schumann-Heink's Fidés shows drama but grows less restrained with age. Miss Marylli and the Anabaptists contribute solidly as Flon conducts it all.
M Raoul Pugno’s second pianoforte recital drew a near full Mendelssohn Hall audience. The French pianist earns praise for solid art and restrained personality, delivering a program heavy on Chopin with strong contrasts and vigorous left hand, noted for its poetry and beauty without affectation.
Victor D. Levitt of the Novelty Exhibition Company partners with Postmaster Van Cott to collect letters to Santa Claus. The event runs December 10 to 25 at Madison Square Garden, featuring a 56 foot tall tree and a Christmas Day gift distribution for underprivileged children.
Charles Bostwick Peet, a founder of Rogers Peet & Co, died suddenly at his Plainfield New Jersey home. Born in Chillicothe Ohio sixty five years ago his father was Rev Edward Peet an Episcopal clergyman. He worked at James Wilde Jr in New York then joined Carter Kirtland Co during the Civil War era before forming Peet and partners which merged with M N Rogers Co to create Rogers Peet Co. He later led United States Mutual Accident Association and United States Casualty Co. He married Miss Mowrey who died years ago and left no children. He was active in the Manhattan Club and well known socially and in business.
The seventy eight year old lawyer V Wright Kingsley was found dead at his desk in his 23 Park Row office yesterday morning by H B Philbrook who shared the space. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Kingsley, a bachelor, had occupied the office for ten years and has a brother and sister living in the western part of the state as his only known relatives.
C S Bollen seventy years old consulting master mechanic at Rand Drill Works Ossining New York was struck by a New York Central locomotive while crossing railroad tracks and killed.
George Sawyer, United States Consul at Antigua, has been appointed to succeed the late Thomas Nast as Consul General at Guayaquil Ecuador, in a decision announced in Washington.
The Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association reports strong progress in hospital fund collections. Due to a death in the Dry Goods Auxiliary the committee on appeal for subscriptions will be enlarged to include John Claflin Cornelius N Bliss A D Juilliard William F King Clarence Whitman Isaac Wallach George A Hearn J H Sweetser J C Eames James Talcott and members of Louis Stix Co. and H W Lewis.
A list of bereavements with dates and burial details including Barker Bishop Bolland Bowron Brown Craig Dorsey Downie Guernsey Jones Kellogg Loughran Moore Pappenheimer Parker Peet Phelps Popham Reid Sheldon Tillinghast Wellington. Notices specify ages death dates and funeral arrangements or private interment across Englewood Ossining Hollis and New York City with related addresses and churches.
Obituaries list Prof GALVIN W. GREEN of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington aged 45, chess figure PERRY TRUMBULL of Chicago aged 51, Thomas Edward Freeman Newark Health Inspector aged unknown, Albert Graul Newark Justice of the Peace aged 41, Henry Francis Moore of Bayonne N J aged 58, Andrew Bell Forbes born Perth Amboy 1828 died San Francisco, with long career in railroads Pacific Mail Steamship line and Mutual Life Insurance. One daughter Mrs Schuyler B. Jackson Newark.
A correction clarifies that William H. Tillinghast who died Tuesday at 26 East Sixty-fourth Street was not a member of Til linghast & Benedict at 11 Wall Street. The actual member is William E. Tillinghast.
A long list of deaths dated December 10 shows names and ages from newborns to elderly residents. The entries include Jonathan Allen of 311 8th Avenue and Libbie Boss of 6 Bayard Street among many others, with ages noted for most.
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