Macedonia Not Pacified Slavs Growing More Active
London dispatch reports Macedonia remains volatile with armed bands controlling areas and crimes unpunished. Peasants suffer under taxes and troops while calls grow for European supervision and relief measures to avert rising unrest. Russians, Austrians, and Hungarians discuss Ausgleich impacts amid Balkan tensions.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Macedonia
Salonika
Times
Vienna
The
Livadia
Balkans
Balkan
Widening Balkan Tensions Seen From Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dated letter warns of rising Near Eastern unease and possible winter disturbances aimed at maintaining unrest. It notes growing Pan-Slavist influence in Russia and a shift from strict Balkan restraint since the Far Eastern crisis, with potential spring clashes in Macedonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Near East
Macedonia
Russia
Balkan
Far Eastern
Othello in London Receives Stirring Yet Reserved Praise
The Times lauds J Forbes-Robertson in Othello at the Lyric Theatre as a thoroughly stirring yet realistic performance. Desdemona is critiqued as overweighted, while the production draws a crowded house and enthusiastic applause.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
J. Forbes-Robertson
Lyric Theatre
the Times
Ciertrude Elliott
Desdemona
Desson
Berlin Opposes German Tariff in Public Opinion
The Times correspondent reports Berlin and other German centers show strong public opposition to the Reichstag tariff bill. Few supportive voices exist among majority presses, while some defend the government. Analysts note uncertainty remains about negotiating commercial treaties under the higher duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
NEW York Times
London
Berlin
Times
Reichstag
Count von Biilow
Interwar Vienna to London on strategic matters
A Vienna Times correspondent reports in London on December 16 that well-informed circles view current discussions as shaping future strategic alignments. The dispatch notes cautious optimism but hints at underlying tensions affecting diplomatic plans between major powers.
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London TimEs
New York Times
London
Vienna
The
Times
Quigley Proposed as Arch bishop of Chicago by Propaganda
Rome reports the Congregation of Propaganda recommended Bishop James E. Quigley of Buffalo for the Arch bishopric of Chicago succeeding Archbishop Feehan. Also proposed is Rev. J F Canevin as Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh. Cardinal Pierotti attended. Quigley was consecrated in 1897 and has served in Buffalo.
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Rome
Congregation of the Propaganda
James E. Quigley
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Feehan
Propaganda
Mertinelli
J. F. Regis Canevin
St. Paul's Catheral
Pittsburg
College of the Propaganda
Pierotti
James Edward Quigley
Oshawa
Canada
St. Joseph's College, Christian Brothers
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels
Niagara University
Innsbruck
Austrian Tyrol
St. Vincent’s Church
Attica
New Manchuria Move Exposed in Shanghai Dispatch
A Times dispatch from Shanghai reports Viceroy Chang-Chi-Tung opposes Russia creating frontier customs in Manchuria outside the Imperial Maritime Customs. The move aims to assert China's sovereignty amid reports Russia plans Eastern frontier duties and Port Arthur leased territory duties under Protasief. Germany may follow at Kiao-Chow with German staff in the Chinese service.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Shanghai
The
Times
Chang-Chi-Tung
Russia
Manchuria
Imperial Maritime Customs Service Inspectorate
China
Liu-Kun-Yi
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Pe-chi-Li
Peking
Dalny
Port Arthur
Siberia
Pogranitchnaia
Vladivostok
M. Protasief
Maritime Customs Service of
Germany
Kiao-Chow
Robert Hart
Americans In China Insulted During Imperial Court Return
A Peking dispatch reports foreigners who visited the Court during its four month residence at the Summer Palace were ill treated and detained. Among those arrested were members of a party from the American Legation in Peking including two women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peking
Summer Palace
Fighting in Formosa shows Japanese losses in late 1930s ops
London dispatch from The Times correspondent cites Formosa Governor on operations against insurgents from October 14 to December 2. Japanese casualties totaled 19 killed and 71 wounded in that period.
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London
Formosa
Tokio
The
Times
Invasion of Nicaragua Prompted by Colombia Threat
Semi official wires report Colombian Army officers at Panama and Colon preparing to invade Nicaragua. Colombia aims to seize the Mosquito strip to control routes for an isthmian canal and to provide an outlet for soldiers fatigued by four years of fighting. Managua officials fear the attack and seek means to avert it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaragua
Colombia
Panama
Colon
Mosquito Strip
Managua
Unprecedented Austrian Winter Hardships Widen Suffering
In Vigna Austria Dec 15 unprecedented weather worsens misery among the poor and unemployed. Iron industry alone shows 140000 out of work as factories close or cut outputs. Officials fear typhus and famine while emigration agents thrive and many workers depart to the United States.
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Austria
United States
Europe
Fallen Among Thieves Captivates New York Audiences
The stage thriller at Proctor's Fifty eighth Street with Grace Huntington in Cerise drew strong applause. The plot centers on Hester Parkins, painter Burridge the villain, and a tale of theft, deception, and eventual forgiveness ending in a repentant cast and rousing crowd reaction.
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Hester Parkins
Horace Burridge
Edna Archer Crawford
Proctor’s Fifty Eighth Street
Hester
John Langton
Vermont
New York
Burridge
Grace
Huntington
Miss Huntington
Cerise
Tenderloin
Silas Parkins
Sixth Avenue
Eldridge
Dan Loo
United States Navy
Proctor
Fifty Eighth Street
Peddler opens with Joe Welch at Fourteenth Street Theatre
Joe Welch returns to vaudeville in Hal Reid's The Peddler at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. The four act comedy weaves Bowery types with Fifth Avenue society as Welch helps adopt a baby abandoned with a mauve waist. Sammy and Chuck Conover complicate family and moral lines amid Cooper Union, Tammany, and Chinatown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Warfield
Weber & Fields
Joe Welch
Tony Pastor
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Peddler
Hal Reid
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Welch
Sammy
Chuck Conover
Chuck Connors
Chuck
Bowery
Joe
Welch Teases Yiddish Character Amid Fifth Avenue Satire
A critic notes Mr. Welch’s humorous drawing of a Yiddish character in a piece satirizing Fifth Avenue life. The reviewer praises moments of strength and restraint and calls for a more coherent and plausible overall story.
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Bowery
Fifth Avenue
Welch
A Remarkable Case at the American Theatre
The play set in a southern gully environment centers on a beautiful cabin girl Hinda Beekman and a hypnotic villain who frames her for murder. The happy ending leaves the couple married yet unhappy as public performances praise Miss Lillian Bayer and Robert Cummings for standout portrayals while Maurice Freeman plays the steadfast suitor. The work is by Lawrence Marston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Theatre
East
Tennessee
The Ninety and Nine to The Eternal City on Tonight’s Bill
A large array of Broadway houses present performances headed by The Ninety and Nine at Academy of Music and Julius Caesar at Herald Square. Notable shows include Darling of the Gods at Belasco and The Mocking Bird at Bijou with mixed vaudeville at Keiths and Huber's. Audiences are treated to operatic, burlesque, and dramatic offerings across venues including Daly's Empire and the Grand Opera House tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
American
Belasco Theatre
BIJOU
Keith’s
Knickerbocker
Manhattan
Weber & Fields
West End
American Girl Sings in Paris Debuts in Lakme
Miss Elizabeth Parkinson of Kansas City made her Paris debut at the Opéra Comique in the title role of Lakme. Her high soprano drew applause with several recalls as a stylish audience including Ambassador and Mrs Porter Consul General and Mrs Gowdy and many resident Americans attended.
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Paris
Elizabeth Parkinson
Kansas City
Lakme
Opéra Comique
Amaranth Dramatic Society Stars in Charity Comedy
The Amaranth Dramatic Society of Brooklyn performs in the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the Royal Arcanum Employment Bureau Association benefit. The bureau serves Greater New York and Long Island. Chairman Frank L. Bedell and Secretary E T Denning oversee the event with performers including Miss Rachel Mason and Miss Alice Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amaranth Dramatic Society
Amaranth Dramatic Society of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Royal Arcanum Employment Bureau Association
Planché
the Bureau
New York
Long Island
Frank L. Bedell
E. T. Denning
Rachel Mason
Alice Post
Ethel Lloyd
William Roselle, Jr
Thomas C. Bell
Deane Pratt
Harri J. Stokum
Theatre delays spark improvised performances in New York
Blockade of freight cars in Jersey City delayed scenery and costumes for Harlem Opera House and West End Theatre. The Wild Rose used improvised scenery, while The Two Schools managed timely performance. Cecilia Loftus arrived for Hamlet rehearsals then planned to return to England to work with Sir Henry Irving. Jessie Millward balked at wearing a boy’s costume before yielding. Mary of Magdala promoted at church events. Weber & Fields rumored to expand in New York theatres.
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Jersey City
Harlems Opera House
West End
West Ind
Philadelphia
Cecilia Loftus
Sir Henry Irving
London
Provinces
New York
Noordam
Pittsburg
Ophelia
E. H. Sothern
Garden Theatre
Miss Loftus
Gilsey House
Mr. Sothern
England
Mr. Irving
Dante
Richard Harding Davis
Helen
Jessie Millward
Henry Miller
Mr. Davis
Bernhardt
Miss Millard
Notable New York Music Scene Report
Being built by Kian and Erlanger they vacate their present Music Hall. Harry Sommers, Knickerbocker manager, returned from Chicago with his bride Miss Mae Stearns, married there December 10. Raoul Pugno pianist Elsa Ruegger cellist and David Bispham baritone of the Metropolitan Opera to give a Carnegie Hall concert Sunday at 4 PM with a popular program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kian & Erlanger
Harry Sommers
Knickerbocker
Chicago
Mae Stearns
Raoul Pugno
Elsa Ruegger
David Bispham
Metropolitan Opera Company
Carnegie Hall
Dinner of Y M C A Men at Waldorf Astoria
More than three hundred diners attended the Y M C A International Committee dinner in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom. Lucien C. Warner presided as guests included Gen. O. O. Howard, Dr. J. De Wet Warner, Mrs. Russell Sage, Miss Helen Gould, and Senator Redfield Proctor sent regrets. Speakers from the Special Religious Work Department and educational and railroad domains addressed the gathering alongside James G. Cannon and Lucius Tuttle.
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International Committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association
Waldorf- Astoria
Lucien C. Warner
San Bowne
E. P. Platt
C. E. Jefferson
O. O. Howard
J. de Wet Warner
W. H. Carter
J. Ross Stevenson
S. B. M. Young
L. €. Warner
Lucius Tuttle
John J. McCook
Peas
F. Macfarland
Lyman Abbott
D. Chauncey Brewer
Fleming H. Revell
Russell Sage
Helen Gould
O. B. Potter
D. W. McWilliams
Robert Dan Douglas
A. E. Marling
James G. Cannon
Annie C. Howland
Mary M. Potter
Senator Redfield Proctor
Warner
F. B. Smith
Special Religious Work Department
Colored Men's Department
Clarence J. Hicks
C. c. Michener
John R. Mott
Plorelen
T. E. Siilman
W. E. Lougee
International Committee
Fourth National Bank
Boston and Maine Railroad
H. B. F. Macfarland
District of Columbia
Legislation Talks Delay Committees in State
Gov. Odell traveled to Newburg yesterday with plans to meet Sen. Platt on appointments and bills for the coming session. A Saturday conference is expected in the city to outline tentative committee assignments, with Speaker Nixon possibly attending despite ill health and questions about his re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell
Newburg
Senator Platt
Nixon
Republican Club honors Speaker Reed with extended resolutions
The Republican Club at its monthly meeting last night adopted extended resolutions commemorating Speaker Reed. The meeting proposed several candidates for club election including Mayor Low and notable figures like Charles A. Schieren and Wickersham. Nominations for next year's officers were posted with Louis Stern as President and Charles Whitman as Corresponding Secretary among other posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Reed
Mayor Low
Charles A. Schieren
Alexander Gilbert
W. D. Sloane
George W. Wickersham
Thomas Thacher
H. R. Bishop, Jr
Fr. A. Warpurg
Louis ‘Stern
Alexander Caldwell
Alexander P. Ketchum
Samuel W. Bowne
John Henry Hammond
Charless. Whitman
J. Redgar Leaycraft
Joseph Deuei
Alfred R. Conkling
Albert F. Hagar
Robert €. Morris
Merritt E. Haviland
President and Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Dinner Guests
The President and Mrs Roosevelt entertained many guests at dinner in Washington. Attending included Justice Holmes, Senators Hoar Lodge Nelson Burrows Dryden Hanna Warren, Representatives Sherman Littauer Brooks Adams Beale Slater and Misses Dietrich Gwynne among others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Justice
Holmes
Hoar
Lodge
Nelson
Burrows
Dryden
Hanna
Warren
Sherman
Littaur
Brooks Adams
Beale
Slater
Dietrich
Gwynne
Volcanic Signs Reported at Soufrière on St Vincent
In Kingstown Island of St Vincent on December 15 reports describe premonitory symptoms of another eruption. The Soufrière volcano was disturbed yesterday with unusual electrical discharges and detonations observed last night. The agitation appears to be increasing and extraordinary heat prevails.
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St. Vincent
Kingstown
Island of St. Vincent
Lords Pass Education Bill at Third Reading
The Education bill cleared its third reading in the House of Lords today as part of ongoing parliamentary action in London.
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London
House of Lords
Krupp Family Stops Libel Suit in Berlin
The Lokalanzeiger reports libel proceedings against the Socialist Vorwaerts over allegations about the late Herr Krupp have been halted by the Public Prosecutor at the Krupp family request in Berlin on December 15.
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Krupp
Berlin
Lokalanzeiger
Vorwaerts
Herr Krupp
Notable Obituaries and Deaths Recap
The article notes the deaths of Rev. Isaac M See a 74 year old ex Rutgers graduate from Riverhead S J. William Hoop Guass a Jersey City builder born in 1829. Benjamin F Dennisson 67 Philadelphia Baptist leader and temperance figure. and Lor Hirsch former United States minister to Turkey who served after his Portland merchant days and ties to Senator Mitchell.
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Scotland
Jersey City
James B. Pond
Benjamin F. Dennisson
American Baptist Publication Society
Philadelphia
America
Sons of Temperance
Lor. Hirsch
United States
Turkey
Portland
Gre
Hirsch
Harrison
Constantinople
Mitchell
Northwest
Death of Gabriel Harrison Veteran Brooklyn actor and manager
Gabriel Harrison aged 83, longtime Brooklyn dramatic figure and friend of Poe and Burr, died at his daughter’s home in Brooklyn after stomach trouble. He helped found the Shakespeare Club, opened the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, led the Brooklyn Academy of Music, wrote plays and a Payne biography, and mentored budding actors.
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Gabriel Harrison
Edgar Allan Poe
John Howard Payne
Edwin Forrest
Aaron Burr
Beatrice Harrison Hart
Sterling Place
Brooklyn
Harrison
Shakespeare Club
Viola
Hester Prynne
Mr. Harrison
Payne
Prospect Park
Poe
Reade Street
Centre Street
Hamilton
Burr
White Eagle Club of
New York
Polk
Dallas
Free Soil Democrats
White Eagle Club
Civil Service Reform Leader John W. Ela Dies in Philadelphia
John W. Ela, president of the Civil Service Reform League of Chicago, died at Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia at 2 30 PM after suffering a stroke during the National Civil Service Reform Convention. A prominent Chicago lawyer and reform advocate born in Meredith New Hampshire on September 24 1835, he helped draft and defend Illinois civil service laws and applied reforms to the Chicago police. He had served on Chicago's Civil Service Commission since May 1900.
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Philadelphia
John W. Ela
Civil Service Reform League of
Chicago
Methodist
Bla
Meredith
N. H
Northfield Academy
Harvard Law School
Chicago Civil Service Reform Association
Illinois
Police Commission
Civil Service Commission
Death List of a Day Charles H Adams Dies at 78
Charles Henry Adams died yesterday at 16 East Sixty-seventh Street aged seventy eight. He was president of the Mercantile Corporation of the United States and South Africa and a director of the Bank Clerks Co-Operative Building and Loan Association. He belonged to the Metropolitan Club St Nicholas Society Sons of the American Revolution Metropolitan Museum of Art American Geographical Society and the New York genealogical and biographical Society.
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Charles Henry Adams
East Sixty-seventh Street
Adams
Mercantile Corporation of
United States
South Africa
Bank Clerks’ Co-Operative Building and Loan Association
Metropolitan Club
The
St. Nicholas Society
the Sons of the American Revolution
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Geographical Society
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Notable deaths from heart disease and debility across cities
Dr Lucy Tevarts a famed physician died of heart disease at her Newark home at 194 North Sixth Street. Rev J Campbell Fal longtime Episcopal Church leader died in Omaha Nebraska from general debility. Joan C Boxp a Maryland insurance figure died in Baltimore aged seventy two. Mrs Evita Jones widow of Dr Samuel Jones ex congressman died at her Syracuse New York home. Her father James R Lawrence was a Justice of the supreme court.
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Lucy Tevarts
North Sixth Street
Newark
Evarts
J. Campbell Fal
Trinity
Omaha
Neb
Episcopal Church
Joan C. Boxp
Maryland
Baltimore
Associated, Firemen’s Insurance Company
Evita Jones
Samuel Jones
House of Representatives
Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Lawrence
Reynolds Johnson wedding notice in Norwich area
On Monday December 15 at home 60 West 9th Street the Rev Erskine N White officiated Elsie Cleveland daughter of the late Charles C Johnson of Norwich Connecticut to John Marbury Reynoke in a formal ceremony at their residence.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Geer
Darius W. Geer
Brooklyn Borough
Englewood
Brooklyn
Hall
Rookson
Lillian M. Hall
J. Lloyd Hall
Ahearn
Loretta
Grand St
Armstrong
Patrick
Harriet
Haigman
Elsie
Sullivan St
Barrety
Margaret C
Madison
Amy
Dorzbacker
Kesle
Durkin
Michael
Dunning Harriet
Frieds
Henry
Broome and
Hudson
Fasany
Olsivo
Elizabeth
Fitzgerald
Bridget
Flynn
Edward
Vandam
Gartman
Moses
Johnson St
Gerwecke
Johan B
Griffin
Emily
Hilton
Katherine A. A
Hart
James J
Hirshberg
Samuel
Hurley
Mary
Houston
Clarence
Jahelka
Lilly
5Th
Kane
Ann
Park
Klinousky
Vconstancia
Wy BE
Kiernan
Lipschitz, M
Scammel St
LYONS
Yetta
Heeat
Aeornese Paeawes
Mitchell
Merz, George
O'Connell
Katie
Cherry
O'Leary
Daniel
Leroy
O’leary
E. Muth
O'Connor
Nellie
Povejsil
Joseph
Picot
Kate
Abrahem
POLO
Scanmnel St
Rottinger
Solder
Sciacca
Vita
Amsterdam
Stettien
John
Solinahdo
Micala
Ig Thompser
Salkind
Lena
E. Broadway
Shipman
Chieh
Bayard
Schneider
Vorsyth St
Saunders
Charles
W. Sist
James
E. Uth
Woolsey, George P
Death notices from New Rochelle and surrounding areas
Obituary notices dated December 1902 announce deaths of Henry Brandes Amy Hatfield Clark Elizabeth Franko Darius W Geer Lillian M Hall Frances Harriman James Georg Woolsey A private interment and family arrangements follow, with service details and residence locations listed.
Cypress Hills Cemetery From Brooklyn Ferries
New York office at 1 Madison Avenue outlines access from Brooklyn ferries by electric or elevated railroad to Cypress Hills Cemetery.
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Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn
New York
Madison Av
Deaths Reported December 15
A public death notice lists individuals reported on December 15 with ages. The entry notes that ages of one year or under are recorded as one year. No extra biographical details accompany the list.
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