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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1902

Page

9

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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