Lady Huntworth's Experiment delights Daly's audience
A bright English comedy by Richard Claude Carton titled Lady Huntworth's Experiment received its first United Kingdom staging by Daniel M. MacManus's company at Daly's Theatre. Miss Speng led the cast as Lucy Pillenger with strong support from Minson Stewart Loftus Robson and May Robson. The play blends wit and farce as Lady Huntworth, post divorce, roles Cook at Stillford Vicarage and maneuvers through romance and schemes toward a likely winter run.
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Daniel Mrohman
Daly's Theatre
Lady Huntworth
Richard Claude Carton
Ades
Jimtworth
London
Stillford
Jroneborough
Carton
Pinery
Butler
Capt
Ivoryaston
Lucy
Miss Lucy
Caroline
Keziah
Hannah
Mr. Crayll
Lord Huntworth
Iavine
Crayll
Daly’s
Miss Speng
Mr. Minson
Dorvaston
Mr. Stewart
Dorvasten
May Robson
Bdorvaston
John Mason
Daucley Pillenger
Kant Stewart
Henry Thoresby
William Courtenay
Craylley
Stele
Siad Jameson Lee Finney
William F
Owen Hannah Pillenger
Pene Wat
Reginald Caroline Raynard
Hilda Spoeng
Lucy Pillenger
Cecilia Loftus
Walcott
Philharmonic Society Concert Ends Its Fifty Ninth Season
The third public rehearsal at Carnegie Hall featured Brahms and Beethoven works plus Franz Huss’s piano concerto in B flat major. The New York resident Huss, born Newark, first performed the piece in Boston 1894 under Paul conductor, to mixed impressions.
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The
Philharmonic Society
Carnegie Hall
Henry Helden
Huss
Francesca de Rimini
Pechalkowsky
Tschaikowsky
Beethoven
Fiuss
New York
Vals
Newark
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Paul
Concert review highlights modern concerto and Tschaikowsky
The critic praises a contemporary concerto for its craft and solo piano parts though finds Huss unremarkable as a soloist. Julius Paul’s Pastoral Symphony is lauded for vitality and clarity. Tschaikowsky’s Francesca da Rimini is praised for individuality and vigor, with indications of growth over last winter amid occasional wind choir slips.
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Huss
Aus’ der Ohe
Paul
Tschaikowsky
Liszt
Richard Strauss
Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera House Review
The Met presents Lohengrin in French German and Italian with Mme Nordica Elsa Mme Schumann Heink Ortrud Mr Dippel Lohengrin as lead. Critics praise Nordica Elsa and note Dippel and Bertram show limitations while praising the season’s debut of soprano contralto and tenor.
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Metropolitan Opéra House
Manon
Metropolitan Opera House
Mme. Nordica
Elsa
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Ortrud
Mr. Dippel
Lohengrin
Mr. Bertram
Telramund
Bertram
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Edouard de Reszke
Nordica
Baireuth
Siegfried
Concert from Baireuth Under Damrosch Delightful Chorus
The performance was smooth and effective with enthusiastic guiding by Mr Damrosch. The chorus sang better than usual and the audience, though small, seemed well pleased with the concert’s quality.
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Baireuth
Damrosch
Edwin Arden Faints On Stage During L Aiglon Performance
Edwin Arden who plays Metternich in L Aiglon at the Knickerbocker Theatre fainted on stage just before the mirror scene. The curtain rang down as a doctor in the audience resuscitated him after about fifteen minutes. His understudy Blake covered the next act, and Arden resumed his role in the final act.
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Mr. Blake
Minnie Tracey to Sing Aida at Metropolitan Opera Tonight
Due to Miss Strong's illness Miss Minnie Tracey will perform the title role of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera House tonight replacing Strong. The change places Tracey in the lead for the performance with audiences awaiting her interpretation amid the run.
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Miss Tracey
Aida
Miss Strong
Minnie Tracey
Metropolitan Opera House
ProcuRing City Contracts In Crux of Pavement Suit
Edward R. Dunham secured a new trial in the Appellate Division over his commission claim from paving contracts with Hastings Pavement Company. The dispute centers on whether his actions to obtain bids and commissions were lawful and whether contact with city officers, including aldermen, could invalidate the contract as against public policy. The court notes the facts must support a single inference and that visiting city offices may be proper to present merits of the pavement proposal.
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Edward R. Dunham
Hastings Pavement Company
Dunham
Rollin N. Morgan
Justice Hatch
van Brunt
Ingraham
City of
New York
Stock Exchange Membership and Hoboken Ferries Dispute
Appellate Division upholds Keppler in New York Stock Exchange membership case against Neukirch who was expelled for alleged fraudulent reports. Gracie wins large damages for commissions in ferry sale, with dissent questioning value of services. Attachment of stock against Jersey City Contracting Co. affirmed, allowing a sale transfer against a loan on New Jersey and Pennsylvania Telephone Co. collateral.
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Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
Rudolph Keppler
New York Stock Exchange
Charles Neukirch
The
Neukirch
Exchange
E. S. Dean Company
Samuel Kellar
E.S. Dean Company
Patterson
Appellate Division
Hoboken
Archibald Gracie
Edwin A. Stevens
Tower Ferries
Stevens
Fourteenth Street
New York
Christopher and
Barclay Streets
Gracie
Roswell Eldridge
Justice A
Ingraham
Jersey City Contracting Company
New Jersey Corporation
Produce Exchange Trust Company
City
New Jersey and
Pennsylvania Telephone Company
Louis M. Simpson
Court of Appeals
Gray
Herlihy Pleads Not Guilty as Police Board Trials Opens
Capt. Herlihy’s trial opened before the Police Board over charges tied to the Pro Cathedral district and clergy insults. Lawyer Louis J. Grant entered a not guilty plea and sought a brief adjournment for defense prep. Ex-Judge W. M. K. Olcott will oversee hearings with daily sessions to follow through January 1901.
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Herlihy
W. M. K. Olcott
Louis J. Grant
Frederick B. House
Inspector Cross
Capt. Herlihy
Grant
Olcott
California Supreme Court Rules Taxes Due Where Ownership Lies
The California Supreme Court decided that Mrs. Jane L. Stanford cannot recover taxes paid under protest on bonds and stocks located in New York City. The ruling holds that stocks are taxable in the state where ownership lies, affecting tax rights on out of state securities.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court of California
Ta Fes
Jane i L. Stanford
New York City
United Telegraph and Telephone Company Incorporation
The United Telegraph and Telephone Company of Philadelphia was incorporated at Dover today in Delaware. Capital is $2,000,000.
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Delaware
New York Times
Wilmington
Del
United Telegraph and Telephone Company of Philadelphia
Dover
Preservation ties between America and England urged
At a Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places meeting C R Ashbee of Great Britain urged joint action to safeguard historic sites and objects across English speaking countries. He noted the need to prevent private ownership by American wealth and favor public access and protest.
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America
England
Society For the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places
C. R. Ashbee
National Trust of Great Britain
Great Britain
Ashbee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Rockefeller Ae
American Society
Hudson
Champlain
Washington
Mr. Halsey
France
Redman
Franklin
Madison
Jay
Crematories Unite Under New International Association
A movement in Cleveland aims to consolidate all crematories in the United States and Canada into one association to set uniform incineration prices. There are about seventy five crematories, and prepaid certificates would allow incineration at any member facility. The Cleveland crematory is expected to start early next year, with the International Association to be formed at a Buffalo meeting during the Pan-American Exposition.
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Cleveland
United States
Canada
International Association
Puffalo
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