Humbert Family Extradition Sparks Paris Awakening
Paris awaits the Humbert family return from Madrid as extradition formalities proceed. The case dominates politics with Dreyfus echoes and anti Semitic tensions rising while public opinion braces for major disclosures and court battles.
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Paris
Humbert
Madrid
France
Dreyfus
Humberts
Gauthier
Chamber of Deputies
M. Hennion
Mme. Humbert
Greek Chamber Scene Highlights King Appeal for Reform
The Athens chamber opened with King George I urging support for reforms to public administration and to meet army and navy needs without new loans or taxes. A fight over presidency occurred as the Theotokists and Delyannists clashed, with entry via back window and police aid. Theotokists withdrew before the King arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Athens
Greece
Finnish Relief Committee Aids Distressed Northern Finland
The Times correspondent reports energetic relief work in Northern Finland after crop failures. The British American Church in St. Petersburg funds clothing and maintenance for children in four distressed schools and guarantees substantial relief money. Subscriptions are invited by the church pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon Times
New York Times
London
Times
St. Petersburg
Finland
Japan Welcomes Siamese Prince Arrival With Progresive Ties
Tokyo reports the Siamese Crown Prince arrives to cheers from Japanese press. Articles praise Siam as an Oriental nation pursuing reform and hope for closer ties with Japan as Tokyo pledges to propagate civilization in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
NEW York Times
The
Times Today
Siam
Japan
Tolstoi III Reported Seriously Ill in Petersburg Telegram
Special Cablegram from Petersburg cites a telegram from Countess Tolstoi stating that the famed author Leo Tolstoy is again gravely ill with a severe fever for two days and the exact cause is not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
German Electrical Combine Emerges From Stark Industry Crisis
Berlin reports the Allgemeine Elektricitaets Gesellschaft with 22.125 million in bonds and Union Elektricitaets Gesellschaft with 85 million capital form a de facto consolidation. The move follows a market boom bust and aims to counter rival Siemens Halske as the two boards interlock while the Schuckert group remains excluded. The Thomson Houston patents are held by Union, and an American technician, Magee, will run the technical side of the merged entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Allgemeine Elektricitaets Gesellschaft
Union Elektricitaets Gesellschaft
America
Allgemeine
Schuckert Company
Nuremberg
Schuckert
Union
Thomson-Houston
Germany
Magee
Seimens and Halske Company
Deutschland Collision Blamed on Engine Bolt Break
Hamburg reports say the Deutschland’s mishap off the Scilly Islands was a bolt fracture in the starboard engine’s low pressure crank bearings. Paris passengers deny London panic stories, noting a late night grinding sound, calm crew, and no major disturbance before resuming speed to Plymouth.
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Hamburg
Hamburg- American Company
Deutschland
Scilly Islands
Paris
London
Plymouth
Wartburg Orphan Asylum Struggles With Coal Shortage
Wartburg Orphan Asylum near Mount Vernon housing about 930 children, aged three to thirteen, lacks coal to heat eight high ceilinged buildings. All trees on the property, including 100 apple trees, have been cut down. Dr. Berkheimer says a cold spell looms and suggests New York asylums may take custody of the children until coal arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Wartburg Orphan Asylum
Berkheimer
New York
Coal Prices Rise and Health Dept Enforces Smoke Rules
Soft coal jumped from $7.50 to $8.50 a ton as officers served notices to violators of the city smoke ordinance. Five tons soft coal and five tons buckwheat coal were being delivered to a Mott Street building with a steam plant. The soft coal was ordered carted back to the yard. Anthracite ranged from $7.50 to $12 a ton with buyers paying $10 or $12 where available. Representatives said mild weather helped shipments and several city greenhouse losses due to cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Mott Street
Home Insurance Refuses to Sign Chicago Pledge
Chicago December 22 It is reported Home Insurance Company of New York refused to sign the new pledge from the Chicago Underwriters Association. Several signatories tied their commitments to Home’s formal assent. President Washburn opposes agents deposits as guarantees of honesty, likely halting progress from the reform effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Home Insurance Company of
New York
Chicago Underwriters’ Association
Vashburn
Col Mills Reviews Squadron A In Annual Drill
Col A L Mills of West Point reviewed Squadron A last night in the annual review and drill at the armory Madison Avenue and Ninety Fourth Street. Owing to limited tan bark space only twenty four members of each troop could take part. After the review Troop One gave a fatigue uniform signal drill exhibition. Troop Two performed a mounted drill in marching equipment. Several members of Troop Three including polo players staged an exhibition of rough riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Mills
A. L. Mills
West Point
Armory
Madison Avenue
Ninety-fourth Street
Dallas veto blocks Boston syndicate street railway plan
The Dallas City Council sustained the mayor's veto ending a two month battle over the street railway merger ordinance. The move halts the Boston syndicate’s bid to consolidate Dallas lines into the Metropolitan Street Railway Company and to float 4.5 million dollars in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Boston
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Coroners Office Questioned by Medical Society
At a Medical Society meeting in New York last evening a committee recommended abolishing the Coroners Office and adopting a medical examiner system similar to Erie County and Massachusetts. Debate grew heated with ex-Coroner Tuthill opposing the move and supporters urging reform as necessary for science and public service. A postponement of action was suggested amid protests about politics. The session also discussed low water pressure in Murray Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coroners’ Office
Medical Society
Academy of Medicine
Worty-thire Street
Society
William M. Polk
John W. Brannan
Frank van Fleet
Erie County
Massachusetts
New York
Board of Coroners
H.R. Purdy
Theodore K. Tuthill
Coroner's Office
Medical
City of
Tuthill
Purdy
Coroner’s
Coroner
A. Y. Reed
Les Huguenots Revived at the Metropolitan Opera
Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots opened the Met season with a strong cast led by Mme. Sembrich as Marguerite and Mme. Gadski as Valentine. Fritzi Scheff impressed with stage presence but suffered from vocal quality in Urbain, while Alvarez delivered a forceful Raoul de Nangis though with flawed technique. The production drew repeated audience enthusiasm despite some uneven singing and a few debatable interpretations.
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Meyerbeer
Metropolitan Opera House
Opera House
Metropolitan
All Star
Marguerite
Mme. Gadski
Valentine
Mme
Fritzi Scheff
Urbain
Nobles Seigneurs
Alvarez
Raoul de Nangis
Mr. Alvarez
Gadski and Alvarez Shine Amid Opera Cast Notes
Mme Gadski delivers a passionate display in duet with Valentine and Alvarez exhibits full vocal temperament in Othello style passages. Scotti’s De Nevers lacks full opportunity but shows dignity, while Edouard De Reszke’s Marcel remains familiar yet shows vocal decline. Journet as Saint Bris offers smooth impressive bearing.
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Valentine
Mme. Gadski
Mr. Alvarez
de Nevers
Scotti
Edouard de Reszke
Marcel
Opera
de Reszke
Journet
Saint Bris
Willard in The Middleman Opens Christmas Revival
E S Willard opened a Christmas revival with The Middleman, praising his warm voice and humane performance as the inventor. The review notes crude plot and English factory imagery, then previews Barrie’s The Professor’s Love Story and other holiday billings through the week with matinees and a Garrick revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Willard
Henry Arthur Jones
Willard
John Bull
Barrie
Tom Pinch
David
Garrick
Fad and Folly Cancelled By Star Illness At Playhouse
Blanche Ring fell ill with bronchitis delaying Fad and Folly at Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse. Doctors judged she might perform, then audience counselled cancellation. Evening show aborted with plans to resume next night and final performance by Saturday.
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Saat
Folly
The Charity Ball at Circle Theatre Delivers Dramatic twists
Herbert Stock Company presents The Charity Ball by Belasco and De Mille at Circle Theatre. The plot tracks the rector of St Mildreds, a Wall Street giant, and his love triangle, with Ann Cruger portrayed by Bijou Vernandez. Audience patience wanes as intermissions lengthen and orchestra performs two numbers per break.
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Herbert Stock Company
Circle Theatre
Broadway
Sixtieth Street
David Belasco
Henry C. de Mille
Metropolitan Opera House
St. Mildred's
Wall Street
Ann Cruger
Miss Bijou Vernandez
Bess van Buren
Suzette Jackson
Amusements listed in New York theaters and venues
A catalog of show titles and venues in New York City listings. The compilation names many houses such as Belasco, Bijou, Broadway, Casino, Criterion, Daly's, Empire, Garrick, Grand Opera House, Harlem, Keiths, Knickerbocker, Manhattan, Princess, Proctor's, Savoy, Star, Third Avenue, Victoria, and Wallace's with the programs on view including Alone in London, Darling of the Gods, The Mocking Bird, The Silver Slipper, A Chinese Honeymoon, The Charity Ball, The Cavalier, A Country Girl, Topsy Turvy Burlesquers, World in Wax, Imprudence, Up York State, The Stubbornness of Geraldine, A Desperate Chance, Julius Caesar, Vaudeville acts, His Trick, The Visital of Friendship, Mary of Magdala, Are You a Mason, Fac and Folly, Monte Cristo, When Marching Home, Heidelberg, The Bells of Haslemere, Woman Against Woman, Alone in New York, and The Eternal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piconic OF Music
London
Belasco
BIJOU
Broadway
Casino
Circle
Criterion
Empire
Fourteenth Street
York State
Garrick
Geraldine
Garden
E. S. Willard
Grand Opera House
Harlem Opera House
Toreador
Herald Square
Notes on Stage Activity and Theatre Plans
George A Kingsbury representing H W Savage sends Christmas gifts of German beer steins with Here’s to the heart that beats for me. Vassar College alumni and students book 2350 seats for a Princess Theatre party with faculty chaperons and a supper at Sherry’s. Elsie Fay and six actors depart Mrs Osborn’s Play House for a new vaudeville act arranged by Lewis Hooper. The stage children hold their 25th annual Christmas festival at Tony Pastor’s Theatre and Tammany Hall on December 28 with banquet presents from giant trees and a social at Tammany Hall. committee includes Mrs Fernandez Mrs Pastor Miss Kenyon Bishop Adele Ritchie Nellie Thorne Maud Knowlton Mrs Scott Paine. Alf Hayman says Julie Opp will not return to New York for a month or two. she may join William Faversham in Imprudence or join the cast of Ulysses. Sullivan & Krauss announce a new burlesque theatre in Harlem to open January, with sites listed on East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Streets. plot 71 by 200 feet and roof garden expected by early Summer.
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Clarence O. Montaine
Anne Beveridge Cameron
Vassar Colege
Princess Theatre
Sherry’s
Elsie Fay
Tammany Hall
Fernandez
Pastor
Kenyon Bishop
Adele Ritchie
Nellie Thorne
Maud Knowlton
Scott Paine
Alf Hayman
Julie Opp
London
New York
William Faversham
Frohman
Ulysses
Messrs. Sullivan & Krauss
Dewey Theatre
Harlem
East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Mascagni Tour Ends in Chicago After Attachments
Pietro Mascagni and his Italian opera company canceled all remaining engagements in Chicago after a constable seized his personal effects for a $134 claim. Prostrated by financial troubles, Mascagni remains confined to his room at the Auditorium Annex as the tour was to begin a Westward itinerary starting with Keokuk Iowa.
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Chicago
Pietro Mascagni
Mascagni
Auditorium Annex
West
Keokuk
Iowa
Messrs Mittenthal Reject Mascagni Return Offer
The Messrs Mittenthal, erstwhile Mascagni managers, received a telegram from Joseph Smith stating Mascagni was in Chicago and willing to return to their management. They replied that it was too late to consider any propositions from the composer.
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Messrs. Mittenthal
Mascagni
Joseph Smith
Chicago
Mme Lillian Blauvelt Arrives Ill With Cough in New York
The American liner St Louis brought singer Mme Lillian Blauvelt who is ill with whooping cough. She contracted the disease at a London charity dinner and has canceled engagements abroad. She hopes to recover to perform in the United States. she plans to return to London in April to appear at Covent Garden, accompanied by her husband William F Pendleton.
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St. Louis
Mme
Lillian Blauvelt
Mme. Blauvelt
London
Covent Garden
William F. Pendleton
Washington Society Ball At Willard Hosted By Lieut Clark
Lieut Robert Sterling Clark hosted a grand New Willard ball in Washington with 400 guests from diplomatic and official circles. Notables included Mrs. Frank Ambrose Clark and Miss Chaffee amid a night of formal dancing, a midnight supper, and an eighty-couple cotillion. Guests and hosts moved through two ballrooms with Hungarian music and silver trinket favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Robert Sterling Clark
United States Army
New York
War Department
New Willard
Clark
Connecticut Avenue
F. Ambrose Clark
Chkatfee
Stephen Clark
Alexander Jones
Robert Maclay
George Potts
Southerland Irving
Waldo Johnston
Frances Ogden Jones
Lieut. Clark
Potter
Edwin Morgan
Rauscher's
Morgan
Herbert H. D Peirce
William Sheffield Cowles
Cowles
Roosevelt
Geoffrey Howard
Earl of Carlisle
Arthur Stanley
Dean Stanley
Marguerite Cassini
France
Mme. de Margerie
Moncheur
John Ridgely Carter
London
Carter
Count Quadt
Baron von Ritter
Lodge
Peirce
Bingham
James. Wadsworth, Jr
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Misses Warder
Norman
Mr. Deering
Walter Berry
Charles McCauley
Wall Street's Christmas Bonuses and Gifts
Banks and related firms distributed Christmas bonuses and presents to employees yesterday. Bonuses range from 50 to 100 dollars per worker or are pro rated. One major firm gave a 100 percent bonus last year and may do so again. Exchanges plan Christmas boxes tomorrow and some houses observe New Year’s Day for clerks.
Burial of Gen Wager Swayne in Arlington National Cemetery
The remains of Gen Wager Swayne, soldier, lawyer and former Military Governor of Alabama, were buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery after a arrival from New York. A large troop escort accompanied services at St John Episcopal Church guided by Capt B L Huggins. The casket, draped in the American flag, rested on a caisson amid floral emblems from Loyal Legion Grand Army of the Republic and other groups.
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Washington
Wager Swayne
Alabama
National Cemetery
Arlington
New York
St. John's Episcopal Church
Fort Myer
Washington Barracks
B. L. Huggins
Second
United States Cavalry
Rolland Cotton Smith
Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Mosby’s Servant Aaron Burton Buried in Brooklyn
Aaron Burton a servant to Col. John F Mosby died Saturday at his daughter’s home 1283 Prospect Place Brooklyn. He was buried yesterday afternoon in Evergreens Cemetery Burton born 1813 in Charlottesville Virginia and served with Mosby through the Civil War riding with the cavalry leader during many raids.
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Aaron Burton
John F. Mosby
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Evergreens Cemetery
Burton
Charlottes Ville
Jennie MecCaren
Col. Mosby
Dean of Winchester Dead in London Obit
The Very Rev William Richard Wood Stephens Dean of Winchester is dead. A noted theological lecturer and biographer, he served as prebendary of Wittering, lecturer at Chichester, and rector at Woodbeding. Born Oct 5 1839 in Gloucestershire, educated at Balliol College Oxford, he became Dean of Winchester in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Richard Wood Stephens
Winchester
England
Wittering
Chichester Cathedral
Staines
Purley
Berks
Mid Lavant
Sussex
Woodbeding
St. John Chrysostom
William Page Barton Hetherly
Richard Durnford
Chichester
W. Hunt
Church of England
Gloucestershire
Balliol College, Oxford
Vienna nerve specialist Baron von Sxrafft-Ebing dies in Graz
Prof. Baron von Sxrafft-Ebing of the University of Vienna, famed nerve specialist, died at Graz Styria. He once aligned with Prof. Lombroso but later held views opposite to the Italian scientist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Baron von Sxrafft-Ebing
University of Vienna
Graz-Styria
Lombroso
Obituary Notes of Notables Across States
Obituary notes list Rupert M. Haynes of Grinnell Iowa founder of the Iowa State Bar Association and several other deaths including Father Luke O Reilly in Utica NY J M Deutsch of Hornellsville NY Charles H Medicus of Brooklyn Frank H Peck of Watertown NY ex Gov James S Boynton of Georgia Henry Screven widow Mrs John Henry Screven Carl Voigt formerly with Walkinshaw Voigt dies in Berlin Joseph P Helmle brother of Brooklyn public buildings chief dies in Nyack NY.
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Rupert M. Haynes
Grinnell
Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association
Luke G. O'Reilly
St. Francis de Sales
Utica
Bel 5
J. M. Deutsch
Hornellsville
Wiss
Charles H. Mephus
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Germany
Manhattan
C. H. Medicus & Son
Frank H. Peck
New York
Twenty-sixth Infantry
United States Volunteers
Philippines
Watertown
N. Y
Peck
West Point
James S. Boynton
Georgia
Griffin
State Senate
Alexander H. Stephens
McDaniel
John
Henry Screven
Col
Henry van Rensselaer
West Thirty-ninth Street
Church of the Holy Communion
Westchester
Screven
Robert J. Turnbull
Ernest Lorillard
Carl Voice
Dry Goods Commission
Walkinshaw
Joseph P. Helmle
Frank . J. Helmle
Nyack
Helmle
Cincinnati
William
George Helmle
Nyack Daily Journal
E W advertising new collar products in ICARIA issue
Business notices list ICARIA and E W advertising E. W. New collar offerings by E. & W. highlight product line in the section titled Business Notices.
Wurts Benedict Nuptials in Grace Church Chantry
Pierre Jay Wurts and Edith Maud Benedict wed in Grace Church chantry on December 20 1902 in New York City per Rev. William S. Rainsford D D. The couple hails from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurts
Benedict
Grace Church
William S. Rainsford
Pierre Jay Wurts
Edith Maud Benedict
James Benedict
City of
New York
Died Notices from New York Area Obituaries
Death notices from December 1902 list Henry Cochran age 2 in China, Dr Harvey Gregory’s heir, Mary Ketchum widow, David Oag husband, Edith Rodman funeral at Presbyterian Hospital, Mary Screven daughter of Col. Rensselaer, Carl Voigt from Dresden, and Edward Wilkins of Brooklyn. Funeral details and locations included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry V Rensselaer
Church of the Holy Communion
Terment
Westchester
N A
Charleston
S. C
Voigt
Dresden
Germany
Carl Voigt
Deaths Reported December 22
Death notices list individuals reported on December 22 with ages noted, counting ages of one year or under as one year for record purposes. The fragment indicates a cemetery or health department notice format typical of brief obituaries.
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London Times
Leo Tolstoi III
German Electrical Combine
Wartburg
Special Committee On the
Sys
Tem
Willard IN
the Middleman
Garden Theatre
Miss Ring Tooks
S. — “ Twirly
Weber & Whirly
West End Theatre
George A. Kingsbury
H.W. Savage
Lil
Singer
Society IN
Gen. Swayne
Arlington Cemetery
Mosby
Dean OF
Baron von Krafft-Ebing
Theodore B. Starr
Madison Square West
25Th
26Th Streets
John St
Starr & Marcus
Adsit
Fannie K
Weth St
Anderson
Jane
Bad St
Ayres
Catherine
Lui Bank St
O - Buhns
Helen M. R
Therese
IV Bergiss
Maria
Xorem Boddy
Ellen
Bliesener
Clara M
Bartlett
Harry R
Arthee
Canning
Cromwell
John D
DE Loughey
Frank
Tosthc St
Varick St
Derny
Adolph
Dolan
Pwyer
Mary
Sith
Einbinder
Samue
Ehrhardt
Henry
Efisenbeck
Farley
Orchard St
Funck
Frederick
St. Ote - Freihaub
Helena
Featherstone
Helen A
Pwede
Helms
Caroline
Hall
Gussie
Hester Steur
Harris
Martha
James
Hucker Jacob
Thomas St Kingsberg
Attorney St
King Michael
Kane
Robert B
Kline
Hastings
Penn
Krepsky
Hellena
Lafayette
Joseph
Leishman
Robert
Lennox
Sallie
W. la
St.s de
Norris
Madison
Palopoli
Carmela
Peters
William W
Park
Row
Pollock
Fanny
Plummers
Jennie
Quantararo
Pilippo
Cherry
Rossi
A Ullmann
Jacob
Wolff
Rowland
Walsh
Watts
Weingarten
Napthalen
Ridge
Woodward
Harry
Young
Helene
Bronx
Reagan
John J
St. An
Carney
Thomas
Eee
Man St
Rerg
Prospect
Conway
Gates
Carlin
Catharine
Kent
Oakland St
Cochrane
Greenpoint
Conklin
Va Vis
de Kalb
Ate Menico
Withers St
Conado
Crowley
Jeremiah
Congress St
Collins
Carrie E
Regina
Peeeers
Edward
Head Bay
Fraser
St . Galatta
Baldasene
Cook
Grady
J. N
Cumberland St
Harper
Christina
Eyck St. Anton
Rapelyea St
Jensen
Emerson
Kenney
Bridget
Klein
Greene
Kennedy
Francis
Vital
Keeley
Enyma
Brocktyn Hos
Markham
Annie
Manowitz
Fannie
Morrell St
Mitchell
Myrtle
Marina
Angela
Union St Eee
Matthews
Jamaica
Kings Cn. Hospital
Mann
Mailler
Hambure
Meyer Elizabeth
Atlantic
Shaw
Richard H
Smith
Lizzie
Kings Co
Travers. John
St. Peter’s
An Wenzinger
Tobias
Stagg
Winter
Peter M
Montrose
Waters
Baby
Weis
Bradford St
Cologne
Caswell, Massey & CO
5Th Ave
25Th St
Fifth
Columbus Ave
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