Opera cast list from a nineteenth century program
The fragment lists performers in an opera production including Violetta Valery played by Mme Tetrazzini and Alfredo by Sermont, plus Flora and other roles. It names Annina Mile. Zaccaria and other cast members with a note on the musical director and conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tradona
Violetta Valery
Mme
Tetrazzini
Flora
Mile
Zaccaria Annina
Severina
Alfredo
M. Bansi Gloria Clermont
Ancona
M. C Cleotante Campanini
Tetrazzini Delighted By New York Reception
After La Traviata’s second act Mme Tetrazzini praised American audiences as receptive and responsive saying she has never had such a reception. She cried with joy at the ovation and was feted by fellow performers and guests including Campanini Farrar Sammarco and Novelli as fans showered violets and recalls followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Tetrazzini
Tistes
Mme. Campanini
Signor Bonet
Geraldine Farrar
Mecers
Sammiarco
Didur
Zenanecht
Mary Carden
Mario Sammarco
Ermete Novelli
Mary Garden
Mme. Tetrazzini
Oscar Hammerstein
Brillnt Opera Night Draws New York Elite to Mme Tetrazzini
An epic Fourth Street Opera House evening saw crowds flock from 4 pm as standing room sold out and carriages lined Thirty fourth Street. The audience praised the new prima donna as rivaling Melba in voice and pathos with many prominent guests in boxes and foyers discussing the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-fourth Street
Manhattan
Thirtyfourth Street
Broadway
Mme. Tetrazzini
World of London
Covent Garden
Charles H. Truax
Samuel Untermyer
John A. Fordyce
Holbrook Curtis
Ben Ali Haggin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Edmond L. Baylies
Opera House
Clarence Mackay
William ix. Vanderbilt, Jr
Pembroke Jones
Sadie Jones
James de Wolfe Cutting
E. H. Weatherbee
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Woodford
Clark Potter Read
Ralph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Gilper E. Jones
Blair Fairchild
Caspar Purdon (Larke
Lady Clarke
Eliot Gregory
Reginald Feonalds
Paul D. Cravath
Truax
Frank Tilford
Elsie Tilford
Julie Tilford
Clarence Rice
Rice
S. Jackson
William Kk. Douglas
Faulding
Roswell D. Hitchcock
Victor Sorchan
E. H. Gary
Josephine Schmidt
Thaw Case Trial Hearings Detail Insanity Clues
The Thaw trial hears from August Weber a butler who describes Thaw’s early 1900s behavior at his mother’s Washington home including 6 am wakeups and odd dinners. Other witnesses, like Christopher Baggin and Matilda Stein, report staring eyes and extreme nervousness. Asylum records and relatives’ histories are introduced to support insanity claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Grimmels
Mr. Grimmels
Littleton
Jerome
Alfred Lee Thaw
Richmond
Horace S. Thaw
Harriet Alice Thaw
Williamsburg
Horace Thaw
Staunton
Philadelphia
Foster
Tment
William Thaw
Butler
Staunton Asylum
Indictments Against Montgomery Face Bank Scandal Fallout
Two indictments were brought against William R. Montgomery, former Hamilton Bank president, for overdrafts charged as illegal bank acts. Bail set at 2500 on each count as the bank awaits reopening under new officers. Supporters call the charges technical and note Montgomery’s role in stabilizing the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Mr. Montgomery
B. L. Strausburgiger
Maiden Lane
Feld
Montgomery
I. C. Warner
Tiamilton Bank
Grand Jury
Francis Lloyd
Lucien Warner
Strausburgher
Robert A. Joyce
Sebastian Brehoff
Eeees
Criminal Court
Howard S. Gans
Justice Dowling
Gans
William H. Burkmyer
Broadway
Bronx
Frank L. Grant
Carnegie Trust Company
Sullivan
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
W. H. Birkmire
James W. Osborne
Howard
Nurse Takes Poison Over Bank Deposit Theft
New Brunswick New Jersey January 15 nurse Alberta Lumsden employed by the Daughters of the Revolution tried to kill herself with nitric acid after being arrested on a $140 theft charge involving a bank deposit for her maid. She is hospitalized in a room she endowed in memory of her mother at St. Peter's General Hospital. Dr H H Janeway, tenant of Livingston Avenue property, was previously arrested for vivisection and remains out on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Alberta Lumsden
Daughters of the Revolution
St. Peter's General Hospital
Lumsden
Livingston Avenue
H. H. Janeway
Manhattan
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Janeway
Ex Broker Roscoe Conkling Fails in Bankruptcy
Roscoe Conkling of 697 West End Avenue petitions for bankruptcy listing liabilities of 6577 with no assets. He is retired from business. Creditors include William G. Conklin of 697 West End Avenue owed 5000, J M Montgomery owed 500, and Durland's Hiding Academy Company owed 20. He also owes about 700 for dresses and dry goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Conkling
West End Avenue
Wall Street
William G. Conklin
J. M. Montgomery
Durland
Hiding Academy Company
Libel Suit Upheld In Times American Case Involving Hearst
The New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs wins a libel suit against The Star Company publisher of The New York American and against William Randolph Hearst and Arthur Brisbane for 10 000 damages based on an April 1904 editorial The Supreme Court in Part XIII before Justice Giegerich allows editorials from The Times to be admitted as showing the article's atmosphere Jurors eight were seated with peremptory challenges and extensive questioning of talesmen about politics and Hearst affiliations followed by adjournment pending further proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whel
Adolph &. Ochs
New York Times
Star Company
New York American
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Arthur Brisbane
American i
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Justice Giegerich
THE
Times
Edward M. Shepard
Alfred A. Cook
Ochs
Mr. Shepard
Appellate Division
Beardsley Vy
Maynard
Jim
Cook
Mirabeau I. Towns
Clarence J. Shearn
Shepard
Brisbane and the Star Company
American
Talesmen
Jacob Michaels
Mr. Towns
Talesman
Hearst
Hawaii
Towns
Roosevelt
Becaus
John Harms
John J. Smith
Edward F. Blackford
Martin P. Ward
Henry Berkowitz
Irving
Police graft and incompetence loom over Bingham era reforms
A reader laments grafting cops and weak leadership in the Bingham administration. The piece contrasts past reform under Gen. Greene with ongoing failures, citing inspectors, captains, and disputes over Deputy Sheriffs. It recalls Jerome’s testimony about Reardon, Langdon, and fears at East 138th Street Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Gen. Greene
Greene
Supreme Court
Partridge
Low
McAdoo
Piper and
Ebstein
Theodore the First
Mr. Jerome
Reardon
Jerome
Wasserman
East 138Th Street
Langdon
Gen. Bingham
Daniel Slattery
Stoneham Accused in Vermont Farmer Stock Loss Case
Charles A. Stoneham president of C. F. Jonasson & Co. property broker, arrested in a civil suit brought by Ernest S. Webster of Whiting Vt. Webster seeks 1310 dollars for stock he claims Stoneham converted. The complaint alleges misrepresentation and bogus firm names. Webster’s balance dropped to five dollars after a dividend and account closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Stoneham
C. F. Jonasson & Con
Broadway
Ernest S. Webster
Whiting, Vt
Stoneham
Jonasson & Co
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Webster
O. F. Jonasson & Co
Jonasson Trust Company
Pittsburg
House of Haight & Freese
Lacombe
United States District Court
D. Mackenzie & Co
Goldfields
Francis ‘Mohawk Minin Ae Leasing Company
Jonasson Company
Irving Joseph
Billington
Robbins Ousted From Monongahela Coal Company Presidency
Francis L. Robbins, organizer of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, a $64 million concern, was removed from the presidency and the board at a January meeting. About 500000 shares of the 600000 outstanding were voted, with Alex Dempster elected to the board and Robbins slated for possible removal as president of Pittsburg Coal Company at a Dineto-morrow meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Francis L. Robbins
Monongahela River
Robbins
Alex. Dempster
Presien
Metal Trades Association Reports Sharp Decline in 12,000 Jobs
The New York and New Jersey branch of the National Metal Trades Association, at its annual meeting, notes over 50 percent business drop across districts. Shipyards show activity and potential improvement, while overall stagnation is seen until after the Presidential election. George Q. Palmer elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and
New Jersey
National Metal Trades Association
George Q. Palmer
Association
McKenna Sues Gas Co for 40000 Over Brother's Gas Death
Michael F. McKenna of 431 West Thirty fifth Street asks the Appellate Division for a new trial after his suit for 10000 damages against the New Amsterdam Gas Company was dismissed in lower court. He says his brother James McKenna died of gas poisoning in 1906, caused by inferior and highly poisonous gas negligently supplied by the defendant at 57 East Ninth Street. Decision was reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
New Amsterdam Gas Company
Michael F. McKenna
West Thirty-fifth Street
James McKenna
East Ninth Street
Still Cupid's Agent? A Lickridge Hartnell Nuptials
An drew M. Lickridge traveling Inspector for United States Steel and Miss Elias R. Hartnell daughter of a Salinas oilman wed secretly at Henry Marsh Warren's residence 75 West Ninety-fourth Street. Dr. I. L. Hill witnessed. Groom is UPenn class of 1904. bride studied at Stanford University in 1996.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Lickridge
United States Steel Company
Elias R. Hartnell
Salinas
Cal
Henry Marsh Warren
West Ninety-fourth Street
I. L. Hill
St. Regis
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Stanford University
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August Weber
Madison Square Roof Garden
Weber
Lafayette Square
Washington
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Washington House
New York
Evelyn Nesbit
Christopher Baggin
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White
Baggin
Bogrin
Bedford
Than
Gates and
Schwab
Gates
Gleason
Matilda CC. Stein
Pat
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Harry Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Burr Mcintosh
Jolyn Lowery
Madison Square Garden
Ite
Liam A. Johnston
Lionel Straus
Cole White
Cole
Wiliam Thaw
London
Claridge
Aeolian Co
B. S.straasburgher
David A. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
William R.montgomery
Times-American
Page
Vermont Investor
Lax
Globe-Wernicke
Globe Werwicke Co
Luisa
Lucia di Lammermoor
Rigoletto
Caro Nome
Barbiere de Siviglia
Romeo E Giulietta
Vals
Gounod
Sonnambula
Bellini
Cabaletto
Sol. Bloom
34Th St
Robbins Out OF Coal CO
Than Interests
Monongahela Combine
Ehrlich &Deng
Oculists & Opticians
Sixth Ave
11Th St
Astor House
Nassau St
Ann St
Grand Rapids
Morris
Dr. Sheffield S
Sheffield
Sues Gas CO
Cupid’s
Dr. Warren
Park &Tilford
Layties Brothers
U.S
Lithia
Selters
Carl H. Schultz
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