New Theatre Opens In Central Park West With Gala Dress Rehearsal
The New Theatre in Central Park West between Sixty-second and Sixty-third Streets opened for inspection and hosted a dress rehearsal of Antony and Cleopatra. Gov. Hughes, Col. Treadwell, and Elihu Root attended with J. Pierpont Morgan and many leaders from finance arts and education as the crowd admired the $2,000,000 stone palace and its ornate interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Park West
New Playhouse
Times
Gov. Hughes
Col. Treadwell
Elihu Root
J. Pierpont Morgan
William Dean Howells
Brander Matthews
William Archer
William Winter
Finance of
Shoreham College Weekly Mentioned in Metrep Entry
A fragment from the Shoreham College page appears in a metropolitan report, noting a brief feature or reference among campus items. The readable text is incomplete, offering little detail beyond the college name and a mention in a larger metropolitan snippet.
Plan to Oust Loeb From New York Custom House
A powerful group of New York importers plans a congressional inquiry into the New York Custom House to remove William Loeb as Collector. The move follows reported office frauds and alleged Sugar Trust bribery involving customs inspectors and short weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Star
William Loeb
Metropolis
White House
Treasury
Congress
Washington Nickel in Early Pattern for five cent coin
Washington head proposed for a new five cent piece in U S Mint patterns. Dies prepared in Philadelphia with specimens to be submitted to the Treasury for approval, history notes pattern coins since 1783 and past refusals by Washington.
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Philadelphia
United States Mint
United States
George Washington
Lincoln
Washington
Republic
Wyon
Morgan
Barber
Mint
Treasury Department
Drowned Man Found Off 187th Street Near Fort Washington Park
Franklin Kane, a boatman, spotted a dead man in the Hudson near Fort Washington Park. The victim, about 30, well dressed, carried a notebook with Adolph Stern and addresses in New York and Louisville. Police suspect possible foul play despite initial thoughts of suicide. notes include pawn tickets and mandolin picks. Coroner ordered morgue examination.
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Franklin Kane
Hudson River
Fort Washington Park
187Th Street
Adolph Stern
Walnut ‘Street
New York
Dooly
Health Department Faces Eviction Over Rising Rent
The New York Health Department may have to vacate the Sixth Avenue building after a lease expired. Attorneys for Henry J. Baller's estate demanded $30,000 annually, seeking renewal or disposal. A temporary extension was granted while negotiations continue.
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New York Athletic Club
Sixth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Health Department
Austin B. Fletcher
Safford A. Crummey
Broadway
Metz
Darlington
O'Neill
Crummey
Henry J. Baller
Fourth Dimension Denial Emerges in Stetson Inquiry
Opponents of Augusta E. Stetson reveal in Boston during a Mother Church inquiry how she and several practitioners used a "fourth dimension" to testify from two viewpoints. Virgil O. Strickler's diary excerpts describe staged contradictions and a claimed mental reservation to deny past statements, with testimony tied to a $50,000 bequest dispute and ongoing church unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta E. Stetson
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mr. Strickler
Strickler
Justice-Elect Kapper Reports Spending On Campaign
Justice-elect Isaac H. Kapper of Brooklyn certified to the Secretary of State that he spent 1,433.89 dollars in aid of his candidacy in the last election. Nearly all the funds were used for advertising and postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kapper
Albany
Supreme Court
Isaac H. Kapper
Brooklyn
Secretary of State
New York Times Seven-Section Daily Issue
The NYT announces a seven part daily issue covering Pictorial News Cable News Sporting News Magazine Fashion and Real Estate sections for today.
Vertebra Breaks in Football Game At Hamilton
In Hamilton a Colgate Academy vs Cazenovia game left 17 year old Joseph Pickering in critical condition with a fractured vertebra. He was moved from the field to a hospital where doctors fear his prognosis, with potential surgery planned if he survives the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Harvard
Pickering
Young Byrne
West Point
Midshipman
Wilson
Annapolis
Glass
Young Pickering
Pennsylvania
Chester challenges Cook pole claim and backs Peary
Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, a National Geographic Society committee member, argued in a University Club lecture that Frederick Cook could not have reached the pole and that Robert Peary did. He cited Eskimo testimony and Nautical Almanac data to cast doubt on Cook and support Peary's achievement.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
Peary
C. M. Chester
National Geographic Society
Admiral Chester
Coast Survey
Bureau of Navigation
Naval Observatory
Special Service
University Club
The
Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
Cook
Chester
Copenhagen University Rejects Nat Geo Arctic Records Aid
The University of Copenhagen declined a National Geographic Society offer to have an American committee present during the first examination of Dr. Frederick A. Cook arctic records. The consistory said they can examine the data alone and cannot permit Nat Geo representatives to attend. They expect Cook’s records soon.
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Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
National Geographic Society
Frederick A. Cook
Willis L. Moore
Washington
Cook
Norristown Visitors Suffer Injuries In Gloucester Game
In a Gloucester football afternoon Norristown players Sterner and Sowers were injured. Sterner fractured his right shoulder while tackling in the first half. Sowers fractured his right arm after being trampled while stopping a forward pass. Both went to Cooper Hospital in Camden.
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Gloucester
N. J
Norristown
Penn
Sterner
Sowers
Cooper Hospital
Camden
New Train to Florida Added to Lineup
The Augusta Atlanta Palmetto Limited departs at 3 25 P M from W 23d Street Penns Ferry effective November 15. Best service to Florida and Augusta. The 9 55 A M train now leaves Atlantic Coast Line at 1218 Broadway.
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Florida
Augusta
Atlanta
Palmetto Limited
Penna
Ath
Aest
Atlantic Coast Line
Bradway
Brothers Hurt in Clifton Heights Football Scrimmage
During a local amateur game in Clifton Heights Pennsylvania on November 6 Harry and Fred Duke brothers sustained injuries. Fred Duke suffered multiple broken ribs after a kick and Harry Duke received serious bruising in the same scrimmage with the teams involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Heights
Penn
Harry
Fred Duke
Copenhagen refuses entry for Cook data review
Washington reports that the University of Copenhagen declined to allow American scientists to examine Dr. Cook data. The National Geographic Society explains it did not seek oversight and would act only after seeing original documents, delaying any judgment. The issue is to be discussed at a National Geographic Board meeting next Monday.
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Washington
Willis L. Moore
National Geographic Society
University of Copenhagen
Dr. Cook
Prof. Moore
Maryland
Cook
Badly Hurts Sanders in Interclass Football at Columbia
Sophomore T M Sanders quarterback for the class of 12 was seriously injured on South Field during an interclass game against the class of 11. He was knocked unconscious after a tumble and kicked during the mishap. Dr Hill of St Luke's Hospital treated him, later found ruptured blood vessels, and he may be bedbound for weeks. The incident prompted an immediate stoppage of play and sparked protests from college professors.
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Columbia
T. M. Sanders
South Field
Sanders
Hill
St. Luke’s Hospital
Yorkshire, Broadway
113Th Street
Ellsworth
Flamingo Limited Train links Florida to Havana
The Flamingo limited runs to Jacksonville and Havana via Seaboard Air Line with car and coach service. Advertising copy notes its speed and route with engine number 1188 Broadway.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Havana
Ing
Seaboard Air Line
Maillard’s Vanilla Chocolate Advert
An old advertisement promotes Maillard’s vanilla chocolate as handy for travelers at any time. It notes flavor from the Mexican vanilla bean and mentions Ewey’s Wine House Ubant and a Dewey & Sons Co bait block from Fulton Street.
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Maillard’s
Ewey’s
UBANT
Fulton Oe Ore Angen Dewey’ & Sons Co
Fulton Bt
New Got
Rebuke for Commissioners at Ashokan Valley panel
Justice Howard in Special Term sharply criticized Ashokan Valley Commission No. 10 for seeking $900 for six executive sessions and urged economical public work. He approved payments to James J. Quinn, Adlerous Dayton, and P. J. Shea totaling over $9,700 for the second report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New York
Ashokan Valley
Supreme Court
Justice Howard
James J. Quinn
Adlerous Dayton
Kingston
P. J. Shea
Troy
Letter reveals Brooklyn horse thief fugitive Seckett to be returned
Harry Seckett of 97 Mangin Street Manhattan a bail jumper and gang member linked to East New York and Brownsville horse thefts last spring is to be brought to Brooklyn from Toronto Canada where he fled after jumping a $3000 bail He is charged with stealing a horse and wagon from Antonio Pepe 36 Junius Street Brooklyn Arrested in Jersey City on Sept 25 by Detectives Drum and Reynolds who caught him disposing of the horse Seckett was located in Toronto after a letter to a Brooklyn friend and was arrested there Drum and Reynolds will escort him back to Brooklyn
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Harry Seckett
Mangin Street
Manhattan
New York
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Toronto
Canada
Antonio Pepe
Junius Street
Jersey City
Drum and Reynolds
Seckett
Drum
Reynolds
Labor body denounces federal actions in Dallas
The Dallas Trades Assembly adopted resolutions denouncing federal actions against Mexicans who oppose President Diaz and against the Bucks Store Company decision. The group, Texas's strongest local labor body, ordered copies sent to President Taft, Senators Bailey and Culberson, and Texas House members.
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New York Times
Dallas
Texas
Diaz
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Morrison
Bucks Store Company
Dallas Trades Assembly
Taft
Bailey
Culberson
House of Representatives
Plague Case Reported in Sacramento Butcher
The State Board of Health reports a third human bubonic plague case in California in three months. The victim is Frank Belfils of Oakland, who contracted the illness by eating a squirrel. Fatal cases traced to squirrel meat.
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Sacramento
Cal
State Board of Health
Frank Belfils
Oakland
Man Struck In Subway Fight Robbed Of Pin
Charles Eller of East Orange N J 56 was attacked in the men’s room off the downtown Fiftieth Street platform by three men who followed him inside He was knocked unconscious then robbed of a 200 pin and a small amount of money He was not seriously injured and the assailants fled aboard a downtown train.
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Fiftieth Street
Charles Eller
Marcy Avenue
East Orange
N. J
Eller
Under Knife in a Heavy Sea Aboard Campania
Charles Baxter a Campania steward underwent an appendectomy at top speed during a heavy sea. Dr Robert Bruce ship's surgeon assisted by Sir Alfred Keogh and Dr Owen Williams performed the 40 minute operation as the liner tore along at about 21 knots. Baxter survives the operation.
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Charles Baxter
Cunard
Campania
Robert Bruce
Sir Alfred Keogh
Owen Williams
Liverpool
Baxter
Alfred Keough
Warr
Taft Offers Governor Post to Local Editor William Robinson
Report from Roswell says President Taft offered William Robinson of Roswell the governor’s post to succeed Gov Curry who resigned. Robinson is known as an editor and writer. The note also mentions the Second Avenue Railroad Car Barn project with a casemento roof under construction.
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Taft
Curry
William Robinson
Roswell
N. M
Vet Ee
Gov. Curry
R. Robinson
Second Avenue Railroad
21St St
Kennedy Will Funds Major New University and Museum Expansions
Trustees map use of 30 million left by John S. Kennedy to Columbia University the Presbyterian Church mission boards the Metropolitan Museum and Presbyterian Hospital for endowment and new buildings The gifts include 2 250 000 to Columbia aimed at general educational needs and 2 250 000 to the Presbyterian Hospital for endowment and a new East River front building The Metropolitan Museum seeks space for exhibitions while mission boards plan expanded industrial and educational work with funds to bolster hospitals schools and training programs
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John S. Kennedy
Presbyterian Church
New York Public Library
Metropolitan Museum
The
Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia
Kennedy
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
John & Kennedy Fund
Seth Low
Dr. Butler
East River Front
Sixty-seventh
Sixty-eighth
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Casper Purdon Clark
Ed Robinson
Foreign Board
Home Board
Church Erection Board
Aes
A. Woodruff Halsey
Foreign Mission Board
India
China
Korea
Philipines
Peking
Ang Ka
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Palace OF Drama
J. P. Morgan
Theatre and Gov. Hughes
Root
Antony and Cleo
Patra
Vigor
the Guests of Honor
Beethoven
Senator Root
Henry Mitchell MacCracken
New York University
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
John H. Finley
College of the City of New York
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
Horace Porter
France
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Felix Adler
Society For Ethical Culture
William D. Howells
Hamilton W. Mabie
the Outlook
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Thomas A. Edison
London
Schelling
University of Pennsylvania
George Pierce Baker
Harvard University
H. Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
John Bigelow
Walter Damrosch
Peter T. Barrow
Henry Lee Higginson
Boston
A. B.ibley
Shoreham
Ae c. Lege
Serer
Loeb
Hudson Shore
Oust Health Board
Athletic Club
TELL
Stetson
Sion
The_New York Times
Cazenovia
Byrne
Utica Hospital
Colgate
Academy
Hamilton
Copenhagen University
New Jersey
American Committee
Cogent
Ashokan
Judgs
Gompers
New Mexico
Fund For Education
NEW Art Museum Gallery
Metropolitan
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