Exhibition at American Art Galleries Showcases Old Masters
The American Art Galleries host a Blakes Welt collection of mostly old masters. The catalogue is intelligent with careful attribution and notable English portraits, Dutch studies, and Continental works. Notable pieces include portraits by Van Dyck Dobson and Beechy, Dutch Children by Cornelius Ge Vos, and Italian Madonnas, with some modern English works by Evelyn de Morgan.
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New York
United States
Europe
London
Paris
T. J. Blakeswelt
van Drek
William Dobson
van Dyck
Genether
Agnews
Sedelmeyer
Richard Chauncey
Sir Joshua
Rey Cartright
Edgcote Park
Banbury
Mendelsscohn Hall
Lord Glenlee
Cathcart
George 1
Paton
George Joseph Bell
Aga
Raeburn
Major Parsons
Beauchamp
Hugh Scott
Br Romney
Martin Archer Snes
Lord Sweaforth
Brence
Asborough Dupont
Digby
Thomas Marauis
Sir Charles
Lady Lucas
Dobson
Siddons
Aument
Gress
Lady Knighton
Lawrence
Sir William Beechey
Barker
Bath
Cotman
Old Crome
Gettleman
Amberger
Cristoforo Moretto
Tintoretto
No Man
Pordonone
Cornelius Ge Vos
Frans van Mieris
Juliaen Gvens
Karel Fabritius
Mignerd
de Troy
Vestier
Largiliiere
Ahvases
Nattier
Botticelli
Yalma Vecchio
Evelyn de Morgan
J. M. Strudwick
Fragmentary Notice Highlights Public Interest Work
A partial OCR reading notes a discussion of a body of work described as not spectacular but interesting in many points. The text references constructive evaluation without detailing specifics.
American Consul James J Roche Dies in Berne
James Jeffrey Roche, the American Consul at Berne, died in a private hospital after a long illness. The body will be sent to Boston for his wife and daughter. Born in Ireland on May 31, 1847, he moved to Prince Edward Island and later Boston where he pursued literature while working in commerce.
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Berne
Switzerland
James Jeffrey Roche
Boston
Roche
Ireland
Mount Mellick
Queen’s County
Prince Edward Island
St. Dunstan's College
Charlottetown
Lez
Huntington
Long Island
Sarah Elizabeth Rogers
Orlando Lee i
Messler
Emily
A Messier
Main St
Somerville
N. J
Roche Led The Boston Pilot Editor And Diplomat
John Roche succeeded John Boyle O’Reilly as editor in chief of The Boston Pilot in 1899 after O’Reilly’s death. He resigned in 194 to become United States Consul at Genoa then moved to Berne in 1907. He served on Boston’s Metropolitan Park Commission in 1893 and published poetry and prose works including Life of John Boyle O’Reilly and Ballads of Blue Water.
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Boston Pilot
John Boyle O'Reilly
Roche
United States
Genoa
Berne
Notre Dame College
Papyrus
St. Botolph’s and
Jury Clubs
Boston
Captain Hamilton Bingham Dies In Philadelphia
Captain Hamilton Bingham aged 74 dies at his Philadelphia home from angina pectoris after a lingering illness. Born May 31 1834 in New York, he served in the U S Navy during the Civil War and was an officer on the ship Brilliant the first vessel burned by Confederate privateer Raphael Semmes.
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Philadelphia
Hamilton Bingham
Bingham
New York
United States Navy
Brilliant
Raphael Semmes
Mrs Mary Prentiss Wells Dead at 79 in Boston
Mrs. Mary Prentiss Wells widow of Henry Wells founder of Wells Fargo Ex press Company and Wells College Aurora New York died in Boston at age seventy nine. She was born in Gloucester, daughter of Dr. Henry Prentiss and married Wells in 1861.
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Tribune
Boston
Mary Prentiss Wells
Henry Wells
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Wells College
Aurora
N. Y
Gloucester
Henry Prentiss
Wells
Chilean financier Luis Aldunate dies in Santiago
Santiago de Chile reports the death of Luis Aldunate a prominent Chilean politician and financier in the city today.
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Santiago de Chili
Luis Aldunate
Bronx Officials Scrutinize City Cleanup Practices
An official inquiry into the Bronx Bureau of Highways reveals dedicated staff for stairway sweep duties and monument grounds maintenance. Foremen discuss manpower, winter wood chopping, and a suspected misuse of a foreman named P H Lennon whose identity and payroll signing were questioned. Borough President Haffen’s office and Commissioner Mitchel led the investigation.
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Bronx
Mitchel
Department of Accounts
Bureau of Highways
Haffen
Theodore Weburg
Commissioner Mitchel
John J. Lennon
P. H. Lennon
J. J. Lennon
Civil Service
Patrick H. Lennon
Henry M. Haffen
Secretary Straus Shuns Savannah Anniversary Dinner
Savannah marks the twenty-fifth annual Savannah Board of Trade event with a Washington visit by Oscar Straus the only national guest able to attend. The evening featured automobile tours of the race course and a dinner where Judge Emory Speer spoke on The President of the United States and Straus spoke on Our Commercial Age. Also speaking were J Hampton Moore James Byrne John H Small and Governor Hoke Smith.
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Savannah
Savannah Board of Trade
Washington
Oscar Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Emory Speer
United States Distrit Court
United States
Mr. Straus
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
James Byrne
New York
John H. Small
North Carolina
Hoke Smith
Wasserman Reduced to Patrolman After Charges
Joseph E. Wasserman once with the District Attorney’s office was ordered reduced to patrolman last night following charges connected with the arrest of County Detective Reardon. The order signed by Commissioner Bingherm takes effect at midnight. Police Bureau.
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Joseph E. Wasserman
District Attorney's Office
Reardon
Bingherm
Berge
Plea for Railroads at Pittsburg Dinner
Dr Woodrow Wilson and Robert Mather led the sixth annual Traffic Club dinner in Pittsburgh. They urged railroad cooperation with reform while resisting overregulation and emphasized the link between national prosperity and rail service.
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Pittsburg
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Robert Mather
Rock Island Railroad Company
Traffic Club
Roosevelt
Germany
France
England
Europe
Republic
Notable Guests Check In Across New York Hotels
Prominent arrivals list at major hotels includes C. C. Converse of Boston at Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer of Newport at Gotham, Russell Lord of Chicago at Hol in d, Waldo Newcomer of Baltimore at Manhattan, A. W. Hawley of St. Paul at St. Regis, and S. S. Childs of Morristown at Waldorf Astoria.
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Belmont
C. C. Converse
Boston
Gotham
Weather Report and Forecast Across Rivers and Regions
The Ohio River remains above flood stage from the Kanawha to the Wabash mouth though it is falling near Scioto. Cincinnati at 54.9 feet tonight, crest likely 55 to 56 feet Saturday. Mississippi at New Orleans falling after a 17.9-foot crest. forecast mentions warmer east of the Mississippi and unsettled Southwest weather. District forecasts anticipate fair to Sunday with rising temperatures and varied light to fresh winds along coasts and inland, with rougher conditions on some rivers.
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Washington
Ohio River
Great Kanawha
Wabash
Louisville
Scioto River
Cincinnati
Tollisville
Evansville
Mount Vernon
Ind
Mississippi
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Mississippi Valleys
Northwest
Lake Region
Arizona
Mississippi River
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banke
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia
Plans for New Operas at the Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Company voted to devote 1809 season surplus to an endowment and pension fund. Giulio Gatti-Casazza was confirmed general manager with Andreas Dippel as administrative head. New directors include Baylies, Cottenet, Cutting, Cuyler, Goelet, Gould, Kahn, Mackay, Vanderbilt, and Winthrop, with Hyde and Higgins reelected to the European committee. Plans call for repertory expansions, novelties like Tiefland and Bartered Bride, and English performances of Cricket on the Hearth. The season will feature American composers, new engagements, and house improvements to welcome broader audiences.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Andreas Dippel
Edmund L. Baylies
Rawlins L. Cottenet
W. Bayard Cutting
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Robert Goelet
George J. Gould
Eliot Gregory
Frank G. Griswold
James H. Hyde
Otto H. Kahn
Clarence H. Mackay
Hamilton McK. Twombly
William K. Vanderbilt
Harry P. Whitney
Henry R. Winthrop
James Hazen Hyde
Harry V. Higgins
Count San Martino
European Committee
D' Albert
Europe
Smetana
Tschaikowsky
Eugene Onégin
Bruneau
Goldmark
Gustav Mahler
Arturo Toscanini
Italy
Alfred Hertz
Mmes
Farrar
Fremstad
Gadski
Homer
Morena
Sembrich
MM. Bonci
Burran
Caruso
Isoritz
Martin
Reiss
Scotti
Signor Grassi
Bonci
Mme
Emmy Destini
Selma Kurz
Don Giovanni Reappears with Shaky Ensemble at Metropolitan
A new Don Giovanni revival at the Metropolitan Opera House features Mme Fornia as Donna Elvira and Mr Blass as Leporello, with Miss Farrar taking Zerlina after Mme Sembrich. Prompter interruptions distract from Mahler’s aim for precise word and gesture in the ensemble.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Mahler
Donna Elvira
Mme. Fornia
Leporello
Blass
Muhlmann
Miss Farrar
Zerlina
Mme. Sembrich
Mr. Bond
Eames
Mr. Scotti
Mme. Farnia
Mr. Blass
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Mr. Mshier
Fifth Avenue Hotel to Close Amid Looting Fears
Vigilance rises as souvenir hunters plague the Fifth Avenue Hotel before its closing tonight. Guests and locals recall its early days as the site hosts farewell dinners. a famed 1798 brandy stock is kept back by the proprietor with few bottles remaining.
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Fifth Avenue
N. L. Bradley
Meriden
Charles N. Vilas
Vilas
Blaine
Elmer A. Darling
Mr. Darling
Paran Stevens
Revere House
Boston
W's
Stevens
Mrs Thaw files suit over hotel incident and alleged libel
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw sues hotel official James B Regan for 50000 damages claiming libel in a report about her leave from the Knickerbocker grill room. Statements from her counsel and Regan describe differing views of why she left and whether she was asked to depart.
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James B. Regan
Knickbocker
Evelyn Thaw
E. R. Thomas
Mrs. Thaw
Supreme Court
Daniel O'Reilly
Mbel
Mr. Thomas
Regan
Thomas
National Sculpture Society Exhibit Opens in Baltimore
The National Sculpture Society opened its exhibition at the 5th Regiment Armory with a dinner led by Attorney General Bonaparte. Guests included M Jusse rand the French Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page John Barrett Karl Bitter Frank Niles Day Lorado Taft John De Witt Warner and Mayor Mahool. The show features about five hundred entries and a record high participation by women, described as unprecedented for an American exhibition.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
National Sculpture Society
5Th Regiment Armory
Bonaparte
M. Jusserand
Thomas Nelson Page
John Barrett
Karl Bitter
Frank Niles Day
Lorado Taft
John de Witt Warner
Mahool
Morris and Pollard to Marry at Hrick Church Tonight
The wedding of David McKee Morris son of a Pittsburg steel man and Miss Bessie Louise Pollard of Cambridge Massachusetts will be celebrated at the Hrick Presbyterian Church on Fifth avenue and 37th street this evening. The couple, with relatives, have stayed at the Holland House since Thursday and obtained a marriage certificate yesterday. Morris is a Yale graduate, class of 19.
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David McKee Morris
Pittsburg
Bessie Louise Pollard
Cambridge
Hrick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
37Th Street
Miss Pollard
Mr. Morris
Holland House
Yale
P R R Tunnel Workers Dine To Mark Completion
Engineers managers physicians and foremen who built the Pennsylvania East River tunnels celebrated finishing the project with a dinner hosted by 5S Pearson Son at Sherry's Ernest W Moir vice president and chief engineer presided brief remarks from division chiefs and principal engineers followed.
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Pennsylvania East River
5S. Pearson & Son
Sherry’s
Ernest W. Moir
Funeral of Joseph Howard Jr Held at Plymouth Church
The funeral for Joseph Howard Jr took place yesterday at Plymouth Church founded by his father. Dr. Hillis led the service with John A. Hennessy, president of the Press Club, delivering the address. Alfred E. Pearsall led in the club song. Burial followed at Greenwood.
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Joseph Howard, Jr
Plymouth Church
Hillis
Press Club
John A. Hennessy
Alfred E. Pearsall
Greenwood
Mass meeting and varied lectures across New York venues today
Free admission events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. A mass meeting under the Socialist party of New York County gathers at Grand Central Palace at 3 p.m. and numerous lectures and dinners occur across institutions including the Hotel Astor, Public Schools 165 and 1184, Cooper Institute, and NY Public Library locations.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Socialist Party of
New York County
Grand Central Palace
33D Regiment
Retel Astor
Eastern Medical Society
Hotel Astor
Board of Education
Pubree
Arthur Lic
Henry and
K. Peck
Our Coast
105Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
John B. Devins
Burmak
Rangoon
Mandalay
116Th Street
Lenox
Fifth Avenues
Williem LD
P. Bliss
Venice
77Th Street
Central Park West
Herbert M. Richards
Cooper Institute
Sth Street
Fourth Avenue
George W. Kirchna
New York Public Library
145Th Street
Rubin Goldmark
Rheingold
Sth
Leslie Willis Sprague
Joseph Mazzini
Humanity
St. Bartholomew's Yceum Hall
John R Kurtin
Young Men's Hebrew Association
92D Street
Lexington Avenue
Congestion Exhibit Moves to Brooklyn Institute
Pratt Institute trustees transfer the congestion exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History to the Brooklyn Institute art building for the next two weeks. The display aims to show how crowded conditions extend beyond Manhattan to Brooklyn across the bridges, guiding visitors to draw lessons for current urban crowding.
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American Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn Institute
Manhattan
Ex Court Dentist Wins Absolute Divorce
Justice Keogh of the Supreme Court signed an order making absolute the divorce granted three months ago to Dr. Lewis O'Brien of 2 Fifth Avenue in his suit against wife Harriett O'Brien. Dr. O'Brien was formerly court dentist in Saxony.
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Justice Keogh
Supreme Court
Lewis O'Brien
No. 2
Fifth Avenue
Harriett O’brien
O'Brien
Saxony
Continental Guards Plan Statue at Fraunces Tavern
A Washington Continental Guards meeting at Fraunces's Tavern appointed a committee to arrange a monument honoring a Continental soldier. The site for the statue was not discussed.
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Washington Continental Guards
Fraunces’s Tavern
Design for Spanish War Memorial Approves New Monument Plan
After a ten year wait a memorial for Spanish War veterans and Maine sufferers is proposed. Architect H Van Buren Magonigie submits the design for review by the Park Commissioner and Municipal Art Commission. Fundraising by Hearst papers totals over 100000 dollars. Proposals place the monument at Columbus Circle or at the park entrance on 2d Street and Central Park West facing the New Theatre. A cornerstone laying or unveiling may be celebrated with invitations to Roosevelt Root and Taft. The Municipal Art Commission will consider the design at its April 4 meeting.
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Maine
H. van Buren Magonigie
Municipal Art Commission
Wilam R Hearst
Columbus Circle
Central Park West
Havana Harbor
Roosevelt
Root
Taft
Miller Kissel and James Ely Miller wed at Church of the Incarnation
On April 2 1908 at the Church of the Incarnation Godfrey Kissel daughter of Rudolph Kissel and Mrs. Kissel married James Ely Miller in a ceremony assisted by Rev Henry Mottet and Rev William Grosvenor. Public notice requested full name and address for indorsement.
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Miller—Kissel
Henry Mottet
William M. Grosvenor
Church of the Incarnation
Godfrey Kissel
Rudolph Kissel
James Ely Miller
Death notices republished in Tri-Weekly Tribune
Obituaries list multiple 1908 notices for Adams, Clark, Downing, Forster, Furman, Graham, Gray, Griffiths, Lez, Messler, Munkenbeck, Porter, Rockwell. Entries note names, residences, dates, and services, with interment locations and times.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Adams
Henry B. Grim
Jane A
Joseph P. Jessier
Emily
Wormer
Chartes
Munkenbeck Ecwin
Furman
Nicholas L. Porter
Benjamin Graham
William H. Rockwell
Anne R. Gray
Matthew
Woodlawn Cemetery Access Via Harlem Line and Trolleys
Public notice describes Woodlawn Cemetery near Grand Central with Harlem trains Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and carriage access from Lot prices from $10. It lists Roos of Views and representative office at 2 East 34th Street New York City. Undertaker Frank E Campbell at 234th Street Chelsea offers private and public ambulances.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
Ma St
New Yor City
Frank E. Campbell
St. Chapela
Chelsea
Employment Applications Open at Uptown Tribune Office
The New York Tribune announces a filed collection of applications from selected aspirants for various positions. Visit the Uptown Office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets to review the files during office hours.
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Uptown
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Tribune Subscription Rates and Offices Listed
Sunday, Daily and Weekly Tribune subscription details across domestic and international rates. Advertisements and submission points are listed for New York offices, uptown locations, and foreign bureaus in London Paris Geneva and Florence.
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United States
Mexico
Bronix
Cuba
Perto Rico
Philippines
New York City
Europe
Universal Postal Union
Tribune
Thease Telve
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Continental Guards Plan
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Downing Homestead
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Columbia County
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Hudsor
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Penn
Los Angeles
Cal
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Forster
Charles Forster
William Forster
Liederkranz
East 58Th St
Lutheran Cemetery
Warwick
Nicholas Lansing Furman
Graham
William BH
P G. Taylor
Caritomare
Grah Y
Matthew Gray
Ann Gray
St. Brooklyn
Griffiths
Jane Ann Griffiths
Charles H Griffiths
East 7Th St
Muxneexbeck
Edwin George
Alfred C H
Bills M. Munkenbeck
Porter
West_fith st
Benjamin Curtis Porter
Charlies
Julia Curtis Porter
Lynn
Mass
Church of the Ascension
5Th Ave
Bueston
Rockwell
Long Beach
Anne Randall
John Rockwell
Tarrytown
Norwich
Conn
Woodlawn
Undertakers
Ffees
Nassau Street
Wall Street
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Washington Bureau
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Danes Inn
Eaves Brothers
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a _coveniensce
John Monroe & Co
Scrtha
Joan Wanamaker
Des Petites
Serine Brentane’s
Avenue de l'Opéra
Nice
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