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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1908

Page

9

Amusements listings at New York venues and show times

A dense rundown of theatre and vaudeville showings across venues such as Grand Opera, Carnegie Hall, Daly's, Hammerstein, Knickerbocker, Lyceum, Lyric, and more. Entries include titles like Vaudeville acts, The World in Wax, The Merry Widow, Polly of the Circus, and The Royal Mounted, with start times ranging from 2:15 to 8:20 PM.

Corse OF Music Grand Opera MBRA SCO the Warrens Virginia SEY’ S Daly's Empire Pather Garrick Royal Mounted German Hammerstein Herald Square Eere S-S—Batte Port Arthur Ballet Jeus Houdson Knickerbocker New York Liberty Polly The Circus Lyceum TK Square Garden Wees Music Hall

New York Daily Tribune Ownership and Officers Listed

The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribune. Official office and principal place of business are in the Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills is president, Nathaniel Tuttle secretary and treasurer.

The Tribune Association New York Corporation Tribune Building Nassau Street New York Ogden Mills Nathaniel Tuttle

Congress and World News Digest Across Nations

A blended report notes Senate passage bans in DC, defeat of four battleships in the House, shifts in Irish party stance, Congo treaty debates, Manila ambushs, and a Japanese election contest. Domestic items include battleship fleet shore parade, business hearings, state votes, and a large city crime case. Weather shows rain and cooler with 59 high, 40 low.

Congress Senate District of Columbia House Naval Committees John Redmond United Irish League Winston Spencer Churchill Manchester Congo Paul L. Roy Manila Mindanao George Gibb Underground Electricalways Company London Japan Seoul Corea Shipbuilding Employers Federation San Diego Watsen Indiana Aldrich Finance Qil Vreeland Inshington Albany Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Public Service Commission Street Department Northampton Mass Columbus Taft National Chicago Arthur Vorys Pittsburg Andrew Carnegie Carnegie Technical School Long Island Crane Venezuela Rolando Castro Paris

Wilsondenounces personal power over law at Jefferson Day

Dr Woodrow Wilson warns Democrats against executive regulation over legal rules. He condemns public service commissions for shifting control from statute to administrative edits by officials, urging a return to government by law and to curb personal power in governance.

Broran Murphy National Democratic Club Woodrow Wilson Princeton Bryan Wilson

The Law Machine and the Democratic Hope

The piece argues for flawless statutes and instant judicial outcomes, imagining a slot machine government that dispenses exhaustive legal decisions. It questions feasibility, cites Wilson and Bryan, and wonders if a political Edison Democrat may emerge to reform conventions and outshine Jefferson.

Wilson Bings Jaytown Bryan Edison Denver Thomas Jefferson Democratic Party

Presidents Reminder on Naval Build Up and World Peace

The President urges Congress and the nation to fund four new battleships. He cites China and other powers to warn against complacency and stresses self defense as essential. He warns against trusting altruism to shield wealth and urges prudent national strength to avoid costly penalties.

Congress China America Pitt Huggermugger

Magoon appoints provisional Cuban provincial governors

Mr. Magoon chose to install competent American administrators as provisional governors across Cuban provinces after expiry of the incumbents' terms. This move avoids contested elections or partisan appoints, aligns with the unresolved state of Cuba, and mirrors Magoon’s own provisional role on the island.

Agoon Offce Palme Cuba Magoon

Elections in Cuba Seen Boosted by American Administration

The article argues that American officers will provide valuable lessons in administration and ensure honest impartial elections in Cuba. It contends that native governors could influence outcomes if in office during elections, making the current arrangement safer and less susceptible to accusations of bias.

Donkey Dispute as Denver Deliberates Emblem Change

The Denver reception committee reportedly plans to replace the donkey with a tiger for decor at the Democratic National Convention venue. The stance is condemned as a breach of historical accuracy and Democratic tradition. Bryan praised the donkey as man’s friend in Washington, while Gov Johnson’s campaign photo shows him with a Kentucky donkey.

Denver Bryan Washington Johnson Minnesota Kentucky Jefferson

The Hope of the Better Element in New York Dems

A commentary lauds Charles F Murphy as the central figure of New Yorks Democratic reform efforts. It credits him with unifying the so called better element, subduing internal revolt, and bolstering party loyalty to the administration. The piece suggests if he saves the party at Denver he could rise to national leadership.

Charles F. Murphy New York State New York Democratic Party Mr. Conners Buffalo Conners Murphy Murphys Mr. Hearst Denver

Red Duffy Sentenced for Election Frauds in NYC Politics

Judge Rosalsky condemned Red Duffy an election district captain who planned to register thirty false voters and, after convicting three accomplices, faced a prison term of over two years. The judge warned the crime strikes at government, liberties, and rights, while noting two hundred citizens petitioned for leniency, highlighting political demoralization in New York.

New York City Red” Duffy Rosalsky New York

Texas Senator Bailey Claims Credit For Hepburn Rate Act

In a Fort Worth speech Senator Bailey asserts he led the railroad rate legislation of 1906, saying the best work on the Hepburn bill came from the Senate and that he restrained corporate greed more than any other Democrat. He rebuts the charge he favors corporations and highlights his role in shaping the measure.

Texas Joseph W. Bailey Bailey Congress Fort Worth Congressional Senate Hepburn House Dolliver

Bailey and Tillman battle over rail rate clause battle

The long fight over the Senate railroads bill’s court review provisions ends with Allison’s compromise enabling united Republican action. Bailey opposed the measure with an irrelevant amendment and charged bad faith as negotiations with Moody and other Republicans faltered. He attacks critics as ex-Populists while defending ties to Waters-Pierce interests.

Senate Committee On Railroads Tillman Senate Railroads Allison United Republican Knox Spooner Nelson House Bailey Moody Napoleon Bonaparte Fort Worth Texas anti-Bailey Waters-Pierce Galveston News Cone Johnson Cully Cullen Mr. Bailey

Bryan shouters in convention suppress nomination issue

The Democratic State Convention avoided nominating a Presidential candidate, viewing other matters as priorities. The piece criticizes Mrs. Eddy's mixed views on mind and reality, and discusses navy spending as a tool in war prevention. It cites Tammany Hall influence, Bryan’s enemies, Danish women's suffrage progress, and the Benning anti gambling bill as Senate signals.

Bryan Mrs. Eddy

Weird Chinese funeral rites noted in London weekly

The London Saturday Journal describes a Chinese funeral custom with a coffin beside the grave, food on it, a white cock, whiskey, tea, rice, chopsticks, paper clothes, and money to ensure comfort in the afterlife. Mourners laugh around the scene as the coffin lowers and candles burn.

London Saturday Journal Journal

Roosevelt Guests Dine Amid White House Activity

At the White House luncheon today President Roosevelt received Earl Grey British Ambassador and Lady Grey, Secretary Root, Seth Low, and many congressmen and officials. Congress will not adjourn before May 15. A Knights of Columbus delegation visited to invite attendance at St. Louis convention but was declined. The President later welcomed a hundred delegates to the Eastern Manual Training Association. In New York Society news, Bigelow and Grace Bigelow head to Cann for Easter, weddings and society events unfold, with marriages and mothers noted among prominent families.

Tribune Bureau Washington Roosevelt Earl Grey Canada Lady Grey Bryce Root Seth Low Representative Watson Indiana Congress Straus Henry Phipps White House Garfield Lodge Warnes Burnham Piles Bourne Depew Owen Fassett Richardson Crumpacker Goulden Bennet Bates Allen Holliday Porter McKinley Leupp Knights of Columbus Order St. Louis Eastern Manual Training Association

Diplomatic hosts mark Washington dinner gathering

The Austrian Ambassador returned to the embassy from New York. The French Ambassador and Mme Jusserand entertained the British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce, along with the Governor General of Canada and Lady Grey, and the Governor General of Indo China. The first secretary of the Spanish Legation and Sefiora de Pastor ended a weeks long journey, returning from Baltimore. Sefior don Manuel Walls y Merino, the Spanish second secretary, has gone to Philadelphia for two weeks.

Tribune Bureau Washington New York Mme. Jusserand Bryce Canada Lady Grey Indo-China Legation Sefiora de Pastor Baltimore Sefior Don Manuel Walls Y Merino Philadelphia

Washington Society Notes Quiet London to Princeton

In Washington society Professor Bury of Oriel College Oxford and Mrs. Bury have left the British Embassy for Princeton New Jersey. Mrs Don Cameron opened her Lafayette Square house for spring after a month at Jekyll Island estate. Mrs James Breck Perkins hosted an informal tea for Congressional Club members with about 120 attendees. Nora Langhorne hosts Mirador Richmond in honor of Lady Sibyl Grey and will visit Mrs Astor in London for the season.

Tribune Bureau Washington Professor Bury Oriel College Oxford Bury Princeton N. J Don Cameron Lafayette Square Jeky Island James Breck Perkins Representative Perkins New York Congressional Club W. Murray Crane Bulkeley Williams Nora Langhorne Langhorne Mirador Richmond Sibyl Grey Earl Grey Canada Astor London

Beaux-Arts Society Opens Eighteenth Exhibition in Paris

The Société des Beaux-Arts opens its eighteenth annual show at the Grand Palais with tempered impressionism. Notable works include Lhermitte's Normandy landscape and two panels by Abbey. The American section shows several artists such as Frederick Harrison, Jules J. Stewart, and Gari Melchers, among many others from across the United States.

Paris Société Des Beaux-Arts Grand Palais Fallières Normandy Lhermitte E. A. Abbey New York Walter Gay Frederick Harrison Madame 3B Jules J. Stewart Philadelphia Gari Melchers Myron Barlow J. Bartlett Adophe Borie Minerva Chapman Chicago Lette Crapo-Smith Detroit Marie C. Cronin Palestine Tex Frederick C. Friesecke Kalamazoo Mich Clarence B. Gibson James R. Hopkins Ohio William S. Horton Augustus Koopman Charlotte N. C Lucy Lee Robbins Mary Louie Macmonnies Ethel Mars Illinois Alfred Maurer Lorenzo Mazzinovich San Francisco Eleanor Norcross Elisabeth Nurse Cincinnati Julius Rolshoven Edwin Scott Francis Q. Thomason Charles W. Thurston Boston Eugene P. Ulman Florence K. Upton Albert Worcester

Brooklyn Poly Alumni to Protest Tonight

Alumni of the Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, plan a 83 Livingston street rally to oppose current management. Since 1899 changes under Henry Sanger Snow raised reported deficits to 268,989 while previous self sufficiency ended. indebtedness nears 100,000. Arts course abandonment also fuels opposition. President F W Atkinson to present a condition statement at the mass meeting.

Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn Livingston Street Henry Sanger Snow New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Poly Snow F. W. Atkinson

King Edward Leaves Biarritz for London

King Edward, who has been staying in Biarritz for five weeks, departed today for London after completing a stay in the French resort.

King Edward London Biarritz

Warship to Meet the Prince in Canada Visit

Washington says the Navy Department will respond favorably to Canada's invitation to send a warship to Quebec for the Prince of Wales July visit. The battleship New Hampshire, newly commissioned and commanded by Captain Cameron McR. Winslow, is expected to make the voyage.

Washington Navy Department Quebec Prince of Wales Canada New Hampshire Cameron McR. Winslow

Carnegie Scholarship Gifts Aid Hebrew Technical School Girls

Andrew Carnegie donates $2.00 to form a scholarship at the Hebrew Technical School for Girls located at Second avenue and 15th street. Mrs. Walter A. Schiffer adds $5.00 for two scholarships, bringing donors to twelve. Each $2.59 funds one girl’s free education for a year.

Andrew Carnegie Hebrew Technical School Second Avenue 15Th Street Walter A. Schiffer

Pittsburg Canvases Announced For Museum Exhibit

Pittsburg April 1 John W Beatty director of the Carnegie Institute announced canvases approved by the jury for the twelfth annual exhibition opening Founders Day April 30 Of 625 canvases submitted 339 were worthy of wall space and it is said percent of these are by American artists

Pittsburg John W. Beatty Department of Fine Arts Carnegie Institute

Admiral Balch in Raleigh with Pneumonia at 87

Rear Admiral George B. Balch United States Navy retired and his wife and daughter are in Raleigh for the winter. He is in critical condition with pneumonia at age eighty seven.

Raleigh N. C George B. Balch United States Navy

Woodruff Sells Brooklyn House To Maxwell

Ex Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff sold his three story Brooklyn house at the northeast corner of President street and Eighth avenue to J Rogers Maxwell. The buyer now controls the block front on Eighth avenue between President and Union streets.

Timothy L. Woodruf President Street Eighth Avenue Brooklyn J. Rogers Maxwell President Union Streets

The Chelsea Fire As News Test For Newspapers

The Springfield Republican notes how splashy tabloids fail to cover a major Chelsea fire with proper emphasis, arguing serious journalism provides orderly, intelligent coverage of extraordinary events.

Springfield Republican Chelsea

Chanler Appeal Seeks Protection From Seizure in Testimony Case

The Chanler appeal before the U S Circuit Court of Appeals questions protecting John Armstrong Chanler from New York authorities seizing him after his Bloomingdale Asylum escape to testify in a suit against guardian Thomas T Sherman over New York estate assets valued at about 100000. Decision reserved.

John Armstrong Chanier Hough United States District Court New York Bloomingdale Asylum Thomas T. Sherman Lacombe, Cox and Noyes United States Circuit Court of Appeals William D. Reed Broadway Chanler Joseph H. Cheate Sherman Mr. Chanler Lewis v. Chanler Winthrop A. Chanler A. A. Carey Philadelphia Virginia Merry Mills Cobham Lane Bloomingdale Liim Shereman

Dinner for W A M Goode Sealed With Imperialist Ambition

London April 15 The West Indian Club hosted a dinner for secretary W A WL Goode as he departs for Canada to launch an imperialist journal An official welcome comes from Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal High Commissioner for Canada Joseph Chamberlain also sent wishes from Cannes for his success.

London West Indian Club W. A WL Goode Canada Lord Strathcona Mount Royal Mr. Goode Joseph Chamberlain Cannes

Dr Robert Koch Arrives in Chicago in Nervous Condition

Dr Robert Koch of Berlin arrived with his wife from Niagara Falls in a nervous state. He is en route to Japan and plans to visit his nephew Professor W Koch of the University of Chicago. After two years studying sleeping sickness in Africa he declines public attention and a private dinner.

Chicago Robert Koch Berlin Niagara Falls Japan Professor W. Koch Department of Istry University of Chicago Africa Dr. Koch

Train Kills Wealthy Pittsburgh Contractor

Pittsburg April 15 George Foster a prominent and wealthy contractor was instantly killed by a railroad engine at Crafton suburb while crossing the tracks today.

Pittsburg George Foster Crafton

The President's Plea for the Navy and War Debate

A compilation from Brooklyn Standard Union New York Sun Brooklyn Eagle New York American Evening Mail and New York Globe arguing for four new dreadnought battleships. Statements insist Congress must grant funds and criticise opposition while stressing national strength and international standing.

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