Amusements listings including vaudeville and theatre showings
The page lists numerous 1900s era theaters and programs such as Mlle Modiste at Academy of Music and Dorothy Vernon of Hadden Hall at the Rialto. It catalogues show times and venues like Astor, Carnegie Hall, Herald Square, Knickerbocker, Lyceum and Lyric with acts ranging from vaudeville to melodrama and burlesque. The mix includes musicals, stock plays, and piano recitals across New York venues.
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Academy OF Music
Mlle
Modiste
Alhambra
Sodeville
Astor
Warrens
Virginia
Walt Blaney
Dorothy Vernon
Hadden Hall
Broadway
Carnegie Hall
PALLY
Otis Pew
Eben Usee
Wether
Machregor Sarrick
Royal Mounted Germax
Hackett
Herald Square
Rome
Port Arthur
Cire Hopson
Knickerbocker
Liberty
Polly
Circus Lyceum
Loerd Dundrears
Madison Square
Gardex
New Amsterdam
Nerry
New York
Stayvesant
Wallack
Rss WE Music Hall
Daily Tribune masthead and publisher details on April 21 1908
The Triumph of the Tribune Association is listed with ownership and publication by The Tribune Association. The New York corporate office and main business address sit at Tribune Building No 154 Nassau Street. Ogden Mills serves as president while Nathaniel Tuttle acts as secretary and treasurer. officer addresses align with the newspaper’s office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Congress Debates War and Trade Measures Amid Global Tensions
Senate speaker Borah asserts guilt in the Breansville affair with Negro soldiers. House adopts tighter anti filibuster rules as Cannon-Williams clash continues. Foreign news covers Russian expedition threats, Irish question remarks by Churchill, a deadly Australian train collision, and bubonic plague reports in La Guayra. Domestic items note bullion and banking bills, racetrack legislation prospects, and snowfalls in upstate New York. Weather forecast calls for fair conditions with a high of 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Borah
Breansville
House
Cannon
Williams
Belosuver
Winston Spencer Churchill
Manchester
Melbourne
Australia
Turkey
Washington
la Guayra
Roosevelt
England
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Bouleship
Los Angeles
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
Fowler
Albany
Coney Island
Wilcox
Kelsey
College Settlement
Rivington Neighborhood Association
New York City
Assembly
Rochester
Utica
Cortelyou
Board of Trades
Thomas F. Ayen
Metropolitan Street Railway
Ralimay
Bryan
Uite
Justie Moerechguser
Varry Thee
Tulea
Philadelphia
Williams Filibuster Challenges House Rules
The Mississippi leader John Sharp Williams asserts a right to filibuster to force a roll call and punish a majority for not following minority wishes. Critics say his stance undermines responsible party government and the orderly legislative process.
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John Sharp Williams
Congress
House
Cannon
Williams
Mississippi
Mississippi Statesman
Majority rules the House and minority's limited role
The piece argues that the party winning a majority in the House holds full power to decide policy while the minority lacks responsibility beyond critique. It mocks Mr Williams for claiming to direct legislation and urges him to accept a minor, non supervisory role as voters indicated in Topeka.
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House of Representatives
Williams
Tou
Attacks on Gompers and the Sherman Act Conspiracies
The piece argues the Sherman Act imposes no new principle on labor boycotts, aligning with Blackstone and Kent on illegal conspiracies in restraint of trade. It asserts Congress rejected exempting labor unions, and insists trade protections apply equally to leaders of both labor and capital, with no special privileges for Gompers.
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Gompers
Blackstone
Kent
Supreme Court
Congress
Governor Hughes Denounces Racetrack Gambling History
Governor Hughes argues against the view that the constitution bans general gambling while allowing racetrack betting. He cites the constitutional debate and Ives and Percy Gray laws as tools that preserved discrimination, urging the people to reexamine the interpretation and end the present situation.
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Hughes
Brooklyn
Court of Appeals
British Complaints About Castro Reach Foreign Office
The article notes two British complaints against President Castro for arbitrary treatment of concession holders. One involves a salt company whose 1905 lease to a private party, later transferred and then annulled by a 1908 decree, led Venezuela to seize the mines. The second case concerns a marine manufacturing firm affected by a 1909 law on manufacture and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Albert Pain
Monopoly in Venezuela Leads to Confiscation and Exile
The Venezuela state monopoly on matches was leased to Manuel Tejera and then sold to English capitalists. In January the concession was cancelled without warning, and the English owners learned their property was confiscated. A Venezuelan lawyer engaged to appeal faced treason charges and eventual exile, while the case highlights limits on foreign ventures in Castro's regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Castro
Manuel Tejera
Match Company
Palmerton
Nan
Aman
Arbitration Treaties Seek Systematic, Moderate Peace
The pending arbitration treaties between the United States and Great Britain and France aim to systematize the arbitration of select legal disputes not affecting vital interests. They permit each nation to judge the matters fit for arbitration, with Britains provisos on self governing colonies and US Senate ratification. The accords promise easier, quicker settlements, with prudent limits.
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America
Great Britain
France
League
United States
Senate
Controversy Over New Jersey Excise Commission Appointment
The piece critiques legislative procedure in New Jersey over appointing an excise commission. It cites uncertain house actions, possible sloppy certification, and the governor’s authority to act or reassign funds to support an impartial investigation amid sharp public demand for liquor law reform.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Provernor
Senate
Forts
Commission Called To Review Liquor Laws And Enforcement
The passage argues for a state commission to study desirable changes to liquor law and enforcement. It notes fierce opposition from liquor interests while asserting law violations exist and officials should welcome scrutiny to serve the public interest.
Italy and Turkey open door policy asserted over postal services
The Duke of the Abruzzi threat to deploy his squadron prompted Turkey to back down. Italy gains the right to use foreign postal services in Turkey, matching other powers. The move underscores a peaceful win for Italian policy and the open door principle among great powers.
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Abruzzi
Pagnio
Great Britain
Turkey
Italy
Stamboul
Democratic Candidate Lewis Captures Illinois Governor Spotlight
The arrival of Mr. Bryan cools pro Bryan bolt talk as Murphy and Conners offer no promises. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis becomes a Democratic Governor nominee candidate, with Roger Sullivan urged to back him for unity. Hobson signals 1912 presidential bid, complicating Bryan's 1908 chances.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan Bolt
Murphy and
Conners
Bryan
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Roger Sullivan
Lewis
S Disputch
Birmingham
Ala
Hobson
Various Tiny Times: Offbeat Tales From City or Country
A hodgepodge of fleeting items from courts and newspapers describes a Everett Mass judge punishing stone throwing by forcing youths to repeat the act at the Inn. A Chicago Exchange yields a quip about crying evil. A Graz tale recounts recovered portraits proving theft’s odd path to resolution. Dresden hosts a church concert featuring a princess attributed composer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mass
Dickey
Janffer
Chicago Tribune
Vienna
Graz
Styria
Erbfirster
Kladly
Dresden
Musikwelt
New Christus
Dresden-Strehlen
Marie Fuchs
Berlin
L. Stein
Friedrich Leopold
White House Easter fun and society weddings in Washington
The President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted Easter Monday activities on the White House grounds drawing thousands of children. Princeton players visited the President to discuss athletics while a Marine Band concert followed on the ellipse. Various social events included multiple high society weddings and engagements with notable figures and families in New York society and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Foureau
Washington
Rooosevelt
Anthe White
Marine Band
White House
Princeton
Quentin
Senate
Frank Wymen
St. Louis
Easter Guests Reach Washington for Holiday Week
The Secretary of State returns to Washington from New York where he and Mrs Rest hosted Mrs Root's mother Mrs Salem H Wales and their children over Easter. Lt. and Mrs Grant and Mr and Mrs Etihu Root Jr and Edward Wales Root also joined Mrs Wales. Helen Taft and Dorothea Baldwin visited in Washington and returned to school. Robert Taft spent Easter outside Philadelphia in Washington with his parents.
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the Tribune Bereau
Washington
New York
Diplomatic Corps Hosts and Visitors Attend Benefit Play
In Washington on April 26 the Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches hosted a gathering with numerous diplomats including the Austro Hungarian and Spanish ministers and their spouses. Boxes were filled by notable guests such as Senator Elkins and Gen Draper while Masanao Hanihara hosted a dinner for the Japanese Ambassador and embassy staff after the Portsmouth peace conference coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Hengeimiller
Bourke Cockran
Newberry
Preuschen von Und Zu Liebenstein
Batchester
Nicholas Fish
Anna Cockrell
Gertrude
Elkins
Frank Lee Denny
Arthur Lee
Draper
Woodward
Masanao Hanihara
Portsmouth
Fifth Wilson-Greene morning musical at Willard highlights Washington society
The Tribune reports the fifth Wilson-Greene morning musical at the New Willard drew a representative Washington audience including officials and residents. Attendees then lunched in the palm room and joined an afternoon reception for Mrs. John W. Foster’s daughters Mrs. Allen Lacy Dulles of Auburn New York and Mrs. Robert Lansing of Watertown New York. Senator Du Pont attended as hosting daughter Mrs. Crowninshield assisted, and Miss Alice Shepard hosted a large dinner party for The Prince of Parchesi cast and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wilson-Greene
New Willard
Palm Room
John W. Foster
Allen Lacy Dulles
Auburn
N. Y
Robert Lansing
Watertown
Senator du Pont
Crowninshield
Alice Shepard
Robert Fitch Shepard
Quiet Grace Church Wedding of Miss Elizabeth King and Mr Hardy
Miss Elizabeth Gracie King wed Alpheus Sumner Hardy in Grace Church in a simple ceremony attended by close relatives and friends. Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington officiated with Arthur F. Townsend as best man and Fierman Le Roy Edgar and Edgar King Jr. as ushers. Notable attendees included Mrs. Herman Le Roy Edgar and Mr. and Mrs. James Gore King.
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Nathalie Lorillard Bailey
Lewis
Morris
Madison Avenue
Muhlenberg Bailey
Jacob Lord
Dominick Lynch
Evelyn Spencer Withertes
Francis Morris
Richard Morris
State of
New York
John Pr. Peabody
Hig
H. Schuyler Harold Mason
John Reese
Henry W. Whitman
Boston
George J. Kingsland
Ethel Kingsland
Regitrald
Rives
Helen Rives
Amos Tuck French
Louis J. Lortilard
Stuyvesant le Ros
H. van Rengg
Imer Kennedy
Woodbury A Langdon
Elizabeth Gracie King
Alpheus Sumner Hardy
Grace Church
William R. Huntington
Arthur F. Townsend
Fierman le Roy Edgar
Edgar King, Jr
Herman le Roy Edgar
William Butler Duncan
Alpheus Hardy
James Gore King
John van Rensselaer
William
Fate pursues White House trees
Ex Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock vows a third attempt to plant a Washington oak near the White House eastern terrace after two previous oaks withered and died. He plans to obtain acorns from New Hampshire and ship a new tree for planting. He recently returned from the Texas coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
White House
Washington Oaks
Charles Summer
Peterhof
Hitchcock
New Hampshire
McKinley
Mr. Hitchecock
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt to plant memorial oak at Lafay ette camp
New Haven April 20 President Roosevelt has ordered a memorial oak sent to East Haven to be planted on the site of General Lafayette s Revolutionary camp. The tree will be planted on Arbor Day.
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New Haven
Roosevelt
East Haven
General Lafayette
President of Trustees Resigns at Hartford Seminary
Elbridge Torrey of Dorchester Mass resigns as president of the board of trustees of the Hartford Theological Seminary after three years in office due to ill health. The resignation announced in Hartford on April 20.
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Hartford, Conn
Critics Hit Harvard Policy On Athletics At White House
Fahe members of the Princeton baseball team called on the President who criticized Harvard's policy limiting athletic sports and expressed regret over the situation. They conveyed the President's stance during the April meeting in Washington.
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Washington
Frinceton
Harvard
Social Notes From Newport Apr 2
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt visited Newport for the first time since last fall. She toured The Breakers and returned to New York in the afternoon. Other Newport arrivals included Mr and Mrs George L Rives and Mr and Mrs Humphry Ward. Funeral attendance included Mrs Thomas R Hunter. Miss Georgianna G King departed for Boston en route to Europe.
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Newport
R. L
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Humphry Ward
Alfred Sterner
Maryholme Evar Easter
New York
George Henry Warren
Frank Mitchell
William B. Wetmore
Mra Austin Flint, Jr
Thomas R Hunter
Georgianna G. King
Boston
Europe
Sandy Hook Mystery Solved Inscription Recounted
Rev Charles Wells writes from New York City April 2 1908 that a copied inscription from Trinity Church records helps explain the Sandy Hook burial of Hamilton Douglas Hallyburton and companions. The plain stone notes a group cast away December 5 with seven youths and a seaman.
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the Tribune
Trinity Church
Lower Broadway
Fort Hancock
Tribune
Charles
Wells
New York City
Sandy Hook
Hamilton Douglas Hallybartes
Earl of Mir
Hallyburton
Katherine
Morton
James Champion
No S P C C Badges Used, He Says
E Fellows Jenkins, secretary and superintendent, asserts that Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Cruelty to cue has no authority to visit tracks or use badges to pass police lines. He notes a false claim in The Tribune about badges being used to reach poolrooms and to relay news by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Fellows Jenkins
New York City
Cronau Wins Leipp Prize in German Literature
Chicago April 20 Professor Sturr of the University of Chicago announced the Conrad Seipp memorial prizes. First prize of 5.002 dollars went to Apert Bernhardt Haus for German literature. Second prize of 5.0 percent was awarded to Rudolph Cronan of New York. A 139 prize of 1 dollar was given to George von Bosse of Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Sturr Wizard Catting
University of Chicago
Conrad Seipp
Apert Bernhardt Haus
Coma
Rudolph Cronan
New York
George von Bosse
Etphia
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Perec
Ely
Crun
Pu Tribune
Daily Tribune
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pat
Schior
Edward Reby
Peliotman
Evelyn
Bis
Henry Pelham Robbins
Emily Welles
Penjamin Welles
Trin Club
Fletcher Harper
Phenix Ingraham
Joseph Earle Stevens
Sumner K. Gerard
Newton, Jr
Grosvenor Atterbury
Harold Beng
Frederick Townsend Martin
Sherry’s
George J. Gould
Mra Piggois I. Pruwn
Plaza
St. Thomas’s Church
Lara Wrizhr Barclay
Mra
Henry A. Barclay
Tletog Onativia, Jr
Nathalie Gourlie
Jon Hamilton Gourlie
Francis Henry Appleton, Jr
St. Georges Church
Stuyvesant Square
Frederic Ashton de Peyster
Sire
Previerie
Herbert Shipman Bes
Plaza Im Hehaig
Fresh Air Fund
Church of the Reg Only Rest
Ben Aili Haggin
Jane Page
Gretchen Hoyt
Edith Kam
Marjorie Curtis
Benieft
Neurasthenia
Ftank Cressinshield
James B. Eustis
Gertrude Sheldon
Lella Bryce
Margaret Dix
Rosamond Street
Lye'ig Hart
Buell Hollister
Chalmers Wood
Woirn
Arthur Scott Burden
Frederick Hernodias
Mim Evelyn Parsons
Moses Taylor Pyne
James L. Breese
Herman Bendel
Myra Lewi Bendell
Daniel England
Pittsfield, Mass
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Washington Oak
Hitchcock Hae Jr
J Ust
Texas
Trustees
Rudolph Cronau
Leipp
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