The Red Mill and Vaudeville Shows At Local Theaters
Amusements listings across New York venues include the Academy of Music presenting The Red Mill at 8 15, Alhambra Vaudeville, Astor stages The Man from Home, and many others such as Empire Jack Straw Gaiety and Hippodrome acts. The schedule shows opera, ballet, ice skating, and significant performances at venues like the Metropolitan Opera House and Lyceum with Love Watches and The Binue Mouse among titles, alongside concerts and silent-film era attractions.
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Academy OF Music
the Red Mill
Alhambra
Astor
Eee Ieee
Mississippi
Blaney
Broadway
Ceavalleria
Rusticana
Carbonara
Maria Rnsgie
SINO
Miie
Circle
Sterson
Samson
Aly
Edex Musee
Empire
Jack Straw
Winterfeast Stuyvesant
Fighting Hope
ST Nicholas
Wallace
The
Betty
Weber
West End
Wolt
Kore Mark Natly Cethune
The Tribune Association of New York publishes this edition from Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street. Ogden Mills serves as president with James M Barrett as secretary and treasurer, and the officers' address is listed as the newspaper office.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Revolts, riots and politics across nations and states
International unrest spans Haiti conflict plans and Prague riots with martial law likely, plus Vienna commemorations turning deadly. In the Americas, Salvador crushes a revolt, while domestically naval reshuffles, civil service moves, and public works financing shape daily news. Weather Outlook: fair and colder with highs near 64 and low around 47.
Panama Canal progress reports praise gains and guard Gatun doubts
The War Department report for the year ended June 30 reviews Panama Canal work with optimism, noting large excavations and steady progress across sites. It highlights dredging near Colon, diversion channels, and beginnings on Gatun dam and locks while acknowledging public uncertainty and mixed expert opinions about the Gatun venture.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
Colon
Gatun
Amariony
Panama Canal Progress and Expected Completion Timeline
The Panama project shows improved efficiency and promise. The Culebra cut would be the key in a sea level canal, while the Gatun dam and locks are now the crucial part. If no major delays occur, completion of the Gatun section could come within a year or two after general excavation, opening canal commerce well before 1910.
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Panama
Culebra
Gatun
Virginia rate decision hints at state court precedence in appeals
The Supreme Court confines its ruling to Virginia law requiring state court review before federal access. It rejects a broad rule favoring state courts, noting the decision rests on exhaustion of state remedies and labels the commission action as legislative. The ruling preserves some state court role but allows federal review after state appellate action.
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Virginia
Supreme Court
Virginia Corporation Commission
State Supreme Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court
The
Corporation Commission
United States Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals
State Court of Appeals
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Francis Joseph Jubilee and the Austro Hungarian Empire
A historical view traces Francis Joseph I from 1806 to his reigns, noting the 1848 era abdication, the shift from imperial crown to Austria Hungary, and his enduring personal authority amid wars and losses. The piece recalls Solferino, Sadowa, and the evolving German Empire, ending with admiration for the aging Kaiser amid a dual monarchy.
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Washington
Francis II
Danube
Julius
Actium
Francis 11
Rome
Francis I
Austria
Bryce
Freeman
Francis II of
Augustus
Mr. Bryce
Ferdinand
Hapsburgs
Feliz Austria
Nube
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Dueppel
Solferino
Sadowa
Sedan
Bavaria
Monarch of Austria-Hungary Named Working Emperor at Sixty Jubilee
The article praises Francis Joseph as the balance wheel of European diplomacy and calls him the Working Emperor for his meticulous administration. It notes his broad respect across nations, quotes praise from Kaiser Wilhelm and various peoples, and highlights hopes for a long reign as he marks a sixty year jubilee.
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Francis Joseph
Kaiser Wilhelm
Austria
Hungary
Croatia
Brotherhood of Kings
Europe
Poland
Matthias Corvinus
Fourth Class Postmasters Brace Civil Service Reform
President Roosevelt's order places fourth class postmasters in populous North and East states into the classified service. The move ends spoils-style appointments, aiming for efficiency over politics. It tests competitive system solvability in dense regions before possible expansion, noting Southern challenges due to open eligibility.
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Roosevelt
New Order
South
Federal Civil Service
Posters and the Law in New Jersey Highways
Two New Jersey towns recently passed ordinances regulating highway posterings. Arrests and fines followed rule violations by a bill posting firm. The state Supreme Court will decide if municipalities had authority, but the piece argues highways are public property and subject to local police power to curb nuisances and regulate private use for profit.
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New Jersey
Supreme Court of the State
Germany's Naval Programme and U S Comparisons
The North German Gazette shows Germany under construction eight battleships and three armored cruisers, plus plans for three more battleships and one large cruiser next year. The piece notes Germany’s 11 inch gun is favored, with ships carrying twelve or eight inch guns in various vessels, and compares U S and German fleet strength including aging battleships and upcoming construction.
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Germany
United States
Maine
Alabama
Nho
Michigan
South Carolina
North Dakota
Delaware
Florida
Utah
Atlantic
Germany gains naval lead with four ships built for every two
The article argues that Germany's extensive use of the Dreadnought and its shipbuilding pace outstrip the United States. Germany plans four new ships to our two, aided by Roosevelt's failed requests and Congress refusals. As a result, the Navy loses a year plus in discretionary power, placing Germany near second rank by 1910 or 1911.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Navy Promotions Signal Competent Administration
The promotion of Mr Newberry and Mr Herbert L Satterlee to succeed him as Assistant Secretary of the Navy promises an unusually capable management of naval affairs. The Secretary has proven his fitness by the department's excellence, while Mr Satterlee brings character and experience to the new duties and strong personal interest.
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Newberry
Herbert L. Satterlee
Navy
Satterlee
Breakfast orders and holiday verse in old Chicago pages
A humorous note shows pianist Emil Sauer ordering fried eggs at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago. The long column then moves through short vignettes: a Sunday school mission box scene, Li Hung Chang temple in China, Army Christmas verses, Thanksgiving recollections, South Dakota gold, and quirky newspaper club anecdotes.
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Emil Sauer
Auditorium
Chicago
Sauer
Bauer
Caripoos
Charlie
President orders postmasters placed under Civil Service
Washington dispatch notes a cascade of social and political items as the President moves all fourth class postmasters east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River into Civil Service. Truman Newberry sits with the Cabinet after induction, with Satterlee named Assistant Secretary and Keefe as immigration commissioner. The President meets Chinese envoy Tang Shao Yi and attends imperial and religious celebrations while welcoming Cabinet wives and hosting social events. Aerial mentions cover many arrivals, marriages, receptions, and society notices centered on Washington and New York figures, including the Higgins and Ames families, the Roosevelts, and several Boston and New York society names.
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Jacmel
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Prague
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Vienna
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Steinheil
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Figueroa
Salvador
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Frank P. Sargent
William J. Biggy
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Bay
Eleanor M. Cowper
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N. Y
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Arnold Print Works
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Pittsfield
Mass
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Hotel Empire
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Metcalf
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Austria
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Wash
White House
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Russia
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Timothy L. Woodruff
Hot Springs
Roosevelt
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Victor H. Metcalf
Longworth
Cabinet reshuffle seen as War secretary departs
Washington reports Victor Metcalf resigns as Secretary of War. He and Mrs Metcalf depart the capital tonight to California. The War secretary will be replaced and will leave for home while Mrs Metcalf plans to stay. The interior secretary hosts a dinner for diplomats and officials including the Brazilian ambassador and Argentine minister, with several notable guests present.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Wright
N Street
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
John Humphreys Watkins
Victor H. Metcalf
Meyer
Julia Tuckerman
Boston
Diplomatic corps notes and upcoming ambassadorial moves
In Washington on December 1 the Austro Hungarian ambassador received the Grand Cross of Leopold from Emperor Francis Joseph. The British ambassador and Mrs Bryce hosted dinner at the embassy. Baron von Bernstorff, the new German ambassador, will sail December 11. Count George von Wedel arrives a day earlier. German minister to Egypt Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg sails December 12. The Peruvian minister and Mme de Pardo plan a ten day departure to Peru, returning in March. Baron de Bode and sister hosted luncheon on A Street. Bachelors of the corps gave Count Hatzfeldt a farewell dinner tribute to his popularity.
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Washington
Baron Hengelmuller von Hengervar
Francis Joseph
Bryce
Baron von Bernstorff
Count George von Wedel
Count Hatazfeldt-Wildenburg
Egypt
Mme. de Pardo
Peru
Baron de Bode
Baroness de Bode
Diplomatic Corps
Count Hatzfeldt
Washington Society Notes From The Tribune
A large audience attended the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Washington with notable guests in boxes including Mrs. Wright Mrs. Newberry Mrs. Garfield and other society figures. Senator Elkins and Mrs. Elkins returned to Washington after a summer at Hallihurst. Baroness von Sternburg and Mrs Langham depart for New York then Europe while Mrs Lloyd S McCormick sails on later. Major McCormick stays on at Fort Myer after hosting Mrs McCormick at Governor's Island.
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Washington
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wright
Newberry
Garfield
Beekman Winthrop
Huntington Wilson
Bryce
Mme. Jusserand
Mayor Des Planches
Mme. de Blampré
Sefiora de Pardo
Mme. Lagercrantz
Mme
von Ivonius
Bonaparte
Clover
George Howard
New York
Europea
Lloyd S. McCormick
Bell
Governor’s Island
Major McCormick
Fort Myer
Debutante Winter Dance at Sherry's by Junior Cotillion
Nearly all winter debutantes attended the first season dance at Sherry's hosted by the Junior Cotillion. Guests included Ethel Roosevelt and other society figures. patronesses led by Archibald Rogers and Henry A. Alexander attended. The event featured two floors for dancing and supper, with Louis XV fans, patch boxes, and ash trays as favors.
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Junior Cotillion
Arthur Murray Dodge
Ethel Roosevelt
Charles B. Alexander
W. Emilen Roosevelt
Henry C. Emmet
Richard Watson Gilder
William M. Sloane
E. H. Harriman
W. M. W. Hoffman
Charles M. Oelrichs
Frederick W. Whitridge
W. Emlen Roosevelt
F. Dana Winslow
Frederick B. Jennings
Gustav E. Kissel
Henry H. Landon
Stowe Phelps
Margaret Winslow
Marjorie Kingsland
Frances Winslow
Laura Emmet
Miles Evelyn Witherbee
Vera Onativia
Gladys Robbins
Dorothy Meris Smith
Katharine McCook
Elsie Lazarus
Margaret French
Martha Bacon
Washington
Anne Tracy
Charlotte K. Handing
Angelica Brown
Virginia Murray
Muriel Morrin
Marjorie Gould
Katherine Auerbach
Social Notes From Newport
Newport society brief recounts many residents traveling to New York Boston and Hot Springs. James V Parker status noted after illness Alfred and Reginald Vanderbilt to Chicago show horses Ellen Ida Mason Miss Mary Appleton Mary Appleton heads to New York Elbridge Gerry Robert Gerry vote in local election Sedgwick travels from New York Beeckman Lorillard McCagg families return to New York Gorton King Lorillard Spencer to New York for winter
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Newport
James V. Parker
Alfred G
Reginald €. Vanderbilt
Chicago
Ellen
Ida Mason
Boston
Mary Appleton
Newpork
New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
Robert L. Gerry
Georges Gorton King
Jami
Lorillard Spencer
Tomorow
Country Life Commission Backs Roosevelt Community Meetings
The Nation’s Country Life Commission supports President Roosevelt’s call for district meetings in schoolhouses by December 5 to discuss rural education needs. The group argues these gatherings, held in district schoolhouses, can inform residents on educational needs, district responsibilities, and government roles, urging every district to participate as community centers.
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N. Y
Commission On Counry Life
Presidest
Roosevelt
Olhouse
United
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