China Receives Boxer Indemnity Letter at White House
President Roosevelt receives a Chinese envoy Tang Shao Yi to honor a letter from the late Emperor thanking the United States for remission of part of the Boxer indemnity. The White House ceremony includes 2 dozen attendants and assurances of lasting friendship between China and the United States.
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Church Council Opens Move for Christian Unity
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America opened in Philadelphia with 4 delegates from 32 denominations and 18,098,000 communicants. Dr William Henry Roberts chaired and Cor Roberts outlined a plan for a denominational federation. The assembly emphasized evangelical unity and international Christian cooperation.
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Academy of Music
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America
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Brooklin
Cleveland Estate Seeks Damages From Canal Company
Executors of Grover Cleveland's estate sue Cape Cod Canal Company for 35.4 percent damages to the summer home at Buzzards Bay after canal digging allegedly ruined the oceanfront. Proceedings aim to file in state court after Barnstable Commissioners approval.
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Buezard’s Bay
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Comtesse Guckerl at Irving Place Theatre 60th Francis Joseph Anniversary
The Irving Place theatre held a gala benefiting the Emigrant House of the Austrian Society of New York celebrating 60 years since Francis Joseph's accession. The program featured Austrian music, the Austrian Singing Society, and the light comedy Comtesse Guckerl set in 1813 Carisbaé with Conrad, Stift, Holimann, and a verse recital by Professor Joseph Winter.
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Irving Place
Austrian Society of New York
Austrian Singing Society
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Franz von Schénthan
Franz Koppel-Elsfeld
Carisbaé
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Mr. Stift
Fraulein Holimann
Stift
Joseph Winter
Theatrical News on Maude Adams and Theatre Engagements
The Frohman offices announce ticket sales begin December 17 for Maude Adams in What Every Woman Knows at the eight week engagement. William Collier company signs for an indefinite London run of The Patriot with Boucicault, to be staged in London. Billie Burke invites Armand Caillavet to the 150th Love Watches at the Lyceum Theatre. Louis Mann ends Circle Theatre run Saturday and will tour with The Man Who Stood Still before a Philadelphia revival of The Merchant of Venice on February 6.
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Garrick Theatre
Mr. Collier
Dion Boucicault
London
Billie Burke
Armand Caillavet
Paris
Lyceum Theatre
M. Caillavet
Circle Theatre
Philadelphia
Pope Shows Marked Improvement After Cold
Rome reports the pope is much better after a several day cold. His physicians visited him this morning and issued the improvement update.
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Will of Delos A Blodgett Assesses Large Estate
Delos A Blodgett a Grand Rapids lumber magnate died a month ago. His will opened in Grand Rapids details a 10 to 12 million dollar estate placed in trust for his three children from a second marriage. His widow Daisy A Blodgett receives 150000 dollars, an annuity of 10000 dollars and the homestead.
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Delos A. Blodgett
Today’s City Events At Museums And Hotels
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. A packed schedule includes chamber of commerce meeting at No 65 Liberty Street at 12 30 p m a Little Mothers Aid Euchre at Waldorf Astoria at 2 p m a Daughters of the Empire State reception at Waldorf and a Manhattan Working Girls Club sale and tea at Plaza Hotel in the afternoon and evening. The New York Legislative League meets at 208 West 59th Street from 3 to 5 p m and Christmas Safe benefits the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless at the Plaza in the afternoon and evening. Horace Fletcher discusses Fletcherism at Charlton School 646 Park Avenue at 4 p m Congressman Samuel W McCall of Massachusetts speaks on The Business of Congress at Columbia University 2710 p m Dinner of Woollen and Worsted Manufacturers at Waldorf Astoria. Atwood W Edwards on The Local Traction Situation and Professor Charles E Spraguon on amenization at New York Chapter American Institute of Banking 105 East 224 Street p m Reception of the Drawing Room Club at Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
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Weather Report Forecasts Widespread Cold Front Shifts East
The crest of the cold wave reaches the Ohio Valley with a temperature drop in the East. The Northwest shows a general rise in temperature and fair conditions across most regions aside from some Pacific coast rains. A gradual warming is expected from the West toward the middle and Atlantic coasts by Friday with light variable winds and continued cold in the District of Columbia and New England.
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Massenet's La Jongleur de Notre Dame at Manhattan Opera House
The Manhattan Opera House staged Massenet's La Jongleur de Notre Dame with praise for its exquisite finish. Critics note Miss Garden's performance and M. Renaud's singing but fault the byeplay and its sincerity. The audience turnout signals strong appreciation and augurs further success for Hammerstein's company in New York.
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Mr. Hammerstein
Two Modern Choral Works At Carnegie Hall Reveal Debussy And Wolf Ferrar i
The Oratorio Society presented Debussy’s Blessed Damozel for women’s voices and Wolf-Ferrari’s Vita Nuova with three hundred singers. Debussy’s lush setting, sung largely in English, drew praise for ethereal beauty and mood though diction needed more clarity from Nevada Van der Veer. Wolf-Ferrari’s Vita Nuova stirred interest for its grand choral writing and synthesis of Italian richness with Bachian influence, aided by pianist Kurt Schindler.
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Kurt Schindler
Goold
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Dante
Campanini Presents Oratorio Version At Manhattan Opera House
Cleofonte Campanini continues his concert series with an oratorio style performance at the Manhattan Opera House this Sunday. Mile Gerville-Reache sings Dalila, Charles Dalmores Samson, Dufranne the High Priest, Crabbe Abimelech, joined by the Manhattan chorus and orchestra under Campanini.
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Charles Dalmores
Samson
Mr. Dufranne
Crabbether
Abimelech
Campanini
Manhattan
LA TRAVIATA AT THE METROPOLITAN REDISCOVERS VERDI GLORY
The Metropolitan Opera presented a second season performance of La Traviata led by conductor Spetrino. Mme Sembrich sang Violetta, Mr Bonci portrayed Alfredo, and Mr Pasquale Amato impressed as Germont, reinforcing the house's strong barytone lineup.
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Violetta
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Alfredo
Germont
Pasquale Amato
Metropolitan
Broadway Opera House
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Spetrino
National Arts Club Hosts Second Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition
The National Arts Club and the National Society of Craftsmen opened a well attended show at Gramercy Park highlighting bookbinding by Adeline Grykes and Elizabeth Marot, pottery by Grueby and Markham, and extensive jewelry and woodwork from artists including Karl von Rydingsvard and Mises Delano. The event features a private view with remarks on modern handicraft and includes a loan cabinet of antiques and textiles.
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Opera Singers Hurt In City Traffic Accidents
Metropolitan Opera Company artists using cars to rehearsals sustained injuries in recent incidents. Mme Marie Rappeld slipped from a taxi at 29th Street and Seventh Avenue, preventing her from singing at a concert. Tenor Riccardo Martin, after a collision on Seventh Avenue, hurt his wrist but continued to the opera house and rehearsed Tosca.
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Melville Succeeds Brother as Ring Master
George D. Melville, brother of the late Frank Melville, becomes ring master of the big playhouse after his brother's sudden death at the Hip podrome. A veteran of global circus work, he once held the world bareback riding title and has led Carrie's circus in Amsterdam at age twenty two. He was with Cinnizelli's circus in Moscow twenty five years ago and was once detained as a Nihilistic suspect. He has resided in America since 1934.
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Dr. Andrew J. McCosh Dies After Carriage Accident
Dr. Andrew J. McCosh leading surgeon dies at Presbyterian Hospital from septic pneumonia following a Saturday carriage crash on 56th Street and Lexington Avenue. He had aided President Wilson and Miss Dorothy Whitney and was famed for charity work and surgical skill. funeral planned at his East 54th Street home.
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Edwin H. Jones Dies at 64 in Wilkes-Barre
Edwin H. Jones president of Vulcan Ironworks died at his home in Wilkes-Barre aged sixty four after illness of seven months. He was prominent in local and national steel and iron industries and connected with major firms in the city and county.
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J H Sharer Dies in Hance Grand Army Leader
J H Sharer commander for Ohio of the Grand Army of the Republic died at his residence in Hance Ohio after acute indigestion. He served in the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry throughout the Civil War.
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Death of Col. H. N. Burhans Prominent Syracuse Leader
Colonel H. N. Burhans longtime Syracuse businessman and former 1% department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of New York State died at his home from apoplexy aged sixty nine His grandson found him on the floor this morning after he had returned from Bath the night before where he attended the Soldiers Home trustees meeting.
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MISS ILLINGTON RETIRES FROM STAGE
Miss Margaret Illington wife of Daniel Frohman retires permanently from the stage after illness and a renewed season at the Empire Theatre. She has transferred property to Frohman and may appear privately or at benefits while Mr Frohman and his wife plan a Westward trip. She rose to fame in The Thief and was born in Bloomington Illinois.
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Grugan Grugan Married in December Ceremony
Emily Grugan, daughter of Major and Mrs Frack C Grugan, wed Agnew on December 2 190? at No 10 East Ast rectory by Rev Dr Leighton Parks. The Tribune notes republication to Tri-Weekly Tribune at no extra charge.
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