Prince Chun's Mission and Imperial Speech in Europe Debate
The piece reviews Prince Chun's arrival en route to Europe to represent Emperor Kwang Su after the murder of a German envoy. It notes lip speech issues, concerns about impersonation schemes, and how Chinese officials and foreign powers framed his mission as triumphant. It also touches on European reactions and superstitions surrounding aristocratic property and misfortunes at Cowdray Park.
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Brentwood Company
Chun
China
Celestial Empire
Berlin
William
Peking
Baron von Kettler
Gmn
Kwang Su
Prince Ching
Germany
Europe
Prince Chun
Tientsin
Hong Kong
Singapore
Colombo
Orror
Lord Leith of
Fyvie
Marie Louise January
St. Louis
South Africa
Scotland
Castile
England
Weetman Pearson
Cowdray Park
Montagu
Dijon
Switzerland
Lord Montagu
Rhine
Weetman
Lothian
New Battle Abbey
Midlothian
Rome
Pius IX
Chinese Prince to China Mission Fails to Meet Kaiser
Prince Chun faced resentment in Germany as authorities refused ritual kowtow. He rejected oriental forms of obeisance and halted progress, demanding equal treatment with modern foreign envoys. After arriving in Frankfort, he refused further steps, withdrew to Switzerland, and planned return to China.
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Germany
Kwang-Su
China
Prince Chun
Peking
Koetow
Frankfort
Switzerland
Prince Chun Visits Berlin Amid Cold Reception
Emperor William concedes a humble audience to Prince Chun of China in Berlin. The visit, devoid of cordiality, highlights German slights and Chinese resentment. Chun, later regent, is allied with reform ideas and favors England, the US, and Japan, while sowing potential for future estrangements with Germany. The article shifts to recount a separate tale of Cowdray Park’s supposed curse linked to royal confiscations and historic tragedies.
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Prince Chun
Germany
Berlin
Tsai Li
Hun
Fu Jun
Shangtung
Forbidden City
Peking
Chun
Pu Yi
China
England
United States
Japan
Little Italy Honors Dead Sexton Charles Bacigalupo
The East Side undertaker Charles Bacigalupo, longtime sexton for several Brooklyn churches, received a large funeral with bands and 25 carriages. Thousands gathered at his Second Place home and followed to Our Most Precious Blood Church where a requiem mass was said. The hearse pole broke on the Brooklyn Bridge delaying the procession.
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Italy
Charles Bacigalupo
East Side
No. 56
Second Place
Brooklyn
Church of Our Most Precious Blood
Baxter Street
Father Simone
Church of the Transfiguration
Mott Street
St. Joachim’s Church
Roosevelt Street
St. Anthony’s Church
Sullivan Street
Mr. Bacigalupo
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Sexton
Mineoialub
Michael Angelo Draghetti
Little Italy
Calvary Cemetery
Art Lovers Gather at Fifth Avenue Gallery Sale
Art lovers from across the borough and beyond filled 54 Fifth Avenue yesterday bidding on Lord Currie and Prince Centurione collections. Total realized was 7513 dollars with notable buys by Philip James Carney, L De Young, Mrs. Martin Littlerton, and Daniel Chester French for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sale continues today at 2 30 with the Azeez Khayat sale starting at 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Lord Philipp Currie
Prince Centurione
Philip James Carney
L. de Young
Martin W. Littleton
Daniel Chester French
Metropolitan Museum of Art
A. E. Neale
Irving T. Bush
George C. Boldt
Bishop Brewster Chosen President
Boston news: The missionary council of the Department of New England elected Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster of Connecticut as president during its first meeting. T F Davis of Worcester named clerk, ex Governor Rollins treasurer, Charles G Saunders Boston representative to the Board of Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Missionary Council
Department of the Episcopal Church
Chauncey B. Brewster
Connecticut
Missionary Council of the
Department of New England
T. F. Davis
Worcester
Frank W. Rollins
New Hampshire
Charles G. Saunders
Board of Missions
Coadjutor Parker
Bishop MecVickard
Rhode Island
Bishop Hall
Vermont
New York Today: Free Museums and Diverse Evening Events
Today offers free admission to the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Garden. Memorials, lectures, and dinners fill the day from morning to night at venues including the Metropolitan Building Waldorf Astoria Carnegie Hall and Hotel Astor. Notable speakers include Rev Dr Elwood Worcester and Congressman Mewall on business of Congress.
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American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Garden
Grover Cleveland
Association of allAfe Insurance
Metropolitan Building
Waldorf Astoria
Elwood Worcester
St. George's Memorial Building
East 16Th Street
Uiridge
Heechwood Club
Equal Suffrage League of New York
Hiotel Astor
Mewall
Massachusetts
Congress
Columbia University
Interurban
Woman Suffrage Council
Carnegie Hall
Massachusetts Agricultural College Club
St. Denis Hotel
New York Homeopathic Medical College
Hotel Astor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
South Carolina Society
S P. m
Leslie Willis Sprague
Weather Forecast and Local Record from December Issue
The report notes a West coast precipitation wave and fair conditions across the central East and South. It cites a cold Atlantic-moving wave, rising interior temperatures, and a cooler Far region. Local forecasts predict warmer today and Saturday with possible showers in parts including New York and DC area, along with fresh south winds.
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Washington
North Lake
Atlantic
Interior States
Rockies
District of Columbia
Maryland
Welawere
New Jersey
Eastfair
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Cammon
Dixey Delights in Farcical Domestic Play at Garden Theatre
Mr Dixey starred in Edith Ellis Mary Jane's Pa at the Garden Theatre last night delivering a blithe, droll serio-comic performance. Gretchen Hartman showed precocious talent as the little girl, Portia Perkins by Ann Sutherland impressed with a brave, energetic portrayal, while the plot’s absurd premise about a deserting husband returning after eleven years was carried by Dixey’s charm and the cast’s earnestness amid a mostly tangled farce. The house was well filled and audiences laughed and applauded, aided by a clean, simple playbill from Colonel Savage.
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Mr. Dixey
Garden Theatre
Edith Ellis
Mary Jane
Hiram Perkins
Hiram
Colonel Savage
Sicilian Actors Present Peccatrice at Broadway Theatre
The Broadway Theatre showcased Angel Guimerá's Peccatrice The Sinner with Sicilian actors led by Mme Aguglia The performance highlighted their photographic depiction of peasant life and strong unified acting to convey detail and emotion through scene work
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Broadway
Angel Guimera
Mme. Aguglia
New German Theatre Presents Sky Scrapers Burlesque in New York
A novel German stage piece titled Wolkenkratzer a satire on American life at a New York German Theatre. Carl Ressler Ludwig Heller craft a light burlesque about a rich American family its spiritualist wife four daughters and a cast of foreign suitors. Strong performances by Marion Sauermann Burg and Steil plus capable women leads drew good notice for wit and graceful handling.
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New York
New German Theatre
Carl Réssler
Ludwig Heller
Mr. Burg
Mr. Steil
Obituary of Dr John T Wheeler Director of health dies
Dr John T Wheeler director of the division of communicable diseases at the State Department of Health died at his home in Chatham Columbia County from pneumonia. He was to speak at a sanitary officers conference and served as vice president of the State Medical Society and the State Bank of Chatham, and had 27 years on the Board of Education.
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Joan T. Wheeler
State Department of Health
Chatham
Columbia County
Wheeler
Sanitary Officers
State Medical Society
State Bank of
Board of Education
Place
Phillip Geyer Sr. Dies in Paterson on Bright’s Disease
Phillip Geyer Sr. died at his Paterson home from Bright’s disease at sixty five. He was born in Pfafferhafen Alsace. In 192 Mr. Geyer bonded with William McQueen and Rudolph Grossman for 13000 dollars. McQueen returned to serve a sentence for silk riots. Grossman did not return, forcing Geyer to forfeit 6500 dollars.
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Tribune
Paterson, N. Jr
Phillip Geyer, Sr
Bright
Pfafferhafen
Alsace
Mr. Geyer
William McQueen
Leeds
England
Rudolph Grossman
Grossman
Geyer
Topeka Clerk Ward Burlingame Dies at 72
Topeka reports the death of Ward Burlingame veteran dead letter office chief clerk for 27 years and former private secretary to four Kansas Governors and three U S Senators He served as secretary to Senators James H Lane Preston B Plumb and George P Caldwell He died at his Topeka home at age 72.
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Topeka
Kan
Ward Burlingame
Washington
Kansas
United States
James H. Lane
Preston B. Plumb
George P. Caldwell
Obituary notes for Katharine C. Welling and Rachel M. Prall
Mrs Katharine Celia Welling widow of Charles Hunt Welling died at her home 46 Park avenue. She leaves two sons and four daughters including Katharine Greene Welling J Noble Hayes and Mrs Charles Edward Manierre. Mrs Rachel M Prall widow of Edwin Theodore Prall former Paterson mayor and New Jersey National Guard colonel died in Florence Italy. Her son William Pratt, a lawyer and clergyman, helped secure library establishment for New Jersey towns.
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Katharine Celia Welling
Charles Hunt Welling
Park Avenue
Perry Greene
Nathaniel Greene
William Brenton Welling
Richard Welling
Katharine Greene Welling
J. Noble Hayes
Heinrich Rudolf Baltz
Charles Edward Manierre
Rachel M. Prall
Edwin Theodore Prall
Paterson
2D Regiment
New Jersey National Guard
Florence
Italy
William Pratt
New Jersey
Frohman to Attend Maude Adams Premiere in Empire Production
Charles Frohman will travel from Europe to see Maude Adams in the first production of What Every Woman Knows at the Empire. He plans to return to London on the first steamer after the debut.
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Charles Frohman
Europe
Maude Adams
Empire
London
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels in Evening Listings
Montes Troy. Captains Colwell Lieud Montaru Aller J C Colwell A H N Holland Sir H Mon taru Aller Montreal Majestic Barony von Teuber Vienna New Amsterdam Bailes Montreal Victoria Judge Heenry Boston. The Ring and the Man now running to the Sunday Tribune promises intense drama and timely interest.
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Breslin
J. C. Colwell
N. Holland
K. Lievd
U.S. A
H. Montaru Aller
Montreal
Majestic Barony
von Teuber
Vienna
New Amsterdam
W. T
The
Sunday Tribune
Boston Merchants New Opera House Director Joins Metropolitan Board
Eben D. Jordan of Boston and Jordan Marsh & Co. was elected to the Metropolitan Opera Company board as construction of a new Boston Opera House on Huntington Avenue proceeds. The move expands the board to sixteen and reflects tension with Hammerstein’s Philadelphia operatic expansion. The Boston project, cornerstone laid by Governor Guild, aims to seat 27,500 and progress toward occupancy within a year as key staff are named.
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Eben D. Jordan
Boston Drygoods
Huntington Avenue
Metropolitan Opera Company
Pr. Jordan
James Hazen Hyde
Paris
Henry V. Higgins
Covent Garden
London
Count San Martino
Rome
Reston
Philadelphia
Mr. Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Metropolitan Company
Boston
Henry Russell
San Carlo
Russell
Metropolitan
Jordan
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Boston Opera House
Governor Guild
Pied Piper Returns In Majestic Theatre Holiday Spectacle
The Majestic Theatre staged The Pied Piper last night with De Wolf Hopper as the Piper. Austin Strong and R H Burnside traced the tale to Father Time and the City of Innocence in two acts with Elviria played by Marguerite Clark and Lizzy Drazy by Grace Cameron. The production featured imaginative sets, talking time and a playful city full of Official Adviser and Board of Aldermen, ending with the Piper reclaiming his pipes and Innocence restored.
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Austin Strong
R. H.burnside
Father Time
City of Innocence
Majestic Theatre
de Wolf Hopper
Mr. Hopper
Innocence
St. Valentine's Square
Elmiria
Elviria
Sammy
Lizzy Dizzy
William van Cortlandt
van Cortlandt
Lizzy
Goodness
Wolf Hopper
William Cameron
L. Baker
W. L. Romaine
Deviin
Willie van Cortlandt
John Phillips
Heron Sammy Struggles
Pizzy Ace
Cameron Lizale
Ada Deaves
Noose
Frank Laddison
Bonnie Farley
Lillian Thacher
Curry
Mate Mordaunt Lone
Warren Fabian
Marguerite Clark
Theatre managers to push fight against ticket speculators
The Theatre Managers Association met at the Hotel Astor to advance the anti speculator campaign. They pledged to push opposition to theater ticket speculators, reform billboard abuse, and tighten pass and free ticket distribution. Managers present included Marc Klaw Charles Dillingham Lee Shubert Alf Hayman.
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Theatre Managers’ Association
Hotel Astor
Uptown
Board of Aldermen
Marc Klaw
Charles Dillingham
Lee Shubert
George Tyler
George Brooks
Alf" Hayman
Miss Fritzt Scheff Illness Delays Prima Donna at Knickerbocker
Miss Scheff missed last night's performance of The Prima Donna at the Knickerbocker Theatre. An understudy played her part after she arrived late and then fell ill, returning to her hotel Plaza. Rumors of a marriage to John Fox Jr. circulated but were denied by Scheff and manager Charles Dillingham. she is expected back tonight.
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Fritzt Scheff
Knickerbocker Theatre
Miss Scheff
Charles Dillingham
John Fox, Jr
Mr. Dillingham
Misa Scheff
Hotel Plaza
Fox
Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera Shows Varied Carmens
The article surveys Carmen interpretations over thirty years, noting signature performers like Patti Lehmann Hauk and Marta Gay, and praising the opera's enduring charm. It highlights Marta Gay's dramatic honesty despite key musical misalignment, and lists Met talents including Farrar micela Caruso Noté Toscanini, while stressing Carmens' enduring allure beyond actors or singers.
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Patti
Lehmann
Berlin
Minnie Hauk
Clara Louisé Kellogg
Metropolitan Opera
Marta Gay
London
Metropolitan Opera House
Miss Farrar
Micaela
Mr. Caruso
Don José
Mr. Noté
Escamillo
Mr. Toscanini
Boston Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Echoes Strauss Hero and Rachmaninoff
The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Fiedler performed Beethoven Egmont overture Strauss Ein Heldenleben Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with Ossip Gabrilowitsch and two Sibelius pieces including Song of Spring and Finlandia. While the ensemble impressed with clean brass and overall balance, the Strauss work showed fewer emotional highs, and the Rachmaninoff concerto offered limited drama despite the soloist's polished technique.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Richard Strauss
Rachmaninov
Ossip Gabrilowitach
Sibelius
Finlandia
Max Fiedler
Ein Heldenieben
Mr. Paul
Philharmonic Society
Strause
Mr. Fiedler
Boston
Strauss
Cavalleria Rusticana in Concert at the Manhattan Opera House
The Sunday program replaces Samson et Dalila with Cavalleria Rusticana in concert form conducted by Campanini. Chorus and orchestra from the house will back Mascagni's opera with Agostinelli Aldrich Severina Parola Crabbe in chief parts. Hammerstein adds a mixed program with Gerville-Reache Zeppilli Doria Segurola Arimondi Gianoli Galletti plus Debussys Afres-midi d un Faune Anitra theme and Verdi overture.
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Bfil
Manhattan Opera House
Cavalleria Rusticana
Opera House
Mascagni
Mariska Aldrich
Severina
Messrs
Parola
Crabbe
Mr. Hammerstein
Mlles. Gerville-Reache
Zeppilli
Mme. Doria
de Segurola
Arimondi
Gianoli Galletti
Mr. Campanini
Theatre Planned on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan
A $200000 theatre will rise at the southeast corner of 53d Street and Sixth Avenue from plans by architect George Keister for owner John E. Olson Company. The brick building with terra cotta trim will cover 64 by 70 feet, feature classic design with Ionic pillars and a pediment, two balconies, a 53 foot auditorium height, a 70 foot stage, and is slated to be ready for use early next fall, alongside two new theatres on 41st Street nearby.
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53D Street
Sixth Avenue
George Keister
John E. Olson
Manhattan Island
41St Street
Agnew Grogan and Vander Veer Holt Marriages Noted
Two 1906 and 1908 marriage notices appear, outlining Emily Katilp Grogan marrying George Bliss Agnew at No. 10 East Bidst and Ada Holt marrying Dr. James Vander Veer at Midland Park New Jersey. Both entries credit officiants and include family background details.
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Agnew —Grogan
East Bidst
Leighton Parks
Emily Katilp Grogan
Frank C. Grogan
George Bliss Agnew
Vander Veer—Holt
Midland Park
N. J
J. H. Whitehead
D. D
W. F. Whittaker
Ada Holt
James Newell Van¢er Veer
Death Notices Published In Tribune Republished In Tri-Weekly
Mary A Bull widow of Richard H Bull aged about 52 dies at 34 Gramercy Park. Funeral at home Friday December 4 at 5 PM. J Henry Coghill Morristown New Jersey dies at 91. Funeral from Normandie Park Morristown Saturday December 5 at 5 PM. No flowers. Clerical paper copy requests from Richmond Virginia and San Francisco California.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Coghill
Morristown
N. J
J. Henry Coghill
Normandie Park
Richmond
San Francisco
Cal
Obituaries and funeral notices in New York paper
December 1908 notices list multiple deaths and services across Brooklyn and nearby towns. Entries name Anne B Howard, Hyde, Lane, Laydon, Lent, Lockwood, McCosh, Trenzie, Neville, Orr, Parrington, Pomeroy, Ost, Prall, Smith, and more with residence and service details and dates near December 1–5. Public and church services set at various churches, cemeteries, and meeting houses. interments at Greenwood, Calvary, Peekskill, and Stockbridge among others.
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Howard
Anne B
Wellington S. Howard
George W. Parker
Lenox Road
Albany
Flatbush
M Hyde
Clinton Est
Brooklyn
William Hyda
Christ Church
Clinton
Harrison Sty
Greenwood
J. O'Brien
South
Oxford St
Holy Cross Cemetery
Harrison HL
McDonough St
Peekskill
Lock Wood
No. Macon St
Alvah W. Lockwood
Frances Cox
Orr
Troy
2D St
Alexander Orr
St. John's Episcopal Church
Pomeroy
Sarat Springs
N. Y
Idteres
Angheer
Theodore S. Pomeroy
Isabella
Stockbridge
Mass
Jericho
I. I
Rachel Pass
Jim
Friends’ Meeting House
Westbury
L. L
East 34Th St
Help Wanted Now Open At Uptown Tribune Office
A notice invites applicants to the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune for positions of various kinds. It lists office hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m and details subscription rates, mailing options, and international offices for readers and advertisers abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Lecture on The Message of Modern Mathematics to Theology
Professor J. Keyser of Columbia University will lecture on the message of modern mathematics to theology at Union Theological Seminary. Friday December 4 at 4 30. The public cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Theological Seminary
Perk Sre
J. Keyser
Columbia University
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