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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
12
Tension at the Metropolitan Opera House subsides as the board and key figures seek to patch the dispute. Dippel persuades publication of a contested letter while Gatti-Casazza signals commitment to French and German repertoires. Mahler to debut soon as Dippel’s successor negotiations continue.
At the Metropolitan Opera House last night a new Gilda Frances Alda made her American debut in Rigoletto alongside Caruso. Amato starred as the Duke's jester, El Spetrino conducted, with Homer and Digar adding force to the finale. Alda, from New Zealand with Paris Brussels Milan training, showed powerful voice despite some pitch lapses and vibrato. Caruso’s voice remained grand though not at his peak, delivering the familiar spell to listeners.
J Townsend Russell will present readings from Longfellows Tales of Wayside Inn at the Carnegie Lyceum on December 16 and 23. The program includes 356 colored lantern slides from original paintings and incidental music by a string orchestra.
H. P. Judson, president of the University of Chicago, arrives at the Buckingham hotel. Dr. A. Meder Helifax checks in at Manhattan. Jean J. d Nazimoff of St. Petersburg appears at Plaza. General W. W. Gordon from Savannah arrives at Seville. W. G. McDoel from Chicago checks in at the Waldorf.
The storm moves east with clearing Atlantic weather while rain covers the Pacific Coast. Snow and cold threaten Great Lakes and eastern regions with winds, temps rising west of the Rockies. Local forecasts call for fair skies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with cooling patterns and lighter winds. overall conditions show variable winds and eventual warming inland.
Whistler’s executrix Miss R Birnie Philip denounces Pennell biography and objects to Whistler’s letters being used for a life story. She claims Whistler never authorized such a book and set out intentions to suppress certain prints and biographical work. The dispute signals further expected correspondence and possible future publications by Philip as well as potential support from Whistler’s friends.
At a meeting of the First Church of Christ Scientist a resolution authorized buying a Riverside Drive plot fronting 109th to 110th streets for 590000 to speed construction for overflow from the Sth Street and Central Park West churches.
Passengers listed for sailings today to Europe include Kaiser Wilhelm II bound for Bremen with numerous couples and individuals such as Reginald and Mrs Brooks Walker J Putnam Mr and Mrs Walter Mo ma Thee aan oun Mrs C C Delmonico Mrs Andrew C Dulles and Orme Wilson Also aboard The Moltee and The Ryndam heading to Naples and Rotterdam include Miss Edith Pritchard Miss H L Gray Mrs P Halifax Alfred Lewisohn Mrs Arthur Nevin Mrs Charles A Hapgood Mrs Charles M Dow Mrs Clara H Waldo Miss Dewing Woodward among others.
A busy city day features free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoo. Luncheon events and talks fill the schedule including lectures on Shaw public schools and social topics at venues like Hotel Manhattan Hotel Astor Cooper Union and Waldorf Astoria with multiple club and association meetings through the afternoon and evening.
Miss Lillian Russell sold the property No 61 West Sith street for about 70000 to a client of Pease Elliman. She bought the premises six years ago when Sith street values were about half their current level. The four story house sits on a jet with 10 foot frontage and 100 foot depth.
Ex Senator John C Spooner denounces labor boycott and blacklist as despicable and tyrannical in a Delmonico dinner speech. He urges judiciary independence, defends free work choice, warns against party pledges to labor. Other speakers include Colonel George Harvey and local figures.
Hammerstein Victoria features Gertrude Quinlan in Zara's Hit with a strong bill including Mag Haggerty's Reception and living statues. Other acts: Dorothy Russell mimicry, two daily shows, plus Love Waltz at the Colonial Theatre and Awake at the Switch at Alhambra. Lincoln Square continues weekly variety with Vesta Victoria and others. Harry Lauder ends its American Music Hall engagement with a top billed cast.
The Winterfeast will be withdrawn from the Savoy stage after tonight. The Servant in the House will take its place tomorrow and continue at the Savoy until Mr. Lackaye begins his season there. Kennedy acknowledged the play’s failure but it will be tried elsewhere.
Master Gabriel as Little Nemo to receive a post performance reception tomorrow afternoon on the New Amsterdam Theatre stage. Management cites many requests from youngsters and will distribute souvenir postcards after the regular show ends.
Lieutenant Colonel Zerah W Torrey inspector general of the Department of Visayas died suddenly in his Iloilo office. A Massachusetts native born June 10 1855 he entered West Point in 1876 and rose through ranks to lieutenant colonel in 191? He served in Colorado Western states during the Spanish American War Cuba campaign and San Juan Hill where wounded. He served in the Philippines after 1898 and attended Army War College in 1906 before returning to inspector general duties.
The Rev W H D Hatton chaplain of the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers known as the Bucktails died in Harrisburg today aged eighty one. He was born in Carlow Ireland and served Episcopal charges in Kansas City Wyandotte Leavenworth and Jefferson Missouri where he led a girls seminary. He was an authority on church subjects.
John H. Schreiner of Philadelphia died today at his daughter Mrs. Harry J. Donaldson’s home in Williamsport. A Civil War first lieutenant and Princeton class of 1868 alumnus, he will be buried at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, on Wednesday.
Henry W. Peabody, a leading commission merchant and East India trade pioneer, died at Garramatta Monserrat after a five week illness. He founded Henry W. Peabody & Co., with offices in New York Boston San Francisco London Liverpool Sydney N S W Capetown Merida Manila. Born in Salem in 1838.
OBITUARY NOTES list John Stainton seventy three who died suddenly at his daughter’s home in Orange New Jersey from heart disease. He was born in Manchester England and came to America forty two years ago. He is survived by wife three daughters and two sons. Funeral at 10 AM. Dr Bethuel Lewis Dodd eighty three died at his son Edward L. Dodd’s home in Newark. He served as county physician police surgeon for Newark surgeon in chief of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Civil War army surgeon. Funeral this afternoon. Philip Dollin long time interpreter in the Court of General Sessions died at 35 Rugby Road Flatbush leaving son Edgar N. Collin. Frederick A. Thomas Chicago commission merchant died of heart disease born December 21 1831 in New York and once made pickled cabbage for the U S Army in Chicago 1856. Civil War sanitary service to Fort Donelson and pioneer of California fruit refrigeration later sold to Armours and Swifts. Edward II. Thomas Yonkers pioneer lumberman died at home in Yonkers. former president of National Curling Club of America Civil Service Commission of Yonkers for eighteen years first president of Yonkers Landlords Association and head of Westchester Lumber Merchants. Douglas D. White veteran lumber figure died at his Menands home near Albany aged eighty six after fifty years in business. Henry H. Moody well known traveler and cousin of Dwight L. Moody died in Greenfield Massachusetts at seventy eight.
May Irwin actress falls ill in St Louis with tonsil litis and serious condition. Frohman announces tours of The Mollusc and Mrs Peckham's Carouse abandoned indefinitely due to her illness. Telegram confirms seriousness from her physician.
A Circle Theatre review critiques The Queen of the Moulin Rouge led by Thomas W. Reilly and Paul M. Potter. It praises the return to musical shows but condemns certain acts as brazen and indecent while noting pretty stage pictures and performances by Flora Parker, Carter de Haven, Richard H. Carroll, and Edward M. Favor.
Augustus Thomas and John H Finley top speakers for December 15 ceremony. Richard Watson Gilder to read a poem Geraldine Farrar to sing and Percy MacKaye dedicatory ode to be performed by chorus President of College of the City of New York hosts the afternoon event.
Options have been taken on land near Oreil in Jefferson County fourteen miles from Louisville for a new negro school modeled after Tuskegee and Hampton. It would be run in connection with Berea College from which negroes have been barred by the Supreme Court. Trustees Carnegie and Mrs Sage reportedly will fund the project.
Marie Cahill currently with Wallack's in The Boys and Betty has been engaged by Daniel V. Arthur as stage director for a new musical at Wallack's next spring. The play is by George W. Hobart and Silvia Hein. Over the Wire by John Kendrick Bangs is slated for next Seeten's Tribuse.
An 1857 view by Governor John A. Dix recounted Trinity Church plans to rescue lower Manhattan from spiritual destitution amid an exodus of wealth. The piece frames Trinity’s mission as parish-wide education, missions, and aid for destitute districts below Canal Street, with institutional teachings and outreach expanding under church endowments and vestry leadership.
A New York reader, Miss E. Burnett, writes December 6, 1908, accusing the paper of biased coverage of suffrage meetings. She condemns the paper for sneering tone and demands advocacy for women’s right to vote, noting women are taxed and under law.
Yiddish actress Mrs. Yetta Juvelier died yesterday at her Madison Avenue home from a complication of diseases. She came from Austria with her husband Talman Juvelier, an actor, eight years ago and quickly rose in Yiddish opera and drama, with her last appearance at the New Star Theatre last season.
Judge Holt granted a discharge in bankruptcy to Mrs Caroline Leslie Carter Payne who was adjudicated a bankrupt in November 19 7. Her schedules show liabilities of $194,418.62 and assets valued at $57,926.18.
On Monday December 7 at the Church of the Ascension Manhattan Abby Little daughter of Mrs and the late Everett Frazar to Richard Franchot Warner were wed by Rev Percy S. Grant. Notices of marriages and deaths must be indorsed with full name and address.
Death notices republished from the Tribune announce Oliver Grant Barton of 122 West 74th Street in his 65th year with funeral at Calvary Church December 9 and interment at Greenwood. Other notices include Julia Kean Benjamin at 6 East 77th Street with service December 8 at Garrison, Joseph Colwell in Cleveland in his 65th year, George B Culver of North Granville with services in Sandy Hill and interment in Comstock, Bethuel L Dodd in Montclair in his 83rd year with services December 9, and a few lines for Edward Young and Edward Kneeland with other minor details.
In memory of Willas Alexander Taylor dated December 8 1906. The Woodlawn Cemetery accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Tral Station. Webster and Jerome avenue trolleys by carriage. Plots priced from $150. Telephone 4853 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative office. New York City undertakers Frank E Campbell 2413 West 234 Street Chapelin private and public ambulances Tel 1324 Chelsea.
The New York Tribune announces a file of applications for various positions, details subscriptions and rates for daily weekly and Sunday editions, and lists domestic and foreign pricing, regional offices, and overseas locations including London Paris and Cairo for Tribune services and subscriptions.
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