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New York Tribune

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New York, New York, United States of America

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Dec 09, 1908

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30

Mahler Second Symphony Impresses New York Audience

Gustav Mahler conducted his Second Symphony in C minor at Carnegie Hall with 115 players and a 200-voice Gretorio chorus. Review praises the orchestral scale and vocal finale while noting mixed critical balance between cerebral structure and emotional force. Miss Laura Combs and Mrs. Ger Beller praised as soloists. audience enthusiastic with multiple bows.

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New York Symphony Society Gustav Mahler Carnegie Hall Mahler Gretorio Society Matier Schubert Berlioz Namne Laura Combs Ger-Beller Mahier
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Melba to Reappear at Manhattan in La Boheme Monday

Nellie Melba arrives in New York aboard the Lusitania for a Monday night performance at the Manhattan Opera House as Mimi in Puccini’s La Bohème. The cast includes Sammarro as Rudolfo and de Segurola as Colline with other stars in key roles. further performances and revivals are announced for the coming week across New York and Philadelphia.

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Nellie Melba New York Manhattan Opera House Mimi Purcini de Segurola Colline Gianoli-Gallett Mle. Mtimi Musetta Mme. Melba Manhattan Taccani Ilc Buenos Ayres Ttalr Otenbach Mr. Hammerstein Mery Garden le Jongleur Ge Notre Dame Messrs Renaud Torranne Valles Crabbe de Segurola Vienn Philadelphia le Jongleur de Notre Dame Gilbert London Boniface Mme Melba New Opera House
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Mrs Burnley recital marred by sudden illness in performance

Mrs Hardin Burnley’s successful recital at the Edmund Russell studios was interrupted whenTheodor Gorohin the violist was stricken during the Wandard Berceuse. Raoul De Leon a Mexican baryton filled in, while Burnley’s child impersonations drew praise.

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Hogarth and Marguerite Clark Lead Charity Pied Piper Show

Je Wolf Hopper and Miss Marguerite Clark star with the Pied Piper company in a noon charity performance for St. Mary's Free Hospital for Crippled Children at 34th Street West. The cast will place scenery and present Nursery Rhymes, with Hopper and Clark performing multiple songs and duets.

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Je Wolf Hopper Marguerite Clark the Pied Piper’ Company Majestic Theatre St. Mary’s Free Hospital Chirer West Torrow Pied Piper Mr Hopper Miss Clarl
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Metropolitan Opera Plans Eight Novelties for 1908 09 Season

Next week the second of eight promised novelties will be produced, Puccini's Le Villi, paired with Cavalleria Rusticana. Cast includes Alda Destini, Maria Gay, Caruso, Amato, with prices raised for Le Villi. Mahler conducts Tristan und Isolde. Tiefland repeats. La Traviata Lucia di Lammermoor Carmen and Carmen performances follow, with Sembrich, Caruso, Amato, Campanari, Fremstad, Homer.

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Purccini Puccini Conservatory Alda Bonci Amato Precini Gustav Mahler Mr. Schmedes Mme. Fremsted Mme. Homer Messrs Feinhals Blass Muhsimann Reiss Rayer Ashton Mme. Sembrich Mr. Bones Riccardo Martin Don José Carmen Sunng Gay and Farrar Mr. Noté Alfred Hertz Mmes. Fremstad Homer Messrs. Noté and Blass Alexander Petschnikoff Dippei Philadelphia Tiefland Gaitti- Casazza New York Opera
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Met Opera Company Faces New Legal Turbulence

The Metropolitan Opera Company battles renewed dispute over management, as former general manager Conried plans to return to defend a $960 claim, with a calendared $90.90 suit also on file. His former associates file a cross suit over the company balance sheet covering expenses and earnings up to his departure last spring.

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Metropolitan Opera Company Conried Conrted New York Opera
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Chicago to get permanent opera house and longer seasons

Max Rabinoff announced Chicago plans to establish a permanent opera house on Michigan Avenue with a twenty week season and top Metropolitan artists. He said five hundred Chicago subscribers would donate 500 dollars each, and a company of interpreters would present five Russian operas in the original language, challenging New York’s dominance.

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Chicago New York Operatic Enterprises Max Rabinoff Hotel Astor Metropolis Michigan Avenue Metropolitan Manhattan Rebinoff Chicexo New York Sr. Petersburg
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Dartmouth Alumni Dinner Elects Officers at Manhattan Hotel

The forty fifth annual Dartmouth Alumni Association dinner at the Hotel Manhattan drew one hundred members and guests. A preliminary business meeting elected Luther B. Little president for the coming year with vice presidents Charles A Rich C P Conant and A B Clark. Paul P Edison was chosen secretary, John French corresponding secretary, and Joseph W Gannon treasurer.

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Dartmouth Alumni Association Manhattan Luther B. Little Charles A Rich C. P. Conant A. B. Clark Paul P. Edison John French Joseph W Gannon
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Weather Report From Washington Forecasts Snow Flurries

Weather report notes snow flurries possible from the lake region to New England and Atlantic Coast with general fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures rise in the middle states, fall along the Atlantic coast, and winds mainly southwest for transatlantic steamers. Local outlooks for New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, eastern New York, New England and Western Pennsylvania predict increasing cloudiness, with snow flurries near the lakes and fair days Thursday.

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Washington Atley Aris Middle States Atlantic New York New England Middle Atlantic New Jersey Pennsylvania Tuaretay Kestony
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Bryce Foresees Great South as Congress Endorses Progress

British Ambassador James Bryce drew a large reception at the Southern Commercial Congress praising the South’s progress since the Civil War and predicting a bright future. Speakers included W. J. Oliver, C. H. Poe, J. A. Bonsteet, with Dr. E. A. Alderman giving the keynote on educational progress. The congress adopted a permanent status with a new constitution, electing John M. Parker as president and endorsing railroad, inland waterway expansion and forest reserves.

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Washington James Bryce Southern Commercial Congress Congress South Mr. Bryce George Hillyer Georgia Pathnac Commission William J. Oliver Knoxville Edwin C. Eckel John H. Finney Appalachian Forestry Commission D. A. Tompkins Charlotte N. C C. W. Hayes Edwin A. Alderman University of Virginia John M. Parker New Orleans Appalachian and White Mountain Forest Reserve
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Carnegie Institution Board Approves 126300 Allocations

Carnegie Institution of Washington approves appropriations of 126300 for annual operations and existing projects. Board largely present. Taft and Elihu Root absent. Wright resigns as trustee but to remain director. Eliot and Ryerson elected trustees. Root and Walcott join executive committee. Parsons and Welch join to fill vacancies. Annual dinner hosts Andrew Carnegie and spouse.

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Washington Dec Carnegie Institution of Washington William H. Taft Elihu Root Institution William B. Parsons William H. Welch Carroll D. Wright Deniel Gilman Board of Trustees Andrew Carnegie
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Alderman Brown proposes milk safety ordinance in New York

Alderman B. W. Brown, Republican leader of the Board of Aldermen, introduced an ordinance to regulate milk sales aiming to curb tuberculosis germs. The bill, referred to the laws committee, sets limits on bacteria in milk and requires pasteurization with specified temperatures and times under Health Department supervision.

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B. W. Brown Board of Aldermen Committee On New York Ae Pereinaster Department of Health
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Salvation Army Memorial HallWedding in West 14th Street

John Young aged seventy and Mary Martin aged sixty five were married by Carmel McIntyre at the Salvation Army Memorial Hall on West 14th street. The ceremony was followed by speeches praising the couple’s devotion to the Salvation Army, with admission requiring a ten cent ticket reading England and America united by the celebration of a real Hallelujah parsons wedding.

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New York Salvation Army Memorial Hall West 14Th Street John Young Mary Martin Carmel McIntyre Salvation Army England America Memorial Hall New York Corps Caroline MacVeigh McIntyre
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Court of Appeals Rules Fixed Price Power for Copyrighted Books

Albany December report states the American Publishers Association may fix prices only for copyrighted volumes and lacks authority over uncopyrighted works. Isador N Straus of New York challenged the association’s pricing control. ruling affirms limited jurisdiction.

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Albany Dec American Publishers’ Association Court of Appeals Isador & N. Straus New York
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Obituary of Miss Mary G Pinkney Heiress and Real Estate Figure

Miss Mary G Pinkney a wealthy New York spinster died at the Hotel Buckingham aged ninety eight from old age. She managed her stepfather Archibald Watt estate aiding Harlem land development including Central Park Morningside Heights and upper Harlem. He left her the estate on condition she share with heirs, and three Watt heirs Julia Watt Morris Curtis Thomas Watt and Grace Watt stand to inherit.

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Mary G. Pinkney New York Buckingham Miss Pinkney Archibald Watt R Yast John Pinkney Maryland Colonel Pinkney Harlem Harlem River Watt 129Th 140Th Streets Lenox Seventh Avenues Julia Watt Morris Curtis Thomas Watt Grace Watt
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Professor William Ireland Knapp Dead in Paris

William Ireland Knapp, a renowned educator born in this city on March 10, 1834, died in Paris. He taught modern languages at Colgate, Vassar, Yale, and the University of Chicago, later living in England and France pursuing letters. He authored and edited works on Spanish history, literature, and Borrow, and received the LL D degree in 1888. He was made knight commander of the Order of Isabel la Católica in 1877.

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William Ireland Knapp Paris New York Colgate Vassar Yale University of Chicago England France Isabel la Catolica George Borrow Borrow
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Warren B Hill longtime president of Continental Iron Works dies

Warren B Hill aged about 89, longtime president of Continental Iron Works at Greenpoint, died yesterday from heart disease in his Florence apartments. Born in 1835, he helped build Detroit’s water system and later returned to New York to work with Continental Iron Works. He was the last survivor of Ericsson's Monitor engineers and a member of the Brooklyn Union League Club and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Funeral Friday at Grace Church Chantry at 2 pm, burial in Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Warren B. Hill Continental Iron Works Greenpoint Florence East 18Th Street Mr. Hill Altair Works Detroit New York Continental Tron Works Ericsson Brooklyn Union League Club American Society of Mechanical Engineers Grace Church Chantry Greenwood Cemetery
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William Gold Brinsmade dies at Ridge Preparatory School

William Gold Brinsmade head of Ridge Preparatory School Washington Conn died suddenly from heart disease. He was born in Springfield Mass in 1884 and Harvard educated. Brinsmade conducted the Washington Glee Club and led local church music. survived by daughter Dorothy and wife Ada Gibson Colton. Funeral Thursday. Joan L Benn longtime Dominican Church music director dies at East Seth Street residence after brief illness. Professor Kenn Bonn, born in the Rhenish Palatinate, dies, leaving wife four sons and four daughters. under Bonn the St Vincent Ferrer choir ranked nationally.

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Washington, Conn William Gold Brinsmade the Ridge Mr. Brinsmade John and Mary Brinsmade Charlestown Mass Springfield Willim B. Brinsmade Harvard University Ada Gibson Colton W. S. Colton Dorothy Brinsmade Joan L. Benn St. Vincent Ferrer East Séth Street Professor Kenn Rhenish Palatinate United States Professor Bonn Choir of Margaret Bossert Richmond Hill Hancock St Funere St Stephen's Protestant Episcopa Arch Jefersgp Ave Patches Flace Brooklyn Brinsmade William Gold Washington
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The Baroness d Altomonte Dies in New York Home

The Baroness Antonio Benedetti d Altomonte died yesterday morning at the family home in New York. Born Miss Jeanette Locke of Lexington Kentucky she was thirty three. She once sang as a lyric soprano on Paris and Berlin stages before marriage three years ago to the Baron who once led Congo police for King Leopold and now holds a government post in this country. A brother, Robert Locke, survives.

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Antonio Benedetti d Altomonte Westth Street Jeanette Locke Lexington Paris Berlin Congo Leopold Robert Locke
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Auction offers rare books and manuscripts at Anderson rooms

Receipts from the Poor library sale reached 38400 with total sales to date at 1643. F W Morris paid 161 for Montaigne first edition. George D Smith bought a 15th century French vellum manuscript for 418 and a Killigrew volume for 339. He also paid 1 for another vellum work. Dr Hirsch bought a 15th century French manuscript for 81 and 100 for Lang’s Prince Charles Edward on Japanese vellum. E D North purchased 36 volumes of Richard Jeffries writings for 176.

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Anderson Auction Company F. W. Morris Michael Lord of Montaigne Michel de Montaigne Val Sims Edward Blount George D Smith Thomas Killigrew Charles I Smith Notre Dame Paris Hirsch
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Today’s city meetings and events listed around town

Free admission to museums and a busy calendar of meetings at the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, Board of Education, Convent of the Sacred Heart bazaar, drowning society, dinner events, and church and civic gatherings. Notable items include the annual John Mitten birthday celebration at Columbia University and a lecture by Herbert L. Bri on Hudson Poulton at National Arts Club.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural Fisters The Age Canadian Society of New York Delmonicos Fire Insurance Exchange Nassau Herbert L. Bri Hudson Poulton the Wen National Arte Ciut Gramercy Park
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Taft Heads Red Cross at Inauguration Era

President elect Taft was unanimously re elected president of the American National Red Cross at its annual meeting. He agreed to serve while serving as Chief Executive and noted legal approval from the judge advocate general. Special medals were awarded for San Francisco quake relief. Officers for the year named Taft president and Magee secretary.

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Washington Dec Taft American National Red Cross Army Red Cross Russell Sage Society Louis Kiopsch The Christian Herald China Roosevelt Mr. Taft Ernest P. Bicknell Chicago Edward J. Devine New York Carroll A. Devol
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Bridge Probe Likely Involves Manhattan Bridge Safety

Mayor McClellan indicated he received a request from Homer Folks of the city Club to have the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorize an inquiry into the Manhattan Bridge. City Hall favors a thorough department overhaul, likely led by Commissioner Mitchell and assisted by bridge engineers, with borough presidents and accounts investigators in scope.

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McClellan Homer Folks City Club Board of Estimate Manhattan Bridge City Hall Department of Bridges Stevenson Commissioners of Accounts Ahearn Haffen Coler Mitchell
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Federal Council of Churches Ends Meeting with Arbitration Call

In Philadelphia the first Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America adjourned after adopting 1312 resolutions opposing armament. Yale’s Henry Wade Rogers urged obligatory arbitration and condemned the United States for its anti European tilt. Resolutions also attacked divorce practices and praised groups pushing better divorce laws and the press.

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Philadelphia Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America Henry Wade Rogers Yale University United States Europe
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New Rochelle Honors Coghlan at Funeral

The body of Rear Admiral Coghlan was placed in a private car at New Rochelle station and sent by federal express at 1:30 AM. Spanish War veterans acted as pallbearers, with Loyal Legion and naval officers escorting in Washington. Crowds paid respects as flags flew at half staff and volleys were fired.

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Coghlan New Rochelle Federal Express Washington Loyal Legion Norman Crosby Post Admiral Coghlan Raleigh Manila Bay Port of New York Brooklyn Navy Yard Admiral Dewey
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MISS BATES S GOLD MINE A BONANZA

Miss Blanche Bates, star of The Fighting Hope at the Stuyvesant Theatre, has learned a rich vein of gold has been found on land in southern California she long owned. She bought the claim years ago hoping for ore but it yielded little and lay far from a railroad. she expects more details soon.

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Blanche Bates Stuyvesant California Rutie Miss Bates
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Souvenir Play Plans for Billie Burke at Lyceum

Charles Frohman ordered his general manager to arrange a lavish souvenir performance by Billie Burke in Love Winches on Monday January 4 at the Lyceum. Maude Adams engagement at the Empire begins December 2 with advance seats on December 17, limited to four tickets per person to curb resellers. Congress Homer by Letters from New Congressman's Wife is teased for next Sunday.

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Charles Frohman New York Billie Burke Lyceum Frohman
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Borwick Hasilis Marriage at Grace Church New York

Notice of a December 7 marriage at Grace Church New York between Mary Mason Hes to George Borwick elder son of Sir Robert and Lady Borwick of London. Rev W E Huntington CBD Bishop Greer pronouncing benediction. Notices must bear full name and address.

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Borwick Haselis Grace Church New York Huntington Greer Mary Mason Lewis Cruger Hes George Sir Robert Lady Borwitck London
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Obituary notices and funeral details from Brooklyn records

A sequence of death notices and funeral announcements from Brooklyn and nearby towns lists names such as Joseph Barrett Elizabeth Barry Oliver Barton Joanna Bissell Eleanor Bossert William Dickinson Sarah Ferris Adelaide Gallagher Warren Hill Theodore Keeler Mary Morison Henry Peabody Mary Pinkney Edward Young and others with residences addresses dates December 1908 and service times. The notices reference churches cemeteries and local memorial details.

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Undertakers advertise services and locations in city ad

An obituary and funeral service advertisement lists private and public ambulance service. It mentions Stephen Merritt as a world famous undertaker with a single business location at 8th Ave and 19th St. It promotes the Chelsea address and phone numbers 1334, 124, and 125.

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Cev Stephen Merritt 8Th Ave 19Th St
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Uptown Office Lists Aspirants for Various Positions

Special notices announce the availability of a file of applications from selected aspirants for positions of various kinds. The file has been installed at THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE Uptown Office No 1364 Broadway between 31st and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm.

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THE NEW York Tribune Broadway 37Th Streets
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Tribune Subscription Rates and Offices Listed

The Tribune outlines subscription options for daily and weekly editions, including international rates and various durations. It lists multiple offices in New York, Newark, Washington, and overseas contact points, plus agents and agencies such as American Express and travel offices for subscriptions.

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St George's Church to Hold Special Services Today

St George's Church at Stuyvesant Square in New York City will host special services this afternoon led by Rev Hugh Birckhead with Rector Dr W J Dawson of London in attendance.

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St. George’s Church Stuyvesant Square New York City Hugh Birckhead SPM
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