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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1908

Page

26

King Edward tightens stage access on Sundays and holidays

The Lord Chamberlain now requires imperial approval for all public entertainments in theatres and music halls on Sundays Christmas Day and Good Friday. Private performances also require sanction. The move reflects a push to uphold Sabbath observance amid a shift toward secular and sensational entertainments.

Brentwood Company Edward United Kingdom Eri Chamberlain Great Britain Alexandra Church of England England Europe

Noted British Aristocrat's Widow In New York Winter Stay

Mrs George William Augustus Fitzgeorge arrives in New York aiming to winter at the Hotel Seymour. Her late husband, a son of Prince George, faced royal neglect due to a broken marriage, while Fitzgeorge himself struggled with debts and failed ventures. He previously left the army and endured bankruptcy, leaving a strained financial state for his children and widow.

England George William Augustus Pitzgeorge New York Hotel Seymour Fitageorge Switzerland Prince George of Duke of Cambridge Louise Farebrother Benora Colonel Fitzgeorge Féwart Fitzgeorge Sir Adolphus Fitzgeorsee Augustus Fitzgeorge George Fitzegeorge F. W. Arkwright Coldstream Guards William Henry Baring Norman Hampshire Lara Revelstoke Lord Cromer S. Parkes Cadman John A. Wyeth Major Edward Owen Bruce Rice Tennessee Society J. D. Peterson British Schools and Universities George Tucker Harrison The Virginians Robert Oliphant St Andrews Society Lloyd B. Sanderson St. George's Society Herman A. Metz Oatreller City of Kentuckians Thomas F. Ryan Allan A. Ryan August Belment Paul Morton DeLancey Nicoll Morgan J. O’brien Henry D. Macdona H. H. Vreeland John Quinn

Events and lectures fill today at New York venues

Free museum admission plus a full slate of talks and dinners at the Met, American Museum of Natural History, and Hotel Astor. A long list of public lectures by educators and officials spans Public Schools, Armenia, Palestine, tariff reform, and other topics with schedules at Columbia University, DeWitt Clinton High, and area public schools.

Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History Austin N. Palmer West End Woman's Republican Association Hotel Astor Portia Club New Yor Association For the Blind Nolis East Sith Street Benefi Professional Woman's League Walport-Astoria Charlies Lane Poor Columbia University Congressman McCall Massachusetts Business of Congress Columbia Preity Dickinson Club New York Atlantic Yacht Club New York Canoelub Catholic Home Bureau For United Charities East Sua Street The Patriotic Republican Club East 78Th Street Daughters of the Confederacy Matel Astor Board of Education Am de Witt Clinton West 44Th Street Russia Frederick H. Li Hester Essex Streets Continent Norman P. Heffley 10Th Street Avenue B America Mary E. Lease T6th Street First Avenue Richard II Walter Howe Eighth Avenue 106Th Street Edwin A. Havers 96Th Street Jerome Walker St. Luke's Hall Hudson and Grove Overing Street West Chester Kimberley African Diamond Fields Leon Demachy Matilda Street Wakefield George B. Loud St. Ann's Avenue 147Th Street Children’s Court Ernest K. Coulter Lafayette Hall Alexander Avenue 137Th Street Palestine James Rosedale

Weather Report Reveals Mixed Forecast Across Regions

The District of Columbia to New Jersey and New York will see fair and cool today with rising temperatures by Friday as cloud cover increases and winds shift from northwest to variable. Western areas expect warmer Friday with increasing cloudiness, while the eastern seaboard remains cooler with lower-than-normal readings. Local records note yesterday’s high of 36 and low of 27, with an average around 32, and prior-year averages at 46. Shorty McCabe aids two millionaires in a philanthropic note linked to Sewell Ward’s Sunday Tribune feature.

Washington Tech British Northwest Rockies Texas Lower Lake Region North Atlantic Coast West Gulf Mississippi Middle States New Fyland Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East Gulf Coast West Gulf Coast Michigan Superior European Grand Banks District of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania New York New England Pennsylvanha Weather Bureau Wintecesse

Why Democracy Fails Littleton Has Remedy

Martin W. Littleton at the New York Southern Society dinner urged forming state advisory committees to create a Washington bureau studying government finances and policy. He and President Wilson urged real reform, opposing vague promises and urging concrete action, duty to better government and fiscal accountability. The speakers pressed to elect and empower a competent opposition with a clear, fiscally prudent agenda.

Democratic Party Martin W. Littleton New York Southern Society Waldorf Mr. Littleton Littleton Southern Society Washington Woodrow Wilson Princeton Republican Eve Ood Atd

No Children’s Aid Collectors Warned in West Side Fraud

A woman named Flanagan is said to be fraudulently collecting funds for the Henrietta School of the Children's Aid Society. The group urges gifts be sent to the Children's Aid Society office at 106 East 22d Street instead of through unknown collectors.

the Tribune Flanagan Upper West Henrietta Children’s Aid Society East 22d Street New York Co. L. Brace

Senator Hansborough Confined to Bed in Minneapolis

Minneapolis dispatch reports North Dakota Senator Hansborough is confined to his bed at the Nicollet Hotel tonight and will likely miss the December session of Congress due to a serious illness. The developing situation concerns his health and legislative participation.

Minneapolis Hansborough North Dakota Nicollet Hotel

Obituary of Oliver Wolcott Gibbs Harvard professor emeritus

Newport R I December obituary for Oliver Wolcott Gibbs senior Harvard faculty member and Rumford professor emeritus. Born February 21 1822 in Newport he taught physics and chemistry at Columbia City College New York and Harvard and served on the United States Sanitary Commission. He was a charter NAS member and AAAS president in 1887.

Newport R. L Oliver Wolcott Gibbs Harvard Gibbs Rumford Yale Oliver Wolcott Treasury Washington John Adams Columbia Grammar School Columbia College College of Physicians and Surgeons Germany France Delaware College Newark Del College of the City of New York United States Sanitary Commission Union League Eliot Chemistry Faculty of Arts and Sciences National Academy of Sciences American Association For the Advancement of Science Great Britain United States Columbia University Columbian University University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania Alfred Gibbs

Percy Coleman Hamilton dies after three weeks in insane hospital

Percy Coleman Hamilton aged forty four died yesterday in the Central Islip Long Island branch of the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane where he had been confined for three weeks. He was an expert in fire clay devices and held leadership roles in Atlas Clay Material Company Pittsburg United States Clay Manufacturing Company and National Fireproof Brick Company. He faced financial reverses after opposing a five day work week and later pursued brokers who had acted for him. Burial is planned in Dunkirk New York on Friday.

Percy Coleman Hamilton Islip Long Island Manhattan State Hospital For Mr. Hamilton Atlas Clay Material Company Pittsburg United States Clay Manufacturing Company National Fireproof Brick Company Pittsburg Board of Trade State Hospital Hamilton Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce Union League Club of Chicago Washington Park Club of American Ceramic Society of Dunkirk N. Y

Richard S. Barrett dies at 87 in Kansas City

Richard S. Barrett, eighty seven, uncle of William B. Ridgely former Controller of the Currency, died at his daughter's home in Kansas City. A Mexican War veteran and a personal friend of President Lincoln, Lincoln appointed him Register of Deeds in Brownsville Nebraska in 184.

Kansas City Richards. Barrett William B. Ridgely Barrett Lincoln Brownsville Neb

William H. Carney Civil War hero dies after elevator crash

William H. Carney, color sergeant of the Fifty Massachusetts Volunteers, who saved his unit’s flag at Fort Wagner despite wounds, has died at City Hospital from injuries suffered in an elevator accident at the State House on November 3. He served as a secretary of state office messenger and remained famed for keeping the flag aloft as comrades aided him.

Boston William H. Carney Sith Massachusetts Volunteers Fort Wagner Carney Secretary of State State House Massachusetts Robert Gould Shaw Shaw

Oliver W. Coe Dies After Long Career in Office Furniture

Oliver William Coe, long connected with T. G. Sellen at 111 Fulton street, died yesterday of heart disease at his home, 310 West 9th Street. Born in Verona, N. Y., in 1833, he leaves a wife and two daughters.

Oliver William Coe T. G. Sellen Fulton Street West 9Th Street Mr. Coe Verona

Mrs Caroline Thayer Dies at 83 in Worcester

Mrs Caroline Maria Thayer widow of Eli Thayer known as The Father of Kansas died today at her Worcester home aged eighty three. She was mother to John Alden Thayer former Massachusetts Attorney General candidate and founder of the Oread Collegiate Institute for Women. Referred to as Mother of the Oread she mentored many prominent women including Mrs John D Rockefeller.

Tribune Boston Caroline Maria Thayer Eli Thayer Kansas Worcester John Alden Thayer Massachusetts Oread Collegiate Institute For John D. Rockefeller Institute

Brigadier General Henry Jackson Dies at Leavenworth

Brigadier General Henry Jackson retired died of cancer at his Leavenworth home. Born in Canterbury England in 1837 he served as a British lieutenant in 1863. He later joined the U S Army as a volunteer in the Fourteenth Cavalry and fought at Santiago in the Spanish American War. After retiring in 1904 he worked in banking locally.

Tribune Leavenworth Kan Henry Jackson Canterbury England America United States Army Fourteenth Cavalry Santiago

Obituary Notes Captain Murch and J OConnor Die

Captain Maynard H Murch aged eighty two retired shipbuilder died in Cleveland yesterday He built some of the largest freighters on the Great Lakes Pr J O Connor former national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and former national president of the Catholic Knights of America died in Savannah yesterday from pneumonia after a serious illness caused by an insect bite

Maynard H. Murch Cleveland Murch Great Lakes Pr. J. O'Connor Ancient Order of Hibernians Catholic Knights of America Savannah

Exchange of Professors Urged in Germany and U S

Berlin newspaper Techniker Zeitung carries a strong plea by Herr Weitzel a Saxon engineer and Treasury official for an exchange of professors between Germanys technical high schools and those of the United States He says the plan would greatly benefit both nations The item closes with a note about John Kendrick Bangs romance Over the Wire in Sundays Tribune Review.

Berlin Germany United States Techniker Zeitung Herr Weitzel Treasury

Dippel 10 See Board At Metropolitan Opera Meeting

The Metropolitan Opera faces ongoing tension over Gatti-Casazza and Dippel with a meeting where Dippel may seek to define his status and renew his contract after March 1. Executives and lease holders await responses as price concerns for the next performances surface.

Three-Opera Bill at Manhattan Opera House

A triple program at the Manhattan Opera House featured Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci with La Chair added at the end. Santuzza was sung by Mile Labia, Turiddu by Mr. Taccani, Alfio by Mr. Polese in Cavalleria Rusticana, while Pagliacci starred the same cast as the prior Friday. Sammarco earned applause for the prologue, Parelli conducted all three pieces, and Toscanini led at the Met in a new Alda run with Eames, Homer, Caruso, and Scotti in notable roles.

Manhattan Opera House Sammarco Campanini Parelli Metropolitan Alda Mme. Eames Mme. Homer Amneris Mr. Caruso Radames Mr. Scotti Amonasro Mr. Tosecanini

New Opera in Paris by Isidore de Lara

Isidore de Lara’s opera Sanga received a large audience at the Opéra Comique in Paris. This marks the first work by an English composer produced at a Paris state theatre tonight.

Paris Isidore de Lara Opéra Comique

Concert at Ridge Club Brooklyn Ends First Season Night

Pianist Robert A. MacLean and violinist Claude A. Rossignol gave the Ridge Club concert at 72d street and Second avenue Brooklyn assisted by soprano Miss Dora Oates. MacLean drew applause with Moszkowski Caprice de Concert while Rosignol’s violin selections pleased the audience. Oates was recalled after each number.

Robert A. MacLean Claude A. Rossignol Dora Oates Ridge Club 72D Street Second Avenue Brooklyn Mr. MacLean Moskowskii Miss Oates Mr. Rossignol

Sicilian Players to Leave Broadway Next Week

A week from Saturday night the Sicilian Players will close their Broadway engagement, followed by Irish singer Joseph O'Mara who opens a new musical romance at the same theatre titled Peggy Machree. O'Mara recently began his American tour to large audiences and prior to that had success in grand opera. A chorus of fifty is used in Peggy Machree.

Broadway Joseph O'Mara Peggy Macree O'Mara Peggy Machree

Savoy Theatre Adopts New Play After Withdrawal

The Servant in the House with the original cast continues at the Savoy, while The Winterfeast was withdrawn on Tuesday and replaced by Mr. Kennedy's more popular drama last night. Engagements run two weeks, and those not yet seen are urged to attend. it is unlikely to be shown again this season.

Lord Amherst Hackney London J. Pierpont Morgan Charles Chesten Lora Amherst Chareles Mousey Esten Amherst Hughes New York Queen Victoria Marquise DE Fonthenoy Savoy

Thompson brings play "'Ticey" to Liberty Theatre for Beth El

Frederic Thompson arranges a first local performance of William Gillette's "'Ticey" at the Liberty Theatre on Friday afternoon December 18 for the benefit of Temple Beth El Sisterhood. Miss Mary Ryan heads a capable company to portray the principal role after acclaim in Chicago's Opera House early in the season.

Frederic Thompson Wiliam Gillette Ticey Opera House Chicago Mary Ryan Mr. Thompson Liberty Theatre Temple Beth el Sisterhood Miss Ryan

Pied Piper Stars Cheer Children At Hospital Visit

De Wolf Hopper Miss Marguerite Clark and The Pied Piper chorus visited St Marys Hospital for Children at 47 West 34th Street before a matinee. They entertained inmates with songs and dances in the main hall including a Hopper Clark duet. Harvard Corp grants Maude Adams use of Harvard Stadium for two Die Jungfrau von Orleans performances to aid the Germanic Museum Association.

Majestic Theatre de Wolf Hopper Dainty Marguerite Clark St. Mary's Hospital For Children No. 47 West 34Th Street Cambridge Mass Harvard Corporation Maude Adams Harvard Schiller Orleans Harvard Germanic Museum Association

May Irwin Sent To Hot Springs For Illness

May Irwin the actress, suffering a severe attack of tonsillitis, was taken to Hot Springs Arkansas tonight on doctor orders. Because of her illness the Frohmans canceled her engagements and withdrew the two plays in which she was appearing.

the Tribune J St. Louis May Irwin Hot Springs Ark

Commander Eaton Weds Miss Frances Bogart in Bogota Home

Miss Frances Bogart daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Bogart of Bogota near Hackensack married Commander Charles Philips Eaton U S N at the bride’s home. The Rev J C Voorhis officiated. The groom retired from active sea duty three years ago but remains in naval service. They will reside in New York City afterwards.

Tribune Hackensack N. J Frances Bogart Albert Z. Bogart Bogota Charles Philips Eaton J. C Voorhis Naval Service A. K. van Reypen Washington United States Navy Solace Eaton New York

Desirable help sought at Uptown Tribune office

The New York Tribune invites aspirants to apply for various positions at its Uptown Broadway office. Hours are 9 am to 6 pm with subscription rates and foreign mail options listed. Offices and contact points include main offices on Nassau Street and Broadway, along with multiple international and domestic delivery arrangements.

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