A Busy New York Theatre Lineup and Schedules
A long list of shows and venues fills the evening program with performances at Amusements ACADEMY OF MUSIC and multiple theatres including Belasco, Empire, Knickerbocker, and Madison Square Garden. Notable titles include The Ninety and Nine, The Darling of the Gods, The Cavalier, A Country Girl, The Stubbornness of Geraldine, Julius Cesar, and The Eternal City, with continuous performances noted at several houses and a Heidelberg Heidelberg postponement at Princess Theatre.
City and state notes on pensions criminals and politics
A survey of issues including police retirements straining pensions, a costly proposed street flushing plant for New York, persistent Western prosecutors chasing unfaithful officials, a trans Mississippi ex mayor in flight from law, Eastern criminals at large, Western culprits punished, Christmas trees burning for fuel, underwriters’ warnings on an Axe Trust, Herrick Weed and Hill stock rumors, Croker leading Tammany, and hostility to absentee landlords in Fourteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axe Trust
D. Cady Herrick
Smith M. Weed
David Bennett Hill
Croker
Tammany
Democratic Club
Fourteenth Street Tepees
Senate Adopts Statehood and Militia Bills in Territories Report
The New York Daily Tribune notes the Senate committee favors admitting Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. House passes union railroad station cost 4000.44 in Washington and 500000 pounds to fight cattle disease in New England. Caribbean arbitration talks on Venezuela loom with Britain and Germany cautious. Roosevelt to send Cuban reciprocity treaty to the Senate. Juries verdicts and fires overshadow domestic headlines. Weather shows rain and warmer with highs near 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Committee On Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
House
Washington
New England
Venezuela
London
Berlin
House of Commons
Lord Cranborne
Great Britain
Caracas
Castro
Roosevelt
Havana
Tribune
United States Supreme Court
Gray
Sewall
Boston
United States
Utica
New York Central
William B. Brooks
Erie
Penn
Park Ave
New York State
Mississippi Valley
Brondin
Blondin
Free import of art urged to curb tariff harms
A Massachusetts congressman proposes a winter bill to abolish duties on foreign works of art created fifty years prior. The move aims to educate the public and strengthen art museums by removing barriers that keep valuable pieces abroad. Support from artists and connoisseurs runs deep, with debates highlighting educational value over trash concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Lovering
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Tribune
London
Obstacle in Collector’s Path Remains as Tariff Debate Persists
The Tribune notes artists favor educational aims over personal gain as tariffs threaten access to fine old masters. It highlights Mr. Cox’s view that protection is absurd for artists who benefit little from it, and stresses the civilizational duty to allow masterworks in American galleries. Congressman Lovering argues art imports enrich national culture and intellectual honor requires open access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Cox
Congressman Lovering
America
The Mailed Fist in Venezuela and Its Aftermath
The article argues Germany drives aggressive actions in Venezuela while Britain fears entanglement. It notes sinking of Venezuelan ships, bombardment at Porto Cabello, and German naval eagerness. It contrasts responses of Berlin and London, praises Caracas for restraint, and suggests arbitration as a dignified resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
la Guayra
Porto Cabello
London
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Sweden
Samoa
Oscar
Caracas
Castro
Lorenz pioneered bloodless hip dislocation treatment methods
The article traces Dr Lorenzs role in advancing congenital hip dislocation care from early bloodless techniques inspired by Buckminster Brown to Hoffas cutting method and Lorenz own refinements. It notes the benefits of using bloodless methods with young children, Lorenz public demonstrations, and his willingness to share his technique for public good rather than monopolize it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz
Boston
Buckminster Brown
Hoffa
Paci
Vienna
America
Christmas tipping farce and the price of generosity
A sharp critique of escalating Christmas tipping for streetcar conductors and other workers. The piece warns tipping is mutating from voluntary kindness into a tax like obligation, recalling Philadelphia and urging restraint to preserve the true spirit of Christmas. It laments the growth of organized tipping as mercenary, urging individuals to give as they can without societal pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Divorces Here and Abroad in Turbulent Italy Debate
A Chicago era article notes Italy faces a heated divorce law debate, with referees and courts to confirm severances of marriage. It contrasts sensational past practices such as express train divorces with a shift toward more restrained, deliberate separations. The piece observes public opinion turning away from reckless divorce methods, across regions including the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Italy
Chicago
Sioux City
Palace
Cook County
Lake Michigan
Dakotas
Talk of the Day King Leopold Hears Brabanconne Mock
A Belgian King Leopold meets rustic bands outside Brussels the other day. Bandsmen greet him with the Brabanconne yet all play their known airs. The King thanks them for the agreeable surprise and moves on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Brussels
Indépendance Belge
White House Visitors Note Personal Machinations Amid Venezuela Talks
At the White House on December 15 President Wilson received a mix of visitors, chiefly on personal matters. While top officials discussed potential Venezuela talks, most conversations involved patronage, Cuban treaty issues, and unrelated social engagements including a Liverpool supper for Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry with numerous dignitaries and scholars at the Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Venezuela
Hay
Root
Cullom
Huntington Wilson
Lolation
Tokio
Hitt
Paris
Sir Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
Bram Stoker
Irving
Dramatic Company
Liverpool
Edward
Lady Russell
William
Lady Banks
T. W. M. Lund
John Watson
W. J
Adams
James
Hamilton
Thurston Holland
L. Peace
Peace
Pickmere
Diplomatic Reception and Embassy Host Duties
Washington December 15 Special The British Ambassador and Lady Herbert plan a 5 pm official reception with leading diplomatic corps members. Baroness Hengelmuller hosts tea December 30 for the ambassador's niece Mile. des Planques. Italian Ambassador and Signora de Planches hosted a dinner with Russian Ambassador Countess Cassini Spanish Minister Captain Cowles and others. Major von Etzel, new German Army attaché, arrives January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert
Baroness Hengelmuller
Baroness von Palm
Signora de Planches
Cassini
Sefior Ojeda
Cowles
Zaniti-Salazas
Mile. Des Planques
Miss Ward
Regis de Oliveira
Legation
Richard Parsons
Sefior Montagna
Major von Etzel
Washington society notes from December gatherings
Mrs Fuller wife of the Chief Justice hosted a large Washington social afternoon along with many Supreme Court women. Invitations for a December 27 dinner go to Justice Brown and announce his first entertainment since his wife’s death. Cap tain Winfield Overton visits General and Mrs Anson Mills as his wedding to Miss Mills is planned for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fuller
Supreme Court
Peckham
H. E. Peckham
Lakewood
N. J
Brown
Rose Douglas Wallace
Texas Bates
Army
Winfield 8. Overton
Artillery
Anson Mills
Overton
Miss Mills
Presidio of
San Francisco
Mills
Helen Stewart
Ohio
Carl A. Martin
Philippines
Arthur Stanley
Ludlow
Marion Cockrell
Edson F. Gallaudet
Senator Cockrell
Church of the Covenant
New York Society Glitters at Puccini Opera Night
A stylish New York Society crowd praised Puccini’s La Boheme at the opera. Notables included Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Astor among many social leaders. Scheduled parties and dinners fill the season with debutantes and weddings in early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puccini
Ogden Goelet
May Goelet
R. T. Wilson
Astor
John Jacob Astor
Clinch Smith
H. A. C. Taylor
Adrian Iselin, Jr
John B
Miss Edith Huntington Weds John D Spreckels Jr at Palace Hotel
Miss Edith Huntington married John D Spreckels Jr in San Francisco at the Palace Hotel. Archbishop Riordan officiated with several priests assisting. The bride is daughter of Willard H Huntington and grandniece of Collis P Huntington. the groom is the son of John D Spreckels, sugar king and owner of The San Francisco Call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edith Huntington
John D. Spreckels, Jr
Palace Hotel
Riordan
Willard H. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington
John D. Spreckels
Elizabeth Parkinson Debuts in Lakme at Opera Comique
Elizabeth Parkinson of Kansas City made her debut tonight in the title role of Lakme revived at the Opera Comique for the occasion. She impressed with an attractive appearance and a high soprano voice, was applauded, and recalled. A large audience included Ambassador and Mrs Porter Consul General and Mrs Gowdy and many resident Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Elizabeth Parkinson
Kansas City
Lakme
Opera Comique
Dinner honors fifteenth anniversary of Seney Hospital
At the Montauk Club last evening the board of managers hosted a dinner for the Seney Hospital medical staff in Brooklyn. Speakers included Rev. Dr. James M. Buckley president of the managers Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher and Rev. A J Kavanagh. Buckley ridiculed Christian Science and recalled a healer’s refusal to treat or even visit the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal
Seney
Brooklyn
Montauk Club
James M. Buckley
Lewis S. Pilcher
A. 3. Kavanagh
Buckley
Transatlantic Travellers on Lombardia Arrive Soon
Passengers listed aboard the Lombardia of the Italian Royal Mail Steamship Company include Captain C Nicolini c Rume Mr Viganotti Mr Fernandez Fritz Bacon iL Febles Emilio Elles Count Francis McDonnell Miss C Ayers L Garbarino The Rev Mr Kreidt The Rev L Regan and others expected to reach here tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombardia
Royal Mail Steamship Company
Norrow
C. Nicolini
C. Rume
Viganotti
Fernandez
Fritz Bacon
Febles
Emilio Elles
Count Francis McDonnell
C Ayers
L. Garbarino
Kreidt
L. Regan
Hope for Felix McCloskey Recovery Chances Rise
Dr. Franklin P. Miller attending Felix McCloskey, forty years assistant sergeant-at-arms in the House, said last night the pneumonia patient shows stronger resistance than expected and there are hopes for recovery. Mrs. Anna Selkirk, his daughter living with him at 314 Stuyvesant Ave Brooklyn, fears domestic tensions may have broken his heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Miller
Felix McCloskey
House of Representatives
McCloskey
Anna Selkirk
Stuyvesant Ave
Brooklyn
Drama and theater listings for New York venues
The stage week features Joe Welch in a Jew character at Fourteenth Street Theatre and Alt Heidelberg at Princess Theatre. The Billionaire debuts December 29 at Daly's, When Johnny Comes Marching Home at New York Theatre tonight, and The Old Homestead at West End Theatre on December 2. Harlem Opera House shows The Two Schools. Murray Hill revives Streets of New York with Ralph Stuart. American Theatre hosts A Remarkable Case. Langtry appears December 2 at Garrick in The Crossways. Sothern as Hamlet at Garden. Clara Bloodgood in The Girl With the Green Eyes at Savoy. Sultan of Sulu at Wallack's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe” Welch
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Princess Theatre
Daly's Theatre
Johnny
New York Theatre
Harlem Opera House
Irving Place
Alt Heidelberg
New York
Murray Hill Theatre
Ralph Stuart
Badger
American Theatre
Movements of Stars in Early 1903 Theater Schedule
The article lists actors and tours across U S cities including Blanche Walsh in The Daughter of Hamilcar in Harlem on the 22nd, Mme Duse and Mrs Leslie Carter in Boston tonight and Chicago December 22, with other engagements in Philadelphia Baltimore Montreal and Chicago. Magda Francesca and Camille at future Met Opera and Madison Square Theatre. Elizabeth Tyree Gretna Green January 5 1903. Willard as David Garrick next Thursday at Gardena Theatre and a final week of The Middleman Tom Pinch and Al fet Her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Blanche Walsh
Hamilcar
Montreal
Mme. Duse
Leslie Carter
Boston
Chicago
Patrick Campbell
Philadelphia
Francis Wilson
Baltimore
Metropolitan Opera House
Magda
Francesca
Camille
William Gillette
Edith Wynne Mathieson
Everyman
Virginia Harned
Tom Pinch
al Fet
Contest of Prager Will Alleges Fraud and Undue Influence
Heirs at law and next of kin file notice of contest against Morris Prager's will, alleging improper witnessing and lack of sound mind. Abram J. Prager named main beneficiary, with about $200,000 share. contestants claim fraud and undue influence by him and unknown associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Pragers
Hotel Netherland
James, Elkus & Schell
Arthur B. Spingarp
Prager
Wa Tynberg
Ashton
Madisonave
Ninety-third St
William Hauchhaus
George I. Koplik
Samuel T. Koplik
George Koplik
Abram J. Er
Abram J. Prager
Morris J. Hirsch
Williamst
Morris Prager
Hirsch
Buckley Will Filed. Watches and Ring Left to Kin
The will of William F. Buckley filed in the Surrogate's Office assigns to his nephew John Dunlap Buckley an open faced dial repeating watch formerly owned by Sir Henry Strachey and worn when appointed secretary to Le Clive in India around 1766. To Molly Bronson Buckley, his wife, the diamond ring won at a Homeopathic Fair Lottery in 1864 to aid Civil War soldiers. Rebecca R. Esbert, who later became Buckley’s wife, wore it and valued it as lucky and sacred. Buckley died at 49 West Forty-fifth Street. will dated August 3. overall estate to relatives, with bequests free of transfer tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Buckley
John Dunlap Buckley
Sir Henry Strachey
le Clive
India
John D. Buckley
Molly Bronson Buckley
West Fourteenth St
Rebecca R. Es‘bert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Academy OF Music
Belasco Theatre
Eliou Theatre
Rroadway
Criterion Theatre
Circle Theatre
Jane
Dalys Theatre
Eden Mi'see
Wex Empire Theatre
Knickerbocker Theatre
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Theatre
Audrer
Manhattan Theatre
Pastor
Heidelberg
R's
ST. Nicholas
Victoria
Wallace’s
West End
Santa Claus
Col
Col Amusements
Rs & Publications
Oon
New York Daily Tribune
Perth Amboy
Charlies F. Murphy
Pennsylvania Tunnel
Wall Street
Huntington
Central Pacific Railroad Company
THE
Atlanta Constitution
Kelburg
Cracow
Poland
Alexander
Kelberg
New Zealand
Pegler
Palmerston North
London Globe
Jane Heeband
N. B
Virginia
Duke of X
Earl of Y
Marquis Z
A. J
London Chronicle
Pythagoras
Cesar
Washington Star
Moruya
New South Wales
George Solly
Rodney
Crimea
Inkerman
Balaklava
Alma
Sebastopol
Philadelphia Record
Sir Edward Clarke
Edmund Gosse
Board of Trade
Bores
White House
the Diplomatic Corps
Notes OF Society
NEW York Society
William C. Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
Adelaide Randolph
R. Fulton Cutting
Helen
East Sixty-sevth-st
Alice Roosevelt
L Townsend Burden
Cutting
Waldorf-Astoria
Amos F. Eno
Fifth-ave
Elbridge T. Gerry
East Sixty-first-st
William Ives Washburn
West Forty-seventh St
Norman de R. Whitehouse
Brunswick
Mme. Gadski
David Baxter
Albert Morris Bagby
the Waldorf- Astoria
Levi P. Morton
Richard Gambrill
William Douglas Sloane
James A. Burden, Jr
Ellis Hoffman
John H. Hammond
John H. Davis
Isabelle Cameron
Mme
George R. Schieffelin
East Forty-eighth-st
Dorothy
Pembroke Jones
West Fifty-first-st
Lawrence Welles
West Seventeenth-st
Frederick Schuchardt
Mary
Stires
St. Thomas's Rectory
West Fiftythird-st
Florence Twombly
Adelaide Baylis
Josephine
Mary Atterbury
Myles S. Bromley
H. S. Manning
J. E. R. Carpenter
Helen Kountze
Robert L. Livingston
Grace Church
Fifty-seventh-st
Luther Kounize
Cornelia Brady Harris
John R. Harris
Leland Langley
East Fortieth-st
Miss Newbold
W. H. Langley
W. Astor Chanler
Cecil Landale
James W. Gerard
Fitzhove
Gustav E. Kissel
Morristown
West Sixteenth-st
William G. Read, Jr
Helen Read
W. M. W. Hoffman
Jeky Island
James M. Waterbury
Elsie
Edward V. Loew
West Fifty-seventh-st
Marguerite Loew
Miss Parkinson
Seney Hospital
Felix M’closkey
Clive
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