New Theatre Cornerstone Ceremony Praised by Mayor
A cornerstone laying ceremony yesterday afternoon marked the start of the New Theatre at 24 Street and Central Park West. Mayor McGleenan declared the stone property, with a sealed box of documents, while guests including William K. Vanderbilt and Roosevelt sent messages of support for a national theatre dedicated to high drama and arts education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park West
France
Germany
Daniel Frohmen
Richard Watson Gilder
Shakespeare
Roosevelt
Atic Publac Spirite
William K. Vanderbilt
McGlellan
Wew Theatre
Carrere & Hastings
Gilder
London
Mayor vetoes hotel ticket sales ban amid other ordinances
Mayor McClellan signed the sidewalk speculation abolition while vetoing the hotel agency ban on theatre ticket sales. He rejected the anti noise nuisance measure for omissions notably on steel girders transport and street fires. Aldermen read the vetoes yesterday. ticket brokerage opinion cited. Ticket ban takes effect January 15 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Board of Aldermen
Court of Appeals
Alton B. Parker
Heinze Wins Land Grant Case Over Columbia & Western
British Columbia Court of Appeals ruled in favor of F. Augustus Heinze and United Copper Company on the Columbia and Western Railway land grant. Canadian parties proposed a split of lands in 192, with Heinze to receive half if taxes were guaranteed. He sought protection against tax burden as litigation continued to compel title transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Court of Appeals
F. Augustus Heinze
United Copper Company
Columbia & Western Railway
Heinze
Columbia & Western
Boston License Vote Narrows Majority in City Elections
Boston on December 15 reported about 70 percent of the registered voters cast. With half the returns in at 11 p m the license majority appeared between eight and ten thousand, down from last year’s 16 000 and the year before 24 500.
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Boston
Hains Jury Box Filled the Hains Jury
The jury panel includes William J. Hill as foreman and Thomas Walsh builder among twelve named jurors. Other members listed include Henry Bahne foreman, Patrick Ahearn retired, and Henry Bohne of Corona, with various trades and marital statuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hains Jury
William J. Hill
Laurel Hill
Patrick Ahearn
Jamaics
Henry Bohne
Highway Department
Corona
Juror Seat Filled in Hains Trial at Flushing Court
The twelfth juror for Thornton Jenkins Hains was seated in Supreme Court Flushing after two days of jury questioning. Prosecutors pressed bias questions including a juror whose sister was killed by her husband, while the judge refused to overturn sworn jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Supreme Court
Flushing
Talesmen
Justice Crane
Sheriff Harvey
Mr. McIntyre
Henry Bohne
Tribune
McIntyre
Hains
Cyrus Mott
Far Rockaway
Lillian Mott Guy
Samuel S. Guy
Alexander Jardine
Carlisle
Texas
Patrick V. Barber
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
City ferries stalled as New York Terminal Co demands contract
The New York Terminal Company halted East River ferries and told Controller Metz it will not operate ferries without a city contract. Mayor McClellan asked Chief Engineer Lewis to renew talks with company President Gavin. Lewis will report to the Board Friday on costs, terms, and value, while the city weighs buying the ferries including land docks and boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Terminal Company
Metz
McClellan
Lewis
Board of Estimate and
Gavin
Board of Estimate
Archbold Testimony Closes Hearings In Standard Oil Suit
John D. Archbold testified for Standard Oil as government case edges toward December 28, with possible January 6 resumption. He clashed over missing records, stock books, and loan papers while Kellogg pressed for balance sheets and English books, as Rosenthal sought records on pipelines and Waters-Pierce. Official records noted miscounts in Chicago murders for 196 and 173 in prior years.
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John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Archbold
Franklin Ferris
Frank B. Kelioge
United States Attorney
Moritz Rosenthal
Kellogg
Anglo-American Oil Company
James McDonald
Milburn
Rosenthal
Chicago
Ferris
St. Louis
Mr. Rosenthal
Post
Germany
Mannheim
Bremen
Deutsche Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft
Pure Oil Company
United States
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Rockefeller
Watera-Pierce Company
Pierce
Vilas, Keith &Chester Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Bush & Co
Solar Oil Company
Germania Mining Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Inland Ol Company
Acme Oil Companies
New York
Pennsylvania
Camden Consolidated Oil Company
Elizabeth Acid Works
Atlantic Refining Company
Imperial Refining Company
Charles Pratt & Co
Pittsburg Standard Oil Company
Paine, Ablett & Co
Smith Ferry Oil Transportation Company
Lone & Fleming Company
American Lubricating Company
Baltimore
United Oil Company
Bush & Denslow Manufacturing Company
Continental Refining Company
Chess-Carley Company
Continental Tank Line Company
Keystone Refining Company
Maverick Oil Company
National Transit Company
Producers’ Land and Petroleum Company
Portland Kerosene Oil Company
Signal Oil Works
Devoe Manufacturing Company
Eclipse Lubricating Company
Prize of 10 50 for an American grand opera
An editorial notice outlines a Metropolitan Opera Company contest offering a 10 50 prize for a grand opera by a native United States citizen. Rules require an original, English libretto, a maximum three hours twenty five minutes, anonymous scores, and exclusive performing rights in the US Canada Cuba and Mexico for five years with possible extensions.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Grand Opera
The
Opera Compan
United States of America
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Opera Company
United States
Canada
Cubd
Mexico
United
Cuba
Opera House
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NEW Theatre
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
William C. Prime
Henry G. Uand
John Taylor Johnston
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plastic Arts
Metropolitan Opera House
England
America
Berlin
Vienna
John H. Finley
College of the City of New York
Prayer House
Augustus Thomas
Mr. Finley
Theatrical Managers of
Geraldine Farrar
Winthrop Ames
Lee Shubert
John Corbin
John Jacob Astor
George F. Baker
Edmund L. Baylies
August Belmont
Cortlandt Field Bishop
Paul D. Cravath
William B. Osgood Field
Henry Clay Frick
Fifth Ave
SILO
Fifth Ave. Cor
45Th St
James P. Silo
Oriental Rugs
Prince Mathas
Mourad Shah-Mir
Mathas Mourad Shah-Mir
Angers
Karatepe
Cappadocia
Poble Sastern
Signs Theatre
Bilu
Thomas Walsh
Astoria
Henry Haker
Woodside
Samuel W. Johnson
Richmond Hill
John S Bennan
Frederic L. Richards, Jr
Long Island City
Hugh M'Cullough
Newtown
Louis A. Neu
Union Course
William B. M'Lean
P. S. Trainer
South
Mr. Archbold
Campbell
S. H. McClintock
Kelloge
Miller
Barnsdall
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
State of Pennsylvania
Bureau of
Detroit-Cadileac Motor Car
Sweden
Austria
Royal Doultons
Pouyat, Knoll
Charles Field Haviland
Limoges
Iner
China
New Building
Eights
John Wanamaker
Fourth Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Street
Metropolitan Company
Savoy Hotel
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