Amusements and Vaudeville Lineup at Major Theaters
A rundown of shows across New York venues including Academy of Music Rose of the Rancho Belasco Warens of Vmin and Comet at ROU Blaney’s Parisian Model and Funabashi Colonial at Criterion Miss Hook of Holland at Daly’s House of a Thousand Candies Eden Musee World in Wax Empire and more. The listings note times from 2:15 to 8:20 daily with acts such as Vaudeville at Garrick Hippodrome and Burlesque at Weber’s Music Hall plus opera at Metropolitan and a winter exhibition at Academy of Design.
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Academy OF Music
Alhambra
Belasco
Vmin
Rou
Blaney
Funabashi_ OCOLONIAL
Criterion
Miss Hook
Holland Daly
Empire
Quality Street
Garrick
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Uupsoon
New York
Polly
Licecm
Madison Square
Aunt Mary
Majestic
MANHATTAN OPERA _HOUSE
Louise
Metropolitan Opera House
la Traviata
Academy OF Design
New Amsterdam
NEW Circle
ST. Nicholas Rink
Savot—S
Stuyvesant
Wallace
Weber's Music Hall
New York Daily Erthince Ownership and Address noted
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the paper. Office and principal place of business at Tribune Building, 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Mills serves as president, Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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Une
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Officare
Congress Debates Currency Bill And Island Improvements
The Senate introduced an emergency currency bill by Mr. Aldrich and adjourned to Thursday. In the House Mr. Bennet seeks 550000 for Ellis Island improvements while Mr. Gill requests papers on the naval controversy. Prohibitionists mobilize Washington activity as rail wreck injures about twenty. Governor Hughes appoints Edward S. Clinch to hear Independence League charges against William Leary.
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Congress
Senate
Aldrich
House
Bennet
New York
Ellis Island
Gill
Maryland
Washington
Collver
Southern Railway
Hiram
Dallas
Hughes
Edward S. Clinch
Independence League
Wiliam Leary
Albany
Hart
James H. Higgins
Rhode Island
Providence
Salvation Army
Worcester
Mass
Grenock Inn
Lee
Berkshire
Mount Royal
Queenstown
Tsarskoe-Selo
Santiago
Valparaiso
Okuma
Kobe
India
F. Augustus Heinze
Bishop Worthington
France
H. Grey Duberly
Earl Grey
Canada
Theodore Whitmore
Samuel Fessenden
Connecticut
Mutual Reserve
Supreme Court Sops Liability Act in Historic Ruling
The high court voided the Employers Liability Act of 1906, narrowing federal reach over interstate carriers. Justice White warned the law blurred lines between intrastate and interstate operations, risking constitutional flaws and unequal treatment of carrier employers.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Tote
McCall
Evans
White
Legal split on Congress power to regulate interstate rail workers
Justice White finds the 1906 act blends subjects beyond and within Congress authority, rendering it unenforceable. Four justices vote for validity for all or part, while three would strike it as unconstitutional under strict construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Justice White
Supreme Court
Messrs. Harlan
McWkenna
Holmes
Moody
White
Messrs. Fuller
Peckham
Brewer
Public Opinion Spike Shapes Interstate Commerce Reform
The Interstate Commerce Commission report lauds broad regulatory progress after reforms. Rail managers largely accept the amended law, adjust rates, end abuses, and curb discriminations, with public opinion driving changes and a wary stance toward further regulation until needed.
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Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Consolidated Gas Company
Master In Chancery
United States
Supreme Court
Auto-suggestion or delayed rabies mystery in Brooklyn man
Four years after a dog bite in Brooklyn, Christian Henry died apparently from hydrophobia. Reports show no initial symptoms and the wound caused no pain. An investigation cites three theories to explain the death including dormant bacilli, a light initial infection overcome by faith and health, or no infection at all.
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Christian Henry
Brooklyn
Henry
Death Likely Tied to Mental State in Henry Case
The author discusses the possible role of persistent thinking and fear as a toxin influencing physiology. While no definitive cause is given for Henry's death, the text argues that mental activity can affect bodily processes and may be a critical factor in two of the cases analyzed, alongside infectious explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreas
Henry
Annals of Medicine
Atlantic Solitudes and the Mount Royal Mystery
The Mount Royal arrives safely at Queenstown proving the vastness of the Atlantic despite claims of crowded routes. The voyage took thirty days within the beaten track, yet no one aboard sighted the steamer until it neared Ireland, unsettling underwriters and restoring old sea-scale perspective.
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Mount Royal
Queenstown
North Atlantic
Europe
North America
Richmond County
A Proposed Tariff Commission For 1909 Revision
Senator Beveridge proposes creating a tariff commission to study the Dingley schedules and guide reform. Critics warn a permanent bureau could stagnate, while a focused commission chosen for a specific task might better serve intelligent, equitable tariff revision. The public mood favors protection with fair application and a nonpartisan fact base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Congress
Pan American Railroad Vein of Unity and Transit
The article discusses a Central American led treaty for a Pan American railroad linking the United States to Chile and Argentina. It notes existing transcontinental routes, gaps in Central America, and the plan to run through from New York to Buenos Aires. Theodore Paschke’s paper helps illuminate the Central American segment.
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United States
Patagonia
Mexico
Central American States
South America
Cecil Rhodes
Cape
Cairo
Alaska
Chile
Argentina
New York
Buenos Ayres
Central America
Puerto Montt
Pacific
Cuzco
Peru
Guatemala
Pacific Coast
Caribbean
Honduras
Salvador
Gulf of Fonseca
Theodore Paschke
Washington
Grand Duchess Louise Discusses Pasteurization Research
The Heidelberger Tageblatt reports a lengthy English conversation between Grand Duchess Louise and Nathan Straus on pasteurization and child mortality. She guards the Karlsruhe milk plant and supports scientific methods to reduce infant deaths, praising Straus for his care of Baden’s people.
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Heidelberger Tageblatt
Louise
Nathan Straus
Mr. Straus
Hansell
Hauser
Straus
Karlsruhe
Baden
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Kobé
The
Straits
Proposed Pan American railroad linked to Monroe Doctrine
Paschke outlines a direct Mexico to Panama route totaling 1125.5 miles across Guatemala Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica and Panama with costs of 12 586 to 51 124 per mile and an average of 18 467 per mile totaling 20 784 285 dollars. He notes added links through Colombia Peru and Chile to complete a North South network supporting peace and private and public interests.
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Paschke
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Panama
Salvador
Honduras
Nica- Tagua
New York
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Mexico
North
Central
South America
Venezuela
Three
Guianas
Arbitration and humor amid eviction tensions in urban housing
The piece argues for arbitration to ease the rent strike and eviction tensions on the East Side, noting risks of indiscriminate dispossess writs while urging conciliatory measures. It parodies Harvard elective system critiques and mocks student permissions in midwinter navigation. It references President Schurman and a Harvard episode.
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East Side
Schurman
Cornell
Harvard
New York Bay
John Harvard
President hosts wide circle of social and business visitors
The Tribune Bureau reports a busy day in Washington as the President received numerous social and business callers before a Cabinet meeting. Attendees included Senators Carter Clapp Daniel Bourne Piles Hemenway Representatives Hayes Kahn Hackett and many prominent spouses and officials from Congress and the administration.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Carter
Clapp
Daniel
Bourne
Piles
Hemenway
Hayes
Kahn
Hackett
Charles A. Prouty
Admiral Cowles
United States
Abernethey
Oklahoma
Robert Bacon
Gaines
Tennessee
Hermitage
Jackson
Nashville
Vice-Presidents Dinner Honoring Roosevelt Attendees
Vice-President and Mrs Fairbanks hosted their annual dinner at the K street residence with guests including Justices Harlan and Dey Senators Elkins Beveridge Carter Hemenway Frazier Rear Admiral Cowles former ambassador Harris Page Curtis Major McKee Mrs Hanna Townsend Boardman Timmons Dr Bristol Colonel McCook George Adee and Clarence Douglas.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
K Street
Harlan
Dey
Elkins
Beveridge
Carter
Hemenway
Frazier
William Sheffield Cowles
Austria-Hungary
Addison C. Harris
Thomas Nelson Page
William E. Curtis
Charles Major
James R. McKee
Mark Hanna
Richard H. Townsend
Diplomatic social season fills Boston and London circles
Washington reports detailed lists of guests at German and British embassy events including Miss Carow sister of Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Crane as well as Speaker Cannon Senator Burrows and diplomats from Germany Austria Hungary Spain and Mexico with moves of attachés and transfers to New York Rome and London announcing new postings and travel plans.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Baroness von Sternburg
Boston Symphony
Spain
Cannon
J. Franklin Bell
Bell
Murray Crane
Washington Society Dinners and Plans Highlight Week
Brigadier General and Mrs. Clarence R. Edwards hosted a dinner for Miss Gertrude Claggett and Paymaster Edmund W. Bonnaffon amid upcoming marriage plans. Dr. and Mrs. Duncan McKim hosted a musical for two hundred at their 18th street home. Box seats at the Boston Symphony featured Mrs. Roosevelt, Baroness von Sternburg, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. A. Williams, and Mrs. Herbert Parsons with other dignitaries including the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. James R. Garfield and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Clarence R. Edwards
Gertrude Claggett
Edmund W. Bonnaffon
Duncan McKim
18Th Street
Boston Symphony
Roosevelt
Baroness von Sternburg
Gibson Fahnestock
A. Willams
Herbert Parsons
Secretary of the Interior
James R. Garfield
Commerce and Labor
Nation to Save Old Hermitage Home
Washington January 7 Representatives Gaines of Tennessee drafted a bill to fund The Hermitage Andrew Jacksons former home for three years at 3000 and one dollar annually thereafter to aid the Ladies Hermitage Association The President endorsed the plan as a national patriotic effort with expected nonpartisan support.
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The
Tribune Burea
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Ladies’ Hermitage Association
Congress
Gaines
Ambassador Thompson to Present Roosevelt Portrait in Mexico
Ambassador Thompson has received a portrait of President Roosevelt and will present it to President Diaz in Mexico City in a few days. The exchange aims to strengthen diplomatic ties as officials schedule the formal presentation.
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Mexico City
Thompson
President Roosevelt
Diaz
Admiral Ludlow's Condition Reported Critical In New York
Admiral Nicoll Ludlow of the U S Navy is gravely ill with grip at August Marsh's home in Oakdale New York. His nurse Mrs Marsh has fallen ill. Mrs Ludlow, believed in Washington, has not been at the bedside since the first attack.
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The
Tribune
Oakdale
N. Y
Nicoll Ludlow
August Marsh
Local Bride Weds Ingram In St Bartholomews Ceremony
Miss M Adelaide Gould daughter of Mr and Mrs Elgin R L Gould married Charles Ingram of Baltimore in St Bartholomews Church. The bride wore white satin with court train and point lace veil. Matron of honor Mrs Lyttleton R Purnell. bridesmaids in Empire yellow chiffon. Bishop Greer officiated with a reception at 67 West 82d Street. The couple to reside in Baltimore after a Southern trip. Albany note: Miss Katherine Buckley wed Edward H Hawke Jr officiated by Bishop Burke. The couple to live in New York City after the ceremony.
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M. Adelaide Gould
Elgin R. L. Gould
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Charles Ingram
Baltimore
Lyttleton R. Purnell
Florence Ingram
Carrie Warfield
Gertrude Tower
Boston
Herma Letts
Evanston
Ill
Helen Moffett
Dorothy Worrall
James Ingram
E. Mulford Crutchfield
Richmond
Alvar O’brien
R. H. Grimes
Lyttleton B. Purnell
John Hurst Purnell
W. J. Clarke Dulany
Clarke
Albany
Katherine Buckley
Josephine Buckley
Edward H. Hawke, Jr
New York City
T. M. A. Burke
Wiliam H. Buckley
Edward F. Swan
New York
Frances A Hawke
Mary A. Brown
Mr. Bawke
New York Society Dance at Sherry's Draws Big Turnout
Despite bad weather a large crowd attended the Junior Cotillon at Sherry's with Mrs. Arthur Murray Dedse and other patronesses greeting guests. Stowe Phelps danced with Miss Eleanor Mortimer as notable society figures hosted pre-dinner gatherings and social events across town.
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Sherry's
Arthur Murray Dedse
Frederick W. Whitridge
Augustus Heckscher
Edward Landon
Stowe Phelps
Eleanor Mortimer
Arthur Murray Dodge
John Holland
J. West Roosevelt
J. Hood Wright
Edward H. Wales
Reginald W. Rives
John E. Alexandre
Monument to Bennington Dead Unveiled at San Diego
In a ceremony at Point Loma National Cemetery San Diego officers sailors of the Pacific squadron and local citizens gathered for the unveiling of the Bennington monument. The plain granite shaft rises 60 feet above a concrete base and commemorates those lost in the gunboat explosion on July 21 190? Admiral Goodrich spoke as did Col R Wedge president of the Bennington Memorial Association and Bishop Johnson delivered the benediction.
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San Diego
Cal
Pacific Squadron
National Cemetery
Point Loma
San Diego County
Admiral Goodrich
Navy Yard
R. Wedge
Bennington Memorial Association
Bishop Johnson
Newport Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Edwin D. Morgan, inspecting his summer estate, departed for New York. Henry F. Eldridge returned to New York after a brief visit. William Watts Sherman of the Newport City Council attended Monday inauguration exercises before returning to New York. Miss Mary Appleton and Miss Frances Skinner, visiting cottagers, have also left for New York.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Edwin D. Morgan
New York
Henry F. Eldridge
William Watts Sherman
Mary Appleton
Frances Skinner
Funeral for Rev Dr Stafford Noted Catholic Leader
The funeral of the Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford former pastor of St. Patrick’s Church was held in Washington today at St. Patrick’s. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery with notable attendees including Vice-President Fairbanks Speaker Cannon Supreme Court justices Cardinal Gibbons and others. President Roosevelt sent a wreath from the White House.
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Washington
D. J. Stafford
St. Patrick's Church
Roosevelt
Regulating the Supply of Currency Letter to the Editor
Elmer H. Youngman argues against centralized control of currency supply and urges currency needs be driven by business and bank lending. He compares currency demand to meat demand, cautions ruling authorities cannot arbitrarily set issue levels, and favors banknote systems backed by gold reserves and direct banker knowledge of clients.
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the Tribune
Garfield
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
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London
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Naval Academy
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Democratic Party
White House
Arnold Hague
Sharpe
the Diplomatic Corps
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Old Jackson
President Diaz
Admiral Ludlow
NEW York Society
John Henry Hammond
Beatrice
Misa Constance Pratt
W. B. Osgood Field
Eleanor Alexander
H. W. McVickar
H. Mason Raberg
Bowery Mission
Dave Hennen Morris
Gladys Hice
Marie Keickhoefer
Lawrence Butler
Prescott Hall Butler
Dorothy Innes
E. Berry Wall
Mary Gaylord
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Evert Jansen Wendell
Richard Mortimer
Lucius K. Wilmerding
Warren C. Beach
Hermann Oelrichs
Town
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Frederick Pearson
West Sith Street
Charles H. Marshall
Miss Evelyn Marshall
Sherry’s
Frederic J. de Peyster
East S6th Street
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Washington Square
Eugene Delano
Giraud Foster
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Bennington
DR. Stafford
Elmer H. Youngman
Bankers’ Magnuse
Dan
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