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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1908

Page

21

Vaudeville Listings Noted for Theaters and Acts

Amusements section lists numerous acts and venues including The Rose of the Rancho The Secret Orehast The Warrens of Virginia The Comet The Bad Boy and His Teddy Bears Parisian Model Funabashi House of a Thousand Candles The World In Wax The Jesters Under the Greenwood Tree Goets von Berlichingen The Witching Hour The Girl Behind the Counter Battle of Port Arthur The Four Seasons and Winter Carnival Polly of the Circus The Thief The Reckoning Thais Madama Butter The Merry Whow Traxving the Ponies Man of the Hour Ice skating A Grand Army Man A Knight for a Day Burlesque listing at various theaters and halls.

Virginia Mies Hook Holend Vauderville Musee The New York Liberts Polly Lyceucm Leric Reemersholm Madison Square Madison Square Garden Manhattan Opera House Metropolitan Opera House

Network Daily Eribunne Ownership and Office Address

The Tribune Association of New York owns and publishes Network Daily Eribunne. The corporate officers include Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer. The office is Trib une Building at No 155 Nassau Street, New York.

The Tribune Association New York Corporation Tribune Building Nassau Street New York Ogden Mills Nathaniel Tuttle Offi

Congress Passes Post Office Funding and Panama Canal Changes

Senate approves 3.6 million dollar post office building funding and Panama Canal lock width increase to 114 feet. House backs civil code amendments blocked. President endorses Isthmian Commission plan. Other items include Haiti revolt, Bank of England discount cut, and weather with fair today.

Congress Senate New York Post Regis L. Post Porto Rico House Edwards Georgia Mr. Gardner Massachusetts Buncombe Rio de Janeiro Bear Evans Amade Settal Morocco Bank of England Jean Juneau Gonaives Isthmian Canal Commission Panama Canal Locks Senate Committee On Finance Aldrich Foraker Ohio Taft Agricultural Societies Albany Democratic General Committee Erie County William J. Bryan Wadsworth Boston George Livingston Richards John C. Grady Philadelphia Provident Life Assurance Society A. Wasserman Stock Exchange Whitney & Kitchen New Jersey Tribune Budson River New York City Alfred ©. Crozier Metz

Municipal Receivership and City Government Reform

The article argues New York City faces a fiscal crisis due to rising taxes and debt and calls for a comprehensive, businesslike reform of municipal administration. It cites London and Boston as examples and notes Massachusetts debates on remodeling Boston government for economy.

New York City London Boston Tammany Massachusetts The Transcript

Boston Finance Commission urged to spearhead city recovery plan

The Editorial argues the Boston Finance Commission should gain authority to rehabilitate city government, draft a new charter, and suspend council powers over appropriations while the Mayor receives an absolute veto. It compares to New York and urges a permanent reform to root out political rings and prevent ruin.

Finance Commission Boston City Hall Massachusetts New York Charter Revision Commission

System roils city police clash as Bingham Jerome feud deepens

The editorial condemns the spat between General Bingham and District Attorney Jerome over police leadership. It warns both men to restrain verbal attacks, urges loyalty to the public, and questions who serves the “system” behind the scenes while urging tighter scrutiny of police conduct and informants.

Bingham Jerome Mr. Jerome Police Department General Bingham

Water supply delays spark civic push to advance Ashokan project

City leaders voices unite against funding hold ups as Board of Estimate and Apportionment slows Ashokan water works. Officials warn postponement raises costs and delays essential public welfare project while defenders denounce alleged charges against the commissioners and urge prompt action.

Board of Estimate Commissioners of Accounts Alice

City board urged to restart water project after likely mayoral dismissal

The board argues the Mayor will soon dismiss the charges as unworthy of serious consideration and that the Board of Water Supply should immediately resume the important undertaking it has conducted with notable ability and fidelity to public interests.

Board of Water Supply

Senate approves half indemnity remission for China

The Senate on Lodge’s motion authorized the remission of one half of the indemnity China owes for the Boxer expedition and related losses in 1900. The piece argues the U S should not collect the excess after expenses, stressing magnanimity and justice over punitive demands.

Senate Lodge China Peking United States McKinley

Prince Rupert City on Karen Island Promoted by Grand Trunk Pacific

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad plans a western terminus city named Prince Rupert on Karen Island, near Alaska, with three city levels for shipping, retail, and homes plus parks and breathing spots. Critics note lack of subway plans and urge local reformers to weigh in before proceeding with the project.

Russia Danny Steel Corporation Gary Indiana Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad Prince Rupert Karen Island Vancouver Alaska Greater Northwest Boston Utopia Kissena Park Winnipeg New York City

City eyes steerage rate plan to curb charity strain

Debate centers on a dollar a day rate for food lodging and travel for 150000 unemployed in New York City and the cost impact on public almshouses. Officials warn that keeping sea borne homes could require inmates to surrender literary rights to works from European Impressions to Doing the Danube with Dolly.

New York City Dolly Baedeker

Tests and musings on lectures and world affairs

A didactic column notes a $5000 bequest to Clark University for occult lectures, questions about India’s needs and benevolent missions, Massachusetts Democratic chairing struggles, Kentucky apportionment reform, and Columbia professors duplicating the Foucault experiment to prove the earth moves amid Bryan’s Denver nomination.

Columbia University Foucault Denver Bryan

Chicago adopts New York style police caps and collars

A local column notes Chicago copying New York police uniforms with winter caps and left collar numerals. The piece also recalls lighthearted quips about proposals and language, and surveys Italian reactions to English terms like i tunnel in Rome.

Chicago New York

Philadelphia Birthday Proposed Civic Celebration

The Philadelphia Ledger reports Mayor Reyburn’s Historical Commission fixed 1683 as the city’s founding date and urged a 225th anniversary civic celebration this year. Research uncovered seals and a Harrisburg document calling Penn’s city “the City of Philadelphia.”

Philadelphia Ledger Reyburn Historical Commission Ray Oarisburg Harrisburg Penn Philadelphia Thomas Holmes

Diplomatic corps dinner at the White House scented with orchids

The Roosevelts hosted the annual diplomatic corps dinner using the historic silver service. Guests included ambassadors from Italy, Austria Hungary, France, Britain, and many other nations alongside Secretaries Root and Wilson staff. Social events followed with tennis, dinners, dances, and engagements noted among prominent figures and debutantes.

Tribune Bureau Washington

Cabinet Dinner Hosts Paris and Vienna Embassy Delegates

The Postmaster General and Mrs Meyer hosted a dinner for foreign envoys and attaches including the French naval attaché and Mme de Blanpré, Austrian and German embassy counselors, Russian and Italian attaches, British envoy staff, and several American guests.

Tribune Bureau Washington Meyer Mme. de Blanpré Pierre Lorillard Houghton Boston Eleanor Terry Alice Meyer Baron Ambrozy von Schubert Baron von Strum Kroupensky Signor Cora H. Beresford- Hope Mr. Hitt Ralph B. Strassburger

Diplomatic World Sends Off Several Envoys and Aides

Washington diplomats and their guests bid farewell to on leave envoys and assistants. Mexico's ambassador and Sefiora Creel stay through Sunday. Signor Montagna of Italy plans a March three month visit to Italy before summer returns. Baron Demeter Hye arrives as Austro Hungarian attaché in Washington. Belgian counsellor De Cartier de Marchienne arrives to assume duties. De Cartier is married to General Draper’s niece.

Tribone Bureau Washington Mexico Sefiora Creel Signor Montagna Italy Mayor Des Planches Demeter Hye Legation Sefiora de Pastor M. de Cartier de Marchienne M. Havenith Belgium Persia M. de Cartier William F. Draper Rome

Washington Society Dinners Highlight Capitol Hosts

In Washington on January 16 Associate Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes entertained a distinguished company at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page hosted Mrs. T. P. O'Connor of England. Other hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Legare, Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Blair, Mrs. Nicholas Fish, and Mrs. John Moore.

Tribune Bureau Washington Oliver Wendell Holmes Thomas Nelson Page T. P. O'Connor England Hugh Legare Woodbury Blair Nicholas Fish John Moore

Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Dinner for List of Guests

Mrs Vanderbilt gave a dinner last night at her home on West Sith Street. Her guests, numbering

John R. Drexel East 62 Street Szechenyi Mrs. Vanderbilt West Sith Street

Will of William Rhinelander Probate Filed in Surrogates Court

The will of William Rhinelander who died January 3 is filed for probate in Albany. Estate valued over $10,000 with real and personal property. Bequest to son William C. Rhinelander set at large annual sum, subject to abatement if not needed for support. Wife Matilda left the estate with hope it passes to sons Thomas Jackson Oakley Rhinelander and Philip Rhinelander. Executors named: the widow, the sons, and Charles C. Bull. William C. Rhinelander said he would not contest the will and signed papers agreeing not to interfere with estate administration. He praised the annual allowance of $8,000, noting it is double what he previously received.

William Rhinelander William C. Rhinelander Matilda Thomas Jackson Oakley Rhinelander Philip Rhinelander Charles C. Bull Albany Willam C. Rhinelander Green Street New York Mr. Rhinelander

Real Flag of Socialism Letter to the Editor

Katherine Nichols of Newton Mass argues that socialism aligns with Christian symbolism placing a cross and crown on a white background with the inscription In the Name of Jesus We Conquer Anarchy shares no common ground with socialism and methods of one would harm the other She writes January 14 1908

the Tribune Lord Jesus Jesus Katherine Nichols Newton Mass

Where Have All the Birds Gone in Westhampton Beach

E K from Westhampton Beach Long Island asks readers if others have noticed a rare season for birds. He notes sparrows chickadees and bluejays have vanished from his neighborhood while quail appear infrequently in a nearby field. He requests light on the subject.

the Tribune E. K. Tv Westhampton Beach Long Island

Church Club to Hear Sir Caspar Clarke on Christian Art

Professor J H Van Amringe announced Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will speak on Christian Art before the New York Church Club on March 2 at the club rooms Madison Avenue and Seth Street. The club’s annual dinner will be at Delmonico's on February 2 with Bishop Potter presiding.

J. H. van Amringe New York Church Club Caspar Purdon Clarke Metropolitan Museum of Art Madison Avenue Séth Street Delmonico’s

Newport Social Notes Include Astor Visit and Arrivals

John Jacob Astor and his son Vincent returned to New York after a Newport stay. W Rogers Morgan and daughter Miss Morgan came back from New York tonight. Mrs Sidney Jones Colford was among the New York arrivals arriving tonight.

the Tribune Newport John Jacob Astor Vincent St. George's School New York W. Rogers Morgan Miss Moregan Sidney Jones Colford

Case Settled After 122 Years in Massachusetts Courts

In Boston on January 15 Judge Grant of the Probate Court ordered William W. Bish public administrator to pay the State Treasurer 10.56 dollars. The funds arose from nine creditors of Ellis Gray's estate, a Boston merchant who died in 1756, with deposits made in 1838 that could not be located by their heirs. The estate proceedings stretched over fifty years, ending with the decree and restitution to the state.

Boston Massachusetts Grant William W. Bish Ellis Gray

Dinner for Baron Takahira in Rome

King Victor Emmanuel hosted a dinner in Rome tonight for Baron Takahira the Japanese Ambassador. Queen Helena Signa Tittoni and all Japanese Embassy members attended while condolences were expressed on his departure and congratulations noted for his new post as Ambassador to America.

Rome Victor Emmanuel Baron Takahira Helena Signa Tittoni Ameritas

Loving Cups for Spencer Trask at Gramercy Park

Two silver loving cups will be presented to Spencer Trask president of the National Arts Club and the National Society of Craftsmen next Wednesday evening by those organizations at their Gramercy Park home. John G. Agar will preside. Addresses in recognition of Mr Trask will be given by William T. Evans Frederick S. Lam George Foster Peabody J William Fosdick and Charit De Kay.

Spencer Trask National Arts Club National Society of Craftsmen Gramercy Park John G. Agar Ade Mr. Trask William T. Evans Fredericks. Lam George Foster Peabody J. William Fosdick Charit de Kay

Carmania Sails as Gliddens Begin World Tour by Car

The Cunard liner Carmania departed for the Mediterranean with 2,576 steerage passengers aboard. Among its travelers were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Glidden, en route to Cairo, who plan a world tour by automobile, while Ray H. Forde leased 175 balloons along the Nile to send goodwill messages for their journey.

Cunard Carmania Iterranean C. J. Glidden Cairo Ray H. Forde Nile

New Year's Dinner for Horses at Acton Home

Seventy three horses at the Acton home enjoyed a yearly New Year's feast prepared for each animal. The menu included 40 carrots, sugar, 27 biscuits, two pieces of white bread and 15 pieces of brown bread, two shillings and 2 apples. One notable guest was a donkey aged thirteen, present among the attendees.

London Daily Mail Acton

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