Rose of the Rancho and Vaudeville Mix at City Theaters
A collage of shows at multiple venues lists operettas, vaudeville acts, and musicals such as The Rose of the Rancho, Irene Wyeberier, The Warrens of Virginia, Funabash, The Parisien Mode, Miss Hook of Holland, Vaudeville acts, wax exhibits, and ice skating. The notices emphasize stage variety across Astor, Belasco, Liberty, Lyceum, and Madison Square venues with times appended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy OF Music
Holland Daly
s—Society
The
Bulldog
Eden Musee
Empire—&S
Garrick
Greenwood
Tri
Geetz von Berlichingen
Gotham
Vaudeville Herald Square
Fort Arthur
Hudson
New York
Liberty
Polly
Lyceum
Roemershulr
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square
Manjestic
New Amsterdam
Perry Whick
Lamesome Town
Savoy
ST. Nicholas
Stuyvesant
Wallace
Weber's Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune 1908 Masthead Note
The issue details the newspaper ownership and publication by The Tribune Association New York with offices at 154 Nassau Street Tribu ne Building Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Government and world news brief summary blast
Congress reports delays and immigrant station bill advances while foreign news cites anti submarine rumors and Haitian battles. Domestic items note rail fare ruling, state and national court decisions, transit law changes, and a bank receiver. Weather indicates fair, highs near 47, lows 27.
Public Service Report Urges New Subways For City Transit
The Public Service Commission finds that rapid transit demand during peak hours far outstrips current capacity. It urges legislative change to ease subway bond debt limits and amend Elsberg rules to enable private or public construction and operation, with city option to buy after 20 to 25 years. The goal is to add new lines to relieve congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
New York
City urged to ease laws for private subway building
A opinion argues New York should not wait for constitutional amendments to start subways. It calls for changes to attract private capital, noting future money abundance and lower rates could make building profitable. The article warns current public service laws may block transit growth and urges the new commission to ensure laws are not misused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baseless Charges Against Water Board Endorsed
Tribune reports counsel to the Corporation advised the Mayor that the Board of Water Supply acted within its powers in awarding the Ashokan dam contract. The board’s discretion is intact, even if an error occurred, and removal charges are deemed unwarranted. The mayor is urged to dismiss the frivolous charges, bringing justice to three public servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Water Supply
Ashokan
Tribune
Commissioners of Accounts
Pendleton
Pennsylvania 2-Cent Fare Law Rejected by Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the Philadelphia Common Pleas ruling that a 2-cent passenger fare law is unconstitutional. It noted varying earnings power among lines, losses on branches, and the need for tied to local conditions. Governor Hughes vetoed the measure, urging detailed, case by case review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Supreme Court
McPherson
Kansas City
Hughes League
Court of Appeals
Albany
Sarazoza
State Commission of Gas and Electricity
W. R. Hearst
New England Trust Company
Providence
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Common Pleas Court
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Big Stem
Pennsylvania
Hughes
The Prussian Franchise Debate and Socialist Strain
The Socialists appear to have blocked essential electoral reform in Russia via Prussia and harmed the push for constitutional rights. Reform is needed not for extremists but for the broad public, as the North Germans demand fair representation. Despite 28.7 percent in Reichstag ballots, Social Democrats lack a single Landtag seat. The Poles and other groups are noted in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Prussia
Unter den Linden
Landtag
Prussian electoral parity debate urges full suffrage reforms
The piece argues that smaller parties gain little representation relative to their vote share in the Landtag while large parties obtain overrepresentation. It notes Conservatives and National Liberals secure disproportionate seats and calls for universal manhood suffrage, predicting reform in Prussia akin to Austria, to strengthen the state rather than weaken it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landtag
Reichstag
Free Conservatives
National Liberals
Prussia
Austria
Handsome Invitation to Oppose Bryan in Democratic Race
The piece argues that a sizable, influential group of Democrats should publicly oppose Bryan if they truly reject his influence over the national party. It likens dissent to dismounting from a blocking bandwagon and implies opposition would disrupt his expected nomination years ahead. The tone urges public spirited speakers to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Asf
Exiled Laborers Prompt Italy to Reassess World Shifts
The piece argues the November exodus of alien workers signals broader economic distress. It notes 36,050 steerage departures in the first seventeen days of the month, far above last year, and analyzes Italy's response with a labor surplus and government actions to distribute work. It questions the NYC unemployment figure and suggests many newcomers may be saving for potential ship departures if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
Naples
Genoa
Palermo
Europe
New York City
Charities
New York
Charles Emory Smith dies in Philadelphia after sudden illness
Charles Emory Smith editor of The Philadelphia Press died suddenly in Philadelphia on Sunday. He had long been prominent in national public life serving as Minister to Russia and Postmaster General. A forceful speaker and writer, his leadership aimed at progress and betterment, marking a distinct loss to American journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia
Russia
Colonel Bryan Votes Against Aristocrats in Shaded Realm Plan
A colonial echo frames Bryan railing against aristocrats and eyeing a future run for president in the imaginary republic of the shades, contrasting with leaders like Alexander Hamilton or John Adams. A Michigan constitutional convention delegate critiques constitutions lacking substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Republic of the Shades
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Democratic calls and civic concerns mingle in a busy era
The article comments on Adlai Stevenson declaring a moment of Democratic opportunity, questions a third Bryan bid, and notes public unease over unemployment sermons. It also reports a Boston incident where a church note touched on state duties to the unemployed, and a New York case where arresting a nurse exposed to scarlet fever served as a warning to employers about contagion risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Bryan
Boston
New York
Talk of the Pay and Public Laughs in News Briefs
A subway brewery ad calls readers to drink a full case daily, while a string of items notes London railways hiring women ticket sellers, militia strength and funding, and a lighthearted quip about origin of a joke. Other vignettes include a St. Petersburg theatre tale and a boxing fathermaiden quip.
Incubus of Jeff Davisism Sparks Democratic Debate
The Atlanta Constitution analyzes Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas and his New York speech arguing that his call for destroying aggregations of capital harms democracy. Davis praises Bryan then condemns capitalism, while the piece states neither Bryan nor the party seeks such annihilation and warns against extremism haunting the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Democratic Party
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Atlas
Davis
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Longest Cable Ropeway Aims From Turkestan Mines
Work advances on a claimed world longest cable ropeway built by a German firm to link the Turkestan coal mines with a railroad at Sa marcand. The 54 mile line would move eight to ten million poods yearly with trolleys carrying twenty poods at six miles per hour, replacing five day camel transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Société de l'Industrie Charbonniére Et Miniére de Turkestan
Samarcand
Russian Turkestan
Birmingham moves to hire city motors for small manufacturers
The electrical supply committee of Birmingham City Council is authorized to spend £20000 to supply motors for hire to small manufacturers as motive power. Birmingham, which owns power houses and streetcars, has reduced electricity charges for power use and plans an additional plant costing £231285. Rivalry with the gas committee aims to boost both lighting and power facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Halstead
Birmingham
Birmingham City
Electric Supply Committee
Birmingham City Council
White House talks and social season in Washington
The Tribune reports a White House conference with Attorney General Bonaparte Senator Knox and Milton Purdy on the Union and Southern Pacific railroad merger. Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders meet the President, while Taft and other officials call. Washington society hosts prominent gatherings at New Willard and various Manhattan homes with plans for dances dinners and theater performances.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bonaparte
Knox
Milton D. Purdy
Union
Southern Pacific
Oklahoma
Leupp
Campbell
Kansas
Taft
White House
Brown
Warren
Clapp
Beveridge
Hepburn
Allen
Graff
Goulden
Knowland
Pearce
John A. Logan
M. E. Ingalls
Civil Service
Black
Marcus Braun
Immigration Service
Roosevelt
New Willard
Metcalf
the Navy
Nicholas Longworth
Europe visit shapes Cuban legation move in Havana
The Cuban minister and Sefiora de Quesada return from a six month European tour and will take possession of the new Cuban legation this month. Other diplomats travel between Washington and Europe, including British, Austro Hungarian, French, Japanese envoys. The dinner hosted by embassy counsellors gathers high officials and attaches from Britain, Japan and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Cuba
Sefiora de Quesada
Europe
James
Nina Kay Shuttleworth
Virginia
Moriz von Szent-Ivany
Ida Thompson
Scidmore
Errol Brown
Adee
Esme Howard
Tanaka
Masanao Hanihara
Washington Society Dances with Diplomatic Guests
Senator and Mrs Depew hosted a large dance at their home for diplomats, Cabinet members, and official society figures. Mr and Mrs Joseph Crawford entertained Miss Camprubi of Madrid with guests including embassy officials and social figures at a dinner. Others hosted Monday night events at Rauscher's and multiple dinner parties, with notable attendees from U S and foreign embassies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Depew
Diplomatic Corps
Joseph Crawford
Miss Camprubi
Madrid
Tiffany Dyer
Richardson
Beckrigan Winthrop
New York Society Dance at Mrs Astor’s Fifth Avenue Home
Mrs John Jacob Astor hosted a late first night dance at her Fifth Avenue residence. Wadley Smythe decorated the rooms with pink roses and American Beauty roses creating a rose garden effect. Guests arrived late after the opera and supper was served at midnight for eighty tables before a cotillon in the ballroom led by a noted host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacob Astor
Fifth Avenue
Wadley & Smythe
Friendly Aid Society reports sixteenth year progress
The Friendly Aid Society which operates the Warren Goddard House at 246 East 34th Street completed its sixteenth year with increased work and encouraging results at last night’s annual meeting. Rev. Thomas R. Slicer presided and several Unitarian ministers spoke. The head worker reported more than 2,000 people visited weekly, and Spring Farm, the society’s summer home, had been paid for and deed handed over. Rev J H Holmes urged viewing poverty as a curable disease and praised settlement work as practical religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Aid Society
Warren Goddard
No. 246
East 34Th Street
Thomas R. Slicer
Slicer
Spring Farm
J. H. Holmes
Unitarian Church of the Messiah
East Hth Street
Two New Wesleyan Scholarships Established by Judge Reynolds
Former Brooklyn judge George G. Reynolds funds two Wesleyan University scholarships in Middletown Connecticut with 2500 dollars each. One honors his wife Harriet Townsend Reynolds and the other honors his son Frank Reynolds who graduated in 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Reynolds
Brooklyn
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Harriet Townsend Reynolds
Frank Reynolds
Senator Cameron's Will Challenged in Wisconsin Probate
Notice of contest filed in La Crosse Probate Court over the will of Mrs. Mary P. Cameron widow of U S Senator Angus Cameron. Estate valued at about a quarter of a million dollars with primary heirs including La Crosse relatives and New York village charities. Contestants J S Tunnecliffe and Mrs M Kittle of Washington are nephews and niece who received nothing. Principal heir is Mrs Mary G Brown of La Crosse, a Cameron niece.
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la Crosse
Wis
Mary P. Cameron
Angus Cameron
United States
J. S. Tunnecliffe
la Cross
New York
Mary G. Brown
Cameron
Lee's Birthday Observed by Virginia Institutions
Lexington observed General Lee's birthday with a day of suspended studies at Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute. Public buildings closed as veterans groups were honored at a dinner by Frank Paxton Camp and Sons of Veterans. The Graham Lee Literary Society held its annual celebration at Lee Memorial Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Lee
Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Institute
Lee Jackson
Frank Paxton Camp
Sons of Veterans
Graham Lee
Lee Memorial Chapel
Royal birth expected in Spain this July
Semi official reports indicate the Queen of Spain is to become a mother again. Accouchement is anticipated in July.
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Spain
Madrid
Jen
Atlantic Traveller Passengers Sail For Europe
Among the passengers sailing for Europe today are Kronprinzessin Cecility for Bremen George Taylor Brown Miss M. S. Jarvie Mrs Robert Bartlett Mr and Mrs Martin Captain and Mrs Godfrey Carden James N Jarvie Mr and Mrs M A F Young Henry W Savage.
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William Douglas Sloane
James A. Burden
Robert Goelet
Lionel G. Guest
William K. Vanderbilt
Frederick C. Havemeyer
Payne Whitney
Ogden Mills
Beatrice Mills
Charles B. Alexander
Harriet Alexander
George Henry Warren
Forsyth Wickes
Henry A. C. Taylor
Lewis Iselin
Edmund L. Baylies
Harry Payne Whitney
Seward Webb
Vanderbilt
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Pembroke Jones
Sadie Jones
M. Orme Wilson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
H. McK. Twombly
Sydney Smith
W. Payne Thompson
Frederick Allen
W. Bayard Cutting
Europe
Kronprinzessin Cecility
Bremen
George Taylor Brown
Jarvie
Robert Bartlett
Martin
Godfrey — Carden
James N. Jarvie
Social Notes at Newport in Telegraph Dispatch
Frederick G. Vanderbilt returned to New York after a brief visit to his Portsmouth farm. Peter G. Gerry left Newport after staying with Mr and Mrs A G Vanderbilt. Colonel Reginald Norman to sail for Europe later this week. Colonel George R Fearing returned to Newport from New York. Mr and Mrs Louis L Lorillard to depart Newport for Europe tomorrow morning. Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt underway to New York this afternoon.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. L
Frederick G. Vanderbilt
New York
Portsmouth
Peter G. Gerry
Mrn
A. G. Vanderbilt
Providence
Reginald Norman
Europe
George R. Fearing
Louis L. Lorillard
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Sermons Spoiled by Women’s Hats in Brooklyn Meeting
Professor Talltsen Morgan, leader of the choir at Baptist Temple in Brooklyn, urged Methodist preachers at No 150 Fifth Avenue to oppose women wearing hats in worship. He argued hats obscure eyes and hinder preaching, and he pressed for better sacred music while critiquing ragtime church tunes. He demonstrated opera-derived airs on a small platform organ, including the Pilgrim Chorus from Tannhauser, drawing mixed reactions from clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall Tsen Morgan
Baptist Temple
Brooklyn
No. 150
Fifth Avenue
Morgan
Tannhauser
Miss Elsie Palmer Wedded
Miss Elsie Palmer eldest daughter of General William J. Palmer wed Leopold Hamilton Myers of Cambridge England at Glenn Byite Colorado Springs. The Rev Arthur M aft officiated in a small gathering of about one hundred guests. The couple will sail for England and the Continent after a Denver dinner and return for the Palmer wedding in June with Captain Wellsley of the British army.
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Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Elsie Palmer
William J. Palmer
Leopold Hamilton Myers
Cambridge
England
Glenn Bytie
Palmers
Arthur Maft
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Antler’s Hotel
Hispanic Museum Opens on West Broadway to Invitees
The Hispanic Museum at 156th Street West Broadway, built by the Hispanic Society of America with Archer Huntington’s help, opened yesterday to visitors it will be by invitation this week and to the public next Monday. Governor Hughes Mayor McClellan and Spanish speaking country consuls were among those invited. Several hundred visitors attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Indorse Hughes
Taft
Grand
Rapid Transit Commission
Pendleton
McClellan
Ashokan Dam
C. F. Murphy
Republic Savings and Loan Association
Provident Savings Life Assurtance Society
E. E. Rittenhouse
Colorado Insurance
Hamilton Bank
Hispanic Museum
156Th Street
West Broadway
Hispanic Society of America
Archer M. Huntington
Hughes
Amen Corner Dinner Planned at Fifth Avenue Hotel
The annual Amen Corner dinner will be held Saturday February 1 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Members rehearse satirical sketches dialogues and songs aimed at national statesmen local financiers and politicians. About 350 guests expected including presidential candidates governors U S Senators judges and Democratic and Republican bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Hotel
United States
Ambassador James Bryce to Attend New York Bar Reception
British Ambassador James Bryce will attend a reception hosted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The event honors officers and members of the New York State Bar Association on January 4, with about fifteen hundred invitations issued. The reception is to be held at the association rooms, No 4 West 2nd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryce
United States
Association of the Bar of
City of
New York
New York State Bar Association
West 2
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Orene
Oseneeke
Marriag & Deathe
Asee
Aiwhmer Resorts
York Daily Tribune
Congress
Senate
Cortelyou
Tillman
House
Paris
St. Marc
Gonaives
Japan
St. Petersburg
Novee Vremya
Red Star
Finland
Epirus
Terneuzen
Milan
Lord Curzon
Ireland
the Public Service Report
Benodes
Michigan
Robert J. Wynne
London
Glasgow
Caledonian Railway
Scotland
Louisville Courier-Journal
National Guard Association of the United
Ohio
New Mexico
Oesterreichische Wochenschrift
Ochtner Theatre
North Pole
Mrs. Jones
Incubus
Jeff Davisism
British Municipal Power
Craig W. Wadsworth
West Sith Street
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Ladislas Szechenyi
Frederick Townsenm Martin
Plaza
Edward van Zile
Comedietta
George Jay Gould, Jr
William Hamilton
Versailles
Stephen van Rensselaer
Bradley Martin, Jr
Seymour Johnson
William Whitehouse
Bertram Cruger
Frederick M. Davies
Kingdon Gould
J. J. Astier
Lord Hastings
Reginald Fellowes
Lord de Ramsey
Duke of Marlborough
Frederick T. Martin
Mr. Johnson
Clarence H. Mackay
Madison Avenue
Delmonico’s
J. Bruce Ismay
Henry Clews
Charles Lynch
General Star
Medical Department
Red Cross
Douglas Robinson
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Friendly Aid Society Report
Settlement Work Organization
NEW Wesleyan
Nyrrson
Mr. and
M. A. F. Young
Henry W. Savage
Hispanic Museum Open
MR. Bryce
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