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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
21
A condensed program roster lists shows and performance times across many venues including Col onial Daly s Hackett Magnolia and more. Notable acts feature vaudeville pieces battles and operatic offerings with pieces like The Witching Hour Polly of the Circus and Tristan und Isolde alongside ice skating and burlesque entries.
The Tribune Association owns and publishes the New York Daily Tribute. It operates from Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, New York. Ogden Millis serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
Senate debates Cortelyou fund distribution policy and Taft economy urged for possible year deficit. Lisbon police foil monarchy plot. Japanese Diet censure motion fails. South American republics prep for US fleet. Berlin court of honor clears Count von Hohenau. Banks cut discount rates. Chinese customs chief to take leave. Socialists press universal suffrage. Roosevelt dismisses appointing power rumors. Chicago unemployed march halted. Providence plant closure anticipated. MacDowell dies. Mayor McClellan urged resign. fires and water mains issues reported. Weather: colder with a high near 40.
Fire Commissioner Lantry faced tough questions on the witness stand about the department. The piece notes his short tenure and political ties to Tammany, argues he cannot be blamed alone for failures, and traces the hose shortages back to prior commissioners Hayes and O’Brien, with Chief Croker repeatedly warning about inadequate, poor quality hoses that were largely ignored.
The Board of Fire Underwriters blasts the Fire Department over a rotten hose network and an alarm system in imminent danger of breakdown. They demand full disclosure of the department's inefficiency and question the use of more than $200,000,000 spent yearly without better protection.
The piece argues the anti Bryan sentiment has shifted from moral persuasion to political pressure, noting The New York Times and The Brooklyn Eagle say Bryan must be forced from leadership if he is to be sidelined. It critiques altruism as ineffective and questions party unity strategies and the dynamics of renominating Bryan.
A lament over lax concealed weapons controls following a restaurant shooting and suicide. The piece urges strict regulation of pistol sales, mandatory permits, and dealer accountability to prevent dangerous, covert use by criminals or agitated individuals in New York. It calls for tighter purchaser screening and enforcement to curb violence.
The dispute centers in the Transvaal Boers but touches Cape Colony and Natal. Root causes trace to Natal's British-led colony and its long effort to bring Indian contract labour for sugar, a policy that shaped regional attitudes toward Asiatics. The broader unrest stems from mining region labor practices and racial policies.
The piece argues the old Revolutionary forts at Montgomery and Clinton should be seen as inspiring prison surroundings. It mockingly suggests reform by scenery, cites Mohawk Valley views, and warns against reserving scenic areas for criminals while New York’s waterways and landmarks would become moral lessons.
City report reveals 141 typhoid cases and 9 deaths in recent months amid sewer concerns. It urges water source redemption from the Delaware River to curb pollution and fight a spreading epidemic, noting possible doubts about the disease’s origin.
Court held the 2-cent rail fare statute invalid only as to the Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving other lines to prove the rate confiscatory for their passenger business. Albany bill McGrath McCall seeks to curb moving picture machines by permits and fire department inspection, hoping to ensure compliance and safety.
The piece mocks political excesses as the Diet nearly topples the government by nine votes. It ridicules Dr. Bensel of the Health Department for advocating self help against wild dogs on Staten Island and questions the ethics of officials expanding duties beyond required tasks. It notes the Thaw trial and its three-witness limit and critiques expert testimony delaying the case.
A collage of notes from late 19th century news and humor. References span Abdul Hamid’s wealth in Bank of France to a proposed Chinese medical college in Beijing. A German Austrian crime tale and a quip by Puck reflect era wit. Includes a New York business tale of a son’s job and a joke about Colonel Bourbon after Christmas.
The Baltimore Sun reports ex deputy game warden Harry Malcolm captured a hunting party using a nine barrel gun with a single trigger viewed as Gatling like. He says the outfit killed 189 ducks and unlawfully hunted on Potomac River waters. Seven men were arrested for illegal activity that harms duck hunting and landowners nearby.
At the White House on January 23 the Roosevelts hosted an annual reception for Supreme Court members and judiciary. About two thousand guests attended as Cabinet members and spouses joined the event, with a notable absence by War Secretary Taft’s family due to his mother's death. The scene featured the Marine Band, greetings by Chief Justice Fuller, and later a day including a Cabinet meeting and assorted social engagements.
The British military attaché and Mrs. James hosted a dinner with guests including Third Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Huntington Wilson, French naval attaché and Mme. de Blanpré, Mrs. Bayard, and several diplomats. Viscount and Viscountess de Martel will sail to Paris Saturday. Mr. Charteris has arrived to assume duties at the British Embassy.
In Washington on January 23 Mrs Hennen Jennings 14 entertained her sister Miss Coleman of San Francisco for a winter visit with a large dinner. Associate Justices Edward D White and Brewer hosted guests including Miss Brent of New Orleans and Mr Keppler of Berlin. Franklin Ellis and Charles Henry Butler hosted bridge and dinner parties. Associate Justice Day entertained Miss Carnahan of Ohio.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching released its second annual report. President Henry Smith Pritchett urges transforming the foundation from charity to a national agency. Three institutions Dickinson College Han dolph Macon Woman's College and Bates College joined the foundation. The report discusses admission standards and a proposed bulletin detailing requirements, plus a retiring allowance system to strengthen teaching careers.
Lieutenant Colonel Hull testified before the House Committee on Insular Affairs praising Bishop Rooker formerly of Washington. He said Rooker denied himself food to give to the Church and its needy communicants, showing notable self sacrifice.
Denver January 23 President Murdo Mackenzie of the National Livestock Association said he advised President Roosevelt last evening that the association endorsed his plan for administering public lands and read a telegram from the President expressing pleasure that the action is in the national interest.
Providence telegram reports the debut of Miss Eline Aldrich youngest daughter of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich at a bona reception last evening attended by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and guests from Washington New York and Providence.
Ex Congressmen William J. Coombs, president of South Brooklyn Savings, is named president of the Municipal Art Society succeeding Charles R. Lamb. Coombs, longtime member, intends to focus on city beautification and urban planning while acknowledging New York’s fixed real estate values.
John Graham Brooks writes to The Tribune denying reporter misquotes from a Cooper Union lecture. He clarifies that he did not claim the rich should pay 50 percent of incomes and that Tolstoy is not a socialist. He notes his position on war taxation and Socialist influence, contrasting with the Hague Conference approach.
A Senate bill introduced in Richmond proposes a $10 appropriation for a marble Houdon statue of Washington to be placed in the Hall of Fame at Washington. The statue would accompany the Lee statue ordered by the state for the same purpose and carved by Valentine.
Secretary Taft will attend Yale University’s thirtieth class reunion in New Haven. He is a member of the class of 1878 and ranked second in scholarship. He has attended every reunion and will join Yale Corporation sessions as part of the event.
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