Amusements listings for New York city theaters and venues
A dense listing of showtimes and venues including American Theatre, Casino, Criterion, Eden Musee, Garrick, Herald Square, Keiths, Koster and Bial, Madison Square, Hill, New York Vaudeville, Apacier Gardens, Aptor’s, Proctor venues on Fifth and Twenty Third, Terrace Garden and others. Entries note times and titles such as When Knighthood Was in Flower, Captain Jinks, Brixton Burglary, The World in Wax, The King's Carnival, and The Woman Hater among many.
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American Theatre
Rosedale
Casino
Criterion Theatre
Eden Musee
Garrick Theatre
Captain Jinks
The
Horse Marines
Herald Square Theatre
Brixton
Keith
Koster & Bials
Madison Square Theatre
Hill Theatre
New York
Cherry Blossom Grove
Apacier Gardens
APTOR
Proctor
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-Third Street
Éraphy
Guv'nor
Terrace Garden
el Capitan
Continental powers threaten England. Boer fight in Cape Colony
Andrew Carnegie predicts Continental powers will attack England and seek American aid. Boers under Kritzinger capture Jamestown after four hours of fighting in Cape Colony. Kitchener files dispatch on Winkfontein. New York news covers diplomatic moves on Chinese indemnity and domestic events including the rail crash near Atlanta and the City of Cleveland race victory. Weather forecast shows fair, warm day with highs near 78.
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Andrew Carnegie
England
America
Carnegie
Kritzinger
Jamestown
Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Winkfontein
Reid
Newfoundland
Havana
Aguinaldo
Cailles
Marquis de Bar-Saluces
Paris
Georg Vierling
Berlin
Congress
Supreme Court
Washington
American Medical Association
St. Paul
Cleveland
Detroit
Erie
Atlanta
Prenton
Brooklyn
H. H. Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Jerome
Central Federated Union
Policy and Precedent in Cuba
The article critiques Cuba’s hybrid acceptance of the Platt amendment and America's reaction. It argues Cuban officials misunderstood acceptance, warns against coercive coaching, and defends the U S position that true acceptance was required without strings. It condemns attempts to modify the amendment and calls for proper parliamentary ethics and clarity.
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Cuba
United States
Washington
Policy for Cuba and U S Intervention Stated
Seventy five years ago the United States vowed to block any foreign power from Cuba except Spain and repeated that pledge at cost, even war. Three years ago it intervened to free Cuba from oppression and chaos, and it will not renounce intervention or abandon its rights to act against foreign aggression or domestic disorder. The proposal is to crystallize past precedents into a definite future policy with practical means to enforce it.
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Cuba
Spain
United States
Constitution Ship Breaks Mast in Race Drift
The Constitution sustained a mast break yesterday while Shamrock IT caused delays in the Cup races. Analysts note testing and tuning reveal hidden flaws in modern America's Cup yachts, with repair possible if only a mast and rigging are needed. The New York Yacht Club faces questions about race terms and vessel design once more.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
New- York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Columbia
New-York Yacht Club
Law and the Truth in New York Justice
A critique of court procedure denounces lawyers for abusing technicalities, urging judges to pursue truth and streamline justice. It cites contempt cases, calls for curtailing frivolous defenses, and contrasts New York and English systems with U S practice, urging reforms to reduce delay and expense.
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Jersey
New York State
Pitney
Paterson
New-York
United States
Commonwealths
New York
Favorable comparisons with other Anglo-Saxon communities
The fragment notes a comparative tone, suggesting some communities are viewed more favorably than others within Anglo-Saxon contexts, though concrete details and specifics are unclear due to the incomplete text.
Preserve Greenery In Broadway Sixth Street Inclosures
The Board of Public Improvements is urged to keep the triangular plots near Broadway and Sixth Avenue intact rather than extend street space by moving Horace Greeley and William E Dodge statues. Opponents warn it may not improve congestion and could harm a valued greenery patch, while supporters cite traffic relief. The editorial stance urges caution and preservation until stronger reasons arise.
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Board of Public Improvements
Fifteenth District
Broadway and
Sixth
Horace Greeley
William E. Dodge
Alderman Oatman
Not Guilty Blaming Hill for Court's Shape Overlooked
The Springfield Republican fingers David B. Hill as cause for Supreme Court discontent over Porto Rican tariff. The piece argues such blame ignores broader shifts, noting White's role and presidential selections that would have kept the court's balance similar. Cleveland’s choice of Justice White is highlighted as proper, not Hill’s fault.
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Supreme Court
David B. Hill
Springfield Republican
Mr. Hill
Hornblower
Wheeler H. Peckham
Senator White
Louisiana
Justice Blatchford
White
Hill
Rufus W. Peckham
Mr. White
New- York
Clean Streets Demand Civic Effort Across Major Cities
Across leading U S cities citizens call for thorough street cleaning. In New York rains have washed streets clean but voters face a choice next November that could end Tammany rule and keep highways and byways dirty and foul if reform is not achieved.
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United States
New York
Tammany
The Coming of the Veeries in Prospect Park
Birds lovers note veeries singing in Prospect Park this year with similar gains in suburban groves and gardens. The spread is linked to humane sentiment and laws against destruction, plus education of children, though violations by nest robbing and illegal markets persist.
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Prospect Park
Ramoth Hill Pines Symbolize Civilization Progress
The piece likens Ramoth Hill pines to civilizational advancement comparable to East River bridges and underground transit, urging continued progress and preservation of gains amid political chowder and legislative delays. It notes New York baseball leadership as a local triumph and Brooklyn Rapid Transit inspectors as a busy hive.
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Ramoth Hill
Manhattan
New York
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Portrait Gift To Mercersburg Academy By Mrs Johnston
The Philadelphia Press notes a portrait of President Buchanan by Chase was presented to Mercersburg Academy by Mrs Henry F Johnston of Washington known as Harrietane. Elizabeth Burr Hamilton, last seventh generation Burr, died at ninety in Bridgeport. The Duke of Cornwall and York will visit Quebec Montreal Ottawa and other Canadian points from September 16 to October 15. Thomas Ball, sculptor and writer, marked his eighty second birthday with a reception at his Montclair home.
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Philadelphia
Buchanan
Chase
Mercersburg
Penn.) Academy
Henry F. Johnston
Washington
Europe
Harriet Ane
White House
Elizabeth Burr Hamilton
Burr
Bridgeport
Conn
Aaron Burr
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Elizabeth Burr
Duke of Cornwall and York
Quebec
Lord Strathcona
Montreal
Ottawa
Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Brandon
Regina
Calgary
Victoria
B. C
Ontario
Niagara
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
St. John
N. B
Halifax
England
St. John's
N. F
Canada
Thomas Ball
Fin South Mountain Ave
Montclatr
N. J
Short Hills
Henry A. Barclay
Louis Fitzgerald, Jr
The Talk of the Day and Varied Quotations
A letter warns against publishing a wife’s statements about a local lady accusing slander. The page includes verses about Pleasure and Duty, census notes comparing Scotland and Ireland, and a collection of jokes and anecdotes from Chicago to Philadelphia with references to Dowle and a German hotel tale.
Wedding at Fifth Avenue Brides Home in New York
Miss Mary Daly daughter of the late Marcus Daly marries James Watson Gerard at her mother's Fifth Avenue home with Bishop Potter officiating. The ceremony features rose and spring blossom decor, a choir procession from Grace Church, and a noon reception for about ninety guests.
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New York
Mary Daly
Marcus Daly
Fifthave
James Watson Gerard
Union Club
Bishop Potter
Grace Church
Floral Chapel
Miss Daly
Harriet
Sumner Gerard
C. B. Alexander
John Stewart Barney
Batiste
Richard P. Lounsbery
Robert McM. Gillespie
Joseph Stickney
Lewis L. Edwards
Frank S. Witherbee
Percy A. Rockfeller
BR. Aymar Sands
Franklin Bartlett
Clarence H. Mackay
de Navarro
George B. de Forest
Charles Childs
Benjamin 3
Welles
James P. Kernochan
A. van Horn Stuyvesant
Thomas Meyers
J. Lee Tailor
Robert L. Cutting
Mr. Gerard
Martha Hichborn
Hichborn
Navy
James G. Blaine
Washington
Blaine
Walter Damrosch
Beale
New-York
Europe
Wallace Rechite
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Notable Residents and Yachts in New York Area
A list places and residents includes Merhorn at Pine Croft and Lydig at Thistledown, Morris at Rockwell cottage, G Gilmore at Lithgow farm, Hara at Smith cottage, Lanier at Allen Winden place, Dana at Beechwood Terrace, Chapin at Nowood, Mrs Carey at the Willows, Burden at Under Ledge, Mrs Cottenet at Butternut cottage. Drexel's yacht Sultana entered commission at Tebo's South Brooklyn awaiting owners from England for voyage to Newport. Gould's Sybarite, at Manning's Erie Basin, is noted in a novel figure, while Electra and Susquehanna have reached Newport awaiting owners.
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Merhorn
Pine Croft
William C. Schermerhorn
Elm Cottage
David Lydig
Thistledown
Newbold Morris
Rockwell Cottage
Clinton G’ Gilmore
Lithgow Farm
J. Montgomery Hara
Smith Cottage
Charles Lanier
Allen Winden Place
Richard S. Dana
Beechwood Terrace
Robert W. Chapin
Nowood
William F. Carey
the Willows
Joseph W. Burden
Under Ledge
Mrs. E. Cottenet
Butternut Cottage
John R. Drexel
Tebo's
Brooklyn
England
New York
Newport
George J. Gould
Manning's
Erie Basin
Lord Ashburton
London
Whitakerright
Harold Frederic
Market Place
Commodore Gerry
Electra
Joseph Stickney
Susquehanna
Mrs McKinley Not Worse Despite Grave Condition
Washington June 4 Dr Rixey reports Mrs McKinleys condition has not changed much since this morning resting comfortably with fluctuations but no ground lost and possibly slow improvement Officials say no more than daily bulletins unless worse consultations limited to once daily Attendees at the White House include Russian Ambassador Count Cassini General Miles and several government officials. night visits end before closing time with slim hope for outcome.
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Washington
Mrs. McKinley
Sternberg
White House
McKinley
Count Cassini
Miles
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
University of Chicago to mark tenth anniversary convocation week
The University of Chicago celebrates its tenth anniversary with June 14 to 18 exercises including inaugurations of six new buildings and the opening of the School of Education. Notable guests include John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Dods, and university presidents from Nebraska California Iowa Western Reserve Johns Hopkins Harvard and scholars from Columbia Berlin St Petersburg.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
School of Education
Chicago Institute
J. Y. Scammon
Marcus Dods
Edinburgh
Scotland
E. Benjamin Andrews
Transatlantic travellers booked on multiple liners today
A list of passengers booked to sail on the American liner St Louis to Southampton including Mrs A O Allen and daughter and other travelers. Also aboard the Red Star Zeeland bound for Antwerp and the White Star Germanic to Liverpool are numerous individuals and families. The Frieslard arrived yesterday with a varied group of travelers from Antwerp.
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St. Louis
Pauncefote
England
Helen
Kate Brice
Loring Andrews
D. E. M. Crackanthorpe
The
Cymric
Rhine
William Rhinelander
John McVicker
Thomas Hitchcock
Center Hitchcock
Lewis Chanler
Laurence Hutton
Southampton
A. O. Allen
E. T. Baldwin
Joseph F Brooks
Misa Claire Cavendish
Casper S. Crowninshield
United States
Lester
Mme. Pasquale
Julian Pauncefote
Timothy L. Woodrud
Red Star
Zeeland
Antwerp
Cherbourg
W. P. Atwell
Roubaix
France
Alanson Bigelow
Gertrude G. Cheever
Franklin L. Gunther
Cornelius A. Lane
C. T. Poore
Count Fae —— de Lichtervelde
J. Alexander River
Liverpool
E. L. Allen
Ethel de Ronde
Gordon Dunn
May Ducat
J. T. B. Fisher
R. 3. Gernon
Ferdinand Gottschalk
S. H. Hanford
George G. Howland
Meredith Howland
R. H. Lindsay
Samuel Lord
D. Sage Mackay
Curdy
Frieslard
Edmond Adler
S. J. de la Hault
J. E. Maxwell
H. Ohrwald
Charles Vanneste
Marie Vanneste
Appointments at Cornell Faculty for next year announced
The Cornell University Executive Committee announced new appointments across multiple departments for the next college year. Chemistry sees E. M. Chamot promoted to assistant professorship and J. E. Teeple to instructorship. English picks A. L. Amirews for instructorship, Mathematics adds W. B. Fite as instructor, with Peter Field and H. L. Rietz as assistants. Geology lists C Matson, A Veitch, P. E. Raymond as assistants. Physics expands with W. Ambler, E. Blaker, and G. W. Stewart as instructors and several others as assistants. Additional arrivals include A. W. Baird and O. P. Johnston in comparative physiology and materia medica, S. H. Burnell in comparative pathology and bacteriology as instructor, O. F. Hunziker as assistant. Histology adds B. R. Hoobler, A. M. Bean, G. F. White, W. F. Wisman, and O. Bunker as assistants. Engineering lists K Murphy as instructor with Sibley M. Miner and R. R. Keeley as assistants, plus W. R. Lee as instructor with G. A. Oldham and A. Fraver as assistants.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University Board of Trustees
E. M. Chamot
J. E. Teeple
A. L. Amirews
W. B. Fite
Dr. Miller
Peter Field
H. L. Rietz
S. H. Burnell
O. F. Hunziker
B. A. Coheles
A. H. Montgomery
B. R. Hoobler
A. M. Bean
G. F. White
W. F. Wisman
O. Bunker
K. ©. Murphy
Sibley M. F. Miner
Miss Wilkins's Wedding Shift Near Randolph Mass
The Herald reports novelist Miss Mary E. Wilkins will wed Dr. Freeman in a church ceremony. She plans to invite friends, and the wedding will be held in Randolph Massachusetts rather than Metuchen New Jersey.
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Boston
the Herald Today
Mary E. Wilkins
Dr. Freeman
Randolph
Mass
Metuchen
N. J
Oxford to Confer LL D on Briggs and Brown
Oxford reports a proposal to award the honorary degree LL D to Professor Charles A Briggs and Professor Francis Brown of Union Theological Seminary at the forthcoming Oxford University commemoration ceremony.
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Oxford
Charles A. Briggs
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Oxford University
New Corean Minister Presented to Secretary Hay
Washington June 4 the new Corean Minister to the United States Chyo Min Hui called at the State Department with Sin Ted Moo Chargé d Affaires and Seungmu Ye Secretary of the legation. They were presented to Secretary Hay and later escorted to the White House for a welcome reception and speeches of goodwill.
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Washington
United States
Chyo Min Hui
State Department
Sin Ted Moo
Legation
Seungmu Ye
Hay
White House
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia Record
Reckord
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Chicago Record-Herald
Ireland
Tam Elijah
Dowle
Elijah
New-York Herald
Topeka
Detroit Journal
Africa
Washington Star
Mrs. Goodhue Livingstone
Long Island
Robert H. McCurdy
East Ninth St
Morris Plains
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Count de Langier-Villars
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Hyde Park-on-the-Hudson
Lord Minto
Countess of Minto
Shelburne Farms
W. Seward Webb
Baltusrol Golf Club
Marion Cricket Club
Essex County Country Club
Orange
Metropolitan Golf Association
Nassau Country Club
Glen Cove
John Jacob Astor
Hudson
Stanley Mortimer
Roslyn
Mrs. Henry
Havemeyer
Islip
George B. de Forrest
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Tuxedo
William K. Vanderbilt
Richard Riker
Frank Denham Harmon
St. Bartholomew's Church
R. T. Wilson
Lenox
Grenville Winthrop
Robeson Cottage
Robert Winthrop
Ethelwyn
J. E. Alexandre
Frelinghuysen Cottage
Charles Astor
Lakeside
Thatcher M. Adams
Bel Air
George Bliss
Homestead
George G. Haven
Sunnycroft
F. A. Scher
Cornell
Miss Wilkins
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