Labor baiting dominates Westminster politics in charge
London notes wage and social policy tensions as Liberal leaders face a rising Labor influence. Asquith, Lloyd George, and others contend with tariff reformers and radical pressure, while Conservatives seek to fracture the Liberal-Labor bloc. The piece warns against unsafe labor baiting and urges disciplined leadership to steer Liberalism away from semi socialistic proposals.
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London
Westminster
Asquith
Liberal Party
Commons
Morley
Burns
Lords
Labor
Mr. Asquith
Lord Rosebery
Lloydhill
George
Winston Church
Winston Churchill
Lkre
Lloyd-George
Faasch Ana Publican
Queen Victoria
Lord John Russell
L N. F
Marta at the Metropolitan Opens Final Week
Mr. Cornish begins the Metropolitan season finale with Flotow’s Marta. Miss Bessie Abott reprises the title role, delivering graceful but small-scale style. Mme. Homer’s Nancy and Bond as Lionel standouts. Plancon’s Plunkett and Barocchi as Sir Tristan receive praise, while Ferrari leads an acceptable chorus and orchestra to a modest audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cornish
Metropolitan
Friedrich von Flotow
Marta
Bessie Abott
Filina
Yale Seniors Pick Princeton Over Harvard In Favorite College Vote
New Haven March 30 Yale seniors voted Princeton as their favorite college with 195 ballots to 34 for Harvard. Football fell out of the top sport, ranking tennis first with golf, baseball and sailing next. Dancing and bridge whist tied football as a favorite amusement. Harold Stanley named handsomest man. R B Shepard praised as most popular best dressed and social light. Captain Biglow chosen best athlete.
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New Haven
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Harold Stanley
R.B. Shepard
St. Paul
Biglow
Union Square Courthouse Site Recommended by Board
The Courthouse Board reports in favor of Union Square Irving Place 11th to 17th streets as the site for the new courthouse. The proposed plot is one block smaller than the previously rejected plan and would close only 15th street. Signed by Charles S. Fairchild William N. Cohen David B. Ogden Edward M. Grout and Morgan J. O'Brien. The old County Courthouse is criticized as a disgrace and the board urges completion of the new structure before other city improvements.
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Board of Estimate
Union Square
Irving Place
11Th
15Th
16Th
Charles S. Fairchild
William N. Cohen
David B. Ogden
Edward M. Grout
Morgan J. O'Brien
Habeas Corpus for Mrs Andrews Granted in Court
Constant A Andrews won a writ of habeas corpus directing Dr. Flavius Packer to present Mrs. Blanche Andrews. Lunacy commissioners report she recovered sanity. State Lunacy Commissioner Warren Ferris confirms she is sane and recommends release to live with her husband under 30 days observation for final sanity determination.
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Constant A. Andrews
Blanche Andrews
Flavius Packer
Mrs. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Packer
British steamer Exeter City rough passage from New York
Bristol report says the British steamer Exeter City arrived March 28 after a voyage from New York. She faced severe gales and deck damage. One crew member was killed and five injured. Water breached the cargo hold, causing damage.
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Bristol
Exeter City
New York
Variety Theatres Feature Week of Acts Across City Halls
Alice Lloyd tops the Alhambra bill with George Auger James Callahan Hal Merritt Welch Mealyard Montrose and Ida Fuller. The Nightingales perform twice daily at the Dewey while Maurice Levi leads a 40 piece band at the Fifth Avenue Theatre and Lawrance D Orsay stars in Footfalls. Lily appe Midgley Carlisle and Harry Gilfoil appear as Lena within the program. Eden Museum showcases Marie de Medici wax figure as a main novelty alongside instructive exhibits. Houdini the handcuff king performs at the Victoria Theatre this week with Fred Niote Marie Glazier Rosie Lloyd and Willard Simms and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lloyd
Alhambra
George Auger
James Callahan
Hal Merritt
Welch
Mealyard Montrose
Ida Fuller
Nightingales
Dewey
Maurice Levi
Band of Forty
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Lawrance D'Orsay Ars
Lily Appe Midgley
Carlisle
Harry Gilfoil
Lena
Eden Museum
Marie de Medici
Houdini
Victoria Theatre
Fred Niote
Marie Glazier
Rosie Lloyd
Willard Simms and Company
Miss Lucy Bancroft Weds Dr Henry T Gillette in Friends Ceremony
Miss Lucy Bancroft daughter of William P Bancroft a Wilmington millionaire and park board president married Dr Henry T Gillette of Oxford England in a Friends ceremony. The wedding was held in Wilmington and attended by many prominent people. The couple will live at Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Lucy Bancroft
William P. Bancroft
Wilmington Board of Park Commissioners
Henry T. Gillette
Oxford
England
Sigg
Gillette
Obituary notices of several prominent figures across New Jersey and New York
The obituary notices report the deaths of Prosecutor Henry Young of Essex County and Newark City Counsel, father of Assemblyman Henry Young, from erysipelas and septic poisoning after a lung condition. Other obituaries include William C. Holland of Rockaway Beach, Long Island, aged 59. William T. Knapp of Manhattan, a liquor wholesaler, from laudanum overdose. Maltby C. Pierson, Morristown Civil War veteran. William N. Pond, Republican attorney, of North Attleboro, Mass., from apoplexy. and Amos Blanchard, former Boston and Maine Railroad treasurer, of Andover, Mass., aged 75.
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New Haven
William C. Holland
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Michael Holland
Holland
William T. Kna’p
Washington and
Warren Streets
Manhattan
Hackensack
Knapp
Manning M. Knapp
Maltby C. Pierson
Morristown
N. J
Denver
William N. Pond
North Attleboro
Mass
Amos Blanchard
Boston & Maine Railroad
Andover
Maas
Katherine White
W. E. White
Newark Lawyer Young Dies After Illness in Court
The prominent Newark constitutional lawyer Mr. Young died after his chest was upset in court, and fumes from bottles worsened his erysipelas. Born October 24, 1844, in Newark, he studied at Princeton and Harvard Law School, served as U S attorney, City Counsel, and Newark Prosecutor. He left public life in 1884 and briefly returned in 198, survived by his wife Miss Margaret A Hitch cock and their three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Young
Essex County
Newark
Broadstreet
Young
Mr. Young
Charles B. Young
Princeton
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Harvard Law School
United States
Henry J. Yates
William H. F. Fiedler
Newark Law Department
Henry M. Doremus
Chandler W. Riker
Franklin Murphy
Margaret A. Hitchcock
Utica
N. J
Colonel Elihu R. Rockwood Dies at Home After Sudden Heart Disease
Colonel Elihu R. Rockwood, Civil War veteran and longtime photographer with his brother George G. Rockwood, died suddenly yesterday afternoon from heart disease. He collapsed around 1 PM while seated in his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elihu R. Rockwood
George G. Rockwood
Colonel Elihu R. Rockwood Dies Suddenly in New York
Colonel Elihu R. Rockwood died yesterday at No 239 Broadway after a sudden gasp. Born in Troy, New York, sixty four years ago, he joined the Massachusetts units in youth, was wounded, and later commanded the 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery by brevet. He moved to New York to work in photography with his brother until his death.
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Broadway
Troy
N. Y
Massachusetts
6Th
Massachusetts Volunteers
10Th
Massachusetts Regiment
4Th
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
New York
Doctor James Healey a longtime New York physician
Dr James Redmord Healey aged fifty nine of 236 East 16th street died yesterday at home from cancer born in Dublin Ireland in 1849 he came to New York at age one educated at St Francis Xavier College graduated 1867 and Bellevue Medical College 1868 he served as physician of the Tombs 1879 married Anna Tones 1881 later medical superintendent of Randall s and Hart s Islands in 1892 active in the American Medical Society and private practice specializing in diseases of children funeral at St Paul s Church 118th street near Lexington today burial at St Raymond s Cemetery Westchester
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James Redmord Healey
East 16Th Street
Dublin
Ireland
New York
St. Francis Xavier's College
Bellevue Medical College
Healey
Tombs
Anna Tones
Randall's and
Hart's Islands
American Medical Society
St. Paul's Church
118Th Street
Lexington Avenue
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Westchester
Dr William J Ford of Washington Conn Dies at Home
Dr William J Ford a lifelong Washington resident and respected physician in Litchfield County died after a short illness at his home. He served in the Connecticut Legislature and on the State Reformatory Commission appointed by Governor Chamberlain in 1902. A close friend of Senator Platt, he left no children and his funeral will be held tomorrow.
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Washington, Conn
William J. Ford
Washington
Litchfield County
Ford
State Reformatory Commission
Chamberlain
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Passaic Trust official Captain J C Shearman dies
Captain James Colton Shearman secretary and treasurer of Passaic Trust and Safe Deposit Company died at his home 154 Gregory avenue Passaic this morning from apoplexy. He was cousin of William Pitt Sherman former Erie Railroad treasurer and Congressman James S Sherman of Utica. He served in the Erie treasurer's office and was assistant paying teller at Western National Bank New York. His son Robert Pitt Shearman works for Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York.
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Passaic
N. J
James Colton Shearman
Passaic Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Gregory Avenue
William Pitt Sherman
Erie Railroad
James S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
The
Erie
Western National Bank
New York
Robert Pitt Shearman
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
Obituary notes on Rev. Thomas M. Shanley in Westport
Obituary notes report the Reverend Thomas M. Shanley, pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Westport, Conn, with details on his designation and role within the parish community.
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Thomas M. Shanley
Church of the Assumptied
Westport
Conn
Brandus Collection on View at Fifth Avenue Galleries
A mix of old and modern works from Mr. Edward Brandus is on display at the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries with a sale planned for April 1 to 3. Portraits from French and English schools dominate, alongside notable pieces by Sassoferrato, Hilliard, Palma, Cuyp, Rigaud, Mignard, and others, plus modern French and Dutch paintings and landscapes.
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Edward Brandus
Fifth Avenue
Sassoferato
Albert Cuyp
Rigaud
Mignard
Tocqué
Tourniéres
Drouais
Lagranée
Maurice Leiotr
Berne Bellecour
Thaulow
Frederic Ede
Tarragona
Antonio Torres
Cesare Detti
L. Faléro
T. J. Blakeslee
Mendelssohn Hall
Knoedler Galleries
United States Supreme Court
Albert Rosenthal
United States
Sir Henry Irving
Ernest Moore
M. Pierre Feitu
Fisher, Adler & Schwartz
Prince de] Drago
Signor
Piero Tozzi
Durand-Ruei
M. Gustave Loiseau
Eugène Glaenzer & Co
Eduard J. Steichen
Powell Gallery
G. G. Newell
Clausen
F. G. Hale
Premier's vitality giving way in London illness
London March 30 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman shows no marked worsening but diabetes now in its incurable form is gradually draining his strength. The bulletin says he had a quiet day and a fairly good night and remains weak with no major change in condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
President Elfiet on Middle West University Tour
President Charles W. Elfiet of Harvard leaves Cambridge for a Midwest tour visiting several universities. He will deliver speeches before clubs and organizations and arrive in New York to address the Carnegie Foundation on a program following the stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Charles W. Elfiet
Harvard
Middle West
New York
Carnegie Foundation
Bequests by Mrs Ulmer For St Mark’s Church in Brooklyn
Mrs Catherine Ulmer widow of William Ulmer brewer filed her will in Kings County Surrogate’s Office. The will leaves ten thousand dollars to St Mark’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church Brooklyn and one thousand dollars to Wartberg Home for the Aged Bethlehem Orphan Asylum and the German Evangelical Aid Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s
German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Brooklyn
Catherine Ulmer
William Ulmer
Kings County
Platts Last Look At Old Fifth Avenue Hotel
Senator Thomas Platt visited his office in the United States Express building after arriving from Washington to view the Fifth Avenue Hotel before wreckers move in He plans to return to Washington within a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas (. Platt
United States Express Company
Washington
Fifth Avenue
Pure Food Exposition Draws Large Crowd at Lenox Lyceum
The Pure Food Exposition at the Lenox Lyceum on Madison avenue and 59th street draws daily crowds of women. It runs from 1 to 10 30 pm with lectures by Mrs Lily Haxworth Wallace at 3 pm on Using Up the Fragments and The Invalids Tray. The 7th Regiment Band performs concerts in the afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox Lyceum
Madison Avenue
59Th Street
Lily Haxworth Wallace
7Th Regiment
John H. Starin Named Defendant in Appellate Case
Rochester March 30 John H Starin defender of a NYC steamboat line faces a Court of Appeals shift ar gued case arising from New Haven The plaintiff Walter R Mallory alleges injury by four bears in cages on Starins boat at New Haven He allegedly approached cages and his dog was attacked by the bears
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
John H. Starin
New York City
Court of Appeals
New Haven
Walter R. Mallory
Bryan and Harmon Speak at Missouri Democratic Dinner
About two thousand Democrats attended a dollar banquet in Kansas City’s Convention Hall with William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon as guests of honor. Four former Missouri governors and Governor Folk were present as Bryan pressed reform and attacked Secretary Taft on tariff, trusts, and railroad policy while praising La Follette and Roosevelt sentiment. Harmon’s remarks were cut short by enthusiastic cheers for Bryan.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Young Men's Democratic Club
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
T. T Crittenden
David R. Francis
William J. Stone
Alexander M. Dockery
Joseph W. Folk
Bryan
Harmon
Senator la Follette
Mr. Bryan
Taft
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Indict Captain of U S Collier Abarenda
Federal grand jury indicts Captain George Worley master of the United States collier Abarenda for inhuman treatment of crew at sea. The case stems from the murder of Walter Weicher chief officer at San Juan by ship carpenter Alexander Dickson on February. Many crew members are witnesses in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Federal Grand Jury
George Worley
United States
Walter Weicher
Alexander Dickson
Szecheny Family Arrives in Vienna Amid Crowd
Count Laszlo Szecheny and the countess arrived in Vienna this morning after traveling from Budapest via Fiume. A large crowd gathered at the rail station but friends arranged a covert departure to avoid the spectacle.
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Vienna
Laszlo Szecheny
Budapest
Fiume
Prominent Arrivals at Luxury Hotels
Prominent arrivals at major hotels include C. D. Cramp from Philadelphia at Belmont, Judge W. F. Beale of North Carolina at Bres Lin, Captain W. W. Burns of U S Navy at Empire, J. A. Drake of Corning at Hoffman, Judge William M. Titus of Massachusetts at Imperial, Edward F. Swift of Chicago at Plaza, John H Patterson of Dayton at St Regis, and George W. Elkins of Elkins Park at Waldorf Astoria.
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Belmont
C. D. Cramp
Philadelphia
Breslin
W. F. Beale
North Carolina
Empire
W. W. Burns
U. Ss
A. Hoffman
J. A. Drake
Corning
Imperial
William M. Titus
Massachusetts
Edward F. Swift
Chicago
John H Patterson
Dayton
Ohio
Waldorf-Astoria
George W. Elkins
Elkins Park
Penn
Today’s civic events and museum free admission
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. Formal opening of the Greeters clubhouse at 1146 Broadway. 4 p m dinner for Mrs Humphry Ward under the Playground Association of America Waldorf Astoria 7 p m Phillips Exeter Academy dinner Hotel Manhattan 7 p m Traffic Club of New York meeting Hotel Astor 5 p m Professor Leo S Rowe speaks on the Political and Social Significance of the Panama Canals at Cooper Union 8 p m
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Broadway
Humphry Ward
Playground Association of America
Waldorf- Astoria
Phillips Exeter Academy
Manhattan
Traffic Club of
New York
Hotel Astor
Leo S Rowe
Panama Canals
Cooper Union
Weather report from Washington forecasts unsettled conditions and rains
General unsettled weather across interior valleys and the Rocky Mountain region with a low pressure area over the plains and central Rockies. Rain expected in Mississippi Valley, Ohio and Gulf states. possible rain reaching extreme southern New England Tuesday night. much colder in lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. winds vary by coast. Local forecast notes rain, clouds, and warmer in New England then clearing. temperatures and yesterday’s records included. Local official record compares 1906 and 1907 temperatures with a high of 49 and a low of 26.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Plateau
Mississippi
Wall
Middle
South Atlantic States
New England
Lake
Ohio
Middle Mississippi
Gulf States
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
Weather Bureau
Calkins Darius F obituary notice from Dover New Jersey
Darius F Calkins dies at Dover New Jersey on March 20 1908 aged 81. Funeral services held at the residence of his niece Mrs M C Havens No 75 Prospect Street Dever New Jersey. The notice appears in The Tribune and will be republished in the Tri-Weekly Tribune without extra charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Obituary notices and funeral arrangements listed
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices from Somerville to New York, naming CHAMBERS CHILDS FORD HARADON HEALEY HUSTED KENNY LYON MURTRY PERRY WALLER and others. Dates March 27 to April 1, 1908, with service details and locations including Somerville New Jersey Cazenovia Katonah Hartford Morristown and Brooklyn. Also notes about Woodlawn Cemetery access and funeral home Frank E Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conn Perry
Hartford
Anna Maria
Daugt
Uptown Office invites applications for new positions
Special Notices from THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE announce the availability of desirable help and urge employers to save time and expense by reviewing the file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions at the Uptown Office located at No. 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Broadway
Tribune subscription rates and office notices
Tribune rates list daily and weekly mail options for the United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Canada with various durations and prices. It notes office addresses in New York and Nassau Street, plus a global network of reading rooms and hotel partners for abroad readers.
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United States
Mexico
Baronets of
Kattan
Cuba
Porto Rico
Sao So
Yorke City
UNE
Savoy Hotel
Tel
Howard
Queen's H
Vevey
Italy
Rome
Brieuseeux
Monte Carte
Egypt
Caize
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James R. Healey
J. C. Shearman
Brandus
Eliot
Platt
Old Hotel
Mr. Harmon
U. S. Collier
the Weather Report
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ivlaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Chambers
Somerville
Frederick
Somervil N
Liberty St
Childs—Sudlenry
Cazenovia
Emma Litchfield
L. Childs
Elishes and
Litchfield
Williame Ford
Haradon
Fannie J
Oe F. Haradon
Willetrave
Bronx
Bane
Windsor
Wate
Elizabeth
21St St
Church John <S
Emma & Henschen Uerab
East Sithot
Llam
Paris
France
Marc Charles Seymour
Seymour
Mary J. Hes
Kenny
Pili Eugene J. Kenny
Daghter
Aerine N. Lawson
Lyon
Katonah, XL. Y
March SR Re
Murtry
Neo
Tien
Milbank
Malker
Meeker
Woodlawn Cemetery
Harlem
Grand Cem
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Sd St
Undertakers
Frank E. Campbell
West
St Chapelm
Cheisem
Nassau Street
William Street
Ile
Piroedwa
Rue St. George
Servne
Repéra
Odler & Co
Union Bank
Nch
Lemon & Co
Tornabuont Maquay & Co
Milan
Saarbach’s
News Exchange
Viale American Express Company
Saarbech’s News Exchange
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