Amusements A Busy Night At City Theaters
Listings for multiple venues include 8:15 showings at Academy of Music and Hammerstein s with vaudeville and drama. Other theaters present Miss Hook of Holland, A Waltz Dream, The Witching Hour, Polly of the Circus, and The Talk of New York along with circuses and concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Academy OF Music
Alhambra
ASTOR
Miss Hook
Holland
Daly
Giris
Musbe
Empire
Garpen
Marta
Hackett
Herald Square
Madison Square Garden
Bandanna Land
Lonesome Town
New York
Stuyvesant
Wallace
Weber Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune March 31 1908 front matter
The New York Daily Tribune is published by The Tribune Association a New York corporation. Office and principal place of business Tribu ne Building 154 Nassau Street New York. Ogden Mills serves as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Complex US and world events in compact daily brief
Senate minor business. House Banking and Currency bill referrals. forestry debate. Ireland self government resolution. Campbell-Bannerman health notes. various global dispatches. Port-au-Prince arrests. NYU chancellor address. Porto Rico delegates. Japanese honor to Stevens. Winnipeg power cut. Bermel removal call. church collapse deaths. Andrews resigns. Gillette execution. Indiana railroad rate cut. Bryan dinner. Union Pacific mining deaths. stocks fall. Union Square bomb mystery. Pat McCarren fight. primary fraud reward. Woodford and Brookfield denials. payoffs in Bronx inquiry. Metal Exchange reform ticket loss. Jackson stormy criticism. weather cloudy with possible rain. temps 36-48.
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Congress
Senate
House
Aldrich
Committee On Banking and Currency
Forest Service
House of Commons
John E. Redmond
Ireland
London
Campbell-Bannerman
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Port-au- Prince
Larraque
H. M. MacCracken
New York University
Copenhagen
Porto Rico
Chicago
Durham White Stevens
Winniper
Manitoba
Bermel
Queens
Hughes
Albany
Provincetown
Mass
Charles Andrews
Jerome
Chester E. Gillette
Auburn State Prison
Grace Brown
Indiana Railroad Commission
William J. Bryan
Judson Hannen
Young Men's Democratic Club of Missouri
Kanecas City
Hanna
Wic
Union Pacific Nar
Union Square
Pat” McCarren
Brooklyn
Bronx
Haffen
Reform
Metal Exchange
Jackson
Veterans Gain Ten-Point Civil Service Favor Likely
An Albany proposal to add ten percent to Civil Service exam ratings for Spanish American Philippine and Pekin veterans could demoralize state service. With about thirty one thousand eligible veterans and only 80 to 832 competitive positions, many vacancies would be filled by veterans over more qualified non veterans. The measure would likely promote incompetence, weaken dismissal protections, and undermine merit based staffing.
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Senate
Assembly
Albany
Peking
Merit versus veteran preference in Civil Service
The argument contrasts Civil War veterans with modern war veterans in merit-based appointments. Civil War veterans are few, aged, and owed a debt that justifies an exception. Modern veterans are numerous, younger, and would undermine the merit system if given broad preferential treatment.
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Chattanooga
Anniston
Abuse of asylum in Hayti draws wider critique
Contemporary debate on asylum for political refugees in Haiti intensifies as critics cite past expert testimony and press opinions. The piece argues foreign powers should not grant refuge to revolutionaries, noting a ringleader arrested and released within Haiti’s crisis, and urges U.S. nonintervention while warning against consular asylum that aids criminal plots.
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Hayti
London Standard
Haiti
London Spectator
United States
Spectator
The Ireland of Hungary and its Croatia parallels
The article draws a parallel between Ireland and Croatia within the Hungary-Croatia union. It notes separate kingdoms under strong powers, Croatians sending a separatist delegation to Agram, and distrust of Vienna. It critiques the Compromise of 1867 as a source of friction, with Croatia enjoying home rule yet sending forty Budapest delegates limited to general affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Croatia
Hungary
Henry I
England
Iiet
Agram
Great Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Ilyria
Laibach
Ragusa
Marmont
Austria
Kossuth
Vienna
Deak
Budapest
Hus
Magyar Language Bill Sparks Croatian Backlash Over Railroads
The Hungarian government backed a bill to require Magyar on all state railways in Croatia, provoking fierce Croatian opposition as delegates argued it violated the Croatia Hungary compact. The bill was dropped, but a ministerial decree enforced the principle, heightening fears of secessionist aims and tense Hungary Croatia tensions.
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Garian
Croatia
Austria
Hungary
Agram
Hapsburg
Illyria
Serbia
Slavonia
Dalmatia
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Servia
Budapest
Save Saratoga Springs by Protecting Natural Springs
The article argues for Assembly bill No 922 to shield Saratoga Springs from gas and water depletion. It explains carbonic acid gas sustains the springs’ effervescence and salts, notes wells near the springs threaten the water supply, and argues the bill would simplify enforcement while serving public welfare and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Saratoga
Saratoga Springs
Maryland primary law debate exposes party power struggle
The Maryland Legislature failed to pass a statewide primary law as factions within the Democratic State Committee clash over open nominating procedures. Governors and party bosses favor county or district primaries that preserve machine influence, while reformers push for a genuine Alabama Mississippi style open primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Democratic State Committee
United States Senate
Baltimore
Crothers
John Walter Smith
Arthur P. Gorman
United States
Baltimore Seethes Over Primary Reform Equality Claim
The piece argues the imitation primary system disenfranchises Baltimore voters, giving Calvert County far more influence per voter than Baltimore City. It denounces the plan as undemocratic, predicting continued Democratic machine control and urging removal of leading Smith-German figures to restore genuine primary rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Calvert
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Calvert County
Democratic Party
McCarren Faces Challenge as Brooklyn Democracy Seeks Scapegoat
The Brooklyn Democracy weighs a scapegoat amid internal turmoil while Long Pat McCarren struggles to blend into the crowd, his stature becoming a notable obstacle.
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Brooklyn Democracy
Pat
McCarren
Seagoing park idea echoed for city leisure spaces
The column savors future urban leisure schemes as ships add private staterooms and decks become property. It muses on selling deck lots to buyers, and imagines a municipal seagoing park for statesmen and financiers to rest when Battery and Central Park are unavailable.
Socialists and anarchists clash over violence and peace
The Brooklyn Eagle notes socialists favor peaceful propagandism while anarchists share socialist ideas but would enforce them by violence. It explains mutual misunderstanding between groups seen as opposite poles of thought: collectivism and extreme individualism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cominion
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Leisurely Legislature Hints at Possible Summer Session
The current State Legislature moves slowly, mirroring last year. If an extra session is approved, lawmakers may reconvene under the warm summer sun to address pending matters.
Rural postal service gains profitability and reach
The rural delivery branch no longer operates at a loss as extensions prove future saving. Early outlays exceeded income, yet postal growth shows rural lines, once derided as luxuries, now pay their way within a decade. They expand access, education, and civilization, connecting isolated communities with towns and cities via trolley and telephone.
Talk of the Day on Bim the Button Man and 1990 campaign
A column recalls the 1990 campaign with Bim the Button Man as central figure in a loud scene at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. An informal Republican meeting included Hanna Scott Gibbs Manley and Niss. Bim’s entrance drew laughter after a newspaper quip and a greeting to Mark. The piece blends political reminiscence with other clipped items from European and U.S. sources.
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Bim
Republican National Committee
Fifth Avenue
Hanna
Nathan B. Scott
Fredericks. Gibbs
Joseph H. Manley
Cornelius N. Hiss
Mark
Green
Detroit Free Press
White House hosts fifteen hundred guests in social events
The President greeted about fifteen hundred people at the White House this afternoon. Delegates from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, school teachers, and New England graduates joined callers including Secretary Root and Senators Lodge, Stewart, Warner, Smoot, and Bourne. Taft announced port quarantines against Cuba would be deferred a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
New England
Taft
United States
Cuba
Root
Lodge
Stewart
Warner
Smoot
Bourne
Tirrell
Douglas
Kennedy
Marshall
Knapp, Lane and Clark
L. R. Wilfley
United States Court
Shanghai
Diplomatic corps dinner hosts draw steady attendance
Washington March 30 Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches hosted a dinner for the Russian Ambassador Belgian Minister and their spouses among others the Austrian and German ambassadors deferred return visits while social rounds continue. Young diplomats rehearse Spanish plays at the Ecuadoran ambassador and de Carbo residences with several social figures aiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Mayor Des Planches
Moncheur
Katherine Elkins
Mathilde Townsend
Miss Wetmore
Evelyn Walsh
Robert Bacon
Kroupensky
Captain Gilmore
Walter V. Berry
Signor Montagna
Signor Centaro
Signor Cora
Hengelmiller
New York
Diplomatic Corps
Carrol Hall
Sefiora de Creel
Sefiora de Carbo
Elena (Alderon
Mercedes Godoy
Carbo
Washington Society Dinner Honors Fairbanks Guests
In Washington Society the Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks were honored guests at a dinner hosted by Senator and Mrs. Briggs. Mrs. L. Leiter hosted Miss Emily Sloane of New York among twenty-two debutantes and diplomatic circle members. Various officials attended box party and supper at the New Willard, with other society hosts noted including Mrs. Nicholas Fish and Chauncey M. Depew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Fairbanks
Briggs
L. Leiter
Emily Sloane
New York
Henry T. Sloane
Miss Sloane
Diplomatic Corps
Taft
Sefiora de Cruz
John Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
New Willard
Nicholas Fish
Chauncey M. Depew
Gibson Fahnestock
Europe
Rosalie Tunstall Smith
Baltimore
France
Rob
Preservation of Paine House in New Rochelle Urged
A letter to the editor calls for public action to save Thomas Paine’s homestead at New Rochelle. The writer notes Paine’s revolutionary legacy and urges donations to acquire and repair the Paine residence, now at risk of demolition, with contact for details at Robert W. Hemens, 2 Waterloo Place, The Bronx, March 20, 1908.
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The
Tribune
Thomas Paine
Paine
New Rochelle
Robert W. Hemens
Waterloo Place
Bronx
A Theatregoer Voices Protest Against Theatre Gong Noise
Thomas J Keenan of New York protests the loud gong used to announce curtain rise in theatres. He finds the sudden, diabolical noise terrifying and disruptive to patrons especially women and girls in the first balcony. He questions why managers tolerate such disruptive practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Thomas J. Keenan
New York
Y. W. C. A Work Praised For Practical Christianity
A letter to The Tribune extols the Young Women's Christian Association No 7 Easteth street New York City for practical Christian service to women It notes graduates salaries rising from a meager amount to 10 or more weekly and urges greater financial support from both genders to ease the world’s burden Dated New York March 18 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's Christian Association
Easteth Street
New York City
Moore
New York
Death of Ear Lee Tatum Shocks Fort Wayne to Marry Plans
Fort Wayne Indiana March 30 T BE Ellison former state Senator received a cable announcing the death of Ear Lee Tatum at Manila Philippine Islands who was to marry Ellison's daughter today Tatum was city electrician of Manila The message came from Judge Cilbert of the Insular Court and gave no further details.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
T. BE. Ellison
Day
Ear Lee Tatum
Manila
Philippine Islands
Ellison
Tatum
City Electrician
Cilbert
Insular Court
Honduran Consul General's wife dies after operation
Dr. Luis Laze Consul General of Honduras in New York saw his wife die after a Thursday trans fusion operation intended to save her life. The operation appeared successful but pneumonia developed. Her body will be taken to Guatemala for burial once Dr. Jane recovers sufficiently to travel.
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Luis Laze
Honduras
New York
Guatemala
Jane
New York Society Around Town Abroad Plans
New York society stories note several families sailing for Europe this spring. Mr and Mrs Robert L Gerry depart for England this week and expect return by late next month for the Ladies Found in Hand Driving Club parade. Mr and Mrs Arthur B Claftin sail for Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm to tour by car and visit Southampton Long Island. Mrs George Gould arrives at Virginia Springs with others like Mr and Mrs Vanderpie from Pratt Biltmore NC. Mrs Edward Spencer Mead sails for Europe to spend the summer abroad. Mr and Mrs John R Drexel leave for Atlantic City then return later. Mrs Drexel recovered from illness. Mr and Mrs Charles Scribner book travel to Europe next week. Mr and Mrs C Ledyard Blair head to Virginia Springs before Peapack NJ stock. Mr and Mrs Robert Goelet plan to return from Tuxedo Club. Miss Caroline Skidmore Willis to wed Walter Hewlett at Sherry's on May 8. Miss Eva Van Cortlandt Morris engaged to McDougal Hawkes, a former Dock Commissioner. wedding expected early summer. Mr and Mrs Edmund L Baylies sail for Europe mid May and stay much of summer.
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Robert L. Gerry
England
Gerry
Eva van Cortlandt Morris
Tiy
A. Newbold Morris
McDougal Hawkes
Low
Miss Morris
Lewis Morris
Gouverneur Morris
Migister
France
Mr. Astor
Mr. Astor. Mr. Hawkes
The
Union
New York
Newport Social Notes Preview Local Visitants
Social notes from Newport report Mrs William E Gryp and her daughter Miss Dorothea Kane visiting to inspect their home. Dr William T Bull of New York is in town inspecting Dudley Place. Colonel and Mrs De Lancey Kane are expected for the season on Monday.
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Newport
William E.i Gryp
Dorothea Kane
William T. Bull
New York
Dudley Place
de Lancey Kane
Mondar
Mrs Roosevelt in New Orleans voyage on Mississippi River
Telegraph report from March describes Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and four children continuing their journey aboard the yacht Marrower down the Mississippi toward New Orleans. They toured sugar plantations at Evan Hall and rode creol ponies during the day while Mrs Roosevelt traveled by carriage with Colonel McCall.
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Burnside
I.a
Henry McCall
New Orleans
F. F. Myles
Theodore Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Noos
Evan Hall
Colonel Meall
Ethel Roosevelt
Mra Roosevelt
McCall
MacCracken Delivers Lectures at Copenhagen University
Dr Henry M MacCracken chancellor of New York University spoke to a packed hall at Copenhagen University delivering a lecture on American Ideals. About six hundred students plus diplomats and notable figures attended and applauded, with a plan for a repeat lecture tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Henry M. MacCracken
New York University
Mace Cracken
The
Americcan Legation
Perfonam
Warming
MacCracken
Novel educational endowment funds Becket youths study
Chicago banker Norman W Harris has created an educational fund for Becket, Massachusetts, promising $5 weekly to every native high school student attending Westfield, Pittsfield, Springfield, or Lee high schools if they maintain at least an 80 percent average. He also offers $5 weekly to Becket natives born who attend Harvard, Williams, Amherst, MIT, Yale, or similar universities, under the same conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Norman W. Harris
Cis
Cago Banker
Becket
Siamsachusetts Hills
Harris
Middlefield
Westfield
Pittsfield
Speinfield
Lee
Borm
Harvard
Williams
Amherst
Bostonstitute of Technology
Yale Scientific
Smith Ely offers to give fifty dollars to Parsippany children
Smith Ely former mayor of New York offers fifty dollars to the Parsippany Children's Home if they raise a matching sum or he will double every dollar raised for property improvement. Managers have raised fourteen dollars, leaving a hoped total that could reach the required amount for industrial education for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsippany
Smith
New York
Transatlantic Travellers List of Passengers on Ships Ryndam Caledonia
A passenger list from a transatlantic voyage names travelers aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II James Hammerstein Charles Homer Leeds Edward Mead Jessie Foot William Bartlett William Hall Kingsley Elizabeth Marshall Darwin Kingsley J S Coburn St M Denning W J Lyman Mme Bressler Gianwll and others. notes arrivals connected to Bund renp am Witham Kerr etc. Details include families and accompanying spouses on the Ryndam and Caledonia.
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Kaiser Wilhe Oeecar
Hammerstein
Charlee
Homer
W. B
Leeds
Eiward Spencer Mead
Jessie S. Foot
Tham&bl RG
E Eh Tord
Wiliam J. Taltwett
HE Law
Elizabeth I
Marshall
Ant
Darwin PF Kingsley
Ryndam
J. S&coburn
St M. Denning
Vv. J. Lyman
Mme
Bressler Gianwll
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Jimmy
Argus
Billy Gee
Meech Street
S. McCormick
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
Paine House
NEW York Society
Arthur B. Claftin
Southampton
George Gould
Virginia Springs
George W. Vanderpie
Pratt Biltmore, N. C
Edward Spencer Mead
Charles T. Barney
John R. Drexel
Atlantic City
Mrs Drexel
Charles Scribner
Robert Goelet
Caroline Skidmore Willis
Townsend Willis
Walter Hewlett
Sherry’s
Edmund L. Baylies
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel
DR. Maccrackes
Smith Ely
Renpam Witham
Kerr W
M. R Forbes
Caledonia
T. Collins
Willem A von
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