Amusements Listing At New York Theaters
A scanned page lists evening shows in many venues including Academy of Music Alhambra Astor Belasco Broadway Carnegie Hall Colonial Daly's Dewey Eden Muse The World in Wax Garden Theatre etc The schedule features vaudeville concerts operettas and dramas with times such as 8 15 pm and 2 pm plus titles like The Squaw Man Miss Hook of Holland The Merry Widow The Soul Kiss and The Servant in the House among others The item notes multiple venues and show names reflecting a busy theater season in New York City.
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Academy OF Music
Alhambra
ASTOR
Belascco
Jag Gee
Blaney
Broadway
Carnegie Hall
Casino
Criterion
Miss Hook
Holland
Daly
Gtris
Eden Musbe
Enpire
Gardpen
Marta
Heidelberg
Hackett
Hammerstein
Herald Square
Hippodrome
Port Arthur
Hudson—S
Knickerbocker
New York
Lenox Lyceum
Liberty
Pelly
Lyceum
Lyric
Madison Square Garden
Circus
Majestic
Bandanna Land
New Amsterdam
KNEW
Lonesome Town
Allacks
Weber Music Hall
New York Daily Tribune Staff and Office Details
The March 31 1908 issue of the New York Daily Tribune lists The Tribune Association as owner and publisher. It names Ogden Mills as president and Nathaniel Tuttle as secretary and treasurer with offices at Tribune Building, 155 Nassau Street, New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
Ogden Mills
Nathaniel Tuttle
Congress and World News Summary
The morning's brief covers Senate and House activity with the Aldrich bill and agricultural appropriation under consideration, plus forest service critique. It notes British Commons passing a home rule severance vote for Ireland, political health concerns in Britain, and various international postings. Domestic items include Borough President Bermel removal efforts, a church collapse killing two boys in Provincetown, and executions and rate cuts in New York. City notes mention stock declines, the Union Square bombing mystery, political rewards, and subway contracts controversy. Weather hints at rain possible tonight after a cloudy day.
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Congress
Senate
House
Committee On Banking and Currency
Forest Service
House of Commons
John E. Redmond
Ireland
London
Campbell-Bannerman
Berlin
Aad
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Port-au- Prince
Larraque
Pr. H. M. MacCracken
New York University
Copenhagen
Porto Rico
Chicago
Japan
Durham White Stevens
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bermel
Queens
Hughes
Albany
Churen
Provincetown
Mass
Charlies Andrews
Jerome
Chester E. Gillette
Auburn State Prison
Grace Brown
Indiana Railroad Commission
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
Young Men’s Democratic Club of Missouri
Kansas City
Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Union Square
Pat” McCarren
Herbert Parsons
Stewart L. Woodford
Frank Brookfield
Hughes Republicans
Parsons
William Halpin
Corporation Counsel's
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Bronx
Haffen
Reform
Metal Exchange
Jackson
March Grand Jury
Veterans Benefits in Civil Service Would Demoralize State
A Albany editorial argues that a proposed constitutional amendment giving 10 extra points to Spanish American and Philippine War veterans on civil service exams would crowd out better qualified nonveterans. It warns the result would be a demoralized, inefficient workforce and perpetual veteran incumbents due to promotion rules and exemptions from standard dismissal.
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Senate
Assembly
Albany
Peking
Merit system must not yield to new war veterans
The piece argues Civil War veterans deserve special civil service preference due to national debt, but warns against extending similar exceptions to recent veterans. It stresses those veterans are younger, far more numerous, and their service did not match Civil War hardship, so merit-based appointments must remain intact.
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Veteras
Chattanooga
Anniston
The Abuse of Asylum in Hayti Debated
The piece argues asylum for political refugees in Haiti and at French consulates fuels unrest. It cites expert and Spectator views, notes a ringleader arrested then released, and asserts the US should refrain from intervention while urging fair trials and protection of nationals. It highlights those from Jamaica Guadeloupe and Martinique involved in upheavals.
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Hayti
London Standard
Haiti
London Spectator
The
Spectator
United States
Jamaica
Martinique
Guadeloupe
The Ireland of Hungary and the Croatian Question
The article draws a parallel between Croatia and Ireland under Hungarian rule, noting shared histories of partial autonomy and later discontent. It traces Croatia’s shift from home rule under Hungary to friction after Vienna’s absolutism, and examines the 19th century treaties, the 1848 episode, and the current Diet at Agram alongside Budapest representation.
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Ireland
Croatia
Hungary
Henry II of
England
Iiet
Agram
Great Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Illyria
Laibach
Ragusa
Marmont
Austria
Kossuth
Republic
Vienna
Deak
Budapest
Language rule sparks Croatia Hungary rail dispute against decree
The Magyar government pushed to enforce Magyar on all Croatian railways provoking opposition from forty Croatian delegates who say it breaches their compact. The bill was dropped but the principle stood by ministerial decree. Elections showed strong anti Hungarian sentiment and separatist aims in Agram, raising fears of further clashes as relations shift.
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United States
Spectator
Garian
Croatia
Austria
Hungary
Agram
Hapsburg
Illyria
Serbia
Slavonia
Dalmatia
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Servyia
Budapest
Save Saratoga Springs Through Protective Legislation
The Albany editorial argues for Assembly bill No. 922 to protect Saratoga Springs by stopping wells that drain carbonic acid gas from the springs. It warns that gas loss harms the springs’ sparkle and therapeutic qualities, threatens destruction, and harms public access to healing waters.
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Albany
Saratoga
Saratoga Springs
Maryland primary law battle over open votes and party control
The Maryland legislature failed to pass a statewide primary law as Democrats split over an Alabama Mississippi style open primary. Bosses John Walter Smith and Arthur P. Gorman clamp down on open nominating methods, pushing a county based substitute that maintains overrepresentation of eastern shore and southern Maryland counties.
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Maryland
Democratic State Committee
United States Senate
Baltimore
Crothers
John Walter Smith
Arthur P. Gorman
United States
Astern Shore
Baltimore Demos Decry City Voters Disfranchisement Plan
Editor blasts a Maryland primary reform as grossly unequal, arguing it disenfranchises Baltimore Democrats. It contrasts city representation with Calvert County and asserts the law silences 85 percent of Baltimore voters, urging removal of the Smith-German political machine.
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Maryland
Calvert
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Calvert County
Democratic Party
Brooklyn Democracy Seeks Scapegoat in McCarren Feud
The Brooklyn Democracy searches for a scapegoat as Long Pat McCarren struggles to blend into the crowd, his stature hindering attempts to vanish from scrutiny.
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Brooklyn Democracy
Pat
McCarren
Floating parks and sea side apartments for ships
A columnist imagines future ocean liners with custom staterooms and sold deck plots, suggesting New York could buy a seagoing park for leaders and financiers to enjoy when Battery and Central Park are unavailable, even recalling Abe Hummel’s voyage.
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Long Island
New York
Battery
Central Park
Abe” Hummel
Europe
Socialists and Anarchists Clash in Ideology Debate
The Brooklyn Eagle notes socialists are not anarchists though both share some beliefs. Anarchists aim to enforce ideas by violence while socialists favor peaceful propaganda. The piece contrasts how each views society, government, and reform amid comments on the State Legislature and rural postal service expansion. It highlights postal growth aiding education and connection of rural areas to urban centers.
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The
Brooklyn Eagle
Talk of the Day recalls 1900 campaign incident
A long excerpt discusses political theater around the 1900 election, featuring "Bim the Button Man" at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and his meeting with Hanna Scott Gibbs Manley and Bliss. It also includes snippets on labor in the United States, emigration discouragement, and Mainz era city life notes.
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Bim
Republican National Committee
Fifth Avenue
Hanna
Nathan RB. Scott
Frederick S. Gibbs
Joseph H. Manley
Cornelius N. Bliss
Mark
Green
Detroit
Free Press
President greets 1500 at White House and Cuba quarantine postponed
The President met about fifteen hundred visitors including teachers and graduates from New England, delegations from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, and lawmakers. Secretary Taft announced the Cuba port quarantine set for April 1 would be deferred one week. Various officials and dignitaries called, with notes on spring visitors and travel plans of Lt. and Mrs. Dallam and Donald McLean.
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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
Shangha
Diplomatic Dinner Attended by High Embassy Officials
Washington report notes Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches hosting a dinner for Russian and Belgian envoys, plus numerous staff. Austrian and German ambassadors delay return or alter plans due to social duties. Diplomatic corps youths rehearse Spanish plays at notable homes with prominent host families and society participants.
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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
Hengelmuller
New York
von Sternburg
Diplomatic Corps
Carroll Hall
Sefiora de Creel
Sefiora de Carbo
Elena (Alderon
Mercedes Godoy
Carbo
Washington Society Dinner Honors Vice President Fairbanks
In Washington on March 30 the Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks were the guests of honor at a dinner hosted by Senator and Mrs. Briggs. Officials and debutantes attended, with Miss Emily Sloane of New York among many invited. Other notable guests included Secretary of War and Mrs. Taft, the Peruvian Minister and Señora de Cruz, hosted by John Barrett of the Bureau of American Republics, plus gatherings at the New Willard and further social plans for Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Fairbanks
Briggs
L. Z. Leiter
Emily Sloane
New York
Henry T. Sloane
Sloane
Diplomatic Corps
Secretary of War
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 called to public action
In a letter to The Tribune dated March 2 1908 the writer urges Americans to rescue the Paine homestead at New Rochelle by purchasing the remaining house and a fragment of the old farm. A deposit is needed soon to prevent demolition. contributions may be sent to Robert W Hemens at No 2 Waterloo Place The Bronx NY for details.
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The
Tribune
Thomas Paine
Paine
New Rochelle
Robert W. Hemens
Waterloo Place
Bronx
N. Y
Theatres Protest Against Terrifying Gong Noise
New Yorker Thomas J. Keenan urges protest against loud gong announcements in some theatres. He describes the first balcony gong as nerve wracking and believes the sudden, diabolical sound disturbs patrons, especially women and girls, and questions the manager's approval in a letter dated March 26, 1908.
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the Tribune
Thomas J. Keenan
New York
Y W C A Practical Work Praises Women Applicants
A letter from New York dated March 18 1908 lauds the Young Women's Christian Association No 7 Easteth street for advancing women through practical Christianity and raising graduates' salaries from HM or % a week to 10 or more. The writer urges greater financial support to ease the world's burden and questions why more donations are not forthcoming.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Easteth Street
New York City
T. M. New York
Death of Eur Lee Tatum in Manila marred Ellison wedding
Fort Wayne report states Eur Lee Tatum, Manila city electrician, died in Manila Philippines on the eve of his planned marriage to T. E. Ellison's daughter. The cable from Judge Gilbert of the Insular Court offers no further details.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
T. E. Ellison
Eur Lee Tatum
Manila
Philippine Islands
Honduran Consul General Recovers After Operation
Dr. Luis Laze, Consul General of Honduras in New York, underwent a thoracic fusion operation Thursday to save his wife. The procedure appeared successful but pneumonia followed. his wife died Sunday. Her body will be taken to Guatemala for burial once he is well enough to travel.
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Luis Laze
Honduras
New York
Pheumonia
Guatemala
Lazois
New York Society Abroad Ahead of Spring Parades and Marriages
New York society notes travelers sailing to Europe and the Continent this week. Mr and Mrs Robert L Gerry plan return to attend the Ladies Driving Club parade in May. Mrs George Gould and Mrs Georges Vanderbilt are expected at Virginia Springs. Mrs Edward Spencer Mead sails for Europe for the summer. Mr and Mrs John R Drexel leave town for Atlantic City after her illness recovery. Mrs Charles Scribner and Mr C Ledyard Blair head to Europe then Virginias Springs before summer. Caroline Skidmore Willis will wed Waltery Hewlett at Sherry s on May 5. Eva Van Cortland Morris engages to McDougal Hawkes, a Dock Commissioner, with ties to Lewis Morris Gouverneur Morris and Mrs Astor. Baylies to Europe mid May for most of summer.
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S. McCormick
New York
Latta
Mr. McCormick
Mexico
William A. Dallam
Donald McLean
Oglethorpe
Georgia
Robert L. Gerry
England
Gerry
Foun
George Gould Haa
Virginia Hoe Springs
Georges W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
N. C
Caroline Skidmore Willis
Townsend Wills
Waltery, Hewlett
Sherry’s
Eva van Cortland Morris
A. Newbold Morris
McDougal Hawkes
Low
Miss Morris
Lewis Morris
Alsy
Gouverneur
The
Union
Social Notes from Newport Move In Inspection Targets
Newport March 3 Telegraph reports Mrs Will and her daughter Miss Doroth in town this evening to inspect their summer home. Pr William T Bull of New York is here inspecting Dudlace. Colonel and Mrs De Lancey Kane expected for the season on Monday.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. I
Will
Doroth
William T. Bull
New York
de Lancey Kane
Mrs Roosevelt Travels Down Mississippi To New Orleans
Telegraph report from Burnside notes Mrs Theodore Roosevelt with four children and attendants finishing a strenuous day on sugar plantations of Henry McCall and General F F Myles. The Mayflower yacht sails downstream toward New Orleans with a noon arrival expected. Miss Ethel Roosevelt teaches Italian at Evan Hall plantation while the three boys ride ponies nearby.
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Tribune
Burnside
I.a
Henry McCall
New Orleans
F. F. Myles
Theodore Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Evan Hall Plantation
Colonel McCall
Ethel Roosevelt
Dr Henry Mace Cracken Addresses Copenhagen Audience
Dr Henry Mace Cracken chancellor of New York University spoke at the university lectures in Copenhagen. The large hall could not hold all listeners and a second lecture was promised. Attendees included 600 university students, staff from the Legation, and prominent Copenhagen figures.
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Copenhagen
Henry M. Mace Cracken
New York University
Uniersity
Universiy
Mace Cracken
Con Legation
Ard
Omnes
Warming
MacCracken
Universities of
America
Amerie
Novel Educational Endowment Aids Becket Youths
Norman W Harris a Boston banker gives Becket township native sons four years of college aid paying 35 dollars weekly to Becket or Middlefield residents attending Westfield Pittsfield Springfield or Lee high schools with an 80 percent average and satisfactory conduct. He also offers 5 dollars weekly to Becket natives attending Yale Harvard Williams Amherst MIT or others. Smith Row of Parsippany offers 60 thousand dollars to equal or surpass local Children’s Home fund drives for property improvements.
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Chicago
Norman W. Harris
Cage Banker
Becket
Massachusetts Hills
Harris
Middlefield
Westfield
Pittsfield
Springfield
Lee
Harvard
Williams
Amherst
Bostomstitute of Technology
Yale Scientific
University
Smith Ely
Parsippany
N. Y
Smith Row
New York
Transatlantic Travellers List of Passengers
A passenger list names travelers aboard several ocean liners. The Kaiser Wilhelm II includes Mr and Mrs Homer and others. the Hamburg carries Mr and Mrs Gordy and several couples. the Ryndam lists Mrs Coburn and Mr Dunning among arrivals. the Caledonia from Glasgow lists T. Collins William Taylor and others.
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Ryndam
J. S. Coburn
I M. Dunning
W. J. Lyman
Mme. Bressler-Gianeli
the Caledonia
Glasgow
TF. Collins
William H. Taylor
J. N
Ieee
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Coluteen
Tring
Strom
New York Daily Tribune
Cers
Ofice
Ireland OF
Die Welt
Cologne
East Side
Jimmy
Neue Freie Presse
Theone
Beech Street
London Opinion
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
Paine House
NEW York Society
Arthur B. Claffin
Southampton
Edward Spencer Mead
Charles T. Barney
John R. Drexel
Atlantic City
Mrs. Drexel
Charles Scribner
Robert Goelet
Tuxada
Edmund L. Baylies
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel
DR. Maccracken
Charles C Homer
W. B
Leeds
Jessie S. Foot
Hamburg
P. Gordy
William
Calktwell
H. & Law
Elizabeth P Marshall
Darwin PF. Kingsley
Eure
Charles Mores
A . Egerton Winthrop
Eawarton
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