Amusements listings from a historic New York theater page
A compact catalog of 19th or early 20th century theater showings across multiple venues. Entries include vaudeville acts, operas, and novelty performances at the Academy of Music, Astor, Daly's, Eden Musee, Hacketts, Hippodrome, Knickerbockers, Lyceum, Lyric, Madison Square Garden, New Amsterdam, New York, Savoy, and others with start times and act names such as The World In Wax and Polly of the Circus, reflecting a bustling program slate for the period.
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Academy OF Music
American & Rigoletto
ASTOR
Papa Lebonnard Blaneys
Daly’ S
Dew
Eden Musbe
Herald
Ircus
Owaip Hanson
Prince Vaberty
Polly
Circus Lyceum
Madison Square Garden
Xweber Music Hall
The
Merry Witew
New York Daily Tribune May 7 108 Highlights World and Domestic
A concise harvest of reports from Congress and foreign affairs. Key items include a DC child labor bill, the commodity clause inquiry, Taft and Taft related actions abroad, Morgan in Paris on financial crisis, Belgian Congo debate, and various domestic updates. Also notes naval movements, railroad mergers, immigration commissions, and weather data.
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Congress
Senate
District of Columbia
Manuel
Ribikoff
Voronezh
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Taft
Colon
Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Carton
Japan
Alexandrovsk
Russia
Arbitration with Japan affirms pacific relations
The Hague peace congress progress shows in a Japan United States arbitration treaty. This agreement mirrors terms of treaties with Great Britain and others, covering disputes not touching honor or vital interests. It signals Japan's standing among nations and American leadership in peaceful dispute resolution for five years ahead.
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Hague
America
Japan
Pacific
Great Britain
Peace treaties with Japan may renew after term
The text contemplates the danger or fear of peace breaking controversies with Japan being greater than with other powers. It notes a five year term for the treaties and suggests that upon expiry there will be chance to assess their operation and influence and decide on renewal, possibly for a longer period if expectations are met.
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Japan
Ohio Democrats Demand More Democracy and More Bryan
The Ohio Democratic convention proclaims that cure for ills is more democracy and more Bryan, while critics argue it shifts toward populism and Marxist ideas. They question authority to redefine Democrat and warn the platform favors federal Bryanism while locally favoring Cleveland.
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Ohio
Karl Marx
Ohio Democracy
Judson Harmon
Senator Cassidy’s Slumming Trip Stirs Debate on Vice Research
Wr Cassidy the sociologist visits a Jamaica racetrack to study vice as a method of learning about wickedness. The piece questions whether officials who study vice can be trusted and argues for charitable views on political figures who engage in scientific slumming to shed light on public morality.
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Owen Cassidy
Cassidy
Jamaica
Morocco’s Sultanship Battle Shifts Toward Abd-el-Aziz
Dispatches report Mulai Hafid’s faltering hold on Fez as Abd-el-Aziz’s forces move to recapture the capital. Fez’s fall would likely end Hafid’s bid, with Abbasid like reforms favored by European and American powers. Hafid’s regime, if crowned, would reject international treaties and push antisocial reforms, resembling a Mahdist rule.
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Mulal Hafiq
Abd-el-Aziz
Dukhala
Mazagan
Azemmur
Fez
Mulai Hafiq
Europe
America
Morocco
Mulai Hatiq
Mulai Hafiz
Omdurman
Mahdi
Khalifa
Morocco’s Diminishing Sovereignty Under External Powers
Spencer sees Morocco as moribund, its independence eroded by stronger powers. Sovereignty may endure in name but fade in substance as external forces inject life, leaving a puppet regime. The article warns that only external influence can revive a country rendered powerless while moral authority also shifts.
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Morocco
Spencer
Wolverhampton by election marks tariff reform edge
The Wolverhampton by election shows a stark tariff reform versus Cobdenism clash. The Liberal candidate won narrowly while the Unionist push for tariff reform achieved a stronger moral victory as Wolverhampton shifts away from traditional free trade. Chamberlain's tariff policy gains momentum.
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Wolverhampton
Alan
Manchester
Churchill
Gladstone
Chamberlain
England
Germany
Villiers
Cobden and Bright
Vagaries Of The Season And Weather Perceptions
A Florida-like column argues weather vagaries are misread by amateurs and cites long running records from Maine Hartford and Worcester showing wide variation in flowering dates snowfall and bloom periods. The piece notes minds shape weather beliefs and cites Governor Fort’s vice presidential renomination talk as not surprising given his profile.
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Weather Bureau
Maine
S&s
Hartford
Conn
Worcester
Mass
Fort
New Jersey
Governor's third year drive for reform remains steady
A four month record under the governor confirms his resolve to advance a bold legislative and administrative program. The Late session failed to enact key items, leaving some measures on shaky ground, while editorials debate Taft prospects and party strategy across several papers and observers.
Naming a Baby by Japanese Temple Method Fails to Console
A New York household faced a naming deadlock for a newborn as relatives argued over choices. The brother recounts a Japanese temple ritual where three names are offered to a priest, who throws slips in the air and the last one groundward becomes the child’s name, a method found decisive with no appeal.
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New York
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Dixon
Charles B. Morrison
Moritz Rosenthal
Standard
Rosenthal
Morrison
President hosts Cardinal Logue at luncheon in Washington
Washington May 6 The President entertained Cardinal Logue at luncheon this afternoon with invitees including Cardinal Gibbons Monsignor Falconio Archbishop Farley Bishop Browne and other church leaders. Mrs Roosevelt issued invitations for a White House lawn party on May 15 for state and territorial governors, with a dinner planned May 12. A Chicago delegation led by H A Wheeler declined a second conference invitation for October. Other White House callers included Bonaparte Senators Owen Smoot Hemenway and other lawmakers and officials. Numerous social and diplomatic figures plus international guests noted, with reminders of upcoming travels and engagements among American and European society.
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San Francisco
Washington
White House
Logue and
Gibbons
Eastern & Maine
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Legislative Committee
Boston
Hughes
Albany
Appellate Division
Third Department
Guinness
LaPorte
Ind
Ell
Tribune Bureau
Cardinal Logue
Cardinal Gibbons
Monsignor Falconio
Farley
Browne
Ireland
O'Connell
Catholic University
Father Russell
St. Patrick's Church
Society of Colonial Dames
Chicago
H. A. Wheeler
Chicago and St. Louis Deep
Hemenway
Allen
Gillett
Roberts
Hubbard
Calder
Hale
Murdock
C'connell
Humphrey
Interstate Commerce
Lane
Elliott
Marine Corps
Pillsbury
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
C. M. Cade
Oklahoma
Walter Schott
Berlin
M. Boristow
Cabinet Dinner with Mrs Grant Aides Visitation
The Secretary of State and Mrs Root hosted guests in Washington to meet their daughter Mrs Ulysses S Grant on a lengthy visit. A dinner is planned for tonight and another tomorrow night. Lieutenant Grant is expected to join his wife in the capital within days for a brief visit.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Secretary of State
Diplomatic corps notes British and Brazilian envoys in flux
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce traveled to Philadelphia this morning. The Brazilian Ambassador and Mme Nabuco plan to sail for Europe next month, and are vacating the embassy residence that has housed the legation in recent years.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bryce
Philadelphia
Mme. Nabuco
Europe
Washington society notes from May social scene
From The Tribune Bureau in Washington May 6 a tapestry gallery musical raised funds for the Working Boys Home drawing hundreds including patronesses Mrs Fairbanks Mrs Garfield Mrs Robert Bacon and others. Engagement announcement for Miss Errol Cuthbert Brown to Lt Charles Russell Train Va and social moves of the Langhorne party with dates and impending moves to Tuxedo and a Dupont Circle house.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles M. Ffoulke
Fairbanks
Garfield
Robert Bacon
Charles J. Bell
Briges
Bulkeley
Crane
Depew
Eustis
Foraker
Fremont Smith
Jennings
Knox
Lowndes
Duncan McKim
Newberry
Perkins
Hunt Slater
Wells
George H. Brown
Errol Cuthbert Brown
Charles Russell Train
Carnegie Woos Peace At Peace Society Meeting
Andrew Carnegie urged the Peace Society to press ahead with work toward universal peace. He warned against chasing unattainable aims while noting potential future treaties with Japan and a hemispheric peace compact. Edwin D. Mead praised Japan talks, and officers for the next year were elected including President Carnegie and secretary Samuel T. Dutton.
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Andrew Carnegie
Peace Society
Cause of Peace
Society
Hotel Astor
Carnegie
Japan
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Edwin D. Mead
Peace Society of Boston
Pacific
Jefferson
Hobson
Oscar
Straus
Robert Ogden
George Foster Peabody
William Jay Schieffelin
Owald G. Villard
Horace White
Sarmuel T. Dutton
Talmadge B. Johlnsen
A. 8. Fressell
Arbitration treaty praised by Japan with hopeful reception
The treaty ending the arbitration dispute between the United States and Japan was well received in Tokyo on May 6. Officials believe it will remove lingering suspicions about mutual relations and foster better cooperation between the two nations.
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Tokio
United States
Japan
Mr Cleveland Gaining Steadily In Lakewood May 6
Former President Cleveland continues to improve daily, with Mrs. Cleveland issuing nightly updates. The American Bankers Association committee expressed sympathy and reported Mrs. Cleveland’s remarks that he is doing as well as could be expected and no cause for worry. Dr Bryant returned to Lakewood to be with him.
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the Tribune
Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Association
Colonel Powers
Social notes from Newport season arrivals and departures
Telegraph dispatch lists several society names. Mr and Mrs Miet r ichs and Dr and Mrs EV Mattison expected for season. Mr and Mrs Whitney Warren and Mr and Mrs Lewis Quentin Jones to arrive Tuesday. Paulding Fosdick left for New York. Mr and Mrs Perry Belmont left after By The Sea visit. Dr J J Mason due end of month. Barton Willing and Willing Spencer headed to Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs E C Knight to open summer home soon. rumor that Mrs Foo French travels to America may alter Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt plans.
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Tribume
Newport
Mietrichs
EV. Mattison
Whitney Warren
Lewis Quentin Jones
Paulding Fosdick
New York
Perry Belmont
By the
Washington
J. J. Mason
Barton Willing
Willing Spencer
Philadelphia
E. C. Knight
Cardinal Logue Talks On Divorce Prohibition And Roosevelt
Washington May 6 Cardinal Logue Primate of All Ireland speaks with Washington journalists at St. Patrick’s rectory sharing views on divorce prohibition tariff home rule and horse racing He says divorce should be abolished notes difficulties of prohibition supports racing with betting eliminated and praises President Roosevelt for straight forward honesty and fearlessness
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Washington
Cardinal Logue
All Ireland
St. Patrick's Church
William T. Russell
Roosevelt
United States
Ireland
Bist
Mr. Rooseveltt
Lithographs for Lenox Library gift exhibition
Frank Weltenkempf curator at Lenox Library announced a gift of nearly one thousand lithographs from Joseph Pennell plus works by Raffet Bonington and early men. The collection includes plates from Bode's Rodolphelian and remains on view in the Lenox Building. At Astor Library Building yesterday plates of Prague architectural ornaments and embroidery by peasant women under Princess Teaksheva's direction were displayed.
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Frank Weltenkempf
Lenox Library
Joseph Pennell
Raffet
Bonington
Pennell
Lenox
Bode
Rodolphelian
Astor Library
Prague
Princess Teaksheva
Kaiser Decorates W. C. Reich in Berlin Ceremony
Emperor William awards the Order of the Crown of Prussia to William Charles Reich of The New York Times in Berlin on May 6. This formal decoration marks Reich’s recognition by the Prussian crown for his distinguished service.
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Kaiser
W. C. Reick
Berlin
Emperor William Haa
Order of the Crown of
Prussia
Wiliam Charles Reich
The
New York Times
Bishop Brent Chosen to Lead Washington Diocese
Washington May 6 Bishop Charles II, Episcopal Bishop of the Philippines, was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Washington to succeed the late Right Rev Henry Y Satterlee. The selection places a high church figure from abroad into one of the churchs principal American sees.
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Brent
Washington
Charles II
Philippines
Diocese of
Henry Y. Satterlee
Vienna Jubilee Visit Amid Decor Chiefly Spoiled by Weather
Emperor Francis Joseph arrives in Vienna after two months at Lehinbrunn to greet visiting royalty for the jubilee. Heavy rain threatens to spoil decorations adorning the city as the King of Württemberg attends the event.
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Vienna
Mayo
Francis Joseph
Lehinbrunn
Wirtemberg
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