Amusements Listing Shows Numerous Vaudeville Acts
A scan of theater listings includes AM Academy of Music, Modiste at Alhambra, Vaudeville at several houses such as Colonial Daly's and Bamberstein's, The World in Wax at Edlx Musee, Father and the Boy at Empiric, Witching Hour at Makett, The Yankee Prince at Knickerbocker, The Thief at Lyceum, and The Soul Kiss at New Amsterdam as well as shows at Liberty, Lyric, and Wallaces.
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Academy OF Music
Alhambra
Anerian
Falls
ASTOR
MLOU
Papa Lebonnart
Carly A
Curcle
Daly' S
Giris Dew Syy
Knickerbocker
Liberty
Pollick
Circus
Lyceum
LYRIC
Manison Square Garden
Virginia Wallace
Weber Music Hall
Merry Witow
Roaring 1908 News From New York City and World
A compact review from the May 1908 New York Daily Tribune covers Senate and House debates on finance and Panama Canal issues, foreign budget moves, and a Vienna court scene. Domestic items include Roosevelt’s Virginia trip, San Francisco fleet events, state politics, and New York weather with rain forecast.
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Congress
Senate
Teller
Depew
Carter
House
Panama Canal Zone
Asquith
House of Commons
Guatemala
Mexico
Germany
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Tokio
Japan
McKee
Paris
Laporte
Ind
Massachusetts
Boston
Denver
William J. Bryan
Hughes
Albany
Committee On Military Affairs
National Guard
Waterwerse of
New York
Jerome
Samuel Untermyer
McIntyre
Federal
The
Stock Exchange
T. A. McIntyre
Pic Iron
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Franklin Trust Company
Brooklyn
Fierham
H. McK
Metz
Broooklyn
Outdated Convention Methods In Republican Delegations
Analysis shows New Jersey and Connecticut misinterpret national delegate selection. The unit rule is illegal in GOP politics. each delegate votes by own judgment or constituency instruction. State conventions have no power to bind than the at large delegation nor override district autonomy in choosing two delegates per district.
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New Jersey
Connecticut
Trenton
Republican State Committee
Congress
United States
State and district conventions should be kept separate
The article argues that state and district Republican conventions must be held in separate locations and on different dates to avoid misinformation. It cites New Jersey and Connecticut practices where district delegates are reported to the state convention, noting this as unnecessary, and urges Essex and Hudson counties to maintain district autonomy as aligned with Republican principles.
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New Jersey
Connecticut
National Committee
Trenton
Newark
Jersey City
Essex
Hudson
Taft Visits Panama Clarifying War Department Role
The piece argues Taft’s Panama trip reflects conservative canal interests and official oversight, noting the Secretary of War leads the canal project and visits to assess progress. It stresses avoiding friction in Panama relations, supporting benevolent U.S. involvement in the Colombia boundary dispute and drawing on prior peaceful settlements.
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Panama
Mr. Taft
Jurado
Vanama
Colombia
Atrato
Amazon
Plate
Canal
América
The Currency Conference and Its Expected Outcomes
The conference of Republican Congressmen debates a currency bill aligned with the Vreeland measure, aiming to fix its flaws. It favors redemption provisions, bank note reserves, and a currency commission to guide reforms, acknowledging potential Senate-House rifts and shifting focus toward a credible temporary solution and informed future debate.
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Vreeland
Senate
House
Amd
Aldrich
Congress
Commission Should Reflect Private Expertise Across Sectors
The proposal urges a commission to command full confidence and resist political attack by including a broad mix of private sector experts. It argues Fowler bill’s principle to match the number of private citizens with Congress members, without requiring as large a body as Mr. Feler proposes.
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Congress
Feler
Old and New Clash at Henry Street Seminary Strikes
The Henry Street Jewish Theological Seminary strike pits old orthodox leaders against young reformers seeking secular study. The students urge rabbis qualified in modern history, economics, and sociology, arguing six daily hours of Talmud limit broader learning, while directors resist. The piece notes a broader citywide tension between tradition and modernity in Jewish education.
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Jewish Theological Seminary
Henry Street
Francis Joseph Jubilep Marks Sixtieth Year of Reign
The sixtieth anniversary of Francis Joseph’s accession is celebrated as German princes visit Vienna to honor the venerable emperor. The article notes his turbulent rise, enduring popularity, and crucial role as a balancing force in the Austro-Hungarian empire amid Europe’s fraught diplomacy.
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Francis Joseph
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Vienna
Kaiser
Ferdinand
Europe
Rights of Ocean Grove Protect Camp Meeting Principles
Opinion argues Ocean Grove has right to uphold its founding rules and liquor ban within a mile of the camp ground. Law supports enforcement, while outsiders complain. Those inside who dislike rules could leave. those outside cannot force changes.
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Ocean Grove
New Jersey
Supreme Court of
Ocean Grove Corporation
Catupe
Right to insist on fulfillment of assurance challenged
A statement asserts that one party has a superior right to demand the fulfillment of an assurance, arguing that no one else has the authority to invade the place or demand changes to its foundational character and conditions.
San Francisco Hosts Atlantic Fleet and Civil Reform Proposals
San Francisco celebrates Admiral Evans's Pacific visit highlighting the Olympia and eight armored ships built at Union Iron Works. The piece notes Oregon Ohio and Wisconsin battleships returning, praises local industry, and remarks on new state commissions for criminal courts and immigration reforms. It also comments on Minnesota politics and Indiana writers.
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San Francisco
Admiral Evans
Pacific Coast
United States
Dewey
Olympia
Union Iron Works
California
South Dakota
Brownson
Philippines
Milwaukee
Oregon
Ohio
Wisconsin
Spain
Pacific
West Indies
Hampton Roads
Puget Sound
Right Rev Brent elected Bishop of Washington
A summary of the article notes the election of the Right Rev Charles Henry Brent, a Canadian born missionary bishop, to become Bishop of Washington succeeding the late Satterlee. It covers his birth in Newcastle Ontario on April 9, 182, education at Trinity College Toronto, ordination timeline, service in Buffalo and Boston, and eventual consecration as Bishop of the Philippine Islands in 191.
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Charles Henry Brent
Philippines
Washington
Br. Satterlee
Newcastle
Ontario
Brent
Trinity College
Toronto
St. Paul's Cathedral
Buffalo
Church of St John the Evangelist
Boston
St. Stephen’s Church
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt and party depart Washington for Pine Knot Virginia
The President and Mrs Roosevelt with naturalist John Burroughs, aged 73, leave Washington for Pine Knot Virginia at 11:00 AM to stay until Monday. Senators Beveridge and Warren and Representatives Gaines Weeks Sulloway Needham call at the White House but the President is busy with correspondence. Mrs Fairbanks’s daughter Miss Randolph also seen, and Mrs John Timmons heads back to Washington from a ten day New York visit.
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the Tribune Boreas J
Washington
Roosevelt
John Burroughs
Pine Knot
White House
Beveridge
Warren
Gaines
Sulloway
Needham
Garfield
Pinehoet
Gan
Skybak
Randolph
John Timmons
Fairbanks
New York
Diplomatic corps travel notices from Washington bureau
The German Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburz plan to sail from New York on May 16 for Europe with stops in Italy and the South of France before returning to the United States in October. Costa Rican Minister Sefer Calvo left New York to sail home to attend the Central American Court of Justice inauguration at Cartago on May 2.
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Tribune Bureauo
Washington
von Sternburz
Europe
New York
Italy
France
Germany
Sefer Calvo
Mortow T
Central American Court of Justice
Cartago
Washington society hosts Cardinal Logue and Gibbons dinner
In Washington May 7 Representative Bourke Cochran invited guests to meet Cardinal Logue and Cardinal Gibbons at dinner. Notables included Speaker Cannon, Attorney General Bonaparte, Archbishops Ryan Fairey Glennon, Bishop Browne of Ireland, Justices White and McKenna, Senators Foraker Aldrich and William Alden Smith, and Richard Harding Davis. Major and Mrs. McCawley hosted a dinner for Miss Frelinghuysen of New York, with further entertainments planned.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Bourke Cochran
Cardinal Logue
Cardinal Gibbons
Cannon
Bonaparte
Monsignor
Fabconio
Ryan
Fairey
Glennon
Browne
Ireland
Stonnel
Lavelle
Russell
St. Patrick's Church
Hazellman
White and McKenna
Supreme Court
Foraker
Senator Aldrich
William Alden Smith
Richard Harding Davis
Charles T. McCawley
McCawley
Frelinghuysen
New York
Cameron McR. Winslow
Mme. Nabuco
Sefora de Pardo
James
William J. Boardman
Nicholas Fish
Richt Milli
Coaching Mid Torrents Drives Long Distance Coach VI
Six members of the Ladies' Four-in-Hand Driving Club braved wind and rain to complete a long distance drive from Miss Harriet Alexander's home to Florham and back. The trip covered difficult roads, involved a detour for road repairs, and finished just under schedule time. Maurice Howlett coached the team, praising the performance as highly creditable.
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Harriet Alexander
West 58Th Street
Louise Gulliver
Ruth Twombly
Thomas Hastings
Kate Cary
Mary Harriman
Alexander
Florham
South Orange
Fort Lee Ferry
Henry Phipps
Hackensack
Hasbrouck Heights
Carlstadt
Rutherford
the Oranges
Millburn
Chatham
Madison
Maurice Howlett
Palmer party sails from Colorado to attend wedding in London
General Ws Palmer plans to travel with twenty friends and a retinue of servants from Colorado Springs to London in May to witness the marriage of his daughter Marjorien to Captain Wellesley, noted for Boer War fame.
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The
Tribune
Colorado Springs
Col
Ws Palmer
Colorado
London
Marjorien
Wellesley
Temple Emanu-E Annual Meeting and Election Notice
The annual meeting of the members of Temple Emanu-E will be held in the vestry room of the temple at Fifth Avenue and 4th Street on Monday at 8 9 p.m. The annual election will select successors to James Seligman as president and M. H. Moses as vice president. Trustees for three years will succeed M. H. Moses S. M. Schafer and William J. Spiegelberg whose terms expire and Henry Sidenberg who filled the vacancy from Louis Stern’s resignation.
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Temple Emanu-E
Temple
Fifth Avenue
4D Street
James Seligman
M. H. Moses
S. M. Schafer
William J. Spiegelberg
Henry Sidenberg
Louis Stern
Governor aims to run again to press gambling victory
The Governor said the first battle against gambling will win, if not this year then later. Since it is his fight, he must continue. The suggestion arises that he declare himself a candidate for another term to keep up the effort.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Taft Likely Nominated On First Ballot Says Post Express
The Rochester Post Express reports the New York Tribune believes Secretary Taft will enter the convention with enough votes to secure the nomination on the first ballot. It notes Taft has broad popular support and is seen as highly experienced in public life and international affairs.
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Rochester Post Express
New-York Tribune
Taft
The
Post Express
Hann
Certainty and a Hope on Republican Convention Choices
The Chicago Record-Herald cites The New York Tribune arguing the Taft nomination is foreordained and that Secretary of War will enter the convention with at least 52 pledged to him. It also notes the Tribune’s suggestion Hughes seek re election instead of a national ticket position to boost the Republican campaign.
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Chcago Record-Herald
New-York Tribune
Taft
Hughes
Tribune
New York
Idaho Senator Attacks Forest Policy Remark on High Grade People
The New York World reports Senator Kleyburn of Idaho urging forests be left to citizens. He argues Idaho’s people are too high grade to destroy them while contrasting Maine Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin lumber groups and other industries as not similarly prudent with forests. He warns of deserts if forests are left to profit motives and cites a German example of 950 feeding trees to plant in New York State.
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New York World
Kleyburn
Idaho
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Adiromducks
South
Idune
Germany
New York State
Social notes from a New York dinner and travels
Frederick Townsend Martin hosted a dinner at the Union Club for General Brayton Treas with guests including Dr. Nicholas Butler E J Berwind Paul Morton Henry Phipps and others. The social circuit reports upcoming seaside and country visits by Mrs F K Pendleton Mr and Mrs Robert L Gerry George W Vanderbilt and several other society names.
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Frederick Townsend Martin
Unionlab
Brayton Trea
Social Notes From Newport Arrivals For Season
Newport telegram reports Mr and Mrs Marsder Perry arriving for the season at their estate Major and Mrs J Mallory due next week at their estate Mrs Benjamin Thaw preparing their summer home despite abroad reports Mr and Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt set to sail from Europe to America tomorrow News notes reflect seasonal plans and notable arrivals around Newport shores.
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the Tribune
Newport
R. J
Marsder Perry
Benjamin Thaw
Thaw
Major
Mallory
Reginald Vanderbilt
Europe
America
Jubilee of Emperor in Vienna Honors Francis Joseph
Vienna hosts a diamond jubilee celebration for Emperor Francis Joseph with Emperor William and German royalty present. A privacy minded reception precedes a banquet at Schoenbrunn Palace attended by archducal and royal figures while Brahms monument is unveiled. Crowds line routes as the German and Austrian emperors exchange remarks on the jubilee and health.
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Vienna
Germany
Emperor William
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
William
Schoenbrunn Palace
Marie Antoinette Salon
Austria- Hungary
August William
Victoria Luise
Leopold
Bavaria
Saxony
Wurtemberg
Baden
Saxe-Weimar
Oldenburg
Mercklenburg-Scchwerin
Frederick
Anhalt
Leopold IV
Lippe
Prince George of
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schoenbrunn
Italy
Johannes Brahms
Donauesechinger
Bryce at Bible Anniversary in Philadelphia
A May 7 Philadelphia gathering marked the hundredth anniversary of the Pennsylvania Bible Society with prominent men and Protestant clergymen. British Ambassador James Bryce, Bishop Ozi Whitaker, and Senator Beveridge were central figures. Ambassador Bryce presented Bishop Whitaker a Bible from the British Foreign Society, the oldest of its kind. A Roosevelt letter and greetings from the British Foreign Society and Canadian Bible Society were read.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Bible Society
James Bryce
Ozi Whitaker
Protestant Episcopal Church
Beveridge
Indiana
British Foreign Society
Ambassador Bryer
Roosevelt
Canadian Bible Society
Pennsylvania Society
New England Families Unite in Boston Wedding
Two venerable Boston families join as Miss Elizabeth Lowell Clarke weds Eliot Ware Jr at a Boston ceremony. The Telegraph report notes the long-standing ties and social prominence of the bride and groom’s lineages in New England society.
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Tribune
Bostor
New England
Elizabeth Lowell Clarke
Cars Eliot Ware, Jr
Boston
Cleveland party in good spirits at Princeton home
Lakewood New Jersey May 7 The Cleveland party reported by Mrs Cleveland that her two were in satisfactory condition There is no word that Mr Cleveland has been in anything other than on the mend for the past week He is expected to return to his Princeton home when weather allows Dr Joseph T Bryant remained at the hotel all day
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the Tribune
Lakewood
N. J
Cleveland
Princeton
Joseph T. Bryant
Carnegie Philharmonic elects officers and trustees
Carnegie Philharmonic Society announces a full slate of officers with Andrew Carnegie as president and Richard Arnold as vice president. Felix F Leifels is secretary, Henry E Schmitt treasurer, Henry Wig librarian, and a board of directors including Carl Hauser Louis Kester August Reebbelen Frank Rumender and August W Seiferth. Trustees named are Joseph M Jaener Michael Niebling and Anthony Reif.
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The
Philharmonic Society
Andrew Carnegie
Richard Arnold
Felix F Leifels
Treaurer
Henry E Schmitt
Henry @wig
Carl Hauser
Louis Louis Kester
August Reebbelen
Frank Rumender
August W. Seiferth
Joseph M. Jaener
Michael Niebling
Anthony Reif
Cecilia Loftus III on Stage Illness Forces Halt
Telegraph reports at the Maryland Theatre in Baltimore on May 7 Cecilia Loftus III collapsed on stage during an omitadielt act and could not continue the performance. Authorities and medical staff attended as the show paused.
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Cecilia Loftus III
Tribune
Baltimore
Maryland Theatre
Loftus
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