Duncan's Dancing in Metropolitan Opera House Affair
Miss Isadora Duncan and Walter Damrosch staged Beethoven Seventh with the Symphony Society at the Metropolitan to mixed praise. The crowd filled the vast house yet critics condemned the pairing as diluting the music with pantomime and urged a closer relationship between dancer and audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadora Duncan
Europe
Walter Damrosch
Symphony Society
Metropolitan Opera House
Miss Duncan
Wagner
Germany
Macare
Beethoven
Ludwig Bischoff
Duncan
Iit
Gluck
D A R State Conference Elects Officers in Rochester
Rochester November 6 the state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution adopted a state organization and elected officers including vice regent Munson and registrar Wallace. Mrs. William Cumming Story was nominated for next regent to lead toward the continental congress in Washington next April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Committee On State
State Conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution
William Cumming Story
Washington
Munson
Albany
F. Y. Yanger
New York
Charlies E. Taft
George A. Wallace
Buffalo
Grace M. Pierce
Canisteo
Gabriel Stewart Mulliner
William Eastwood
J. Heron Crossman
H. F. Roberts
Utica
John Miller Horton
C. A. J. Alexander
Johnstown
Ernest Wycoff
Elmira
Allaway
Goshen
London Money Market in Crisis
Francis W. Hirst discusses the 1907 crisis and the Bank of England's policy at Havemeyer Hall Columbia University. He explains Bagehot's advice to flood markets with liquidity and details last year’s actions, including a 7 percent rate and cross border gold flows from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Hirst
The
London Economist
London
Havemeyer Hals
Columbia University
Hirst
Bank of England
Walter Bagehot
Bagehot
Bank of France
Europe
Scandinavia
Holland
Austria
Will of Wilson Miller Filed in Pittsburg
The will of Wilson Miller former president of the Pittsburg Locomotive Works was filed in Pittsburg on November 6. His estate is valued at 4 million dollars with nearly all of it divided equally among his three daughters Anna Scull of Baltimore Margaret Benham of Sewickley and Mrs Robert Booke of Sewickley. Each daughter receives about 1 million and each grandchild Margaret Benham Barbara Booke and Wilson Miller Booke receives percent.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Wilson Miller
Pittsburg Locomotive Works
Margaret Benham
Barbara Booke
Wilson Miller Booke
New Harlem Library Opens Fulfilling Carnegie Gift
The New Harlem branch of the New York Public Library at 29 West 115th Street, the twenty seventh funded by the Carnegie fund, opened yesterday and will begin book distribution today. Alderman Reginald S. Doull accepted for the city from George L. Rives. The Morrisania branch at East 169th Street in The Bronx is set to open December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Library
West 115Th Street
Carnegie Fund
Reginald S. Doull
George L. Rives
New York Public Librar
Morrisania
East 169Th Street
Bronx
Hammond Hosts Dinner For League Organizers
John Hays Hammond, president of the National League of Republican Clubs, gave a dinner at the Hotel Astor for the league organizers. Thomas Sneil and W. B. Brewster spoke along with Hammond, with many attendees named including A. M. Rose OC. Payne C. W. Rice and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
Hotel Astor
Thomas Sneil
W. B. Brewster
Mr. Hammond
A. M. Rose
OC. Payne
C. W. Rice
J. W- Stevens
C. A. Norvale
F. B. Wilson
J. F. Turner
M. Roder
H. C. Biggs
C. W. Kohlsaat
Today’s Free Cultural Programs Across City Institutions
A citywide free admission day features programs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and Bronx Botanical Garden. Lectures cover plant distribution geology, Shakespeare, immigration, food values, and modern Paris with noted scholars at multiple venues including Public Schools, libraries, and theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Jacob A. Rilson
League For Political Education
Hudson Theatre
Century Theatre Club
Hotel Astor
Moderation Society
Mulberry Bend Arcade
Arthur Hollick
Botanical Garden
The
Bronx
North Carolina Society
Board of Education
Henry and Catharine Streets
Oscar P. Austin
Samuel C. Schmucker
Museum of Natural History
77Th Street
Central Park West
Charles Baskerville
Cooper Union
Third Avenue
Sth Street
Longrin
Rubin Goldmark
Public Library
58Th Street
United States
Walter E. Clark
145Th Street
Thomas Hardy
William B. Hale
St. Bartholomew's Hall
John Olsen
Public School
Wh Avenue
Paris
Louis A. Lotseau
Bronx Church House
171St Street
Fulton Avenue
Voice
Pardon Robinson
176Th Street
Washington Avenue
James Waiter Crook
Weather report notes variable winds and fair forecast
The Weather Bureau records show Mount Weather kite flights indicating high west winds at 4000 feet. Surface winds are light from the southwest with showers or snow flurries in Pennsylvania New York and New England. Temperatures rise from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast and fall in the Missouri Valley. Overall fair weather expected across much of the country with rising temperatures in the east and southeast and cooler conditions in the upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Local outlook calls for fair weather today and Sunday with fresh west to northwest winds in the western regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Missouri Valley
New
Ersey
Met Museum Receives Sage Gifts and Global Lace Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art received from Mrs. Russell Sage two large Thomas Cole paintings titled The Oxbow, showing a bend in the Housatonic Valley. Mrs. Magdalena Nuttall donated a lace collection with pieces from 32 countries, including a Venetian chalice veil, highlighting the museum’s growing international breadth. The gifts elevate the collection to parity with leading foreign museums, with Italian, French and Flemish, and English lace well represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Russell Sage
Thomas Cole
Housatonic Valley
Berkshires
Magdalena Nuttall
Tunbridge Wells
England
Orient
Norway
Madagascar
Mexico
Yucatan
Brazil
Paraguay
Pardon Clerke
Christ
Museums Receive Gifts From Nuttall and Collord Benefactors
Mrs. Zelia Nuttall built a lace collection over fifty three years from travels across lace producing countries. Under Mrs Martha T Fiske Collord’s will the museum receives fifteen paintings and the Sage gift on view in the Room of Recent Accessions. The donations include two William M Hunt studies and Boughton’s The Edict of William the Testy, plus a Daubigny landscape. A Rodin marble group Ln Main de Dieu arrives from Edward D Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daubigny
Rodin
Edward D. Adams
Board of
Adam and Eve
Letter urging universal 2 cent postage abroad
Charles Nevers Holmes of Boston argues that the 2 cent per ounce letter rate should be extended to France Germany and Italy and to the United States as travelers increase. He cites distances from New York and Columbus to major cities and notes large foreign-born populations making post abroad cheaper than domestic mail. He urges parity with existing rates to Rome Berlin and Paris.
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the Tribune
England
Scotland
Ireland
United States
France
Germany
Italy
New York City
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Columbus
Ind
Manila
Philippines
Our
Republic
Charles Nevers Holmes
Boston
Okuma and Townsend Harris Recalled in 1908 Letter
William Elliott Griffis notes Count Okuma’s praise for Townsend Harris and Dr. Verbeck in a 1908 letter from Ithaca New York. The piece honors Okuma as a loyal friend to America and recalls Grant’s visit and the early US Japanese friendship timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Japan
Pacific
Count Okuma
Waseda University
Imperial University
Progressive and Liberal Party
United States
Guido F. Verbeck
Okuma
Noguchi
Yokohama
New York City
College of the City of
Townsend Harris Hall
Verbeck
General Grant
Townsend Harris
William Elliot Griffis
Ithaca, N
Bells Tolled in City Ceremony at Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
Stephen M. Griswold urges tolling of city bells from 3 to 4 pm on Saturday November 14 at the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument as part of the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Stephen M. Griswold
Beilinger Accepts Vicarage at St Agnes Chapel
The Rev. Dr. W. Beilinger, ex St Mary's Brooklyn and nine years Grace Church Utica rector, accepts the vicarage of St. Agnes's Chapel in Trinity Church at 8000 dollars yearly. He starts the first week in December as St. Agnes's near Columbus Avenue becomes Trinity's largest chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.W. Beilinger
St. Mary's Church
Brooklyn
Grace Episcopal Church
Utica
N. Y
St. Agnes’s Chapel
Trinity Church
Beilinger
Grace Church
New York
William T. Manning
Old Trinity
St. Agnes'’s
Funeral of Tomas Estrada Palma in Santiago Cuba
Business paused in Santiago de Cuba as residents joined the funeral for Tomas Estrada Palma former Cuban president. A large procession included twenty six organizations and U S troops with a guard of honor from local officials and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Tomas Estrada Palma
Cuba
United States
George Alfred Belt
Magoon
Oriente
Santiago
Guard of Honor
Queensboro Bridge Blunder Exposes City’s Weak Structure
The Brooklyn Standard Union reports a scathing critique of the Queensboro Bridge. City experts found the span too weak for planned traffic, with steel stringers needing removal and live loads reduced below specifications. The attack singles out the Bridge Department and notes the Tribune’s earlier investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Standard Union
Queensboro Bridge
Interborough
Stevenson
McClellan
Algge“t
Queens
the Tribune
Baldwin's Polar Drift Plan
Evelyn Baldwin proposes a polar drift plan differing from De Long and Nansen. He outlines placing logs, oil, clothing, casks, boats, portable houses, and tents on an ice island near 73°N 168°W to drift across the polar ice pack toward the Pole, with aerial observation and two thousand miles of exploration, preserving scientific collections if the ship is lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
de Long
Nansen
Wrangel Land
Greenland
Bering Strait
Evelyn B. Baldwin
New York
Death of Julia O'Brien at 102 in St. Francis Home
Julia O'Brien aged 102 died yesterday at St. Francis's Home on Ith Street where she had lived the last year. She came to this country from Ireland seventy five years ago with her husband and three children. Her cheerful spirit brought comfort to residents and will be greatly missed in the Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia O’brien
Ireland
St. Francis’s
Ith Street
Mrs Julia O Brien Dies at Age Two
Mrs Julia O Brien died yesterday at the age of two, leaving a note of sadness in the family. The funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
Irish Immigrant Woman Dies at Home After Long Life
Mrs O Brien a Hester Street resident and former Tippler County native died in a local home after caring for seven children and watching sons die in the war. The elderly woman learned to smoke at sea and cherished a daily pipe as her last goodbye to her doctor.
Isaac Pardee Williams Dies in Bloomfield N J
Isaac Pardee Williams a charter member of the Maritime Exchange died Wednesday at his daughter's home in Bloomfield New Jersey. Born in 1813 at Basex Connecticut he was educated in France and worked in New York's dry goods trade before entering ship brokerage. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Bloomfield and composed the church anniversary hymn for many years. He is survived by his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pardee Williams
Maritime Exchange
Bloomfeld
N. J
Basex
Conn
Mr. Williams
France
New York
Williams
First Baptist Church
Bloomfield
Frank Semple Dies at 67 in Pittsburg Pneumonia Claim
Frank Semple aged sixty seven who managed the William Thaw estate since Mr Thaw's death died here early today from pneumonia. Semple held large interests in Pittsburg financial institutions and belonged to several civic groups with additional statewide commercial interests.
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Pittsburg
Frank Semple
William Thaw
Thaw
Frohman Plans Holiday Theatrical Trio With New Works
Charles Frohman will stage The Dollar Princess The Marriage of a Star and Clyde Fitch's new The Happy Marriage on his return from Europe. Henri Bernstein says his plays aim to entertain and stimulate audiences. The Sicilian Players open November 3 at Broadway Theatre with Malia. Henry B. Harris will soon produce Leopold Kampf's On the Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Charles Frohman
Clyde Fitch
Henri Bernstein
Samson
New York
Broadway
Malia
Henry B. Harris
Leopold Kampf
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Belmont and Plaza
Postmaster General George von L. Meyer and family arrive at the Belmont. Ottawa Judge W. s. Fielding visits. Mrs E. G. Dease leads the National DAR at Empire. Lady Auckland arrives in Gotham with Dr Mason. Captain Tiffany at Breslin. Captain Doe at Murray Hill. Captain Lumsden at Plaza. Brig. Gen Fartey at Shville. Captain Willard at Regis. Rear Admiral Schouler (ret.) at Walcott in Annapolis.
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Belmont
George von L. Meyer
Washington
W. S. Fielding
Ottawa
Breslin
P. Tiffany
A. Empire
E. G. Dease
The
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Gotham
Lady
Shville
J. Pp. Fartey
LLC
Regis
J. E. Willard
Richmond
Walcott
John Schouler
Annapolis
Concert for Pol icemen Tomorrow by Mexico City Band
Police Commissioner Bingham orders the Mexico City police band to perform at an uptown theatre tomorrow night. Each city platoon must be represented by one officer in full uniform, chosen by lot at each station house. Officers may bring a guest, excluding small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Mexico City
Dr J J Stevenson Resigns from NYU Geology Chair
The New York University Senate announced Professor John J Stevenson, senior geology chair for 37 years, will resign at the end of the academic year. A NYU class of 63 graduate, he is 67, with a PhD from NYU and LL D from Princeton and Washington and Jefferson. He led the Geological Society of America as president in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate of
New York University
Washington Square
John J. Stevenson
University
Stevenson
Princeton
Washington and Jefferson
Geological Society of America
President Eliot Resigns and Leaves Monument at Harvard
The Philadelphia Ledger and other papers laud Dr. Eliot as he retires after nearly forty years at Harvard. Writers call his tenure a lasting foundation for the university and his monument one seen in the institution he shaped. He is praised for leadership, scholarship, and civic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
John Harvard
Eliot
Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's
Boston Post
Dr. Eliott
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Republic
Transatlantic Passengers Listed For Various Ports
A published roster names passengers sailing today on multiple liners to London Southampton Liverpool Naples Glasgow and other ports. Notable passengers include Miss Ada M Grant Mrs Kathleen Wilson Mr and Mrs Burton Mr and Mrs Church Miss Roberta Parsons Mr Abner P Morgan and Mrs Helen W Cleveland among others.
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E. Miller Countess de
London
H. R. Parsons
Norman L. Williams
Southampton
Roberta Parsons
Abner P
Liverpool
Paul Morgan
John F. Hume
P.M. Armitage
Jigmn Luise
Naples
Uel Calvin
J. Parker Sloane
Ames
Helen W. Cleveland
Robert Mem
Sa. Chancellor
J R Nev
Chicago flower show opens with wide display at Coliseum
Flowers shrubs and decorative plants fill the Coliseum as the national flower show opens for a week. Chrysanthemums dominate the first day with varieties from President Taft white to yellow ancestors. A remarkable Pandanus Pacificus from the Philippines, shown by Julius Reehrs, stands out as a $175 novelty. Thomas Proctor displays an Australian yellow chrysanthemum.
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Chicago
Coliseum
United States
Taft
Australia
Thomas Proctor
Lenox
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Julius Reehrs
New Jersey
Missionary appropriation set by Methodist group
The general committee of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church approved an appropriation of 1.6 million dollars to fund work in Africa and China for the next year. The amount matches the total raised by Methodist churches across the United States last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Nev
Africa
China
General Committee of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Obituary notices scheduled for republication in a weekly edition
Death notices list several individuals with details of services and residences from Morristown Plainfield and New York, including Edwin G. Gilmore Anna E Jeremiah John Thoms and others with dates November 4 1908 November 5 1968 and November 5 1998. The notices specify private or calling hours and locations such as 7 Irving Place Goshen University Church 10th Street Plainfield and West 22d Street with final service arrangements.
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Gilmore
Irving Place
Edwin G. Gilmore
Jeremiah
Goshen
N. J
Anna E
Georges A. Jare
University Church
10Th St
Loizeaux
Plainfeld
No. J
Taizeaux
Broce Ave
Plainfield
New Yorks
Liberty St
Central Road
New Jersyy
Milwaukee
Wjs
Lynch
Morristown
Arthur Hempstead Lynch
Caroline L. Lynch
Western Ave
Cemetery Access by Harlem Trains and Railguides
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains via Grand Central Station, Webster and Jerome avenues railways and carriage. Lots priced from $150. Telephone 4853 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Calico at 20 East 23d Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Reg
Campbell Private and Public Ambulances
Frank E. Campbell at 741-3 West 234 Street offers private and public ambulance services with contact at Tel 1374 Chelsea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Campbell
West
St. Chapel
Chelsea
Help Wanted: Quick Select From Uptown Tribune Applicants
Special notices invite employers to consult a file of applications for various positions at the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9am to 6pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
Tribune subscription rates and offices listed
The Tribune outlines subscription options from daily to weekly and Sunday editions with monthly and yearly rates, plus foreign postage details. It also lists numerous domestic and international branch offices and agents including New York, Washington, Newark, London, Paris, and Geneva bureaus.
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Witslit Creaewar
District Telegraph
Otee
Amer
East 123Th St
Ayest
Westwenger
Washington Bureau
F Street
Newark
Frederica
Broad Street
Alroad
the Tribune
A la Cour
Denes Inmamerican Express Companiom
Cook & Son
Ludgate Circus
Oma
Chipley & Co
Pall Mail
Speyer Brothers
London
Paris
John Monroe
Scribe
Joan Waer
Boclever¢ Hall
Bureau Des Hetrangers
Figaro
Searbach’s News Exchange
St George
American Express Company
Brentano’s
Avenue de Popérs
Nice
Lemon & Co
Ma. & Co
Sca
Sauroas
Viste Monforts
Hamburg American Express Company
Nandstrasse
No & Forde Mayence
Saarbech’s
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F. W. Hirst
America
the Weather Report
Weather Bureau
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William Morris Hunt
Martha T. Fiske Collord
Count Okuma and
T. Estrada Palma
Baldwin
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Theatrical News
J. J. Stevenson
New York Sun
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Boston Herald
Mesaba
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A. R. Miller
Glasgow
Scott Collins
Eri-Weekly
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Francis A. Dey
Louism
Abraham
Short Hills
Searles
John E. Searles
Madison
Stephenson
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Weeg
Janet Pator
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Robert Paton
Elizabeth Smith
Manhattan
Sparrowbush
Sharpe, Plain
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Trmerity
Neral
Central Congregational Church
Hancock St
Franklin Ave
Wyrtze
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