The Old Homestead at Academy of Music
A dense schedule lists vaudeville and musical acts at multiple New York venues. The entry highlights performances at the Academy of Music and surrounding theaters with show times and featured acts such as The Devil, The Traveling Salesman, and The Merry Widow, reflecting a bustling theater scene.
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Academy OF Music
Mbelaseco
the Devil Abijou
Gentleman
Mississippi
Blaney
Marcelle Colonial
Fluffy Ruffes
Paly
Moeelf
Bettina
Jack Straw
Gardex
Devil
Garrick
LYRIC
Mile Mischief
Madison Square Garden
Majestic
Aagnes
NEW Amsterdan
Merry Widow
New York
SAVOY
Mater Fiuytvesant
Fighting Hope Wallace
Weber
West End
Warrens
Virginia
Tribune Association publishes New York Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune of New York is published by The Tribune Association. Ogden Mills serves as president and James M. Barrett as secretary and treasurer. The officers’ address is the Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street in New York.
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The
Tribune Association
New York Corporation
Tribune Building
Nassau Street
New York
Ogden Mills
James M. Barrett
Balloon Flight Crashes Near North Sea Amid Save by Life Boat
In the James Gordon Bennett Cup race the balloon St Louis with WW Arnold and HJ Hewitt fell into the North Sea after a long struggle. both aeronauts were plucked from the water by a life boat. London suffrage crowds blocked streets and police contained the protests. in Britain Turkey’s near east changes and Bulgarian independence were discussed. volcanic activity and tremors were reported in the Caribbean and Mexico. Domestic notes include Taft's Ohio speeches, Arbuckle contracting to float a stranded cruiser Yankee, a New Jersey sewer injunction bid, Sherman law prosecutions, and eight hour rulings. city news covers district attorney actions, governor speeches, and political shifts. Weather: fair and warmer today with highs near 69.
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St. Louis
WW. H. Arnold
H. J. Hewitt
North Sea
London
Great Britain
Turkey
Near East
Sofia
Belgerade
Austria
Guadeloupe
West Indian Islands
Maurice Baean
Supreme Court
Washington
New Jersey
New York Bay
Bonaparte
Josephus Daniels
Daia
Court of Appeals
Albany
Election Board of New York
Kings County
McCarren
Ingall’s Crossing
Jerome
Hughes
Westchester
Henry Clews
Hitchcock
William 5. Bennet
Speakers’ Bureau
Republican National Committee
General du Pont
Justice Gaynor
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Tammany
Bryan to Hughes Debate Reflects Trust Plan Clash
The piece argues Governor Hughes criticizes Mr. Bryan's trust regulation plan as impractical and vague. It notes Bryan defends a 1 percent remedy, claims it excludes existing monopolies, and emphasizes timing and readjustment before laws take effect. It alleges Bryan uses personal attacks and cites campaign fund ties to counter Hughes.
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Uches
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Hughes
Governor Hughes
A Critique of a Politician's Pragmatic Failings
The speaker highlights a leader's inability to detail plans and grasp conditions. The trust plan is cited as lacking practicality, with defence promising only future readjustments. The performance is likened to a literary caricature, underscoring continued impracticality and evasive answers.
Repeaters On The Run In Manhattan As Registration Tightens
The Tribune finds registration reforms trim phantom voters in Manhattan and The Bronx, reducing fraudulent Tammany influence. Downtown districts show sharp declines while other boroughs gain, suggesting a shift toward legitimate electors and away from boss-controlled voting.
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Tribune
Manhattan
Hearst-McClellan
Hearst
Tammany
Bronx
New York City
East Side
New York
Great Britain Faces Balkan Crisis With Flexible Stance
The British government shifts from strict Berlin Treaty focus to a broader approach in the Balkan dispute. Aimed at preventing a wide war, officials consider compensation for Turkey and Russia’s stance on the Dardanelles, weighing a general treaty revision against punitive measures.
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Balkans
London
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Sir Edward Grey
Asquith
Edward Grey
Iswolsky
Balkan
Berlin
Turkey
Egypt
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Russia
Congress
Strong Congress Mentioned to Pressure Turkey and Allies
The speaker warns that paying a price to force Turkey to disgorge may be preferable to dragging the Continent into war. If Britain Russia and France unite in Congress pressure, there is doubt compensation for Turkey Servia and Montenegro will be demanded.
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Great Britain
Russia
France
Turkey
Servia
Montenegro
Balloon Races Hereafter Call for Policy Changes
The drifting balloon contest in Berlin drew twenty three entrants from last Sunday and highlights the need for broader prizes or new trophies. Descriptions of circles and sea land descents replaced straight line flights, with Americans and Spaniards showcasing dramatic drops. Self recording barometers could aid judging, and luck rather than skill decided outcomes, prompting a call for policy updates.
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Berlin
St. Louis
Arnold
Theatre ticket speculation and the urge to suppress it
An analysis of the persistent abuse of theatre ticket speculation in New York. The piece notes managers can stop it but often permit it, questions licensing and possible political ties, and compares past successful bans to current practice. It cites Daly and Fiske as past examples and argues for united effort to end the nuisance.
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Augustin Daly
Daly's
Harrison Grey Fiske
Manhattan Theatre
Marc Klaw
Klaw
Hayman
New York
Ocean Grove Tax Case Opens Before New Jersey Board
The Ocean Grove tax dispute before the New Jersey State Board for the Equalization of Taxation concerns taxing the Ocean Grove Auditorium as secular property. If upheld it could test the charter and status of the Ocean Grove community, beyond merely the property tax issue.
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Ocean Grove
New Jersey State Board For the Equalization of Taxation
Monmouth County
Ocean Grove Association
Ocean Grove Charter Question Courts Future of Perpetual Grants
The case analyzes whether a charter granted in perpetuity can be revoked for reasons tied to changes after Ocean Grove, a once small camp meeting ground, grew into a prominent Christian seaside resort with special immunities. It notes local satisfaction with Ocean Grove’s status despite nearby resentment.
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Ocean Grove
Governor Hughes presses Chanler on racetrack gambling stance
The governor demands a clear answer from Chanler on supporting or opposing racetrack gambling as the state heads toward a political test. The piece also notes criticisms of Chanler’s campaign strategy and references remarks about Sidney Tapp and Bourke Cockran within the partisan debate.
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Hughes
Chanler
Personal Liberty League
Moose hunt opens in Maine amid plentiful moose reports
Maine moose season opens tomorrow and runs to December 1. Reports from Bangor and other woods say moose are more numerous than last year with wide-ranging distribution. West and southwest of Mount Katahdin holds the best counts with many bulls and plenty of smaller ones observed.
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Maine
Boston Transcript
Bangor
Mount Katahdin
Roosevelt hosts luncheon and rides as Cabinet meets
President Roosevelt had lunch with Captain A W Butt, his aide, then rode horseback. Cabinet meeting attendance was complete except Wilson and Garfield who were away campaigning. Senators and diplomats visited, while social notices highlighted births and arrivals, including the Thacher daughter born October 6 named Sarah Booth Thacher.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Roosevelt
A W. Butt
Wilson
Garfield
Senator Warren
Wyoming
West
Justice White
Supreme Court
Count Hatzfeld
Pierce
Interior Department
G. W. Woodruff
Corbin
C. C. Glover
Thomas D. Thacher
No. G East 56Th Street
Sarah Booth Thacher
Thacher
Eunice Booth Burrall
Yale
United States
Thomas Thacher
Yale Club
Secretary of State returns from wedding trip to Clinton
The Secretary of State returns to Washington from Clinton New York where he attended his niece's wedding. The Postmaster General opens his house at Connecticut avenue and 8 street and will be joined there tomorrow by Mrs Meyer and the Hamilton Misses Meyer arriving from Massachusetts. Mrs Meyer will occupy a box at the Ben Greet performance on the White House lawn Friday afternoon.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Clinton
N. Y
Connecticut Avenue
8 Street
Diplomatic Corps Arrives as British Embassy Opens in D C
Washington dispatch notes British Embassy offices will open in Connecticut Avenue tomorrow with all attachés arriving from Manchester-by-the-Sea. Ambassador and Mrs Bryce remain at Lenox until around Oct 26. Second secretary Kennard arrives from New York and may wed Harriet Norris in Washington next month. Mrs Young prepares Florida Avenue residence. Brun the Danish minister returns from New York and plans early November departure as his brother joins the Danish Cabinet as finance minister.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Bryce
Lenox
W. H. Kennard
New York
Harriet Norris
Miss Norris
George Young
Florida Avenue
Young
Constantine Brun
Mr. Brun
Washington Society notes from The Tribune Bureau
Washington society items note travel and mourning for Lady Howard at The Hague. Mr and Mrs George Howard return from Europe. Mrs Charles L McCawley to join Major McCawley in New Hampshire Avenue. Henry H Ward to open Washington house after Newport closure. Miss Patten sisters head to Virginia Hot Springs for fall visit. Captain John W Wright, 7th Infantry, guest of General Marcus J Wright.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
George Howard
Europe
Mr. Howard
Lady Howard
the Hague
Charles L. McCawley
Henry Winthrop Gray
the Willows
Lenox
Major McCawley
New Hampshire Avenue
Henry H. Ward
Newport
Mary E. Patten
Josephine Patten
Nellie Patten
Virginia Hot Springs
John W. Wright
7Th Infantry
Marcus J. Wright
New York Society Arrivals and Social Notes
Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt arrives from Newport and stays at the St Regis along with other society figures including Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr at Hot Springs with Mrs oO H Belmont. Lord Northcliffe leaves Washington after a St Regis visit. Mrs Edmund L Baylies returns from Scotland and plans to sail for New York next week. General and Mrs Fred Pierson will close their Newport villa and open a West 52nd Street house for winter. Mrs Parsons and family return to Locust New Jersey before Miss Parsons wed W Rudolph Weld November 7 at Trinity Church with several bridesmaids named. George Grant Mason and Edward J Ber wind arrive from Tuxedo, while Mrs Ogden Goelet returns from Newport.
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Fred Pierson
Newport
West 52Nd Street
W. Barclay Parsons
Locust
N. J
Europe
Elizabeth Morgan
Alice Meyer
Washington
Reproduction of Guilford Court House Battle Draws Crowd
In Greensboro North Carolina a recreation of the Guilford Court House battle was staged with United States cavalry infantry state militia and a gatling gun. Both sides claimed victory mirroring the historic 1781 fight. Colonel 39 H Miner led the British and Colonel J W Craig commanded American forces. About 244000 spectators watched.
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Greensboro
N. C
Guilford Courthouse
United States
39. H. Miner
J. W. Craig
Copyright Conference Sends Solberg to Berlin
Thorvald Solberg arrives in Berlin as the American delegate to the International Copyright Conference and will observe with Arthur Orr, reporting to the State Department. The United States does not join the Berne Convention. Paul Cromelin also attends to represent American musical reproduction device makers.
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Berlin
Thorvald Solberg
Washington
State Department
Ambassador Hill
Arthur Orr
Solberg
United States
Paul Cromelin
American Musical Copyright League
Reception in London for American teachers delegation
Ambassador and Mrs. Reid hosted a reception in London this afternoon for the visiting delegation of American teachers.
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London
Reid
Yale students earned money through self help
Yale students earned a total of 314449 dollars during the year ended March 2 according to the university bureau of self help. The figure reflects earnings by students working wholly or in part to support themselves in New Haven.
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YALE
New Haven
Bureau of Self-Help
Taft quoted on campaign issue in The Independent
The piece restates the campaign issue as a choice between endorsing McKinley Roosevelt administrations for their record of solving problems with enacted statutes and electing a party focused on chasing issues with weak practical policy and little regard for business and labor interests.
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William H. Taft
Independent
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Hunt
The Tribune and The Thaw Case Editorial Stance
The Syracuse Herald reprints a New York Tribune editorial condemning the Thaw case and habeas corpus efforts. It notes Thaw’s luxuries in jail despite a state asylum sentence and decries cross county releases, arguing New York State shows a malodorous justice in this celebrated matter.
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Syracuse Herald
New-York Tribune
The
Tribune
Newport Social Notes Highlight Winter Plans and Visits
Newport social brief reports several departures and visits. William G Roelker and Major Edmund J curley plan New York trips, Mrs Frank W Andrews to Boston before Washington, Miss Rompig Dahlgren returns from New York, and William Henry Vanderbilt visits Alfred G Vanderbilt at Oakland Farm.
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Tribune
Newport
William G. Roelker
New York
Frank W. Andrews
Sunset Law
Boston
Washington
Edmund J. Curley
Theodore Kane
Paul A. Andrews
Baltimore
Philadelphia
William Henry Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Oakland Farm
Paul Dahlgren
Rompig Dahlgren
James V. Parker
Charles M. Oecelrichs
Blanche Oelrich
T. Shaw Safe
J. J. Mason
Notable Society News From The Berkshires Tonight
Lenox reports arrivals at the Maplewood in Pittsfield including Mr. and Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Schriver from New York, and many other families from Boston Montclair and Philadelphia. social events include a large bridge party at the hotel and Berkshire Hunt activities with Katherine Grant riding in the Richmond Valley meet. Ranger Clarkson purchased a Tyringham farm and plans a villa, while several locals depart for New York or town assignments.
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Tribune
Lenox
N. A. Powers
Walter Schriver
New York
W. H. Townsend
Montclair
N. J
Charles W. Allen
Boston
Maplewood
Pittsfield
J. Clarence Post
Astess
Edward A. le Roy
Katherine Manice Grant
Berkshire Hunt
Richmond Valley
Loveland’s Corners
W. H. Maclay
Maclay
S. Knowlton
Watertown
F. G. Swan
C. C. Chapman
W. B. Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Aspinwall
Philip Wadsworth
C. F. Shallcroft
C. Pp. Post
Post
C. C. Schuyler
Martel Williams
Portland
George W. Seavey
Ranger Clarkson
Lucius B. Moore
Tyringham
Clarkson
Robbie Peyster Tytus
Notable arrivals at Tuxedo Park club and villas on autumn visit
Telegraph reports guests arriving from Maine to Virginia and from Europe, with Mrs Wynn Sewell leading a large party. Notables in attendance include Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills, Mr George W Forsyth, Viscount de Perigny, Mrs A W Nickerson, Mrs W B Dinsmore Jr, and Mrs P Lorillard among others enjoying tennis, golf, dinners, and bridge at the Tuxedo Club and seasonal villas on Tuxedo Lake.
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Tribune
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Tuxedo
Tuxedo Club
Wynn Sewell
Maine
Virginia
Hi. Pearce
R. S. Washburn
Edward Carrington
Frank Patterson
Robert W. Chanler
Poughkeepsie
Ogden Mills
Laid
George H. Full
Lucia
George W. Forsyth
P. Montant
Thomas L. Elwyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Lota Robinson
Mercure Robinson
W. S. Brown
Gordon Fellows
Viscount de Perigny
A. W. Nickerson
Nickerson
Henry L. Burnett Jr
W. B. Dinsmore, Jr
Europe
Tuxedo Lake
George Dodge
Adelaide Hamilton
Louisa Norwood
P. Lorillard
Dr C Ward Crampton Selected for Public Schools Post
Dr C Ward Crampton assistant director of physical training in the public schools has been chosen by the Board of Superintendents to succeed Dr Luther Halsey Gulick who resigned to join the Sage Foundation Fund. The selection awaits Elementary Schools Committee approval and board vote. Salary 4000 dollars.
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C. Ward Crampton
Luther Halsey Gulick
Sage Foundation Fund
Crampton
Board of Education
Cleveland Committee Sets March 18 1909 Memorial
The Cleveland memorial committee meets at City Hall and sets March 18 1909 as the memorial date for Grover Cleveland. Francis Lynde Stetson chairs. DeLancey Nicoll is secretary and Paul Morton treasurer. Subcommittees cover finance, public exercises, press, and permanent memorial with notable members.
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Grover Cleveland
Francis Lynde Stetson
DeLancey Nicoll
Paul Morton
McClellan
Siitson
Fordham Lectures at College of St Francis Xavier
Fordham University School of Law offers free public lectures at the College of St Francis Xavier theater 30 West 16th Street this season. Speakers include ex Judge Alton B Parker William Michael Byrne and Francis L Wellman with Byrne opening on Federal Laws and State Governments.
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Fordham University
Fordham University School of Law
College of St. Francis Xavier
West 16Th Street
Alton B. Parker
William Michael Byrne
Francis L. Wellman
Mr. Byrne
United States
Delaware
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South Carolina
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Tapp
Georgia
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England
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Robert Goelet
Long Island
Mrs. Prescott Lawrence
Commodore
Mrs. Frederick
Bourne
Oakdale
Plaza
the Diplomatic Corps
IN Washington Society
NEW York Society
Town
St. Regis
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Hot Springs
Oo. H. P. Belmont
Lord Northcliffe
Edmund L Baylies
Scotland
Mr. Bayles
George Grant Mason
Holland House
Edward J. Berwind
Ogden Goelet
Guilford Court House
the Tribune
Berkshires
DR. C. Ward Crampton
Cleveland Committee
E C. Benedict
George Harvey
W. M. Laffan
Morgan J. O'Brien
Frankey Pendleton
Isidor Straus
Herman Ridder
Herman A. Metz
Patrick F McGowan
Whitelaw Reid
Egertonthrop, Jr
Lyman Abbott
Nicholas Murray Butler
John G. Cartisie
Richard Watson Gilder
Frank J. Miller
John Huston Finley
William M. Sloane
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