New Opera Plans and Renowned Conductors Named
Arturo Toscanini from Seale and Francesco Petrino, once conductor at Vienna's Serial Opera House, headline a reshaped New York opera season. Three new conductors join five assistants, with Toscanini and Hageman among the NY audience trio. Reconfigured staff include Tulla inard and Hans Morvogners, plus Paris Grand Opera voices. Major reorganizations promise 139 musicians, Italian and French singers, two orchestras, and new stages with enhanced seating and elevators for subscribers. Herr Dippel travels from Milan to oversee the NY project aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
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Seale
Francesco &Petrino
Serial Opera House
Vienna
New York
Edward Falk
Hageman
Francesco Romei
Tulla Inard
Hans Morvogners
School of Opera
Nee Cell
Anton Schertel
Juies
Paris Grand Opera
Panete
Lodovico Saracco
San Carlo
Naples
Oret
Reading
Italy
Gina
Avis
Geo Choruses
Ncws
Giulio Setti
le Scala
Hans Steiner
Royal Court Theatre
Amperdinck
Converse
Raoulromised
Eugene Albert
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
White Rats in Politics Organizes Actors at American Theatre
The White Rats Political League held its first meeting at the American Theatre. Fred Niblo, president, urged rat members to vote, while Wilton Lackaye and others spoke on political participation and industry reforms. Calls were made to support copyright and employment agency laws amid critiques of current booking and pay systems.
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White Rats Political League
Fred Niblo
Josephine Cohan
White Rets
London
Ecabie
Rat
Presset
Esmond
Tim
Teft
Hughes
Sryan
Jackeve
White Rats
Ghomgaph
Amelia Bingham Joins Shubert Stars for Fall Season
Amelia Bingham has been added to the Shubert management stars list after signing a contract last Saturday. She will begin her season on November 7, appearing in the drama entitled Ferenza by Hartley Manners, described as a society drama. The production employs nine characters and is set in four acres.
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Shubert
Miss Bingham
Ferenza
Hartley Manners
Rame
Edwin Foy Stars in Mr Hamlet ETC in town
Edwin Foy performs in a Broadway style stage piece described as Mr Hamlet of Broadway. The town awaits the arrival with promise of theatrical scenes and a ghost song prepared for him.
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Edwin Foy
MR. Hamlet
Broadway
Edwin Forts
Eddy
Foy
Wek
Hospital Ward for Thaw Transfer to Jail Ward
Sheriff Lane, Westchester County, learning Thaw was moved from Dutchess County jail to his custody, orders the White Plains jail ward to place Thaw in a hospital ward for his confinement. The ward is a large twenty foot square room with barred windows and limited access. Meals may be sent from a restaurant if the prisoner has money.
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Sheriff_Lane
Westchester County
Newepapers
Harry K. Thaw
Dutchess County
White Plains
Sheriff Lane
Goulds Yacht Meets Accident Near Harbor
Frank J. Gould aboard the Helenna with four guests reached outer harbor to Nova Scotia when steering gear broke. The yacht drifted for two hours as a police tug responded. Gould and guests proceeded to New York by train.
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the Tribune
Boston
Frank J. Gould
Mr. Gould
Nova Scotia
New Pastor Named for Brooklyn Church
The Rev. Andrew Magill of Presby Church of New Castle Penn accepts the pulpit of the Reformed Church on Heights in Brooklyn. A graduate of Athors College and Alleghany Theological, he won the Purdy prize and Jamison fellowship. He is expected to begin October 1.
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Andrew Magill
New Castle, Penn
Reformed Church
Surface car rams Fifth Ave stage in street crash
A surface car on Fifth Avenue crashed into a street car at 424th Street crosstown injuring the stage crew. Messenger Mrs Eards of 17 Westth Street reported shock but refused medical aid and went home.
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Sage
11Th Avenue
Commis
E. ‘Ards
No. 17
Westth Street
Tad Jones Adds Lecturing To Football Duties
Not satisfied with his tenure as quarterback and coach, Tad Jones travels as a temperance lecturer. He spoke at Lebanon, Ohio, as one of the principal speakers on the program.
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Richmond
Ind
Mtrrow
Tad” Jones
Tocal
Lebanon
Ohio
Duchess Of Aosta Courteously Salutes Papal Legate In Rome
A dramatic scene at Rome’s railroad terminus shows the Duchess of Aosta, believed dying, greeting Cardinal Vincent Vannutelli with a low courtes y and kissing his ring. The gesture reflects improved ties between the Quirinal and the Vatican after Pope Pius X’s accession.
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London
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Eternal City
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Diplomatic Swirl as Cartwright Placed Over Johnstone
Sympathies rise in diplomatic circles as Sir Fairfax Cartwright, Rome Catholic and tied to Bavarian and Austrian nobility, is named ambassador to Vienna over Sir Alan Johnstone. The move follows royal involvement and Emperor Francis Joseph’s personal request, with Johnstone poised for a top embassy elsewhere.
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Alan Johnstone
Copenhagen
Vienna
Fairfax Leighton Cartwright
Edward
Ischi
Francis Joseph
Leopold
Bavaria
Fairfax Cartwright
Munich
Cartwricht
Cartwright
Edward Goschen
Fairfax
Austria
Chigi
Sir Fairfax
Rome
Sarn- Wittgensteins
Thurn-Taxis
Sir
William Cornwallis Cartwright
Aynhoe
Northamptonshire
Lord Fairfax
Marston Moor
Rernell Rodd
Teheran
Danube
Engagement of Hon. Robert Collier to Ursula Barclay
The Hon. Robert Collier, formerly secretary of the British Embassy in Washington and eldest son of Lord Monkswell, becomes engaged to Miss Ursula Barclay of Colney Hall Norwich. Lord Monkswell, a former lord in waiting to Queen Victoria, rose from lawyer to peerage. his brother John Collier, a noted painter, had works shown in the Royal Academy.
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Robert Collier
Washington
Lord Monkswell
Ursula Barclay
Hugh G. Barclay
Colney Hall
Norwich
Queen Victoria
Rosebery
London
Plymouth
John Coilier
Academy
John Collier
Huxsey
Lord Monksweill
Vienna envoy Charles Kuefstein and Empress Elizabeth death
Count Charles Kuefstein now in his seventieth year is reported seriously ill in Vienna. The diplomat formerly Austrian Envoy in Switzerland gained prominence in connection with Empress Elizabeth’s death. As Minister Plenipotentiary he handled affairs concerning her autopsy and related matters.
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Germany
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Makart
Francis Joseph
Paris
Berne
Switzerland
Kuefstein
Tyrol
Gretienstein
Lower Austria
Francis
House of Lords
Maria Odescaich
Ton
Ferdinand
Regiment of Dragoons
Fontenoy
Charles Kuefstein
Elizabeth
Social Notes From Newport Sees Season Winding Down
Newport society marks end of season with few events. Notable closings include Mr. and Mrs Plbridge T Gerry departing on Electra for Delaware Lake and Mr. and Mrs Henry Redmond heading to Tuxedo. Guests include G J Gould returning aboard the Atalanta and arrangements advance for the Whipple Hughes wedding next Wednesday.
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Paul A. Andrews
Plbridge T. Gerry
Delaware Lake
Henry & Redmond
Whitney Warren
Herbert M. Harriman
New York
H. O. Havémeyer, Jr
Tong Island
George J. Gould
G F. Gary
Robert W. Goelet
R. H. Russell
Vaughn Carter
Madison Gerrish
Richard Stevens
Austin Flint, Jr
John Innes Kane
Lenox
Gwen- Adion Whipple
William Neal Hughes
Clergy visit and Berkshire social notes from Lenox
Lenox reports Bishop David H. Greer of New York preached at Trinity Church and was hosted at Elim Court. Local society entertained guests including Miss Clementina Furniss, Van Ness Philip, and Lawrence Reamer at Longwood and Clipston Grange. Several New York visitors and departures marked a busy season in the Berkshires.
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Lenox
David H. Greer
New York
Trinity Church
William D. Sloane
Elim Court
C. P. Wyckoff
Paul Bayne
Bronxville
Frederic D. Tappan
Frank K. Sturgis
Clipston Grange
Rowland Redmond
Joseph H. Choate
Robert Winthrop
Eugene Schuyler
Richard ©. Dixey
Longwood
Clementina Furniss
Giraud Foster
van Ness Philip
Charles Lanier
W. F. Dunn
Charles Astor
Lawrence Reamer
Austin Jenkins
Howards
Kip
Edgecomb Villa
William H. Wibbert
Charles Carroll Jackson
Charles M. Foulke
Washington
Curtis Hotel
Virginia Hot Springs
President Roosevelt attends church service with Dr Peters
President Roosevelt attends Christ Episcopal Church service in Oyster Bay. He listens to Rev Dr John F Peters of St Michael's Church New York who occupied the pulpit of Dr Washburn. Mrs Roosevelt Theodore Jr and Archie accompany him.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ's Episcopal Church
John F. Peters
St. Michael's Church
New York
Washburn
Theodore, Jr
Archie
Woodrow Wilson Returns From Europe to Princeton
President Woodrow Wilson arrived on the Anchor liner Caledonia after months abroad and proceeded directly to Princeton University to resume duties.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Caledonia
Princeton
Tribune Fresh Air Fund Acknowledgments Parade and Sale
Acknowledgments note for the Tribune Fresh Air Fund cites an illuminated boat parade and ice cream sale at Ocean Beach Connecticut, with contributions urged from readers including Miss Mary A. Platee Friends, West Shokan residents, People of New Berlin, and N. W. H. Niles. Total prior amount shown as September 12, 1908. Contributions should be payable to Tribune Fresh Air Fund and mailed to New York.
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Conn
Mary A. Plat
West Shokan
People of
New Berlin
N. W. H. Niles
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
New York
Explorer Skinner returns from Hudson Bay expedition with Cree data
Alanson Skinner of the American Museum of Natural History recounts a four month trek through James Bay and Rupert's House to study Cree Indians. He describes guides Bain and Iserhoff, harsh weather, near starvation, pestilence, and trading posts, noting famine driven by rabbit die offs and a cannibalism fear in past pestilences.
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Department of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
Hudson Bay District
Herman ©. Bumpus
Mr. Skinner
Skinner
Missonabie
Lake Superior
Tom’ Bain
Joe’ Iserhoff
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr
Labrador
Hudson Bay
James Bay
Moose Factory
Hudson Bay Company
Rupert's House
Nobbie Garbo
East Main
Grand Trunk Pacific
Butler Ames Makes Aeroplane
Ex Congressmen Butler Ames announced that with Institute of Technology men he had built an aeroplane that passed severe tests successfully.
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Butler Ames
Tribune
Boston
Institute of Technology
Choate entertains at Lenox garden party with British guest
Joseph H. Choate former ambassador to the Court of St James's hosted a garden party and dinner at Naumkeag Stockbridge for Sir Henry Edmund Knight former Lord Mayor of London. Guests included many New York and Boston cottagers.
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Joseph H. Choate
the Tribune
Lenox
Court of St. James's
Sir Henry Edmund Knight
London
Naumkeag
Stockbridge
New York
Boston
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Albemarle and Others
Notable guests checking in include E. M. Armstrong from Newport and F. H. Mason of San Francisco at the Albermarle. Belmont hosts Dr. M. O. Foster of London, C. Ives and D. Ives of St. Louis, and William T. Busch of St. Louis. Holland welcomes Howell Gilbert of Paris and H. W. Haldane of Edinburgh. St. Regis lists Senior Dom Epifanio Portela of Argentina and Charles Bunn of St. Paul. Victoria reports R. D. Scott of Australia and Edward Powell of Philadelphia. Wolcott hosts F. L. Dorsey of Washington, C. Mackay of Chicago, M. W. Greene of Cincinnati, and J. Blagden of Boston.
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E. M. Armstrong
Newport
F. H. Mason
San Francisco
Belmont
Dorsey
Washington
C. Mackay
Chicago
M. WN. Greene
Cincinnati
J. (. Blagden
Boston
Weather Record and Forecast from Washington
The West Indies storm moves slowly westward with warnings along East Florida coasts. Florida to Ohio Valley report rains. otherwise fair weather nationwide. Temperatures above normal, notable in Ohio valleys. winds vary by coast and region. Local forecast: fair today and Tuesday with light to fresh variable or northerly winds. cooler in Western New York and Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
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Maryland
District of Columbia
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Constitution Island Gift to West Point by Sage and Warner
Constitution Island in the Hudson near West Point is donated to the United States by Mrs. Margaret Sage and Miss Susan Warner as a literary historic asset. The Warner sisters purchased the island in 1880 and collaborated on Say and Seal and other works. The gift aims to preserve the site with care for Cadets and avoid future park development.
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Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage
West Point
Hudson River
Highlands
Warner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Wetherell
Susan Warner
England
Miss Warner
the Shatemuc
Anna Bartlett Warner
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Amy Lothrop
Henry W. Warner
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Highland Falls
Homstead
Sage
United States
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Martelaer
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Newburg
Kosciusko
Benedict Arnold
André
Clinton
Tappan
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Congress
West Point Academy
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Miss Weyman Breaks Ankle in Ice Glen Parade
Stockbridge Massachusetts September 13 Miss Mary S Werman a committee member and cottager fractured her ankle after stumbling on a rock during the Ice Glen parade She was carried to her villa on a pine boughs stretcher Alexander Sedgwick dressed as Dante and Miss Werman as an Italian peasant led the march while torches burned A war dance followed the parade at the village green around a bonfire.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Mary S. Werman
Alexander Sedgwick
Dante
Miss Werman
Emma Goldman on free love at Lyceum Hall rally
Emma Goldman addressed anarchists at Lyceum Hall on free love and marriage while denouncing police actions in the Berkman case. About 300 attendees paid 15 cents, raising funds for the Mother Earth pamphlet. L Birdman announced plans for an anarchists club to teach English to Yiddish speakers.
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Lyceum Hall
East Broadway
Alexander Berkman
Cooper Union
Rafsky
Bloom
Mother Earth
L. Birdman
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Planned European Visit
It is announced that King Alfonso and Queen Victoria will visit Munich Dresden and Budapest for about a month. They will be guests of the Austrian Emperor for part of the trip. Sefior Salazar the Foreign Affairs Minister will accompany the King on the official portion of the journey.
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Alfonso
Victoria
Munich
Dresden
Budapest
Sefior Salazar
Rev Francis J McConnell Named Possible Depauw President
The Rev Francis J McConnell of Brooklyn may become Depauw University's next president after an offer was reportedly extended. The Richmond Indiana telegraph report states the post had been offered to him.
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Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Francis J. McConnell
Brooklyn
Depauw University
Obituary notices from Morristown and New York links
Multiple death notices and funeral announcements dated September 1908 for John A Chambers Ellen S Chumar Lavinia Northrop Aaron Curtiss Milton Rice Abner Elliott George L Bu Emilia Gunn Abigail Tillotson Emma A Harvey and Annie M Harvey. Notices include funeral times places addresses and burial details with Woodlawn Cemetery and East 49th Street New York City arrangements.
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George Lobderg Elliott
John Eliott
East
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Washington, Conn
Abigail I. Gunn
Short Hills N
Annie M. Harvey
Ashton Harvey
Short Hills
Melcher
Northeast Harbor
Elien Stevens
Param Stevens
John Lowell Melcher
At Mary's By the Sea
Woodlawn
Tillotson
East 49Th St
New York City
Emma A
Luther G. Tillotson
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Sthave
45Th St
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Help Wanted Ad Rates and Subscriptions Advised
An advertisement invites employers to review a file of aspirant applications at the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune at 1364 Broadway for quick, cost saving hiring. It lists office hours and extensive subscription and postal rates for the Tribune, Weekly Farmer, Tri-Weekly, and Almanac, including domestic and foreign mail options and varying terms by month, quarter, and year. The document provides rates for daily, weekly, and Sunday editions, with foreign and Canadian postage notes and special city rates for New York subscribers.
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Shipley & Co
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