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New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
WEBER'S MUSIC HALL.
Burlesque of Merry Widow" Festival of
JoyiaIitv

Mr. Joe Weber will be happy when he
reads the papers this morning. The accounts Of
his chow presented last night at his Music
Hall and cordially received by sympathetic au-
dence, will undoubtedly be rosy, for the bur
lesque Of the Merry Widow is festival of jovi-
ality and should bring renewal Of prosperity
the little hall made famous by Weber and
Fields Every person who has seen Mr. Savages
production at the New Amsterdam Theatre should
see the charming widow Lulu Glaser
her and witness Charlie Rosss 1aughable antics
9 the jovial Prince Dandilo, "a waiter at Max
in-s"
Peter F DALEY is the Caramel de Jollidog Al
bert Hart the Baron. Mabel Fenton the Baroness
and Joe Weber Janltor who fancy
clothes. A ridiculous burlesque could hardly
be conceived
The most humorous incident Of the entire piece
was probably the waltz which Mr. Ross and Miss
Chaser executed with fine sense Of hiiarity that
caused hearty laughter throughout the hall Some
Of the happy expressions that delighted the audi
ence should be recorded. Peter Daley remarked
that a wine agent and a garage nearly alike
because both ARE full Of bubbles and advised
a group of merry madens- to be wrapped up in
their profession If they wished to avoid cold.
Charlie Ross demanded of Fonia who was that
Swede she was going 10 carry. and thought II
better be a waiter than waltzer-
There are three acts in the burlesque, a numer
Gus chorus and several jolly songs. hr Ross won
favor by his I'm Waiter at Maxims-'' Miss
Cilaser was suffering from a slight cold, but sue
ceeded in providing a large share of the amuse-
rnent. It is regrettabe 10 have to record some
obnoxious features of the show, but there were
such features. and they should not be overlooked
There is a place in d great city for variety show
of a high order. Mr. Weber has been generously
supported in his efforts to present this form OF
amusement and his career has not been an un-
nrohtshle one This season. until now, has been
an anxious one to him. His first entertainment
failed despite the hearty support given in numer-
ors places including the columns of The Tribune
knowing these things. it is painful TO see MI
Weber permitting an otherwise Conlmendabe PER
forlnauce 10 be tainted here and there with bar
,aric incidents Miss Bessie Clayton is fine
dancer She has entertained thousands of persons
in this town by her graceful execution c: toe
dancing but she should not be allowed to con-
tnIe features of her dancing act that are offensive
Anofl,er cFarrner performed after a fashion tnat
r,rovoked a haIf-drunken lad in the rear of the
hall to protest loudly. That protest was an eV1-
dence Of decency that must have reached Mr..
Weber's ears. II he heard not. he has eyes
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
MUSIC.
THE OLIVE MEAD QUARTET.

There was interest OF unusual kind at last
evenings concert Of the Olive Mead Quartet at
MendeIssohn Hall Between the Mozart c major
quartet and the Brahms pianoforte quintet in F
minor. Miss Mead and ir. Arthur Whiting brought
forward the theme and variations from a sonata ny
CorelIi in d minor for violin and harpsichord In
stead of substituting pianoforte for the latter in
strument Mr. whiting played a genuine though
modern and American built harpsichord. thereby
giving TO the piece its authentic tone color OF
Mr.. Writings skill In evokng the characteristic
quality of this instrument and in disclosing It's
varied capacities something has already been said
in these columns. When Miss Mead sought to
bring her violin into balance with the harpsi-
chord. however there suggested a difficulty
similar that which latter day operatic sing
experience in voicing the ornate utterances OF
operas whose style has become archaic. There was
modernism in Miss Mead's vigorous proclanations;
every stroke of her bow hinted at ideals far re-
moved from the sunIit. rather arless style of the
CoreH music The two instruments seemed TO
belong TO different epochs. instead of blending
they expected TO- and the sonata excerpt
probably failed to convey to some hearers the ef-
feet counted upon by the composer.
The Olive Mead Quartets makeup IS changed
this year by the inclusion of Miss Helen Reynolds
as second violin, but the body of tone, the
Mozart music revealed it, has suffered alteration
from that which has so often won commentator
in this city.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03

sign In spite OF this protest General Kem was
reelected This was followed immediately by the
resignation of Prince Rupert from the presidency
or the Bavarian branch of the league, and as al
most the whole OF the f3avarian aristocracy and
haute bourgeoisie followed his example and with
drew from the league its Bavarian branch was
practically wiped out of existence The Grand
Duke of Baden and his subjects followed suit, and
now Prince Henry has likewise given the Navy
League 10 understand that unless General Kein is
removed he, too, will resign. The Emperor thor
oughly approves OF his brothers action has taken
cause for the Grand Duke of Baden and for Prince
Rupert Of Bavaria. and while fully alive to the i'm
portance OF the Navy League and the necessity of
keeping It together is now taking clever steps to
get rid Of General Keim and OF the other ultra-re
dictionary and ant-Catholic and anti-Semitic in
huences without wrecking the association.
JACOBITES AND EDWARD WIS EFFIGY.
have referred to Prince Rupert of Bavaria above
as regarded by tra-Legitimsts the de ture
Prince of Wales. OF course, neither he himself nor
his mother has ever dreamed OF putting forward
any pretersons TO the throne of Great Britain, or
has countenanced in any way the claims advanced
in their behalf by the Jacobite so-called White
Rose Society in England. which has branches in
Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The argument
of the Jacobite Society at the head of which is the
Earl of Ashburnham. is that Prince Rupert Of Ba-
varia and his mother. Princess Louise Of Bavaria,
are less remotely descended from the Stuarts than
tiement passed by both houses of the English Par
Lament a couple of centuries vested the sue
cession TO the throne of Great Britain in the
Protestant House of Hanover. excluding therefrom
other much less remote descendants of the Stuart
kings who labored under the political disadvan-
tage of belonging to the Roman Catholic Church
OF course. one takes the Jacobites seriously In
England. They hold meetings and have banQuets
They decorate the statues of the Stuart kings with
flowers on the anniversaries of their birth, observe
the date of the execution OF Charles I as day
sacred TO a saint and martyr by special religious
services and even go the length OF using postage
stamps adorned with the effigy of Princess Louise
of Bavaria who is described thereon as Queen of
Great Britain and ireland. AS these stamps
not recognized by the postal authorities, either in
England or abroad. the Jacobites obliged in
order 10 get letters through the mails. to add
an ordinary postage stamp bearing the efhgy of
King Edward but invariably relieve their feelings
by pasti1g II upside down
MARQUISE DE FONTENOy.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
NO STRING TO IT.
The Tribune's Praise the Best Possible
Advertisement
From The Utica Observer.

From The Utica Observer
Toaners all over the country have ways OF Wit
ing nm cities manufacturing industries, adVan-
fages accessibility. Usually this Is done py
Sanding some active agent into n city. and after
cSnvass and an agreement to make certain men
10 The Chamber Of Commerce or other commercial
associa ton and sells few thousand papers at a
~ood rrfce This sort OF boom" for town is
fureIv a business proposition like any other adVer-
.feino and IL is so looked upon by those who take
enace i'm the article who buy and circulate the
comics among their customers -,
1he New-York Tribune's article concerning Utica
1rJ1ich we reprinted yesterday OF entirely
Giffarent character. With no effort whatever TO
eac1Ira nav from business men and manufacturers
and with NJ obligation on the part or any one 10
taka certain stacks of extra copies, The tribune
Cent a srecaf representative to Utica and told hiIn
n look over the ground. and in a thousand words
cave the city it deserved IN the way or praise
or of criticism -.
The Tribune article, therefore, came as a calm,
5aibarate opinion of the city, expressed by
Stranger after investigation and not formed after
the c0ntepiation OF contracts for special mention
ana bippodrome booming. II came from a paper
of national reputation without solicitation or re-
..r- aud II is a fair unbiased opinion OF the city
as formed hy an outsider and stranger after ne
enant some DAYS In looking up the conditions
There was nothing at stake, and We nave every
reason 10 believe that had the conditions been such
as to lead the representative 10 form a dlheFent
'1nnion he would nave been strong in MS crtti-
Ism, as he has been in his praise.
IS an advertisement for Utica The tribune ar
,fris is worth a wagouload OF special Write-ups
It might well receive the widest possible circulation
at the hands of all business men who nave custom
ers and correspondents in distant sections or the
country.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
OBITUARY NOTES.

WILLIAM REDMOND the father of Alderman
T w. Redmond died on Tuesday afternoon at his
home No sas Pacific street. Brooklyn. He was
born in County wexford Ireland, seventy-six years
ago Coming to Brooklyn young man. he set
tied in the house where he died He was in the
shoe business until ten years ago, when he got en-
uIovment In The bureau of highways He leaves
five children
MRS ANNA FLETCHER WHITE, wife of Ed
ward D. White formerly a vice-presideut OF the
r,rookIvn Savings Bank and also of the Brooklyn
City Railroad Company. died on Tuesday from old
age at her home. No 2s5 Stuyvesant avenue,
BROOKLYN. She IN her ninetieth year For
twenty-five years Mrs White was member of the
hoard of managers of the Brooklyn Orphan Asy-
lu1n She leaves her husband, one son and three
daughters.
CHARLES ". TANKERsLEY. aged sixty-one
years one of the oldest and best known lawyers
In Colorado. died at Denver yesterday from paraly-
sis Prior TO 1874 he practised law at Little Rock
and served a term as Speaker Of the Arkansas
House Of Representatives.
WILLIAM J. SOOTHOFF, descendant OF the
early Dutch settlers Long Island and citizen
of what is now the East New York section OF
Brooklyn. died on Tuesday. His home was at
Gleninore avenue and Enfield street. He acted as
school trustee tax collector and assessor in the
old town of New Lots. and afterward assessor
of the city of Brooklyn. He was born in 1890 He
leaves two daughters.
MRS EMMA c. SANDS. a member OF an old
New York family, died from pHeuilioiiL@ oii 6N-i
day while visit to a son. Irving II Sanos'
at independence, Mo- Mrs. Sands leaves three sons
and a daughter Mrs John X Rees The funeral
will take place at the chantry Of Grace Church to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock
JAMES B. WESTHAVER. a professor of physics
at the University OF Denver and author OF q text
book on that subject. died in that city on Tuesday.
AIRED forty-five years.
ALLAN NJ. sToDDARD, lawyer of Nassau
County died In the Nassau Hospital Mineola,
Long Island on Wednesday night from rheurna-
tisrn of the heart. He was born in Williamsburg
on February Ii, 1851 He was graduated from the
College of the City of New York in 1879 as an
honor man and three years later admitted to
the bar For five years he was with the law nr1n
of Van Dusen & Taylor, in this city. In 1901 he
went to Miueoa and became associated IN business
with his brother George B. Stoddard who is at
torney- for the County Treasurer. Allan Stoddaro
had charge of all transfer tax matters in the
county He leaves q wife and son.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
MISS JOSEPHINE E. HoDGDON.

Miss Josephine z, Hodgdon, formerly principal
of Public School 10, Brooklyn died suddenly yes
tarSav at the Hotel Martha washington MISS
Hodgdon was accomplished lecturer and writer
and originated the idea of lesson leaflets from clds-
sics of literature in place Of the conventional
school reader editing selections from LonsfeloW
and Lowell Parkman and Motley, and other
American poets and historians. Probably TO her
more than to any other individual was due
,b. movement for the use OF real literature in
language teaching.
For many years Miss Hodgdon was chairman OF
the section on English of the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences. She was at one time prih-
cir,a1 of high school at Concord, y. II, where
1-r,areor visited the school She retired from the
nIbIic schools of this city in 1901 since when she
had been much abroad.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
,,eEP RACKS PRINCE RUPERT.

zr-Auo To-ince Rupert Of Bavarias controversy
-4,b Tho German Navy League has LED 10 Nloieh'
rbr,-sts on the part of the existing nlahaseiii,-
cr thar organization. and may possibly hamper Iot
fine -he phenomenal progress IN the deFelopfLle
~ the German navy, it has had the olstIhcC au-
a--..sze Of removing most Of the existing diHer-
.,ces between the sovereign houses OF "ltteiSDaoi
ar5 tIofeuzoern and Of Strengthening the ttes VI
-.lsrIonship and the bonds OF frieIosInp JEW
-, .o,.-4e of Munich and of Berlin For the Raj
= 80 .l1 as his brother. Prince Henry. has IN
800 she attitude Of Prince Rupert the future
F-s.y af f2avaria. and who is reSaroeo bS- LI'
7sooa.-ee s- England and by the ultra-L|eg1JlIisIS
= -. Continent as the de jure Prince Of Wales
-, M the matter IN nutshell the 1nlpeIldH
s. T.ss,.f. * an organization embracing many
,o-s OF Germans formed for the purpose OF pro-
,,o.s,,- r-s growth OF Germany as naYai power
- e-rof,--.r-ing taxpayers 10 INSTRUCT theh repre-
.e-re+tvss IN Parliament 10 vote all the naval
--adHs demanded by the government and to RAISE
- s-,Fsr-irtious for the construction or such
,.s-srirs rs are not included in the naval pro
sra-nYna OF the administration In each OF me
,e-et- states oe Germany members OF the reign
e., fan,fI, have accepted the presidency o. the
-. ,..,,ct,aS ~ the association. Prince Henry Of
prussia teirr the president OF the Prussan branch
primo. Rupert OF Bavaria the president OF the d
--,-i-- branch and the forn1e- Grown Prince of
tsa5en now ruler Of that country. tie president Of
,l,e Faden branch Unfortunately. these princes
-,,,+e5 the central management Of the organiza-
30, 20 drift into the hands Of certain ultra
-sr-ionarv political ring. headed oy Major General
r-e.-7 and the Lutheran pastor wagner VINO at me
,are-- General election made use Of their position
and az the organization u wage bitter warfare
,ir-F tie Catholic party and against the Liberals
rsos in the first place. il IS distinctly UNDERSTOOD
,f,s, The German Navy League IS non-politicaI
- . ..--ei,- national organization. and. secondly,
,ai-l,e- Prince Henry % Prussia nor tle relgnlnG
.:-.rd I1s:ss &C Baden. who are Luta@TaFls cared
"a ,lsoa himself in a position Of bitter ahtagon-
izsa o ..e Bumero1s and afnneit 'aln"i'9 eIe-
-. - ,b.jr respective countries; while IS for
- 4s.n,e-t II Bavaria. he beng a Roman
s-st,oifc IKE nearly al his fellow Bavarians. had
20 inteytion whatsoever Of giving ms name 10 any
-a-4,, ,hsf Was attacking his Church
Prince Rupert accordingly r9tihed inc oeil'i'i
.-,.e =. Tsa-In that II il reelected Major
ce,eral Ee:ni to its cnaiTnlanshlp he would re-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
FRANCIS AsBuRY RRocKwAY.

Francis Asbury Brockway well known in news
nane- military and Masonic circles, died yesterday
ot mis- home No 167 Willoughhy avenue. Brooklyn,
uEed severty-five years.
He was born Newburg. N = In l6~o
he ioined the 18th Regiment, and III 1851 Went 10
the front as its regimental adjutant under Colonel
Abel Smith He was q member of the 18th Regl-
,u.ut Veteran Association. Benevolent Lodge. =,
F. and A NJ and the Masonic Veteran Associa-
tion of Brooklyn. of which he was corresponding
secretary for many years.
lie was engaged in newspaper work for long
time. charter and life member OF the ne"
York Press Club and at different times represented
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03

DIR. Nicholas Sem was born in the village Of
Buchs. Canton OF st. Gall. Switzerland, on Octo-
Der 81. 1874. When he nine years old his
parents brought him to this country and settled
at Ashford, Wis. where he brought up on
farm. After being graduated from the high school
he taught school three years. at the same time
attending the lectures at the Chicago Medical Col
lege He was graduated from this latter instltu-
ton in 1865 winning the first prize for his thesis
He then spent year and half as house physl-
clan in the Cook County Hospital, and from 1853
1874 practsed his profession in Fond du Lac.
Then he moved to Milwaukee, where he remained
twenty years. He was appointed surgeon general
of the Wisconsin National Guard, and organized
the Association Of Military Surgeons of the United
States, becoming its first president
In 1854 DR.. Sem appointed professor Oh sur
gerry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
in Chicago. and in 1887 was elected professor or
the principles of surgery and surgical pathology
in Rush Medical College, and in 1880 professor OF
practical and clinical surgery. After 1893 he made
his home IN Chicago He surgeon general or
the Illinois National Guard on the stairs or sew
eral successive Governors. He always took great
interest in ginshot wounds, and the celebrated Dr.
Won Esnarch, court surgeon to the late emperor
of Germany made a journey to this country TO
witness his method of operating in cases of bullet
wounds
When the Spanish-American War broke out Dr..
Sem offered his services to the government he
abandoned his practice for active work in the held
at Chattanooga. Tenn; at Santiago. Cuba az
Ponce p. r, and at Montauk Point Long Island'
Many of the successful steps taken to maintain
the health the soldiers taken at his instance
He was made chief surgeon of the 9Th Army Corps,
with the rank of leutensnt colonel of volunteers
and chief of the operating staff with the army III
the field.
In September 1898, after peace had been assured
Dr. Sem resumed his professional work IN Chicago'
He was delegate the international medical con-
crosses at Berlin in 1890. at Moscow in 1897 and
at Madrid in 1908. Besides his connection WIN
Rush Medical College. he was professor of surgery
at the Chicago Polytechnic, attending surgeon OF tho
Presbyterian Hospital and surgeon in change OF
St Joseph's Hospital
DR. Sem wrote a number Of books Of great value
70 the medical world among them surgical Bac-
terioIogv" principles of Surgery, Experimental
Surgery" practical Surgery for the General frac
titioner'' Tuberculosis of the Bones and JOINTS
Surgical Notes on the Spanist-American War
'"rhe Pathology and Treatment of Tumors. ana
Around the World via India-A Medical 4eur-
His private library regarded as perhaps the
finest of its kind in the country In 1853 he mar
ried Miss Aurelia Millhouser, OF La Crosse WIS
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
VAUDEVILLE WAR ENDED FOR GOOD.

The vaudeville war, it was othcialiy announced
WAS finally ended here yesterday. when George
Middleton president Of the western Vaudeville AS
ISOLATION and his associates signed an agreement
10 take over Celia d Oppenhems theatres in Kan
sss city, Milwaukee and Louisville and the new
theatre being built at st. Louis
ri,fs chain of houses was turned to Celia &
t,n,,enaetrn while the on, and while hlaw
g. E,rIanger and Keith g. Proctor subsequently set
Ted their differences these theatres were not IN
cIuded IT. the peace pact made between me TWO
vaudeville forces
r-,-c rro,isions agreed upon for the four play
,,o,,sas which at one time it was thought mlsot
Cor, the nucleus OF vaudeville circuit booked
h., ..uTll' Norris have. it is said, so strengthened
the United Booking Offices and the western Naude-
m: Association as to make another vaudeville
cir.pit improba Die.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
BALkS At "AMEN."
Why Czarosritch Ends His Pragers
scith Hurrdh.

fcoryrirht 1905. BY ths Brentwood Company All
rights reservedl
Three-year-olo Czarowtch Alexis seems. from all
accounts TO be very sturdy. jolly little fellow
who IN the imperial family is by name
Baby Il seems that he invariably brings HIS
prayers 20 a close with loud hurrah instead of
with an amen and sll remonstrznces have been of
no avail. since he points that the soldiers al
ways hail his father with hUrrahs and that. after
all the Almighty is more important parsonage
than even his papa Another Of difficulty
about his prayers is his iasstence in invoking the
divine blessing upon his fsvorite and particular
body guard. sailor of the Of Stephan. who
watches orer him by night and by day. and 70
whom the child is devoted before praying for either
his father or mother. He frequently gets away
frc-n Stephan and his nurses and bursts into
the room where the Emperor is working On oc-
castor he found him with several ministers and
elderly councillors IN deep consultation about af
fairs Of state. Having heard his father address
his subjects Familiarity Brothers" he at once
exclaimed. Good morning. brothers" Emperor
Nicholas thereupon pointed the little grand
duke that it quite respectful for so small
boy 10 address elderly. gray haired gentlemen
brothers" Alexis looked at his father for \
minute and then. with evident desire 10 correct
himself exclaimed We'll good morning fathers =!
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
QUEEN SENDS THANKS FOR GREETINGS

number of HoIlanders, through committee,
sent the following greeting to Queen Wilhelmina
on New Years Day:
To Her Majesty wilhelnina Queen OF the Neither
lands The Hague
The undersigned Holland-Amers'an business men
-esnectfuIIy submit renewed allegiance and heart
lest wishes of prosperity and happiness for 1905
10 olr ma festy the prince consort and your royal
r3ofbfsr JOHN SCHEEPERS,
q. r. VAN HAAFTEN,
JOHN J ANTONY,
LEONARD STEENMAN.
Nos . 4 ard Old Slip, New York.
The following cable dispatch received in re-
ply yesterday:
T'ba 0Iefn me prince and the queen mother
charge me to transfer you their sincere thanks.
SCFiIAMELlPENNINCK, aide-de-camp.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
JAMES WILLIAM ELGAR.

lanes William Elgar, 4 carpenter contractor
died yesterday at his home, No. go West 9'tn
street Mr. EIgar born in this city on fep-
ruarv H. 1914 He was u veteran Of the Civil War,
having fought in the battle Of Gettysburg lie
later became president of james Elgar, Incor-
norated & carpenter and building firm. Among
the buildings which he helped to erect are the
new Tribune and Royal Insurance structures, Car
necie Music Hall, Columbia College dormitorles'
St PauIs Chapel and Hamilton Hall, OF the same
;s+i+,,tion and the Catholic Prutectory, at Van
Ness.
Mr. Elgar was a vestryman of St. Peters Protes-
tant Episcopal Church. His wife and four chill
,5ran survive him.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03

---,x-rv,rtrw wArT--JAHREN-On Wednesday. January
Ie0s AZ the Calvary Baptist Church, Kansas city
No Helena, daughter Of Mr.; and Mrs Adoipn o.
NJ - Arthur n Cowperthwatt, Of Mr.. and
N~E 4 Howard CowperthWait
pERRY-wEIR-At St Panls Church. New Haven. on
9tasyr penn Edith Dean daughter OF Professor
Ind Mrs John Ferguson Weir' TO the Kew James De
Wolf Perry. IT.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-03
WILLIAM ROUZEE.

News has been received of the sudden death last
Sunday in Schuyler, Neb Of William houzee' Wlo
was at one time associated with the Brooklyn CRY
.tseio,arv and Tract Society and who took an
active part in the open air campaigns at Coney
Island for several summers. He also had charge
for a number of years Of the gospel preaching at
I9Iackweirs Island At the time of his death MT
Ro,,zee and his wife were holding evangehsu7
,raefings in Nebraska.