Elgar and Van der Tucker Share the Honors at May Festival
A sunlit matinee concert amid roses and gowns drew a near full audience as Elgar and Van der Stucken led a revived orchestra. Beethoven Lenore Overture opened the program with brisk energy, while box attendance and social notes highlighted the afternoon.
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Elgar
van der Tucker
Charles P. Tafts
Maxwells
Fleischmanns
Holmes
Wiborgs
Misses Stalle
Howard Rogers
Année Price
van der Stucken
Beethoven
Fr. van der Stucken
Bankruptcy Petition Filed By the Creditors of Rich
Creditors of A L Rich filed a petition in U S court to declare the Rich Company bankrupt alleging misappropriation of 6500 and 5000 securities by Rich. Receivership sought to seize assets for creditors while Rich remains missing. Banks move to curb bond coupon clipping to prevent fraud.
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Rich
A. l. Rich
United States
P.S. Briggs
W. H. Theobald
Bradley & Sorin
Ernst, McDougall and
Aera
N Adi Es Rich
Meas B. Rich
China Reshapes Manchuria Policy Affects Foreign Consulates
The United States faces a Chinese pushback over Manchuria as Beijing seeks to limit foreign land holdings and enforce thirty year leases for consulate lands. Shanghai Tientsin Canton Mongolia settlements face new rules, with foreign utilities barred in Chinamnfu as leverage.
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Manchuria
China
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Canton
Mongolia
Legation
Chinamnfu
Restored midshipmen at Naval Academy after hazing case
Three midshipmen dismissed from the Naval Academy for hazing have been recommended by the President for restoration to the Academy with a loss of one year. Worth W. Foster of the first class and George H. Melvin and Richard De Saussure of the third class are the named candidates.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Naval Academy
Worth W. Foster
George H. Melvin
Richard de Saussure
Pathologist Testifies in Patrick Case about Chloroform Death
New York May 3 Dr George P Biggs pathologist testified in the motion for a new trial for Albert Patrick. He said embalming fluid in the lungs could mislead a pathological diagnosis and obscure death from chloroform poisoning.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
George P. Biggs
Albert T. Patrick
Miners Near Strike as Delegates Favor Action
Scranton Pa May 3 Nearly all of the 600 delegates at the three district miners convention favor a strike with a vote possible today or tomorrow Mitchell announced that strike talk dominated sessions and that arbitration proposals were rejected He cited state police actions at Mt Carmel as intensifying sentiment and noted arbitration offers while rejecting partial commissions and urging a full conference to decide wages and conditions
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Commercial Tribune
Scranton
Mitchell
Mt. Carmel
Board of Conciliation
Chas. P. Neill
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Witte’s Successor May Not Last Long
The Novoe Vremya reports a new Goremykin ministry under a reshuffled regime. It lists Ignatieff as Procurator and Stshinsky as Minister of Agriculture, with Stolypin Galitzin Kosvssoff Izvolsky among others. Observers doubt liberal support and expect the cabinet to last little more than a month.
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Witte
Voe. Vremya
Goremyakin
Count Ignatieff
M. Shirinsky Shakoatoff
Stshinsky
Plehve
Goremykin
Count Witte
Stolypin Galitzin
Kosovsoff
Izvolsky
Rukloff
Alexander Michaelovitch
Schwanebach
Nemechaieff
Biriloff
Rodiger
Fredericks
Novoe Vremya
Corwin Spencer Dies Sudden in St Louis Hotel
Corwin H Spencer a leading grain trader and former Merchants Exchange president collapsed at Planters Hotel and died shortly after Vomiting and cramps followed luncheon pork pickled pigs feet The cause was araemic poisoning His son Harlow and ex partner Thomas Akin were nearby and the family was notified He was born in 1851 in Morgan County Ohio and had built a large fortune
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Commercial Tribune
Corwin H. Spencer
Merchants’ Exchange
Planters
Spencer
Harlow B. Spencer
Thomas Akin
Mr. Spencer
Morgan County
Malta
McConnelsville
St. Louis
Hamilton County Officials Found Behind in Payments
Examiners of the State Bureau of Public Accounting report on Hamilton County Clerk of the Court and Coroner offices. They note bond issues, unendorsed oath, and lack of Prosecuting Attorney approval. The shift to a fee system caused filing and fee-division confusion for cases adjudicated before July 1, 1902.
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Hamilton County
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Notlook Building
Columbus
Commercial Tribune
State Bureau of Public Accounting
Auditor of State
Charles Weidner, Jr
Bankers’ Surety Company
Board of County Commissioners
Tem
Venezuela-Colombia Rift Deepens Amid US-Tied Talks
Washington reports a worsening Colombia Venezuela split after Vice President Gomez refused to meet Dr Herrera, stalling a river navigation and boundary commerce treaty. War talk swirls in South American diplomatic circles as the episode is seen as an indirect challenge to the United States.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Colombia
Venezuela
Gomez
Herrera
Caracas
Legation
Russell
United States
Woman Ends Life in Covington Church After Prayer
Emma Reybert 27, wife of printer John Reybert, drank carbolic acid in St. Philomena's Church Pearl Street Covington near Butler then died at Good Samaritan Hospital within an hour. A vial labeled Covington Ky and a lemonade straw were found. police traced the bottle to E L Pieck druggist Sixth and Main but label was defaced and sale occurred over a year ago. Mrs. Reybert had been despondent for days and left two children. church was deserted at the time.
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St. Philomena’s
Pearl Street
Butler
Emma Reybert
John Reybert
Fourth and
Madison Streets
Covington
Good Samaritan Hospital
William Dempsey
Pennsylvania
Covington, Ky
E. L. Pieck
Cincinnati
Sherman Returns Keenly Hurt After Abortive Historic Trek
Albany Ga May 3 Father Thos Sherman abandoned his trip along the Civil War ancestral fields. An escort and orders from General Duvall ordered the party back to Fort Oglethorpe. Sherman said he was hurt by misinterpretation and press criticism and returned with the escort.
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Trip
Commercial Tribune
Albany, Ga
Thos. Sherman
W. T. Sherman
Ft. Oglethorpe
Duvall
Department of the Gulf
Cartersville
Ft McPherson
Campbell
General Duvall
War Department
Father Sherman
Hornaday Seriously Ill After Treating Monkey
W. T. Hornaday director of the Bronx Zoological Garden is dangerously ill at his home after four surgeons operated for mastoiditis. The illness began ten days ago with tonsillitis and is suspected to have been caught from a monkey he was treating.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
W. T. Hornaday
Bronx Zoological Garden
Mr. Hornaday
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