Death and scandal shadow Lord St Leonards lineage
A lengthy UK historical summary details the late second Lord St Leonards and his notorious family. It notes a famed will controversy, judicial separation of his wife, and the fortunes of the Sugden and Dashwood lines, with broader remarks on British jurisprudence and aristocratic dramas.
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Brentwood Company
England
House of Lords
Lord
J. Leonards
Atlantic
Frank Sugden
Charlotte Sugden
St. Leonards
Lord Hannan
Court of Probate
Leré
Duchess Dowager of Uzes Hard Hit by Banking Collapse
The older Duchess Dowager of Uzes suffers nearly 1 million dollars in losses from the failure of the Gallet et Caro bank in Paris. Gallet is jailed and Caro is at large as the firm collapses for about 15.9 million francs. The case also harms the Duc d Uzes and wealth tied to Boulangist and royalist causes. Other victims include the Comtesse de Gontext Biren and the estate of Baron Roger, with the Countess of Gontaut Biron noted as a cousin.
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Ses
Uzes
Benking House
Gallet Et Caro
Rue Drouot
Paris
Gallet
Caro
Moother
Clicquot of
Champegne
Duke of Orleans
Tepaié
Orleans
France
Duc d’Uzes
Boulanger
Duchess of
America
Ducée Cheuines
Miss Shonts
Comtesse de Gontext Biren
Roger
Gontaut
Adolph Goetzen Named Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary
Adolph Goetzen, newly appointed Prussian Minister Plenipotentiary at Hamburg, has long years in Washington and is married to Miss May Loewy of Baltimore. Before arriving in America as military attaché to the German Emperor, he fought in the Spanish American War of 1898 and earned fame for explorations in Central Africa including the discovery of Kirungo the great African volcano during his traverse of the Dark Continent from the Indian Ocean.
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Atlantic
German East Africa
Berlin
Roosevelt
Hamburz
Foreign Department
Higinburg
William
Baron Heyking
America
Count Adolph Goetzen
Hamburg
Washington
May Loewy
Baltimore
United States
Africa
Kirungo
Indian Ocean
Obituary of Sir Howard Vincent MP and royal aide
Mentone April 7 Sir Howard Vincent MP for Central Sheffield and aid to King Edward has died. Born in 183, he visited New York in September 19% to arrange a rifle match at Creedmoor between a 7th Regiment team and a visiting team from the Queen's Westminster Rifles of which he was honorary colonel. He held many political and semi political posts and was an authority on police administration. He directed criminal investigations in the metropolitan police from 1878 to 1884 and took keen interest in military affairs within the volunteer department.
Albert K Hiscock Dies in Syracuse At 47
Albert K. Hiscock son of ex Senator Frank Hiscock died at his Syracuse home after a stomach ailment led to surgery seven weeks earlier. He led the State Bank of Syracuse and held multiple rail and trolley company positions and served as a Cornell graduate and former lawyer.
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Syracuse
Albert K. Hiscock
United States
Frank Hiscock
New York
Hiscock
State Bank of
Trust and Deposit Company of
Onondaga
Auburn
Rochester
Syracuse & Eastern
Syracuse, Lake Shore & Northern
Syracuse & South Bay
Auburn & Northern Company
Oswego Traction Company
Monroe County Belt Line
Skaneateles Lake Transportation Company
Bfr
Cornell
Kappa Alpha
Death of Congressman Abraham Lincoln Brick in Indianapolis
Congressman Abraham Lincoln Brick of Indiana's 13th District died suddenly in a sanatorium in Indianapolis from acute Bright's disease after attending the Republican State Convention. Born May 27 1860 in St Joseph County he was educated in local schools and at Cornell Yale and Michigan. He served as prosecutor for St Joseph and Laporte counties and was a U S Representative in the 56th through 60th Congresses.
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Indianapolis
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
South Bend
Abraham Lincoln Brick
St. Joseph County
Ind
Cornell
Yale
Michigan
St. Joseph
Laporte
Death of Rev Dr Samuel Currie Ewing Longtime Missionary
The United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions announced the death of Rev Dr Samuel Currie Ewing in Cairo at age 77. Born April 20, 1831 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania he became a missionary to Egypt after studies at Jefferson College and Allegheny Theological Seminary. Westminster College awarded him a Doctor of Divinity in 18 34. He served as a delegate from Egypt to the Pan Presbyterian Council in Philadelphia in 18% but details may reflect OCR errors.
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Pittsburg
United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Cairo
Egypt
Samuel Currie Ewing
Ewing
Westmoreland County
Penn
Jefferson College
Allegheny Theological Seminary
Allegheny Presbytery
United Presbyterian Church
Westminster College
Pan-Presbyterian Council
Philadelphia
Dr. James S. Cabanne Dies In St Louis At 69
James S. Cabanne founder of Cabanne Place and once wealthy physician died at St. Vincent's Asylum after a life split between Cabanne Place and North St. Louis where he was known as Mr. Morris. His divorce in 194 ended his fortune and he later married Delia Doherty.
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St. Louis
James S. Cabanne
Cabanne Place
St. Vincent's Asylum
Weather Report Predictions Show Cold Streak Across District
Official record notes a widespread cool, wet pattern with rain and snow across the Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, and northern plains. Forecasts expect warmer weather west of the Mississippi later, with winds shifting from north to south and varying coastwise. Local data cites yesterday’s high of 71 and low of 48 with overall trends toward rain Thursday and colder conditions.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wyoming
Colorado
Ohio Vall
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
Plains States
Rocky Mountain Region
Middle
Southern
Plateau
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Mississippi
Ohio
Middle Atlantic States
New Mexico
Arizona
New England
South Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Southwest
Arkansas
Missouri
Ohio Valleys
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Mississippi River
Middle Coast
South Atlantic Coast
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
NYU Faces Key Chapel Decision on Junior Aide Young
Historic day at University Heights as NYU prepares to read a sealed faculty ruling on Albert A. Young junior class president suspended after the ducking incident involving Henry Floch a freshman. Rumors of a large junior strike and further campus unrest sweep the dorms and fraternities.
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University Heights
New York University
John J. Stevenson
Geological Department
Albert A. Young
Henry Floch
Young
West Point
Thomas W. Edmonson
The
Athletic Association
Frederick van Houten
Chanel
Arthur H. Sherin
McCormick Family in New York Amid Threat Letters
Mrs Harold McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller and her children arrive at the Plaza Hotel in New York fleeing threats to extort $1000. They will remain three to four weeks while Chicago post office inspectors pursue the case. Mrs McCormick stays inside with family and close friends.
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Harold McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago
McCormick
New York
New York. the Family, Including Mr. McCormick
Plaza
Post Office
Gaynor At Harvard Urges Open Debate Over Politics of Society
Justice William J. Gaynor spoke at Harvard on the political duty of college men urging open discussion and the avoidance of prejudice in politics. He warned against abusing power to suppress opponents and urged arguing with socialists rather than force, while defending equal treatment in freight rates and rail policy.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Political Club
Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
New York
S. S. McClure Becomes Sole Owner Of Two Firms
S. S. McClure now owns the S. S. McClure Company publishers of a magazine and the McClure Company publishers of books. He previously held a majority and recently acquired Harold Roberts holdings. Cameron MacKenzie, McClure’s son in law, fills Roberts’s former offices.
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S. S. McClure
S. S. McClure Company
McClure Company
McClure
Harold Roberts
Roberts
Cameron MacKenzie
Oelrichs Estate Report and Purchases at Ames Auction
Surrogate's report shows Hermann Oelrichs died at sea September 10, 190. No New York real estate. personal estate net $380,064 after debts. Specific bequests made to Hermann Oelrichs Jr and siblings. widow not mentioned. AIMONE COLLECTION SALE continues with Louis XVI drawing room suite selling for 280. Louis XIV cabinet 2710. Italian Renaissance columns 280. Gothic oak cabinet 18. day’s total 36,630, overall 22,2371. sale proceeds planned for today at 2 pm.
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Ww. J. O'Sullivan
Hermann Oelrichs
Europe
O'Sullivan
New York
Hermann Oelrichs, Jr
Mary Singleton Livingston
Julia M. Mazel
Lucy Jay
Charles May Oelrichs
Aimone
L. B. Moffat
The Peacock Window by John La Farge
A review lauds The Peacock Window by John La Farge as a landmark in stained glass. The upright panel features a peacock against a blue purple background with peonies, praised for its luminous color, texture, and distinct glass qualities rather than painting.
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John la Farge
City School Reform Panel Recommends Unified Governing Board
A mayoral commission on city schools proposes new centralized oversight. It urges a single Board of Trustees for the City College, Normal College, and training schools, with plans to retain two campuses but align leadership and admissions standards. Clerical details outline future governance and preparatory department consolidation.
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Board of Education
City College
Normal College
The
Henry H. Sherman
George F. Davis
Sherman
College of City of New York
Shoul
Board of College Trustees
City of
New York
Egerton I. Winthrop, Jr
Lee Kohns
James Byrnes
College
Herman Metz
Patrick F. McGowan
Rome Conference Signals Duke Abruzzi Engagement
In Rome on April 7 the Duke of Aosta and noble peers met with King Victor Emmanuel to discuss a betrothal between the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins of West Virginia. Reports say the engagement is confirmed but a public announcement may wait until after the marriage. The duke then left for Spezia to command the Elena. In Washington Senator Elkins declined to discuss the Rome meeting and noted he had not been advised of the arrangements.
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Rome
Duke of
Aosta
Victor Emmanuel
Abruzzi
Turin
Katherine Elkins
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Helena
Miss Elkins
United States
Spezzia
Elena
Washington
Elkins
Duke of the Abruzzi
Baltimore
Hughes to Attend Conference at White House May 13 16
Governor Hughes accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to join governors at the White House conference on national resource conservation from May 13 to 16. He will be accompanied by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University Dr J G Schurman of Cornell University and Commissioner J S Whipple of the State Forest Fish and Game Department.
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Albany
Hughes
Roosevelt
Conference of Governors of the
United States
White House
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
J. G. Schurman
Cornell University
J. S. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Department
Savage Loses Point in The Merry Widow case
Justice Ward of the Supreme Court vacated a restraining order in Henry W. Savage vs Gertrude Hoffman. Hoffman, a vaudeville performer, had staged imitations in sketches and burlesques from The Merry Widow at New Amsterdam Theatre. The judge noted actors' methods are personal and doubted the complainant's title, granting only a final hearing to prove rights.
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Justice Ward
Supreme Court
Henry W. Savage
Gertrude Hoffman
New Amsterdam
Miss Hoffman
Theatrical News and Spring Engagements
Fritz Scheff brings Mlle Modiste to the Academy of Music beginning April 20 to close her season at the old playhouse. Julian Mitchell named general stage director for Follies of 1998 as Mr. Ziegfeld seeks novelty in London Paris and Berlin. Adeline Dunlap sails to London for The College Widow abroad. Arthur Phinney to represent Savage. The Intruder to debut at Tremont Theatre Boston with Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh and Douglas Fairbanks among cast.
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Fritz Scheff
Academy of Music
Modiste
F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Julian Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
London
Paris
Berlin
New York
Adeline Dunlap
Mr. Savage
Arthur Phinney
de Angelis
Carr
Blanche Ring
Toxen Worm
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh
Lillian Kemble
Cecil Kern
Grace Goodall
Julia Stuart
James E. Wilson
Douglas Fairbanks
Rapley Holmes
Staten Island Naval Base Feasibility Discussed by Secretary
Truman H. Newberry Assistant Secretary of the Navy visited New York and toured Staten Island aboard the tug Narkeeta with hydrographic maps. He reportedly considered establishing a naval base as home station for the Atlantic fleet or building a coaling station on Staten Island hills. Admiral Caspar Goodrich has long advocated Staten Island base.
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Truman H. Newberry
New York
Navy Yard
Bernhard
Staten Island
Caspar F. Goodrich
Brooklyn Navy Yard
First Labor Law Award Grants Toner 20000
John Toner, a motorman for the New York City Railway Company, won 20000 for the loss of his left leg after a car behind him crashed into his car in July 1906. The verdict, in FitzGerald's Supreme Court division, sets a precedent under the May legislated railway negligence liability.
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Justice FitzGerald
Supreme Court
John Toner
Toner
New York City Railway Company
Hedda Gabler at the German Theatre
Dr. Baumfeld's stock company presented Ibsen's Hedda Gabler praised for technical acting. Miss Reicher starred as Hedda with Miss Cassini as Frau Elvsted, and Messrs Sauer Mann Burg and Weigert as Tesman Brack and Lohengrin. The play runs only two nights.
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Ibsen
Hedde Gabbler
Dr. Baumfeld
Miss Reicher
Hedda
Miss Cassini
Frau Elvsted
NYU Chancellor MacCracken Guests of King in Copenhagen
Dr Henry Mitchell MacCracken chancellor of New York University was hosted by King Haakon and Queen Maud at a Christiania luncheon. He then departed for England to sail home on the Mauretania. His proposal for an international professor exchange has won cordial reception among Danish Norwegian and Swedish universities and he will seek Scandinavian American backing to fund the project.
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St Leonards
House of
Dashwood
Drury Lowe
Grenadier Guards
Henry Frank Sugden
Bes
Melville
Iowa
New York
Henry Francis Sugden
England
Emma Sugden
George Reid
United States
Lord
Copenhagen
Henry Mitchell MacCracken
New York University
King Haakon
Queen Maud
Christiania
Mauretania
MacCracken
Bargain Hunt as Women Flood Fifth Avenue Hotel Sale
About 1500 women crowded the Fifth Avenue Hotel opening of its furnishing sale with 300 men limited to the hallway. A walnut bureau fetched 450 dollars from a 50 dollar estimate as bidders dwindled and a fire from a cigarette signaled the afternoon crowd.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Mr. Blaine
Fogarty
Gates Wood and Merrill Gates wed at Grace Church Chantry
The Tribune republishes marriage notice: Miss Mary Underhill Wood, daughter of H. Wood, marries Merrill Edwards Gates at Grace Church Chantry on April 7 1988. Rev Huntington officiates. Notices must include full name and address.
Local Death Notices From The Tribune Dated April 1908
Obituaries appear for Saran Moffat Cunningham Ignatius Robb Charles Rodman Erskine M Rodman Ernest Sandoz Elizabeth Sawyer John Schroder Charles St John Joseph Stubbs Robert Tackabook Carl Wuest and related memorial details including residences dates and burial plans in Brooklyn New York Baltimore and Pasadena with mentions of funeral services and interment preferences
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Cunningham
East 36Th St
Saran Moffat
William Cunningham
Jong Moffat
Radley
Ignatius
Emma Muschenheim Radley
Spuyten
New York City
New York Central Railroad
Lexington
Rodman
Erskine Mason Rodman
Grace Church
Plaindeld N
Andoz
Pasadena
Cal
Ernest Sandoz
Princeton
Sawyer
Elizabeth
Willam H. Sawyer
Fitzhove
Brooklyn
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Schroder
John H Schroder
Pulaski St
Greenwood
ST. John
Charles A. St John
Charles A
Sarah L. St John
St Peter's Hospital Chapel
Brooxlyn
Stubbs
Joseph D. Stubbs
JF Stubbs
Deartown
Cazoteconea
Rose Hill
Woodlawn Cemetery Access via Harlem Trains and Carriage
Woodlawn Cemetery is described as easily reachable by Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenues crosstown lines, or by carriage. Lots start at $150. Telephone 4555 Gramercy for Book of Views or press Office at 26 East 22d Street New York City. Undertakers include Rev Stephen Merritt noted as world famous undertaker. Also listed are Sth Ave and 1 St, Chelsea addresses for Chapelm and Frank E Camps.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Crolleys
Gramercy
East 22d
New York City
Stephen Merritt
Chelsea
Uptown Office Opens for File of Aspirant Applications
Special notices announce a newly installed file of applications of selected aspirants for positions of various kinds at the Uptown Office of THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 27th Streets. Office hours are 9am to 6pm.
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No. 1364
Broadway
36Th and
27Th Streets
Tribune Subscription Rates and Postal Details
The Tribune lists domestic and foreign subscription options with various rates by mail and combined weekly, tri weekly, and daily editions. It provides office addresses including Nassau Street and Broadway and mentions foreign bureaus and agent offices in Europe and beyond.
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United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bromz
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
New York City
Sunday Tribune
Europe
Universal Postal Union
the Tribune
Aalmaniac
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Lord ST. Leonards
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Duchesse D'Uzes
Sir Howard Vincent
A. L. Brick
S. C. Ewing
the Weather Report
N.Y. U
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Rockefeller
Gaynor
Harvard
Justice
la Farge
Alhambra
Wilich
Mr. la Farge
Alma-Tadema
Bode
Berlin Museum
B.C
Duke
H. W. Savage
Theatrical News
Naval Base
Newberry
Kills
Lower Bay
German Theatre
DR. Maccracken
Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Robb
Charles Rebb
Rative
New Yorks City
Charles Robb
Anne Amelia Watkins
New Orleans
Wuest
Carl
Busnwick Ave
Woodlawn
Undertakbers
St Chapelm
Frank E. Camps
the New-York~ Tribune
Nassau Street
Wall Street
Willam Street
Rlem Offic
123Th Street
125Th Street
Newark
Offico
Frederick N. Sommer
Bret Stone
Mtague de la Cour
Danes Imm
Ofice
Lucwate E Es Pall Mail
Lathbary de London
Conventeng Place
John Monroe @ Co
John Wanamaker
Regie Bureau
Cambon
Morgan
Harjes & Co
Housemann Credit Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangers Continental
Figaro
Saarbach
Stan Express Company
Scribe No's
Avenue de R
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