YEW HEAD OF THE ARMY
General Sir William Nicholson is appointed chief of the General Staff and virtual commander in chief of the British army. He is praised as a brilliant and capable commander with a career spanning most English campaigns, including Japan and Russia, and is seen as essential as England faces a strained army compared to its navy and other powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood Company
William Nicholson
Geera
Army Council
Germany
Japan
Lord Kitchener
Coral Engineers
India
Lord Curzon
William
Gibraltar
England
South Africa
France
Austria
Russia
Australia Considers New Federal Capital at Dalgetty
As Lord Dudley prepares to assume office as Governor General in July he faces the capital question. The parliament sits at Melbourne while the Governor General resides at Simérer and the plan to shift to a Dalgetty metropolis in New South Wales stalls over exact site and area. The move would mark a historic shift akin to Ottawa or Berlin, though opposition grows among states and Melbourne resists delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lara Poudler
Australia
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Simér
Dalgetty
Iatet
New South Wales
Evéney
Lord Dudley
Washington
United States
Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Berlin
Empire of
Japan
Kyoto
Tokio
Bay of Yedde
Siam
Arabia
Bangkok
Peter the Great
Neva
Ingit St. Petersburg
Moscow
Engagement of Leré Montgomery Ties to Eglinton Family Noted
The report highlights Leré Montgomery a lieutenant of Life Guercise and heir to the Earl of Eglinton who plans to wed Lady Beatrice Daltemple. It traces the Eglinton lineage to the thirteenth earl famed for the Eglinton Medieval Tournament with Prince Louis Bonaparte attending. It notes the family’s vast wealth from UK mineral leases and recalls historic estates and ancestral titles tied to Montgomery, Eglinton, and related houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leré Montgomery
Id Life Guercise
Beatrice Daltemple
Napoleon II
Eglinton
Lord Beaconsfield
Ireland
Eglinte
United Kingdom
Tottenham Court Road
London
Baroness KharGstein
Washington
Earl
Galway
America
Barcleys
Ardrossan
Ae HS
Robert Bruce
Montgomerys
Balled
Chevy Chase
Percy
Hugh Montgomery
Nesao
Hotmbdheo
Eguinten
Bereny
Montgomery
Tegarg
Lord Mont
Marquise de Fontenoy and the Dalrymple Lineage
An analysis of Famery Dalrymple, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess Stair, noting a troubled home life after a 3 year old divorce. It traces her ancestry to the Glen Coe branch, recounts the massacre’s curse and related fates, including a coffin set upright for a Dalrymple at Kirkliston Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stair
Earl of Stair
Glencoe
William III
Magsacre
Campbell of
Glenlyon
Glencoe Earl
Dalrymples
Kirkliston
Dalrymple
Marquise DE Fontenoy
How Policemen Fall At Washington Square Talk
Inspector Miles O Reilly cautioned against judging all police for one act. Health Commissioner Darlington noted arrests for spitting and costs. Street Cleaning chief Crowell promised cleaner streets. Washington Square Association serves 14th to 14th plus Broadway to Seventh, with Fifth Avenue residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles O'Reilly
Washington Square Association
John C. Day
Fifth Avenue
Darlington
Crowell
14Th Street
Washington Square
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Obituary of Rear Admiral G P Balch Retired
Rear Admiral George P B Balch J S N retired died in Raleigh on April 16 after pneumonia. Born January 3 1821 in Tennessee he served in the Mexican War Civil War and later commanded the Pocahontas and the Pawnee. He was superintendent of the Naval Academy from 1878 to 1881 and retired in 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
George PB. Balch
Baltimore
George Beall Balch
Tennessee
Alabama
Alvarado
Vera Cruz
Pocahontas
Pawnee
Stone River
South Carolina
James Island
Washington Navy Yard
Albany
Naval Asylum
Naval Academy
Oatmeal King Ferdinand Schumacher Dies in Akron
Ferdinand Schumacher known as the Oatmeal King of America died at his Akron home aged eighty two. He founded the breakfast food business, retired after selling to the American Eyeal Company now Quaker Oats, and had early roots in Hanover before settling near Cleveland. He helped fund education and charity as a prominent prohibitionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Ferdinand Schumacher
America
Americaneyeal Company
Quaker Oats Company
Hanover
Germany
Cleveland
Schumacher
Mrs Daniel B Fearing Dies in Rome After Illness
Cable from Newport reports the death in Rome of Mrs Daniel B Fearing age forty four. Born Henrietta I Strong of New York, she married twenty two years ago to a Newport mayor and lived here. A Trinity Church member with many accomplishments, her body will be brought home for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bn Telegraph
the Tribune
Newport
Rome
Daniel B. Fearing
Fearing
Henrietta I. Strong
New York
Mr. Fearing
Burial for Captain Charles Gardner Bunker at Nantucket
Retired sea captain Charles Gardner Bunker died at Sailor's Snug Harbor Staten Island on Sunday. His funeral will be held in Nantucket Mass. Born January 28, 1818 in Nantucket he was a descendant of the Bunker Hill owner and Peter Folger. Survived by five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gardner Bunker
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Nantucket
Mass
Bunker
Bunker Hill
Peter Folger
Benjamin Franklin
Obituary notes list several prominent regional deaths
Obituaries note the deaths of r Wood Dailey in Elkins West Virginia a noted attorney for the Western Maryland Railroad Joseph McCall longtime treasurer of Lyons New York aged ninety two Charles Holt Beale newspaper man who died in New York Hospital Dr John Wilson Robie physician and former County Medical Society member Reverend Walter Mitchell a retired Episcopal clergyman who died in Poughkeepsie aged eighty three Mrs Helen M Bradbeer a Maccabees trustee and fraternal insurance figure who died in Port Huron Michigan aged sixty four born in Ontario Canada
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M’call
Lyons
N. Y
Metcall
Masonic
Odd Fellows
New York
John Wilson Robie
R24
College of Physicians and Surgeons
County Medical Society
Park Presbyterian Church
West Fetd Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Charles Holt Beale
New York Hospital
Abner L. Beale
Anita Stanton
Walter Mitchell
Poughkeepsie
Mitchell
The
North American Review
Helen M. Bradbeer
Ladies of the Maccabees
Port Huron
Mich
Ontario
Canada
Transatlantic Travellers Arrive On Multiple Vessels
Passengers arrived yesterday from abroad aboard the Adriatic Lincoln and Eturia. Names listed include Mr and Mrs George Tib M, Mrs Clarence Moore, Mr and Mrs F A Clark, and Miss J M Bell. Also noted are Mr and Mrs FC Graves, Mr Norman Knox, and C Hush. The liners originated from Southampton Hamburg and Liverpool with several other travelers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Southampton
George Tib
Clarence Moore
William General
J.M Bell
F. A. Clark
Paul
Lincoln
Hamburg
FC Graves
Ibert Ball
Charles
Knox Ketta
Harvard President Eliot Warns on Excessive College Sports
The Harvard University board report notes pensions from the Carnegie Foundation improve faculty retention and admission standards. It condemns the exaggeration of violent sports like football and urges limiting intercollegiate contests to two per season to preserve wholesome, lifelong sports and genuine education goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Eliot
Harvard University
Carnegie Foundation
Harvard
Seeere Foundation
Carnegie
Foundation
Appointments Office
Germany
Graduate School of Applied Science
Divinity School
Medical School
Footall
Extra
Baby and carriage blown into lake at Central Park
Eleven month old Margaret Stagg was blown from a perambulator into Conservatory Lake while watching toy boat races with her twelve year old brother Isaiah. Amos Wilson retrieved the child from the water and carried her to shore. Dr. Decker said the baby probably would recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservatory Lake
Central Park
Margaret Stagg
Isaiah
Amos Wilson
West 128Th Street
Decker
Presbyterian Hospital
Annulment Denied Spouse Receives Alimony Fees
Elizabeth Hitchings Stokes wife of Colonel William A Stokes won a pending appeal allowance of zero dollars weekly alimony and fifty dollars counsel fees from Justice Crane in Brooklyn as the annulment denial stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hitchings Stokes
William A. Stokes
Justice Crane
Brooklyn
Stokes
Bequest of 15000 to Greenwood Cemetery in Biden Will
Mary T. Biden's Brooklyn probate filing reveals a will bequeathing 15000 to Greenwood Cemetery and 100 to the Mariners' Family Asylum at Clifton Staten Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary T. Biden
Brooklyn
Greenwood Cemetery
Mariners’ Family Asylum
Clifton
Staten Island
Prominent Arrivals at City Hotels
Virell P. Kitne of Cleveland checks into the Hoffman while J Kerr Branch of Richmond arrives at the HolL Lam. Thomas S Martin of St. Louis visits the Majestic. H H Murdock of Boston checks into the St Regis. John P Hopkins of Chicago arrives at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Virell P. Kitne
Cleveland
Hollam
J. Kerr Branch
Richmond
Majestic
Thomas S Martin
St. Louis
ST. Regis
H. H. Murdock
Boston
Waldorf-Astoria
John P. Hopkins
Chicago
Weather report and forecast from Washington dated April 16
Official Weather Bureau record shows cooler conditions east of the Mississippi with showers in the South and West, and warmer trends in the Northwest. Forecast calls for showers Friday in the South and Midwest regions, generally fair weather in the Northeast and East, with rising temperatures Friday and Saturday in multiple regions. Local districts including the District of Columbia and eastern states expect warmer, partly cloudy conditions over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi River
Kansas
Condo
Wyoming
South Dakota
North Pacific
Northwest
South Atlantic
Nebraska
Missouri
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Weather Bureau
Oratorio Society Revives Bach Passion at Carnegie Hall
The Oratorio Society presented Bach's St Matthew Passion on Maundy Thursday at Carnegie Hall drawing a reverent, sizable audience. The performance featured two choirs, period-style instruments, and elegant solos with strong diction from Beddoe and moving Saviour lines by Evans, under Dr. Frank Damrosch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratorio Society
Carnegie Hall
Frank Damrosch
Christ Church
Kurt Schindler
Beddoe
Evans
Mr. Cunningham
Caroline Hudson
Janet Spencer
Dr. Damrosch
Wagner's Ring Ends at Metropolitan With Siegfried
The final act of Wagner's Ring cycle, Siegfried, reached its curtain at the Metropolitan Opera under Conried, with Mahler conducting. The performance differed only in audience mood, whose serious, expectant atmosphere heightened the singing and baton work. Tomorrow night the cycle concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Conrieds
Metropolitan Opera House
Siegfried
Mahler
Rockefeller Junior Named Vice President of Bible Class
At the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church annual Bible class meeting John D. Rockefeller Jr was elected vice president after a petition by opponents attempted to sway votes. Fifty three ballots were cast with Rockefeller winning unanimously despite rumors of defections and a staged show of goodwill toward his rival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
W. KE. Church
Rockefeller
Church
Hand to Hear Jerome Charges in Metropolitan Rail Probe
Albany April 15 Governor Hughes named Richard L Hand of Elizabethtown Democrat to take testimony on Jerome charges filed by Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders. Hand replaces ex Judge Andrews who resigned after noting the case would be lengthy. Born 1839, Union College graduate, former Elizabethtown editor and leader, Hand has held multiple state and national bar posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Jerome
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Hand
Andrews
Syracuse
Mr. Hand
Union College
Board of Education
New York State Bar Association
American, State
New York City
Academy of Political and Social Science
American Society of International Law
Mrs Carter's Household Goods to Be Sold at Auction
The entire furnishings of Mrs Leslie Carter are to be sold to the highest bidder at the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms starting next Wednesday. Valued at about 20000 dollars, the lot includes antique furniture portraits oil paintings and related items. Miss Norma Munro once a companion of the actress tried to secure the furniture over an alleged debt.
Miss Anna Clinch to be Buried at All Souls Church Today
Miss Anna Catherine Clinch, linked to New York’s old families and sister in law to A T Stewart, will be buried today after a morning funeral at All Souls Church. Born 1812 on Reade Street, she was daughter of Louisa Ireland and Jacob Clinch and the last survivor of sixteen children. Her brother Charles T Clinch served long in the customs service here, and her sisters married prominent figures including A T Stewart and Charles E Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Clinch
Anna Catherine Clinch
New York
A. T. Stewart
All Souls’ Church
Reade Street
Louisa Ireland
Jacob Clinch
Lafayette
Clinch
Charles T. Clinch
Cornelia
Louisa
Charles E. Butler
Butler, Evarts & Southmayd
the Tribune
Widow of Dan Rice Dies in San Antonio
San Antonio April 16 Mrs Marcella Rice widow of the famed circus clown Dan Rice died at Santa Rosa Hospital here today from general debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Marcella Rice
Dan” Rice
Santa Rosa Hospital
National gallery plan backed by Smithsonian leaders in Washington
Smithsonian Institution and White House officials meet with an advisory committee to outline a national gallery of art to house valued government collections. The Freer, Evans, and Johnston collections, valued at about 1.6 million dollars, will be central with a 500 dollar building funded by Mr Freer. The old Smithsonian building will house the political and scientific items while the Museum of Commerce rises nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Institution
White House
Walcott
National Gallery
Edwin H. Blashfield
National Academy of Design
Frederic Crowninshield
Fine Arts Federation
New York
Herbert Adams
National Sculpture Society
Francis D. Miller
William H. Holmes
Board of Regents
The
Smithsonian
Messrs. Miller
Holmes
Mr. Walcott
Charles L. Freer
Freer
Evans
Harriet Lane Johnston
National Museum
Museum
Museum of Commerce
Buffalo Bill Rehearsal Delights New York Spectators
Buffalo Bill Cody appears at an open air dress rehearsal in Bridgeport with spectators from New York. Despite a cold he guides acts, rides a bay mare, then shoots on Donovan the white horse. Show opens at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
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Tribune
Bridgeport
Donovan
Madison Square Garden
Theatrical Producers Win 2 Cent Rail Rate Victory
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers announces a 2-cent party rail rate for Southern states. Savings reach one cent per mile for traveling crews once the Interstate Commerce Commission approves. Seaboard Air Line first adopted the rate, followed by Southern Railway, Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis, and Atlantic Coast Line. Southern to issue tickets on connecting lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard Air Shine
Southern Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Die Grosse Leidenschaft at the German Theatre
Clever comedy presented at Irving Place Theatre borrows from Vienna. Raoul Auernheimer’s play mocks the modern love triangle as a wife seeks passion then returns to her husband. Strong turns by Hofer Cassani Weigert and Marlow heighten the lively dialogue and mistaken pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul Auernheimer
Vienna
Irving Place
Sale of Books Brings 2927 At Fifth Avenue Galleries
The second evening sale from the A. S. Smith and Dr. McGuire collections at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries realized 2927, total now 313. Highest price 115 for eleven volumes of Galerie Napoleon. Martin Beck paid 3106 for forty-two volumes of Voltaire. Dickens forty-eight volumes sold for 3340, Lichtenstein paid 3625 for Les Miserables in five volumes. Marbles set to be sold Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Smith
Dr. McGuire
Fifth Avenue
M46
Galerie
Napoleon
Martin Beck
Dickens
Gol” Lichtenstein
Death notices from the Tribune list multiple obituaries
Died notices republished for April 1908 list Anna Clinch John Crawford Henrie tta Fearing Jane Hunt Mary Lever Metta Peper William Ripley John Robie and George Scofield with funeral details and bereavement notices from New York City Flushing Keyport Rome and Clifton Staten Island.
Obituary notices from Princeton and Brooklyn area
Multiple death notices reported including Caroline Laurens Smith of Princeton New Jersey April 14 1998 daughter of Dirck Semonm and Susan F Smith and widow of Stanhope Smith. Michael Singleton of Brooklyn died at 368 Euclid Ave and Harris King Smith age 62 died April 15 1909 with services at Grace Reformed Church. Hannah Sparks of Chappaqua New York wife of William H Sparks died April 15 1908 with funeral at Woodlawn Cemetery April 18 1908.
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Balomons
Princeton
X. J
Caroline Laurens Smith
Dirck
Seiomonm
St. Eustatius
West Indies
Susan F. Smith
Stanhope Smith
Trinity Church
Ton
Singleton
Alfred J. Sellers
Brooklyn
Michael
Mary C. Singleton
Smith
Harris King Smith
the Wyoming
55Th St
7Th Ave
Grace Reformed Church
Seth St
Chappequa
Hannah
William H. Sparks
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery Access and Services Announcement
The note outlines access to Woodlawn Cemetery via Harlem trains from Grand Central Station and trolleys from Webster and Jerome Avenues with carriage options. It lists headstone costs from 150 dollars, a Sok at Views or representative office at 20 East 233 Street, New York City, and provides undertaker contact Frank F Campbell at 2413 West 2245 Chapelle with private and public ambulances and telephone 1326 Chelsea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Grandese Tral Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 233
New York City
Frank F. Campbell
West
Chapelle
Tei
Chelsea
Special Notices to Employers On Applications For Positions
The Uptown Office of The New York Tribune announces a file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions. Visit 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets from 9 am to 5 pm to consult the records and save time and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uptown
New-York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Tribune Subscription Rates Across Domestic and International
The Tribune lists domestic and foreign subscription options with varied frequencies and prices. Rates apply for daily, tri weekly, weekly farmer, Sunday only, almanac, index, and foreign country mailings. Offices and partner locations are noted in New York and London with many hotel reading-room arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Sim
Tribune Almanac
Tribune Index
New Yorks City
Sunday Tribune
Europe
Universal Postal Union
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Lord Eglinton
Inspector Miles O'Reilly
G. B. Balch
R. Wood Dailey
Western Maryland Railroad
Elkins
W. Va
Etnuria
Ralph Brand Mire
Wilson
Crom
Liverpool
K Murray
Robert Orn
W. A. Stokes
the Weather Report
Wagner's
Tetralogy
MR. Rockefeller
National Art Gallery
Old Smithsonian Institution
Buffalo Bill
Tri-Weekly
St. George's Church
Flushing
Peper
Metta
John Peper
Lafayette Ave
Ripley
Rahway
N. J
William B Hipley
William A. Pendleton
New Brunswick
Poy Robie
Suddenit
Séth St
Amsterdam Ave
Ilam
Manchester
Scofield
George Starr Scofield
Julia Heyer
Townsend Scofield
Woodlawn
Undertakers
Nassau Street
Walt Stree Ice
William Street
East
125Th
125Th Street
Tasch
Frederick Sommer
Newark
Frederick N. Aunnicax
Rhoad
Beeston
Strand
American Express Company
Haymark
Thomas Cook & Sor
Brown Shipley & Co
Pall Mall
Brothers
Lothbury
Paris
John Monroe& Co
Serfice John Wanamaker
Omer
Florence
Lemon Co
Nom Dandé Tornabuert
Vie Maquay & Co
Milan
Saarbach
Viale Montferre
Isa
American Express
Nandstrasse
Anthatinn Mle Mayence
Saarbech
Hotel Victoria
Savoy Hotel
the Laugh Hotel
Carlton Hotel
Claridge’s Hotel
Leeds
Midland
Bradford
Wellington
Tunbridge Wells
Milard
Morecambe Bay
Derby
Holler’'s
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Scotland
Budapest
Lucerne
Vevey
Italy
Venice
G P Vieusseux
Nice
Cannes
Plorence
Genoa
Hotel de Londres
Naples
Hotel Reval Daniel
Sarr
San Remo
Hotel de l'Hermitage
Monte Carlo
Egypt
Cairo
Mbarteum
Soudan
ALL Souls
Unitarian
Thomas R. Slicer
Madison Square
Presbyterian
Madison Ave
H Parkhurst
D. D
George R. Montgomery
ST. Bartholomew's Church
46Th St
Leighton Parks
N. Ussher
P. m
W. Wood
Stuyvesant Square
Hugh Birckhead
Middle Collegiate Church
Ave
EDWARD B_ COE
Marble Collegiate Church
Sth
David Jas Burrell
D. Will
ST. Nicholas
St. Ave
Abbott E. Kittredge, DD
Jesus Christ
West End Collegiate Church
West End Ave
77Th St. Govd
Henry Evertson Cobe
Trinity Chapel
W. H. Wibbert
Ania Co
Dr. Manning
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