Nicholson as Virtual Chief of British Army Seen as Brilliant Leader
General Sir William Nicholson, recently named chief of the General Staff, is praised as a brilliant organizer and likely commander in chief. The piece highlights his roles in campaigns, ties to Japan and Oyama, and questions about funding and morale amid Britain’s wartime fatigue.
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Brentwood Company
William Nicholson
Army Council
Germany
Japan
Lord Kitchener
Lester
India
Lord Curgon
William
Fortress of
Gibraltar
Wittem
Angé
England
South Africa
Inaw
Euch
France
Austria
Russia
Dalgetty as Australia's Capital Hopes Stir Debate
Dudley arrives to assume Governor Generalship in July and faces the fight over Australia's capital. Melbourne serves as seat and Dalgetty in New South Wales is the proposed site, with no agreement on the area or timing despite federal acts. Proposals compare to Ottawa Berlin and St Petersburg capital shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaré Dudley
Australia
Commonwealth
Melbourne
Siner
Trabeetty
Dalcettry
New South Wales
Dalgetty
Lord Dudley
Washington
United States
Ottawa
Dominion of
Canada
Berlin
Empire of
Japan
Kyoto
Tokio
Bay of Yedde
Siam
Avynthia
Bangkok
Peter the Great
Neva
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Announcement of Engagement of Lee Montgomery to Lacy Beatrice Dal Temple
Lee Montgomery heir to the fifteenth Earl of Eglinton announces his engagement to Lacy Beatrice Dal Temple. The piece traces the Eglinton lineage, the famed Eglinton Medieval Tournament, and the family's grand estates and historical holdings, noting Lord Eglinton’s wealth, jewel auctions, and ties to several noble houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Montgomery
Guerns
Lacy Beatrice Dal- Temple
Earl of
France
Napoleon II
Eglinton
Reneth
Bearonsfield
Ireland
United Kingdom
Boners
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Seton
Seton
Montgomery
John Blundell Maple
Star
Tottenham Court Road
London
Aeronexs Ickhargstein
Washington
Galway
America
Lord Eglintons
Eeglesiam
Eglintons
Barcleys
Ardrossan
Robert Bruce
Montgomerys
Chevy Chase
Oni
Percy
Zeglinton
Hugh Montgomery
Ren Bray
Mont- Poisen
Eldest Daughter of the Stair Title and Tragic Dalrymple Plant
The piece profiles the Earl and Countess Stair’s eldest daughter amid a troubled home life and a contested divorce. It links her lineage to the Glencoe line, recounts the Massacre’s curse on Glen Coe, and notes a sealed tomb upright for the Dalrymple clan at Kirkliston Church, ending with MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stair
Earl of Stair
Glencoe
William III
Campbell of
Glenlyon
Dalrymples
Kirkliston
Dalrymple
Marquise DE Fontenoy
How Policemen Fall
Inspector Miles O Reilly urged public support for police during a Washington Square Association talk at Mrs John C Day s home. He warned about temptations faced by officers and asked residents to help keep standards while Health Commissioner Darlington noted arrests for spitting and costs. Crowell spoke of cleaner streets and the Washington Square Association aims to improve living conditions from W 4th Street to South Washington Square and Broadway to Seventh Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles O'Reilly
Washington Square Association
John C. Day
Fifth Avenue
Darlington
Crowell
W4th Street
Washington Square
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Washington Sauvare
Obituary of Rear Admiral George B Balch J S N retired
Raleigh April 16 Rear Admiral George P B Balch J S N (retired) died tonight in Raleigh after coming from Baltimore for health. Born January 3, 1821 in Tennessee he served in the Mexican War and Civil War commanding the Pocahontas and the Pawnee. He later led the Albany and was Naval Academy superintendent 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, the Oatmeal King of America, founder of a breakfast food business, died at his Akron home at age 82 after retiring years earlier. An immigrant from Hanover he built a thriving oatmeal operation in Cleveland and Akron, later selling to what became Quaker Oats. He supported education and charitable causes and was known as an original prohibitionist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Ferdinand Schumacher
America
Iie
American Jeveal Company
Quaker Oats Company
Hanover
Germany
Cleveland
Schumacher
Mrs. Henrietta Strong Fearing Dies in Rome
Mrs Henrietta Strong Fearing aged 44 died in Rome after a period of illness following a Newport stay. The widow of Daniel B Fearing who once served as Newport mayor she was a Trinity Church member noted for many accomplishments. The body will be brought to Newport for burial.
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Tribune
Newport
Rome
Daniel B. Fearing
Fearing
Henrietta I. Strong
New York
Mr. Fearing
Burial of Captain Charles Gardner Bunker at Nantucket
Captain Charles Gardner Bunker retired sea captain died at Sailor's Snug Harbor Staten Island on Sunday and will be buried in Nantucket Massachusetts. He retired fourteen years ago and lived at the Harbor until his death. He was born Nantucket January 24. He was a descendant of the owner of Bunker Hill and Peter Folger. He leaves five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gardner Bunker
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Staten Island
Nantucket
Mase
Bunker
Isis
Bunker Hill
Peter Folger
Benjamin Franklin
Obituary notices of several prominent figures from across the U S
Obituaries report the deaths of Wood Dailey a Western Maryland Railroad attorney in Elkins West Virginia Joseph McCall longtime Lyons North Carolina treasurer at age ninety two Dr John Wilson Robie 71 in New York City Charles Holt Beale newspaper man in New York Hospital Rev Walter Mitchell longtime Episcopal clergyman in Poughkeepsie New York and Mrs Helen M Bradbeer a Maccabees trustee from Port Huron Michigan born in Ontario Canada and connected to fraternal insurance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M’call
Lyons
N. C
Metall
Masonite
Odd Fellows
New York
John Wilson Robie
West 2d Street
College of Physicians and Surgeons
County Medical Society
Park Presbyterian Church
West Feth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Charles Holt Beale
New York Hospital
Abner I. Beale
Anita Stanton
Walter Mitchell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mitchell
the North American Review
Helen M. Bradbeer
The
Ladies of the Maccabees
Port Huron
Mich
Ontario
Canada
Transatlantic Travellers Arrivals Listed By Ships
Passengers arriving yesterday from abroad are listed by ship including the Adriatic from Southampton with Mr and Mrs George Tib and others. the Lincon from Hamburg with Mr and Mrs Ro Graves. the Etruria from Liverpool with Ralph Brand and Mrs Wilton. and additional names such as Mr and Mrs Clarence Lanesee le Maore and Carl Albert Rallin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Southampton
George Tib
Clarence
Lanesee le Maore
J.masras
F. A. Marke
J Rexel Paul
Lincoln
Hamburg
PRI
Ana
RO Graves
Carl Albert Rallin
Charles MH
Harvard Overseers Report Urges Modest College Sports Reform
Harvard President Charles Elliot cautions against extravagant college athletics in his annual report. He praises Carnegie pensions for faculty, notes reforms to admissions and scholarships, and argues football and other violent sports weaken long term development. He advocates limiting intercollegiate contests and emphasizes rowing as the best funded sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appointments Office
Germany
Graduate School of Applied Science
Divinity School
Ellet
Harvard
Extra
Baby and carriage blow into Central Park lake
Eleven month old Margaret Stagg was blown into Conservatory Lake in Central Park while alone in a perambulator. Her twelve year old brother Isaiah watched toy boat races. Amos Wilson pulled the child from the water and a doctor said she would likely recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservatory Lake
Central Park
Margaret Stagg
Isaiah
Amos Wilson
West 125Th Street
Decker
Presbyterian Hospital
Alimony Granted to Mrs. W. A. Stokes in Brooklyn Case
Elizabeth Hitchings Stokes wife of Colonel William A. Stokes received a work alimony and counsel fees from Justice Crane in Brooklyn while awaiting appeal after his marriage annulment denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hitchings Stokes
William A. Stokes
Justice Crane
Brooklyn
Stokes
Bequest In Will Of Mary T. Biden Totals 15000 To Greenwood Cemetery
In the Brooklyn probate filing of Mary T. Biden a bequest of 15000 is given to Greenwood Cemetery and another of 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 Prestigious Hotels
Prominent arrivals listed include P. Kitne from Cleveland at the Hoffman, J Kerr Branch from Richmond at Hol land, Thomas S Martin from St. Louis at the Majestic, H H Murdock from Boston at the St. Regis, and John P Hopkins from Chicago at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman—Virgell P. Kitne
Cleveland
Holland
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 for National Districts
Official record notes cool clear conditions in the north and unsettled showers in the south and west. Forecast calls for more showers Friday in the south and Friday night into Saturday in the upper Midwest and west gulf region with warmer periods in the central valleys and New England. Local DC Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania forecast fair and warmer with light easterly winds.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Kansas
Aia
Wyoming
South Dakota
North Pacific
Northwest
South Atlantic
Nebraska
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Hic
Upper Lake Region
Proba
West Gulf States
Gulf States
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Lake Region
Atlantic States
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Oratorio Society Revives St. Matthew Passion at Carnegie Hall
The Oratorio Society presented Bach's St. Matthew Passion on Maundy Thursday at Carnegie Hall to a reverent audience. The performance featured two choral groups, period-style orchestration, harpsichord accompaniment, and strong solo work by Mr. Evans, Miss Hudson, and Miss Spencer under Dr. Frank Damrosch.
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Oratorio Society
Carnegie Hall
Frank Damrosch
Christ Churen
Bach
Kurt Schindler
Bleddoe
Evans
Mr. Cunningham
Caroline Hudson
Janet Spencer
Dr. Damrosch
Wagner's Ring finishes with Siegfried at the Met
The Metropolitan Opera House closes Mr. Conried era as Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen reaches Siegfried. Mahler conducts a season finale marked by audience expectancy, contributing to a moving and eloquent performance. The cycle concludes tomorrow evening.
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Wagner
Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Siegfried
Mahler
Rockefeller Named Vice President of Bible Class
At the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church annual Bible class meeting John D. Rockefeller Jr was elected vice president. Fifty three votes were cast all ballots numbered and the election was announced unanimous despite signs of a bid to sway votes for rival W K E Church. A Church supporter reportedly urged members to vote for Church as a goodwill gesture but Rockefeller won decisively.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
W. K E. Church
Rockefeller
Church
Hand to Hear Jerome Charges In Metropolitan Railway Case
Governor Hughes names Richard L. Hand of Elizabethtown a commissioner to take testimony on the Jerome charges filed by a Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders committee. Hand succeeds ex Judge Andrews who resigned citing long duration. Hand born 1839, Union College graduate 1858, former editor and local official with extensive state legal credentials.
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Tribune
Albany
Hughes
Richard L. Hand
Elizabethtown
Jerome
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Mr. Hand
Andrews
Syracuse
Union College
Board of Education
Hand
New York State Bar Association
American, State
New York City
Academy of Political and Social Science
American Society of International Law
Mrs Carter’s Goods to Be Sold at Auction
The entire household furnishings of Mrs Leslie Carter are to be sold to the highest bidder at the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms beginning next Wednesday. Valued at $0,000, the effects include antique furniture portraits oil paintings and faces. Miss Norma Munro once a companion of the actress attempted to secure the furniture for an alleged debt.
Miss Anna Catherine Clinch Funeral Today
Miss Anna Catherine Clinch dies at an old New York family, sister in law of A. T. Stewart. Burial today at All Souls Church follows a life begun in 1812 on Reade Street. She was last survivor of sixteen children, connected to prominent locals including Charles T. Clinch and the Butler Evarts firm.
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Miss Clinch
Anna Catherine Clinch
New York
A. T. Stewart
All Souls’ Church
Reade Street
Louisa Ireland
Jacob Clinch
Lafayette
Clinch
Iies Clinch
Charles T. Clinch
Cornelia
Louisa
Charles E. Butler
Butler, Evarts & Southmaryh
the Tribune
Widow of Dan Rice Dies in San Antonio Hospital
Mrs Marcella Rice widow of the famed circus clown Dan Rice died at Santa Rosa Hospital San Antonio today after a period of general debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Marcella Rice
Dan” Rice
Santa Rosa Hospital
National Gallery Plan Grows at White House Conference
Smithsonian officials and a new advisory committee outlined a program to establish a national gallery of art in Washington. The Freer collection valued at $500,000 will be housed in a new building, with Evans and Johnston holdings and others relocated as the old Smithsonian becomes the Museum of Commerce.
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 I. Freer
Freer
Evans
Harriet Lane Johnston
National Museum
Museum
Museum of Commerce
Buffalo Bill Rehearsal Delights Crowd in Open Air Show
Buffalo Bill impressed spectators in an outdoor dress rehearsal here with Colonel Cody directing acts and riding a bay mare before mounting his white horse Donovan for a shooting exhibition. The show is set to open at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Bridgeport. Conn
Buffalo Bill
New York
Colonel Cody
Donovan
Madison Square Garden
Theaters Win Two Cent Railroad Party Rate
A statement from the National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers confirms a two cent party rate for theatrical producers across most Southern states. The saving is one cent per mile for travelers once the Interstate Commerce Commission is notified. Railroads including Seaboard Air Line Southern Railway Nashville Chattanooga St Louis and Atlantic Coast Line agreed to implement the rate, boosting cross region travel for productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Clever Comedy at German Theatre Irving Place
A witty production titled Die Grosse Leidenschaft from Raoul Auernheimer was staged at the German Theatre after touring from Vienna. It lampoons modern marriage by showing a wife drawn to a painter while the husband fosters his visits, the passion fading as the painter truly falls for the step niece. Performances by Miss Hofer Miss Cassani Mr. Weigert and Mr. Marlow were praised. the reviewer noted the dialogue as sparkling and the company as strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raoul Auernheimer
Vienna
Irving Place Theatre
Sale of Books Brings $2 927 at Fifth Avenue Galleries
From the second evening’s sale of books from the collections of A. J. Smith and Dr. McGuire at No 46 Fifth Avenue last night $2 97 was realized raising the total to date to $313 The top price was $115 for eleven volumes of Galerie Napoleon Martin Beck paid $105 for forty two volumes of Voltaire Dickens in forty eight volumes brought $35 40 and gel Lichtenstein paid $62 5 for Les Miserables in five volumes All marbles will be sold on Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. 8. Smith
Dr. McGuire
Fifth Avenue
Napoleon
Martin Beck
Dickens
Gel Lichtenstein
Death notices from The Tribune republication list
Obituary items listing several individuals with dates and locations for funeral services across 1905 to 1908. Names include Anna Catherine Clinch, Charles Voorhees Crawford, Henrietta Strong Fearing, Jane A Howe Hunt, Mary Eliza Lever, Metta Peper, William B Hipley, John Wilson Robie, George Starr Scofield among others with birth and death details and service times in New York area and New Jersey locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hunt
Katonah
N. Y
Grand Central Depot
Lexington Terminal
Flushing
Mary Eliza
J. Howart
St. George's Church
Peper
Metta
John Peper
Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn
Robie
West 2d St
John Wilson Robie
Park
Presbyterian Church
Léth At
Amsterdam
Manchester
Clifton
Staten Island
George Starr Scofield
Julia Heyer Scofield
Bcofeld
Tribune Subscriptions and Overseas Postal Rates
The Tribune details domestic and foreign subscription options, pricing for daily and weekly editions, and overseas mail arrangements. It lists numerous office addresses and partner locations in major cities and travel hubs for subscription and advertising access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Obituary notices and burial details from a New York area page
Deaths listed for Salomons Smith Singleton Smith Harris Smith Sparks with service details at Trinity and Grace Reformed Church. Cemeteries noted as Woodlawn with transport options and viewbooks. Local undertakers Frank Campbell private chapels and ambulances are listed.
Desirable help wanted at Uptown Tribune office
The New York Tribune announces a file of applications for various positions is available for consultation at the Uptown Office located at 1344 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm.
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Uptown
New-York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
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Lord Eglinton
Inspector Miles O'Reilly
G. B. Balch
Wood Dailey
Western Maryland Railroad
Elkins
W. Va
Etruria
Ralph Brand
Mrs. Wilton
Liverpool
KK Murray
Robert Orn
Eliot
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Carnegie Foundation
Carnegie
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W. A. Stokes
the Weather Report
Weather Bureau
Iast
Wagner’s Tetralogy
MR. Rockefeller
National Art Gallery
Old Smithsonian Institution
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Tri-Weekly
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Spever Brothers
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John Wanamaker
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Scribe
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Daily End Sunday Tribune
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Hollier’s Hotel
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Dirck @ Selemons
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Stanhope Smith
Trinity Church
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Singleton
Alfred J. Sellers
Michael
Mary
Smith
Harris King Smith
Wyomings
Sith St
7Th Ave
Grace Reformed Charen
Sparks
Chappaqua
Hannah
William Ft Sparks
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn
Cemete
Harlem
Grand Cametral
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New Yorke Cty
Undertakers
Frank FE. Campbell
Helsen
Thomas R. Slicer
Madison —— Presbyterian Church
Adison Ave
Parkhurst
D. P
George R. Montgomery
Bartholomews Church
Madison Ave
46Th St
Leighton Parks
D. D
N. Ussher
W. Wood
ST George's Church
Stuyvesant Square
Hugh Birckhead
Middle Collegiate Church
Edward B. Coe
Marble Collegiate Church
6Th Ave
David Jas. Burrell
End Collegiate Church
Weer End Ave
Tith St Gowet
Henry Evertson Cobe D
Trinity Chapel
West 25Th ST. Tee
Hi. Viebert
Tom
de. Manning
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