Letters of Sir James Graham 1782 1861 Portrait of a reformer
Literary News review of Charles Stuarthorn’s two volume edition of James Graham’s letters. The text notes Graham’s key roles in the Reform Act of 1832, trade liberalization with Peel, the Corn Laws repeal, and his integrity in public service. It assesses his influence on the Admiralty reform and the governing class, while praising editor Sir Charles Stuart Parker's deep but niche scholarship.
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Netherby
Charles Stuarthorn
E. P. Dutton & Co
England
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Peel
Netherbrrn
Sir James Graham
Earl Grey
Uhy
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Torr
House of Commons
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Palmerston
Washington
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Cumberland
Bright
Raham
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House of
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Russell
Scotland
Presby
Nore
Ling
Free Church
John Knox
Sir Gary
ANC
Ireland
Admiralty Department
Admiralty
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Robert Peel
William IV
Queen Victoria
Durham
Gladstone
Grey
Derby
Melbourne
Paris Art Theorist Anquetin Leads Old Masters Revival
In Paris on April 20 the article reviews Louis Anquetin as leader of a new movement reviving ancient painting techniques. It explains his critique of Impressionism and the modern official school, contrasts Masked methods with the old masters, and details his theory of painting as a decomposition of paste with transparent layers rather than one-stroke execution.
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Paris
Louis Anquetin
Société Des Beaux Arts
France
Aione
Lefebvre
Bougueresu
Detaille
Besnard
Jacques Blanche
Thaulon
Raffaelli
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Anquetin
Tupens
Franz Hals
Goya
Velasquez
Ion
David
Louis XVI
Fragonarcs
Bouchers
Watteaus
Paters
Ingres
Mme. Récamier
Manet
Bonnat
du Coup
Maneét
Dessons
Lawrence
Red Cross Joins War on Tuberculosis Campaign
Taft announced the American National Red Cross will participate in tuberculosis prevention. Mrs. Russell Sage contributed 5 dollars to start the effort, with plans for co operation among allied bodies and local Red Cross day camps for consumptives. Taft urged a large emergency fund and noted a Christmas stamp sale to aid tuberculosis work. President Roosevelt sent greetings to the New York State branch.
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Red Cross
Russell Sage
Taft
American National Red Cross
Waldorf
New York State
William Cary Sanger
United States
London
Mr. Taft
President Roosevelt
McKim Mead & White Win City Office Building Design
Winning design for a municipal office building bounded by Park Row and nearby streets costs seven million dollars. McKim Mead & White’s 23 story French Renaissance plan saves rental costs, with space for ten growth floors and potential Supreme Court room. Jury members Kimball Boring and Day recommended the plan to Mayor McClellan and Chief Engineer Ingersoll. Exhibition of about a dozen designs to follow in two to three days.
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Tryon Row
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Duane Street
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Boring
Day
Ingersoll
Bridge Department
Seaman
Public Service Commission
Police
Fire and Health
Hall of Records
Supreme Court
Union Square
McClellan
Metz
Taft The Bridegroom and Navy Propulsion Debate
Army and Navy news recounts Navy Secretary urged legislation to allow any propulsion method in ships, not limited to steam, with orders moving officers to new posts and ship movements across bases. Judge Norman S. Dike comments on presidential candidates at Women’s Republican luncheon, noting a bridegroom question and socialist concerns voiced by women leaders.
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Washington
NAVY
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Secretary of the Navy
Board of Construction
G. A. Converse
Engineer
Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau of
Normans. Dike
Brooklyn
Republican Party
United States
Woman’s Republican Association
New York
Delmonico’s
Cornelia Stewart Robinson
Frederick Church
Fritzi Scheff seeks absolute divorce in Supreme Court
Fritzi Scheff, stage name of Friedericke von Bardeleben, through counsel Nathan Burkan, asks Justice McCall to confirm Wise’s referee ruling granting an absolute divorce from Frederick von Bardeleben. Decision reserved. Also reports Plaza Trust Company of New York to open at Hotel Plaza with $1,000,000 capital, operating day and night, led by William C. Farnsworth as president and officers including J B Large, D M Minzesheimer, E K Wheeler, G M Minzesheimer, and Mark Potter, to commence May 1, with offices on the hotel ground floor.
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Friedericke Anna von Bardeleben
Fritzi Scheff
Nathan Burkan
Justice McCall
Supreme Court
Edmond E. Wise
Frederick Wilhelm Gustave Carl von Bardeleben
Plaza
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Plaza Trust Company of
New York
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Harrisburg
J. B. Large
David M. Minzesheimer
E. K. Wheeler
G. M. Minzesheimer
Mark Potter
Sth Street
Massachusetts
General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Waldorf- Astoria
D. Phoenix Ingraham
Alice M. Granger
Granger
Bay State
Ingraham
Northfield Hosts Second Women's Home Mission Conference
The East division meets July 1 to 2 in Northfield Massachusetts with Bible study led by Rev J Holden and talks by missionaries including Mrs Alfred Page Miss Lydia A Hays Mrs May Leonard Woodruff and Prof Edward A Steiner. Evening vesper hours and Round Top events are planned with rail rates arranged for attendees. Committee led by Mrs George W Coleman and secretary Mrs James L Hill invites all interested in home missions.
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St. Paul's
Portman Square
London
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Lydia A. Hays
Alza
May Leonard Woodruff
Porto Rico
Edward A. Steiner
George W. Coleman
West Brookline Street
Boston
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Lafayette Street
Salem
Wealth and wealth limits spark at political study society
At the Hotel Astor a Society for Political Study meeting debated wealth use and limits. Emma Beckwith urged curbing inherited fortunes and stopping foreign title trading while critics questioned socialist labels and warned of an impending economic divide.
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Society For Political Study
Hotel Astor
Emma Beckwith
Beckwith
Seimas
Italy
Europe
Elizabeth Chambers
Rose
Sallie M. Cory
Lessons for Drivers Aims to Improve Work Horse Care
Enthusiastic women in the Auxiliary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals organize a driver education program linked to the May 3 horse parade. Miss E M Clark heads seven boys clubs to teach humane treatment of animals with lectures in clubhouses. A wooden horse model and moving pictures will show proper harnessing and riding methods to elevate work animal conditions and breed quality. Colonial Dames Exhibit Eighteenth Century Body Plates at Van Cortlandt House in Van Cortlandt Park runs through June 1 with a 5 cent Thursday entry fee.
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Madisonm Avenue
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Thomas McCarthy
McCarthy
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New York
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van Cortlandt Park
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