Eucharistic Congresses Dominate The Times Desk
London notes a flood of congresses as religious life and church reports fill the press. The Lambeth Conference, Papal legate presentations, and a Westminster Cathedral Eucharistic gathering highlight efforts to promote daily communion among clergy and laity.
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London
Aug. S
Robert W. Chapin
Windsor
the Times
D. Campbell Morgan
Westminster Chapel
Cardinal Pole
Booth
Waterloo Station
Salvation Army
South Africa
Doane
Tribune
United States
St. Augustine
Canterbury
Westminster Cathedral
England
Vincenzo Vannutelli
Bomb in Barcelona Wounds Three After Rull Execution
After Jean Rull was secretly executed, a bomb exploded on a harbor ferryboat in Barcelona injuring three. Rull and associates were blamed for prior anarchist outrages and attempts on monarchs in Madrid and Paris, with several deaths tied to his bombings.
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Barcelona
Jean Rull
Bull
Alfonso
Madrid
Paris
Spain
Zeppelin Explains Accident and Blames Defects
Count Zeppelin issues a formal explanation absolving mechanics of blame. He cites motor defects and inexperience in steering as causes of the failed endurance trip from Lake Constance to Mainz ending at Echterdingen. A zeppelin nephew cites atmospheric electricity of up to 100000 volts as a possible factor in the explosion.
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Friedrichshafen
Aug
Count Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Mainz
Echterdingen
Emperor William gives funds for Zeppelin airship project
Berlin reports Emperor William donated 2,5900 to Count Zeppelin’s airship fund and met Herr Rathenau to discuss the Zeppelin catastrophe and balloon anchoring ideas. The Kaiser noted plans from his Norway journey and urged Zeppelins’ advancement amid imperial public support. Also from St. Petersburg: the Red publishes death sentences in Russia through July 1, totaling 575 with monthly breakdowns and likely murder or robbery related crimes.
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Berlin
William
Count Zeppelin
Thiergarten
Herr Rathenau
General Electric Company
Geepry
Norway
Corol Zeppelin
St. Petersburg
Emery
Hidden Chinese aboard Allan Line steamer Mong Juan discovered
Three Chinese men were found in the forecastle of the Allan Line steamer Mong Juan on the way from Liverpool and Glasgow via St John s. They claimed to have boarded at this port but customs officials believe they joined at St John s and tried to evade the ad valorem head tax.
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Wislifox
Allan Line
Liverpoo
Glasgow
St. John's
Philadelphia
St. John’s
Dey
Cowes Season Ends as Royals Sail to Marienbad and Scotland Sees Fire Losses
London reports the Cowes season closes with royalty departing for Marienbad via Cronberg and Ischl while the King recuperates. The Queen plans Simoral next week and the Prince of Wales pursues shooting trips, joined soon by the Princess. In Scotland a blue book on grouse disease notes a single disease and urges moor burning to renew heather. Shooting faces fewer Americans, rising luxury, and recent mansions burned amid new heating risks.
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London
Marienbad
Cronberg
Ischl
Prince of Wales
Scotland
Yorkshire
Cardinal Gibbons Visits Pope After Illness in Rome
Cardinal Gibbons, recovering from illness, sees Pope Pius X in the Vatican. The Pope approves the mission the Cardinal supports and promises a rescript. Gibbons also presents St. Maria in Trastevere canons and plans next week in Orvieto and a Rome-Switzerland visit.
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Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Vatican
A. P. Doyle
Apostolic Mission House
Washington
Father Doyle
Basilica of
St. Maria
Trastevere
Monsignor O'Connell
Pr. O'Connell
St. Maria‘s
Pope Pius
Sistine Chapel
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Pius
Garr
Orvieto
Perugia
Pope
Switzerland
Pope's Jubilee Message Urges Clergy to Lead Holy Life
In Rome on August 8 the Pope issued a document for his priesthood jubilee addressed to all clergy. He exhorts ecclesiastics to be examples of holiness and moral conduct to others.
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Rome
Constitution Praised At Franco-British Exhibition Congress
London august discussion at the Constitution Congress finished with debate on the United States Constitution. Albert Venn Dicey called the American system a melancholy paradox comparing U S governance to Europe. Yves Guyot praised the U S structure for democracy and restraint despite rigidity.
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London
Constitution Congress
United States
Albert Venn Dicey
Oxford
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Washington
Professor Dicey
Congress
England
Dicey
Supreme Court
Yves Guyot
America
Japan May Kill Race Betting
Tokyo government probes race meeting betting to safeguard social order and may ban it under the penal code. Baron Kowra the agriculture minister opposed betting while Viscount Sone, head of the house breeding office, urged prohibition and condemned pari mutuel gambling.
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Tokio
Baron Kowra
Agriculture and Commerce
Viscount Sone
House Breeding Office
Cores
London Experts Prepare Currency Debate As Delegation Arrives
A U S monetary commission travels to London to discuss currency reform with officials and bankers at Dorchester House. Key figures include Senators Aldrich Hale Bailey and Representatives Vreeland Burton Padgett, plus the Bank of England leadership and Sir Robert Peel era policies cited as guiding anchors.
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Tribune
The
Tribune Association
London
Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Hale and Bailey
Vreeland
Burton
Padgett
Dorchester House
Balfour
Lord Rothschild
Bank of England
George Murray
Robert Peel
American Commission
Tariffs and trusts debate in free trade congress
A Paris dispatch reports American figures at the Free Trade Congress in London debating tariffs and trusts with vigorous prose set to influence election campaigns. The piece notes English tariff reform pressure, a major railway merger, and Hobson warning foreigners’ political roles as the Congress ends at Heyshott Cobden's birthplace.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
Free Trade
Franklin Pierce
Professor Sumner
L. P. Ehrich
Louis F. Post
Herbert Miles
Free Trade Congress
T. A. Hobson
England
Congress
Pierce
Heyshott
Cobden
Fisher Unwin
Linrs
Booth Heads to Capetown on South African Tour
General William Booth commander of the Salvation Army sails from England for Capetown on a three months tour of South Africa. At almost eighty he plans a strenuous itinerary, reaching remote areas by long bullock wagon journeys. In Rhodesia he hopes to settle Salvationists on a large scale.
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London
William Booth
Salvation Army
England
Cap.Town
South Africa
Pioneer Times
Rhodesia
Prussia to Send Teachers Here Under Exchange Plan
Berlin reports the Prussian Ministry of Education will send a school principal and six teachers to the United States under the exchange plan with the Carnegie Institute. The six will serve in New York Boston Chicago New Haven Worcester and Exeter. Twelve American teachers will go to Germany with postings not yet set.
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Berlin
Ministry of Education
Carnegie Institute
United States
New York
Boston
Chicago
New Haven
Worcester
Exeter
Germany
AID FOR DUTCH COLONISTS PUBLIC WORKS FUNDING
Willemstad reports the colonial government will spend 3000 dollars on public works to aid unemployed citizens after trade suspensions between Curacao and Venezuela. Mara caibo residents reacted indifferently to a July 2 boycott of a Venezuelan schooner. A Venezuelan vessel bound for Puerto Cabello found it hard to sail past Curacao due to a strong current. authorities supplied provisions and water before it resumed its voyage.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Maracaibo
Coro
Puerto Cabello
Cholera Climb in Volga Region With New Saratov Toll
The cholera outbreak in the Volga region remains steady though not alarming. Chief centers are Astrakhan and Saratov province with Saratov and Tsaritsyn heavily affected. Official reports today show twenty nine new cases and twenty deaths in Saratov province, plus two cases in Samara and two in Kazan.
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St. Petersburg
Volga
Astrakhan
Saratov
Tsaritsyn
Samara
Kazan
Arion Choral Society Sails for Brooklyn Return
The Arion Choral Society of Brooklyn completes its German tour and sails home this morning aboard the steamer Bremen from Bremen.
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Brooklyn Arions
Bremen
Arion Choral Society of
Brooklyn
Germany
Tolstoy Falls Ill After River Bath
Tolstoy becomes indisposed after bathing in a river. The long walk preceded the bath and caused enlarged veins in his foot. He endures pain but improves enough to sit up. physician orders bed rest and foot iced for treatment.
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Tolstoy
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy
Americans in Paris and Aix les Bains in 1908 social circuit
The 1908 Paris scene lists Americans such as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Mrs Lodge with friends visiting Ambassador Henry White and touring nearby estates. Others include Henry Adams W K Vanderbilt Jr and families, James Denny Lawrence Godkin and many more. Isadora Duncan sails to New York aboard the St Louis.
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Tribune
The
Tribune Association
Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
England
Holland
Ambassador
Henry White
Chevreuse Valley
Slater
Lodge
Henry Adams
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Frederick Vanderbilt
James Denny
Lawrence Godkin
J. C. van Cleaf
Nelson C. Taylor
Herbert Gleason
G. E. Warren
George C. Clark
John Sanderson
Rob. V. Hoppin
Albert Gallatin
Francis Blake
Julia Blaisdell
L. Townsend
Gerald Redmond
Switzerland
P. Prentice
H. Porter, Jr
Touraine
Professor Fenollosa
Munich
Aix-les-Bains
James J. van Alen
James Willard
Elizabeth Hopkins
John C. Gray
Lawrence Green
B. B. Kirkland
Henry Kershaw
David Oppenheim
Griswold Gray
Burden
William Gooch
Isadora Duncan
Victor Hugo
St. Louis
New York
Russia and Britain back Macedonian reform plan
The Foreign Office in St. Petersburg sent copies of the Russian British reform scheme for Macedonia to diplomats worldwide. Russia urges powers to delay actions that show distrust of the Sultan and Ottoman government as reforms proceed. Britain adopts a similar approach, supporting a mobile force plan in Macedonia.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russiian
Russia
Great Britain
Turkey
Macedonia
London
Prince Petrocokino Sees Turkish Constitution Standing Firm
Prince Petrocokino of Greece, dining at the Waldorf with English guests, asserts the Ottoman constitution will endure despite pressure. He says the Young Turks pushed reforms, foiling northern and southern Balkan ambitions for Macedonia and predicts stability under the new regime. He notes delays in meeting the Sultan and currently lives in Paris with no official ties to Greece.
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Prince Petrocokino
Greece
Waldorf-Astoria
Macedonia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Rumania
Petrocokino
Paris
Police in CP Strike At Winnipeg With Special Guards
Winnipeg reports a large deployment of special police as Canadian Pacific wages a strike. The firm plans to pay over 1.5 million dollars to striking workers on August 15. McVety and executives say strikers are growing, with more workers from other departments joining.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
McVety
G. J. Bury
Brownlee
Algary
Calgary
Clemenceau cracks down on militant socialism in Paris
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau using firm action to curb unions and curb anti military propaganda. He excludes the Union of Trade Unions of the Department of the Seine from the Labor Exchange and insists on discipline within the General Labor Federation. The article cites street unrest and delayed Paris infrastructure projects as context for his measures.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
Paris
Clemenceau
Union of Trade Unions
Department of the Seine
Association of Miners of
France
General Labor Federation
Labor
Labor Federation
Union of
Sth Regiment of Engineers
Versailles
Market Buoyancy Lifts Wall Street Amid Strong Bull Campaign
The Financial World notes renewed market optimism with rising metal stocks led by United States Steel and Amalgamated Copper. Major banks back the bull run as investors seek bonds such as Missouri Kansas and Texas four percent gold issues. rail and mining stocks, including Harriman lines and Guggenheim mining outfits, attract new interest from European buyers and Canadian Pacific labor actions.
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Wall Street
Merce
United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Interstate Commer Commission
Galveston
Missouri, Kansas and
Texas
New York
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
London
Amsterdam
Honda
Harriman
Guggenheim
Messrs. Guggenheim
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Lawson-Guggenheim
Nevada
Goldfield Consolidated
United Copper
Standard Oil
Amalgamated Copper Company
F. A. Heinze
Canadian Pacific
Out West
E. H. Harriman
Reading
Ontario and Western
NEW PARIS BOOKS IN AUGUST 1908 TRIBUNE REVIEW
Fasquelle releases La Vie a Paris en 1907 by Jules Clarette a long time observer of Parisian life with vivid portraits of notable men and women. Berard and Effendi publish works on the Near East while de la Hire offers Les Vipéres a satire of provincial French manners. Ollendorff prints Le Métier de Mademoiselle Pip a Paris Trouville tale by Maurice Vaudcaire.
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Tribune
Tribune Association
Paris
Fasquelle
Jules Clarette
Théatre Francais
Academy
Pepys
Colin
Constantinople
la Mecque Et Bagdad
Victor Berard
Near East
Afioun Effendi
Chicago
Trouville
Maurice Vaucaire
Seoul Premier in Japan Observes Prince Imperial Studies
Kim Yunsik, president of the Privy Council in Seoul, arrived in Tokyo with Prince Ito to observe the prince Imperial’s studies and gauge Japan’s progress. He criticizes Korea’s revolt candidly, cites army disbandment and imperial abdication as core causes, and notes ex-Emperor’s retirement and health issues.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Kim Yunsik
Privy Council
Seoul
Japan
Prince Ito
Prince Imperial
Corea
Koike
New Earthquake Shock Grips Constantine Algeria
A fresh tremor in Constantine Algeria renewed panic. Buildings damaged in the prior quake were shaken as a ceiling fell in a European resident’s house injuring several children. Two or three minor shocks followed this morning with no casualties reported.
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Constantine
Algeria
General Pole-Carew Arrives in Winnipeg With Mrs Pole-Carew
Winnipeg receives arrival of General Sir Redvers Henry Pole-Carew, a Boer War commander, accompanied by his wife, formerly Lady Beatrice Butler.
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Winnipeg
Pole-Carew
Beatrice Butler
Armenian Patriarch Ormanian Returned Under Guard
Former Armenian patriarch Bishop Ormanian was arrested in Constantinople and returned to his residence today under protection of the Union Committee. A police detachment guarded him to ensure his personal safety, and the committee's moderation in handling this and other cases is widely praised.
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Constantinople
Ormanian
Committee On Union
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