Kaiser secretaries and cabinet chiefs in Imperial Germany
A profile of Rudolf von Valentini as the new Civil Cabinet head, detailing the Kaiser's three cabinets including military and naval, Valentini's Italian-German lineage, career path, and the ceremonial roles surrounding the German court. It also notes King Edward's Master of the Horse and the Wedel family's long court presence in German and British circles.
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Berlin
Frederick the Great
Count Hassen Haeseler
von Muller
von Valentini
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affare
Ciel Ca
Kaiser
Albert Miessner
Schwerin
Count Wedel Named Councillor at German Embassy in Washington
Count George Wedel, appointed to succeed Count Hermann Hatzfeldt as counsellor of the German Embassy in Washington, is married to a daughter of the late Baron Charles Magnus. He served with the Dresden legation and captains a crack regiment of the 24 Lancers, once the Hanoverian royal bodyguard. about forty, well off through his wife, and from an old noble house.
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Edward
Lert Granard
Mauretania
King Edwards
Toya
Earl of
Scots Guards
Lord Cadogan
Ireland
Sir Arthur Paget
Emerald Isle
Forbes
Robert III
Scotland
Lord Forbes
Elizabeth Douglas
Mary of Scotland
Robert
Earl of Angus
Arthur Forbes
Hamburg
Gustavus
Sweden
Earl of Granard
Charles IL
Kilmaitnham Hospital
Dublin
Lert Gransré
Castle Forbes
the & Geer Park
George Wedel
Hermann Hatzfeldt
Washington
Charles Magnus
Berlin
Frederick William IV
Prussia
Count Wefel
Dresden
24 Lancers
Guer
Hanover
John Maxwell
Duke of Connaught
Egypt
Black Watch
Tel-el-Kebir
Kitchener
Omdurman
Sondon
Khartoum
Louise Bonynge
Charles W. Bonynge
Christian
Maxwell
Cairo
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Jockey Club gains new senior counsel amid turf battles
Sir Charles Matthews appoints Charles Gill KC as senior counsel to the Jockey Club, a post once held by eminent figures. The role blends high emolument with social prestige and heavy responsibility as the club’s stewards face autocratic power and potential litigation over betting bans and racing regulation.
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Charles Matthews
Charles Frederick Gill
K. C
Jockey Club
Frederick Lockwood
Charles Russell
England
Henry Hawkins
Lord Brompton
Supreme Tribunal
New York
Tattersall
Hawkins
Russell
House of Lords
Supreme Tribunal of the Realm
Earl of Haisbury
Lord Russell
Lord Brampton
Lord Halsbury
Charles Gill
Arthur
London Bankers’ Protective Association
Post Office
Treasury Department
Faversham
Arthur Walter
Walter
London Times
Auckland Festivities Mark Governor's State Ball for Fleet
Auckland Aug 12 jubilant crowds pack Ellerslie racecourse for a special Trace meeting honoring Admiral Sperry and the American fleet. Naval officers in full dress mingle with New Zealand officials at a grand state ball and later Rotorua celebrations unfold with Maori dances and a grand bathhouse opening.
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Auckland
Ellerslie
Admiral Sperry
Ward
Rotorua
Thermal
North Island
New Zealand
Orphans’ Club
New
Melbourne
Sydney
Forest fires burn afresh near Sullivan Mine
Winnipeg reports a large bush fire threatening Sullivan Mine Company buildings near Sullivan. Another blaze near Kimberly. Spokane notes fresh starts in Lake Coeur d Alene fires east of the city driven by strong winds. Timber owners rush men to fight. Damage is extensive though no towns threatened today.
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Winnipeg, Man
Sullivan
Sullivan Mine Company
Kimberly
Spokane
Wash
Lake Coeur d’Alené
Lipton Still Hopeful for America’s Cup Challenge
Sir Thomas Lipton, buoyed by Shamrock’s 24 wins in 27 starts, hopes the New York Yacht Club will accept a challenge under current universal rules and permit two boats to race from Sandy Hook, with the fastest crossing the Atlantic. He will not seek British support unless the club signals acceptance.
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London
Thomas Liptin
Sandy Hook
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Great Britain
America
Atlantic
American Legatees Win Rubens Will Case
The Paris court upheld the American legatees Henry H. Ickelheimer and Julia Heidelbach in Rubens will dispute. It ruled American courts have jurisdiction over the case, despite Rubens dying in Paris in 1906 and bequeathing $2,000,000 to the New York residents. The nephews argued for French law, citing Rubens as a Frenchman who returned to France, but the court sided with the U S interpretation of the will.
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Paris
Rubens Will
Charlies Rubens
New York
Henry H. Ickelheimer
Julia Iet- Aelbach
Rubens
Samuel Woog
America
France
Mine Explosion Kills Thirteen in Saarbrucken
An explosion of fire damp at the Dudweiler coal mine near Saarbrucken Germany claims thirteen lives and leaves eight men badly injured.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
Dudweiler
Obituary of Mrs Lucy P Eastman in Tarrytown
Mrs Lucy P Eastman widow of Timothy Co Eastman died at her home in Tarrytown on Monday aged eighty five after a long illness She was born in New Hampshire daughter of John and Lucy Putman Funeral services will be held at her home Friday at 1 30 pm Rev J A Ingham officiating Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery
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Lucy P. Eastman
Timothy Co. Eastman
Tarrytown
Eastman
New Hampshire
John
Lucy Putman
J. A. Ingham
Woodlawn Cemetery
Zabriskie Post
No. 28
Loyal Legion
State of
New York
North 21St St
Orange
N. J
Fear Indo China Uprising Reported From Paris
dispatches from Paris report grave indications of a revolutionary outbreak in French Indo China. native soldiers' fidelity is questioned as hostile bands appear at multiple points. over months about one hundred native soldiers and ten officers are killed. heavy reinforcements are deemed necessary. claims exist of a 30,000 strong revolutionary force and a 10,000 Chinese bandit army mobilizing on the frontier.
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Paris
Horace Brightman Dies From Staten Island Water Chief
Horace Brightman, president of the Staten Island Water Supply Company, died at his home on East 634th Street. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was an Civil War era editor of a Republican paper in Wisconsin. His son, Horace Irving Brightman, is with Chrystie & Brightman on Wall Street and president of the Consolidated Water Power Company. He served in the Union League Club and directed several corporations. The funeral is planned for Friday at his home.
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Horace Brightman
Staten Island Water Supply Company
East 634
Fall River
Mass
Wisconsin
Horace Irving Brightman
Chrystie & Brightman
No. 50
Wall Street
Consolidated Water Power Company
Brigjhhtman
Union League Club
Fewer Armenians For America Prodded To Stay Or Return
Armenian leaders in the Caucasus seek to curb emigration to America and urge those who fled Turkey to return to Armenia. More than a thousand Armenians who assembled at Batoum to sail for America have abandoned plans since the Turkish constitution was proclaimed and will use the Sultan's permission to return to Turkey.
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Tiflis, Aug. U
Caucasus
America
Turkey
Armenia
Batoum
Final distribution decree in Dolbeer estate
San Francisco Aug 11 a decree for the final distribution of Bertha M Dolbeer estate issued by Superior Court Judge Graham outlines the will after a long contest Miss Etta Warren will receive 700000 others include Eben M Hall Epsom NH with 3000 Elsie I Chase Holyoke Maas 10000 and many cousins with varied sums.
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San Francisco
Bertha M. Dolbeer
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Superior Court
Graham
Etta Warren
Colbeer
Eben M. Hall
Epsom
N. H
Elsie I. Chase
Holyoke
Maas
Chief Editor of Aurore Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Arthur Rane born 181. He served as chief editor of the Aurore and represented Corsica in the French Senate. The newspaper obituary notes his literary and political career.
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Paris
Arthur Rane
M. Rane
Corsica
Talks of peace with Japan at New York luncheon
Ambassadors O'Brien and Takahira affirmed enduring friendship between the United States and Japan during a hotel luncheon in New York. O'Brien departs for Tokyo aboard the Mauretania, while both diplomats stressed mutual respect, free commerce, and avoidance of war.
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Takahira and
O’brien
Japan Society
Ambassador Takahira
Japan Society of New York
Hotel Astor
United States
Japan
Mauretania
Tokio
O'Brien
Baron Takahira
Townsend Harris
Japan and Naval Expansion Commented by Okuma
Count Okuma, in a Hochi interview from Tokie, links U S naval buildup in the Pacific to Japan rising as a world power. He notes fragmentary Roosevelt speeches suggest expansion targets Japan, while doubting Roosevelt era views will long guide American public opinion.
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Tokie
Count Okuma
The
Hochi
United States
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Pacific
Japan
Count Obuma
America
Protestant Alliance Protests Over King Edward Audience
The Protestant Alliance in London protests plans for King Edward to meet Cardinal Vannutelli at the Eucharistic Congress. A memorial to Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey urges blocking the audience as a breach of the UK Protestant constitution. Grey only acknowledged receipt of the memorial.
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London
Council of the Protestant Alliance
Edward
Cardinal Vannutelli
Alliance
Edward Grey
United Kingdom
America
Europe
Sir Edward
Bacon arrives in Porto Rico to inspect church property dispute
In San Juan on August 11 Robert Bacon Assistant Secretary of State arrived aboard the Mayflower to begin an inquiry into the church property dispute in Porto Rico. Governor Post greeted him and many prominent locals paid respects. Major Frank McIntyre of the Bureau of Insular Affairs accompanies him.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Robert Bacon
Bacon
Post
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Lackaye Joins Liebler Firm for Five Years in New Play
Wilton Lackaye ends his contract with William A Brady and signs with Liebler & Co for five years. He will appear in The Square Deal by Cleveland Moffett, with first Chicago debut Sept. 23 at Grand Opera House. The Lieblers previously managed him about ten years ago and staged Rob Shemuel in The Children of the Ghetto.
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Wilton Lackaye
William A. Brady
Liebler & Co
Cleveland Moffett
Lackaye
The
Lieblers
Rob Shemuel
George C. Tyter
Grand Opera House
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Sicilian Players to Perform Milia Here November 25
Charles Frohman announced arrangements with Joseph G. Schurman for the Sicilian Players led by Mimi Aguglia to visit the United States. The troupe of forty four Italian natives will present the tragedy Milia in a theatre directed by Frohman on November 25 after engagements in London and other European cities.
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Charles Frohman
Joseph G. Schurman
Mimi Aguglia
Italy
London
Mr. Frohman
Florence Nash stars in Algeria with Herbert and MacDonough
Theatrical news notes Florence Nash engaged for Algeria a new musical by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough. First performance set for August 31 at Broadway Theatre. Also mentions Mathilde Cottrelly in The New Generation with Louis Mann, and De Wolf Hopper’s Ottawa season starting September 14 in And What Happened Then. Rogers Brothers season at Grand Opera House begins September 4 with Panama. Maurice Tevi and band head to Atlantic City for a three week engagement and return to Manhattan Beach for the resort’s close on September 7.
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Florence Nash
Algeria
Victor Herbert
Glen MacDonough
Broadway
Astor Theatre
de Wolf Hopper
Ottawa
Rogers Brothers
Grand Opera House
Panama
Maurice Tevi
Atlantic City
Manhattan Beach
Sale of Bishop Coleman's effects at auction in Wilmington
In accordance with the late Bishop Coleman's will the bishop's effects not bequeathed are being sold at auction at his residence in Wilmington, Delaware. The sale began today and will continue for several days with proceeds devoted to charitable and religious causes. A trunk used on a Holy Land trip sold for ten cents.
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the Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Coleman
Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware
Holy Land
Unusual Oyster Bay Activity Signals Official Business
At Oyster Bay the President’s offices see day and night work with Rudolph Forster and two addtional clerks handling a surge of correspondence. The President often visits Sagamore Hill, sometimes late at night, amid speculation that political matters drive the bustle. Nassau Hospital appeals prompt fund-raising, including a Red Cross banded horseback effort by Oyster Bay riders to collect donations. In nearby Binghamton a hawk captured at Dry Brook is shipped to Roosevelt in Oyster Bay.
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Oyster Bay
Rudolph Forster
Washington
Forster
Sagamore Hill
Quentin
Archibald
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Nassau County
Binghamton
N. Y
Roosevelt
Byron Graham
Dry Brook
W. H. Lockerby
Barber
Two Weeks Fresh Air Fund Trip for 25 Negro Boys
A West 47th Street room filled with negro boys awaiting medical checks for the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Ulysses Jones nicknamed Chicken recalls a scar from an ink bottle incident, while doctors verify injuries and arrange travel to Manneville Long Island for a two week rest. Other notices list donations and death notices from The Tribune.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
West 47Th Street
Marcellus
Ulysses Jones
Ulysses
Eveline Norman Keith
Eveline
Yassir
Eugene
Manneville
Long Island
Weather Forecast With Unsettled Conditions Across Regions
Washington reports rising pressure but unsettled weather continues. Showers cover New England to the Middle Atlantic and much of the central U S, cooler in Iowa, Nebraska, and plains, with warmer trends in the East. Namely, scattered showers through Wednesday into Thursday, with cooler temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast regions.
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Washington
Northwest
South Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific States
New England
Midd
Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
East Guilt
East Guilt States. Showers Will Also Continue Thursday In the Central West
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Dutch Preparing Cruisers for Foreign Service
Amsterdam reports the Handelsblad that Dutch second class protected cruisers Holland and Utrecht in Caribbean waters are being prepared for foreign service. The Jacob van Heemskerk sailed for Caribbean waters while Friesland, also being prepared, returned from Norway and may follow soon. Curacao’s governor issued a cable from Queen Wilhelmina noting severed Venezuela relations and ongoing talks to improve conditions with her counselors.
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Amsterdam
Handelsblad
Sage
Holland
Utrecht
Caribbean
The
Hague
Jacob van Heemskerk
Friesland
Omiers
Norway
Willemstad
Curacao
Wilhelmina
Venezuela
Undertakers Campbell Chelsea Ambulance Service Ad
Frank E Campbell advertises private and public ambulances at 24 3 West 234 Street with telephones 1324 Chelsea and 14 wide brown undertaker. Claims largest in the world at South Avenue and 19th Street with phone numbers 124 and 125 Chelsea.
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Frank E. Campbell
Chelasa
Chelsea
Desirable help quick teletypes at Uptown Tribune office
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NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Broms
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Alma Daily
Tribune Index
New Yor City
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