Kaiser's Civil Cabinet Chief Valentini Takes Post
Rudolf von Valentini, now appointed to head the Kaiser's Civil Cabinet, replaces the late Baron von Lucanus. The piece outlines Valentini's Prussian service, Italian roots, and connections to a lineage of German military and court figures, alongside notes on the Kaiser's broader three-cabinet system and trusted aides.
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Berlin
Frederick the Great
Count Hussen Haeseler
von Muller
von Valentin
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Divi
Kaiser
Albert Miessner
Schwerin
Emperor
Appointment of Count George Wedel to German Embassy post
Count George Wedel succeeds Count Hermann Hauszfeldt as councillor of the German Embassy in Washington. Wedel, a married man, is connected by marriage to Baron Charles Magnus’s family, ennobled by King Frederick William IV about fifty years ago. He served with the 2d Lancers of the Guard at Dresden, part of the former royal bodyguard.
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Edward
Lert Granard
Mauretania
Courl
St. James's
Eise
Scots Guards
Lord Cadogan
Ireland
Arthur Paget
Emerald Isle
Forbes
Robert III
Scotland
Lord Forbes
Elizabeth Douglas
Mary of
Ecotland
Robert
Earl of Angus
Arthur Forbes
Hamburg
Gustavus
Sweden
Earl of Guanard
Charles IL
Kilmainnham Hospital
Dublin
Granard
Castle Forbes
Deer Park
Aristrocracy
Holstein
Germany
Ernest Wedel
William
Count Oscar Wedel
Saxe-Weimar
George Wedel
Count Erhard
Tokio
von Wedel
Prussia
German Empire
Wedel
Hanover
Hermann Hauszsfeldt
Washington
Charles Magnus
Berlin
Frederick Wiliam IV
Count Wedel
Dresden
2D Lancers of the Guard
Jockey Club picks Gill as senior counsel in turf advisory
Sir Charles Matthews appoints Charles Gill K C as Director of Public Prosecutions and senior counsel to the Jockey Club to guide its autocratic stewards. The piece recalls London betting prosecutions and the Lords ruling that shaped racing’s fate, noting Gill’s distinction from brother Arthur and connections to the Times. Major General Sir John Maxwell, famed for Pretoria, will command British forces in Egypt and is linked to an American wife, Miss Louise Bonynge.
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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
Hart of Halsbury
Hich
Lord Russell
Lord Brampton
Lord Halsbury
Charles Gill
Arthur
King’s Counsel
London Bankers’ Protective Association
Post Office
Treasury Department
Faversham
Arthur Walter
Walter
London Times
John Maxwell
Duke of Connaught
Egypt
Black Watch
Tel-el-Kebir
Kitchener
Omdurman
Sondon
Khartoum
Louise Bonynge
Charles W. Borrage
Christian
Maxwell
Cairo
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Lipton Still Hopeful on America's Cup Challenge
Sir Thomas Lipton, buoyed by Shamrock’s 24 wins in 27 races this year, seeks a challenge from the New York Yacht Club for a race off Sandy Hook in August 1908. He demands to race under universal American rules, build two boats, and allow the cup holder and challenger to set race terms, with the aim of returning the cup to Britain.
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London
Thomas Liptin
Sandy Hook
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Great Britain
Tam
America
Atlantic
Mrs Lucy P Eastman Obituary in Tarrytown
Mrs Lucy P Eastman widow of Timothy Co Eastman dies at home in Tarrytown after long illness at age 85. Born in New Hampshire to John and Lucy Putman she will be laid to rest Friday at 1 30 pm at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev J A Ingham officiating.
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Lucy P. Eastman
Timothy Co. Eastman
Tarrytown
Eastman
New Hampshire
John
Lucy Putman
J. A. Ingham
Woodlawn Cemetery
Lacy P. Eastman
Timothy C Mustman
Woodlawn
Horace Brightman Dies Leader of Water Utility
Horace Brightman president of the Staten Island Water Supply Company died at his home on East 634th Street. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, he served in the Civil War as a Republican paper editor in Wisconsin. His son Horace Irving Brightman is a lawyer and president of Consolidated Water Power Co. Funeral is set for Friday at his residence.
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Horace Brightman
Staten Island Water Supply Company
East 634
Fall River
Mass
Wisconsin
Horace Irving Brightman
Chrystie & Brightman
Wall Street
Consolidated Water Power Company
Brighhtman
Union League Club
Chief Editor of Aurore Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Arthur Rane aged about 181. He was founder editor of the Aurore and served as a Corsican member of the French Senate.
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Paris
Arthur Rane
M. Rane
Corsica
Auckland Festivities Honor Admiral Sperry Fleet Visit
The Auckland celebration for Admiral Sperry and the American fleet includes a state ball at Government House with over a thousand guests, a Rotorua trip for dances, numerous entertainments, and plans for a Melbourne parade and a service cutter championship race with a $16,090 stake.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New
Admiral Sperry
Melbourne
Sydney
Forest fires threaten Sullivan Mine Company buildings
In Winnipeg on Aug 1 a large bush fire roared near Sullivan threatening Sullivan Mine Company structures. Another blaze near Kimberly was under way. Spokane on Aug 11 reported Lake Coeur d Alene fires, once believed controlled, to be spreading in all directions driven by strong winds. Timber owners rush crews to battle. No towns were in immediate danger.
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Winnipeg, Man
Sullivan
Sullvan Mine Company
Kimberly
Spokane
Wash
Lake Coeur d’Alené
American Legatees Win Ru Benson Will Case Jurisdiction
The Paris court sustained the American legatees Henry H. Ickelheimer and Julia Heidelbach in the Rubens will dispute. It held American courts have jurisdiction over the case, despite Rubens being a Frenchman who died in Paris in 1906 and left $2,090,000 to the New York friends. The nephews argued for French law, while the legatees argued the U.S. will governs.
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Paris
Rubens
Charles Rubens
New York
Henry H. Ickelheimer
Julia Neffelbach
Samuel Woog
America
France
Ickelheimer
Julia Heidelbach
Mine Explosion Kills Thirteen in Saarbrucken
Thirteen men are dead and eight badly injured after a fire damp explosion at the Dudweiler mine near Saarbrucken Germany on August 11.
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Saarbrucken
Germany
Dudweiler
Fear in Indo-China Uprising Reported by Paris
Paris reports grave indications of a revolutionary outbreak in French Indo-China. Native soldiers show wavering fidelity as hostile bands appear in several locations. In months, about 100 native soldiers and 10 officers have been killed, with 4 native and 6 French officers slain. Heavy reinforcements are deemed necessary to hold the colony. The Indo-Chinois claims 20,000 revolutionaries and 10,000 Chinese bandits massed on the frontier.
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Paris
Fewer Armenians for America Move in Caucasus Claims
Armenian leaders in the Caucasus seek to curb emigration to America and urge Armenians who fled from Turkey to return home. More than a thousand who gathered at Batoum to sail for America have abandoned plans after the Turkish constitution proclamation and will use the Sultan's permit to go back to Turkey.
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Tiflis, Aug. U
Caucasus
America
Turkey
Armenia
Batoum
Distribution of Dolbeer Estate Finalized in California
San Francisco August 11 a court decree ordered final distribution of the Bertha M Dolbeer estate. The will upheld after a lengthy contest provides Miss Etta Warren a share of 700000 and names Eben M Halli of Epsom New Hampshire Elsie I Chase of Holyoke Massachusetts among beneficiaries with sums from 0 to 5000.
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San Francisco
Bertha M. Dolbeer
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Superior Court
Graham
Etta Warren
Colbeer
Eben M. Halli
Epsom
N. H
Elsie I. Chase
Holyoke
Mass
Talks of Peace With Japan at New York Luncheon
Ambassador O'Brien and Ambassador Takahira expressed continued friendship between the United States and Japan at a luncheon by the Japan Society of New York. O'Brien departs for Tokio aboard the Mauretania, confident in sustained peace and mutual commercial interests. Baron Takahira recalled Townsend Harris and urged restraint against war talk while stressing shared aims in trade and civilization. Rear Admiral Coghlan urged navy growth to secure peace. Consul General Midzuno also spoke.
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O’brien
Ambassador Takahira
O'Brien
Japan Society of New York
Hotel Astor
United States
Japan
Mauretania
Tokio
Baron Takahira
Townsend Harris
Coghlan
Enat
Midzuno
Japan and Naval Expansion Debate in US Policy
In an interview published by Hochi, Count Okuma links US naval growth to Japan's rise as a world power. The piece cites Roosevelt's fragmentary Pacific speeches suggesting a US naval buildup targets Japan, while Okuma doubts Roosevelt views will endure in American public opinion.
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Tokie
Count Okuma
The
Hochi
United States
Roosevelt
Pacific
Japan
Count Obuma
America
Protestant Alliance Protests Over Papal Audience
The Protestant Alliance protests plans for King Edward to meet Cardinal Vannutelli at the Eucharistic Congress in London. It has sent a memorial to Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey urging steps to prevent the royal audience with Catholic prelates attending the congress. Grey has only acknowledged receipt.
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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 San Juan to study Porto Rico church dispute
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon landed in San Juan Porto Rico aboard the Mayflower to investigate the church property dispute. Governor Post welcomed him and local leaders called on him to pay respects. Major Frank McIntyre of the Bureau of Insular Affairs is also present and Bacon will begin his inquiry immediately.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Robert Bacon
Bacon
Post
Frank McIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Lackaye Signs With Lieblers For New Square Deal Play
Wilton Lackaye leaves William A Brady to join Lieblers for five years. He will star in The Square Deal by Cleveland Moffett, based on Theodore Roosevelt ideas, with first Chicago appearance September 23 at the Grand Opera House. The Lieblers previously managed him 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. Ty
Sicilian Players to Debut in New York Theatre
Charles Frohman announced arrangements with Joseph G. Schurman for the Sicilian Players led by Mimi Aguglia to perform in the United States. The troupe of forty four Italian natives will open with the tragedy Mila on November 25 under Frohman’s direction at a New York theatre.
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Charles Frohman
Joseph G. Schurman
Mimi Aguglia
Italy
London
Mila
Mr. Frohman
Florence Nash Cast in Algeria and Other Theatre News
Florence Nash is engaged for Algeria, a new musical by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, debuting August 31 at Broadway Theatre. Mathilde Cottrelly to star in The New Generation with Louis Mann this season. The Travelling Salesman draws commercial attendees at Astor Theatre tomorrow. De Wolf Hopper opens at Ottawa September 14 in And What Happened Then. The Rogers Brothers begin at Grand Opera House September 4 with Panama. Maurice Tevi and band go to Atlantic City for three weeks, then return to Manhattan Beach by September 7 until it closes.
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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 Under Will
In Wilmington Delaware on August 1 a sale of the late Bishop Coleman’s effects at the Bishop’s residence began, with proceeds to charity and religious causes. An old trunk from his Holy Land trip brought ten cents as auction results.
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the Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Bishop Coleman
Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware
Holy Land
Unusual Oyster Bay activity tied to presidential visit
The Oyster Bay executive offices show heightened activity as Rudolph Forster and staff handle mass correspondence. He makes day and night trips to Sagamore Hill, with two Washington clerks added, while preparations for Nassau Hospital fundraising include a plan by the Oyster Bay Riding Academy to stage charitable “hold ups” for donations. In separate note, Roosevelt will soon receive a hawk captured at Dry Brook sent by Byron Graham and shipped to Oyster Bay for the President.
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Oyster Bay
Rudolph Forster
Washington
Forster
Sagamore Hill
Quentin
Archibald
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Nassau County
Oyster Bay Riding Academy
Red Cross
Binghamton
N. Y
Roosevelt
Byron Graham
Dry Brook
W. H. Lockerby
Barber
Chicken and His Scar as Fresh Air Fund Selections
In a West 47th Street room, hundreds of children await medical checks for the Tribune Fresh Air Fund program. Among them a boy nicknamed Chicken, famed for a scar over his eye, shares his tale while mothers prepare and the list of names grows. Over two hundred children depart the city for two weeks of rest with hosts on Long Island and nearby areas.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
West 47Th Street
Negro Bors
Marcellus
Ulysses Jones
Ulysses
Eveline Norman Keith
Eveline
Manneville
Long Island
Death notices and obituaries in The Tribune page
Death notices appearing in The Tribune will be republished in The Tri-Weekly Tribune. Names include Elizabeth Brommer, Patrick Cullen, Lacy Eastman, Mary Frances Cox, Horace Brightman, John Harvey Borden, Thomas Dunning Bosak, Charles W Fordham, Mary Kelly, George Lyman, Minnie Smillie Pierce, Adeline Payer, and other residents. notices give funeral details, dates, and residences in Brooklyn, Tarrytown, East Orange, and New York City with interment at Woodlawn and Green-Wood.
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Tribune
Tri-Weekly
Eligabeth
Thomas D. Borden
Sear
Brightman
Horace
Brommer
Elisabet
Mary F. Cullen
Patrick
Eastman
Lacy P
Elizabeth Brommer
Ramage
John Bruner
Brooklyn
Omaha
Neb
Cox
Mary Frances
William Ralph Cox
Lafayette Ave
Cullen
Hugh
Mary Cullen
Dean St
Fordham
Barshore
Long Island
Charles W. Fordham
Kelly
C. A Heily Flpatrick
Thomas Kelly
Broomest
Lyman
Woodstock
George Clark Lyman
Joseph
Dark Lyman
Englewood
N. J
Pierce
Manhattan Beach
Minnie Smillie
Walter le Pierce
St Pauls M E Church
West S@th st
West End
Woodlawn
Weather Report Forecast Unsettled Conditions Across Regions
Official Weather Bureau record shows widespread unsettled conditions, cooler in the Midwest and lake regions, with showers continuing through Thursday. Forecast covers District of Columbia Maryland Delaware New Jersey New York Western Pennsylvania and New England with warmer spells and cooler days.
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Washington
Northwest
South Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific States
New England
Middle Atlantic
Lower Lake
Upper Lake
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Arizona
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Upper Mississippi
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
East Galf
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Columba
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Dutch preparing cruisers for foreign service
The Handelsblad reports that the protected cruisers Holland and Utrecht are ordered to prepare for foreign service in Caribbean waters while the battleship Jacob van Heemskerk sails to the region. Friesland returns from Norway and may join the Heemskerk. Curacao’s governor informs residents Queen Wilhelmina is briefed on the Venezuela severance and seeks to improve conditions with officials.
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Amsterdam
Aug
Handelsblad” Sager
Holland
Utrecht
Caribbean
the Hague
Jacob van Heemskerk
Friesland
Cunters
Norway
Jacob Vas Heemskerk
Willemstad
Isang
Curacao
Wilhelmina
Venezuela
Undertakers Campbell Merritt Ambulance Services
Frank E Campbell at 241 West 244 Street proclaims private and public ambulances with Chelsea contact. Rev Stephen Merritt listed as world famed undertaker. Only one place of business claiming largest in the world with Chelsea phone numbers 1324, 124, and 125.
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Frank E. Campbell
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
Desirable help quick from the New York Tribune file
The New York Tribune invites examination of the file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions at its Uptown office 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th streets. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm.
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Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
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