Kaiser's Jubilee Visit to Emperor Highlighted by Festivities
Aug 12 dispatch describes Baron von Aehrenthal and Sir Charles Hardinge meeting about Balkans policy while King Howard visits Emperor Francis Joseph. Highlights include royal ceremonies, a luncheon at the villa, motor ride, toastful dinner, and public luminations as fireworks beacon fires illuminate the surrounding mountains.
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Baron von Aehrenthal
Gna
Charles Hardinge
Turkey
Balkans
Cronberg
Ottoman Empire
Howard
Francis Ha
Spv
Elizabeth
Dour
Banard
Edward
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Ischi
Cuban election figures show party results by province
Washington reports Magoon dispatches on Cuba's August 1 election. Voter lists reach 451,096 with total valid vote 85,?5 after excluding Bayamo precincts and Havana wards. Conservative 116,718. Liberal 156,841 including Miguelistas 241 and Zagistas 2,60. Mayoral results: Conservatives 29, Miguelistas 34, Zagistas 18, eight-two towns. Provincial capitals yielded four Conservative capitals and two Miguelista capitals.
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Washington
Cuba
Insular
Magoon
Bayemo
Havana
Miguelistas
Zagistas
Santiago de Cuba
Zegistes
Britain Won't Intervene in Venezuelan Monopoly Dispute
London reports that Great Britain will not act in the clash between the Venezuelan salt and match monopolies, controlled by the Ethelburga Syndicate, Limited, and the Venezuelan government, marking a decision not to interfere.
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London
Great Britain
Ethelburga Syndicate, Limited
Chinese Seize Another Steamer In Broadside With Japan
Jendon August dispatch from Hong Kong reports China has seized the Weet Chin-Chow steamer carrying 16,000 rifles and 2,000,000 bridges. Japanese merchants protest, claiming the cargo is theirs and threaten an international case. China previously seized the Japanese steamer Tatsu in February and later made amends.
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Jendon
China
Japan
Hong Kong
Tatsu
Nihilists Hold Sealed Conference in London Hall
The Daily Mail reports eighty leading Russian revolutionists and nihilists have met in secrecy for twelve days in a hall near Hyde Park. Delegates guard against intrusion with strict precautions and concealment.
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London
Daily Mail
Not‘Waghts
Hyde Park
Notes of Foreign News Mixed Items Across Regions
The American Commission discusses British finance while copyright terms between Japan and Corea are gazetted. The National Assembly in a republic creates new departments. delegates attend an International Congress in Washington as health and public works leaders are named. Kingdon Gould plans work in Guanajuato on reconstruction and geology studies at Columbia.
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Zokio
Japan
Corea
Mexica City
Au Geer, Y
Kingdon Gould
Gala
Guanajuato
Kemp
Colum Triver
Gould
Obituary of Ainsworth R Spofford former Librarian of Congress
Ainsworth Rand Spofford of Plymouth New Hampshire died at Shepard Hill Holderness yesterday. Born September 12 1825 in Gilmanton he founded the Literary Club of Cincinnati and served as librarian in chief of the Library of Congress from 1861 to 1897 enhancing the collection from about 70 000 volumes to hundreds of thousands. He advocated new buildings and copyright reforms and faced record keeping challenges during a period of rapid growth.
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Plymouth
N. H
Ainsworth R. Spofford
Library of Congress
Washington
Shepard Hill
Holderness
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Gilmanton
Cincinnati
Literary Club of
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Spofford
Lincoln
Stephenson
Capitol
Congress
Spofford Retired As Librarian. Putnam Replaces Him At Library
The Library of Congress shifts leadership as Spofford retires to make way for Herbert Putnam. Spofford becomes chief assistant while remaining involved with Congress. His career includes editing catalogs and manuals, contributions to encyclopedias, and authoring works on parliamentary rules and readers. He married Sarah Partridge in 1852 and enjoyed horseback riding and close ties with George Bancroft.
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Spofford
Herbert Putnam
Library
Congress
Congressman Richardson
Committee of Congress
Library of Congress
Library of Choice
Amherst College
George Bancroft
Edward Fow ler Leeds dies at Monmouth Beach aged 42
Edward Fowler Leeds of Leeds & Catlin Phonograph Company died at his Monmouth Beach summer home from pneumonia at forty two. He helped found Leeds & Catlin, led the firm, and was a pioneer inventor and manufacturer in the phonograph field. He leaves a widow Josephine and four sons, plus a sister and three brothers. he served as Christ Church vestryman in Brooklyn.
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Long Branch
N. J
Edward Fowler Leeds
Leeds & Catlin Phonograph Company
East 11Th Street
New York
Monmouth Beach
Leeds
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Leeds
Brooklyn
Josephine M. J. K. Thursby
Rodney Thursby
Edward Z
Rodney
Donald
Leland
Mr. Leeds
Leeds & Catlin Company
Christ Church
Rio Exposition Opens With Big Opening Ceremony
Rio de Janeiro August 12 President Penna opened a national exhibition of industry and liberal arts. About thirty thousand visitors attended the ceremonial start marking the event with broad citizen participation and government sponsorship.
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Rio de Janeiro
Penna
Libneral
Ceremonica
Auto Kills J. M. Sears in Morrow Road Crash
J Montgomery Sears of Boston, rich heir and Harvard graduate, died at Rhode Island Hospital after an auto accident near Appenaug Norwood. Chauffeur George Saunders was badly hurt. Albert Sack Jr and Charles Webster aided at the scene. Sears suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries. Saunders fractured leg but will recover. Sears was a Harvard BA and LLB, heir to vast Boston real estate, donor, and prospective Massachusetts state senator candidate.
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Providence
J. Montgomery Sears
Appenaug
Norwood
Rhode Island
George Saunders
A. Albert Sack, Jr
Charles Webster
Mr. Sack
Mr. Webster
Mr. Sears
Mr. Saunders
Norwood House
Sears
Joshua Montgomery Sears
Boston
Harvard University
Harvard Law School
Back Bay
Joseph H. Choate
Eleanora Sears
State Senate of
Massachusetts
Democratic State Committee
Paris
Byron D Chandler Not Dead In Automotive Hoax
Reports that Byron D Chandler of Boston died in a Boulogne car crash are contradicted by a London whale Club member who says Chandler sailed home on Oceanic after a farewell telegram. Boulogne and Paris dispatches describe only unverified rumors, with no confirmed casualty.
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London
Byron D. Chandler
Boston
Boulogne
Oceanic
Nicholas Wood
Motor Club
Chandler
Dr Lyman Abbott Backs Hughes for Renomination
The Rev Dr Lyman Abbott replies to The Evening Post on Governor Hughes. He urges renomination citing Hughes as aligned with progressive Republican ideas and Roosevelt wing. Abbott cites reform actions and integrity, noting Hughes would appeal to independents and Taft should win GOP support.
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Lyman Abbott
Evening Post
Hughes
Republican Club
Republican Party
Public Utilities Commission
New York
Taft
Statue by Elwell Depicts Valor of Rhode Island Soldier
F Edwin Elwell, former Metropolitan Museum of Art curator, returns to Weehawken from Vicksburg with a bronze statue titled The Flag. Erected by Rhode Island, it will be dedicated in October near a New York battlefield monument, after a Providence State House competition.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Rhode Island
Edwin Elwell
F. Edwin Elwell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Weehawken
Elwell
New York
Roosevelt
State House
Providence
Nathan R. Lewis
William P. Hopkins
Elisha Knight
7Th
Rhode Island Infantry
Divorces Granted to Two New York Women
Sioux Falls reports that Emma F. Seaman was granted an absolute divorce from Lloyd W. Seaman on grounds of intemperance and cruel treatment. Emma Wharton also received an absolute divorce from George C. Wharton of Brooklyn after alleging years of faultfinding harsh language and ruined domestic happiness.
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The
Tribune
Sioux Falls
S. D
Frank B. Smith
Emma F. Seaman
Lloyd W. Seaman
41St Street
New York
Smith
Emma Wharton
George C. Wharton
Brooklyn
Itasca Arrives at Corunna First since Spanish-American War
Corunna Spain Aug 12 The United States schoolship Itasca reached the port becoming the first American government vessel to dock here since the Spanish-American War marking a notable postwar maritime visit.
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Corunna
Spain
Itasca
Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels
A list of guests checked into major hotels including Belmont W E Parker Detroit H Whitney Chicago D R Stone W B Melish Cincinnati E Mackay Edgar London E T White St Louis W C Knight Parsons Thomas Forbes Grand Rapids J C Macongall Cortlandt N Y G E Dodge Orange N J E Thornton Antwerp J P Onstott Yuba City Colo Lord Lovat Keith Fraser Lord and Lady Falmouth London A L Shaw Rochester F B Riggs Washington Captain John H A Day Yale Lyon Hoosac Sir James Whitney Toronto Adolph Van derlick London M W Mills Port Huron Mich Charles M McNally Pittsburg H L Swift Chicago B G Work Arkon Ohio John S Wendt Pittsburg Lord Chief Baron Palles and Hon Judge Bourke Dublin comprise the prominent arrivals noted.
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Yuba City
Colo
Lord Lovat
Keith Fraser
London
Lord
Lady
Falmouth
Imperial
A. L. Shaw
Rochester
F. B. Riggs
Washington
Manhattan
John H. A. Day
Yale Lyon
Hoosac
James Whitney
Toronto
Adolph Vanderlick
M. W. Mills
Port Huron
Weather Forecast and Local Records for August
Official Weather Bureau record describes unsettled conditions in the West with a low mood over the upper Mississippi valley and lake region. Frequent showers and thunderstorms occurred in Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio and the Northwest with heavy rain in eastern Iowa and northern Illinois. Forecast calls for showers through Thursday into Friday with cooler Ohio Valley and warmer Northwest, and local notes for District of Columbia Delaware New Jersey Maryland Eastern Pennsylvania Eastern New York New England. Local record shows yesterday high 82 low 67 and temperatures near 74 on average for the date.
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Lake Region
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Lake
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South Atlantic
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Weather Bureau
Admiral Cogswell Dead at 1847 Birth to Admiral Roots
Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell U S N retired dies at his country home near Jacksonville Florida from internal hemorrhage his body to be shipped to Portsmouth New Hampshire for burial He was born in Milwaukee September 27 1847 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1868 He served on multiple ships including the Powhatan Saginaw Saranac Pensacola Oregon and Cleveland and fought at the battle of Santiago He married Annie Miller Hatch in Portsmouth in 1884
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Fla
James Kelsey Cogswell
Portsmouth
N. H
Milwaukee
Racine College Grammar
United States Naval Academy
Newport
Annapolis
United States
Powhatan
South Pacific
Saginaw
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Pacific
Saranac
Pensacola
Ticonderoga
Essex
Kearsarge
Tallapoosa
Marion
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Torpedo
Hydrographic Office
Washington
Portsmouth Navy Yard
South Boston
Oregon
Santiago
1St
Marietta
Isla de Luzon
Asiatic
Philippine Islands
Cleveland
North Atlantic
Cogswell
Annie Miller Hatch
George Augustus Adee Dead at 80 in Stonington
George Augustus Adee lawyer with offices at 45 Pine Street died suddenly yesterday in Stonington Conn while visiting friends. Born in New York in 187, he attended Harrington School Yale 1867 Columbia Law 1870 and was admitted to the bar the same year. He married Adelaide Palmer Stanton in 1871 and leaves three children. Funeral arrangements pending.
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No. 45
Pine Street
Stonington
Westchester
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Columbia Law School
Adee
Ades
Yale
Yale Alumni Association of
New York
Scroll and Key
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
New York Historical Society
Yale, University
Westchester Country
New York Yacht
Larchmont
Adelaide Palmer Stanton
Stonington, Conn
Sigmund Rosenwald Dies After Lingering Illness
Sigmund Rosenwald of New York died at his Elberon summer home in Long Branch, New Jersey, after a prolonged heart illness. He was 57. Born in Germany, he came to the United States as a boy with his brother and founded E. Rosenwald & Bro., tobacco firm, in New York. He served as vice president and director of the Hebrew Orphanage and was a director of United Hebrew Charities, also affiliated with the Criterion and Harmonic clubs of New York.
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Long Branch
N. J
Sigmund Rosenwald
New York
Elberon
Mr. Rosenwald
Germany
United Hebrew Charities
Criterion and Harmonic Clubs
Death of Charles P Gardiner noted Boston music patron
Charles Perkins Gardiner, a longtime Boston music patron and former ten year president of the New England Conservatory of Music Corporation, died at Fernwood Brookline after a long illness. He was seventy five and among Harvard's oldest graduates.
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Boston
Charles Perkins Gardiner
Fernwood
Brookline
Gardiner
New England Conservatory of Music Corporation
Harvard
Port Jefferson Church Supports Anti-Betting Reform
A letter to the editor reprints a resolution by the Port Jefferson Methodist Episcopal Church official board endorsing the anti-betting law. The board urges quick action, calls for a clear church stance, and invites Empire State churches to join in giving the reform a fair trial. Elmer P. Smith signs the letter.
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the Tribune
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Epicopal Church of
Port Jefferson
N. Y
Sach
Rell
Empire State
Elmer P. Smith
Correction by Rev A B Simpson on Old Orchard meeting
A B Simpson disputes a paper report about a missionary convention at Old Orchard last Sunday claiming six bushels of jewelry were donated. He states no jewelry was offered and only orderly pledges totaling 55000 were contributed in quiet fashion from New York dated August 12 1998.
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the Tribune
Old Orchard
New York
Havemeyer Estate Tax Receipts Increase in July
Albany August 12 State Treasurer Hauser announced receipts from the state inheritance tax for July rose sharply compared with July in prior years. The total this year reached 64 331 dollars with the largest single estate tax from H O Havemeyer former head of American Sugar Refining Company at 145 000 dollars. A teaser notes Horsford's Acid Phosphate advertised as a tonic refreshment.
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Albany
Hauser
H. O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Death notices from The Tribune republished in The Tri-Weekly Tribune
Death notices listed for Adee Belcher Brightman Carey Crowell, etc describe obituaries and funeral plans from August 1908. Entries include George A Adee announced for Stonington Connecticut with notice of funeral to follow. Samuel Belcher at Bridgeport with details of burial Ossining and private funeral car. Horace Brightman at East 68th Street New York City with private funeral. Mary Deyster Carey at Wave Crest Far Rockaway with funeral to be announced. James H Crowell at Far Rockaway with private funeral and Oakland Cemetery interment. further lines indicate standard obituary notices and funeral arrangements for additional individuals and locations.
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Belcher
Bridgeport
Conn
Samuel Elisha Belcher
W. S. Bullard
Fairfield Ave
Ossining
New York Central Station
Brightman
East 68d St
New York City
Horace Brightman
Samuel and
Phebe Brightear
Julie Willson Brightman
Carey
Wave Crest
Far Rockaway
Mary Deyster
Samuel T. Carty
Obituaries dated August notices from Brooklyn and nearby towns
Brooklyn and area obituaries list multiple deaths with funeral details. Lucy P Eastman Martha Banks Crane Emile T Lagrave William Le Core Edward Fowler Leeds Mary R Leflfer George C Lyman Sarah Crea James McCrea Elizabeth Reed Conklin Shaw Jacob A Symons Lucetta Van Wagner Klaw Vetter and others with addresses in Tarrytown Elizabeth Brooklyn Woodlawn Greenwood Cemetery and private services noted.
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Tarrytown
Lucy P. Eastman
Timothy C. East Suis
Woodlawn
Kellogg
Martha Banks Crane
Elijah Kellogg
Newark Ave. Elizabeth, J
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Carriage
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Central Station Webster and Jerome Avenue and by carriage. Lots priced from $150. For Book of Views or representative, contact the Gramercy office at 20 East 23d Street New York City.
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Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Desirable help sought at Uptown Tribune office
Quick employment aid offered by consulting a newly installed file of applications for various positions at THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE Uptown Office. Located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets, hours 9 am to 6 pm.
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New-York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Tribune Rates and Offices for Subscriptions Abroad
The Tribune lists subscription options by mail for domestic and foreign addresses with varying monthly and yearly rates. It also details multiple domestic and foreign offices, bureaus in cities like Brussels Paris London and Genève, and hotel reading rooms to keep the DAILY SUNDAY TRIBUNE on file for travelers and Americans abroad.
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Daily Sunday Tribune
London
Hotel Victoria
Savoy Hotel
Chariton Hotel
Claridge’s Hotel
Ritz Hovel
Hotel Metropole
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Norfolk Stree Embankment
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Manchester
Queen's Hotel
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Midland Hotel
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Mets
Continental
Four Seasons
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Kaiserhof
Oestropote
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Kurer Neuenahr
Nuremberg
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