Fleet Off For Sydney Mackland Farewell
The American battleship fleet leaves Auckland after a lengthy farewell from New Zealand officials and crowds. Admiral Sperry and Premier Ward exchanged messages of friendship as ships sailed in formation toward Sydney, with bands playing both nations' anthems and the Maori phrase Kia ora aroha.
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Joseph Ward
Sir Joseph
Kentucky
New Zealand
Sydney
Admiral Sperry
Dominion
United States
Aédmiral Sperry
Preparations in Manila for Fleet Visit Delight Locals
Washington reports Manila plans to entertain the battleship fleet with parades, water pageants, and a six week welcome. A general committee coordinates events including dinners, receptions, concerts, theater rentals, and a grand ball. The aim is to provide a home feel at a new base with headquarters near Corregidor Island.
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Alle
Manila
Merchants’ Association
M. A. Clarke
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Hubert T. Fox
Eugene Itimer
Thomas G Hansen
W. B. Imag
Walton W. Brown
Arsadie Arellane
John Sebree
J. ©. Meehan
Martin Ocampo
Lespolfo
G. S. Bingham
Philippine
Caviot
Thera
Moat
Bagumbayah
Wallace Field
Plaza Moraga
Santa Cruz
Botanical Gardens
Fieet
Army
Navy
Ife
Bluejackets
Naval Ball Brightens Manhanset Hotel Scene
Naval officers on leave arrived at Shelter Seland aboard a torpedo boat for a naval ball at the Manhanset Hotel. A full band from the Yankee provided a concert that evening, illuminating the venue for the event.
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Manhanset
Seland
Gur Ts Bay
Selans
Obituary: Gordon Macdonald of Speyer & Co dies in Gananoque
Gordon Macdonald a banker with Speyer & Co dies in Gananoque Canada while seeking health. Born January 1 1856 in Ganamoque he lived in New York and Morristown and held directorships at several banks and railroad and shipping firms. He married Emilie Iselin in Riverdale New York. He joined Speyer & Co after long service at Maitland Phelps Kessler and Continental Trust. Funeral details not listed.
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Speyer & Co
Gananoque
Canada
Mr. Macdonald
Ganamoque
Toronto Model School
Collegiate Institute
Kingston
Ont
New York
House of Maitland, Phelps & Co
Frankfort-American Insurance Company
Indiana
Decatur & Western Railroad Company
Rapid Transit Ferry Company
Emilie Iselin
Riverdale
N. Y
West 16Th Street
Morristown
N. J
Tinton Metropolitan
Whippany River
Macdonald
Speyer
Europe
Sperer & Co
Republic of Cuba
George W Harrah Dies in Havana After Years Abroad
George W. Harrah, a retired civil engineer born in Philadelphia seventy years ago, died Thursday in Havana Cuba where he had lived the last decade. Survived by a wife two sons and two daughters he was educated in Philadelphia and Switzerland and worked in London and several European countries. He retired about ten years ago due to ill health and belonged to multiple clubs in London and Switzerland.
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Havana
Cuba
Mr. Harrah
Philadelphia
Switzerland
London
Harrah
Death of Rev. Dr. Oliver A. Brown at Atlantic Highlands
The Rev. Dr. Oliver A. Brown retired clergyman died of heart disease at his home on Bar View avenue Atlantic Highlands after a short illness. Born in 1844 in Greenville Ohio he studied at Ohio Western College and Drew Theological Seminary. He served in Cincinnati Newark Baltimore and others before retiring in 1898. He leaves wife Nellie Stover and five sons and one daughter. Funeral Monday at 4 p.m. at First Methodist Episcopal Church Atlantic Highlands with burial in Monmouth County.
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Atlantic Highlands
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Greenville
Ohio
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Cincinnati
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Newark
Baltimore
Luther Wilson
Camp Meeting Association
Ocean Grove
N. J
James M. Buckley
The
Christian Advocate
Hugh Johnston
Samuel Sargent
New Jersey
Nellie Stover
Valley Falls
N. Y
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Monmouth County
Skeletons of Explorers Found Near Lake of the Woods
Skeletons of Jean Baptiste de la Verandrye and Father Auleau and nineteen skulls of voyagers were found on an island northwest of the Lake of the Woods. The site of Fort St Charles, built in 1782 by Sieur de la Verandrye, was located nearby by St Boniface College priests with Judge Prudhomme.
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Winnipeg
Jean Baptiste de la Verandrye
Father Auleau
Lake of the Woods
St. Boniface’s College
Prudhomme
St. Boniface
Chauncey Olcott Opens Ragged Robin in Saratoga
Chauncey Olcott debuted the season at the Broadway Theatre in Ragged Robin a lively Irish play in a joint production with Rita Olcott and Aida Johnson Young. Olcott played the ragged hero and received strong applause after the third act before giving a speech. The musical score was by Frederick Knight Logan. Olcott is slated for further New York appearances this season.
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N. Y
Chauncey Olcott
Broadway
Rita Olcott
Aida Johnson Young
Mr. Olcott
Frederick Knight Logan
New York
Tony Pastor Nearing End Says Elmhurst Doctors
Doctors at his Elmhurst home in Queens report veteran vaudeville actor Tony Pastor may live only a week. One physician remains at his bedside as others doubt recovery, though he rallied slightly and retained some nourishment after a better night.
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Elmhurst
Queens
Tony Pastor
Heat Drives Marc Klaw to Barber in Daring Transformation
Early yesterday Marc Klaw left New Rochelle and entered a Broadway barber shop where he sacrificed his famed dark whiskers. The barber created a new look for the theatre magnate, whose facial hair had symbolized his star-making career. The hairs were preserved in waxed paper by the theatrical syndicate, with plans to keep the identity of Abe Erlanger’s partner clear. Klaw cited heat as a motive, while shedding the whiskers that once framed his public persona.
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New Rochelle
Broadway
Theatrical
Trust
Hered
Mr. Kiaw
Abe” Erlanger
The Fortune Hunter and Minstrel First Woman Starring
Frederic Thompson accepts Winchell Smith play The Fortune Hunter with Smith as chief character. George Thatcher to impersonate, and Trixie Friganza to occupy minstrel chair next Wednesday, first female minstrel on record. C L Waterbury Inc unveils vaudeville group. Wagenhals Kemper host cast after Paid in Full at Astor Theatre with Weber's Theatre run anticipated.
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Frederic Thompson
Winchell Smith
Fortune Hunter
George Thatcher
Cohan & Harris
Trixie Friganza
Weber's Theatre
A Royal Caprice and the Fall of a Grand Duchess Muse
The tale centers on Count Sumarokoff-Histon and Milo von Heyden in St Petersburg. A grand duchess manipulates marriages to ruin lovers, triggering a deadly duel that wrecks Count Manteuffel. Sumarokoff dies, with his love for Milo vindicated, and Russia sees a rising statesman emerge in a reforming Czarist era.
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Ianentatings Bales
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Don
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von Heyden
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de Coeur
Don Juan
Stolypin’s Liberal Standings Amid Russia’s Quiet Revolution
The article argues revolution in Russia has paused due to Stolypin and police actions, but mainly because revolution leaders now trust the premier’s commitment to liberal reforms. It highlights Stolypin’s restraint after terrorist acts, his devotion to the Emperor, and his emergence from obscurity to lead reforms, amid opposition from reactionaries and autocratic factions.
England poised to act over Congo Free State rights
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY reports that Britain, led by Sir Edward Grey, contemplates radical action against King Leopold and the Congo Free State if Belgian annexation stalls. A naval move and potential arbitration are discussed as London signals readiness to enforce treaty rights, potentially without allied help.
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London
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Belgium
Leonold
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Sir Perry Scott
Lord Charlies Beresford
United States
Alexandria
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Fresh Air Fund brings countryside joy to city children
Thousands of Tribune Fresh Air Fund children explore open fields in summer. Italian and Irish children adapt to new homes as workers report playful questions and small milestones. Acknowledgments list charity events and old hymns pioneer Sankey’s influence on Moody’s revival.
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Tribune
Maria
Chapel Hill
N. J
Ruth
New York
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Olger E. Rilke
Krem Farm
N. Y
Cardinal Gibbons Visits Pope in Rome Audience
Cardinal Gibbons met the Pope in Rome on August 14 and thanked him for granting requests from the Propaganda and the Vatican. The Pope replied that nothing would be denied where the Church in America was concerned.
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Pope
Rome
Pontiff
Propaganda
Vatican
America
Ira D Sankey Dies World Famous Evangelist and Hymn Writer
Ira D. Sankey died at his Brooklyn home after a long illness. Funeral planned at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. Lock officiating. Pallbearers named by Sankey include William Harkness D W McWilliams S N Reeve and John N Beach. Sankey born August 28 1849 in Edinburg Pennsylvania. moved to New Castle. joined Methodist Church at 16. allied with Dwight Moody after meeting in 1870. formed famed Chicago work. toured internationally and wrote many hymns.
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Moody
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D. W. McWilliams
N. Reeve
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Tra
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Lawrence County
David
Mary S. Sankey
Methodist Church
Internal Revenue Service
Indianapolis
Dwight J. Moody
Chicago
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Ware Crest
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Jeremiah Vanderbilt Mesereie
Lafayette Avenue Church
Lafayette Ave
South Oxford St. Brocklym
Prominent Arrivals at Leading Hotels
List of notable guests checking into major hotels including Breslin W A Miles London Holland House Mrs Thomas Ewing Denver Hotel Astor Lt John S Pratt Fort Mansfield Hotel Belmont Major Tf Treadwell US Army Hotel Netherland T D Estabrook St Paul Waldorf Astor Major Gage England Wolcott Donald Mackenzie Quebec J G Patton Philadelphia Byron Banckham Van Dyke Banckham London.
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W. A. Miles
London
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Thomas Ewing
Denver
ASTOR
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Pratt
Fort Mansfield
Belmont
Treadwell
Weather Report and Forecast for Washington and Regions
The Weather Bureau records high temperatures across the east while the upper lakes and Rocky Mountain areas are cooler. Showers occur in the western half and Missouri Valley regions, with fair conditions in the south. Temperatures will vary little Saturday but may drop Sunday in northern districts. winds shift by coast and region with light to fresh patterns. District specifics include late today showers and cooler conditions for DC and Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern New York, and New England with variable winds and scattered cloudiness.
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Roosevelt Asked to Visit St Joseph for U S Military Tourney
In Oyster Bay on August 4 John Donovan, leading the Military Tournament Association of St Joseph, invited President Roosevelt to attend the U S military tournament in St Joseph September 21 to 5. Roosevelt hinted he would like to go but did not promise. He discussed Central American conditions with Dr Andrew J Barchfeld and the Berlin Interparliamentary Union meeting, spent morning tennis, afternoon reading, and noted ongoing interest in African hunting. The Theodore Roosevelt family celebrated a composite birthday date with Christine Roosevelt among the honorees, followed by a Sound cruise aboard the Sylph reaching anchor tonight.
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Barchfeld
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Christine Roosevelt
J. Emien Roosevelt
Ethel
Theodore, Jr
Kermit
Quentin
Archie
Anchorage
Death notices from The Tribune Chronicle
Notices list multiple obituaries and funeral details from Stonington to Long Branch. Entries include Adee Carey Durrie Harrah Kemp Leeds Lyle McCaffrey MacSweeney Mangels Meserole and Mesereibe with service times and burial plans. Also mentions Woodlawn Cemetery access and Campbell funeral chapels in New York.
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