New York Tribune Newspaper Archives, Dec 14, 1908, p. 18

Morning Post Passes to Countess Bathurst as Proprieter

Lilias Countess of Glenesk becomes sole owner of The Morning Post after decades of family leadership. The paper, famed for royal coverage, will remain London’s fashion and world affairs daily with strong ties to the Empire. Lord Bathurst, former St Helena garrison commander, maintains influence as part of the aristocratic ownership transition.

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Bathurst mystery tied to English envoy and a vanished lord

The Bathurst family saga recalls James Henjemin Bathurst an English diplomat whose mission provoked Austrian friction with Napoleon. After fleeing to Perleberg a guard aided his departure but Bathurst vanished into darkness. Rumors blamed the French, while a skeleton later found near Perleberg sparked debate on Bathurst lineage and English connections to German roots.

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Elevation to the Woolsack Receives Lifetime Honor

The article notes a lifetime on his elevation to the Woolsack as Lord High Chancellor of England, marking a historic appointment and recognition of his long service. The historic moment highlights the significance of the office and the enduring influence of the individual within the legal realm.

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Island despots rule: lonely Irish isle and titled barons

A historical sketch of island rule off Europe details Innismurray in Sligo Bay where Michael Waters and now his son held autocratic sway. The piece notes beehive monastic remains of St Mulasius, male burial traditions, and ghostly legends. It also mentions Lambay Island owned by Cecil Baring and connections to the Lorillard and Tailor family lines.

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Europe Michael Waters Innismurray Sligo Bay Ireland St. Mulasius St. Patrick Waters Lord Revelstoke Cecil Baring Pierre Lorillard T. Suffern Lambay Hewth Innis Patrick Islan Marquise DE Fontenoy

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Congress Faces Holiday Adjournment and Key Bills

Washington describes a rapid week as both chambers plan holiday adjournment around December 21 with January 4 return. The agenda includes Secret Service paragraph review, Perkins committee report, penal law codification bill, and the Foraker bill on re-enlistment of negro soldiers tied to Brownsville riots. Debates anticipated in the Senate led by Senator Lodge with no action expected that week.

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Major Edward Beadie Kinney Obituary in City Manufacturer

Major Edward Beadie Kinney, Civil War volunteer officer and mirror factory partner, died at home at 519 West 124th Street of heart disease after ill health. Born 1835 in New York, he served in the 6th New York Volunteer Infantry and earned a major’s commission from Lincoln. He survived a quicksand incident that weakened his heart. Survived by wife, three sons, two daughters. funeral at Episcopal Church of Zion and St. Timothy on West jith Street (West 124th).

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Edward Beadie Kinney West 124Th Street Major Kinney New York City 6Th New York Volunteer Infantry Lincoln Kinney B. W. Merrian &O Grand Army of the Republic Episcopal Church of

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Reverend Henry Prat Dies After Long Illness at St Columba’s

The Rev Henry Prat longtime rector of St Columba’s Church on West 25th Street died yesterday at the rectory after nearly three years of illness from Bright’s disease. Born in 1843 on the Island of Tahiti, he was educated in Rome and ordained in 1868. He helped found St Agnes Church on the East Side before leading St Columba’s since 1885. A solemn requiem Mass will be held Wednesday at 10 AM.

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Henry Prat St. Columba's Church West 25Th Street Bright Father Prat Island Tahi Rome College of the Propaganda Father Donnelly St. Michael's Church West 22d Street Father Macdowell Archbishop McCluskey Church of St. Agnes East 43A Street Father McAleer St. Columba’s Church

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Lorenzo Guernsey Dies A Pioneer Hudson Merchant

Lorenzo Guernsey, 89, of Hudson New York, pioneer merchant and longtime president of Guernsey and Terry Company, founder and trustee of Hudson Orphan Asylum, died this morning.

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Obituary notes of three notable figures across states

Colonel James R. Michael aged sixty eight died of pneumonia at his Bloomfield New Jersey home after a career fighting Indians in the West and supplying the U S government for five years. Mrs Lillian May Wright Newman wife of Dr L G Newman died at Brewster New York born Helena Montana 1878 daughter of Rev Dr Clark Wright and married in 1897. Caroline Nixon widow of John F Nixon first keeper of Absecon Lighthouse Atlantic City died at seventy six, the first to light lamps on the Absecon shoals, her husband died twenty three years ago.

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James R. Michael Bloomfield N. J Sibley and Cully United States Lillian May Wright Newman L. G Newman Brewster N. Y Newman Helena Mont Clark Wright Drew Col“Tae Caroline Nixon John F. Nixon Absecon Atlantic City Nixon Absecon Shoals

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Civil Service League to Meet in Pittsburg

The twenty eighth annual convention of the National Civil Service Reform League will be held in Pittsburg on Thursday and Friday under the Allegheny County association. Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte Joseph H Choate and Mayor Guthrie will deliver addresses. Reports cover merit system applications for high municipal officers civil service in dependencies and veteran preferences within the merit system.

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Mahler Conducts Sixth Sunday Concert at Carnegie Hall

Mahler directed the Symphony Society in Carnegie Hall presenting two overtures and a Beethoven symphony. The performance, heard without intermission, drew frenzied applause and mixed critical notes on intonation and tempo, yet captivated with startling climaxes and vigorous interpretation.

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Miss Geraldine Morgan Leads Gentle Concert at Belasco Stuyvesant Theatre

Miss Geraldine Morgan organized a string quartet with L Lorenzo Smith Joseph Kovarth and Paul Morgan. They opened with Haydn in E major then performed Brahms sextet in B flat with Laender and Droge. Soprano Lenia Livingston Morse sang two Brahms one Rubinstein and one Schumann songs between pieces. The reviewer notes fine playing and charm but wishes more depth and nuance.

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Geraldine Morgan Belasco Stuyvesant Miss Morgan L. Lorenzo Smith Joseph J. Kovarth Paul Morgan Haydn Brahms Rubinstein Schumann Lenia Livingston Morse S. Laendner Viola Max Droge H. EB. K

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Last Night's Opera Concerts At Manhattan and Met Opera Houses

Italian program dominated the Manhattan Opera House with La Gioconda and Dance of the Hours led by Campanini. Maria Labia drew long applause for Mare Mare and Occhi Turchini, refusing an encore. Don Juan and other Strauss works highlighted the Metropolitan concert with Blass singing The Two Grenadiers and Petschikoff’s Wieniawski concerto amid a slate of soloists.

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Manhattan Opera House Manhattan Mr. Campanini Mmes Agostinelli Ponzano Messrs Taccani Patese Arimondi César Cui Mmes. Rappold Homer and Kaschowska Mr. Noté

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Gabrilowitsch Opens Klein Sunday Concerts at Deutsches Theatre

The first of Hermann Klein’s Sunday afternoon popular concerts featured Ovesip Gabrilowitsch. He offered a light program then Rubinstein’s Barecarolie in G minor. Eva Mylott, Australian contralto, debuted in New York with Caro mio ben and other songs.

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Oscar Hammerstein Honored by The Friars at Astor Night

Oscar Hammerstein receives rare praise at Hotel Astor as The Friars and city officials honor his career as impresario and inventor. He downplays self and publicity, recalls early music dreams, and credits the American public for supporting musical art, amid remarks by McGowan and toastmaster Cook.

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Oscar Hammerstein Manhattan Opera House O. H Supreme Court Hotel Astor Mr. Hammerstein Manhattan McGowan Board of Aldermen New York MaeGowan Charles Emerson Cook Rennold Wolf Victor Herbert al Hayman Daniel Frohman Walter Damresch Charles Burnham Gus” Edwards Hammerstein

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Elman at the Manhattan Concert Series in New York

Mischa Elman the Russian violinist makes his first American visit at the request of Mr Hammerstein and will perform the Paganini concerto with piano accompaniment at the Leofonte Campanini concert on Sunday night. He will also play the Drigo Auer Serenade and Sarasate Zapateado. Hammerstein reserves rights for all Sunday night appearances of the violinist in New York.

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Mischa Elman America

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Memorial windows unveiled at Plymouth Church Brooklyn

Three new memorial windows were unveiled at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn yesterday. The panels honor Henry Ward Beecher speaking at Beecher Hall in London, Abraham Lincoln with the Emancipation Proclamation, and a group portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe Emma Willard Mary Lyon and Catherine Esther Beecher.

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Senator Hansbrough in steady condition after surgery

Minneapolis December 13 Doctors report Senator H C Hansbrough of Devils Lake North Dakota remains seriously ill after Friday surgery at Asbury Hospital. He had a fairly comfortable day and was resting easily tonight, though still weak.

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Prominent Arrivals at Local Hotels

Prominent arrivals noted from several hotels include J James J. Toy of Los Angeles at the Gilley, A T Soule of Richmond at the Holl and, and F RB Fisk of Montgomery at the Imperial. George E Burrows of Buffalo checked into Majestic, Earl Wheeler of Washington at Hytel Astor, J P Field of Rochester at Murray Hill, G P Putnam of Washington at Seville, W 8 Potter of Suffern at St Regis, E J Forbes of Seneca Falls at Victoria, and Arthur A Houghton of Corning at Wolcott.

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TRYING TO SAVE TREES ALONG BROADWAY SUBWAY

The article reports on plans to alter the Broadway subway from Park Place to 14th Street that threaten over 150 mature trees. Park Commissioner Smith and Interborough officials propose plan changes to preserve or transplant the trees, with Ground staff labeling the remaining trees as dead or dying and preparations to replant with hardy shrubs after spring.

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Trains Through Lanes of Trees in New York City

Advance sheets from the Tree Planting Association of New York City reveal Charles R. Lamb proposes planting trees along streets and on either side of railroad tracks to yield timber for railroad ties and enhance aesthetics. The plan calls for cooperation with railroads and local authorities to expand tree planting around stations and roads to stations, with broader national scope under Colonel Mitchell and John Culver. A donor has given one hundred trees for New York public schools or East Side areas, underscoring the belief that a green tree is essential for urban life.

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Tree Planting Association of New York City Charles R. Lamb New York Lamb Pennsylvania New York Central Erie Colonel Mitchell John Culver Tree Planting Association East Side

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Local transit and funeral services advertised in New York

Readily accessible Hartem trains from Grand Central Station and Webster and Jerome avenue trolleys. Carriage lots priced from 150 dollars. Telephone 4853 for Book of Views or representative. Undertakers Frank F. Campbell at 2413 West 234th Street. Private and public ambulances available at Tel. 1324 Chelsea.

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Free lectures and talks at New York venues today

A packed schedule features free admissions and talks across New York venues. Notable events include Mrs. Rudolphine Scheffer Ely on The Drama at Hotel Astor and Dr. William Hanna Thomson on The Emmanuel Movement at Hotel Martha Washington.

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American Museum of Natural History National Civic Federation Astor Rudolphine Scheffer Ely League For Political Education West U A William Hanna Thomson Emmanuel Movement Martha Washington A. m Ethical Social League Aster William O’ Brien Pardow Catholic Club Central Park South Wallace Gilpatrick Mexico University Settlement Eldridge Street Chiron Club Hotel Astor Tom Shakespeare Club P. m J. Duncan Spaeth Walt Whitman Brotherhood People's Institute Cooper Union P. mi Board of Education S P. m—De Witt Clinton 58Th Street Tenth Avenue Chopin Daniel Gregory Mason Stuyvesant High School Lth First Avenue Lewis G. Leary 141St Street Exigecombe Avenue Margaret M. Zerba 1Th Street St. Nicholas Avenue Oxford L. C. G. Grieve West 44Th Street Charles McDowell Hester Essex Streets Carton Joseph Newman 10Th Street Firste Avenue William A. Rodgers Eighth Avenue Willis Boughton St Street Misa Blanche A. Sawyer Avenue A Tith Street John B. Smith Lewis Ersie Houston Stephen PF. Susame Institute Hall East 166 Boston Reed 168Th Street Palestine Mme von Finkelstein Mountford Webster Avenue Fordham Dr Edwin Broome Public Schoo Kingsbridge Avenue Kingsbridge Colorado Graham Hunter 160Th Street Ogden Avenue New York Zoological Park Mary V. Worsters Matilda Street Wakefield Philippines James H. Tate St. Ann's Avenue 47Th Street Henry (. Walsh Lafayette Hall Alexander Avenue 137Th Street Vienna Budapest John Martin

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Weather Report Forecasts Mixed Conditions Across Regions

The storm off the north Atlantic coast brings light rain in the lower lake region and parts of the Atlantic coast states. A Northwest low remains, with no major precipitation yet. Moderate temperatures prevail, with fair weather on the Atlantic coast and Gulf states through Monday and Tuesday, then a West disturbance may bring precipitation to the Midwest and Ohio Valley by Tuesday. Winds are moderate and variable along coasts. Local forecasts for District of Columbia and nearby areas anticipate fair today, increasing clouds and rising temperatures Tuesday, with moderate winds.

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Tribune Subscription Rates Worldwide

The Tribune offers mail subscriptions to any address globally with flexible change options and various rate plans for Daily and Weekly editions. Offices listed in New York and branch contacts cover domestic and international clients with separate rates for foreign destinations and postages.

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Incorporation Charity Helped Homeless and Unemployed

The Industrial Christian Association at 17 Bleecker Street runs a charity aiding homeless and unemployed individuals. It provides food and aims to offer work opportunities, rent support, and shelter in a five story basement building funded by contributions. James EB Ware is treasurer. James G S&S Huyler and Harvey Graeme Furbay hold officer roles.

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