Shield of the Sahib and Viceroy’s Guard in India
The article discusses Lord Minto's security in India amid nationalist unrest. It highlights the use of native orderlies as a trusted shield for the Viceroy, with white officers and regiments providing protection. The piece notes past assassinations and the heightened danger, underscoring the fragile stability under British rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tcopfright
Brentwood Company
Lord Minto
India
Deccan
Lord Minte
Lord Roberts warns Britain could be invaded by Germany
Vice Admiral Finnis told a Dover audience that German forces could land 8000 men across the North Sea using naval exercises as cover. He described maneuvers where danger to the British coast seemed possible despite naval watchfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Finnis
Dover
North Ish
Abstinent Ferdinand of Bulgaria Amid Court Intrigue
The Bulgarian ruler, famed for total abstinence as policy, governs with a controlled temper and disciplined nerves aiding dealings with ministers. His abstemious stance is attributed to his clever mother Princess Clementine and shapes his image as an unflappable diplomat amid European royal families.
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Europe
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Clementine of
Stion
Royal Cause Celebre Shapes Austrian Legal Battle
An Austrian court battle centers on Princess Elvira of Bavaria and Count Wrbona Kaunitz. A genealogical challenge claims the Kaunitz inheritance and armorial rights depend on eight generations of paternal lines and noble status. The case hinges on the lineage of the Count’s great grandmother amid 18th and 19th century upheaval, risking loss of Kaunitz estate and name if forged.
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Bavaria
Elvira
Wrbona Kaunitz
Germany
Kaunitz
Maria Thérése
Austria
Kaunus
Vienna
Rudolph Wrbna
Imperial Court of
Palffys
Rucolph Wrona
Hebrew Orphan Asylum Elects Officers in Brooklyn Meeting
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum at Ralph avenue and Pacific street Brooklyn held its annual meeting. Simon L. Rothschild elected president succeeding Moses May who resigned months earlier. Frank Pentlarge named vice president Moses J. Harris treasurer. The society cared for 361 children last year up 45 from the year before. Dues fell with 134 members withdrawn due to unsettled business. Building fund rose to 124000 with 124000 on hand though 200000 needed for a new wing and enlargement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Ralph Avenue
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Simon L. Rothschild
Moses May
Frank Pentlarge
Moses J. Harris
Major Orlando J. Smith Founder of American Press Association Dies
Major Orlando J. Smith, founder and president of the American Press Association, died at his home in Dobb’s Ferry after months of illness from stomach cancer. Born 1842 in Vigo County Indiana, he served in the Civil War and led major press ventures including Terre Haute Mail and The Chicago Express before forming the APA in 1882. He authored several works and leaves a wife Evelyn Brady, two daughters, and son Courtland Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Jay Smith
American Press Association
Park Place
Dobb’s Ferry
Major Smith
Joseph A. Blake
Vigo County
Ind
Hiram Smith
Sarah Jacobs Smith
Asbury College
de Pauw University
Terre Haute Mail
Chicago Express
16Th Indiana Infantry
6Th Indiana Cavalry
Army of the Potomac
Army of Ohio
Army of the Cumberland
The
Military Order of Loyal Legion
Ardsley
Ardsley-on-the-Hudson
Lotos Club
Yale Dramatic Club plans road tour this season
The Yale Dramatic Association with a twelve piece university orchestra opens December 3 in Hartford and performs in Bridgeport Meriden and Waterbury with The Critic and The Fire Eater. A New York run is planned January 4 5 and 6 at the Waldorf Astoria ballroom. Seats go on sale December 23 at the Waldorf Astoria and Yale Club 30 West 44th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Dramatic Association
University
Hartford
Yale
Bridgeport
Meriden
Waterbury
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Yale Club
West 44Th Street
Last Elmendorf Lecture at Carnegie Hall
Dwight F Elmendorf presented Yellowstone Park the Wonderland of America at Carnegie Hall last night drawing a full house. Using stereopticon and moving pictures he led a private conveyance through the park from a log cabin station, showing geysers wildlife rock formations and the Yellowstone Falls in a vivid, applauded sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
America
Dwight F Elmendorf
Carnegie Hall
Ex-Congressman Eugene F Loud Dies in San Francisco
Ex congressman Eugene F Loud died at his son in law Captain J J Callandine's home in San Francisco after months of ill health worsened by the deaths of his daughter and wife. A 12 year GOP representative from the 6th District he was 61. Born in Abingdon Massachusetts he moved to California at 13 and enlisted as a private in the Union cavalry at 15. He studied law and later pursued commerce and served as chairman of the Post Offices and Post Roads Committee. He advocated postal service reforms including a failed bill to raise second class mail rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eugene F. Loud
J. J. Callandine
Loud
Abingdon
Mass
California
Union Cavalry
Congress
Postal Service
John H Kerrison Dies Former English Publisher at 70
John H Kerrison of Boston died at seventy. He once published half penny dailies in England, ran The Evening Star at Stockport and Ashton, owned The Weekly Guardian, and after bank failures served with distinction in India earning a Victoria medal for bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John H. Kerrison
England
Liverpool
Evening Star
Stockport
Ashton
Guardian
Today’s events across New York venues and societies
Free admission to the American Museum of Natural History in New York is followed by a slate of gatherings. Church luncheon at Hotel Manhattan, a socioreligious talk by Rev. Pardow at the Catholic Club, a New York Academy of Sciences dinner, and more at Endicott Hotel, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, Hotel Astor, and Cooper Union venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum
New York Churchmen’s Association
Manhattan
William O'Brien Pardow
Daughters of the Faith
Catholic Club
Central Park South
New York Academy of Sciences
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Shakespeare Club
Hotel Astor
Marshall Darrach
Julius Cesar
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
Ex Governor Francis P Fleming Dies in Jacksonville
Francis Philip Fleming, Governor of Florida from 1889 to 1893, died at his home in Jacksonville on December 20. A Florida native, he served in the Confederate army during the Civil War and later became a prominent lawyer and politician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Francis Philip Fleming
Florida
Fleming
Weather Report Forecast From Washington
Snow flurries in the Great Lakes and southern rains. Fair elsewhere with moderate to warm temperatures. Winds shift along coasts and across routes to European ports. Official record notes yesterday's highs and lows with dates and contrasts to last year.
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Washington
Great Lake Region
Orm
Lake Superior
New England
Gulf States
Rts
Grand Banks
Souast
Weather Bureau
Noted Albany Businessman and Railroad Figures Die
OBITUARY NOTES report the deaths of William McEwan a prominent Albany businessman and brother of ex Postmaster James B McEwan, and John Shelby Barrow Erie Railroad assistant general passenger agent who died in Newark at age fifty seven. Barrow born in Baton Rouge had ten years with Erie and previously worked for Chicago Northwestern Jamestown Chautauqua Lake Erie RR. Barrow leaves wife and five children. Also noted is Miss Isa A Neuhut of Newark who died at 31 from paralysis she was blind founder of the library for the blind in Newark. Thomas M Griffith builder of the first bridge over Niagara and two bridges over the Mississippi died at eighty five in West New Brighton Staten Island. he was Civil War ironclad inspector at Brooklyn navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam M'Ewan
Albany
James B. McEwan
John Shelby Barrow
Erie Railroad
Newark
N. J
Barrow
Baton Rouge
Erie
Chicago & Northwestern
Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railroad
A. Neuhut
Bankstreet
Miss Neuhut
Lbrary For the
Thomas M. Griffith
Niagara
New Brighton
Staten Island
Mr. Griffith
Brooklyn Navy Yard
American Woman's Play Debuts in London Court Theatre
Bertha Graham an American author presented Oop at Kierstenans a Yorkshire setting drama privately by the Play Actors Society at the Court Theatre. It was well received with favorable critics praising clever writing fresh ideas and strong characterization. The author was called before the curtain and applauded.
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London
Kierstenans
Bertha Graham
Play Actors’ Society
Court Theatre
Prominent Arrivals At The Hotels
Judge R Thatcher of Denver arrives at Pelmont. Tom A Marshall from Kerthsburg at Pelmont. George W Rosborn from Chicago arrives at Hoffman. Theodore Lesches from Chicago also at Hollant. Eugene Hilbert from Chicago at Imperial. Dr Nathaniel Neff from St Louis at Manhattan. Frank H Buck from San Francisco at Waldores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelmont
R. Thatcher
Denver
Tom A. Marshall
Kerthsburg
Hoffman
George W. Rosborn
Chicago
Theodore Lesches
Eugene Hilbert
Manhattan
Nathaniel Neff
St. Louis
Waldore
Frank H. Buck
San Francisco
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church 100th Anniversary Services
Presbyterians from across the United States attended three centennial services at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York to mark a century since its Cedar Street beginnings. Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson led the morning sermon with various pastors assisting, and baptisms were performed for Ellen Harvey Trull and Irene Damon McGregor. The ceremony traced the church’s growth from 1905 to the present, detailing pastors, buildings, and missions, and noting its generous support for home and foreign causes. The centennial continues with a missionary service and a series of commemorations at notable venues.
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Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
56Th Street
Cedar Street
J. Ross Stevenson
Stevenson
Edwin F. Hallenbeck
Albert L. Evans
Hugh Pritchard
Paul R. Abbott
Ellen Harvey Trull
George H. Trull
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Irene Damon McGregor
R. W. E. McGregor
Dr. Stevenson
Presbyterian Church
Our Church
Sechariah Lewis
William Cleveland
George Fitch
John B. Romeyn
Duane Street
19Th Street
Hall
New England
Federal Church
William Hall
H. M. Hall
East Lyme
Conn
John
United States
Jeremiah Calvin Lanphier
Lanphier
Romeyn
American Bible Society
Cyrus Mason
George Potts
Mississippi
Potts
James W. Alexander
Lth Street
Alexander
Nathan L. Rice
John Hall
Dublin
57Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Central Presbyterian Church
65Th Street
George T. Purves
Princeton Theological Seminary
Hea
McCormack Theological Seminary
Jonathan Edwards
G. Campbell Morgan
Westminster Chapel
London
Hugh Black
Edinburgh
W. J. Dawson
J. Wilbur Chapman
Young People’s Society
James Anderson Hawes
William Sloane
63D Street
First Avenue
Branchport
N. J
King Street
East 59Th Street
General Assembly
Edwards Hall
East 41Th Street
Henry M. Alexander
West B1th Street
Charlotte Hamilton
East Orange
Ewen McIntyre
West 74Th Street
William Campbell
A. F. Schauffler
Charles L. Thompson
E. Speer
Maitland Alexander
Henry 5. Coffin
The Children at Bethlehem at Carnegie Hall review
Dr Frank Damrosch conducted Pierné cantata The Children at Bethlehem with a 200 child Mount Vernon chorus. The performance featured a mixed reception noting melodic monotony at times, vivid instrumental color, and a long program preceding the cantata which dulled audience attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Damrosch
Carnegie Hall
Gabriel Pierné
Bethlehem
Mount Vernon
Alfred Hallam
Bispham
Nevada van der Veer
Laura Combs
Ruth Harris
Fanny Rice
Underhill
de Los Becker
A. John
Star of Bethlehem
M. Pierné
Pierné’s
Mr. Bispham
Berlioz
Christ
Stille Nacht
Sunday Night Concerts at Manhattan Opera House
Mischa Elman the star violinist electrified a Sunday night audience at the Manhattan Opera House with the Paganini Concerto and Bach Gounod Ave Maria. The concert featured Miles Espinasse Zeppilli Gerville Reache Parola Dufranne and others with Sir Campanini conducting and an encore filled program including Liszt Rakoczy March and a final lively encore. The Met performance at the Metropolitan Opera House offered Fangetan and Il Trovatore arias with Mme Rappold and a English song encore as the crowd showed lasting enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mischa Etman
Manhattan Opera House
Paganini
Campanini
Elman
Drigo Auer
Zapateado
Waldemar Liachowski
Gossec
Ethel Barnes
Mr. Hammerstein
Miles. Espinasse
Zeppilli
Gerville-Reache
Parola
Dufranne
Arimondi
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Martin
Fangetan
Die Meistersinger
Mme. Rappold
Brooklyn
Miss Gay
Messrs
Didur
Noté
Noél
Adam
Spetrino
Mrs Bloomfield Zeisler Heads German Theatre Concert
Mrs Bloomfield Zeisler dominated a Sunday program at the new German Theatre with Miss Lillie Lawlor Mr Frank Ormsby and Mr Otto Meyer corroborating. She played Beethoven D minor Sonata Op 31 No 2 four Chopin pieces the Berceuse the Etude Op 25 No 3 the Valse Op 70 No 1 and the B flat minor scherzo. With Meyer she offered Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata Op 47. Zeisler’s solo passages displayed judged brilliance and emotional command with a blend of thought and force that captivated listeners.
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Bloomfield-Zeisler
Hermann Klein
New German Theatre
Lillie Lawlor
Frank Ormsby
Otto Meyer
Arthur Rosenstein
Meyer
Kreutzer
Mrs. Bloomfield-Zeisler
Miss Blanche Bates Organizes Hunting Party at Ossining
Miss Blanche Bates of Stuyvesant Theatre partners with Miss Frances Starr and Miss Charlotte Walker from Mr Belasco's circle to hunt a fox that has seized fowl from her Ossining estate. The party plans to use Bates's hunting dogs next week with additional support from Belasco’s troupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Bates
Stuyvesant Theatre
Sunday Show Hearing Planned After Vaudeville Push
Mayor McClellan will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to gauge city sentiment on Sunday theatre and moving picture performances following the interdenominational committee campaign to suppress Sunday vaudeville.
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Interdenominational Committee For the Suppression
McClellan
Giant Doorman for Theatre Arrives in City
Miss Maxine Elliott, while in London months ago, hired a professional commissionaire to manage carriage arrivals at her new theatre. She sent for Peter McCullogh, an English Grenadier six feet four inches tall, who has now arrived.
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Maxine Elliott
London
Peter McCullogh
Cunarder Campania Visitor Takes Command at New Playhouse
A passenger aboard the Cunarder Campania weighted seven percent pounds and aged thirty and he assumes command of the lobby at Miss Elliotts upon the new playhouse opening.
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Miss Elliott
The Counsel for the Defence at Smiths Theatre
Cohan and Harris presented Henry Irving Dodge's new drama The Counsel for the Defence at Smiths Theatre tonight. The plot centers on a complicated legal problem and a mysterious murder with Frederick Perrey in the leading role, supported by Muriel Starr and a notable cast.
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the Tribune
Hamilton
Ohio
Smiths Theatre
Cohan & Harris
Counsel For
Henry Irving Dodge
Frederick Perrey
Muriel Starr
Thomas Findlay
Grace Heyers
Sidney Ainsworth
Lynn Pratt
Horace James
New York
A. J. Exigazer
Frank McKee
George M. Cohan
Sem Jack Welch
William Hepner
Victor Moore
Death notices appear in THE TRIBUNE for republishing
Death notices from December 18 1908 list many local obituaries including Baldwin Coursen Dunning Field Hoyt Packe Smith Sullivan Trimble White Willox with dates and funeral details. Notices note addresses such as No 284 William Street East Orange No. 22 Sterling Place and city venues like Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and Woodlawn Cemetery with service times and interment plans.
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Baldwin
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn
Boston
Denis J
Elizabeth Vaeu
Sterling Ace
Brooklyn
Joseph's Church
Pacific St
Vanderbilt Ave
Trimble
East 25Th St
Merritt Trimble
Walter
Mary M. Waderhither
White
George Edward White
New York City
Acre
Henry White
New Haven
Grove Street
Willox
Asheville
N.C
Raynes Scranton
George W
F. Wilcox
Montclair
Ambulance and transit ad with contact details in New York
Readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station and Webster Jerome avenue trolleys by carriage. Lots priced from 150 dollars. Telephone 4853 G for Book of Views or representative. Office at 20 East 23d Street New York City. Frank Fe Campbell at 2413 West 234th Street Chapel Private and public ambulances Tel 1224 Chelsea.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
New York Citys
Frank FE. Campbell
West
Chelsea
Uptown Office offer to consult applicant files
Employer quick benefit from the file of selected aspirants for positions, installed at the Uptown Office of THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. Subscription rates listed for daily weekly biweekly and Sunday editions, with domestic and international postage details and mail options.
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THE
NEW York Tribune
United States
Mexico
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Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
New York City
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Manchester
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