Naturalized Peer Lord Fairfax's Delicate Path to Scotch Title
The article details Lord Fairfax of Cameron's pursuit of a Scotch barony through the House of Lords Privileges Committee. It notes high costs, limited legal access, and the chance of royal proclamation granting peerage rights including ceremonial immunity. It compares the process to Scottish representative elections at Holyrood and mentions related peer creations and potential political alignments.
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Committee of Privileges
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England
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Foreign-born peers seek naturalization in British peerage
Lert Fairfax will sit with Scotch peers including the Earl of Newburgh who has been naturalized as British. The Earl, also Viscount Kynaird and Lord Levingstone, is Italian by birth and holds Rome residence at Palazzo Altieri. His mother’s death brought him the Newburgh earldom and other Scottish titles.
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Holyood
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Newburgh
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Eenne Howard
United States
Lord Newburch
Viscount Kynaird
Lord Levingstone
Scotland
Ornon
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Bandini
Rustano
Rome
Naples
Italy
Palazzo Altieri
Scotch peerage links in British crown and Dutch origins
The article outlines Lord Reay, head of the Mackay clan and chancellor of University College London, born Dutch and previously in Dutch service, who became a British subject and Scot through naturalization and Crown recognition. It notes his roles as Governor of Bombay and first president of the British Academy, and mentions his heir Baron Acnees Mackay and Antony MacDonnell's new styling.
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United Kingdom
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Mackay
University College, London
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Holland
Netherlands
the Hague
Alexander Mitchell
Grenadier Guards
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Queen Victoria
Bombay
India
British Academy
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WH Helmi
Lord High Chancellor as Speaker Lacks Commons Style Power
A historic critique notes the Lord High Chancellor’s mixed role as Speaker of the Lords with limited control over debates. It contrasts Lords self governance with the Commons, cites reform defeats, and recounts traditions where peerage resists formal ledging by a high chancellor. Marquis de Fontenoy.
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House of Commons
Thomas More
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Loeb Denies Africa Trip With Roosevelt
Washington July 21 William Loeb Jr secretary to President Roosevelt denied he would travel to Africa with the President to hunt big game He said he was not going and had never contemplated the trip He attended a Washington Railway and Electric Co directors meeting where his possible presidency was discussed He left Washington for New York on the midnight train with W A Hibbs director of the traction company
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Traction Company
Bullock Invited to Join Roosevelt on Africa Hunt
Colorado Springs dispatch reports frontier peace officer Seth Bullock, then marshal of South Dakota, has been invited to accompany President Theodore Roosevelt on next year s big game hunt in Africa. Bullock, in attendance at a Republican meeting with Frank H Hitchcock, said the President had extended the invitation. He welcomes the honor and is deemed fully qualified for the post.
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Africa
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Sir William Randal Cremer Dies in London
London July 22 Sir William Randal Cremer dies this morning born 1838 longtime MP for Haggerston Division Shoreditch founder of Interparliamentary conferences which met in Paris London Rome Berne The Hague Budapest Brussels Christiania Vienna and St Louis He helped promote an arbitration treaty with the United States and was secretary of the International Arbitration League for 37 years He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 and donated 40000 to the league as an endowment.
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International Arbitration League
Campaign fund plea from The News and Courier
The Charleston News and Courier urges South Carolina Democrats to immediately contribute to Bryan’s campaign. It argues that only money can secure victory, calls for gifts up to one hundred thousand dollars, and denounces critics while demanding individual patronage rather than corporate or newspaper donations.
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Prince of Wales Arrives in Quebec Amid Royal Welcome
In Quebec on July 21 preparations for receiving the Prince of Wales aboard the battleship Indomitable are completed. About 15,000 soldiers, officials, and spectators from Canada and the U.S. fill the city decorated with arches and flags as the Indomitable nears Point Levis for a royal salute.
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Prince of Wales
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Canada
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Exmouth
United States
New Hampshire
Central American War Rumors Reach Central America
Guatemala City reports Nicaragua and Honduras near war over support for Honduran revolutionists. Similar past tensions in 1907 prompted U S and Mexico mediation. Earlier fighting included Honduran incursions and Nicaraguan casualties with Amapalas peace later restoring friendly ties. The gunboat Marietta reached Puerto Cortez.
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Mexico
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Puerto Cortez
Germany's New Ship Company Emerges in Berlin
Berlin reports a plan to form a rival steamship line to Hamburg American, backed by Princes Christian Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen and Egon Firstenburg. They may pool surplus income, apply a trust model, and build a global navigation company to compete with American lines.
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Plague Rumor Delays Return from Venezuela Visit
The steamer Maracaibo arrived at Willemstad Curacao from Puerto Cabello with eleven passengers including Charles W. Vogel a surgeon with the United States marine hospital service who had gone to Venezuela to study bubonic plague. Puerto Cabello refused admittance but mail was delivered. Rumors say bubonic plague may have reappeared at Caracas and Le Guaira.
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United States Marine Hospital Service
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Atlantic battleship fleet to sail today from Honolulu
The Atlantic battleship fleet completes coaling and prepares to resume its voyage around the world tomorrow with flagship Connecticut leaving at 2 30 p m and fleet anchoring for a 6 p m sail. Five thousand sailors had shore leave, officers were hosted on Pearl Harbor excursions, and a sailors ball closed the day with fireworks. The hospital ship Relief will accompany the fleet while Minnesota stays to await mail from San Francisco.
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Charge Against Officer in Honolulu Altercation
United States attorney filed information against Lieutenant Commander J F Carter USN for malicious assault on newspaperman F B Moore at the naval station. Hearing postponed to August 31. Carter commands the steamship Iroquois and had demanded a retraction from The Bulletin before striking Moore.
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Sultan's Rule in Peril Sparks Balkan Upheaval
Paris reports Salonica notes Macedonia ripe for revolution as Young Turks organize to overthrow absolutism. Majority Mussulman population and about ninety percent of Turkish officers back the movement. Monastir rumors say Okhrida district supports reform and Greek bands burn villages, with 25 Bulgarians killed at Ribaraska and 30 at Belpilia.
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Japan to rearm warships with heavier guns
Tokyo reports the Japanese Admiralty will modify existing ships rather than build new vessels. Mikasa type ships will switch from twelve to ten inch guns and replace six inch guns with eight heavy caliber pieces, increasing firepower. Retvisan will get four twelve inch and four ten inch guns, replacing twelve six inch guns. First class cruisers planned at 18650 tons, 44.0% horsepower, 2% knots, 450 feet long, eight 12 inch guns, one to be built at Kure.
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Coreans Kill Fifty Japanese On Russo Corean Frontier
A Harbin dispatch reports Corean insurgents engaging Japanese troops on the Russo Corean frontier, with fifty Japanese soldiers killed. Insurgent losses not disclosed. Also noted: Prince Ito at Otsu to meet the Emperor and to return to Corea in October. 4000 Coreans enlisted in the gendarmerie to be drilled by Japanese officers. Seoul dispatches note improved conditions in outlying provinces.
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Guatemalan Consul General Denies Campaign Funds Claim
Mobile July 21 Dr Andrew C De Leon consul general of Guatemala in this city signed statement today denying the report that President Cabrera of Guatemala gave money to the Republican campaign fund. He says numerous charges have been made and all have fallen flat and that Dr Prowe was exiled from the country urging the American public not to pay attention to the report.
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Cardinal Rampolla Leaves Rome for Einsiedeln
Cardinal Rampolla, former papal secretary of state, left Rome this evening after twenty years of residence. Poor health prompted physicians to order immediate departure. He will reside at the Benedictine Abbey in Einsiedeln, Switzerland during the visit.
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Condition of Colonel Vilas Resting Quietly in Wisconsin
Madison July 2 Colonel William F Vilas former United States Senator suffering a hemorrhage of the brain was reported to day by his physician to be resting easily The patient s condition is said to be such that no mourning can be administered.
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SEND 150 FOR FRESH AIR
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent 19 boys and girls from crowded city districts to country homes for two weeks. Ninety seven children were examined by a physician with one failing to pass. Over a hundred depart today to Utica for distribution on nearby farms. A boy’s remark on grasshoppers and a diary ending with “happy” show the program’s modest success.
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China to Send Tang Shao yi to Washington for Thanks
Peking reports an imperial edict directing Tang Shao yi Governor of Monkden to travel to Washington to convey China's gratitude for restoring part of the Boxer indemnity. The envoy will receive the rank of President of the Government Board and the trip signals closer Sino American relations and potential American investment in Manchuria.
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Torrey Sermon Denies Call for Marital Desertion
A quoted portion of Rev. Dr. R A Torrey’s Broadway tent sermon was misinterpreted as urging dissolution of marriage if spouses disagreed on salvation. The preacher stressed pursuing the higher life and said no human tie should prevent a Christian from striving, but he did not recommend desertion by either spouse.
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Transatlantic Travellers Sailings and Arrivals
List of passengers sailing for Europe on the Mauretania and Grosse from Bremen with names such as Mrs Frank G Allen Captain W L Wh Edward Darling Mr and Mrs W C Freeman and Mrs Potter Palmer among those who retitled. Also notes arrivals from Europe including Mr and Mrs R H Godanne and Mrs Frederick Pearson Misses Pearson and James Hammond.
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Prominent Arrivals at Hotels Bel Mont
Notable guests checked into top hotels including R. H. S. Goddard of Providence Breslin Conrad Best of Philadelphia Colonel G. Curtis Treadwell of Albany J Taylor Ellyson Armour Anderson D. H. Hunt RE. King A. H. Holt Burdett Loomis Cyclone S. M. Welch Lady D. Smalite Professor F. Soule Judge H. S. Priest St. Louis visiting for events or business.
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Denver
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Chicago
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Roanoke
A. H. Holt
Washington
Murray Hill
Burdett Loomis
Hartford
Manhattan
Cyclonel S. M. Welch
Buffalo
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London
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Weather Report Official Record and Forecast
Weather bulletin details Wednesday winds along the coasts and Great Lakes, with showers in New England and the Ohio Valley. It notes temperature shifts, rain progression from plains to Atlantic regions, and a forecast of warmer then cooler conditions into next week. The District of Columbia and surrounding areas see showers today, with fair and warmer weather by Thursday.
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Busy in Pittsburg as Steel Mills Partly Reopen
United States Steel Corp reports plants at about 60 percent capacity with a 10 percent gain in two weeks and expected full operation before fall. Hundreds resume work in Pittsburg mills, Jones Laughlin revives Aliquippa plant, and Panhandle Railroad orders box cars repaired to meet shortages.
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Arbitration Treaty With China Nearing Agreement
Washington reports preliminary negotiations for a U S China arbitration treaty. Once terms are agreed, the convention will be signed by Minister Wu and State Department officials in Washington. The pact will follow the general lines of treaties with Japan and European nations.
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Death notices from The Tribune republished in Tri Weekly edition
Death notices list names such as Lansing Potter Sayre Sherman Studdiford Wetmore Wickham and Chapman along with funeral details. notices mention locations like Albany Cooperstown Morristown New York City Lake George and Asheville and include dates July 21 July 22 July 23 and July 25 with interment at Woodlawn Evergreen Calvary Stratford and other cemeteries.
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Real estate and funeral services in New York listings
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Special Notices for Employers and Subscriptions at The Tribune
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