Two Admirals Split Navy in Public Feud Over Sea Power
London reports a bitter conflict between Sir John Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford as the royal navy maneuvers amid press feuds. Each claims reform and strength, while factional fighting mocks sea power and risks national security.
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London
Fisher
Beresford
North Sea
Channel Fleet
Charles Beresford
Channel
Admiralty
Percy Scott
Sir John Fisher
Mediterranean
Abu Kiea
Wilson
Nile
Mevy
John Fisher
Lord Charles Beresford
Goss
Rhine
Whitehall
Bomb No 18 in gamblers war explodes near saloon
A fragmentary report notes Bomb No 16 in the gamblers' vendetta exploded last night behind James J Corbett's saloon on State street. Planks torn loose, goods damaged, and several hundred dollars in bottles broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James J. Corbett
State Street
Conference at Sagamore Hill on Central American affairs
President Roosevelt Secretary of State Root and Acting Secretary Robert Bacon held a high level meeting at Sagamore Hill to discuss tensions in Central America. Talks reportedly covered Venezuela United States Netherlands disputes, Honduran revolt, and risks to Salvador and Guatemala. No official statement released. Roosevelt declined to comment on Judge Grosscup remarks about the Standard Oil Indiana case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Root
Robert Bacon
Sagamore Hill
Central America
Venezuela
United States
South American
Netherlands
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Mexico
Roosevelt
Peter S. Grosscup
Court of Appeals
United States Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Governor Stuart recounts Gettysburg storm setback and funerals
Governor Stuart described the Gettysburg storm experience as sad but noted he faced the peril without leaving his post. About fifty injured in the lightning strike were not expected to die, with three dead hastening funeral processions as Chaplains H Femple and H N Silssey conducted rites. General Bowman's First Brigade prepared to strike camp for inspection before moving on.
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Gettysburg
Penn
Stuart
Wiley
H. Femple
H. N. Silssey
16Th
Bowman
Puttees and lightning cause debated by Major Kimball
Major Amor W. Kimball of the U S Army questioned claims that Pennsylvania troops’ puttees drew lightning at Gettysburg. He said Pennsylvania did not issue those puttees and that the four internal metal strips were weaker than steel. He noted storms at Pine Plains and Georgia camps and suggested water exposure as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amor W. Kimball
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Kimball
Pine Plains
Georgia
Political points and Georgia’s odd electoral law
A digest of editorials condemning the closed shop stance and labor voting impacts, with skeptical takes on Bryan’s negro question stance. It notes The Boston Advertiser’s brusque labor vote remark and The Springfield Union’s praise of blunt rhetoric. It also covers Georgia’s unusual majority rule for presidential electors and possible legislative change to a plurality system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Advertiser
Central Federated Union
New York
Mr. Gompers
Philadelphia
Georgia
Bryan
Prohibition
Tniess
Watson
Geerein
Brran
Funeral Held for Right Rev Henry Codman Potter in Cooperstown
The funeral of the Right Rev Henry Codman Potter, seventh Bishop of New York, was conducted at Christ Church Cooperstown with family and invited guests. Bells tolled at 11:30, pallbearing, psalms and prayers followed, and the body was later taken to Trinity Cemetery New York for another service. Archdeacon Nelson noted a possible burial at the Cathedral of St John the Divine after Lambeth Conference.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Christ Church
Fernleigh
James Fenimore Cooper
Potter
New York
George F. Nelson
Diocese of
Christ
Percy& Grant
Church of the Ascension
Sarah Potter
Frank Potter
Katonah
George Scriven
F. Ambrose Clark
Edward
Archdeacon Nelson
Mr. Grant
Canon Douglas
Bishop Potter
125Th Street
New York Central
Trinity Cemetery
Amsterdam Avenue
Udth Street
St. John the Divine
Nelson
Greer
England
St John the Divine
Trinity Corporation
Trinity Church
Lamb
Trinity
St. John
the Intercession
Trinity Chapel
Timothy C Adams Democratic politician of Westchester dies
Timothy C Adams longtime Westchester Democratic figure dies at his sister's Poundridge home aged sixty five. He previously served as Bedford town supervisor and later as assistant superintendent of the poor following Miles Adams who died recently. He was the brother of Miles Adams former county superintendent of the poor.
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Timothy C. Adams
Westchester County
Poundridge
Mr. Adams
Miles Adams
Bedford
Death of John W. Knowlton at 34 in Marion
John W. Knowlton son of the late Massachusetts Attorney General died at his Marion summer home at age thirty four. A Tufts graduate, he served as a government clerk in Washington and was a member of the firm Cook Knowlton Brownell. He leaves a wife Rose Dyerenforth of Washington and two sons.
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Tribune
New Bedford
Mass
John W. Knowlton
Knowlton
Massachusetts
Marion
Tufts College
Washington
Cook, Knowlton & Brownell
Rose Dyerenforth
Obituary notes for Abraham Steers and Warren L. Fish
Abraham Steers aged seventy one died last Monday at his sister’s country home in Water Mill Long Island. A prominent lumber merchant, he served as president of the New York Lumber Trade Association and held multiple civic roles including trustee of Harlem Savings Bank and Harlem Bank Building Association. Warren L. Fish, eighty three, inventor of the first successful oil store, died yesterday at his Newark home 6 Roseville Avenue.
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Abraham Steers
John Bottomley
Water Mill
Long Island
Steers
New York Lumber Trade Association
Harlem Club
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harlem Savings Bank
Mount Morris Bank
New York Athletic Club
Harlem Bank Building Association
Warren L. Fish
Roseville Avenue
Newark
Successor to Sister Edith Named in Order Appointment
Sister Katherine, provincial of the Order of St Mary stationed in Memphis, is expected to be chosen as mother general after Sister Edith left the role to join the Roman Catholic Church. Sister Mary Claire of Kenosha ranks high, but the Wisconsin home is favored to stay under Kenosha leadership.
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Tribune
Kenosha
Wis
Katherine
Order of St Mary
Memphis
Edith
Peekskill
N. Y
Mary Claire
Order
Wisconsin
Reader letters reveal old doggerel Felis sedit charm
The letters discuss a macaronic verse about cats and rats from 1908. A. C. Daniel of Easton Massachusetts adds his memory of the verses with lines in Latin and English. The exchange shows playful literary humor and community engagement with the Tribune letters page.
Felis sedit nots in macaronic verse note
A reader forwards an old copy of the macaronic poem Felis sedit to Du buque editor Arthur M Clark noting the lines are as he recalls, including the muddled moral. The caller urges publication of the corrected text and shares a full stanza sequence with cat and mouse imagery and Latin phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Arthur M. Clark
The
Tribune
Dubuque, Iowa
Mike Follows Arts Not Bryan In Modern Campaign View
A reader recalls a brief tale in which a country worker named Mike says he can vote for Bryan at any time but plans to support arts instead. The anecdote is offered as commentary on practical voter attitudes amid the 1900s political climate.
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Springfield
Bryan
South
Browneville
Democratic Party
Republican Party
the Tribune
Mike
Arts
During the King's Pleasure and the Criminally Insane
In a letter from Roxbury New York the writer cites a Tribune article proposing harsher handling of criminals judged criminally insane. He suggests that such individuals should not be released by judges and juries, preferring Governor review after Lunacy Commission and two experts with a unanimous conclusion.
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Charleston
Courter
Parker
Bryan
New York
The
Tribune
South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Judge Parker
Henry Watterson
Watterson
the Tribune
Dr. Meyers
Broadmoor
Harry K
Cortwright
M. D. Roxbury
N. Y
Thaw Contagion Warned by Van Rensselaer Threat
E K Van Benschoten of West Park-on-Hudson letters about John A Van Rensselaer threatening his mother and how the Thaw trial inflames lawlessness. He urges vigorous editorial opposition to the Thaw affair and its nationwide contagion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
John A. van Rensselaer
E. K van Benschoten
West Park-on-Hudson
How to Save Elm Trees From Beetles
Northampton city forester Christopher Clarke urges boiling water as the effective method to kill elm tree beetles. He warns against kerosene or carbolic mixtures, and cautions that scraping bark harms trees. Boiling water kills beetles instantly, while beetles, larvae, and pupae can fly and survive winter if not scalded.
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Boston Advertiser
Christopher Clarke
Northampton
Clarke
Forester Clarke
Weather Report Forecast from Washington July 24
Official record notes a shallow Caribbean low over the Gulf of Mexico unlikely to disrupt Gulf Coast. Rains and thunderstorms occur from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast with more showers likely eastward in coming days. Light to fresh easterly winds across Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Grand Banks showers for Saturday steamers.
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Washington
Central Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banks
Missionary Kirreh Arrest in Connecticut for Fraud
Dr Justin Kirreh posing as a Syrian leprosy missionary was jailed in Port Chester on a fraud probe. He claimed Turkish credentials and gathered funds from wealthy New Yorkers and New England towns, with warnings from clergymen and a prior English arrest for a similar offense.
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Greenwich
Conn
Justin Kirreh
Turkey
United States
Port Chester
C. E. Brugler
St. Peter's Church
New York
Westport
Bridgeport
South Norwalk
A. Foster Higgins
Springfield
New Haven
Kirreh
H. Selden
Second Congregational
W. E. Scofield
First Methodist
M. George Thompson
Christ Episcopal Church
Syria
Emeen Sliby
Sliby
Dr. Kirreh
Workhouse for Noise Makers in City Court
Magistrate Cornell, in night court, discussed handling of prisoners cited for unnecessary noises. He suggested avoiding jail for trivial infractions and opposed a Fort George crusade against stand and booth owners at the amusement area. Two men, Thomas Smith and John Brennan, were sent to the Workhouse for breaking pieces of wood in the gutter on West aist street, a sentence he deemed not severe given their known character.
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Cornell
Woods
Police Department
Fort George
West Aist Street
Thomas Smith
First Avenue
John Brennan
West 41Th Street
Cleaning Rifle Accident Injures Young Boy in Hollis
Edward Long seven, son of Samuel Long of the detective bureau, was shot while Herbert Blimpton fifteen, cleaning a rifle inside the Hollis Pocahontas Avenue home. Bullets hit Long in the right breast and lung. Blimpton held on $2,000 bonds for examination today.
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Edward Long
Samuel Long
Detective Bureau
Pocahontas Avenue
Hollis
Herbert Blimpton
Long
Young Long
Brimpton
Hotel at Wade Mecum Springs Destroyed by Fire
A lightning strike early today leveled the Wade Mecum Springs hotel in Stokes County. The blaze, sparked during the night, drove patrons from their beds into sleeping garments. Women found refuge at nearby farms as firefighters battled the flames.
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the Tribune
Winatoen Balem
N. C
Wade Mecum Springs
Stokes County
Derivation of Kern in 1907 dictionary note
A Charleston News and Courier piece traces the name Kern to Anglo Saxon ewyrn meaning a grain mill, contrasting Irish ceatharnach and other senses. It suggests Mr Kern’s ancestors were millers who turned cwyrn before windmills, quern, or churn emerged.
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Charleston
News End Courier
Kern, N
Ceatharnach
Cateran
Ireland
Scotland
Macaulay
Wharton
Kern
Johnson
Dampter
Idem
Kwern
Cweern
Kweern
Kvern
Qvarn
Shakespeare
Querie
Chaucer
Denver
Saeety
Translating Coos of Doves From Chicago Inter Ocean
The piece reports Harvard and Chicago researchers studying pigeon speech. It notes Professor Haggerty in New York and Professor Wallace Craig in Chicago finding pigeons use vocalizations for social control and romantic behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago
Elvin ©. Haggerty
Harvard University
New York Zoo
Baldy
Wallace Craig
University of Chicago
Craig
Ocioloey
Mosquito Invasion Tops New York Night Life
Mosquito swarms overwhelm Manhattan amid rain and humidity as joss sticks and citronella are burned to drive pests from roofs and hotels. Patrons at the Waldorf roof garden, Hotel Astor, and others burn smudge lots to repel the insects while a waiter’s tray collapses under a swarming bite. Lieutenant Savage notes the disturbance at Tenderloin station as buzzers threaten records.
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Josh
New York
Manhattan
Stock Exchange
Jersey
Waldorf Roof Garden
I Stand
Hotel Astor Management
Savage
Tenderloin
Marriages and Obituaries in The Tribune Notice List
Notices of marriages and deaths appear with full names and addresses. Includes SANFORD GLADDING marriage in N Y, Adams in Pound Ridge, BATCHELLER in Paris France, OWEN in Montclair, POWELL in Farmingdale, THOMSON in New York, VAN BEUREN in New York, and van Beuren family references. Funeral details and cemetery directions listed. Woodlawn Cemetery access noted.
Notice of Nonresponsibility and Old Rates Advertisement
A notice from Eugene Teschner declares he will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Miriam Teschner. The document, dated July 26 1908 in New York, also includes an extensive list of domestic and foreign postage rates for The Tribune and related publications, with office addresses in New York and other international postings.
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Eugene Teschner
St Nicholas Avenue
Miriam Teschner
New York
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Alolaac
Tribune Index
New York City
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Bacon
Kansas City Journal
DR. Potter
Felis Sedit” Doggerel
Doggerel
Tune
K. E. W. Tyler
A. C. Daniel Easton
Felis
the Weather Report
New England
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
John W. Wood
Church Missions
Ir. Wood
Skeeters
Joss
Tri-Weekly
Adams
Pound Ridge
XL. J
Montclair Ave
Montclair
Feot of Chambers
Powell
Farmingdale
Walter Powell
Hethpage Mestering House
Long Island City
Woodlawn
Harlem
Gran Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 233
Undertakkers
Frank E. Campbell
Chelsea
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Trisun
Sunday Tribune
Cal Weekly Farmer
Europe
Universal Postal Punton
Tribunes
Nassau_street
Wall Street
William Street
Teleste
Ats Street
West
Frederick N. Sommer
Broad Street
Tribune Terr
Tribune Ce ‘Damen
Ndon
American Express Company
Thomas Cook & Son
Brown, Shipley & Co
Pall Speyer Brothers
Paris
John Monroe & Co
Scribe
John Wanamaker
Eagle Bureau
Cam
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