Mistress of Robes Named for Queen Mary in New Reign
The Duchess of Devonshire will become mistress of the robes succeeding the Duchess of Buccleuch. The role, dating from Queen Anne, places the holder at the head of the queen's household with broad prerogatives and a nominal salary of about 30, a year.
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British Empire
Duchess of
Devonshire
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Queen Mary
Duchess of Devonshire
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
Queen Anne
Fierah
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Duchess of Sutherland
Buccleuch
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lords
Commons
Canada
India
Lansdowne
Queen
Lipton's Royal Yacht Squaron bid blocked by King Edward's death
King Edward's death ends Sir Thomas Lipton's chances for election to the Royal Yacht Squadron, once a powerful promoter of his Shamrocks. The squadron met at Claridge's with new members named including Lord Penrhyn and the Marquis of Anglesey. Lipton remains out of royal favor, though Princess Henry of Battenberg and other royals still cruise with him aboard the Erin amid wider aristocratic ties.
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Thomas Lipton
Royal Yacht Squadron
Great Britain
Cowes
King
Sir Thomas
Claridge’s Hotel
Lord Ormonde
Dukes of Leeds
Abercorn
Somerset
Douraven
Lonsdale
Shaftesbury
Algernon Gordon Lennox
Erin
Mediterranean
Erih
Empress Vugente
Bao
Thomas’s hospitality cuts cost on her Thistle yacht
The statement notes Thomas extending hospitality to reduce personal expense, effectively dispensing with use of her costly steam yacht the Thistle. The item highlights a social figure's generosity and the involvement of the Thistle in leisure arrangements associated with the Marquise de Fontenoy.
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Thomas
Thistle Marquise DE Fontenoy
Aqueduct Commission Dies as Water Department Takes Over
The Aqueduct Commission, created in 1870 to expand Croton watershed water supply, ended at midnight. Its functions move to the Department of Water Supply Gas and Electricity. Jerome Park records moved to Park Row Building. Commissioner Thompson faces 150 civil service staff reductions with some veterans posing challenges.
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Aqueduct Commission
Croton
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Jerome Park Reservoir
Park Row
Thompson
Commission
Civil Service
Geisha Girls in Vaudeville at Hammerstein's Roof Garden
The Roof Garden hosts a week of unusual entertainment with eight geisha girls from Nagasaki performing native instruments and dances atop the building. The bill features Bedini and Arthur satire on Madame X, Belle Blanche impersonations, King Edward funeral procession footage, and a “farm” on the roof with electric milking and a flea circus. Patrons ring ducks in a water game for prizes.
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Hammerstein
Nagasaki
Japan
Bedini
Arthur
Belle Blanche
Edward
Republic Theatre
Brady and Shubert Plan Season With Noted Cast
William A. Brady announced contracts for next year with James K. Hackett Arnold Daly Henry E. Dixey Amelia Bingham Virginia Harned Andrew Mack and Guy Bates Post The repertory will include revivals of No Thoroughfare and The Corsican Brothers Daly will stage eight plays including Ruy Blas Candida Arms and the Man You Never Can Tell and The Father Dixey will stage a new work Post will star in The Nigger Mack will present a romantic Irish play Harned will revive Camille Leah the Forsaken Diplomacy For-get-Me-Not and Odette Bingham appears in La Tosca Fedora Cleopatra The Climbers Oliver Twist Alixe and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
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William A. Brady
Messrs. Shubert
James K. Hackett
Arnold Daly
Henry E. Dixey
Amelia Bingham
Virginia Harned
Andrew Mack
Guy Pates Post
Mr. Hackett
Charles Dickens
Ruy Bilas
Candida
Arms
The
Odette
Miss Bingham
The Merry Whirl at New York Theatre Review
The Merry Whirl opened Monday night at the New York Theatre. It features two comedy characters the Clock and the Snowman. The Clock is an eight day affair winding twice lasts a fortnight while the Snowman cannot last much longer. The piece is not vulgar but simply stupid and a mystery how such stuff got by managers.
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New York Theatre
Klaw and Erlanger Strike Three South Theatres Lease
Klaw and Erlanger announce a long term lease of the Jefferson Theatre in Memphis seating seventeen hundred and vow to book only their attractions. The deal follows ten year leases on two other new Southern houses in Atlanta and Montgomery. They claim representation in Memphis Nashville Richmond and New Orleans with further booking contracts for next season.
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Klaw & Erlanger
Jefferson Theatre
Memphis
South
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville
Richmond
New Orleans
Theatrical Notes Show Busy Summer Plans Across The Stage
The Follies of 1910 will open Monday June, with tryouts at Apollo Atlantic City the week of June 13. Belasco works on Merchant of Venice with Warfield as Shylock. Auction sale for Actors Fund at American Art Association Friday afternoon features paintings and fair leftovers. Hamlet benefit at Academy of Music Monday night. A Midsummer Night's Dream for National Plant Guild at New Amsterdam Roof Theatre June 2 and 32. Globe Theatre to reopen with The Echo next month, with same cast except Richard Carle. Shubert brothers acquire Broadhurst play for autumn. Curzon reaches London deal for Jim the Penman with Brady cast.
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F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Apollo Theatre
Atlantic City
David Belasco
David Warfield
Shylock
American Art Association
Actors’ Fund
Sothern-Marlowe
Academy of Music
Educational Playhouse Association
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild
New Amsterdam Roof
Charles Dillingham
Globe Theatre
Studebaker Theatre
Chicago
Richard Carle
Degree of LL. D. For Mayor Gaynor
Mayor Gaynor will receive the degree of LL D from St Johns College Annapolis on June 4 implying he cannot attend the Des Moines cornerstone laying ceremony and address on the same day previously extended.
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Gaynor
St. John's College
Annapolis
Des Moines
Iowa
Death of Charles H. Treat former US treasurer
Charles H. Treat former US treasurer and Republican figure died from apoplexy in Hotel Victoria apartments. He collapsed Monday night and died without regaining consciousness. Funeral planned at Grace Church Broadway and 10th Street tomorrow at 3 p.m. Services to be led by Rev. Dr. Slattery with Rev. Walkley assisting. Sister Lucy Nicholson, born 1848 in Ticonderoga NY, served charitable churches in Buffalo and Brooklyn and later in Albany Avenue foundation. She leaves mother and two sisters Mrs. Harlow R. Brown and Mrs. Joshua Speed of Louisville. Funeral set for St Church Clinton Avenue Brooklyn.
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United States
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Hotel Victoria
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Gilday
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Grace Church
Broadway
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Charles T. Walkley
Orange
N. J
Martin F Nicholson
Abbilene Everts Nicholson
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Ticonderoga
Toledo
Ohio
Church Charity Foundation
Buffalo
Littlejohn
St. Catherine’s Hall
Washington Avenue
Synnott
Montclair
Mary Synnott
Church of the Amaculate Conception
NM. J
Charles Henry Treat
Longtime Republican Leader Treat Dies at 68 in New York
Washington burial planned in Woodlawn Cemetery private service. Noted financier and politician Charles Henry Treat left a mark in Delaware and New York politics. He helped shape 1888 Delaware campaign with a pioneering black canvass and served as U S Treasurer under Roosevelt before leading several major business ventures and civic groups. He was born in Frankfort, Maine, and studied at Dartmouth before entering finance and public service.
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Winterport
Treat
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Chicago
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Mr. Treat
New York City
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Connecticut
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Frankfort
Henry Treat
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Old Dominion Steamship Company
Georgetown
Del
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Thomas B. Reed
Bath
Blaine
Hayes
New York
McKinley
Wall Street
United States
Roosevelt
Manila Navigation Company
Manila
Speyer & Co
Fentress Coal and Coke Company
Monterey Coal and Mining Company
Knoxville Power Company
American Petroleum Separating Company
Francis Emily Huxford
Brooks, Mo
Mabel
Gail
Gertrude
Masonic Fraternity
Union League Club
Grant Monument Association of
West Side Republican Club
Republican Club
Sister Lucy M Nicholson Dies in Brooklyn At All Saints Eve Era
Sister Lucy M Nicholson of the Episcopal Order of St. John the Evangelist died yesterday in the Church Charity Foundation Brooklyn. Known in Brooklyn before joining the order on All Saints Day in 1585 she was Lucy M Nichol.
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Lucy
Episcopal Order of St. John the Evangelist
Church Charity Foundation
Albany
Atlantic Avenues
Brooklyn
Lucy M. Nichol
Mrs Hoyt of Cheyenne Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs. Ralph W. Hoyt of Cheyenne Wyoming widow of Brigadier General Hoyt commandant at Fort D. A. Russell died today after a illness of several years. The body was sent to Indianapolis that night with General Hoyt and an escort.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Ralph W. Hoyt
Hoyt
Fort D. A. Russell
Indianapolis
Obituary Notes: Henderson and Rogers Die
John D. Henderson former Herkimer County Assembly member died yesterday at his home in Herkimer from heart disease at age 65. Hamilton College graduate class of 1865. Gorham Rogers, 75, died at his Roxbury Massachusetts home Monday. He was a director at First National Bank of Boston and People's National Bank of Roxbury and headed the Boston Storage Warehouse Co. and was president of the Plymouth and Exeter Gas Lights Co.
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John D. Henderson
Herkimer County
Herkimer
Hamilton College
Gorham Rogers
Highland Avenue
Roxbury
Mass
First National Bank of Boston
People’s National Bank
Boston Storage Warehouse Company
Plymouth and Exeter
Burroughs Declares War on English Sparrows
Middletown New York May 31 eminent naturalist John Burroughs says it is the duty of city police to destroy English sparrow nests in a letter to W. Edgar a Middletown businessman. His son shoots sparrows as they appear on the Burroughs place in Ulster County.
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Middletown
N. Y
John Burroughs
W. Edgar
Burroughs
Ulster County
Mrs McKim Sues For Divorce In Reno Cruelty Drunkard Charge
Mrs Margaret Emerson McKim of Baltimore files for divorce in Reno alleging her husband Smith Hollis McKim has become a gross drunkard since 193, and cannot provide for her. The sealed complaint, filed about a month earlier, also cites extreme cruelty.
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Reno
Nev
Margaret Emerson McKim
Smith Hollis McKim
Baltimore
McKim
Mrs Schieffelin Hurt by Express Wagon Pole
Mrs G R Schieffelin of 22 West 52d street narrowly avoided hospital treatment after a wagon pole knocked her down at Madison avenue and 12th street yesterday afternoon. The wagon, driven by John Ruckert of 244 East 47th street, shied as the horses stumbled. She declined medical care and did not file a complaint, seeking treatment from her own physician.
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G. R. Schieffelin
West 52d Street
William Street
Boston University Forms New Clinical Research Department
Boston University medical alumni were informed that the school, allied with Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, will establish a department of clinical research and preventive medicine funded by a $200,000 gift from Mrs. Robert Dawson Evans in memory of her husband.
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the Tribune
Boston
Boston University
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Robert Dawson Evans
Indian scholar Kosambi to teach Hindustani at Harvard
Dharmananda Kosambi, hailed as one of India's most learned men, arrived in Boston to spend two years at Harvard College funded by the Warren Fund. He will teach Harvard professors Hindustani during his stay starting this month.
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the Tribune
Boston
Dharmanada Kosambi
India
Warren Fund
Harvard College
Harvard
Justice Patterson’s Estate Appraised At 326643 ST
The estate of former Appellate Division Justice Edwar Patterson, who died January 21 intestate, is valued at 326643 ST per Headley M. Greene, with personal property 295643 37 and equity in 124 East 39th Street 21000. Letters of administration granted to sons Arthur C. Patterson Henry L. Patterson and Edward L. Patterson. the estate goes to five children.
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Headley M. Greene
Justice Patterson
East 39Th Street
Arthur C. Patterson
Henry L. Patterson
Edward L Patterson
Mrs Loft Estate Bequeaths All To Husband Sole Executor
The will of Elizabeth M. Loft wife of George W. Loft head of Loft & Co candy makers was filed in the Surrogate's office yesterday. She died at Baldwins on Long Island May 9 and the will executed June 10 1901. Besides her husband she left an adopted son Lion Loft. The estate is said to total 27500 in personal property with real value unknown.
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Elizabeth M. Loft
George W. Loft
West
160Th Street
Loft & Co
Letters of administration granted in Cutting estate
Surrogate Cohalan issued letters of administration of the estate of Robert Livingstone Cutting yesterday to James D. Cutting his brother. The dead man's mother who had sued him to recover untrusted property waived her rights. The estate valued at $5,000 in personal property.
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Cohalan
Robert Livingstone Cutting
James D. Cutting
Remington Estate Appraisal Filed After Artist’s Death
The Surrogate’s office records the appraisal of Frederic Remington’s estate with total personal property valued at 54,669 dollars. Among the effects are Remington paintings valued at 20,750 dollars.
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Frederic Remington
Remington
New York Leads in Plumbing Trust Claims Across Nation
A collage of quotes from newspapers cites New York as claiming a lead on a plumbing trust and other urban mischief. Observers note Chicago’s influence and discuss Roosevelt era reforms, with references to local enforcement and July fireworks regulations in New York City.
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New York
Plumbing Trust
Atlanta Constitution
Seidel Aid in Town by Milwaukee Socialist Leader
Victor Berger, who ran Emil Seidel’s victorious Milwaukee campaign, is in town praising the socialist victory and outlining hopes for public ownership of utilities, recall and a new city charter. He cites press hostility, notes Milwaukee as American, and predicts a broader socialist march in American cities.
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Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Socialist Democratic Herald
Mr. Berger
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee Free Press
Seidel
Gaynor
New York
Republican Party
Tammany
M& Question
John
Democratic Party
Chicago
Des Moines
Berger
Missionary Delegates Sail for Edinburgh Convention
Three hundred American delegates sailed aboard the Kroonland to Edinburgh for the world missionary convention starting June 14. Ex-President Roosevelt will not attend due to his U.S. plans, but William J. Bryan is en route. Notables include Y. Honda Bishop of Japan and Samuel B. Capen. Further delegates total about one thousand. a Caledonia voyage follows. After the convention, some delegates plan to visit Oberammergau.
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Kroonland
Roosevelt
United States
William J. Bryan
Y. Honda
Japan
Samuel B. Capen
Oberammergau
Grant Letter Sold In Hart Americana Sale At Auction
A letter from Ulysses S Grant to General Thomas ordering action against Hood in 1864 sold for 5 dollars at the first session of Joseph M Hart Americana sale in New York. W M Hill bought Cruikshank and Rowlandson's Westmacott English Spy with 72 colored plates for the highest price. The Library of Congress purchased a 174 sermon volume for 101 dollars. Sale ends today.
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Cruikshank and Rowlandson
Museums, Luncheon and Dinner Events Listed Today
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Zoological Garden. Luncheon of the National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association at Hotel Aster at 7 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner of the Women's Medical Club at Hotel Manhattan at 7 p.m.
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American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Garden
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Aster
Women's Medical Club
Manhattan
GALA DAY AT COLUMBIA COMMENCEMENT OPENS COLLEGE EVENTS
Columbia marks its 6th annual commencement with exercises at 10 30 in the university gymnasium preceded by a procession from Low Library. 1 164 graduates and faculty from all schools assemble at 10. Sundial presentation closes the ceremony. Alumni reunions and a South Field baseball game with a costume parade follow in the afternoon.
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University
Low
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Ccannc
America
Romance at Columbia as Engagement Ties Faculty and Student
Edward M. Sait, history and public law faculty member at Columbia, and Una M. Bernard, philosophy graduate student and assistant, become engaged. Bernard anticipates her master’s degree, Sait remains a faculty member. News from Barnard reunion mentions Mrs Bernard traveling from London for her daughter's wedding. details on timing are undisclosed.
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Edward M. Sait
Public Law
Una M. Bernard
Miss Bernard
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Henry M. Bernard
Barnard
London
Moscow
England
Sait
University of Toronto
Bernard
June Week Ceremonies Begin at Naval Academy
Annapolis May 31. The Naval Academy opens June Week with formal reception by Captain Bowyer and staff. A busy schedule follows including drills exercises social events culminating Friday with graduation ceremonies and farewell ball.
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Board of Visitors To
The
Naval Academy
Bowyer
Weather Forecast and Official Record for May 31
A storm ridge over the North Atlantic slows eastward movement of a northern low system, keeping cloudy skies with showers from the lake region to the upper Ohio Valley. Western areas see sun and heat, while eastern regions stay cool. winds vary by coast and zone. Local districts forecast daily showers with cooler conditions today and gradual warming tomorrow.
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Taft Thanks Augusta After City Rallies for Travel Deficit
Captain A W Butt of Augusta a military aide to President Taft sends thanks to Augusta trades bodies and citizens for raising funds to meet the deficit in the President's traveling expenses. He notes the warm hospitality of the South and the opportune, generous response from the city. The letter to Secretary Tawney praises Augusta's spontaneous display of support and friendship.
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A. W. Butt
W. C. Boyken
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Congress
Tawney
Injunction Sets Rabbi Browne Against Salem Street Synagogue
In Boston Edward B. M. Browne, former rabbi of Salem Street Synagogue, faces a court injunction restraining him from occupying the pulpit. Browne, a lawyer and physician, has engaged Allan A. Deutch to contest the injunction in Superior Court in June. He previously led Noble Street Congregation in Brooklyn and had a life contract, but the committee limited employment to one year. The dispute centers on employment authority and Browne’s right to serve.
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Boston
Edward B. M. Browne
Browne
Allan A. Deutch
Noble Street
Brooklyn
Weddings During Mourning Allow White and Half Mourning
London on May 31 reports that the Maidstone Drezef and other major weddings will occur during the King’s period of mourning. Guests may wear white or half mourning at these functions.
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London
Maidstone
Obituary notices from a New York paper May 1910
Deaths listed for Cobb Edgerton Koper McVickar Holland Lodge Osborn Perkins Stanton Storch Subira Sullivan Synnott Treat Truell Upington Webster Westerman Wilkens hoff Winer Woodlawn Cemetery details funeral times and locations referenced with addresses and church names. The notice also notes express instruction to omit flowers and mentions private services and burial details.
Undertakers Frank E Campbell and Rev Stephen Merritt
Private rooms and ambulances advertised by Campbell at 2413 West 234th Street and 1324 Chelsea. World famous undertaker network claims largest in the world with offices on 29th Street and 125 Chelsea.
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Frank E. Campbell
West
St Chapels
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
Job applicants file at Up town Tribune Office
Special notices invite employers to consult the recently installed file of applications for a variety of positions at The New York Tribune office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Street. Office hours are listed as 9 am to 5 pm.
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NEW York Tribune
Broadway
36Th
37Th Street
Sam Too
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