Empress Bequest Dispute Over French Property
The article discusses Empress Eugenie facing French court action to reclaim her husband Napoleon III's private property now in national museums. It notes a 1865 will naming her as heir for private domain and a later lost will. Also covered is Lord Bagot's dramatic rescue of Princess Louise and his Blithfield Hall antiquarian life including art and manuscripts.
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Chislehurst
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Ster
Duchess of Argyll
Marquis of
Lorne
Servin
Prince of Wales
Staffordshire
Blithfield Hall
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Blithfield
Birthfield Hall
Stafford
Jerome Napoleon Renounces Guardianship Over Prince Imperial
At Chislehurst in 1873 the half brother of Napoleon III’s father, Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, is named guardian of the Prince Imperial. He resigns after discovering sealed papers had been tampered with by Pietri and finds the wills and crucial documents missing. The Empress Eugénie’s control of assets emerges as the key outcome.
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Prince Imperial’s Hasty Agreement on Italian Estate
The Prince Imperial, after coming of age, signed a seven year trust agreement surrendering his Italian estate income to trustees chosen by the Empress. Months later he regretted the move and blamed intrigues while declaring duty would not allow annulment.
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Prince Imperial's arbitration case ends with annulment of 1865 will
A three member commission of former Napoleon III ministers voids the 1865 will and grants the Prince Imperial a share of his father’s private property. Empress Eugenie keeps the decree, delaying enforcement and prompting the prince to seek it in courts or by other means.
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Scotland Yard to Vanish for New London Thoroughfare
Old Scotland Yard, near Whitehall to Northumberland Avenue, will be torn down for a grand road. The site once housed a Scottish palace linked to Margaret Queen of Scotland. Notable residents included Milton, Inigo Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, and Wedgwood showroom history. Scotland Yard became the police HQ in 1828 under Sir Robert Peel.
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Scotland
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England
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Milton
Oliver Cromwell
Inigo Jones
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral
John Vanbrugh
Blenheim
James II
Lord Herbert of
Cherbury
George Herbert
Tennyson
Josiah Wedgwood
Metropolitan Police
Robert Peel
London “Charlies
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Mrs. Grace Cohan Wins Final Decree of Divorce
Grace Ethelia Cohan wife of George M. Cohanactor and playwright secured a final decree of divorce from Justice Dowling in the New York Supreme Court Custody of their six year old daughter Georgia Ethella Cohan granted to Mrs Cohan with reasonable visitation for the father and one month of the year for his custody The Cohans married in Atlantic City on July 10 1899.
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Cohan
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Atlante City
Century Theatre Club Meets at Hotel Astor Today
A business meeting of the Century Theatre Club is held at the Hotel Astor at 2 20 p m. Barnard College holds a class day in the afternoon. Newark Academy hosts a dinner at the Hotel Astor at 7 p m.
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
Railway Commissioner Frank M. Baker arrives at the Astor House in New York from Owego New York. Other notable guests include Baron von Scorkendorf of Caracas Captain J T Herron of the 44th United States Cavalry West Point Colonel C G Woodward and several international visitors at the city hotels.
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Fifth Avenue
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W. B. Kibbee
Albany
Holland
J. E. Cope-Morton
Philadelphia
Manhattan
W. P. Eno
Washington
Netherland
J. Marshall Flint
University of California
Weather record and forecast for Washington region
A barometric low moves through the western plateau into West Kansas bringing scattered showers to the Dakotas Iowa Nebraska and Central Iands Eastern districts stay fair except Northern New England and Northern New York with rain. Temperatures rise east of the Mississippi and fall in the middle Mississippi and Dakotas due to rain. Coastal areas expect fair weather and higher temps. interior valleys and lake region show possible showers. Winds vary by coast with fresh to light winds and southerly trends in the gulf and lakes. Local official record notes yesterday’s temps and compares with last year and twenty-five year averages.
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Autograph Auction Brings High Prices for Historic Manuscripts
At Merwin-Clayton Sales Co in New York a rich trove of letters and documents sold for about $5,000. Highlights included a 1568 Pope Pius V note for 350, a Kipling letter for 11, Poe letter for 75, and Washington land survey for 100. Lincoln and Jefferson letters fetched 150 and 70 respectively, with Adams letters totaling 155. Diverse items ranged from royal to presidential to Civil War papers, underscoring a vibrant market for historical autographs. The sale drew notable bidders including a figure associated with William Randolph Hearst.
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William R. Weeks
Broadway
Pius V
Rudyard Kipling
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Clement XI
Edgar Allen Poe
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Louis XIV
France
William Penn
George Washington
Frederick County
Virginia
Robert Lindsay
Washington
Hamer
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Hearst
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Springfield
Jefferson
Williams
Adams
Frederick Delius
Johnson
America
New England
James H. Manning
Albany
Roger Williams
Willam Pepperell
Queen Victoria
Henry Iamvid Thoreau
Dodd Mead & Co
Jefferson Davis
Italy
Napoleon
Nordica sails to Bayreuth to develop American female talent
Mme. Nordica accompanied by her sister leaves Havre aboard La Savoie with plans to start a new American theatre focusing on Wagner for the first year. She aims to create opportunities for American women with strong voices and talents, backed by her health, time, money, and intention to involve Walter Damrosch as conductor.
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Havre
la Savoie
America
Paris
Bayreuth
Wagner
Walter Damrosch
Leopold Damrosch
Pocahontas on the Stage at New Colonial Theatre
Norfolk tonight witnessed the premier of Pocahontas a seventeenth century drama by G F Viett at the New Colonial Theatre Austin Webb played John Smith and Louise Carter Pocahontas The play features Pocahontas saving Smith and includes a Ponca Indian war dance the action unfolds at Jamestown
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Norfolk
G. F. Viett
New Colonial Theatre
Austin Webb
John Smith
Louise Carter Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Smith
Jamestown
Yale Divinity Prizes Awarded at Commencement
Yale Divinity School announced its commencement awards in New Haven. The Mersick prize for the best commencement address went to Hugh E. Brown of Dayton Washington, who also earned two other awards. Other prize recipients included E. D. Millbury Tracy Mills New Jersey D. A. Leavitt Beloit Wisconsin D. W. Kurtz Hartville Ohio Harry Grimes Broadhead Wisconsin H. H. Lindeman Milford Nebraska E. E. Burtner Hinton Virginia B. D. Rojahn Dallastown Pennsylvania C. M. Calderwood Brooklyn Iowa and B. B. Youtz Des Moines Iowa. Twelve graduates were conferred.
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Yale Divinity School
Mersick
Hugh E. Brown
Dayton
Wash
E. D. Millbury
Tracy Mills
N. B
D. A. Leavitt
Beloit
Wis
D. W. Kurtz
Hartville
Ohio
Harry Grimes
Broadhead
H. H. Lindeman
Milford
Neb
E. E. Burtner
Hinton
B. D. Rojahn
Dallastown
Penn
C. M. Calderwood
Brooklyn
Iowa
B. B. Youtz
Des Moines
Need of Character in Public Life Speech at Monmouth College
Theodore P. Shonts delivers an address at Monmouth College urging character in public and private life. He warns against drastic laws that kill growth and supports balanced reform with fair commissions and responsible corporate control.
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Monmouth College
Theodore P. Shonts
Roosevelt
Hughes
New York
Ater
Staten Island Academy Class Day Marks Partington Retirement
Staten Island Academy holds Class Day at New Brighton signaling the end of the school year and the retirement of head master Frederick E. Partington. The institution praises his leadership, notes the Arthur Winter Memorial Library, and acknowledges changes as a new administration takes over.
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New Brighton
New York
Frederick E. Partington
Partington
Staten Island
Paremacin
Washington
Winter
Academy
George William Curtis
Bishop Burgess Warns Graduates Against Yellow Press
Hy Telegraph reports Bishop Burgess at St Marys School graduation in the Cathedral of the Incarnation. He urges reading as education, oppose yellow journalism, avoid problem novels, and favor history including Union. An audience member derails with a childlike chorus.
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Long Island
Brooklyn Law School Graduation Honors Class at Majestic Theatre
Ninety three degrees were conferred by President Almon Gunnison of St. Lawrence University’s Brooklyn Law School. Justice Gaynor delivered the address urging modesty industry and faithful client service. Dean Richard son awarded prizes with C. G. Bachrach winning $100 for top junior exam results, Meyer Boskey $50 for second, and H. A. Mahoney $100 for top post graduate averages.
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Brooklyn Law School
St. Lawrence University
Majestic Theatre
Fulton Street
Justice Gaynor
Appellate Division
The
Supreme Cour
W. P. Richardson
C. G. Bachrach
Meyer Boskey
H. A. Mahoney
W. H. Dey
Syracuse University Prospers At Annual Trustees Meeting
John D. Archbold of New York presided as Chancellor Day announced six new buildings and a large stadium under construction. The year was described as the greatest in the university history while 366 degrees will be awarded at next Wednesday’s commencement. James G. Shepherd of Scranton was elected trustee to fill a vacancy.
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John D. Archbold
New York
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James G. Shepherd
Scranton
Penn
New Haven Railroad Appoints Fourteen Assistant Secretaries
Directors of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad authorize fourteen assistant secretaries to sign and number bonds worth 290000006 290,000 bonds in 100 franc denominations for European investors. Clerks from the executive offices are handling the task and will resign after completion. Major Isaac Bromley and a treasurer’s office representative will travel to Paris for the formal transfer.
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John G. Parker
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Isaac Bromley
Paris
Royal Court Third Session At Buckingham Palace
A busy Buckingham Palace audience attended the third court of the season with a long presentation list. Americans listed include Mrs. Frank Wiberg Miss Wiberg and Miss Mary Wiberg of Cincinnati Mrs. Melville Post of West Virginia Mrs. Eugene Parsons of New York and Miss Drexel of Philadelphia along with King Edward Queen Alexandra the Prince and Princess of Wales and a large royal circle.
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Buckingham Palace
Frank Wiberg
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Mary Wiberg
Cincinnati
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West Virginia
Eugene Parsons
New York
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Anthony Drexel
Philadelphia
Edward
Alexandra
Prince
Princess of Wales
Mackay gift to Nevada University funds mining school
Reno June 6 the Mackay School of Mines title goes to the University of Nevada for a new mining department funded by Postal Telegraph Co president. Mackay also creates a $120 000 endowment to support the mining faculty and covers the grounds beautification costs.
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Mackay School of Mines
University of Nevada
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Dodge Home Going to Make Way for Morgan Italian Garden
The William E. Dodge house on Madison avenue is being demolished to make room for an Italian garden between the Morgan houses on Stith street and Madison avenue. A formal layout with shrubs, flower beds, and select statuary from J. Pierpont Morgan’s private collection will be showcased in the new garden fronting about seventy five feet.
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American Express Company
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Obituary: Rev Dr J H Hand Dies of Heart Disease
The Rev Dr J Howard Hand an early member of the New York East Conference and assistant pastor at St Mark's Brooklyn died of heart disease at Long Island College Hospital. Born in Camden N J fifty seven years ago he graduated Wesleyan University in 1873 and was ordained in 1875. He preached in Watertown Astoria Riverhead Southampton and Freeport and later at Lenox Road Church Brooklyn. For two years he served the Title Guarantee and Trust Company and is survived by a wife and three sons.
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St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal Church
Beverly Road
Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital
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Camden
N. J
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Astoria
Riverhead
Southampton
Feeport
Long Island
Lenox Road Methodist Episcopal Church
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Charles G. Baylor Dies at 82 in Providence
Charles G. Baylor longtime editorial writer and author of a Georgia address on constitutional reforms affecting the negro race died at his home in Providence in his eighty third year. He was connected with the Boston spy Sewers and is survived by his wife and seven children.
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Charles G. Baylor
Georgia
Boston
Colonel Andrew A Bremmer Dies at Manhasset
Colonel Andrew A Bremmer, veteran of the Seventh Regiment 1845 49 born December 31 1812 died yesterday at his Manhasset home Survivors include two daughters and two granddaughters Funeral at Christ Church Manhasset Monday 11 o clock with burial at Greenwood Cemetery
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Died: Mrs Jessie Bishop Knox Burckett and Charles Zentgraf
Mrs Jessie Bishop Knox Burckett wife of Walter I Burckett second vice president of the State Bank and a director of Dominion Securities Company died in a Brooklyn hospital. She was born in Scotland forty three years ago and married about twenty years ago leaving a son and daughter. Charles F Zentgraf died at his home on Boyds Hall Stapleton Richmond from pneumonia aged sixty five. He was senior member of Louis Bejonge Co paper manufacturers and president of Staten Island Savings Bank for ten years. He helped found the German Club and served as its president and led Ultramarine works at Kretscherville and leaves a son and three daughters.
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Harles F. Zentgraf
Boyds Hall
Stapleton
Richmond
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Louis Bejonge & Co
Duane Street
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Thee Ultramarine Works
Kretscherville
Centenary Firms Hold Reunion Dinner
Representatives from the Association of Centenary Firms and Corporations met at the Bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia for a reunion dinner. Eligible groups are those established for a century or more, with attendees including W. W. Schieffelin & Co. Pierson & Co. and J. H. Woolman & Co. of New York.
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New York
Marriages Listed in The Tribune Notice Section
Multiple marriage notices dated June 1907 published for New York area couples including Crandall Hanfard Lutz Voorhees Tiffany Perry Reynolds Pond Myers. Each entry gives full names and residence. notices require indorsement with full name and address.
Death notices published in The Tribune republication
Death notices from The Tribune republished in The Tri-Weekly Tribune include Bean William H Becker Bremner Andrew A Carleton Francis Dudley Dachtera Paul J Jones Alden Graves Ledogar Eva F and others. Notices list birth ages service details and interment plans across Brooklyn Manhasset Yonkers and Richmond Hill with private or family funerals.
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Ledogar
Eva
Ledogarneral
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Brooklyn
Obituary notices from Brooklyn and nearby towns June 1907
Funeral and burial notices for residents of Brooklyn and environs dated June 5 to June 8 1907. Individuals named include Lehmann Lockwood McCabe Mathews Millwood Mitchell Murray Rutan Saxton Smith Van Cleef Zentgraf and others with service locations at Brooklyn addresses Cedar Hill Cypress Hills Holy Cross and Saint Catharine's Church. The Woodlawn Cemetery is noted with access details and an undertaker imprint Frank E Campbell Co.
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Murray
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