Murat Letters Lift Napoleonic Era Secrets To Light
A Paris library inventory reveals Caroline Bonaparte's long hidden papers from Joachim Murat and confidants. The discovery traces Murat’s last years and a guard of confidential letters kept by his minister Comte de Mosbourg, bequeathed through generations to Count Gaetan Murat and Prince Joachim Murat. Also noted are Irish peerage disputes over the Barony of Birmingham, tracing the Birmingham male line to extinction and the contested claims of Viscount Gormanston.
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Daenwest Sonpena
Primgay
Joachim Murat
Ham
Paris
Napoleon
Caroline Bonaparte
Morat
Josephine
Pauline
Joseph
Louis
Jerome Bonaparte
Qatleyrand
Cardinal Fesch
Fouche
Berthier
Wagram
Joachim
Florence
Countess Lapona
Acnile
Lucien Murat
America
Prince Lucien Murat
Paul le Brethon
National Library of France
Caroye Murat
Bic
Murat
Comte de Moss
Bourg
Naples
Comte Dé Mosbourg
Caroline
M. de Mosbourg
Gaetan Murat
Qesan
Count Ijathim
Whyte Melville
la Coer
Waterford
Gormanston
Rmanston
Ireland
Birmingham
Lord Gormanstown
Richard I
Margaret
Walter de Birmingham
Athenry
Thomas Birmingham
Earl of
Louth
Kinsale
Richard Birmingham
John Birmingham
Dalgan
Cloondar
Ashgrove
Ballintara
Committee of Privileges
House of Lords
7Th Fusiliers
Duke of Kent
Queen Victoria
Thomas Lynch Birmingham
Edmund Lynch Birmingham
Wood View
Galway
House of
Hugh A. O'Kelly
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Streator
Homely
Massereene
Creer WA
Tandsen
Murat Line Descendants Noted in Empire Tangle
The article traces the Murat family, detailing Joachim Murat’s lineage through brothers Peter and Andre, with Peter’s daughter Antoinette linked to European royalty. It notes countships and marriages, mentions Mosbourg papers bequeathed to Joachim Murat, and recalls a witty Russia visit performance by Count Joachim Murat.
King Edward Plans Irish Visit and Court at Curraghmore
King Edward will visit Ireland before or after his Continent trip, stay with the Waterfords at Curraghmore, pass through Dublin, and hold two courts and a state ball in spring with Queen Alexandra. The Waterfords’ estate, famed for its vast grounds, includes historical towers and a famed banshee legend associated with family events.
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Edward
Ireland
Marblehead
Dele Poer Beresfords
Lord Marcus
Curraghmore
Currachmore
Tristam Beresford
St. Patrick's Rar
Beresford
Lord Waterford
Tyrone
Squace
London
Lord Lansdowne
Tarquisate
Admiral Lord and Beresford
William Beree
Lord Willere
Breres
Cicero Price
United
Simes
Louis Hammersley
Elon York
Duke of Marlborough
Lord “Bill
Prince Eulenberg's troubles widen with a divorce bid
A rich wife of his eldest son seeks dissolution after being horrified by disclosures about Prince Eulenberg. She is Viennese heiress Baron Mayr von Meinhoff lineage, estranged from Liebenberg estate, and aims to escape potential Princess Eulenberg status. Financial strain follows his resignation from the German embassy in Vienna.
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Prince Eulenberg
Liebenberg
Princess Eulenberg
Franz Mayr
Austria
Krupp
Germany
Empire
Mayr von Meinhof
Countess Eulenberg
Count Stubenberg
Vienna
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Hughes at Sunday School Convention in Albany
The State Sunday Schools Association opened its annual convention in Albany with Governor Hughes and Mayor Gaus among the speakers. About fifteen hundred delegates attended as the three day gathering began this afternoon.
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Albany
State Sunday Schools Association
Hughes
Gaus
Thespians May Cut Out Canada Border Booking Proposed
At the National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers meeting in the Hudson Theatre William A. Brady proposed a resolution to adjust copyright and customs with Canada. If no satisfactory result is reached, U S managers would discontinue booking companies across the border. The lack of international copyright recognition in Canada was cited as the chief drawback. The resolution was adopted.
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Hudson Theatre
National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers
William A. Brady
Canada
United States
Mr. Brady
Fish Host Luncheon At Glen Cove West Point Event
West Point officers and post ladies joined Mr and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish for a luncheon at Glen Cove, their country house in Garrison on the Hudson. Tomorrow Major General Charles F Roe of the National Guard of New York will host a dinner for the surviving members of the class of 1865, a group of twenty four prominent civil and military figures.
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West Point
N. Y
Board of Visitors
Weather Report and Forecast from Washington
Thunder showers affected the middle United States and nearby regions with cooler conditions in Arkansas Mississippi and the lake areas. Winds varied by coast and region with Wednesday showers followed by fair conditions and a general cooling trend into Thursday.
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Washington
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Red River
North Upper Lake Region
Lake
Louisiana
Middle Eastern
Ibe
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Coast
North Central
Middle Atlantic
New England
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
England
Taft and the Judiciary at Hartford Courant
Taft's presidency is portrayed as safeguarding judicial independence and constitutional prerogatives. The piece argues that with Taft in the White House there will be no encroachments on judicial power, ensuring courts remain free from friction or interference.
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Hartford Courant
William Howard Taft
Taft
Tey
Joan Marshall
George J. Gould Sails for Europe May Attend Sister's Wedding
George J. Gould, sailing on the Kronprinsessin Cecilie for Europe, said he would attend his sister Mme Anna Gould's wedding to Prince Helle de Sagan if he is in Europe at the time. He gave his full consent and blessing but offered no date. He expects to stay abroad about a month to six weeks as his family remains in Europe.
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Europe
Kronpringessin Cecilie
George J. Gould
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Obituary for Joseph Larocque Lawyer at 56th Street Home
Joseph Larocque lawyer died at his home No 6 East 56th Street He was born in New York in 1881 and graduated from Columbia College in 1849 He joined Shipman Larocque Choate firm and served as a director for multiple instrumental companies including American Cotton Oil Cataract Construction Celluloid Morton Trust Niagara Development Niagara Falls Power and Plaza Bank He belonged to several museums and clubs and was married to Annie Whittemore with a son and daughter surviving His funeral is set for Friday at 10 AM at St Bartholemews Church Madison Avenue and 44th Street
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Joseph Larocque
East 56Th Street
Mr. Larocque
New York
Columbia College
Shipman, Larocque & Choate
Larocque
American Cotton Oil Company
Cataract Construction Company
The
Celluloid Company
Morton Trust Company
Niagara Development Company
Niagara Falls Power Company
Niagara Junction Raalway
Plaza Bank
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
University, Reform
Riding
Metropolitan
City
Delta Phi
Century
Columbia University
Annie
Whittemore
St. Bartholomew's Church
Madison Avenue
44Th Street
Charles Bloomfield Dalton Dies Suddenly in New York
Charles Bloomfield Dalton longtime assistant master at Trinity Chapel School on West 25th street died at his home 365 West 23d street. Born in Lambeth England he was educated at Brighton College and his family included a London bishop and a coronation official. Dalton won several prizes for essays on America Bible versions and school statistics and leaves a wife, daughter of Colonel Henry Wood of the Rifle Brigade.
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Charles Bloomfield Dalton
Trinity Chapel School
West 25Th Street
West 23d Street
Mr. Dalton
Lambeth
England
Brighton College
Highgate Church
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Bishop Bloomfield
American Geographical Society
America
Gould
Society For Improving
Henry Wood
Rifle Brigade
Death of Giulio Prinetti Former Italian Foreign Minister
Giulio Prinetti died in Rome this morning from pneumonia after a four day illness. Born in Milan in 181, he served as Italy’s Foreign Minister from 1901 to 19 and was stricken with apoplexy in the king’s presence about four years ago.
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Rome
Giulio Prinetti
Signor Prinetti
Milan
Victor Emmanuel
Theatrical News: Crosman to Open Academy of Music
Miss Henrietta Crosman will open the Academy of Music in fall under signed contracts to present a repertoire of her plays. Charles Edward Wright, ex- Merry Widow cast in Chicago, joins New Amsterdam production replacing Walter Wilson. National Piano Dealers attend Witching Hour at Hackett Theatre. May Thatcher to raise 2000 dollars for city schoolchildren. Cort plans Bourchier to produce The Man on the Pox at Garrick Theatre this month. Grace George concludes 21 months of theater. Brady says two new plays follow in coming season. West Point cadets’ night at Casino with Sam Bernard in Nearly a Hero. Eva Davenport, ill, engaged by Shuberts for a new musical next season.
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Henrietta Crosman
Academy of Music
Miss Crosman
Charles Edward Wright
Merry Widow’ Company
Chicago
New Amsterdam
Walter Wilson
Grace George
London
William A. Brady
Ms George
West Point
Sam Bernard
Academy
Fresh Air Fund acknowledgments list donations from many churches
The Tribune reports balances and Christmas gifts totaling funds raised for Fresh Air Fund. Gifts come from First Congregational Sunday School Southington through Frank H. Barnes, Lenox Avenue Chapel in Manhattan, Hackensack NJ, Auburn NY, and many churches and clubs including Carnegie and Phipps gifts. Named donors include A Du Bois, Wm A Du Bois, Mary Powell Lockwood, F E White, H H Write, Mrs Joseph Lester, and others. Proceeds support Sunday schools, Bible schools, and youth programs across multiple states and cities.
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First Congregational
Southington
Conn
Frank H. Barnes
Wilkes-Barre
Penn
Birthday Bank
Department of Lenox
Avenue Chapel
Manhattan
Alfred Dwight Sentinet
First Reformed Church
Hacknsack
N. J
George N. Comes
F. Gr
A. du B
Katharine du Bois
William A . du Bois
F. Taylor
Brooklyn
H. H. Write
Joseph H. Lester
Bay
H. H
Erie Railroad Company
Miss Kate
Babcock
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Phipps
Manorchapel
Sen. Hoffman
Ceees Siedler
Madison
Edward P. Holden
Ee Coos
C. Squier
Rahway
Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School
Sophia Witter
King's Daughters
William W. Hallock
Irls
Daisy Club
Young Women’s Cristian Association of
Rochester
N. Y
Mabel Schutte
Vail-Deane Club
Elizabeth
Ellen Dudley
Helen Eick
Helen Parrmalee
Marguérite Parmalee
Saugatuck Congregational Sunday School
Westport
H. S. Woodworth
Gin Children’s Ala Society of the Brick Church
New York City
Virginia C. Carpenter
Travellers Sail to Europe This Day
The list of passengers sailing to Europe includes Mr and Mrs. Robert El- hott, William H. Stuart, Mr and Mrs R P Holt, Mr and Mrs Co 8 van Rensselaer, and Mrs G M Woodford. They depart for Hamburg and Rotterdam with E H Sothern C C Stewart Julian Story among the travelers.
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Europe
Southampton
E. H. Sothern
C. C. Stewart
Julian Story
Hamburg
Robert el- Hott
William H. Stuart
Rotterdam
R. P. Holt
van Rensselaer
G. M. Woodford
King and Czar Meet in Cordial Bay of Reval Visit
Edward VII of Britain and Emperor Nicholas II met in Reval Bay with Imperial yachts flanked by British and Russian warships. The event featured a luncheon on the Polar Star and a state dinner on the Standart, both marked by verbal goodwill and no public speeches. Royal exchanges included greetings between King Edward, Emperor Nicholas, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Victoria, amid naval salutes and illuminated vessels.
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Reval
Edward VII
England
Nicholas
Bay of Reval
Polar Star
Alexandra
Edward
Stolypin
Empress Dowager
Greece
Emperor
King Edward
Emperor Nicholas
Standart
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
M. d'Iswolsky
Dikoff
Marine
Anglo-Russian Accord and Reval Talks Stir Diplomatic Hopes
London reports that Sir Edward Grey announced no new treaties during King Edward's Russia visit, cooling talk of a France Russia Great Britain triple alliance. Reval meetings with Sir Charles Hardinge and M. d Iswolsky focus on Persia Tibet Afghanistan tensions and the Macedonian issue, with diplomatic modesty about consequences yet noting potential alignment with Franco Russian policy.
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London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Edward
Russia
France
Great Britain
Reval
Charles Hardinge
M. d'Iswolsky
Persia
Tibet
Afghanistan
Indian
England
Falli@res
Europe
Foreign Office
Nicholas
Diamond case delays to June 17 in London bank inquiry
The magistrate granted another delay until June 17 for producing the diamond. If not produced, Lemoine faces trial in the Correctional Court. J C Wernher of De Beers Mining Co seeks access to the envelope with Lemoine’s formula stored in Smith's Bank London and admission to the laboratory during ongoing operations.
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Lemoine
J. C. Wernher
de Beers Mining Company
Smith's Bank
London
Mulai Mafig Enters Fez With Large Army
Tangier reports Mulai Mafig the insurgent Sultan, with his retinue and twelve thousand soldiers, entering Fez on Saturday. About twenty thousand Berber tribesmen are said to be marching to join him. Hafiq left Mequinez June 2 and defeated Cherarda remnants the next day. Several Abd-el-Aziz officials fled Rabat and reached Mequinez.
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Tangier
Mulai Mafig
Fez
Hafiq
Mequinez
Cherarda
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Rabat
French Demand Punitive Action Over Indo-Chinese Border Killing
Paris reports the government will punish Chinese implicated in the killing of six native soldiers and a French officer on the Indo-Chinese border. It seeks material and moral reparations including dismissal of Yun Nan’s Viceroy, with M. Bapst to present demands. Saigon notes Chinese regualrs pillaged Tonguin Village as part of the fallout.
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Paris
Yun Nan
Peking
M. Bapst
Foreign Board
Indo-China
Tonguin
Chi-Ma
Saigon
Yun-Nan Province
Yun-Nan
Grand Duke Intrusion Attacked in Russian Douma Speech
In St Petersburg the Octobrist M Guchkoff charged that grand dukes overstep war ministry authority and hinder reforms. He named Serge Michaelevitch Nicolayevitch and others, blasting the Portsmouth treaty while urging retirement of noncompliant leaders. The Douma approved garrison funds and Commissariat credits as Rudiger conceded reforms.
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St. Petersburg
M. Guchkoff
Serge Michaelevitch
Peter Nicholalevitch
Constantine Constantinovitch
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Council of National Defence
Portsmouth
Douma
Far East
Commissariat Department
Rudiger
Nine Die in Italian Pilgrim Train Crash Near Varallo
In Novara province a passenger train carrying Italian pilgrims returning from a church excursion wrecked after stopping to repair a freight collision at Roccaptera station. Nine people were killed and eighty three injured as the rear coach telescoped and a freight engine crushed two subsequent cars.
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Novara
Italy
Varallo
Here
Roccaptetra
Miners Vote For Eight Hour Day At Congress
Paris June 9 The International Miners Congress representing the United States and Europe approved an eight hour work day for mining with descent and ascent included In extreme heat or gas cases the day is six hours The congress urged adoption of these hours in all countries through appropriate pressure.
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Paris
International Miners’ Congress
United States
Lusitania Posts New Record Run Over Atlantic
A wireless message from London reports the Lusitania set a new daily distance record, covering 641 knots between Sunday noon and Monday noon, surpassing the Mauretania by six knots. The Lusitania departed Queenstown on Sunday for New York, while the Mauretania previously logged 635 miles on May 31.
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London
Queenstown
New York
Persian Discontent Grows in Northern Persia
Reports from Teheran and Tabriz describe a rising archy and anti Russian movement in Northern Persia. The National Council opposes M Hartwig the Russian Minister, and fears for his safety persist as bazaars close and panic spreads. Azeri Russian colonists begin moving toward Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Persia
Teheran
Tabriz
National Council
M. Hartwig
Emir Djeng
Azerbaijan
Russia
Ziegfeld Announces 1908 Follies Tour and Paris Musical Plans
F. Ziegfeld Jr unveils The Follies of 1908 at Jardin de Paris for twelve weeks starting next Monday then a tour. Anna Held to appear October 5 at New York Theatre in a new Parisian musical adapted for Americans by a noted playwright. Followed by Alice Lloyd in The Bonnie Belle of Scotland with a large company led by the MacNaughtons. Klaw and Erlanger to manage. Cathy Deslys to appear in America November 1 in a French musical revue.
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F. Ziegfeld, Jr
Jardin de Paris
Lemoine's Diamond Not Yet Produced in Court
Paris on June 9 Henry Lemoine charged with obtaining money under false pretences for claiming to manufacture diamonds failed to present a diamond of the size specified from his own process in court today. He argued his preparations to do so had not completed.
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Paris
Henry Lemoine
George Chipman to Marcia Chipman at Newton
Marriage notice for Russell George of University of Colorado to Marcia Chipman, daughter of the late Henry W. Chipman of Chicago, announced in The Trib. Also mentions Kirkpatrick Crane nuptials and Odell Nicoll pairing. Notices require full name and address.
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George—Chipman
Newton
Mays
Shearman
Jamaica Plain
Russel George
University of Colorado
Marcia Chipman
Henry W. Chipman
Chicago
Death notices from the Tribune family list town deaths
A long list of obituaries follows including Annie Marie Badeau, Henrietta Culbert, Richard Hartshorne, John Hogencamp, William Ingraham, Louisa Jenkins, Horatio Van Syckel, Robert Watts Jr, Eliza Wilson and others. Funeral details shown for several, with dates June 7 to June 12 and locations in New York City Brooklyn Yonkers and New Jersey.
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Hogencamp
John W. Hogencamp
Washington
D. C
Nyack
N. Y
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, or by carriage. Fees listed as 150 dollars. Contact Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office at 20 East 23d Street, New York City. Frank E. Campbell, 2413 West 234th Street, Chapelm Private and public ambulances. Tel 1324 Chelsea. Rev Stephen Merritt, undertaker, claims world-wide recognition. Only one place of business at St. Ave and 19th St. Largest in the world. Tel 124 and 125 Chelsea.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Frank E. Campbell
West
St. Chapelm
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
St. Ave
19Th St
Desirable help offered at Uptown Tribune office
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Broadway
36Th
37Th Streets
Sunday Daily Tribune Subscription Rates
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Ryndam
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W. K Chapin
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Mulai Hafig
Sultan
China
Tonquin
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Lusitania
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Gilbert Lee Nicoll
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William M. Ingraham
Clinton Avenue
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Sackett and Hoyt Sts
Holy Cross Cemetery
van Syckel
Yonkers
Horatio D. van Syckel
South Broadway
Watts
Robert Watts, Jr
Robert
A. Watts
35Th St
Wilson
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Henry Wilson
Sulgran Apartments
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