Swedish Prince Weds Grand Duchess in Tsarskoe-Selo
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden married Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna at Tsarskoe-Selo in a ceremony marked by Russian and Swedish rites. The day featured gun salutes, a state dinner, and a grand procession with imperial guests, amid heavy rain and public crowds.
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Romania
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Commission of National Defence
Caucasus
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Florida's Dead Senators Praised In House
Washington reports eulogies to late U S Senators Stephen Mallory and William Bryan of Florida. Speakers from several states offered tributes as Dalzell presided. A separate Ottawa note states Quebec Bridge plans were altered after the Blackwell’s Island bridge collapse findings.
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Quebec Bridge Company
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Royal Commission
Obituary of Henry Clinton Backus Died at 489 West 22d Street
Henry Clinton Backus native of Utica born May 31 1848 died at his home No 489 West 22d Street He came to this city as a child educated in public schools Phillips Academy Exeter Harvard College class of 1871 Columbia Law School 1873 admitted to the bar He was active in the Republican party bar associations Harvard and Medical Jurisprudence societies American Geological Society and other groups He married Harriet I Davis in 1890 and is survived by one son.
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Phillips Academy
Exeter
N. H
Harvard College
Columbia College
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Harvard
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
The
American Geographical Society
Harriet I. Davis
Death of Mrs. Gertrude Cowdin in Paris
News arrives of the death in Paris of Mrs. Gertrude Cheever Cowdin wife of John E. Cowdin ribbon merchant with offices on Fifth Avenue. She had traveled to Europe for health and the body will be brought to the family home at 18 Gramercy Place for the funeral in this city.
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Gertrude Cheever Cowdin
Paris
Miss Josephine Cohan Queen of Friars Festival
Rival factions clash at the New Circle Theatre as Miss Josephine Cohan of the Royal Cohan Family is chosen queen of the Friars festival, outweighing May Vokes, Louise Dresser, and Mildred Rogers. The vote follows a chaotic scene and ballot irregularities before the May 14 New York Theatre performance.
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Toxen Worm
Henry Edward Warner
Charles Emerson Cook
Friars
New Circle Theatre
Josephine Cohan
Miss Cohan
Louise Dresser
Mabel Hite
Merry-Go-Round
Tim’ Cronin
Maebel Hite
Royal
Vokes
New Circle
Harry Lauder
Hites
Voies
Miss Hite
Eddie” Corbett
New York Theatre
Mr Cleveland Quiet Sunday at Lakewood Hotel
Ex President Cleveland shows daily improvement from acute indigestion according to Mrs Cleveland who hopes for an early return to Princeton He spent Sunday at the Lakewood Hotel and reaffirmed that his health remains steadily better She denied cancer reports and noted changes would be announced promptly friends say recovery after similar attacks typically takes weeks.
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N. J
Cleveland
Princeton
Lakewood Hotel
Irene Franklin Leads Vaudeville Popularity Vote Contest
Irene Franklin tops a vaudeville fan poll with 7414 votes across the Alhambra Colonial and Brooklyn Theatre contests. Eva Tanguay is runner up with 6983 votes, while Alice Lloyd, Vesta Victoria, Gertrude Hoffman and Marie Dressler also rank among fourteen entrants in the race.
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Brooklyn Orpheum
Irene Franklin
Eva Tanguay
Alice Lloyd
Vesta Victoria
Gertrude Hoffman
Marie Dressler
Prominent Arrivals At Hotels Around Town
Notable guests checked into major hotels including Hotel Astor with Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Cook and F. C. Davidge of Toronto. Holiday Castleton in St. Louis. Gerald Cudahy of Chicago at Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Webber of Boston at Plaza. Edward L. Robinson of Baltimore at St. Regis. and ex Governor John S. Hill of Maine at the Waldorf.
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ASTOR
S. L. Cook
Chif F. C. Davidge
Toronto
Hol Ay Castleton
St. Louis
Manhattan
Gerald Cudahy
Chicago
PLAZA
F. R. Webber
Boston
ST. Regis
Edward L. Robinson
Baltimore
Waldorf
John S. Hill
Maine
Today’s events at a glance in New York area venues
Free admission at the American Museum of Natural History. Entertainment of the Presbyterian Union at Hotel Savory in the evening. The Saratoga County Society holds its annual meeting and dinner at Yale Club. A Mase meeting urges anti track gambling legislation at Carnegie Hall. The suffragettes hold an 8 p.m. meeting at Seventh Avenue and 125th Street. West End Association meets at Hotel St. Andrew at 8 30 p.m.
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Savory
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Yale Club
Carnegie Hall
Seventh Avenue
125Th Street
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Hotel St. Andrew
Weather Forecast and Official Record from Washington
Official Weather Bureau record details a low pressure system over Western Kansas and the central Rockies with high pressure over the lower Great Lakes. Thunderstorms span the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and the Rockies. temperatures drop 20 to 40 degrees in the Rockies with mountain snow. Rain expected in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and western Mid Atlantic on Monday, withTuesday rain shifting northward. Winds vary along coasts and lakes. fair in New York and Delaware counties, with cooler, clearing conditions in the Mississippi Valley, and a general trend of lighter winds inland. The report compares 24 hour temperature changes to last year and three-decade averages, forecasting fair weather today and Tuesday with light to moderate winds.
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Vari
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European
Grand Banks
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Columbia
Weather Bureau
Beau a Great Satrap
A portrait of Paul Beau, the 19th century French Governor General of Indo China. The piece notes his tour of the United States after a career shaping Indo China policy, his ties to Delcassé and Freycinet, and his potential future postings. It also recounts a controversial series of aristocratic marriages involving the Berkeley lineage and a Privileges Committee finding that a prior 1785 marriage was forged.
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Stephen Pichon
Peris
M. Beau
Far Orient
St. Petersburg
Admiral Touchard
America
Catholic Church
Papacy
Chinese decree revokes Catholic official rank in China
The Empress Dowager with the Emperor repeals the 1839 edict granting official rank to Roman Catholic bishops and priests. It follows Catholic leaders agreeing with the repeal, while Protestant bishops in 1899 declined similar honors to avoid political duties.
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China
Shanghai
Berkeley Castle and the Severn foreshore dispute saga
The London Times notes Lord Fitzhardinge’s Chancery suit against wild fowl shooting on the Severn foreshore. The ruling upholds Crown ownership of the tidal bed, but allows alienation when uncovered by water, validating Henry II’s Berkeley grant. A historic font of Berkeleys, murder at Berkeley Castle, and noble lineage are recounted alongside Italian diplomacy notes.
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St. Gray's
Berkeley Earldom Fights End Uncertain as Heiress Gains Claim
The Berkeley succession saga traces Thomas Moreton Berkeley’s refusal to accept the earldom, the 1955 death of Craven Berkeley, and Louisa Mary Berkeley’s lineal ascent to Baroness Berkeley. George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley’s son now holds the earldom, while the castle and titles face extinction with the childless Lord Fitzhardinge.
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House of Lords
Committee of Privileges
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George Grantley Berkeley
Craven Berkeley
Craven
Louisa Mary Berkeley
Earl of Berkeley
Berkeley
Milman
Tower of London
Eva
Frank Foley
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Lord Foley
George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley
Berkeley Castle
Herbert Asquith
England
Committee On Privileges
Lord Fitzhardinge
Baroness Berkeley
Lord Clifford
Wo. C
Thomas Kingscote
Newport Social Notes Preview Wagstaff French Wedding
Newport scenes from May 3 reveal guests gathering for the Wagstaff French wedding set for Tuesday with many arriving tomorrow and Tuesday morning. Attendees toured Blue Rocks harbor for a local baptism as Mrs. Seth B French surveys Hopedene villa and Mrs. R Fulton Cutting seeks a Newport summer cottage. Notables listed include Mrs Reginald Ward Mrs Seth Barton French A E Gallatin Arnold Hague and F P Motley among others registering at Muenchinger King cottage.
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R. 1
Blue Rocks
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Amos Tuck French
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Seth B. French
Hopedene
E. H. G. Slater
R. Fulton Cutting
Muenchinger King Cottage
Elizabeth Cutting
Eleanor Mortimer
Gladys Pell
Willing Spencer
Munson Morris
Worthington Whitehouse
William Fitzhu
Celebrate Night Mass Anniversary at St Andrew’s Rotman
The seventh anniversary service for the night workers mass was held at St. Andrew's Rotman Catholic Church in City Hall Place. Pastor Rev Luke J Evers led the high mass with deacon Rev Thomas Owens and sub deacon Rev Antonio Palisi. sermon by Rev Thomas A Judge G M. The choir featured forty singers and soloists plus string selections by Hans Kronold and the first full choir performance of Dr Ganes's Hymn to the Pope.
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City Hall Place
Luke J. Evers
Thomas Owens
Antonio Palisi
Thomas A. Judge
G. M
Hans Kronold
Dr. Ganes
Sea serpent yarn on two schools of sea snakes
Mazingo the sailor tells a tall tale to a reporter at Erie Basin about a sea serpent encounter two days from Porto Seguro Brazil. He claims the Savoia dodged behemoth sea snakes, two schools, six crewmen in boats, and two propellers later sold to a Barcelona circus for 100 pesos.
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Mazing
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Seguro
Sefior
Sea Snakes
Barcelona
van Brunt
Farewell concert at Hippodrome features Hofmann and Kreisler
The Hippodrome audience bade farewell to pianist Josef Hofmann and violinist Fritz Kreisler with the Russian Symphony Orchestra. Mendelssohn solos, Rachmaninoff preludes, and Liszt Rhapsody No. 2 wowed the crowd, followed by Vieuxtemps and Hubay pieces. Encores and a final concerto closed the program before Hofmann sails for Europe Tuesday.
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Herbert’s Spring Concerts at Broadway Theatre Enliven Audience
Mr Herbert closed his spring concert series at the Broadway Theatre with Miss Blanche Duffield as soloist. The programme featured only Herbert selections and drew a large audience. After the performance the composer was wildly cheered and his growing popularity suggests continuation of the concerts next fall.
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Broadway Theatre
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Herbert
Torrens system adopted in Rochester area legislation
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports passage of the Torrens bill in the closing hours of the Legislature. The system would certify titles via a Supreme Court registration, guarantee clear ownership, and allow speedy transfers and mortgages within twenty four hours once the initial certificate is issued.
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Morton figures haunt Hart with mortality facts
Harvard history professor Albert Bushnell Hart, famed for his energetic research habits, turns to statistics and is struck by mortality figures. In a casual yard reunion with Professor Grandgent, he laments that a man dies with every breath, illustrating his fixation on life expectancy and death statistics.
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Harvard
Grandgent
Grand
Lippincott’s
Leaycraft and Young Obituaries in New York Ledger
Death notices list Hannah Thompson Leaycraft at 210 West 102nd Street and Edward Young of Centre Moriches, Long Island. Requiem for Rev Morgs Dix D D at St Mary the Virgin. Funeral services for Hannah Leaycraft and Edward Young scheduled May 5 and May 3 respectively. Private and public ambulances offered by Chapelm Chelsea office.
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Job Applicants File Open At Uptown Tribune Office
The New York Tribune invites employers to consult the newly installed file of applications for various positions at its Uptown Office located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm.
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Tribune Subscription Rates And Foreign Mail Info
The Tribune announces domestic and foreign subscription options including daily, tri weekly, and weekly rates. It lists office locations in New York and abroad bureaus in London Paris Geneva and more. It also notes special rates for Canadian and foreign destinations and references multiple hotel and agency partners for readers abroad.
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