Swedish Prince Wilhelm Weds Grand Duchess Marie Padlovna
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden married Grand Duchess Marie Padlovna at Tsarskoe-Selo in a ceremony blending RussianOrthodox and Swedish Lutheran rites. Crowds cheered amid heavy rains as Empresses and princes attended a day of processions, toasts, and a grand dinner. The couple departed for St Petersburg for their honeymoon at the Alexander Palace.
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Washington Honors Mallory and Bryan in House Eulogies
Addresses lauding the late United States Senators Stephen R. Mallory and William J. Bryan delivered in the House of Representatives. Speakers included Sparkman Florida Williams Mississippi Payne New York Park Florida Brantley Georgia Burton Ohio Lawrence Massachusetts Lamb Virginia Waldo New York De Armond Missouri and Clark Florida Thomas North Carolina Wilson Illinois Hardwick Georgia Bennet New York Edwards Georgia Flood Virginia Mouser Ohio Sulzer New York Nelson Wisconsin Kitchin North Carolina Anesberry Ohio Wet North Carolina Rainey Tennessee Sparkman Florida. East River Bridge plans altered in Ottawa.
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Obituary: Henry Clinton Backus Dies in New York
Henry Clinton Backus died at his home 489 West 22d Street. Born in Utica on May 31, 1848, he moved to the city as a child and studied at Phillips Exeter and Harvard, graduating from Harvard College in 1871 and Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1833, active in Republican circles, and affiliated with multiple clubs and societies. He married Harriet I. Davis in 1890 and leaves one son.
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Harriet I. Davis
Death of Mrs Gertrude Cowdin in Paris
Notice reports the death of Mrs Gertrude Cheever Cowdin in Paris after a brief illness. She was the wife of ribbon merchant John E Cowdin of Fifth Avenue. The body will be brought to the family home at 18 Gramercy Place for the funeral in New York.
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MISS COHAN QUEEN OF FRIARS PLAY FESTIVAL
Miss Josephine Cohan of the Royal Family won the Friars festival queen title after a heated vote amid a rivalry with May Vokes Louise Dresser and Mildred Rogers. The contest featured ballot disputes and proxy votes, with Cohan ultimately weighed and chosen to lead the New York Theatre event on May 14.
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Wells Hawks
Toxen Worm
Henry Edward Warner
Charles Emerson Cook
Friars
New Circle Theatre
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Miss Cohan
Louise Dresser
Mabel Hite
Merry-Go-Round
Im’ Cronin
Mebel Hite
Royal Co
New Circle
Harry Lauder
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Voies
Miss Hite
Eddie” Corbett
Friars’ Festival
New York Theatre Chase
Ex-President Cleveland Improves While Staying at Lakewood Hotel
Lakewood New Jersey May 3 Ex President Cleveland shows daily improvement from acute indigestion say physicians and Mrs Cleveland believes recovery may allow an early return to Princeton She notes repeated statements of improvement and says any change would be made public Some reports of cancer are false He remains at the Lakewood Hotel after hours near closure as friends expect a recovery period lasting weeks
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Irene Franklin Tops Vaudeville Popularity Poll In 14 Entries
Irene Franklin leads in a vaudeville singer popularity contest at Alhambra Colonial and Brooklyn theatres with 7 414 votes. Eva Tanguay trails with 6 8 percent, Alice Lloyd 2 948, while Vesta Victoria Gertrude Hoffman and Marie Dressler are among other top finishers in the fourteen entrant race.
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Brooklyn Orpheum
Irene Franklin
Eva Tanguay
Alice Lloyd
Vesta Victoria
Gertrude Hoffman
Marie Dressler
Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels
Guests check in at major hotels including Astair where Mr and Mrs L L Cook of Chicago arrive, Gilsey hosts F C Davidge of Toronto, Holland welcomes Murray Castleton of St Louis, Manhattan receives Gerald Cudahy of Chicago, Plaza greets Mr and Mrs F R Webber of Boston, St Regis books Edward L Robinson of Baltimore, and Waldorf hosts ex Governor John S Hill of Maine.
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Ll. Cook
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Gilsey
F. C. Davidge
Toronto
Holland
Today’s events across the city entertain and engage
Free admission to the American Museum of Natural History and an evening program by the Presbyterian Union. Baratoga County Society hosts an annual meeting and dinner at Yale Club. Carnegie Hall hosts a mass meeting on anti-track gambling legislation. An open air suffragette meeting is set for Seventh Avenue and 12th Street at 8 p m. West End Association meets at the Hotel St Andrew at 7:40 p m.
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Weather Report Forecast from Official Records May 3
A marked barometric low covers Western Kansas and the middle Rocky Mountains with high pressure over the lower lake region. Thunder storms sweep the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and the Rockies. temperatures fall 20 to 40 degrees with snow in the mountains. Temperatures far below seasonal averages east of the Dakotas and from the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic. Forecasts indicate rain in the Mississippi Valley and northern shifts on Tuesday. clear in the Mississippi Valley with lower temperatures. Winds vary by coast and region with light northwest to fresh southeast trends. Official records compare last twenty four hours to prior years, noting average temperatures and forecasts for today and Tuesday.
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Beau A Great Satrap and the Berkeley Forgery Trial
A biographical sketch of Paul Beau, a French colonial administrator in Indo China, detailing his career rise from secretary to ministerial postings and Governor Generalship, his potential future, and his complex ties to the Catholic Church. The piece also recounts the alleged 1785 secret marriage of an English aristocrat linked to the Berkeley title, the 1796 Lambeth ceremony, and the House of Lords inquiry that dismissed the earlier marriage as forged, preserving Lord Dursley’s estates and title continuity.
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Missionaries Lose Official Ranks in China Repeal
Empress Dowager and Emperor repeal the 1899 decree that granted official rank to Roman Catholic bishops and priests in China. The move ends viceregal privileges, amid prior bishops adopting insignia and exerting authority. Protestant leaders had earlier rejected official rank to avoid political entanglement.
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Berkeley Castle and the Severn Foreshore Law Case
The London Times notes Lord Fitzhardinge’s Chancery suit over fishing on the Severn foreshore tests English land tenure law. The Crown owns the tidal bed unless its ownership is alienated, and Henry II’s Berkeley grant remains valid for lands uncovered by water. The piece traces Berkeley lineage and notable peers through medieval to early modern times.
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Family claims and succession battles for Berkeley title
The article traces disputes over the Earldom and Barony of Berkeley involving Thomas Moreton Berkeley, George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley, and their kin. It notes Thomas’s refusal to accept a seat in the Lords, the succession through his niece Louisa Mary Berkeley, and current challenges by George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley and others. It mentions legal defeats, notable figures, and potential transfers of Berkeley Castle upon the death of the childless Lord Fishardinge.
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Frank Foley
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Lord Foley
George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley
Herbert Asquith
England
Committee On Privileges
Lord Fishardinge
Baroness Berkeley
Lord Clifford
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Thomas Kingscote
Social notes from Newport wedding week highlights
Newport hosts Wagstaff-French wedding with guests arriving for a multiday celebration. At Blue Rocks harbor the wedding party attended a local baptism. Entertaining dinners and villa viewings fill the social schedule as families seek summer cottages and registries list prominent attendees from New York Washington Beverley and local figures.
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Blue Rocks
William Watts Sherman
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 Andrews Church
The seventh anniversary of the night mass for workers at St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church in City Hall Place was celebrated with a solemn high mass. Pastor Rev Luke J Evers led the service with deacon Rev Thomas Owens and sub deacon Rev Antonio Pansi. Rev Thomas A Judge preached. Forty singers plus soloists provided music, Hans Kronold performed two cello pieces and the choir premiered Dr Ganss's Hymn to the Pope.
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City Hall Place
Luke J. Evers
Thomas Owens
Antonio Pansi
Thomas A. Judge
G. M
Hans Kronold
Dr. Ganss
Sea Serpents Roil Savoia Crew on Bermudan Ruse
Mazingo a Spanish seaman at Erie Basin spins a yarn about sea snakes swirling around the Savoia. A masked reporter pays a peso for the tale while hoping for a splashy ink story. The captain supposedly left port and the cargo of hides aimed for Bermuda, then Mombasa before the serpents died and propellers vanished.
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Periodico
Porto Seguro
Brazil
Bermuda
Souse-Sousewest
Seguro
Sefior
Sea Snakes
Carramba
Barcelona
van Brunt
Farewell concert at Hippodrome features Her Mann Kreisler and orchestra
The Hippodrome audience bid farewell to pianist Josef Hermann and violinist Fritz Kreisler with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in a program that opened with Mendelssohn and included Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Vieuxtemps, Hubay, and encores. Kreisler offered two pieces and Hofmann closed with a concerto as he prepares to sail for Europe Tuesday.
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Josef Hermann
Fritz Kreisler
Mendelssohn
Fritz Kreisser
Vieuxtemps
Hubay
Herbert’s final spring concert at Broadway Theatre
Mr Herbert closed his spring series at the Broadway Theatre with an all Herbert programme featuring Miss Blanche Duffield as soloist. A large audience heard selections from his popular productions and cheered him at the end. The series boosted his popularity and may continue next fall.
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Torrens System Receives Legislature's Final Action
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle notes the Torrens bill passing the closing hours of the session. The system guarantees title by certificate from the Supreme Court, simplifying transfers and mortgages to twenty four hours once issued. Direct benefits to the real estate market include easier purchase and sale of property and a clear title, with initial examination and six month finalization.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Australia
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Supreme Court
Torrens
Mortality Statistic Joke From Harvard Professors
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard history chair, grows obsessed with statistics and ponders mortality figures. In a campus moment he tells colleague Grandgent he feels a man dies every time he breathes, a remark noted in Lippincott's.
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Lippincott
Obituary notices for Leaycraft and Young families
On May 3 Hannah Thompson Leaycraft widow of Anthens Leaycraft died at 50 at her daughter's home 310 West 1024th Street. Funeral 4 PM Tuesday interment later per family. Also Captain Edward Young aged 3 died Friday March 1 1908 at Centre Moriches Long Island with services May 5 at 1 39 PM.
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In Memoriam Requiem for Rev Morgs Dix D D
In Memoriam notices for the Rev Morgs Dix D D a requiem mass at the Church of St Mary the Virgin at 9 30 am. Accessible by Heriem trains from Grant tral Station with Jerome Avenue trolleys by carriage. Listings include contact and addresses in New York City and ambulance services.
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Job Applicants File Open at Uptown Tribune Office
The New York Tribune announces the availability of a file of applications of selected aspirants for various positions. Located at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets, the Uptown Office is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for employers seeking quick access to potential hires.
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Tribune Subscription Rates and Offices Listed
The Tribune offers domestic and foreign subscription options with varying rates for daily, weekly, tri weekly, and farmer editions. Regional offices in New York City, uptown and downtown branches, and bureaus abroad in Brussels, London, Paris, and other cities are detailed for subscriptions and advertising access.
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