Norwegian Primate Visits United States Sends Warm Thanks
Bishop Christian Bang primate of the Lutheran Church of Norway arrived in New York and commented on conditions in the United States. He explains that his term storarted meaning immense in his tongue and notes distinctive views on American society. He also addressed social circles among the high brows.
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New York
United States
Anten Christian Bang
Lutheran Church of Norway
Bishop Bang
Norwegian Bishop Praises Ibsen and Norway in America
Dr A Bang, Bishop of Norway touring the United States, dismisses Ibsen mystery as misinterpreted and thanks Norwegians in America for support during critical years. He discusses Norway–Sweden unity, King Oscar, King Haakon, and calls for continued Nordic friendship and gratitude.
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Ibsen
Ibeen
J. L. P. Dietrichson
Scandinavian Lutheran Trinity Church
Summit Avenue
Jersey City
Minneapolis
Henrik Arnold Wergeland
Norway
America
New York
Washington
New Jersey
Sweden
Qecar II
Oscar
Norwey
Haakon
Trondhjem
Denmark
Bang
Fossils From Ashokan Dam Reveal Ancient Ocean Bed
Controller Metz received fossils from engineers working on the Ashokan dam in Esopus Creek Valley. The petrified shellfish indicate the valley was once the edge of an ocean. The find baffles and amuses him as New York subway funding looms. N J Civil Service Commission named four for first such body. Willis Johnson, James Kerney, Charles Bateman, James Mullin named to terms varying four, three, two, and one year respectively.
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Metz
Ashokan
Esopus Creek
New York
N. J. Civil Service Commission
Trenton
N. J
May
Fort
Senate
Willis Fletcher Johnson
Union County
James Kerney
Mercer
Charles H. Bateman
Somerset
James R. Mulli
Essex
Fresh Air Work Opens For 1900s Child Welfare Program
The Tribune reports the Fresh Air season began with about one hundred workers at Christ Presbyterian Church West 34th Street led by Rev Dr John B Devils. The effort mobilizes visiting nurses charitable visitors settlement workers missionaries and chapel pastors to aid twelve thousand children amid expected higher demand. Dr Devins cites a 30000 need to match last year’s 8415 child program, with three homes ready by June 15 and first country outings July 1. Plans include inspections June and just before departure, new medical examiner Mrs M D T Barton seeking cooperation, and a dedicated Ardsley home with a Teach ers College supervisor. Housing for Negro children set at Manorville Long Island, with three new homes ready June 15 at Fairfield Tenafly and Middletown, serving 22 50 and 25 30 children respectively.
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Tribune
Christ Presbyterian Church
West 34Th Street
John B. Devils
Devins
M. D. T. Barton
Ardsley
Teachers College
Manorville
Long Island
Fairfield
Tenafly
Middletown
Engineers as Lecturers at Columbia University
Trustees at Columbia University plan to appoint practicing engineers as lecturers in mechanical engineering to work with department faculty. The program will feature James M. Dodge, Louis Doelling, Fred Ophuls, William P. White, Fred W. O'Neil, and Richard T. Lingley, who will teach part time and collaborate with officers to provide up-to-date instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
James M. Dodge
United Link Belt Companies
Louis Doelling
Schutte & Koerting Company
Fred Ophuls
de la Vergne Machine Company
William P. White
I. P. Morris Company
Fred W. O'Neil
New York
Nordberg Manufacturing Company
Richard T. Lingley
Miss Lewis Declared Incompetent In Brooklyn Court
Justice Marean of the Supreme Court Brooklyn ruled that Miss Mary E. Lewis, held at Bloomingdale Asylum, cannot manage her property valued around $500,000. A sheriffs jury and a commission had earlier deemed her sane and insane respectively, and the court ordered a jury review in Supreme Court which found sanity, a verdict the justice refused to accept.
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Justice Marean
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Mary E. Lewis
Bloomingdale Asylum
Marean
Philip Wolff Dead Politician and Builder of Staten Island
Philip Wolff, a Staten Island builder and longtime public servant, died at his Stapleton home at age seventy nine. Born in Germany, he served as a Richmond County Police Commissioner and County Board of Excise treasurer before consolidation. He belonged to Klopstock Lodge F and A M and several local clubs. He is survived by his son Charles L Wolff and two married daughters.
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Philip Wolff
Staten Island
Stapleton
Germany
Wolff
Richmond County Police Department
County Board of Excise
Klopstock Lodge
F. and
A. M
Staten Island Quarter Club
Emigkreit
Charles L. Wolff
Brisk bidding for antiques at Fifth Avenue rooms
The Little Shop sale at No. 1 East List street conducted by Henry Hartman attracted strong attendance. Over two days the total realized was 9288 dollars. The auction continues today and on Monday and Tuesday afternoons with Chippendale and Sheraton furniture, old English silver, Sheffield plate, and old porcelains on offer.
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East List Street
Henry Hartman
Fifth Avenue
Chippendale and Sheraton
Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels Hotel Astor
Major and Mrs. James C. Sanford of Philadelphia join a collection of notable guests at the Hotel Astor with arrivals listed by hotel in Belmont Holland Manhattan Plaza St Regis and Waldorf Astoria. Names include N R Gordon Jacob H Hollander Theodore Marburg John F Cramer William Caner Weiderseim.
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Hotel Astor
James C. Sanford
Philadelphia
Belmont
N. R. Gordon
Pittsburg
Holland
John ©. Munro
Boston
Manhattan
Jacob H. Hollander
Baltimore
PLAZA
Theodore Marburg
ST. Regis
John F. Cramer
Milwaukee
Waldorfastoria
William Caner Weiderseim
What Is Going On Today In New York City
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. Stove Manufacturers Association meeting at Hotel Astor 10 30 a m. Luncheon of St Gabriel's Alumni Society at Hotel Astor 12 30 p m. Dr N J Britton speaks on Early Flowering Trees and Shrubs at New York Botanical Garden 4 p m. Annual dinner of the tramme squad of the Police Department Waldorf Astoria evening. Dinner of the special grand jury at Hotel Astor 8 p m. Smoker of the North Carolina Society Hotel Astor 8 p m. Supper of the New York Athletic Club Hotel Astor 11 30 p m.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Stove Manufacturers’ Association
Hotel Astor
St. Gabriel's Alumni
N. J. Britton
New York Botanical Garden
traMec
Police Department
Waldorf-Astoria
Grand Jury
North Carolina Society
New York Athletic Club
Weather Record and Forecast from Washington May 8
The Weather Bureau notes a central low over Eastern New York moving eastward toward the Atlantic in 24 to 36 hours. Rain covers New England and parts of the Middle Atlantic. fair elsewhere with rising temperatures by Sunday. Local forecasts call for rain today in New England, cooler Vermont, clearing and warmer Sunday, plus fresh west winds from Delaware to New Jersey and Maryland to Virginia.
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Washington
New York
Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
European
Grand Banks
Vermont
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Lee Frer
Porecast
Children’s Crusade thrills Cincinnati festival audience
Pierne’s Children’s Crusade was staged at the fourth Cincinnati biennial music festival attracting over eleven hundred performers including five hundred public school pupils and two hundred more on stage, praised for masterful harmony and dramatic impact. The event highlighted Van der Stucken’s drive to expand school participation and foresees wider adoption at Worcester and beyond.
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Cincinnati
Pierne
the Tribune
van der Stucken
New York Oratorio Society
Boston
Cecelia Society
Chicago
Apollo Club
Mozart
Theodore Thomas
Ripiens
Bach
Benoit
Paris
New York
Oratorio Society
Frank Damrosch
Worcester
Gade
Ae van der Stucken
Ludovic Halévy, Noted French Dramatist, Dead at 86
Paris reports the death of Ludovic Halévy a prolific dramatist and novelist. A close collaborator of Henri Meilhac his works include Carmen La Grande Duchesse and Le petit Duc. He wrote many operetta librettos and plays with Offenbach Bizet and Lecocq and later authored novels and Memoirs. He served in the French Academy and was a Legion of Honour recipient.
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Ludovic Halévy
Henri Meilhac
Carmen
Paris
Léon Halévy
Jacques Francois Fromental
Elie Halévy
Offenbach
Julies Sevieres
Léo Delibes
Meilhac
la Vie Parisienne
Bizet
Prosper Mérimée
Janet
Miles Desciée
Gymnase
Porte Saint-Martin
Sarah Bernhardt
Augustin Daly
Mételia
Signe de Wicolet
Fanny Lear
le Bouquet
Madame Attend
la Saint-Martin
le Passage de Vénus
la Boule
la Cigale
le Prince
le Petit Hotel
Halévy
M Halévy
Marcel
Abbé Constantin
French Academy
M. Halévy
M. Meilhac
Adu
Academy
Legion of Honour
William K Hinman dies at 92 at Madison Avenue home
William Kirk Hinman died yesterday afternoon at his No 701 Madison avenue residence in his ninety third year. Born October 27 1815 in North Hempstead Long Island he built a long career in ship chandlery and wholesale trade revealing leadership roles at Rutgers Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Hospital. He leaves two daughters from his first marriage Mary Mitchell's children Sarah E Cook and Mrs Mark W Maclay. He traced lineage to Sergeant Edward Hinman who settled Stratford Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kirk Hinman
Madison Avenue
Mr. Hinman
North Hempstead
Long Island
William L. & G. Mitchell
John S. Williams
South Street
Williams & Hinman
Williams & Guion
Williams
William K. Hinman & Co
Stephen C. Barnum
Mary Mitchell
Sarah E
Charles T. Cook
Mark W. Maclay
Hinman
Edward Hinman
Stratford
Conn
Rev Robert Quennell Dies After Six Month Illness
The Rev Robert George Quennell died Thursday at his home 153 West 11th Street after a six month illness. Born in London in 1855 he came to the United States at about twenty two, was ordained in 1860, served at St John the Evangelist 1862, was rector of Christ Church Binghamton 1880 to 1899 and dean of Central New York. He later aligned with the Church of the Ascension and Cathedral of St John the Divine. He leaves a wife one son and six daughters in this city. Funeral Monday at the Church of the Ascension Fifth Avenue and 11th Street at 10 30 a m.
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Robert George Quennell
West 11Th Street
London
Quennell
Potter
St. John the Evangelist
Admiralty postpones inquiry into Gladiator St Paul collision
The Admiralty will delay its official inquiry into the collision between the second class cruiser Gladiator and the steamship St Paul until civil actions by the Admiralty and the American Line are finished to avoid prejudice to the cases.
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ST. Paul
London
Admiralty
Gladiator
American Line
Army and Navy News Celebrates Pay Increase for Officers
Washington reports officers of the army navy marine corps and revenue cutter service celebrate a $600 yearly raise for junior officers and $50 for seniors with lieutenant generals or admiral exceptions. House approved the army appropriation act conferring equal grade pay across services. navy adjustments await conference. Movements and dispatches note officers reassigned ships and ship movements including the Nero at New Orleans and various vessels sailing for Norfolk and New York.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Revenue Cutter Service
House of Representatives
Senate
L. S Cox
Hancock
Wabash
Salem
C G Andresen
J. Newton
Marine Battalion
Panama
Naval Hospital
Navy Yard
New York
Navy Department
New Orleans
Eagle
Guantanamo
Standish
Norfolk
Annapolis
Atlantic
North Carolina
Naval Review Off San Francisco Aboard Yorktown
Secretary Metcalf reviews forty four ships of Atlantic and Pacific fleets from the Yorktown. Rear Admiral Evans concludes active service today and will retire in August. Salutes echo as ships decorate the harbor and silver services are presented to Nebraska and California battleships amid cheers.
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San Francisco
Metcalf
Yorktown
Evans
East
Oakland
Atlantic Squadron
A1 Squadron
Rotillas
Connecticut
Nebraska
Fornia
Sheldon
R. F. Nicholson
J. N.tt
Clifornia
W. L. Cottman
Veteran sues Brooklyn navy yard captain for damages
William Littman Jr a Spanish American War veteran living at 346 S 8th Street Brooklyn sues J D Adams captain of the Brooklyn Navy Yard for 33000 damages. Littman a teamster was discharged April 30 on charges of stealing metal, which he denies noting no evidence supported the claim. He served with the 47th Regiment enlisting May 2 1898. The case will be tried in the Supreme Court.
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William Littman, Jr
S8th Street
Brooklyn
J. D. Adams
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Littman
Adams
47Th
Supreme Court
Police barred from theatres on Sundays limits injunctions
Appellate Division rules against managers and police injunctions. The court holds police cannot be barred from entering theatres during Sunday performances to prevent crime, stating such an order creates a zone where law cannot be enforced and equity lacks jurisdiction.
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Supreme Court
City of
New York
Court of Equity
Biennial Society of Colonial Dames Reelects Officers
In Washington on May the Biennial council re-elected most officers of the Society of Colonial Dames. Miss Wharton declined to serve again and Miss Alice French of Iowa was elected historian. Re-elected were Mrs. William Ruffin Cox of Virginia as president, with vice presidents Mrs. Henry Lahunt Lyster of Michigan, Mrs. Barrett Wendell of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Alexander F Jamieson of New Jersey. Other officers include secretary Mrs A. J. Cassatt of Pennsylvania, treasurer Mrs. Nathaniel T Bacon of Rhode Island, register, assistant secretary Mrs. Townsend of New York, and honorary president Mrs. Kennon of District of Columbia and honorary vice-president, all serving for life.
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Washington
The
Society of Colonial Dames
Miss Wharton
Alice French
Iowa
William Ruffin Cox
Virginia
Henry Lahunt Lyster
Michigan
Barrett Wendell
Massachusetts
Alexander F Jamieson
New Jersey
Joseph R
German Theatre to Feature Mucha Interior Decorations
The new German Theatre at Madison Avenue and 39th Street will showcase interior art by Professor Alphonse Marie Mucha, famed for decorating the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris. The first mural, Harmony, nearly completed, depicts the genius of Harmony ruling over opposing forces, balancing diverse elements in a celebration of artistic unity.
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New England
Germany
America
Madison Avenue
39Th Street
Alphonse Marie Mucha
Paris
Europe
Professor Mucha
Obituary notices for May 1908 reach multiple names
Death notices list Mary L Bailey Elizabeth J Bell Howard P Prichard Elien M Chesterman George Stuart Martin Cowles Sarah Sutherland Lone Dehon Maria L Dehon Mary J Hinman William K Watson Joseph Mulligan Elizabeth Jennett Ellen M Prichard Martin Stuart Rose Sutherland Maria A Thwing Mary J Van Vredenburg Mary J. Van Vredenburg funeral at Pierrepont street Brooklyn May 10 and more. Funeral details, dates, and residences included for each person.
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Grand Central
NH &H BR
ER Dehon
Maria L. Dehon
John and
Maria Haggerty
Theodore Dehon
Mt. Auburn
Boston
Thwing
Maria A Thwing
Igte
Charles
Martha Thwing
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
van Vredenburg
Mary J. van Vredenburg
Walter L. Tyler
Pierrepont St
Clocis
Woodlawn Cemetery Access and Undertaker Notices
The notice lists Woodlawn Cemetery access via Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys, and carriage. It advertises lots from 150 dollars and offers a Book of Views through Gramercy. Officials: Frank E. Campbell Undertakers at 241-3 West 234 Street, Chelsea ambulance service and chapelaite inquiry.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 232
New Yor City
Frank E. Campbell
West
Removal of household manager and job placement offered
Mrs. Wm E Wilmerding, previously at 503 Fifth Ave, has moved to Columba Bank Building 507 Fifth Ave to work for the Employer. The New York Tribune Upto wn Office at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets offers a file of applicant listings for various positions. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm.
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Wm E Wilmerding
Fifth Ave
Columba Bank
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
37Th Streets
Tribune Subscription Rates and Office Info
The notice outlines mailing and address change options for Tribune subscriptions including options to pay at a regular dealer or at the Tribune Office. It lists single copies and weekly rates for Sunday, weekly farmer, and daily editions with prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Tribune
Scents
Domestic Rates For Mail Subscriptions Across Regions
Rates listed for daily and tri weekly editions covering United States including Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii Philippines and Mexico excluding Manhattan Sioux. Canadian rates also detailed with durations and prices. Additional 1 cent per copy NYC postage applies to daily and tri weekly mail.
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United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Sioux
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Postal Union rates and international Tribune offices listed
A fragment listing the Universal Postal Union rates for daily and Sunday delivery, with various monthly options, followed by a long directory of Tribune offices and partner agencies in New York, Brussels, London, Paris, Geneva, Florence, and other cities. Names include American Express, Thomas Cook, Morgan, and Credit Lyonnais, with multiple street addresses.
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Nassau Street
Wall Street
Wiliam Street
Ofrpice
Broadway
Teleace
East
125Th Street
125Th Zio
2Th Street
Washington
F Street
Newark
Frederick N. Sommer
Broad Street
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Brussels
Montague de la Cour
London
Ofice
the Tribune
Danes Ian House
American Express Company
Haymarket
Thomas Cook & Son
Ludgace Circus Brown, Shipley & Co
Pall - Speyer Brothers
Lothbury
S.decriptions Paris
John Mource & Co
Rue Scribe
John Wanamaker
Des Petites Ecuries Bogie Bureau
Cambor Morgan
Harfes & Co
Soulevard Haussmanm Credit Lyonnais
Bureau Des Etrangers
Continental
Figaro
Saarbach’s
No Exchange
St George
Scribe Brentano's
Avenue de Opera
Nice
Credit Lyonnais
Geneva
Lombard, Odi
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A. Bang
Goqi
Ashokan Dam
Idea of Columbia Trustees
Miss Lewis
the Weather Report
Children’s Crusade
Faust
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Gounod
Mme
Desana
Margherita
M Samailor
M. Samailler
Mmere
Mephistopheles M. Bezzano
Stffy
Army and Navy News
Eli D. Hoyle
6Th Field Artillery
Wilds P Richardson
18Th Infantry
William Lassiter
3D Field Artillery
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
Walter O. Bowman
2D Infantry
Fort Thomas
Fort Assiniboine
Thomas T. Duke
General Hospital
Washington Barracks
Department of the East
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
14Th Cavalry
Admiral Evans
Fleet
Appellate Division
Colonial Dames
Tri-Weekly
Allington, N_ J
King May T. A
Eighth Ave
Graham
August Shantoeny
Central Presbyterian Church
Sith St
Madison Ave
William K Hinman
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Manhasset
Long Iisland
Mulligan
John J. Mulligan
Clymer St
Holy Cross Cemetery
Oettinger
Sigmund Oettinger
O'Neill
Eiizabeth Jennett
William O'Neill
William J. Jennett
Carlton
Prichard
New Haven
Ellen M Prichard
Edward S. Stuart
Martin Stuart
4Th St
Greenweat
Sutherland
White Plains Road
Bronx
Rose
John Sutherland
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn
Undertakers
Universi Vei
Calon
Pribc Postal Union
Laos
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