Civil Service Strides Celebrated At 25th Anniversary Dinner
The Civil Service Reform Association marked twenty five years since the first Civil Service bill with a dinner at the Hotel Astor. Speakers included Senator Ernest R. Ackerman and Francis K. Pendleton, praising merit based appointments and noting reforms in New York, New Jersey, and other states. The gathering heard about Civil Service examinations, exemptions debates, and ongoing investigations into roster integrity and municipal practices.
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Hotel Astor
Congress
Senator Pendleton
Ohio
Francis K. Pendleton
Pendleton
P. Wheeler
Association
Albany
Grover Cleveland
Ernest R. Ackerman
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
Ackerman
Civil Service
Tammany
Frank L. Polk
Civil Service Commission
New York City
Mr. Polk
Silas W. Burt
Fullerton L. Waldo
Penneylvania Civil Service Reform Association
Waldo
Philadelphia
Henry Clay
William F. Baker
W. H. Echieffelin
Woman's Auxiliary
R. C. E. Brown
H. M. Saxton
Tinitea States Civil Service
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R. Ross Appleton
City Commission
State Commission
Associathe
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National Civil Service Reform League
Buffalo
State Commission, m
Department
State Engineer
Burt
Brown
New Yok City
Finance Department
Mothers Exposition Opens at Madison Square Garden
The free practical demonstration begins tonight at 8 o clock at Madison Square Garden as part of the Mothers Exposition. It runs for a week with afternoon and evening sessions showing infant incubators, schooling for older children, manual training, and the aim of teaching self supporting trades to crippled children. Lectures will supplement exhibits and demonstrations.
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Madison Square Garden
Mr Cleveland’s Condition Improves Prompting Washington Trip
Mrs. Grover Cleveland telephoned yesterday that Mr. Cleveland’s condition was greatly improved. Dr. Bryant felt warranted by the improvement in leaving him for a trip to Washington, where he expects to remain three or four days.
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Mr. Cleveland
Dr. Bryant
Washington
Army and Navy News Orders and Warship Movements
Washington May 18 orders issued list Army officers assigned to Fort Leavenworth for promotion examinations including Martin Lawton Johnson M Inn Tyre Beecham Connell Prifenberick Johnson Hay Holmes Wells Olson Thuis Donaldson Burt Hartz Whelen Tolley Ware Jordan Halford Hamilton Stolbrand and a corps of engineers transfer. Navy detachments assigned to ships stations and staffs with movements of warships Albany Glacier Culgoa Wolverine and others arriving at ports and ships sailing to Yokohama Fernandina and Charleston for duty.
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Sth
Edward P. Lawton
19Th Infantry
Evan M. Johnson
Fort Leavenworth
Jesse M. Holmes
Maynard A. Wells
Hans O. Olson
Charles A. Thuis
Claremont A. Donaldson
Franklin T. Burt
Rutherford 8. Hartz
Townsend Whelen
Oscar K. Tolley
Joseph F. Ware
Harry L. Jordan
Dean Halford
Charles S. Hamilton
Carlos J. Stolbrand
Corps of Engineers
Philippines
Washington Barracks
NAVY
M. Johnston
3D Squadron
Pacific Fleet
C. M. M'Cormick
Naval Station
Cavité
R. C. Bulmer
Salem
H. E. Kimmel
Georgia
24 Squadron
Atlantic Fleet
L. Sahn
North Carolina
A. S. Brown
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
H. H. Alkire
Naval Academy
Arkansas
H. B. Worden
Portsmouth
Olympia
M. H. Philbrick
Nevada
Navy Department
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Japan rejects China's railroad compromise over Fakomen line
In Peking on May 13 the Japanese government refused to consider China's proposal to set a distance for paralleling the Hsin-Min-Tun and Fakomen lines, warning that parallel tracks would invite competition and extra capital outlay. The move, seen amid British and Japanese rivalries, met strong South Manchurian Railway opposition. Japan also agreed with China on the Yalu timber issue, pledging protection of Chinese lumber companies and revenues.
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China
Hsin-Min-Tun
Fakomen
Japan
Yalu
Emperor William's Gift Refused by Austrian Official
Vienna May 13 Emperor William visiting Emperor Francis Joseph for jubilee distributed decorations among officials. Dr Weiskirchner president of the Reichsrat received the Order of the Third Class of the Prussian Crown. He returned the order to the German Embassy via the Foreign Office, protesting it should be a higher rank than that given to a police commissioner.
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Francis Joseph
Dr. Weiskirchner
Reichsrath
Weiskirchner
Foreign Office
Ten Thousand Chinese Drowned In Yangtse Tragedy
Details from Hankow describe a tidal bore twenty six feet high sweeping the Yangtse river, overturning sampans and river steamers, and drowning nearly ten thousand Chinese. The Titan reported wreckage and thousands of corpses lining riverside huts and mat sheds as the disaster unfolded.
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Seattle
Hankow
Titan
Pastor Gregg inherits $750000 from mother in will
The Rev Dr David Gregg longtime Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian pastor in Brooklyn is named heir to more than 750000 under his mother's will filed in Allegheny County Penn He is with his daughter Margaret at Carlton Avenue and will return to his pulpit on the last Sunday of the month His father’s will had cut him off due to leaving the Covenanters church
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Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Arch
Brooklyn
Allegheny County
Penn
Greggs
Margaret
Carlton Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
Gregg
Church of the Covenanters
Labor's Champions at Dinner at Tuxedo Hall
The Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor held its twenty first annual meeting with a dinner at Tuxedo Hall in Manhattan. Rev Thomas H Sill presided. Speakers included Rev Alexander Irvine George M Neubert Miss Grace Strachan and others. Strachan urged support for the teachers equal pay bill.
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Tuxedo Hall
Madison Avenue
H Street
Thomas H. Sill
Bishop Potter
Alexander Irvine
George M. Neubert
Grace Strachan
Interborough Teachers’ Association
Brooklyn
J. H
London Tin Market Sags on Heavy Eastern Selling
London trading dampened by widespread selling in Eastern houses and local dealers as tin volumes traded reached fourteen thousand tons. The metal opened at £13 a unit, slid to £132 16s by close, after closing yesterday at £137 Bs.
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London
MME Goulds Quiet Trip In Monte Carlo May Be Short
Monte Carlo May 1 The stay of Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Anna Gould from Genoa is likely to last under three days. The prince played at the Casino with a small loss and quipped he need not wager heavily since his uncle the Due de Dino has already contributed to the family treasury. The Due de Dino delivered roses at the hotel and the trio dined after visiting the Casino.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Helie de Sagan
Mme
Anna Gould
Genoa
Due de Dino
Prince
Gould
Duke
Thaw Hearing Set at Matteawan for Release Bid
May 13 News reports readiness for the first hearing in Harry K. Thaw’s bid for freedom from Matteawan State Hospital. Thaw, who is in jail in Poughkeepsie, says he is prepared for the 1 am hearing and remains hopeful of release. Mrs. William Thaw visited their son but spoke to no reporters.
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Ghkeepsie
Harry EK
Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
William Thaw
Statues by Daniel C French for Brooklyn Institute Facade
The Municipal Art Commission approved Daniel C French sculptures for the Brooklyn Institute north Lyric Poetry facade. One statue depicts a female with a lyre resembling Homer, with about a dozen sculptors at a cost of 1160, half height pieces in limestone. Thirty statues planned with completion in about a year, fifty more to follow for other facades.
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Brooklyn Institute
Municipal Art Commission
Homer
Institute
French
National Capital a Loadstone in Insane Migration
Richmond Va May 13 The national capital is a loadstone attracting many insane persons says George S Wilson secretary of the District of Columbia Board of Charities in an address before the Conference of Charities and Corrections He cites as Cranks those who travel to Washington with wild schemes The migration of dependents and paupers is a matter for serious state consideration The District returns about seventy five non resident insane annually and sends away several hundred dependent persons who are not insane
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National Capital
George S. Wilson
Board of Charities of
District of Columbia
Conference of Charities and Corrections
Wilsop
Washington
Wilson
Board of Charities
Home of Prof Burr Robbed in New Canaan
A gang active for over a month robbed multiple homes in New Canaan, including Mrs. W. E. C. Bradley and Prof. W. H. Burr of Columbia University. They took solid silver, jewelry, and left behind poker gear. Dogs guarded the premises as the burglars fled with thousands in valuables.
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Tribune
Stamford
Conn
W. E. C. Bradley
Smith's Ridge
New Canaan
W. H. Burr
Columbia University
Sturgis Coffin
Camille Flammarion Publishes Article on Levitation
Paris May 13 The famed astronomer Camille Flammarion responding to France's interest in psychic phenomena publishes an article asserting levitation has been established He argues that humans possess unknown psychic and physical qualities and that scientific discovery of these will define future glory in science
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Paris
France
Camille Flammarion
M. Flammarion
House disturber sent to asylum
George F. Gridley a Providence salesman who waved an American flag and demanded Speaker recognition in the U S House of Representatives last week was committed to the State Hospital for Insane at Cranston today
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Providence
George F. Gridley
House of Representatives
Washington
State Hospital For
Ranston
Free museum day and city college dedication events today
Today features free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History. Dedicatory ceremonies mark the College of the City of New York on Convent Avenue and 140th Street at 9 15 a m. Other meetings include the National Board of Fire Underwriters at No 34 Nassau Street at 11 a m the National Association of Employing Lithographers at Hotel Astor with a convention and dinner, the Society of Gas Lighting at Hotel Astor at 3 p m with dinner at 6, the New York Library Club at Teachers College Chapel at 3 p m, the Eastern Art Teachers Association at the American Museum of Natural History at 2 39 p m, the Canadian Society dinner at Hotel Astor in the evening and a Catholic Club dinner at No 120 Central Park South in the evening.
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American Museum of Natural History
The
College of the City of New York
Convent Avenue
140Th Street
A. A
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Nassau Street
National Association of Employing Lithographers
Hotel Astor
Society of Gas Lighting
New York Library Club
Chapel of Teachers College
Eastern Art Teachers Association
Canadian Society
Hx Astor
Catholic Club
Central Park South
Weather Report Forecast From Official Record
Weather Bureau notes a mixed pattern with high temperatures in the mid Atlantic and Ohio Valley and widespread rain across the Missouri Valley and lower regions. Forecasts expect rain in the middle Atlantic states and plains on Thursday, cooler outlook in the mid Atlantic, with varied coastal winds and a general cooler trend Friday. Local records show yesterday's high 85 and low 65 with seasonal averages noted.
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New England
Lake Region
Middle
South Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Gulf
Plains
Texas
Missouri Valley
Louisiana
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic States
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
PLAN FOR AN EXPANDED MET OPERA CHOIRS AND ORCHESTRAS
Metropolitan Opera plans a major season reform adding two choruses of about one hundred each and two orchestras of ninety and sixty. Gatti-Casazza selects Italian chorus with Toscanini, Dippel leads German chorus advised by Mahler and Hertz, Setti directs Italian chorus, and a Munich-based chorus master oversees the German group. Conductors to include Hertz, Mahler, Toscanini, and a new Italian director to be announced.
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Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera Company
Gatti-Casazza
Toscanini
Dippel
Mahler
Hertz
Signor Setti
la Scala
Munich Opera House
Lapara
MM. Hertz
AIDA AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE ATTRACTIVE OPENING
Warm weather did not hinder attendance for Abramson company's Aida at the American Theatre last evening. Desana led as Aida with Samoilov as Rhadames and Caldara as the Egyptian King, earning curtain calls. Canzio as Amneris impressed, while Arcangeli and Bozzano supported well. Italian opera at popular prices proves appealing and strong prospects for the season are noted ahead of Il Trovatore tonight.
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Abramson Company
Aida
Mme. Desana
M. Samoilov
Rhadames
M. Caldara
Mme. Canzio
Ammneris
MM. Arcangeli
Bozzano
Amonasro
Ramfis
Il Trovatore
Luna Park Opens Saturday With Gala Reception
Luna Park will open for summer this Saturday afternoon with Frederic Thompson hosting notable theatrical managers and public figures. A. L. Erlanger will unveil the Court of Luna using a large gold coated key supplied by a locksmith. A new Luna song was expected but no winner will be announced until next week due to an overrun of manuscripts.
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Manhattan
Frederic Thompson
A. L. Erlanger
Luna
Erlanger
The Empire to Open Next Season With Father and the Boys
The Empire Theatre will launch the next season with the current hit Father and the Boys starring Mr. Crane whose season winds up in two weeks. The Shuberts keep The Wolf at Lyric for several weeks while the Knickerbocker Grand Opera Company will start at the Majestic Monday with Lucia as opening bill. Purposes plans a hat give away at The Merry Widow 275th performance on June 13 at New Amsterdam. Irwin of Keith & Proctor stages That Affair at Huntley’s next Saturday night with Aarph Dean and others. Julian Eltinge joins Cohan Harris with Honey Boy Minstrels. Edna Archer Crawford joins Henry B Harris for a September play.
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Empire Theatre
New Amsterdam
Mr. Irwin
Keith & Proctor
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Huntley's
Aarph Dean
Willard Curtiss
George S. Christie
Martin Brown
Julian Eltinge
Messrs. Cohan & Harris
George Evans
German Feudal Castle Restored in Alsace Region
Strassburg May 13 The Emperor and Empress opened the restored HohkUnigsburg near Schiettstadt in Lower Alsace The castle among Germanys largest feudal remnants passed to the Emperor in 1899 His majesty hired Professor Ebhardt to oversee the restoration at a cost of 650000
Founders Dinner Celebrates Jamestown Anniversary in NYC
The New York Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America hosted a dinner at the Hotel Manhattan commemorating Jamestown's founding. Edward Hagaman Hall as toastmaster introduced General Frederick D. Grant who urged American citizenship education for new arrivals and outlined a May to June Army mobilization plan with operations across several ports and sites.
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Jamestown
Manhattan
General Court of the Order
Edward Hagaman Hall
New York Society
Hall
Congress
Frederick D. Grant
Caspar F. Goodrich
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United States
Lyon G. Tyler
William and Marry College
Tyler
Arthur G. Birdseye
New England
John E. G. Higgins
St. George Society
England
John W. Vroom
Holland Society
Holland
R. S. Woodruff
Connecticut
General Court
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General Woodford
Admiral Dewey
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
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Roosevelt
Rollin S. Woodruff
Edward Frane Jones
New York
Joseph F. Folsom
Clarence Et
Wedding in the Capitol Rotunda Betsroving Earley Palmore and Lois Palmore
Earley B. Palmore of Trenholm Virginia and Lois M. Palmore of Goochland County Virginia wed in the Capitol rotunda with Rev. Harry G. Spencer presiding after securing permission from Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks. The ceremony occurred near the surrender of Cornwallis painting as hundreds watched.
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Trenholm
Lois M. Palmore
Goochland County
Harry G. Spencer
Cannon
Fairbanks
Cornwallis
Miles Defeats Pennell in Court Tennis Final
Eustace Miles defeated W. H. Pennell three games to one at Queen's Club to reach the British title match against Jay Gould of New York. Miles dropped the first set 4-6 but won 6-1 6-3 in the subsequent sets and faces Gould on May 16.
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Eustace Miles
W. H. Pennell
Queen's Club
Jay Gould
New York
Miles
Gould
Allen Gard Dies From Wounds In Mindanao
Manila May 113 Allen Gard governor of Lanao province in Mindanao died from wounds inflicted by Moros after a series of operations He went to the Philippines in 1891 as a school teacher nominated by Yale University He was born in Maryland His father William E Gard is a New York businessman residing at 71 Wall Street
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Manila
Washington
Lieutenant Ehrnbeck Missing in Mindanao
Second Lieutenant Arthur R. Ehrnbeck of the Corps of Engineers is missing from Mindanao station after leaving Pintar alone a month ago. No trace of him has been found and the case prompts a search for the missing officer. Forsfords Acid Phosphate is recommended as a cooling summer drink.
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Arthur R. Ehrnbeck
Corps of Engineers
U. S A
Mindanao
Roosevelt Willis Marries Mary Cecilia Willis of New York
In May events at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, James Alfred Roosevelt of Boston wed Mary Cecilia Willis, daughter of the late Charles Elimaker Willis, with officiants Rev W Montague Geer and Rev Spence Burton. Indorsements required with full names and addresses for notices of marriages and deaths.
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Church of the Heavenly Rest
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W. Montague Geer
Spence Burton
James Alfred Roosevelt
Boston
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Charles Elimaker Willis
New York
Bennet Orville G dies at Presbyterian Hospital
Bennet Orville G, in his 75th year, died May 12 at Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral from the residence of his brother in law Charles Milton Mather at 16 West 1224 on Thursday May 14 at 2 pm. Interment at the convenience of family.
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Platt Howard, Jr
Montague
Edith MacArthur Howard
Obituary notices and funeral notices from New York area
Multiple death notices and funeral announcements dated May 1908. Berg Walter G son of Albert W Berg dies suddenly May 12 with services at St Pauls Chapel May 14 and burial in Jennings Virginia. Jenkins Mary J widow of James E Jenkins funeral May 14 from 106th Street Chapel Amsterdam Ave. Minton Caroline E widow of Hudson Minton funeral May 14 at 3 30 pm at Chatham New Jersey. Parish Charlotte Elizabeth Parish dies in Denver May 11. Scott George Elmer Scott dies May 12 in Presbyterian Hospital, burial Newark NY. Stickney Albert Stickney obituary minute from New York Bar Association May 4. Tuttle Margaret J wife of John E Tuttle funeral May 15 at Hillside Avenue Tenafly New Jersey. Undertaker notices include Frank F. Campbell printing address and service details.
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George Elmer Scott
the Presbyterian Hospital
Newark
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Association of the Bar of the City of
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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Edward W. Sheldon
Edmond Curtis
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Desirable help offered at Uptown Tribune office
Special notices invite employers to speed hiring by consulting a file of job applications stored at the Uptown Office of Sunday Daily The Tribune at 1384 Broadway New York. It lists office hours and subscription rates for the Tribune with extensive foreign hotel listings attached in the notice.
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