Royal Gift Declined by Norway Prime Minister Knudsen
Norway's Prime Minister M Knudsen declined the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order from King Edward during his state visit to Christiania citing radical principles against accepting any knighthood. Edward VII responded graciously by sending a framed portrait with a generous inscription.
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Kindeer
Royal Mausoleums and Rich Marital Ties Across Europe
The piece surveys royal burials in European mausoleums from Sweden to Vienna and Delft, noting unique honors for non royals, church property seizures in France, and lavish dowries and gifts for Prince William of Sweden and his bride Maria Paulowna in Saint Petersburg, highlighting dynastic wealth and etiquette.
Veterans laud Civil War battle scene at Port Arthur show
At Lafayette Post 140, Grand Army of the Republic, veterans praised The Battle of Port Arthur shown at the Hippodrome. They called the drill superb and noted the use of modern weapons would have shortened the Civil War, with Gatling guns and repeating rifles reducing four years of conflict.
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Port Arthur
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Shubert
Anderson
Lafayette Post
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Department of New York
Tist Regiment
Ellsworth
John and I telegram warns Republicans of racetrack votes
A Sleepy Hollow, New York letter to the editor argues that anti racetrack positions will topple Republican state senators who voted for racetrack bills at the 1898 election. The writer predicts a Democratic surge replacing eight Republican senators and urges firm standers to be rewarded.
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Tribune
Tribune of the People
Taft
John and I
United States
New York
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Sleepy Hollow
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Bible Distribution to Sailors and Immigrants
Rev. George W. Carter of the New York Bible Society reports ten thousand Bibles were given to sailors at the port and immigrants at Ellis Island in the last four weeks. The effort is supported largely by collections from 115 New York City churches.
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George W. Carter
New York Bible Society
New York City
Funeral of Professor Walter Wyckoff at Marquét Chapel
The funeral for Professor Walter W. Wyckoff was held at Marquané Chapel Princeton on May 17. President Woodrow Wilson presided. Clergy included Professor Paul Vandyke Professor Hibben and Rev Sylvester W Beach. Pallbearers included Henry van Dyke M Taylor Pyne Nott and others. Buried in Princeton Cemetery.
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Columbia University
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Livingston Farrand
W. M. Daniels
Princeton Cemetery
Prominent arrivals at leading New York hotels
Notable guests check in across major hotels in Manhattan including the Waldorf Astoria Belmont with Rear Admiral Chester A. U.S.N. and Governor Proctor of Vermont, Hotel Astor Cyrus Adler, Murray Hill Edward J. Plunkett reverend, and Judge John Clegg from New Orleans.
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Daniel C. Ripley
Pittsburg
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Vermont
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John Clegg
New Orleans
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Norwich
Conn
Weather Report Forecast Showers Across Regions
Official record notes showers in Gulf and south Atlantic states Tennessee Missouri and North Dakota with warmer weather in the northeast and near normal nationwide. Forecast calls for possible thunder showers in Mississippi Missouri valleys Monday and extended into Ohio Valley and Tennessee Tuesday. Winds vary by coast and region with generally light to moderate speeds and mostly southeast in upper lakes.
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Methodists seek reunion as unity talks open in Pittsburgh
The Methodist Episcopal General Conference panel for union with the Methodist Protestant Church attends today's session in Pittsburgh. Resolutions invite the Protestant body to resume organic fellowship, with a possible commission to negotiate. Other items note Book Concern finances, publishing-house unification efforts, and a financial statement summary for American University.
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Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Methodist Protestant and the Methodist Episcopal Churches
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Jonathan Dolliver
Henry W. Werren
Methodist Protestant General Conference
Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Conference
America
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Silk baby clothes from Mrs Adams on display at Independence Hall
A tiny silk infant outfit in a glass case near the National Museum corner recalls the sixth President John Quincy Adams. The suit, with dress cap waistband and handkerchiefs, was made by Mrs Adams for her son and survives more than 140 years with delicate cross stitches prized by visitors.
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Tone camera records voice with photoprint system
Two French inventors Pollak and Virag develop a tone camera that records voice by perforated paper telegraphy, a rotating mirror, and a photographically printed upright script. Substituting a microphone allows voice photography to show vocal strength and quality for teaching and phonographic use.
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Professor Morage
Sorbonne
Fox Farms Raise Wild Skins for Royal Cloaks in Canada
The Chicago News reports three black fox farms near Atherton PEI house twenty, twenty five, and thirty foxes. Skins sell in London for 509 to 1800 dollars each, used to ornament royal cloaks. Foxes live year round in hollow trees or logs, are fed oats milk bread and small cooked meat daily, and are protected by high wire fencing to prevent burrowing and climbing.
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Atherton
Prince Edward Island
London
Postal Railway in Berlin Proposed for Mail Distribution
A Berlin plan aims to connect the general post office with branch offices via an underground electric railway. Speeds reach about twenty five miles per hour with a dwarf locomotive and up to four mail car trucks. The 16.13 inch gauge line runs double track under the road, with a passing trench and conductor rails.
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Made Wife Change With Maid
A Chicago woman, Mrs Beehler, sues for separate maintenance against her physician husband. He allegedly asked her to scrub the floor while the maid played the piano. The piece ends with a humorous vote for maintenance unless the doctor replaces the maid with a planola.
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Germans Hopeful as Kaiser Mustache Trim Sparks Mockery
In The St. Louis Republican a German protest accuses the Kaiser of foreign influence after he trims his mustache. The cartoon notes his image shows trimmed ends and mocks his wartime leadership and rising military taxes, suggesting a shift as his image softens.
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Eggs as Livestock Import Sparks Customs Dispute
An Iowa man plans to import eggs from England under the label of live stock. Customs officials dispute this classification, and the eggs shipped from Iowa to Chicago are reportedly consumed as poultry.
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Obituary of John Howard Latham NYSE figure and banker
The obituary notes John Howard Latham a longtime NYSE member and financier who died at his home on East 58th Street after a long illness. Born in Washington sixty years ago, he was the son of banker Robert W. Latham and built a career with Jay Cooke firms, Winslow Lanier, and his own J H Latham & Co. He married in 1874. survived by his wife. He belonged to the Century Lawyers Metropolitan clubs and the Down town Association. Burial is planned in New Haven.
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Death of Joseph A. Fripp Principal of PS 79
Joseph A. Fripp, principal of Public School 79 on 1st Street near Second Avenue, died yesterday at St Vincent's Hospital after falling ill in December and a recent apoplexy in Bowery near Grand Street. Born 1858 in New York City, he graduated from CCNY in 1879 and NYU Law, began teaching in 1882, became PS 78 principal in 1900, and funeral is at All Saints Church on 129th Street and Madison Avenue tomorrow at noon.
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Elmira Judge James Bacon dies in New York hotel
James Bacon of Elmira died at the Marlborough Hotel Broadway and 36th Street in New York from throat cancer. He was born in Deerfield Township Tioga County in 1854 and earned a MA from Lafayette College in 1876 and a law degree from Columbia in 1878. He practiced law, served as Elmira city attorney in 1894, was a former mayor and rifle inspector, and held several fraternal and church positions. His body was returned to Elmira for funeral arrangements.
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August Belmont Talcott Dies at 64 in New Rochelle Home
August Belmont Talcott, a retired broker and son of Frederick Lyman Talcott, was found dead in his sister Mrs. Conrad M Baker's Pelham Road home in New Rochelle. Cause was heart disease. He survived by his wife four sons and a daughter.
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Duke of Harcourt Dies in Paris at Age 60
Eugène François Marie Henri, ninth Duke of Harcourt, died in Paris on May 17. He was born in 1864 and held the title in the French aristocracy. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Dunham Jones Crain Dies at 77 in City Home
Dunham Jones Crain father of Judge Thomas T Crain of the Court of General Sessions died suddenly yesterday at his son’s residence 121 West 10th Street. A Union College graduate, he studied law with Richard Cooper and later with Barney Butler and the firm Stewart Stallknecht Crain. He served as Assemblyman and as Milan consul, married Hannah Crocker in 1898, belonged to the Herkimer Historical Society and Geographical Society, and helped build the Good Shepherd Episcopal chapel in his hometown.
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Union College
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Episcopal Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Obituary notes: Lanahan and Bourgade pass away
Thomas M. Lanahan long a political power in Maryland and adviser to Senator Gorman died in Baltimore. Peter Bourgade Archbishop of Santa Fe, age sixty three, died at a Chicago hospital from heart disease.
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Boy Rescues Ducks From Mud in New Jersey Pond
In Fairfield New Jersey on May 17 a six year old Samuel Tallman waded into a muddy pond to save a hen and its brood of ducks. He sank to his neck, screamed, and was pulled out by two farmhands just as he vanished from view. He was only partly conscious after the rescue.
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Mothers Exposition Shows How to Save the Infants
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor hosts an exhibit at Madison Square Garden to reduce infant mortality. Clean milk, clean babies, and clean air are featured, with trained nurses caring for children. Today is Physicians Day as doctors learn from the show and the Association of Day Nurseries presents a lecture and demonstration with 150 of their children.
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Gift at end of fifty years service
Christian Diehl, cashier of the Hamburg America Line, received a large hall clock from managers and the employer in appreciation of fifty years of service. He began with Kunhardt & Co. on May 17, 1858 as an office boy meeting sailing vessels arriving at port.
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Escoffier Seeks English Skills for Shipboard Interview
French chef M. Escoffier plans to learn English to express himself directly to reporters when he arrives in New York. He finds American slang useful but struggles with translation on the Deutschland interview, prompting plans for a future direct talk in September or avoidance.
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Parasites in Churches Sermon Challenges Congregation Duty
The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church criticized church members as consumers relying on a paid deputy and urged personal effort beyond sermons. He linked prosperity to inaction and urged active charity, citing Jeremiah and the role of adversity in strengthening faith.
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Wise Urges Charities To Be Personal Not Impersonal
Dr Stephen Wise calls for more extensive and intensive Jewish charity based on personal giving not checkbook philanthropy. He warns against over organized aid and urges placing homeless children with real mothers when possible, fearing socialism leading to anarchy.
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Memorial service honors Hebrew War veterans at temple
A memorial service last evening at Temple Rodeph Sholom, led by the Hebrew Union Veterans Association and Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain, featured addresses by ex-Congressman Charles Arowne and sermons by Rev. Rudolph Grossman and Rev. Joseph Silverman. Daniel P. Hays presided, with Rear Admiral Coghlan (retired) and Grand Marshal Isidore Isaacs among the guests.
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Newport Pastor Receives Call From Louisville Church
The Rev. Dr. Aquilla Webb, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newport for three years, announced he has received a call from Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church in Louisville Kentucky, a leading church in the denomination, and will probably accept.
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Death notices published in Tribune republished in Tri-Weekly Tribune
Death notices for Crain Jones Crain Evans Howland Latham Mead and Williams list funeral details and locations. Notices name spouses parents and residences including Norwalk East Orange Morristown and New York City with service times and interment plans.
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