Royal Gift Declined in Norway by Prime Minister Knudsen
Norway's Prime Minister Knudsen refused the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order from King Edward during a state visit, citing radical principles against knighthoods. King Edward sent a portrait in thanks. The piece also notes royal mausoleums and aristocratic burials across Europe and shifts in church property in France, plus details of Swedish, Russian nobility and dowries surrounding Prince William of Sweden’s wedding.
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Christiania
Europe
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Knudeen
Veterans Praise Civil War Battle Scene At Hippodrome
Veterans of the Civil War laud The Battle of Port Arthur seen at the Hippodrome. Lafayette Post of the Grand Army of the Republic notes the realism and educational value of the display and commends the drill and double time evolutions by the soldiers’ company.
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Department of New York
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Ellsworth
John and I telegram and anti-racetrack bills in New York
A May 14 1808 letter to the Tribune argues the taft and anti racetrack positions align with public tone. It warns that Republican senators who backed racetrack bills face re election defeat and predicts Democratic gains in the state senate next year. The writer calls for party discipline and cites a historic telegram as precedent.
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Bible distribution to sailors and immigrants at port and Ellis Island
Rev. George W. Carter reports ten thousand Bibles were given to sailors at the port and to immigrants at Ellis Island over the last four weeks. The effort is supported primarily by collections in 115 New York City churches guided by the New York Bible Society.
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New York Bible Society
New York City
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Ford’s Opera House
L. W. Newhall
Young Men's Christian Association
Lyric Hall
James Henderson
Ottawa
Canada
American University
Funeral of Professor Wyckoff in Princeton Chapel
The funeral for Professor Walter W. Wyckoff was held in Marquané Chapel with a brief service led by Professors Vandyke Hibben and the Rev. Beach. President Woodrow Wilson presided but did not speak. Pallbearers included Henry van Dyke and others. burial followed at Princeton Cemetery.
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the Tribune
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Marquané Chapel
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Hibben
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First Presbyterian Church
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M. Taylor Pyne
Justice Nott
W. M. Sloane
Columbia University
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Livingston Farrand
W. M. Daniels
Princeton Cemetery
Prominent Arrivals at Major Hotels
Daniel C. Ripley of Pittsburgh arrives at the Waldorf Astoria. Rear Admiral Chester U.S.N. and Governor Proctor of Vermont visit Belmont. Judge John Clegg of New Orleans at Hoffman. Mr and Mrs Cyrus Adler of Washington at the Hotel Astor. Rev Edward J Plunkett of Norwich, Conn at Murray Hill.
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Daniel C. Ripley
Pittsburg
Belmont
Chester
U.S. N
Proctor
Vermont
Hoffman
John Clegg
New Orleans
Hotel Astor
Cyrus Adler
Washington
Murray
Weather Report Forecast From Washington May 17
Showers in Gulf and south Atlantic states with warmer readings in the northeast. Thunder showers expected in Mississippi Missouri valleys Monday extending toward the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Tuesday. Temperature to fall in the Rocky Mountains and plains. east of the Mississippi changes not anticipated. Local forecasts vary by region with light to fresh winds and generally fair conditions through Tuesday.
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Gulf
South Atlantic
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Missouri
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Kansas
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
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New England
Methodist unity talk at Pittsburg conference session
The Methodist Episcopal General Conference appoints a three member commission to seek reunion with the Methodist Protestant Church. The move honors the Protestant church while inviting renewed organic fellowship and joint commissions to finalize unity in America.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Methodist Protestant and the Methodist Episcopal Churches
John F. Goucher
Jonathan Dolliver
Henry W. Werren
Methodist Protestant General Conference
Pittsburg
Methodist Episcopal Conference
America
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Silk infant outfit for John Adams at Independence Hall
At the National Museum beside Independence Hall a glass case displays a small silk baby outfit attributed to Mrs John Adams for the sixth president. The set includes a cap dress waistband and handkerchiefs made by the First Lady for John Quincy Adams. The delicate cross stitches survive over 140 years.
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Philadelphia Record
National Museum
Independence Hall
United States
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Photographs of the Human Voice by French Inventors
Two Frenchmen Pollak and Virag, urged by Professor Morage, developed a tone camera that photographs the human voice. Using a microphone in place of a telegraph transmitter, vibrating mirrors record voice quality on sensitized paper, creating an upright script image. The device lets professors gauge pupil progress and aids phonographic record preparation.
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MM. Pollak
Virag
Professor Morage
Sorbonne
Fox farms on Prince Edward Island raise wild skins for London markets
The Chicago News reports three black fox farms near Atherton PEI with twenty, twenty five and thirty foxes. Skins sell in London from 599 to 1800 dollars depending on quality. Foxes live wild in island or wooded sites, fed oats milk bread and meat, kept behind high fences, and approached only by the keeper.
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Chicago News
Atherton
Prince Edward Island
London
Berlin Postal Railway Under Berlin Underground Mail Link
A Berlin dispatch reports the German Postoffice plans an underground railway to connect the main post office with branch offices. The system runs at about 25 mph with electric power and no driver, using a 16.13 inch gauge double track tunnel beneath the street.
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Berlin
London Times
German Postoffice Department
Made Wife Change With Maid in Chicago Suit
Mrs Beehler of Chicago sues for separate maintenance against her physician husband alleging he preferred the maid to scrub the floor while the maid played the piano. The piece advocates keeping the separate maintenance unless the husband dismisses the maid and hires a planola.
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Buffalo Courier
Germans Hopeful Protest Over Kaiser's Mustache Trim
The St. Louis Republican argues a German protest against Kaiser Wilhelm II over a trimmed mustache is premature. The cartoon note claims his aggressive pose and high military taxes may soften as his photo suggests reduced, less fierce ends.
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St. Louis
Egg imports classed as livestock under English origin plan
An Iowa man plans to import eggs from England as live stock. Customs officials reject the classification, noting that many eggs shipped from Iowa to Chicago reach consumers as live poultry.
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Houston Post
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England
Chicago
Obituary of John H. Latham NYSE figure dies after long illness
John Howard Latham, a NYSE member and longtime financial figure, 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 held roles at Jay Cooke & Co and Winslow Lanier & Co before founding J. H. Latham & Co. Survived by his wife, he belonged to the Century Lawyers and Metropolitan clubs and the Downtown Association. Burial will be in New Haven.
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New Haven
Principal Joseph A. Fripp of P S 79 Dies in Hospital
Joseph A. Fripp born 1858 in New York City. He taught in public schools from 1882 and became principal of School 78 in 1900. He died after apoplexy at Bowery near Grand Street and was to be buried after a funeral at All Saints Church on 129th Street and Madison Avenue.
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New York University
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129Th Street
Madison Avenue
James Bacon of Elmira Dies After Throat Cancer Treatment
James Bacon of Elmira died at the Marlborough Hotel Broadway and 3rd Street on Saturday from throat cancer. He was born in Deerfield Township Tioga County New York in 1854 and earned an MA at Lafayette College 1876 and a law degree from Columbia in 1878. He practiced in Elmira, served as city attorney 1894, was a militia major, and was elected Elmira city judge in 190? but lost re‑election. He held multiple civic roles including Presbyterian trustee and K T commander.
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Elmira
Marlborough
Broadway
3Th Street
Williams & Cowles
Jersey City
Old Seventh Brigade
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First Presbyterian Church
St. Omer’s Commandery
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Damascus Temple
August Belmont Talcott Dies After Health Decline At 64
August Belmont Talcott a retired broker was found dead in bed at his sister Mrs Conrad M Baker’s home on Pelham Road New Rochelle. Death due to heart disease. He was 64 born in the city son of Frederick Lyman Talcott founder of Talcott & Sons. He leaves a wife four sons and a daughter. His firm long served as Russell Sage’s principal broker before his retirement.
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Pelham Road
New Rochelle
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Talcott & Sons
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Edward B. Talcott
Russell Sage
Duke of Harcourt Dies in Paris at Age 76
Paris reports the death of Eugène François Marie Henri, ninth Duke of Harcourt, in the city today. Born in 1944, he held the title through a long aristocratic line and was a noted figure in French nobility.
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Paris
Eugéne Francois Marie Henri
Duke of Harcourt
Dunham Jones Crain, 77, Noted Lawyer and Official
Dunham Jones Crain died suddenly at 77 at his son’s home 121 West 75th Street. He was son of the late Colonel William D. Crain twice Speaker of the Assembly and jurist by training and practice in Cooperstown and New York City. He served as Assemblyman and consul at Milan and helped build the Episcopal chapel of the Good Shepherd. He married Hannah Ann Crocker in 1859 and belonged to the Herkimer Historical Society and Geographical Society.
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Thomas Co. T. Crain
Court of General Sessions
West 75Th Street
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William D. Crain
Union College
Richard Cooper
Cooperstown
N. Y
Barney & Butler
Obituary Notes Thomas Lanahan and Archbishop Bourgade
Thomas M Lanahan longtime Maryland political figure and confidant of Senator Gorman died in Baltimore. Peter Bourgade Archbishop of Santa Fe aged sixty three died in a Chicago hospital from heart disease.
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Thomas M. Lanahan
Maryland
Gorman
Baltimore
Peter Bourgade
Santa Fé
Chicago
Boy Rescues Ducks in Mud Bath Near Fairfield
In Fairfield New Jersey on May 17 six year old Samuel Tallman rushed to save a hen and her duck brood that wandered onto a pond. He waded into mud up to his neck and nearly disappeared before two farmhands pulled him out. The boy was semi conscious on arrival.
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N. J
Samuel Tallman
Tallman
Sammy
Mothers Exposition Teaches Way to Save Infants
The New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor stages an exhibit at Madison Square Garden to curb infant mortality with themes of clean milk, babies, and air. Trained nurses care for children as mothers watch. Physicians’ Day is noted.
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New York Association For
Madison Square Garden
Association of Day Nurseries
Gift At End Of Fifty Years Service
Christian Diehl cashier of the Hamburg America Line received a large hall clock from company managers in recognition of fifty years of service. He began with Kunhardt & Co. on May 17 1858 as an office boy, watching sailing ships arrive as transatlantic crossings took about a month.
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Christian Diehl
Diehl
Kunhardt & Co
Escoffier Plans English Study Before Press Interview
The famed French chef M. Escoffier, about fifty, intends to learn English to better answer American reporters aboard the Deutschland. He joked about a new dish Partridge a la Americain and blamed translation quirks for past interview difficulties.
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Deutschland
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Steward No. 1
Steward No. 2
London
New York
Parasites in Churches Call for Active Faith and Duty
The Rev Dr Charles F Aked at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church denounced consumer minded members who rely on paid deputies and warned that Christianity lags when worshippers do not act. He urged bold personal effort, citing Jeremiah and the value of adversity in building faith and character.
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Dr. Aked
Wise Calls for Charitable Reform and Personal Involvement
Rabbi Stephen S Wise argues against disorganized and banknote philanthropy urging more extensive and intimate charity. He says work should be done in person not by representatives and warns against state foster care replacing real mothers. The talk touches socialism and social anarchy worries. Also notes Jewish War Veterans memorial service for Jewish Civil and Spanish American War veterans.
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Steatty
House of Israel
Memorial Service Honors Jewish American War Veterans at Temple
A last evening memorial service at Temple Rudeph Sholom honored Jewish American veterans of conflicts abroad. The Hebrew Union Veterans Association and Hebrew Veterans of the War with Spain directed the event. Former Congressman Charles Arowne delivered the memorial address. The Rev Rudolph Grossman and Rev Joseph Silverman preached. Daniel P. Hays presided, with guests including Rear Admiral Coghlan (retired) and Grand Marshal Isidore Isaacs of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Hebrew Union Veterans’ Association
Hebrew Veterans of
Reverend Aquilia Webb Leaves Newport for Louisville Church
The Rev. Dr. Aquilia 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 and will likely accept.
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Newport, R. I
Aquilia Webb
First Presbyterian Church
Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church
Louisville
Death notices surface in Tribune republishers list and notices
Death notices from Crain Dunham J Latham Crane Mrs Mary A Mead Elizabeth HB Evans Silas C Williams Howland Nina Crain entered rest May 17 prayers May 21 funeral Church of the Good Shepherd Cullen Norwalk Conn May 16 1906 Carrie L Grane died May 16 1906 Norwalk Conn Evans Silas C funeral May 1 1908 Howland Nina May 16 Morristown N J Latham John Howard Latham Mead Elizabeth Hyde Mead May 14 1908 Norwalk Conn Williams Hannah May 15 East Orange N J funeral May 19 3 30 pm Grand Central access details given for travel and ads for property Lots 150 and up Book of Views available.
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Tribune Subscription Rates and World Travel Listings
The Tribune offers domestic and international subscriptions with varied terms and prices. The notice lists foreign postage details and a long roster of hotels across Europe and beyond for reader lodging arrangements.
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