Claim to Lismore Title Emerges in Irish Lineage Fray
A claimant named Leslie O’Calin, farmer near He claims descent from Hon George O’Callaghan, younger son of the first Lord Lismore, sparking debate over rights to the Irish title. Even if proven, Irish estates like Shanbally Castle would likely stay beyond his reach under Irish law.
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Copsright
Brentwood Company
Lord Lismore
Shanbailly Castle
Tipperary
Beatrice Pole-Carew
Reginald Poile
Leslie O'Cain
George of
Calleghan
Joré Lismore
George
Nellie O'Connell
Ireland
London Illustrated
Graphic
Lismore
Trish
Shanbally Castle
Yaster
Drumanee
Cornelius O'Callaghan
Elizabeth
Anne
Out
India
Daugh
Church of England
Rosina O'Callaghan
William Webb F
Actor George Alexander May Enter Parliament as Conservative Candidate
The actor and St James's Theatre manager George Alexander, a former London County Council member, is urged to run for a House of Commons seat for the Conservative party. A novel path for a dramatic professional, with potential clashes between stage commitments and parliamentary duties.
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George Alexander
St. Jamess Theatre
London County Council
House of Commons
Rai
England
George Mat Ether
Alexander
London
Hentzen
Old Heidelberg
John Chilcote
St. James's Theatre
Westminster
Lord Chamberlain
Winis
Gilbert and Sullivan
Admiralty
Bess
Prince Jaisingrao of Baroda Inherits Throne After Death
Prince Jaisingrao of Baroda becomes heir to the Gaekwar throne following the death of his elder half brother at Baroda. He studies in New York under Professor Bumpus in New Rochelle while his father, the Gaekwar, sends Prince Misingras to America for education. The Gaekwar has ties to England but supports education abroad, and the family’s political stance reflects tensions in India.
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Jaisingrao
Baroda
Museum of Natural History of
New York
Bumpus
New Rochelle
Gaekwar
Sprimant Yuvaraj Fate Sini Rao
Garthwar
University of
Bomobay
Sevral
University of Oxford
England
India
Prince Misingras
America
Hindustan
Edhor
Mataranes
Pharre
Crionel
Antrican Axesiers
Loeffler
Loeffier
ENGLISH HONOR FOR AN AMERICAN AT ROYAL SOCIETY
The Royal Society, oldest British science body, elected Dr. S Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia as a foreign member. The piece recalls its history from Charles II and Isaac Newton to Benjamin Franklin and other Americans, noting the Rumford professorship at Harvard.
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Royal Society
England
S. Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Europe
Charles II
Robert Moray
Peess
Royal College of Physicians
Cambridge
Oxford
Gresham College
Henry Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Arundel House
Thomas
Earl of
Somerset House
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Agassiz
George W. Hill
Simon Newcome
United States
Woburn
Mass
Benjamin Thompson
Boston
Bradford
Merrimac
Wentworth
New Hampshire
George III
Bavaria
Holy Roman Empire
Austria
Royal Institution of England
Lavoisier
Rumford
Harvard University
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Blues for H Ladew at Piping Rock Horse Show
Locust Valley October 2 large crowd attends the sixth annual Piping Rock Horse Show Association event. Harvey Laden leads winners, Clarence Mackay enters several classes, four in hands shown by Mackay Hitchcock Cravath and Hadden. John S. Phipps sweeps hunter classes with Scott Gaulight Wrvis. Carolina wins the pony class with Morehead Patterson owner.
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Locust Valley
Long Island
Piping Rock Horse Show Association
Harvey Laden
Clarence H. Mackay
Mineola
Clarence H. Mackar
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr
Paul D. Cravath
J. E. S. Hadden
John S. Phipps
Hunters
Scott, Gaulight
Wrvis
Morehead Patterson
Carolina
Gilbert Keech
Mistletoe
Letters to the editor on churchyards and noon hour
A reader defends allowing young workers to rest in churchyards during noon hour. The writer argues the practice provides shelter and dignity, cites the St Paul’s vicar establishing a Club for stenographers and business girls, and urges empathy toward the workers while urging reconsideration of the critic’s stance.
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Tribune
St. Paul's
Iis Stenographers and Business Girls’ Club
Munsterberg Denies Fake Boston Telegraph Interview
Hugo Muensterberg rejects a Telegraph story accusing him of vulgar remarks about Chafin. He calls the interview a pure invention and says it harms his reputation. He writes from Cambridge on October 2, 1908, defending his views.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Munsterberg
Chafin
Hugo Muensterberg
Cambridge, Mass
Plea for Suffering Negroes After South Carolina Floods
A letter from the South Carolina coast reports dire distress among old, sick, and blind enslaved people left on deserted plantations after floods. The writer appeals to philanthropists to aid starving families and asks for contact to identify cases and suitable relief channels.
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the Tribune
South Carolina
Charleston
Heer'nz
Worcester Festival ends with new scores and mixed reviews
At Worcester's fifty first music festival the final concerts offered new works by Loeffler and Mozart with mixed reception. Performances included Brahms variations on Haydn and MacDowell piano concerto, while Lilie Ormond and Mr Hamlin drew praise and critique for their interpretations. The centerpiece was Loeffler's La Villanelle du Diable, a ambitious program piece exploring Rollinat's devilish poem with vivid orchestration and controversial use of thematic material.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Brahms
Haydn
St. Anthony
New York
MacDowell
Augusta Cottlow
Lilie Ormond
Coquard
Monteverde
Ormond
Charpentier
Hamlin
Mignon
Ambroise Thomas
Massenet
Aida
Mesdames Jomelli
Homer
Charles Martin Loeffler
Boston
Mr. Gericke
Philip Hale
Rollinat
Hale
Kollinat
Hell
Mr. Hale
Vetiver
Monsieur Noctambule
Lucifer
Melodic Lilt in the Original Pierce Phrase
A fragment notes that following this, a phrase carries all the melodic lilt found in the pierce’s original matter. The line suggests a musical or tonal quality shaping the following text.
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Pierce
City orchestra piece sparks debate over hidden meaning
The article notes Loeffler’s score labeling a folksong style number as A la Villetti. Hale critiques the absence of printed words and the public’s ignorance of the song’s subject. Rollinat’s idea of the devil as a hard citizen is invoked to explain the conceit. The melody is described as dainty and gracious despite the controversy.
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Mr. Loeffler
Carnegie Hall
New York
Burt
Rollinat
Leezie Lindsay
The Canticle Opening In Awe and Contemplation
A reviewer notes the extended Gregorian canticle with a hush of awe as the Host rises, the organ’s churchly harmonies, and counterpoints hinting at O Filii et Filio. The piece fascinates the reviewer who wishes Mr. Hale had left it alone.
Income of 20000 to stay single
Miss Eugenia Warren a Cos Cob teacher will receive 20000 from Juliette W. Murray of New York, if she remains unmarried. Murray died in Greenwich on September 12 leaving an estate valued at 225000. The will also leaves 5090 to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn.
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The
Tribune
Greenwich
Conn
Eugenia Warren
Cos Cob
Juliette W. Murray
New York
Miss Warren
John Fox Jr Admits Engagement With Mme Fritzi Scheff
Bristol Va October 2 John Fox Jr author has returned home after visiting the Adirondacks with Finley Peter Dunne and Richard Harding Davis He confirms reports of his engagement to comic opera actress Mme Fritzi Scheff and plans to return to New York in November for her Knickerbocker Theatre debut He will stay at his Bristol bungalow and finish a new novel before December 1.
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the Tribune
Bristol
John Fox, Jr
Virginia
Adirondacks
Finley Peter Dunne
Richard Harding Davis
Mme
Fritzi Scheff
Abramson Season Ends with Major Debuts and Aida Finale
The Abramson company closes its New York run at the American Theatre with M. Bari debuting in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci leading tenor roles. Anna Delvaux and Mme. Duce Merola take on Nedda and Santuzza, while Julia Allen premieres Micaela in Carmen. The season ends with Verdi's Aida and the company plans a five month tour after a Brooklyn stint.
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Cavalleria Rusticana
Abramson
American Theatre
M. Bari
New York
Mase
Anna Delvaux
la Monnaie
Brussels
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Obituary of Commander John Baptiste Bernadou Dies in New York
Commander John Baptiste Bernadou longtime American naval attaché in Rome and Vienna died at the naval hospital in New York City from Brights disease. He served bravely in the Spanish American War commanding the torpedo boat Winslow and mentored in Cardenas Cuba. Born Philadelphia 1858 he joined the Naval Academy in 1876 and authored naval science works.
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John Baptiste Bernadou
Rome
Vienna
Naval Hospital
New York City
Bright
Bernadou
Europe
Philadelphia
Naval Academy
Grant
Winslow
Cardenas
Cuba
Worth Bagley
Corea
Makaroff
Obituary notes of notable ship owner and business leaders
Daniel S. Emery of Newton Massachusetts died of heart failure at home. He led John S. Emery & Co. of Boston, a major New England sailing firm. Lucien Snow of Portland Maine died of heart trouble. he led Bolster Snow Coe dry goods. E S Sutro, retired cigar maker, died of pneumonia at 160 Broadway. he began cigars in 1849 and retired in 1892. Mrs Aubrey Weightman of Philadelphia died while summering in Watch Hill Rhode Island.
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Daniel S&s. Emery
Atlantic
Newton
Mass
John S. Emery & Co
Boston
New England
Mr. Emery
Sullivan
Lucien Snow
Portland
Bolster, Snow & Coe
Lucien
E. S. Sutro
Broadway
Mr. Sutro
Aix-la-Chapelle
Prussia
Roosevelt Brothers Join Harvard Freshman Squad
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the President, has joined Harvard's freshman football squad as a candidate for tackle, showing fighting spirit in early drills. Theodore Roosevelt Jr begins work in the wool room of the Hartford Carpet Plant learning wool washing duties, with plans to spend about a year moving through departments.
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Cambridge
Mass
Kermit Roosevelt
Harvard
Theodore, Jr
Theodore
Kermit
Thompsonville
Conn
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Hartford Carpet Corporation
Atlanta Bride Flees Husband for Chauffeur
Mrs Russell Thomas twenty year old daughter of W A Speer and her mother spirited her from Atlanta to New York. The bride and trunks left the Hotel Astor as a steamer sailed without them. Reported they would sail for Europe to avoid her husband I N Rambo remained at the Astor.
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Astor
Old Dominion Line
Jefferson
May Irwin Becomes Frohman Star In New Contract
May Irwin joins the Frohman stable after signing a long contract. Frohman praises her as a prime comic woman and plans new plays with Adee Caillavet and De Fleurs, while Irwin says she will return to stardom with Charles Frohman. She will keep performing at the Garrick Theatre under the new company.
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May Irwin
Frohman
Miss Irwin
George Adee
Caillavet and
de Fleurs
Garrick Theatre
Charles Frohman
Year’s leave for Brooklyn pastor announced
The vestrymen of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church Brooklyn vote a year's leave of absence for Rev. Lindsay Parker pastor who returns from New Brunswick in ill health and continues to receive a 35000 a year salary at his home 34 State Street
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St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Lindsay Parker
New Brunswick
State Street
Prominent Arrivals At Notable Hotels
Mrs. Robert Sedgwick of Newport visits the Belmont. General G. S. Gillespie arrives at Buckingham in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kellogg stay at Empire with F. A. Hyatt of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood Pell and J. G. Gordon arrive at Plaza from Westbury and London. Joaquin Gabinder and George T. Hammond check in from London and Cleveland. Governor J. G. Saunders appears at Waldorf-Astoria in Louisiana.
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Belmont
Robert Sedgwick
Newport
Buckingham
G. S. Gillespie
Washington
Empire
H. B. Kellogg
Springfield
F. A. Hyatt
Boston
Plaza
Osgood Pell
Westbury
J. G. Gordon
London
Victoria
Joaquin Gabinder
George T. Hammond
Cleveland
Waldorf-Astoria
J. G. Saunders
Louisiana
The Offenders Heads to Road With Pierre of the Plains
Announcement says The Offenders at Hudson Theatre will close a week from tonight. Edgar Selwyn then appears on the same stage in Pierre of the Plains, adapted from Pierre and His People. Edeson will tour with Strong Heart The Call of the North and The Offenders.
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Hudson Theatre
Edgar Selwyn
Pierre of
Actress Mabel Taliaferro brought East after illness
Miss Mabel Taliaferro arrived by private car in this city and will rest a week or ten days. The actress, star of Polly of the Circus, fell ill in Chicago and retired from the cast. Edith Taliaferro now leads the original company and will appear in Philadelphia next week. Fred eric Thompson said the illness is not alarming.
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Mabel Taliaferro
Frederic Thompson
Polly
Chicago
Edith
Philadelphia
Thompson
Pantaloon Presented in Paris By Freeman’s London Company
Paris October 2 The Theatre des Arts hosted J M Barrie’s Pantaloon starring Pauline Chase and Robert Harwood. Freeman’s London company followed the success of Peter Pan at the Vaudeville last June and the reception was favorable.
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Paris
Peter Pan
Vaundeville Theatre
Charles Freeman
Theatre Des Arts
J. M. Barries
Pantaloon
Pauline Chase
Robert Harwood
London
Free Cultural Talks and Museum Open Day Across City Venues
A citywide free admission day offers lectures and demonstrations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and Bronx’s Zoological Gardens. Evening talks cover topics from Shakespeare to Darwin and economics with speakers at Public Schools, libraries, and Lyceum venues.
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American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Magison Square Garden
Board of Education
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George Washington
George J. Corey
Amsterdam Avenue
Frank Stephens
116Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Charles Darwin
Samuel €. Schmucker
77Th Street
Columbus Avenue
Charles Baskerville
Public Library
Ssth Street
Walter E. Clark
145Th Street
Henry Fielding
William Bayard Hale
St. Bartholomew's Lyceum Hall
William B. Egnis
Willis Avenue
Historic Scotland
Kenneth Bruce
Tlustrated
Bronix Church House
Fulton Avenue
Rheingold
Rubin Goldmark
176Th Street
Washington Avenue
James Walter ‘Rook
West Indian hurricane tracks toward Bermuda and Newfoundland
Weather record notes a hurricane moving northeast over the Western Atlantic, expected near Bermuda early Saturday and Newfoundland by Sunday. A separate Rocky Mountain disturbance crosses the U S Saturday night into Monday with rising temps and general rains followed by a cool wave. local forecasts call for fair, warmer conditions in New England, New York, and nearby regions.
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Atlantic
Bermuda
Hanks
Newfoundland
Azores
British
Rocky Mountain District
Ins State
Love and Lake Region
Atlantic Sea Board
Temperature changes and forecast from Weather Bureau record
Local Weather Bureau record shows 24 hour temperature changes compared with last year 1908 1907. Highest yesterday 57 lowest 49 and mean 57 degrees. Compared with last year 34 and with 33 year average 41. Local forecast: today Sunday fair and warmer with diminishing northwest winds.
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Weather Bureau
Seitz Po
Mynderse Douw and Wiley Palmer Marriages Noted in Tribune
Marriage notices published in THE TRIBUNE will be republished in the ri-Weekly Tribune without extra charge. Mynderse Douw union performed October 1 at Poughkeepsie by Rev. Alexander G. Cummins. Helen Louise de Peyster wed Dr Herman Vedter Mynderse of Schenectady. Wiley Palmer ceremony October 1 in East Orange N J with Rev James F Rigga and Rev Charles L Neihel officiating. Charles Wiler wed by Mrs Alice E Be daughter of Mrs Walter Scott Green. Notices require full name and address.
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Tribune
Mynderse
Charles Wiler
Alice E
Walter Scott Green
Dated Death Notices From The Tribune Area
Obituaries listed for Maria Louise Allen Emily Huntington Benedict R Z Block Catherine Farnan George Greig Amos Hogins Timothy Horsfield Wilhelm D Keupfel Mary Rhines Sutro Fanny Cox with funeral details and residence notes. Listings include private and public services dates October 1908 across Brooklyn Hoboken and New York City.
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New York
Emily Huntington
Theodore H. Benedict
Bela
Emily Webster
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Chicago
Springfield
Cgpry
Coles
Gien Cove
Susem Birfeau
Leonard Fr “Oles
Farnan
Catherine Farnan
Woethull St
Brooklyn
N. J
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Carriage
The Woodlawn Cemetery is accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central Station and by carriage. Lots start at 150 dollars. Contact 4853 for Premery the Book of Views or a representative. Office at 20 East 234 Street New York City. Frank Ef. Campbell 2413 West 231 Street Chapela. Private and public ambulances available, Tel 1324 Chelgea.
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Book of Views
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New York City
Frank EF. Campbell
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Chapela
Chelgea
Information wanted on Charles White ambulance driver
Special notices seek information about the whereabouts of Charles White an ambulance driver at Hudson Street Hospital in July 19 percent Guernsey Price 165 Broadway New York City. The notice asks readers to contact the Tribune file of aspirants for positions via Uptown Office The New York Tribune.
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