Prince at Cornell and the Cooch Behar Maharajah’s Era
The article portrays the Maharajah of Cooch Behar as a highly influential ruler linked to British society, detailing his support for Freemasonry, polo, and big game hunts. It notes his sons, including Victor at Cornell and Raj Rajendra Narayan at Oxford, and touches on the family’s ties to Brahmo Samaj and English customs. It also recounts Lord Ripon, General Gordon, and the Robinson lineage, highlighting historical connections to York, Studley Royal, and the South Sea Bubble.
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Brentwood Company
Cornel University
Cooch Behar
India
St. James's
Queen Victoria
Victor
Cornell
Bengal
Bay
Bhutan
Great Britain
Dargai
Indifa
England
B Ed Iward
Prince of Wales
Turin
Duke of
Orleans
Brahmo Samaj
Keshub Chunder Sen
Maharajah
Maharani
Calcutta
Lord Ripon
General Gordon
Bombay
Europe
Khartoum
Robinson
William Robinson
York
Elizabeth
Hamburg
William
Mne
George Alistable
Studley Royal
Ripon
Lord
Georgiana Aislabie
John Aislabie
Tower of London
Fountains Abbey
Popular Jam Sahib Ranji of Nawagar Rules England Recalled
The Jam Sahib of Nawagar known as Ranji spent years in England in straitened circumstances and earned cricket fame. He toured the United States with an English eleven, then ascended his throne after distant relatives died. Homesick for England he settled at Shillinglee Park with Lord Winterton, debated abdication, but returned to India to serve his people, earning praise from King Edward for remaining tied to his sovereignty.
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England
Jam Sahib
Nawagar
United States
Ranji
Medelphia
New York
India
United Kingdom
Shil-inglee Park
Wetworth
Sussex
Lord Winterton
Atlantic
Shillinglee Park
Edward
London
Europe
Withdrawal of Jaré Ripon from Cabinet over Eucharistic issue
Lord Ripon resigns as Lord Privy Seal citing disapproval of the Cabinet's stance on the London Eucharistic Congress. A devout Catholic, he could not back the decision to bar the Eucharistic procession after police plans were made. Ripon has long been a prominent Liberal figure, with a notable past as High Commissioner in Washington treaty matters and a dramatic conversion to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Jaré Ripon
London
Lord Rigon
Lord Privy Beal
British Empire
Lord Ripon
Atlantic
United States
Washington
Lord Riper
Church of Rome
Freemasons
Pius Iix
Iriish Freemasons
Prince of Wales
Edward Neither
Obituary: Edwin Reed Bacon Shakespeare writer dies in Boston
Edwin Reed born October 19 1835 at Phippsburg Missouri. Bowdoin graduate 1858. Bath shipbuilder twenty years. Maine House 1874-75. Mayor of Bath 1876-77. Published works on temperance and Bacon Shakespeare controversy. Edited The Birmingham Gazette piece 1906.
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Fwin Reed
Phippsburg
Bowdoin College
Leipzig
Bath
Maine
House of Representatives
Bacon
Shakespeare
Francis Bacon
Birmingham
England
Portrait painter Miss Carol H Beck dies in Philadelphia
Miss Carol H Beck a noted historical portrait painter and sister of James M Beck former Assistant Attorney General died after a short illness in a Philadelphia hospital. She served on the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts board and was respected as an art critic and authority. She studied in Paris Dresden and Madrid and painted William Penn in armor for Andrew Carnegie and contributed works for Skibo Castle in Scotland.
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Philadephia
Carol H. Beck
Miss Beck
James M. Beck
United States
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
Paris
Dresden
Madrid
Andrew Carnegie
William Penn
Pennsylvania Society
New York
Skibo Castle
Scotland
Obituary Notes Samuel Scottron and Rebecca Sparks Loomis
Samuel R Scottron a leading Brooklyn Negro who served in the Civil War died at sixty six at his home He was on the Brooklyn Board of Education and secretary of the committee for improving the industrial condition of Negroes in New York Rebecca Sparks Loomis of Long Branch wife of Laurus Loomis a New York cotton broker died at fifty seven Loomis is currently in the South on business days prior.
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Samuel R. Scottron
Brooklyn
Schieren
Board of Education
Scottron
New York
Rebecca Sparks Loomis
Long Branch
Laurus Loomis
Loomis
South
Death of Major General Richard Coulter in Greensburg
Major General Richard Coulter aged eighty one died in Greensburg Penn last night. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars he was a well known lawyer and business man in the community.
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Greensburg
Penn
Richard Coulter
New Pavilion for Consumptives on Blackwell's Island
The Municipal Art Commission approved designs for a four story tuberculosis infirmary pavilion on Blackwell's Island costing 300000. It will be built of rubble masonry on the river bank about 800 feet south of Metropolitan Hospital and will form the northwest wing. Also approved were a 10000 electric substation at the west pier of the Blackwell's Island Bridge and a 32000 Delancey street subway entrance with five covered ways costing 1900 each for Bowery Canal Street loop stations.
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The
Municipal Art Commission
Blackwell’s Island
Metropolitan Hospital
Christian Science Monitor To Be Published Daily
The Christian Science Publishing Society plans a new daily paper named The Christian Science Monitor. It aims to report world news in a clean wholesome manner, avoiding sensationalism and exploitation of vice and crime, and to appeal to homes valuing purity and refinement. Boston, Oct. bevil. publish
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Christian Science Sentinel
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Boston
Where to Send Campaign Subscriptions in The Tribune
A letter from M Katz of New York on Oct 15, 1908 urges The Tribune to publish clear subscription mailing info for campaign contributions. It notes the national committee treasurer at 1 Madison Avenue and the state committee treasurer at 43 West 39th Street and provides addresses for checks to be sent.
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the Tribune
Treasury
M. Katz
New York
National Committee
George R. Sheldon
Madison Avenue
State Committee
George J. Smith
West 39Th Street
Lambs elect independent treasurer at Gramercy Park meeting
John A. Stow, running as an independent for Lambs treasurer, won last night’s clubhouse election in Gramercy Park with 128 votes. His opponent, regular candidate Pemen L. Boz, received 44 votes.
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John A. Stow
the Lambs
Gramercy Park
Pemen L. Boz
Balkans Diplomacy Shows Britain’s Cautious Role in Reform
London commentary argues England uses moral influence to back Turkish constitutional reforms while opposing Bulgarian independence and Austrian annexation. It cites British protests to Berlin Treaty violations, hopes for a pacific readjustment through European congress, and notes Britain’s ties with France and Russia in guiding Young Turks toward reform to avert war.
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London
England
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Constantinople
Berlin
British Foreign Office
France
Russia
Ferdinand
Budapest
Roumelia
Tirnova
Austria- Hungary
Macedonia
Ottoman Empire
Germany
Lombardy
Venetia
Albania
Balkan
Europe
Ssianica
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Salonica
Hapsburg
Hamburg
Bosporus
Asia Minor
Persian Gulf
Bismarck
Balkans
Turkey
Sofia
Vienna
Edward Grey
Lord Beaconsfield
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Leaconfield
I .St.” Ae
Colonel Tucker at Hot Springs Desertion Charge Withdrawn
In Hot Springs Arkansas colonel William F Tucker arrived from St. Louis and visited the army and navy hospital as officials withheld details of his condition. In Chicago on October 1 8 Mrs Mary Logan Tucker withdrew the charge of wife abandonment against him through her counsel and the case was quashed to permit grand jury action.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William F. Tucker
Decatur
St. Louis
Army and Navy
Chicago
Mary Logan Tucker
William W. Tucker
Haynie KR. Pearson
Tucker
Rare Chinese curio joins American Museum collection
Dr. Herman C. Bumpus announced the American Museum of Natural History acquired a rare Chinese judge s staff or sceptre from Kin-Ching in the Forbidden City. The lacquered wood piece features a dragon head and a sharpened end used to determine a prisoner s fate. The gift comes from M. F. Savage, with provenance tracing to East India trade and the 1900 Boxer uprising.
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Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
Kin-Ching
Forbidden City
Peking
China
M. F. Savage
Savage
Greanabies
Mueller
Fortune
Skobeloff
Plevna
Imperial City
Genée Gives Private Lesson To Stage Sisters At Opera House
Danish dancer Genée, star of the Grand Opera House, privately instructed younger dancer Elsa Ryan and praised Louise Gunning’s singing during a Casino matinee of Marcelle. The quick session, lasting under a quarter hour, impressed those present and showcased Genée’s humility and talent.
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Marcelle
Denmark
Louise Gunning
Elsa Ryan
Miss Ryan
Genée
Theodore Thomas Orchestra Split Over Outside Play Rule
Chicago Oct 15 The Theodore Thomas Orchestra faces a rift as director Steck bans outside performances. Longtime piccoloist Martin Ballman, 18 years with the group, resigns after being elected head of a North Side orchestra. Musicians say outside gigs rival regular salaries of 35 to 60 dollars weekly and predict a full split.
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the Tribune
Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Steck
Martin Ballman
North Side
Turner Hall
Former Singer Goldie Lang Von Holstein Arrives With Husband
Mrs Vigeo von Holstein once known as Goldie Lang sang with Castle Square Opera Company arrives aboard the Scandinavian American Uner C F Tietgen from Christiansand. She travels with her husband, youngest son of a Christiansand merchant. The couple met in Portland three months ago and married in London after her divorce from a doctor husband. They plan a tour of the United States.
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Vigeo von Holstein
Goldie Lang
Castle Square Opera Company
Uner C
Christiansand
von Holstein
London
United States
Tate Heads Pittsburg Orchestra Concertmaster
Edouard Tate internationally renowned violinist has been named concert master of the Pittsburg Orchestra. He is abroad but will sail to America to attend the season opening on November 6.
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Pittsburg
Edouard Tate
Europe
America
Mrs Eleanor Gordon Weds James Stevenson at St John the Divine
Miss Eleanor Gordon daughter of Major Richard H Gordon formerly of Nashville and James H Stevenson a Little Rock lawyer were married at 1130 yesterday morning in the Cathedral of St John the Divine by the Rev Delancey Townsend in New York City.
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Eleanor Gordon
Richard H. Gordon
Nashville, Tenn
James H. Stevenson
Little Rock
Ark
Delancey Townsend
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Dr Mann Believed To Have Accepted Bishopric Call
Boston reports the Rev Alexander Mann rector of Trinity Church has accepted the call to Washington bishopric. Advices came via Mrs C Ernest Smith, wife of a Washington clergyman. Dr McKim waits for a letter from Dr Mann before confirming.
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the Tribune
Boston
Alexander Mann
Trinity Church
Washington
C. Ernest Smith
McKim
Menn
Prominent Arrivals at the Hotels Hotel Astor
Major and Mrs J K Carson Philadelphia Bel morrow ex Gov F D Proctor Vermont General Butterfield U S A G W Eagerly U S A Hollands Ben B Bryan Chicago Imperial Judge David Mublfelder Albany Murray Hill President C W Eliot Harvard University
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HOTEL
ASTOR
J. K. Carson
Philadelphia
Belmont
F. D. Proctor
Vermont
General Butterfield
G. W. Eagerly
U. S. A Holland
Ben B. Bryan
Chicago
David Mublfelder
Albany
Murray Hill
C. W. Eliot
Harvard University
Weather report outlines broad Pacific to Rocky Mountain conditions
Official weather forecast notes rain from the north Pacific Coast into the northern Rocky Mountain region, fair elsewhere, with above normal temperatures in the mid and northern states east of the Rockies. West of the Mississippi cooler near term, warm and fair Atlantic states through Friday and Saturday. Local winds vary by locality. highlights include southerly winds for Grand Bank passage and lighter southern winds in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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Washington
Sundey
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Rocky Mountain States
United States
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
Mississippi Valley
Western Lake Region
Grand Banke
The Man Who Stood Still at Circle Theatre Review
Theatre critic praises Louis Mann for partial pathos in The Man Who Stood Still at Circle Theatre. Mann delivers a measured performance as a loving father, supported by Mathilde Cottrefly, while critique notes contrived plot, coarse characterization, and a dull final act.
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Ouls Mann
Circle Theatre
Johann Kraus
Old Sol Girls
Dombey and Sons
Cyrus Blenkarn
Mr. Jones
Wakefield
Johann Kram
Bowery
Mann
Louis Mann
Mathilde Cottrefly
Mr. Mann
Mr. Brady
Brady
W. W
Girls at the New German Theatre in Vienna
The Viennese premiere of Clyde Fitch's farce Girls titled Die Welt Ohne Manner was staged at the new German Theatre. Bianca Froelich debuted as Gustl Brandl, rivaling men, with Hanne Prost and Trude Voigt as her companions. Liedtke played the male Catalyzer to Gustl's awakening, and the brisk comedy drew a large audience.
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Hanne Prost
Trude Voigt
Hippodrome Registers 1600th Afternoon Show
The Hippodrome’s afternoon performance yesterday marked its 1600th. Of the 500 on stage, most have been with the company since opening, with five never missing a rehearsal or performance. Stage director Burnside praised the effort and called this year’s production the biggest success in the theater’s history.
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Hippodrome
Burnside
Charlie Murphy Seeks Comfort With Lauder After Tiger Loosened
Made heartsick by reports on the Democratic mule Charlie Murphy sought consolation with Harry Lauder. Lauder, a canny Scot, entertained "the great" and remarked that a man is a man for a' that upon learning the Tammany chieftain was in the audience. Lord Northcliffe also attended and observed the show. Murphy glanced at Northcliffe, then noted Lauder's performance, and both leaders enjoyed it.
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Charlie Murphy
Harry Lauder
Lauder
Tammany
Lord Northcliffe
Lincoln Square Theatre
Samson to Open at Criterion Monday Night at 8
Announcement states evening Samson performances at the Criterion begin at 8 o'clock on Monday with matinees at 2. Mr. Gillette leads the cast. Charlies Frohman backs What Every Woman Knows by J M Barrie for Maude Adams. Arnold Daly to leave Wallack's and appear on vaudeville under Percy Williams. Messrs Liebler & Co approve. Daly to star October ? at Colonial in BeComing an Editor. Hackett's season ends tomorrow. Mrs Fiske to follow.
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Samson
Criterion
Mr. Gillette
Charlies Frohman
J. M. Barrie
Maude Adama
Atlantic City
Arnold Daly
Wallack’s
Percy Williams
Messrs. Liebler & Co
Daly
Colonial Theatre
Mark Twain
Hackett
Midland Park Couple announce engagement to Albany doctor
Mr and Mrs Thomas Holt of Midland Park New Jersey announce the engagement of their daughter to Dr James N Vender Veer of Albany New York.
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Vandeer Veer—Holt
Thomas Holt
Midland Park
N. J
James N. Vender Veer
Albany, N. Y
Marriage Notices Reprinted In Tri-Weekly Tribun e
Marriages listed from October 1908 include Gladwin Packard Foos Grossmann Ayres Watkins and other names with hint of notices to be indorsed with full names and addresses. Obituaries for Cutler Ennis and Ennis widow noted with funeral details in Morristown and Morris County New Jersey local context.
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Tribuns
Tri-Weekly
Tribune
Obituary notices from Norwich to Brooklyn dated October 1908
An assortment of death notices and funeral details across multiple New York and New Jersey locales. Entries name the deceased, often with residence, date of death, and funeral arrangements at churches or cemeteries, listing hosts of relatives and burial sites. Notable names include Gilman, Harris, Kelly, Kursteiner, Lathrop, Murphy, OBrien, OConnell, Badington, Scottron, Sherwood, Strobridge, Thompson, Townsend, Van Sicl en, Willner, Emma West Yale, and others with locations in Norwich, White Plains, Brooklyn, Englewood, Ocean Grove, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and familiar churches.
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Harris
White Plains
Munday
Cette
William HK. Harris
Grace
Arch. Plains
N. Y
Boums Brook
N. J Kelly
James J Kelly Beled Santee
Kate
Strobridge
Ocean Grove
N. J
Kate Kidder
Hee
George E. Strobridge
D. D
New Wars
Harriette S
B P. Kidder
Chicago
Heck Ave
Mount Pleasantemetery
Newark
Desirable help quick through The Tribune aid list
An advertisement invites readers to consult the file of applications of aspirants for various positions at The New-York Tribune Uptown Office. Details include office hours, rates, and mailing options, plus a long list of foreign and domestic mailing rates and numerous hotels worldwide where the paper is kept on file for reader convenience.
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