Viceregal Resignation and Royal Wedding Plans Stir India
London reports Lord Minto will resign the Viceroyalty of India next spring due to wife Lady Minto’s health. The wedding of Lady Violet Elliot to Lord Charles Fitzmaurice is set in India this winter with lavish viceroyal display. Churchill mentioned as potential successor amid cabinet speculation. Lord Wolverhampton, new Lord President of the Privy Council, praised for nonconformist leadership and controversial carriage habit noted.
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Winston Churchill
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The Crown Holds Print Rights to Bible and Acts
The sovereign retains historic printing monopolies for the Authorized Version and Anglican liturgy, with licenses issued to Oxford and Cambridge presses and others. Royal copyright extends beyond usual terms, justified by the fiction that the crown never dies and the demise is transfer of authority. The King also controls printing acts of Parliament and proclamations through royal printers.
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Little Jack Horner's Daughter in Notable Social Cast
Miss Kely Horner, set to wed Hon George Lambton, is lauded as a handsome clever member of The Souls social circle. Her wedding veil, once tied to Mary Queen of Scots, links to Stuart legend. her father Sir John Horner’s Crown property service and Oxford ties to Rosebery and Lansdowne frame a portrait of aristocratic London society.
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Edward, Mike Queen Victoria, and His Granduncle, Wiliam IV
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Alabama Claims Commission
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Lord Durham and His Turf Fame Across England's Estates
The article follows Lord Durham and his twin brother, George Lambton, detailing their historic family estates from Glastonbury Abbey holdings to Lambton Castle. It highlights Durhams fierce yet fair racing ethics, his advocacy for turf reform such as banning anonymity in ownership, and notes on the Lambton lineage and ancestral reputation.
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Gimcrack Club
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Earldom of Durham
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Marquise DE Fontenoy
Prominent Arrivals at Notable Hotels
SLMONT D C Ives of St. Louis and Empire guest H McLeod of Boston arrive. Holland hosts A M Chisholm from Duluth. Manhattan welcomes Howard Guinness of Dublin. St Regis greets J G Elliott of Tuxedo. Waldorf Astoria receives Marshall Shippey from Toledo.
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Duluth
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Howard Guinness
Dublin
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Tuxedo
Waldorf-Astoria
Marshall Shippey
Toledo
Weather Report Forecast From Washington Ort Storm Tracks
The Atlantic coast storm advances over maritime provinces with rain followed by clearing in the north Atlantic states. Snow in northern Vermont and the northern lake region, with continued rain from the middle and north Pacific to the northern plateau and northern Rocky Mountains. Temperatures below seasonal norms in many districts. Saturday to be fair and cool. Sunday fair in the eastern half and southwestern states. Local forecasts call for diminishing northwest winds along New England and Eastern New York coastlines. Official record notes yesterday’s high 57, low 42, and comparisons to last year and thirty-three years. Forecast for today Saturday and Sunday remains: diminishing northwest winds.
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Revenge in Forest Fires at Rockefeller Preserve
Albany reports state investigators gathered evidence suggesting several fires within William Rockefeller's Adirondack preserve in Hamilton County were started out of spite due to ongoing disputes with local residents. Arrests likely as the probe continues under the State Forest Fish and Game Commission.
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Alleged Art Frauds Spark International Painting Scam
George W Wanmaker and Collector Fowler suspect a Paris originated scheme selling canvases with fake names attached to inflate value. Detectives found paintings daubed in corners, later exposing inscriptions of masters such as Diaz Corot and Rousseau. Surfaces showed inflated Paris valuations compared with actual worth.
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Rousseau
Contested will in Suffolk Probate Court over $1.59 million estate
Three New York women, daughters of Caroline E. Johnson of New York, Newport and Boston, contest a 1903 will claiming lack of sound mind. The will leaves an absolute $20,000 legacy and life interest income in trust equal shares. A parallel New York probate contest exists, but Boston court assumes jurisdiction as most property lies here.
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New York
Suffolk
George
Caroline E. Johnson
Newport
Joseph Whitney
Josephine W. Taylor
Fanny L. Johnson
Alice W. Emmett
Coast Artillery Units to Ship to Philippines by March
Four companies of coast artillery from the Atlantic Coast will be sent to the Philippines about March 1. They will travel from New York via the Suez Canal as part of a plan to improve fortifications in the Philippines.
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Atlantic Coast
Philippines
New York
Suez Canal
Will of Richard Webber Leaves Employees $500 Each
The Surrogate's Court filings show Richard Webber a wealthy butcher died October 7 while traveling from England. He leaves about $7,000 in real and personal property in Sioux City Correctionville and this city to his wife and children. Each of his employees receives $500 plus additional bequests to several workers. Relatives also receive large sums.
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England
Sioux City
Correctionville
Iowa
Subscriptions rise as opera season nears peak at Metropolitan
The Metro-Paельitan Opera House closes books early as subscriptions expect a rise surpassing 700000 this season. Manhattan and Philadelphia houses report strong increases. On November 12 seat sales begin for opening week featuring Alda with Emmy Destinn, Caruso, and Toscanini. Safonoff arrives to start his final Philharmonic season amid Russia unrest reports. In February he plans to conduct a Lincoln centennial tribute with American composer Stahlberg.
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Manhattan Opera House
John Ward
Hammerstein
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Metropolitan Opera House
Alda
Emmy Destini
Caruso
Toscanini
Wassily Safonoff
Lusitania
Russia
M. Safonoff
Philharmonic Society
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Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Fr. Stahlberg
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Mrs. Astor Dies. Life of New York Society Matriarch
Legacy spans nearly half a century as New York society leader. The Schermerhorn descendant, widow of William Astor, entertained emperors and royals at major houses on Fifth Avenue and Newport Beechwood. Her four daughters and Colonel John Jacob Astor continued a dynasty marked by marriages into Roosevelt Vanderbilt and other prominent families.
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John Jay
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August
Perry
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Empire City
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Mrs. Astor
Brazil
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Jacob Jansen Schermerhorn
Manhattan Island
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Brooklyn
Bowling Green
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Lafayette Place
West 22d Street
Newport
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Grace Church
May van Alen
Sarah van Alen
Robert J. F. Coilier
James Lawrence van Alen
Margaret Post
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
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James Roosevelt Roosevelt, Jr
Helen Roosevelt
Theodore Douglas Robinson, Jr
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J. Coleman Drayton
Sonégog
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Henry Coleman Drayton
Constance Knower
Caroline Astor Drayton
William Astor Drayton
Alica Drayton
Caroline
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Marshall Orme Wilson, Jr
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Hugh Kelly Dies. Sugar Firm Leader in Wall Street Circles
Hugh Kelly president of Hugh Kelly & Co. dies at his Washington Square West home. Born Chicago September 24, 1858, he built a global cane sugar business from 1884 and led multiple sugar firms. He held directorates at United Fruit Co and Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank and served as trustee for Catholic and charitable institutions.
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Chicago
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Fordham University
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West Indies
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Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
Calvary Cemetery
Sevilla Home For Children
Central Islip State Hospital
Death of Thomas Greenway Former Manitoba Premier
Thomas Greenway, former Manitoba premier and Canadian Railway Commissioner, died in Ottawa aged 92 after a two week illness. Born March 25, 1838 in Cornwall England, he moved to Canada in 1844, served as MP for South Huron from 1875 to 1878, later settled on an eight hundred acre Manitoba farm, was elected to the legislature in 1879, led the Liberal Opposition from 1887, and became premier in 1888, promoting measures aiding the Northwest.
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Thomas Greenway
Manitoba
Cornwall
England
Canada
House of Commons
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Northwest
William Donovan Philadelphia Merchant Dies in London
William Edward Henry Donovan, a Philadelphia manufacturer and former Garden & Co. merchant, died in London last night from heart disease after a long European trip. The obituary notes he had been traveling abroad and links to a prior Philadelphia report.
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William Edward Henry Donovan
Philadelphia
Tribune
Czar Warns Servia as Russia Reconsiders Balkan Policy
In Saint Petersburg on October 3 Prince George of Servia met with Emperor Nicholas in a private audience. Russia rebuked his Belgrade remarks and summoned a conference of state leaders to decide Balkan policy with cabinet members and national defence officials at Peterhof. M Iswolsky pressed Douma leaders for support today.
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Nicholas
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George
Belgrade
Peterhof
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Council For National Defence
M. Iswolsky
Bulgaria offers to buy East Rumelian railway line from Turkey
London report says Bulgaria has offered Turkey 3.9 million pounds for ownership of the East Rumelian section of the Oriental Railway, recently seized by Bulgaria, with the Porte reportedly inclined to accept.
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Turkey
East Rumelian
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Elkins Visits Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore
Baltimore officials disclosed that Senator Stephen B. Elkins stayed at a city hotel Tuesday night and called on Cardinal Gibbons on Wednesday. The longtime friends kept the topics of their conversation private, with no hint released about what was discussed.
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Rumors Rise Over Italian Duke and Katherine Elkins Marriage
Naples reports two rumors about the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins. One says the marriage will be private with a later official wedding date. The other suggests the couple will land in Naples from America and stay briefly with the Duke's brother and his wife, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta.
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Katherine Elkins
America
Aosta
Squadron for South America sails after South African programme
Port Elizabeth Cape Colony October 30 Orders issued for the British squadron under Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott to sail for South America after completing its South African programme The squadron includes the cruisers Good Hope Antrim Carnarvon and Devonshire London October 30 The Foreign Office says the move is not connected with the Venezuelan situation The government has not heard from Sir Vincent Corbett British Minister to Venezuela since dispatching instructions to investigate the seizure of the British schooner Lady Kensington and the crew's imprisonment
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Percy Scott
South America
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Foreign Office
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Venezuela
Dutch Paper Urges Coercion Against Venezuela
The Nieuwe Courant calls for reinforcing Dutch warships off Curacao with three cruisers and four battleships to silence La Guayra and Puerto Cabello forts and enforce a blockade until President Castro complies with Dutch demands.
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Hague
Nieuwe Courant
Curacao
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American Killed in France on Havre Train
An American, James Lowsko, twenty six, of New York, fell from a train from Havre near Paris and was killed instantly, according to attendants aboard the arriving train. The incident occurred during the journey into Paris on October 3.
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New York
Japanese Dreadnoughts to Match British Armament
Tokio reports that the new battleships Satsuma and Aki will mount 19 12 inch guns of 50 calibre along with 10 6 inch and one 47 inch guns. This brings their main armament in line with the British Dreadnought while the secondary armament is noted as superior.
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Aki
Belgium to assume sovereignty over the Congo
A dispatch from Henry L. Wilson, American Minister at Brussels, states Belgium will assume sovereignty over the Congo on November 1 under a treaty annexation. The note was sent to the U.S. State Department from Washington dated October 30.
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Belgium
Congo
State Department
Henry L. Wilson
Brussels
Italian bark Ines crew reaches Santa Maria Azores
The Italian bark Ines from Rockland Maine, bound for Palermo, landed at Santa Maria in the Azores after abandoning the ship far from Peking. An edict orders beheading two Chinese officers and harsh punishment for seven others over the Tenguin border clash and French soldiers’ deaths in July. The George Washington liner launch is postponed due to low Oder water. Chinese autumn army maneuvers planned for November.
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Governor Guild Improves After Gastritis Attack
Boston, Oct. 30 Governor Guild’s condition improved today after yesterday’s gastritis illness. A state bulletin from the executive department said he is much better and his physician will not visit in person unless his condition changes, with communications by telephone to the house only.
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Bishop Lang Refuses Offer to Lead Montreal Diocese
Montreal Oct 3 The Right Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang Bishop of Stepney has replied to the invitation to become Montreal Diocese Bishop. He says he deeply appreciates the honor but cannot accept.
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James Kerr Dies.Pennsylvania Democrat Leader Passes
James Kerr coal operator and National Democratic Committeeman of Pennsylvania died at 12:40 this morning in New Rochelle after a relapse following a visit to New York. Born 1851 in Mifflin County he served one term in Congress starting 1888 and held roles including clerk of the House in the 52nd and 33rd Congresses. He chaired Pennsylvania’s Democratic State Central Committee in 1890s and led the campaigns for Governor Pattison. Kerr leaves a wife and five sons.
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General Wood to Sail Today from Boulogne
Paris reports Major General Leonard Wood U S A will sail tomorrow aboard the Noordash from Boulogne for New York with Mrs Wood and their stamp. He plans to assume command of the Department of the East upon arrival and notes the Philippine situation as satisfactory. He advocates freer trade between the islands and the United States to boost prosperity and contentment among natives. The reception in Spain was enthusiastic and cordial.
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Obituary notices list multiple deaths dated 1908
Death notices published list Astor Caroline Webster Brathwaite Currier Fargis Kelly Loughlin Murphy Plympton Rudolph Stuart Thompson Walker Walsh West Wright with funeral details and service locations across New York and nearby towns including Brooklyn Hempstead and Smithtown.
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Brathwaite
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Ambulance Sales Notice at Private and Public Offices
Readable lines indicate ambulance services and offices in New York City. Frank F Campbell lists carriage routes via Harlem trains from Grand Central, Webster Jerome avenues, with lots for sale at 150 dollars and contact telephone 4953 Gramercy for a Book of Views. Address references include 2023a St New York City and 2413 West 234 St Chapela.
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Desireable help for employers from the Tribune file of aspirants
An advertisement announces that employers can save time by consulting the Tribune's newly installed file of applications for various positions at the Uptown Office, with hours 9am to 6pm. It lists subscription rates, offices in New York, international mail options, and foreign addresses for the Tribune and partner offices in London, Paris, Brussels, and other cities.
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