Viceroy to resign amid Lady Minto’s ill health
Official circles in London report Lord Minto plans to resign the Viceroyalty of India next spring due to Lady Minto’s fragile health. Her physicians urge a final winter in India, after which she will return home. The royal wedding of Lady Violet Elliot and Lord Charles Fitzmaurice adds to a winter of exceptional Calcutta pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brentwood Company
Lord Minto
Laondon
Viceroyalty of
India
Minto
Canada
Violet Elliot
Lord Charles Fitzmaurice
London
Lansdowne
Lord Kerry
Duchess of Devonshire
Marchioness of
Waterford
Calcutta
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Curzon
Westminster
Government House
Unbroken Crown Monopoly on Anglican Bible Printing and Acts
The sovereign holds a perpetual copyright like privilege over the Authorized Version and Book of Common Prayer, with the King’s printers authorized to publish the Bible and liturgies. The Crown’s control extends to Acts of Parliament and proclamations, maintained by royal decree and transfer upon the so called demise of the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Church of England
Oxford
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Privy Council
Miss Cicely Horner To Wed Hon George Lambton Of Durham
Miss Cicely Horner, soon to marry the Hon George Lambton, brother to the Earl of Durham and Vice Admiral Sir Egvert Lambton, belongs to the Souls circle. She wore a wedding veil once owned by Mary Queen of Scots era nuns, from a gift by Cardinal York. Her father Sir John Horner once served as Crown property administrator and connected with the Alabama Claims Commission in Washington.
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Cicely Horner
George Lambton
Eerr
Durham
Egwert Lambton
Far East
Hich
Duchesses of Portland
Rutland
Henry Duke of
Orkana
Cardinal York
Horner
Miss Horner
John Horner
Edward
Victoria
Wiliam IV
Washington
Alabama Claims Commission
National Capital
California
Vancouver
Oxford
Lord Rosebery
Lord Lansdowne
The Mastership Legacy of Dr Scott and the Lambton Line
The article describes Dr Scott as a renowned compiler of Greek Lexicon and mentions his country estate at Mells Park Somersetshire. It recounts historic land ties to Glastonbury Abbey, the Windham Riates couplet, and relatives of Miss Cicely Horner and Raymond Asquith. It highlights George Lambton's tennis passion and Newmarket training endeavors, and recalls the distant ancestor the first Earl Durham, famed House of Commons cantankerousness and a dragon of Lambton Castle.
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Scott
Liddell and Scott
Mels Park
Somersetshire
Glastonbury
Henry VIII
Earl
House of Commons
Canada
Lord
Durham
Lambton Caste
Lambton Castle
Watchdog of the British Turf and Lord Durham's Fight
The piece lauds Lord Durham for fair play on the turf while condemning deceitful racing practices. It discusses reforms urged by the Gimcrack Club and Jockey Club, including banning pseudonyms and registering true names. The Marquise de Fontenoy is mentioned in connection with extensive entailed property and revenues.
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York
Cal
Perm
Urham
Lord Durham
Earldom of Durham
Gimcrack Club
Jockey Club
Durham
Fred i
Lambton Castle
Marquise DE Fontenoy
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
St. Louis guest LMont D Ives. Boston guest H McLeod. Duluth guest A M Chisholm. Dublin guest Howard Guinness. Tuxedo guest J G Elliott. Toledo guest Marshall Shippey. Hotel lineups include St Regis and Waldorf Astoria listings.
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Lmont
D. C. Ives
St. Louis
Bempire—H. McLeod
Boston
Holland
A. M. Chisholm
Duluth
Manhattan
Howard Guinness
Dublin
ST. Regis
J. G Elliott
Tuxedo
Waldorf-Astoria
Marshall Shippey
Toledo
Weather Report Forecasts Fair Weekend Across Regions
Official weather record notes Atlantic storm to the east with rain then clearing in the north, snow in Northern Vermont and the northern lake region. Temperatures run below seasonal averages, with a detailed local forecast predicting fair and cool conditions through Saturday and Sunday, light winds along coasts, and diminishing northwest winds in New England and Eastern New York.
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Washington
Ana- Atan
North Atlantic States
Vermont
Northern
Lake Region
Middle
North Pacific
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountains
Minnesota
Dakotas
European
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Revenge in forest fires in Rockefeller preserve sparks probe
Albany reports say state investigators and the State Forest Fish and Game Commission have gathered evidence suggesting some fires within William Rockefeller’s Adirondack preserve in Hamilton County were started out of spite. Arrests likely as disputes with locals over hunting and fishing rights have simmered for years.
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Tribune
Albany
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
William Ockefeller
Hamilton County
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Adirondacks
Alleged Art Frauds Exposed In Paris Connection
Port of New York appraiser George W Wenmaeker and Collector Fowler uncover a Paris linked scheme selling paintings with fake master names. canvases show overpainted corners and inscriptions of Diaz Corot Rousseau and others, while falsely inflated valuations mask true worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wenmaeker
Fowler
Paris
Wanmeker
Diaz
Corot
Rousseau
Contest Over $1,500,000 Estate in Suffolk Probate Court
Three New York women contest the will of Caroline E. Johnson, heir to a $1,596,000 estate with property in New York and Boston. The daughters seek to invalidate the 1903 will claiming the testatrix was not of sound mind. The case, filed in Boston before Judge George, will proceed with contested implications across jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. E. Johnson
Will
Boston
Suffolk
George
Caroline E. Johnson
Newport
Joseph Whitney
Josephine W. Taylor
Fanny L. Johnson
Alice W. Emmett
Coast Artillery Units to Philippines March First
Four companies of Atlantic Coast coast artillery will move to the Philippines about March 1. They will travel from New York via the Suez Canal under the fortifications improvement plan for the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Coast
Philippines
New York
Suez Canal
Remembered Employes In Will Of Sioux City Butcher
The will of Richard Webber a wealthy butcher who died October 7 persuasively filed in the Surrogate's Court outlines a sizable estate. About 7000 dollars in real and personal property located in Sioux City Correctionville and the city is bequeathed to his wife and children. Each of his employees receives 90 dollars with further bequests to several of them. Relatives also receive substantial sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Webber
England
Sioux City
Correctionville
Iowa
Opera House Subscriptions Reach Record Heights for Season
Metro politan Opera House shows subscription sales rising sharply with an estimated gain over 75 000 dollars over last year pushing totals above 700 000. Manhattan Opera House reports about 70 percent higher receipts than 1907 08. Hammerstein Philadelphia sales exceed quarter of a million. Season opens November 16 with Alda Emmy Destini Caruso Toscanini conducting. Safonoff arrives to lead Philharmonic in Lincoln centennial tribute.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Manhattan Opera House
John Ward
Hammerstein
Philadelphia Opera House
Alda
Emmy Destini
Caruso
Toscanini
Mrs. Astor Remembered as Leader of New York Society
Obituary recounts Mrs. Astor as a central social force in New York for nearly fifty years. It traces her lineage from the Schermerhorns, her marriage to William Astor, and her rise at Fifth Avenue mansions. The piece notes her hospitality to royals, annual balls, and role as matriarch of fashion, with details of her residences, Newport summers, Paris spring visits, and her children and grandchildren.
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Astor
No. M2
Fifth Avenue
New York
Lahe
John Jacob Astor
Maturin Livingston
Hamilton Fish
Stuyvesant
John Jay
August Belmont
August Perry
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Mark
Mrs. Astor
Brazil
Europe
Abraham Schermerhorn
Jacob Jansen Schermerhorn
Manhattan Island
Henry White
Ann van Cortlandt
Brooklyn
Bowling Green
William Astor
Lafayette Place
West 224 Street
Newport
Beechwood
Caroline Astor Drayton
William Astor Drayton
Alica Drayton
Caroline
Marshall Orme Wilson
Marshall Orme Wilson, Jr
Richard Thornton Wilson
William Backhouse Astor
William B. Astor
William Waldorf Astor
Henry Astor
Copake, N. Y
Elizabeth Astor
Samuel Ward
Mary Astor
John Cary
Laura Astor
Franklin H. Delano
Hugh Kelly Dead at Wall Street Firm President of Hugh Kelly & Co
Hugh Kelly aged 76, president of Hugh Kelly & Co. of Wall Street, died at his Washington Square West home. Born in Chicago on September 24, 1858, he founded the cane sugar trading house in 1871 and led multiple sugar ventures. He served on boards including United Fruit and Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank and was a trustee of St Patrick's Cathedral and several charities.
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Hugh Kelly
Hugh Kelly & Co
Wall Street
Washington Square West
Mr. Kelly
Chicago
College of the City of New York
Fordham University
Kelly
West Indies
Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
United Fruit Company
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum
Calvary Cemetery
Sevilla Home For Children
Central Islip State Hospital
Thomas Greenway Former Manitoba Premier Dies in Ottawa
Thomas Greenway, former Manitoba Premier and Canadian Railway Commissioner, died in Ottawa at age 73 after a two week illness. Born in Cornwall England on March 25 1838, he moved to Canada in 1844 and served as MP for South Huron from 1875 to 1878 before entering Manitoba politics. He led the Liberal Opposition in 1887 and became Prime Minister in 1888, pursuing policies to aid the Northwest.
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Ottawa
Thomas Greenway
Manitoba
Cornwall
England
Canada
House of Commons
South Huron
Northwest
Philadelphia merchant Donovan dies in London
William Edward Henry Donovan of Philadelphia died in London last night from heart disease after a long European trip. Donovan, a retired merchant formerly with Garden & Co, had been traveling in Europe.
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William Edward Henry Donovan
London
Philadelphia
Tribune
W. E H. Donovan
Garden & Co
Europe
Czar Warms Servia as Russia Rebukes Prince George
In St. Petersburg on October 3 Prince George of Servia met Emperor Nicholas in a private audience. Nicholas urged abandoning bellicose talk and convened a Peterhof conference with statesmen and military officers to shape Russia Balkan policy. M. Pasics will present the Servian premier’s letter to the emperor later. Iswolsky pushes Douma support as talks proceed.
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St. Petersburg
Prince George
Servia
Nicholas
Russia
Peter
M. Pasics
George
Belgrade
Peterhof
Balkan
Council For National Defence
M. Iswolsky
Bulgaria offers Turkey 3 million for East Rumelian railway
London Oct 31 The Chronicle’s Constantinople correspondent reports Bulgaria has offered Turkey 3 000 000 Turkish for ownership of the East Rumelian section of the Oriental Railway recently seized by Bulgaria, and the Porte is inclined to accept the offer.
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London
the Chronicle
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Turkey
East Rumelian
Porte
Senator Elkins Visits Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore
Senator Stephen B. Elkins spent Tuesday night at a Baltimore hotel and called on Cardinal Gibbons on Wednesday. The two have long kept a close friendship, but no details of their conversation were released.
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Baltimore
Stephen B. Elkins
Cardinal Gibbons
Naples Rumor Posts Private Abruzzi Elkins Marriage
Naples October 3 reports a private wedding for the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins with a future official date announcement. It also says the couple will land in Naples from America and stay briefly with the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, the duke's brother and sister-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Katherine Elkins
America
Aosta
British squadron under Sir Percy Scott heads to South America
Port Elizabeth reports orders for Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott to sail for South America after completing its South African duties. The squadron includes the Good Hope Antrim Carnarvon and Devonshire. London notes the move is unrelated to the Venezuelan crisis and mentions no reply from Sir Vincent Corbett about the Lady Kensington seizure and crew detention.
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Port Elizabeth
Cape Colony
Percy Scott
South America
Good Hope
Antrim
Carnarvon
Devonshire
London
Foreign Office
Vincent Corbett
Venezuela
Dutch Paper Urges Coercion Against Venezuela
The Nieuwe Courant in The Hague calls for strengthening 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 yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Nieuwe Courant
Curacao
Venezuela
la Guayra
Puerto Cabello
Castro
American Killed on Train in France
Attendants on a train from Havre report James Lowsko twenty six year old New York citizen fell from the car and was instantly killed during the journey to Paris.
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Paris
Havre
James Lowsko
New York
Japanese Dreadnoughts to Carry British-Equaling Armament
Tokyo reports the new battleships Satsuma and Aki will field 19 12 inch breech loading guns of .50 calibre, 24 quick firers, probably 16 6 inch and 14 47 inch guns. Main armament matches the British Dreadnought while secondary remains superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Satsuma
Aki
Belgium to take sovereignty over Congo on Nov 1
Washington reports Belgium will assume sovereignty over the Congo, which has been annexed by treaty, beginning November 1, per a dispatch to the State Department from Henry L. Wilson, the American minister at Brussels.
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Washington
Belgium
Congo
State Department
Henry L. Wilson
Brussels
Italian bark Ines crew lands at Santa Maria Azores
The Italian bark Ines from Rockland Maine bound for Palermo landed at Santa Maria in the Azores after being abandoned near Peking. An official report notes the vessel’s abandonment occurred earlier during the voyage and confirms the Azores landing on October 30.
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St Michael's
Azores
Ines
Rockland
Palermo
Santa Maria
Governor Guild Improves After Gastritis On Oct 30
Boston dispatch reports Governor Guild's condition from the executive department improving after a gastritis illness. The governor is so improved that his physician only communicates with the house by telephone and will not see him again unless his health changes.
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Boston
Guild
Executive Department
Bishop Lang Refuses Montreal Bishop Offer
The Right Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang Bishop of Stepney replies to Montreal Diocese invitation to become their Bishop. He appreciates the honor deeply but cannot accept the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Stepney
Anglican Church
James Kerr Dead Coal Operator and Politician
James Kerr a Pennsylvania coal operator and National Democratic Committeeman died this morning in New Rochelle after a relapse following a visit with William Jennings Bryan. Born 1851 in Mifflin County he served one term in Congress beginning 1888 and held posts as Clerk of the House and secretary of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He chaired Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee in 1889 and led Pattison campaign. survived by his wife and five sons.
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James Kerr
Pennsylvania
New Rochelle
Kerr
Bryan
New York
Mr. Kerr
Mifflin County
House of Representatives
Democratic State Central Committee of
Pattison
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
General Wood to Sail Today from Boulogne
Paris Oct 30 Major General Leonard Wood U S A and Mrs Wood with staff will sail from Boulogne aboard Noordag s for New York tomorrow to take command of the Department of the East. He notes the Philippine situation as satisfactory and urges freer trade to boost island prosperity and native contentment after attending maneuvers and the Spanish Historical Congress at Zaragoza.
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Paris
Europe
Saragossa
Leonard Wood
Islands
United States
General Wood
Spain
Brathwaite Currier Plympton and other 1908 obituaries
Death notices from The Tribune republished in the Tri Weekly Tribune list Astor Brathwaite widow of William Astor, Rev Francis Currier rector of St Andrew's Stamford, Cyrus Currier, Josepha Fargis, Hugh Kelly, Joseph H McLoughlin, Martin Murphy, Harry Plympton, William Rowling, Elizabeth Rudolph, Stuart, William Thompson, Richard Walsh, Julia West, Ann Jane Wright, James Stedman, with funeral details and residences in New York area in late October and November 1908.
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Brathwaite
St Andrew's Rectory
Conn
Francis Windsor Brathwaite
Andrew's Parish
Stamford
St. Andrew's Church
Somday
Currier
Cyrus Chase Currier
T. South Orange
S. J
Boston
Fargis
Josepha A
Joseph Ho Fargis
James E. MacLarmney
Imie
East List St
Noa m. W
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Park
Calvary Kelly
Hugh Ficily
E Kelly
Mcabe
Washington Square West
Patrick's Cathedral
Calvary Cemetery
M Loughlin
Mamaroneck
Joseph H. McLoughlin
Holy Trinity Church
Murphy
Martin J. Murphy
Merry
Tafom
Stecklyn Funersi
Clinton St
Hempstead
Leong Island
Spencer Place
Stocklyn
Willam Walker
Julia West
Presbyterian Church
Smithtown
Long Island
Flatbush Ave
Wright
Ann Jane Wright
Opal Church
R . Mda
Cocheanes Episcopal Church
St. An
Amsterdam Sfg
Swidenly
James Stedman
Harlem trains from Grand Gene tral Stat Webster avenue troffers
Classified notice lists lots priced at 150 dollars and up. Contact telephone 4983 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office located at 2 East 23d Street New York City.
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Harlem
Grand Genetral
Webster
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 23d St
New York City
Undertakers Frank F Campbell at 241-3 West 234 St Chapala
Frank F Campbell undertakers operate private and public ambulances from 241-3 West 234 Street Chapala with available telephone contact through Cheisa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Campbell
West
St Chapala
Cheisea
Desirable help for subscribers at The Tribune Uptown Office
An appeal to readers to visit The Tribune Uptown Office at No 1364 Broadway to consult the file of applicants for various positions. Details on subscription rates, mailing options, and foreign postage appear, with office locations listed in New York and abroad for mailing Tribune material worldwide.
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Tribune Almanac
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Sunday Tribune
Weealt Farmer
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Universit Postal Union
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