Bankers Elect Tofft President At Thousand Islands Meeting
The New York State Bankers Association held its fifteenth annual convention at the Frontenac Hotel Thousand Islands. Officers elected include President E S Tofft Syracuse and Vice President P E Lyford Waverly. Gilbert of the Clearing House urged a revival in business while criticizing the Aldrich Vreeland bill and currency reform for not preventing panics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Clayton
N. Y
New York State Bankers’ Association
Frontenac Hotel
Thousand Islands
E. S. Tofft
Syracuse
P. E. Lyford
Waverly
Almer Runkel
Hoosick Kvalls
E. O. Idredige
New York
William H. Henry
Alexander Cilbert
Garden City Club Hosts Farewell for Archdeacon Bryan
A Garden City Club reception honored Archdeacon and Mrs. Henry B. Bryan before their July 18 voyage to the Isthmus of Panama. Attendees included Mrs. Raigh Peters, the Peters sisters, Frederick Sawyer, Arthur W. B., and several other local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
L. L
Garden City Club
Archdeacon
Henry B. Bryan
Isthmus
Panama
Archdeacon Bryan
American Episcopal Church
Raigh Peters
Peters
Frederick Sawyer
Arthur W. B. Frederick Wood
and Russimore
Angus
William J. A.z
H. T. Butler
Frances Ave Tler
Roosevelt in Seattle Invitation Declined After Africa Trip
Secretary Loeb declined to verify Savannah reports of a Roosevelt and Herbert Knox Smith lumber combine. President Roosevelt spent time with Mark Sullivan of Collier's Weekly and received a Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition invitation carried on caribou skin from Camp Dawson. Owing to his African hunt, he cannot accept the unique Alaska invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
L. L
Loeb
Roosevelt
Savannah
Herbert Knox Smith
Smith
Mark Sullivan
Collier's Weekly
Collier
Scribners
Sullivan
Camp Dawson
Arctic Brotherhood
Seattle
Reid
Alaska
Earl Grey
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Africa
Albany Wins Hamilton Cup in Whist Congress Play
In the Congress of the American Whist League the Albany team defeated for the Hamilton Club Trophy while the Minneapolis Cup went to the Albany duo Judge David Muhlfelder and A. H. McCoy. Miss M. H. Campbell of New York and H. H. Ward of Boston won the Associate Members' Cup. No new whist laws will be set until the next annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Albany
David Muhlfelder
A. H. McCoy
KK. H. Addington
A. K. Metcalfe
Chicago
M. H. Campbell
New York
H. H. Ward
Henry W. Cannon
J. W. Greene
Ernest B. Cooper
Shelbyville
Tenn
Lenox Society Notes Guests and Arrivals
Lenox society activity reports a series of visitors and residents across houses and hotels. Notables include Mrs. Montgomery Hare, Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, Major F C Grogan, Thomas and William Chadwick, Capt. Gilbert P Cotton, and Mrs. James A Burden with children, among others staying at Aspinwall Elm Court and Curtis Hotel. The Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. Thaw plan August Lenox visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton C. Fassett
George Morgan McKnight
J. Sloat Fassett, Jr
T. D. Hodgson
Jennie C. Fassett
Washington
Aspinwall
James A. Burden
William D. Sloane
Elm Court
Henry W. Dibblee
James R. Gillet
Hudson
Rock Cottage
Joshua W. Davis
Eloise Davis
New York
William Thaw
Countess of
Yarmouth
Lenox
Thaw
England
G. Howard’ Leavitt
Bayside
N. Y
Curtis Hotel
Miss Louise Grau Weds Maurice Ganne in Croissy Church
Paris reports the marriage of Miss Louise Grau daughter of the late Maurice Grau to Maurice Ganne an engineer and professor at the School of Arts and Manufactures at Croissy Church. A large number of musical and dramatic celebrities including Mme Sarah Bernhardt attended. Also noted W E Corey sails for New York on the Provence to continue events honoring the Duke of Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Louise Grau
Maurice Grau
Maurice Ganne
School of Arts and Manufactures
Croissy Church
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
W. E. Corey
New York
Duke of Sparta
Provence
Summer visitors and relocations across Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor
The notice lists numerous families and individuals traveling or staying in Maine and nearby resorts. Names include Misses Patten, Mrs. Emily Welles, Mr. and Mrs. Snow, John B. Henderson Jr and family, the Fellews, Paul Morton, A. K. Wood, Mme Lillian Nordica, William H. Horstmann, Jacob S. Disston, and Goodhue Livingston. Destinations include Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southampton, Gar Harbor, East Hampton, and Bedford Springs with summer stays and departures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Snow
Europe
John B. Henderson, Jr
Beatrice
J. B. Henderson
Washington
Bar Harbor
A. K. Wood
Ardsley
East Hampton
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Inanda Villa
Ardsley-on-Hudson
William H. Horstmann
Philadelphia
Bedford Springs
Northeast Harbor
Jacob S. Disston
Suffragists Parade in New York Despite Police Block
Six suffragettes led by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch toured downtown Manhattan in a car to address brokers and crowds. Police blocked further stops after banners proclaimed Votes for Women, The League of Self-Supporting Women, and demands for equal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Stanton Blatch
Inspector Schmittberger
M. Doty
Helen Hoy
Mary Coleman
Adele Bird
Florence Bradley
Rosie Schneidermann
Miss Doty
Miss Hoy
Tonneau
Mrs. Blatch
Pinkie
Bryan
Denver
Pulitzer
Market prices for meats and produce stay high amid abundance
Beef remains costly with various cuts listed. mutton lamb pork and fish hold steady. Prices include French chops 25 cents per pound forequarters lamb 20 cents legs 20 cents porterhouse 25 cents loin 30 cents veal chops 25 cents veal filet 35 cents. celery fed ducklings 40 cents per pound. Philadelphia broilers $1.50 per pair. jumbo squabs $5 per dozen. Also listed are shellfish fares and fruits with multiple per unit prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pirates In Black Hull Sloop Target Long Island Sound
Ex police detective William McLaughlin hunts a small black schooner blamed for a July 5 Belhaven burglary at the Farrell summer home. The crew reportedly boarded from a dinghy, stole 4009 dollars in silver, and fled before dawn. Investigators patrol Long Island and Connecticut shores seeking the pirate craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William W. McLaughlin
Long, Island Sound
Connecticut
Long Island
Belhaven
New Greenwich
George D. Farrell
Tve West Fifty-seventh Street
Balhayven
Farrell
Warrells
McLaughlin
Burglars Enter Auto Then Rob Rumson Road Home
Thieves ambushed Ira Bowers’s Summer home in Seabright New Jersey near Maiden Lane New York with two watchmen guarding. A muffled auto with two men arrived from Rumson Road. One attacker stole to the rear and directed the driver to flee. The guards fired twice but could not catch them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rum‘son Road
Bowers
Thomas N. McCarter
Mr. Bowers
Playwrights Leon and Stein part ways after long collaboration
Victor Leon and Leo Stein, librettists of The Merry Widow, separate by mutual consent to pursue individual projects. Their split leaves The Prince's Child, with Franz Lehar set to write the music, as their final joint work. Sav age holds American rights to The Love Cure and A Sturdy Peasant, both planned for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Leon
Leo Stein
Leon
Stein
Franz Lehar
Mr. Savage
America
William Jennings Bryan Nomination Film Shown at Hammerstein Roof
Special motion pictures capturing William Jennings Bryan receiving news of his Presidential nomination and his friends’ congratulations will be shown next week at Hammerstein's Roof. The footage was filmed with Bryan's consent at his Fairview Nebraska home by a Hammerstein representative who traveled to the scene. The film is being developed on the train during the trip East and promises unusually high quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Hammerstein
Bryan
Fairview
Neb
East
Wammerstein
Ben Greet Woodland Players Open Air at Columbia
The Ben Greet Woodland Players stage an open air festival of pastoral plays at Columbia University from July 24 to 29 in The Green Wood of South Field Broadway and 11th Street. The lineup includes A Midsummer Night's Dream The Tempest As You Like It and Twelfth Night with two children’s performances on July 4 and July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Greet Woodland Players
Columbia University
South Field
Broadway
Frohman Plans Transatlantic Stock Company Tour
Charles Frohman will sail from Liverpool to New York aboard the Mauretania. He says he will form a joint American British stock company to perform in New York for six months and in London for six months in both American and English plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Charles Frohman
New York
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Mauretania
Henry B Harris Announces New Stage Pairings
Henry B Harris engages Olive Oliver to co star with Robert Edeson in The Call of the North opening at the Hudson Theatre on August 24. Georgia Drew 1 is cast as Jo in The Girl Question at Wallack's on August 3. A charitable benefit for the Hebrew Infant Asylum at Arverne is planned for July 30. Wagenhals and Kemper announce four Paid in Full companies next season with one staying at the Aster Theatre in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Harris
Olive Oliver
Robert Edeson
Hudson Theatre
Harry Men
Askin
Georgia Drew
Wallack’s
Arverne
Wagenhais & Kemper
New York City
Aster
Weber's
Lusitania Sets Speed Records Across Atlantic Voyage
The Lusitania arrives at Sandy Hook after steep speed advances including 45 knots in 24 hours and an across Atlantic record pace. The voyage features Rev. William Wilkinson among stokers and a popular visit by clergy, and notes propeller upgrades boosting speed. Several prominent passengers are listed, including baronial delegates and U S officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
St A. M
William Wilkinson
Minneapolis
Wall Street
Lusitania
Wilkinson
Watt
West Fourteenth Street
Mr. Wilkinson
Arthur B. Kinsolving
Baltimore
London
George H. Kinsolving
Texas
Tucien Lee Iinsolving
Brazil
Wythe Leigh iXinsolving
Ater
Thomas Adkin
J. C. Chesnut
Hyde Clarke
A. M. Coats
Jefferson Coddington
Edward ©. Dickinson
Thomas FE. Hartley
W. P. T. Hllingsworth
William A. Hazard
J. H. Johnson
United States
Swansea
Reginald Arthur Llord
George.g. Mackay
Jose Pagan
C. A. Severance
Winthrop P. Soule
John R. Towler
William Storrs Wells
Mr and Mrs Fish Sail Today for Summer
Mr and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish are booked to sail today on the New York for the season. Mrs Fish will not open Crossways Newport villa this summer and the couple will head to Glenclyffe Farm Garrisons on return from Europe. Their June 27 sailing was postponed due to illness, after which they resided at Garrisons entertaining house parties during graduation week at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
New York
TIMES
Ocean travelers aboard transatlantic liners listed for sail
The Caronia, Minnetonka, New York, and Underland head to Europe with cabin passengers. Names booked include Mrs. Daniel Bacon, Theodore E. Burton, J. F. Anderson, Auer family, Hester and Vanderlip, and many others bound for Liverpool London Southampton Antwerp and West Indies routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caronia
George A. Hubbn
G. Aramsting
Atd
Mollie E. Sewell
Vaderland
Antwerp
J F. Anderson
Samuel Jancroft
Ernest C. Auer
A. B. Cruikshank
J. J. Edggernton
Stanley J. Donnell
H. 5. Gans
Jamis ¥. Goux
H. Kaiser
F. W. Lamont
Pierre Mati
J. H. McClement
J. Frederick Peyser
Richard Roth
Seymour P. Thomas
E. Stewarts Vanderlip
D. H. Bishop
J. A. Campbell
J. William Clark
Charlies H. Cates
J. Darby
Samwel T. Fox
Pru
T.M. Gregor
George H. Heywoort
Hance
T. BR. Knowies
Cramies FE. Lombery
Juno Mitchell
Lewis J. Pooler
GH. Payson
John Lal Rankin
Frank Spence
KK. F
T. A. Whitehouse
Orinoco
West Indices
Panama
N. B. Lewis
M. Anderson
Tow. McNeil
Hi. M. Brandon
Ziegfeld Signs D'Orsay for New York Musical
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr signs English comedian Lawrance D'Orsay to a years long contract. He plans to star him once a suitable vehicle is found and will feature him in Anna Held's musical at the New York Theatre opening in October. D'Orsay to spend the summer abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Lawrance D'Orsay
Mr. D'Orsay
Anna Held
New York Theatre
H. W. Berryman Dies Sudden at Summer Home
Henry W. Berryman, Yale graduate and Union Club member, died suddenly Thursday evening at his Succasunna New Jersey summer home. He was son of Charles H. Berryman and Mrs. Berryman, and a great grandson of Stephen Whitney of New Haven. His sisters Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Mrs. H Casimir De Rickam traveled from Newport for his funeral. He was nephew by marriage of the late John G. Heckscher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Berryman
Succasunna
N. J
Charles H. Berryman
Berryman
Stephen Whitney
New Haven
Lorillard Spencer
H. Casimir de Rickam
Newport
John G. Heckscher
Harriett Whitney
Nina Whitney
Mr. Heckscher
Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr
George B. Mich Elan
Yale
The
Union Chib
Death of Thomas A Darby Former Florida State Senator
Friends report the death of Thomas A Darby secretary treasurer of the McKay Hydraulic Mining Co in Nome Alaska from apoplexy last Monday. He aged 60 with a widow two sons and several grandchildren. His widow Miss Caroline Beryard of Tallahassee married last May. Burial planned in Wilmington. Duchess Elizabeth of Brunswick dies in Germany. Elizabeth wife of Duke Johann Albrecht Regent of Brunswick born 1854 married 1550.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Darby
McKay Hydraulic Mining Company
Exchange Place
Darby
Nome
Alaska
Florida
Caroline Breyard
Tallahassee
Wihnington
Elizabeth of
Brunswick
Schwerin
Germany
Wiligrad
Elizabeth
Johann Albrecht
Duchy of Brunswick
Saxe-Weimar
Noted Cleveland Leader Kayne Dies After Car Crash
WILLIAM H. KAYNE ex-President of the City Council and former Republican mayoral candidate for Cleveland died from injuries after being run over by a car on Wednesday. He was 60. Also die d are Mayor John J. Reeve, Confederate staff officer, at Henderson Kentucky. Jehue Charles A Bishop of the Town Supreme Court in Chicago. Capt. Charles W. Hamilton in Portland Connecticut. Phoebe Palmer Knapp widow of Joseph Fairchild Knapp in Poland Springs Maine. Mary Farmer Adams wife of Frank B. Adams in Newark New Jersey. Theodore F. Hiopper a Trenton merchant found dead in his cellar from heart disease at age 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Kayne
Cleveland
Ohio
Kayne
John J. Reeve
Hood and
Johnson
Army of Tennessee
Vicksburg
Henderson
Jehue Charles A
Supreme Court
Chicago
Charles W. Hamilton
Portland
Conn
Phoebe Palmer Knapp
Joseph Fairchild Knapp
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Poland Springs
Knapps
Brooklyn
Redford Avenue
Ross Street
Knapp
William, C. Wallace
Joseph F. Knapp
Mary Farmer Adams
Frank B. Adams
Essex County National Bank of
Newark
N. J
St. Barnabas Hospital
Edgar Farmer
Theodore F. Hiopper
Trenton
Wireless station reports fleet maneuvers off Golden Gate
San Francisco July 1 The government wireless station on the Farallon islands two miles off the Golden Gate last spoke with the Atlantic Fleet at 9 oclock last night. The fleet was then 54 miles out with fine weather and in line of battle formation except during exercise maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Farallones
Golden Gate
Sauron
Marriages Reported In New York and Nearby States
A July 9 1908 set of wedding notices includes Louise Huntington Gaillard and Gourdin Young Gaillard Charleston South Carolina at her father EH Whitney Jr residence New Haven Conn also Alice Leete Church and Kinfus Waterman Providence R I at Trinity Church Potsdam N Y Helen S Loud Nelson Poland Jr and Margaret A Herey to Charles Riley both Newark N J Lucille A Merrill and Thomas G Smith at 1 North bq St Weirick Ralph WIllson Weirick and Caro Veiller also listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland-Lotd
Helen S. Loud
E Nelson Poland, Jr
Riley
HEREY
Newark
N. J
Margaret A. Herey
Charles Riley
Smith—Merrill
North Bq St
Lucille A. Merrill
Thomas G. Smith
Weirick—Veiller
Ralph Willy Son
Weirick
Caro Veiller
Obituary notices From Newark and New Jersey
The notice page records multiple deaths and funeral arrangements across Newark and surrounding towns. Names include Mary Farmer Adams, Henry Berrymer, Thomas A Darby, Harry J Faulkner, Charles Germond, William J Hickok, James Hoffman, Phoebe Knapp, Adrian J Whittaker, Mary Mercia Wilson, Caroline Adier, Fannie Ayres, Peter Pannone, Fred Barton, Margaret Bauer, Catherine D Arcy, Elizabeth Courtney, John Cook, Catherine Cassidy, Susan E Chappelle, and many others with burial details at Grace Church, Stuyvesant Square, or private interment and service dates through July 11–14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16Th St
Darby
Nome
Alaska
Thomas A. Darby
New York
Florida
Faulkner
Harry J. Faulkner
Ieneral
West Quid St
Lo’elnek
Tist
Willian Jiyatt Hickok
Henry J. Hickok
East Orange
N. J
Jersey City
Knapp
Poland Sprinnes
Maine
Phoebe Palmer
Joseph Fairchild Knapp
Amherst
Mass
Harry RB. Peace, Jr
Harvey AW Peace
Whitestone
Long Island City
Jamaica
N. Y
Thomas Scott
Poughkeepsie
Franklin St
Poughkeepisi
N.Y
Joseph Russell
Spuyten Duyvil
Whittaker
Adrian J Whittaker
Pryor
Victor Herbert
Victor Talking Machine Orchestra
Armstrong & Sons
Columbia
Wilson
Mary Merciator
Hugh C
Mary F. Wilson
Feckski
Edward C. Wilson
Field St
Pockskill
Aduer
Lincoln Park
Newark
Caroline Adier
Ayeres
Fannie ‘T. Ayres
Bannon
East 99Th St
Peter Paznon
Barton
Amsterdam Av
Fred Barton
W A. M. Barton
Quincy St
Brooklyn
Malcolm P. Barton
Bauer
Mount Sinai Hospital
Margaret B. Po Uer
Beck
Winsos Av
Noos Iniv
Herman Beck
Prierley
West Ax
Kensington
George W.W. Brierley
Cassidy
West Sath St
Thomas B. Cassidy
Chappelle
East 125Th St
Susan E. Chappelle
Courtney
Sd St
Elizabeth Courtney
Cox
Bergen
P'Aarcy
Prospect Place
Catherine D'Arcy
Genelle
NS Oraton St
John Genell
Gerstung
Keach
Jay & Frieda Gerstung
Gwamthey
Mount Vernon
Hennessy
Garfield Place
Eliza Jan
Herrmann
Webster,St
Harriet Werrmann
Holahan
Lafayette Av
John Holahan
Ian Bowes
St Newkirk St. Senially
George Howes
IGEEL_MPIMER
Patchen Av
Bronki
Hazel
Hazel_Igelheimer, JAMES.—At Poughkeepsie
Edward H- James
East 22Th St
Mary V
FL M Lawler
West 89Th St
Inly
Christopher Lawler
Leblein
Magazine St
Lillian Lebleiin
McGrath
Agnes McGrath
Melbourne
Murray Hil L
Josephine Melbourne
Meyer
Malser St
Anna Meyer
To Molitor
Stieg St
Joseph Molitor
Mueller
Congress St
William
Neary
West 128Th St
William Neary
Nestler
Avenue A
Margaret
Osher
Henry St
Elizabeth W. Orr
Pangborn
Kearny N. J
James Pangborn
Pendleton
Freeport
N.J
Charlotte FE
Fispach
Pierce Av
Astoria
Jacob Pisbach
Amorrow
Pratt
Sth St
Lmnokliyn
Ralph Pratt
Ravchftss
Clara Rauchfuss
Remluh
Jefferson
William—F. Redlieb
Memorial Masses Held At Newark Churches
In Semazian Tyler TN, memories of Samuel J Tyler and Mary Hanly are observed with Masses in Newark. Mass for Samuel Shieran at St Jean's Church is also noted, with service details listed for July 12.
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Train and Carriage Service
Notices advertise Woodlawn Cemetery near Grand Central, Wester and Jerome Avenue, with carriage access and fares starting at 150. Telephone contact listed for information and viewings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Cemetery
Grand Central Station
Wester and
Jerome Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teeft
Bankers’ President
New York State Association
Gilbert
Glearing House
Aldrich- Vreeland
Bill
James A. Emery
Mr. Gilbert
American Republic
Talbert
Joseph T. Talbert
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Bank of England
Clark Williams
New York State
Williams
Banking Department of
Alexander Gilbert
Joh E. Hedges
William M. McElroy
James M. Emery
David P. Pierson
Marion Wilder
Spencer Kelly
M. Frederick Rose
TORIA
Arctic Club
Lumber Combine
Huband
WINAT
St. J. Ravenel
E. J. Caker
Waterhouse
E. E. Carter
B. E. Allen
M. I. Newhall
W. H. Barney
Fred E. Reis
An Fletcher
C. W. Rodliff
Ihas
C. F. Gilman
H. C. Philbrick
Harcourt Bull
North McLean
J. P. Orr
Carpenter
M. Kaliski
T. S. Stephens
R. Neff
J. Bruck
B. C. Talliaferro
Lenox Society
Social Notes
Herbert Shipman
Misses Patten
Harry Pelham Robbins
Emily Welles
Southampton
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
Tuxedo
Pearl Street
Miss Schneider
Mann
Seabright
Jeweler Bowers
Ben Greet
Frohman
Carl H. Schultz
Liner
Mrs. Fish
Ocean Travelers
Lawrance D’orsay
H. W. Berryman
Martha Sutter _ SWEENEY
West
Bessie W. Sweeney
A Watson
Céreatur St
Duffield & Duffield
Neith Boyce
Boston Transcript
al Bookseliers
Grey Knight
Henry de la Pasture
Peter
Grosvenor Square
E. P. Dutton & CO
American District Telegraph ‘Co
Suburbs
Telephone
Bryant
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue
Mnadertakers
Stephen Merritt
Helsea
Stephen Mmerhett
MR. Barclippe
Frank
Campbell
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