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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1908

Page

5

Monmouth County Horse Show Opens in Style at Hollywood Park

A July 29 opening of the fifteenth annual Monmouth County Horse Show Association event at Hollywood Park West End featured elegant gowns and a high quality entry. Gov Fort attended with military escort, while Alfred Vanderbilt and Cc. W. Watson horses dominated the prizes amid social spectacle and a rumor-mill surrounding an alleged death in France.

New York Times Long Branch N. J Monmouth County Horse Show Association Hollywood Park West End G. Winthrop Sands France William K. Vanderbilt Alfred G. Vanderbilt Alfred Vanderbilt Cc. W. Watson Gov. Franklin Fort New Jersey Sea Girt Thomas J. O'’Donohue Walter E. Hildreth P. J. Casey Jacob Rothschild Edward F. Murphy Gov. Fort Col Austin Colgate Major Sadler Mahlon R. Margarren D. Stewart Cravan Nelson B. Gaskell Randall Capt Henderson Dr. Gage Yarde Breese Sea Girl Miss Fort Marguerite Shonts Edward R. Laden Miss Shonts Duc de Chaulnes Paul Herzog Harry Brooks Sargent Murphy Florence Gerken J. J. O’donohue Grace Friedman Directoire Jefferson Seligman Samuel J. Seligman Cecile Seligman Thomas Sturgis Eugene O'Brien Seligman Miss Seligman Elbridge Gerry Snow Frederick Gerken John J. McCook Seabright Janet McCook McCook Miss McCook Daniel Guggenheim Robert S. Guggenheim

Fairmont Farms Dominates Monmouth County Horse Show

C W Watson owner of Fairmont Farms returns to competition in Long Branch New Jersey and captures the majority of ribbons. Ringing Bells wins single horse class and Moonshine earns harness horse blue over 15.3 hands while My Maryland and My Maryland II take tandem honors. Vanderbilt entries sweep pony pairs with Mel Valleys progeny Wonderous and Wonderlad first.

Mavourneem Marjorie A. Content B. m. Aimee Grand View Farm Bury Paul A. Sorg Sultan Nestledown Farm B. G. Emperor Fairmont Farm Ch. m Tunzo Sauvage Rufus L. Patterson Elsinore Stock Farm B. m. Reep T. J. Ryan C. m. Moonshine Oakland Farm B. m. Pretty Peggy Paul A. Sorg Ch. G. Red Oak M. F J. J. McDonald Ch. G. Haro E. C. Rich B. m Amanda Baron George Willing B. G Maryland B. m. Sweet Marie Polly Prim A. Serg Mel Valley Lord Baltimore William Carr Corinne Schwartz Peter Hauck, Jr Ch. m. Corinne Guggenheimer & Untermyer Bik G. Hanay New York Times Long Branch N. J C. W. Watson Fairmont Farms West Virginia Monmouth County Moonshine Alfréd G. Vanderbilt Dick Donnelly Donnelly Liverpool Mel’ Valleys Wonderous Wonderlad Wonder Wonderful Vanderbilt Richard R. McGranh Bury Surprise J. Campbell Thompson Emperor R. P. McGranh Miss Hauck Jack Sprat Helen G. Alexander Ralph Waid

Major Walkitz Heads Home After US Tour

Major R. Walkitz of the German Army and his wife sail today on the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm. He has visited West Point the War College at Washington and Fort Leavenworth. various notables and families sail on the same liner, with a longer list aboard the Celtic and Touraine.

R. Walkitz Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Clifford C. Ludvigh William Monkhouse George G. Prentice Potter Palmer, Jr George P. Putnam Philip Henry Smith J. Clarence Sharp Horace P. Wool William Whaten Celtic Liverpool Russell H. Boggs Walter Grooks Palmer Campbell Joseph Clendenning C. Hy Farp Stanley Fields William J. P. Griffith Fredrich B. Jennings John Hail Jones Brydon Lamb Theodore F.miller Isabella S. Owens J. H. Pattison Henry F. Walker E. N. Whitcomb

Heywood Heywood MacArthur Wedding In Holyoke Pavilion

Miss Rachel Holman Heywood daughter of Mrs. Caroline Heywood wed Rev Kenneth Caldwell MacArthur son of the Rev Dr and Mrs Robert Stuart MacArthur of New York today at 5 P M in a pavilion behind the Heywood mansion. The ceremony was led by the bridegroom’s father with Rev H H Morrill assisting. The couple will reside in Tremont New York where he pastors a Baptist Church.

New York Times Holyoke Mass Rachel Holman Heywood Caroline Heywood Kenneth Caldwell MacArthur New York Robert. Stuart MacArthur Heywood Northampton Street H. H. Morrill St. Paul's Episcopal Church Martha Heywood Edward F. Randolph Boston Cambridge MacArthur Tremont N. Y Baptist Church Harvard University Union Theological Seminary Vassar

Women’s Trades Union League to hold concurrent national conventions

The Women’s Trades Union League voted to stage nationwide conventions starting September 27 in New York Chicago and Boston. Delegates will attend all three events and maintain wire communications during the sessions. A social highlight in New York includes a pink tea welcoming members of the men’s unions.

Union ’ League New York Chicago Boston League

Post celebrates birth of granddaughter at Greenwich home

Greenwich experiences a joyful family event as C. W. Post, founder of the Citizens' Industrial Association, rejoices at the birth of his granddaughter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Close, born at The Boulders, Post's summer residence.

New York Times Greenwich Conn C. W. Post Citizens’ Industrial Association E. B. Close the Boulders

Historical conference and bazaar at Hotel Plaza

A conference and bazaar will be held at the Hotel Plaza on November 18 and 14 to benefit the City. Gov Hughes is expected to open the conference with addresses by prominent people. Booths will feature the citys history and participants will wear period costumes.

Hotel Plaza History Club Gov. Hughes

Society on the Move From New York to Europe Notes

A crowded social patch reports numerous families traveling or staying at resorts. Mr and Mrs Charlies de Rham Jr enjoy Lucerne cottages. Gustav Kissel tours France. Osborns ranch in Wyoming. Coes plan Lake Champlain visit. Baroness von Steege visits Morristown. Miss Osborne sails with H J L Washington. Grace MacDonald wedding trip and Kronprinzessin Cecilie sailing. Blashfield and Palmer families booked for sails. nobles and generals lodging at Plaza. Holt and Ledyard abroad return soon. Thacher and Peck families at Bar Harbor and Lake Hopatcong. Gray, King, and Grace families summering in Newport and Maine. Ledyard and Waterbury abroad.

Charlies de Rham, Jr Lucérne Gustav Kissel Dorothea Kissel France William Church Osborn Meesteese Wyo G. J. Guthrie Nicholson Theodore Coe Suydam Lake Champlain del Monte Cal Henry Clews Newport Villa Francis Rogers H. J. L. Washington Miss Osborne White Mountains Joseph P. Grace Janet MacDonald Phoenix Lodge Westbury Cecilie England Edwin N. H. Blashfield Kronprinzessin Cecilie Plaza George H. Holt Great Neck Paris Lewis Cass Ledyard Thacher Madison Avenue Bar Harbor Richardson Cottage Edward Peck Arthur Peck Mass Louise Grace Lucille Alger Maine L Lawrence Waterbury Europe

Brady and Grismer sign Cyril Scott for new Broadhurst play

Cyril Scott signs a five year contract with George B Brady and Joseph R Grismer to star in a play written for them by George Broadhurst. Manuscript due Nov 1. Scott, a Broadway veteran, was once with Frohmans and Daly and starred in The Prince Chap and The Royal Mounted.

Cyril Scott the Royal Mounted de Mille Brothers Joseph R. Grismer William A. Brady Mr. Scott London Joseph Coyne George Edwardes Brady & Grismer George Broadhurst New York Daniel Frohman Lyceum Theatre Charles Frohman Proctor’s Empire Augustin Daly John C. Fisher Douglas Fairbanks Phoebe Davies Mr. Brad Grace George Frank Worthing Robert Mantell Wilton Luckaye Wright Lorimer Tim Murphy Mr. Brady Louis Werha Thomass Wise Brady Harrison Rhodes Mississippi Rupert Hughes

Melba Coming After All With Hammerstein Plans

Oscar Hammerstein announced Nellie Melba will join his Manhattan and Philadelphia opera companies this season singing in December January and part of February before sailing for Australia Her New York debut is set for December 5 as Desdemona in Verdi Otello He also commented on rights for new Dibussy and Charpentier works and on Werther and Manon already produced in this country.

Oscar Hammerstein Mme Nellie Melba Manhattan Philadelphia Australia New York Desdemona Verdi Dubussy and Charpentier Paris Monsieur Durand Fils Huegel France Dibussy Charpentier

Vaudeville Merger Brings Klaw & Erlanger Into Chicago Theatre

Chicago expects a new era as Klaw & Erlanger join Kohl & Castle to manage the Chicago Opera House. The pact, effective Sept. 7, makes Klaw & Erlanger actual partners in local theatre ownership via Colonial and Illinois Theatres. The Opera House will be renovated after The Wolf ends its run.

New York Times Chicago Klaw & Erlanger Kohl & Castle Chicago Opera House Colonial Illinois Kohl New York Levy Meyer the Wolf

Customs Men Hold Actors Baggage At Warehouse

The Ap praisers' Warehouse drew many theatrical people yesterday as baggage was detained for examination under a new rule of the Collector of the Port. Previously such goods were inspected on the docks of arriving steamers.

Playwright William Collier Delivers The Patriot Script

William Collier handed his new play The Patriot to producer Charles Frohman yesterday. The Patriot is described as Collier's season entry and reflects his latest dramatic work.

William Collier Charles Frohman Mr. Collier

Ferry injunction blocks five East River lines

A temporary injunction was served on the Brooklyn Ferry Company the New York Terminal Company and the City of New York delaying planned closures of five East River ferries Grand Street Roosevelt Street Twenty third Street and Forty second Street. Petitioners led by ex Mayor Wurster Austin Nichols & Co and William H Force claim city charter powers over ferries and warn closures would hurt business tax revenue real estate values and public convenience. Ex Senator Elsberg represents petitioners with court arguments set for tomorrow morning.

Brooklyn Ferry Company New York Terminal Company City of New York Justice Scudder Brooklyn Grand Street Roosevelt Street Twenty-third Street Forty Second Street Frederick W. Wurster James E. Nichols Austin, Nichols & Co William H. Force Walter S. Force Dongan J. J. Gavin McGowan Metz Spooner Sinking Fund Commission Elsberg

Mrs Joseph Thompson Dies in Atlanta Gas Case

Mrs Joseph Thompson a longtime Atlanta social leader was found dead in her Brookwood home her death believed gas poisoning possibly suicide due to ill health and melancholia She entertained Presidents Cleveland and McKinley and was 1895 President of the Women’s Board of Managers Cotton States Exposition Her husband a son Livingston Mills Thompson of New York and her stepmother survive.

New York Times Atlanta Joseph Thompson South Potter Palmer Thompson Livingston Mills Thompson New York Livingston Mills

Prohibition Party Leader Robert T. Stokes Dies in Long Island Home

Robert T. Stokes, head of Stokes & Knowles real estate in Brooklyn, died yesterday at his Summer home in Stony Brook L I. He was active in Brooklyn churches and Prohibition circles, born in Brooklyn 49 years ago, and resided at 198 Rugby Road. He campaigned for State Treasurer and City Controller as a Prohibition candidate. He is survived by his wife a son and a daughter.

Robert T. Stokes Stokes & Knowles Brooklyn Stony Brook L. I Prohibition Party Mr. Stokes Rugby Road Stokes

William H Rollins Dies in Portsmouth on Pleasant Street

Special to The New York Times. William H Rollins died at his Pleasant Street home in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Monday afternoon. He was born September 7 1822 in Portsmouth the son of Ichabod and Mary Ann Hooker Rollins. A Harvard graduate of 1841 he was admitted to the bar in 1844 and served for years as President of the Portsmouth Savings Bank. His American lineage began with James Rollins who arrived from England in 1632 and settled in 1644 in the area of Dover New Hampshire now known as Rollins's Ford.

New York Times Portsmouth N. H William H. Rollins Pleasant Street Ichabod Mary Ann Hooker Rollins Harvard Portsmouth Savings Bank America James Rollins England Dover Rollins’s Ford

Philanthropist Miss Matilda Wolfe Bruce Dies in New York

Funeral services will be held this morning from 810 Fifth Avenue for Miss Matilda Wolfe Bruce who died at Mamaroneck New York last Monday from the debilities of age. She was a frequent donor to the Museum of Natural History the Metropolitan Museum and Bronx Park and was connected to the Lorrilords and other prominent city and state families. The body was brought here yesterday.

Fifth Avenue Matilda Wolfe Bruce Mamaroneck N. Y Miss Bruce Museum of Natural History Metropolitan Museum Bronx Park Bruce Lorrilords

German Sculptor Kuno Von Euchtritz Dies at 74

The death of renowned German sculptor Kuno Von Euchtritz, born in 1856, was announced from Berlin on July 20.

Berlin Kuno von Euchtritz

Great Wall Street Organizer Thomas A McIntyre Dies in Baltimore

Thomas A McIntyre head of the failed New York brokerage T A McIntyre & Co died in Baltimore after two weeks at Old Point Comfort. Cause given as Brights disease. He was born 1835 in Baltimore and built a vast financial empire linked to the Flour Trust and various banks and exchanges. His death ends a career marked by a high profile collapse and extensive civil and criminal inquiries.

Baltimore Thomas A. McIntyre T. A. McIntyre & Co New York Bright McIntyre Old Point Comfort Henry E. Boyd East Lanvale Street Thomas A. MclIntyre, Jr Woodlawn Wall Street Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company Produce Exchange Chamber of Commerce McIintyre Hfe McIntyre & Bingham McIntyre & Wardwell McIntyre, Marshall & Co West Miss Boyd Mr. McIntyre Wyoming Seventh Avenue Irving L. Ernst Metropolitan Manhattan Colonial Reform Lawyers Downtown New York Athletic New York Yacht

Death of Miss Helen A Morrison Librarian at Long Island Society

Miss Helen A Morrison aged 20 assistant librarian at the Long Island Historical Society died last Sunday after a lingering illness at Sararic Lake. She had served with the library since age 14. Her father was the late James A Morrison, and her mother resides in Friendship Maine where the funeral will be held.

Helen A. Morrison Long Island Historical Society Pierrepont Street Brooklyn Sararic Lake Miss Morrison James A. Morrison Friendship

Tompkins & Tompkins Counselors-at-Law

Tompkins and Tompkins announce services in wills and probate at 156 Fifth Avenue. Legal assistance offered for estate planning and probate matters.

Tompkins Fifth Avenue

Marriages Listed in Huntington and Nearby Areas

Notices announce several 19th or early 20th century marriages including Lois Newton Scott to Justice Albert F. Gladding in Huntington New York. Mary E Maxwell to Daniel F Campbell. Mary Walsh to John Hennessey in Jersey City. Leila M Allen to Philip H Roof in Bath New York. Mary Love McRae to Nino F Tetamo. George W Yores to Sadie Jones on July dates.

Gladding—Scott L. Grant Baldwin Huntington L. I James C. Chambers D. D Lois Newton Scott Isaac 5. Newton Norwich Campbell—Maxwell Mary E. Maxwell Daniel F. Campbell Hennessey—Walsh Jersey City Mary Walsh John Hennessey Roof—Allen Bath N. Y Leila M. Allen Philip H. Roof Tetamo—Mcrae Mary Love McRae Nino F. Tetamo Yores—Jones George W. Yores Sadie Jones

Obituary notices from July 1908 at Lake Minnewaska and New York area

A funeral notices list reports numerous deaths and service details across New York and New Jersey. Entries include Elizabeth Kellogg Bailey at Lake Minnewaska and Matilda Wolfe Bruce with private or private interments, with service addresses in Brooklyn and New York City. Additional deaths cover Matilda Cecil Waterford Connecticut and Greville Edward Fryer in Philadelphia, plus Minnetta Fenton Hinman in Brooklyn and Valentine A. Kelly in Bedford Park with Requiem Mass. Other obituaries note Thomas Alexander McIntyre, Fanny Mayer, Helen A. Morrison, Julia Calton Parsons, George D. C. Ransom, William H. Rollins, Laura Louisa Ruton, Agnee M. Strebeigh, Addison Thomas, William Tibbits, Katherine Wurster, Alice C. Jones, John P. Brower, Rachel Burnton, and Thomas Cass with funeral or service details.

Brooklyn Minnetta Fenton George Saward Hinman Kelly Valentine Av Bedford Park George DB. C. Kelly Catharine F. Bissinger Christopher Kelly Church of St. Philip Neri Concourse Road McIntyre Thomas Alexander McIntyre Mayer Fanny Mayer Joseph A. Kapp Caroline Mayer West Jay Morrison Saranac Lake Helen A. Morrison James A. Morrison The Long Island Historical Society Friendship Boston Portland Parsons Narragansett Pier Julia Calton Parsons Lewis A A. Parsons N. Y Windsor Strebeigh Watch Hill R. A Agnee M. Strebeigh Robert. M. Strebeigh Abner Chichester R.thomas Newport R. L Aingering Addison Thomas John Addison Thomas Tibbits White Plains William Grace Church Thuresay Liberty Katherine Wurster Charles Wurster Greenwood Cemetery

Names of the Dead in Newark and Nearby Areas

A long listing of obituaries and funeral notices from Newark Hoboken Brooklyn Jersey City and nearby towns dated July 27 to July 29. It records deceased include Tempe Champion Herbert Clark Catherine Crosty Agnes Edwards Frederick Farrell John Finley Henry Finck Dennis Fitzgerald Hannah Gets Miriam Mackey James Magrath Letitia Mahon George Mangold Mary Meeteer Almiriah Moffett John Moran Catherine Morris Amelia Muller John Mundy Andrew Raybert Gustav Reinhard James Roden Anna Suler Edward Van Duzer Susan Wertenberg Jin Walter Alfred Wearing Carl Weite John Williams Harry Yearsley and others with addresses and funeral details.

Hoboken Henry W. Heibeckel Keeley Cooper Brooklyn Katherine I. Keeley Kiernan His West Anna Kiernan Lish Newark N. J William H. Lish Lynch Coffey St Hannah G. Lynch Mackey 4Th Place Miriam A. Mackey Magrath East 116Th St James Magrath Mahon Felford Avy Letitia G. Mahon Mangold Long Branch George Mangold Walnut St Catherine Morris Muller Sth St Guttenberg Amelia H. Muller Mundy Perry St John F. Mundy M . Raybert North Sth St Andrew F. Raybert Reinhard Vailsburg Gustav F. Reinhard Roden Sterling Place James Roden Rueckershauser Camden George Rueckershauser Stokes Stony Brook Robert T. Stokes New St Anna Suler Underwood Henry Underwood van Duzer Tompkinsville Edward V. van Duzer Vredenberg 7Th St Jers Susan Vredenberg Walter Irvington Jin J. Walter Waring East 87Th St Alfred? Wearing WELTE Lexington Av Carl M. Weite, Jr Williams Strong Pl John W. Williams Yearsley Bremnanisville Harry B. Yearsley

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