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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
4
Established 1803 Hat Shop offers wide straw Sennitts with medium brims from 3 to 4 dollars and finer Sennitts up to 5 dollars. Panamas imported from South America priced 5 to 50 dollars. Milan straws provide light cooling options. Visit Mallory retail shop 1133 Broadway at 26th Street.
Those who love brisk sharp fiction must grab The White Mice for a weekend trip. The tale promises vivid tense pacing and quick, crisp storytelling to satisfy fans of adventurous romance and suspense.
Paris witnessed a grand procession for H A Chauchard as half a million spectators watched the Louis XV style funeral. The crowd hissed and cheered while police struggled to control the mix of mourners and revelers. Chauchard, a rich merchant, left millions to a friend and little to charity, sparking political and social controversy.
The House of Commons approved the Finance Bill on second reading by 366 to 209. Nationalists opposed it. The principle is accepted but committee detail debates may continue into Autumn.
Fort de France reports a theft of 14500 dollars from the local treasury under investigation. Amoy notes a small riot during a Meachow celebration. one soldier killed and three wounded. Willemstad says Venezuela's Gomez would permit Celestino Castro to return if he surrenders 6000 rifles. Berlin reports a decree to form a commission on decentralization of administration. Beziers records death of Cingalese Prince Fernando Primier on a train en route to Lourdes. Santander notes Ex President Castro of Venezuela and wife living quietly near here with no sign of planned filibuster aid.
A compact roundup from Page 15 Lost and Found items lists items found and claimed. Readers are urged to check the column for possible matches and contact details to recover misplaced belongings.
President Taft spoke to a congress of Roman Catholic missionaries in Washington emphasizing harmony and equal rights. He urged no invidious distinctions in elections based on religion and defended the Philippines church state separation as strengthening both nations.
Two women were struck at the northwest corner of Forty third Street and Eighth Avenue. Mrs. Bertha Kenyon suffered a scalp wound possible skull fracture and leg contusions. Mrs. Mary Owens escaped with bruises after a lamppost was knocked over. Driver John Jones was arrested.
The weather man reported a shift from rainy June to better conditions. He forecast no rain for today and tomorrow with comfortable warmth and brisk westerly winds, noting the end of disagreeable April-like weather. He added charts point to fine weather generally in the West and here.
The 170 Mercer Townley heirs in Harlem faced a surprise when M Alvin Ruggles a renowned Indianapolis lawyer was arrested at his Beekman Street office for taking a hundred dollar fee from one heir’s husband without performing any work.
Mrs Agnes Ruiz former actress and linked to Alfred Vanderbilt divorce was found shot in bed at her Grosvenor Street home on May 16 in what appears self inflicted. Inquest held weeks earlier had been suppressed, details emerging only now. Vanderbilt attended the Coaching Club meet driving his gray horses amid reduced public appearances.
The report notes Mrs. Ruiz daughter of a Missouri farmer, former stage performer Ruth Hilton, married to Don Antonio A. Ruiz y Olivares. They toured abroad, settled in Washington, and she became known in New York circles as a horsewoman. Her link to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt began after a rescue in Central Park. The couple divorced after separation. Ruiz resigned his diplomatic post and later filed for divorce. He resided at the Waldorf Astoria.
Emperor Francis Joseph returned to public life by taking part in the Corpus Christi procession in Vienna. He walked with Archdukes and church dignitaries, bareheaded, through the hot streets from the Hofburg to St Stephen's Cathedral, appearing in excellent health and receiving warm crowds.
Albert Ullricks of 1126 Bloomfield Street Hoboken killed himself with potassium cyanide in front of Orange New Jersey Police Headquarters after failing to win back his wife who had left for another man. Mrs Ullricks of 43 William Street Orange was arrested with Frank Garness a former Hoboken boarder on disorderly conduct charges.
Judge Lacombe ruled for Central Trust Company and Farmers' Loan and Trust in actions against Charles H. Treat as Collector of Internal Revenue. The disputes centered on whether war tax applied to accumulated undivided profits reinvested in municipal and railway bonds and other equities rather than banking operations.
Paterson New Jersey June 10 A jury awarded Oscar K Inderliedt four hundred dollars in a suit to recover twenty thousand dollars from Dr Victor E Bullen for alienation of the affections and breaking up of the Inderlieds home The case lasted two days before Judge Black Inderliedt works in the Erie Railroad auditor's department Dr Bullen is his family physician and did not testify The Inderlieds were married in 1903 The wife prevented her husband from shooting the physician.
The Brooklyn Democratic Club hosts a dinner for Controller Metz at the Brighton Beach Hotel on July 8. The entire hotel is booked and over 1,000 guests are expected as Metz sails for Europe for his vacation.
Mayor McClellan said a ruling in the Duffy case will come late next week after a large and growing record of testimony. Additional character witnesses appeared yesterday. he will not discuss their statements. He has not yet heard from Gen. Bingham or asked for an explanation. He faces Board of Estimate duties and travels to Princeton for town events before resuming review.
The Surrogate Court denied Annie Piser’s challenge to the May 29 1908 will of Abraham Piser. The will left about 25000 to his second wife Susie E Piser, overturning claims of undue influence and intemperate habits. Alfred Steckler cited witnesses confirming Piser’s competence and temperate conduct for ten years prior.
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