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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
4
Public health notice warns that house flies from sewers carry germs causing diseases like tuberculosis and cholera. It urges screen doors and kept food covered, reports to the Board of Health, and personal hygiene to curb the fly nuisance in New York.
Good serges wear well and look well. We have serge suits in blue and black, single or double breasted, cut and made in our own workrooms. Cooper Square and Brooklyn stores open Saturday evening till 9.
The General Council of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian System in New York unanimously votes to urge President Taft to intervene for two American missionaries indicted for criminal libel in the Congo Free State. Resolutions urge British and U.S. action to end forced labor and restore natives’ rights, while talks on divorce and whisky follow.
A man calling himself Henry Peters attracts a crowd on Seventh Avenue near Times Square as he explains he is the cat meat man. He sells boiled liver portions for cats at two to five cents each, with a line of seven cats following him and frequent sidewalk helpers.
A bill filed in Chicago claims the Chicago Butter and Egg Board through two committees sets official butter and egg prices one half to one and a half cents below dealer quotations. Edwin L. McAdams, a commission merchant, says eighteen committee members from large firms control these quotations nationwide, enabling them to buy cheaper and restrain trade.
About 3800 attendees at the Hotel Astor honored William Sherer manager of the New York Clearing House. Speakers included A Barton Hepburn President of Chase National Bank and others. a gold smoking service was presented to Sherer. Notable guests came from banks and financial institutions across New York.
A blaze erupted in a chimney at the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Diseases on Madison Avenue during a dinner for 20 plus physicians led by Dr. Henry W. Krauenthal. Superintendent Miss A. Barden directed guests to the kitchen while staff evacuated 38 patients, about half children, with no injuries as firefighters arrived. The room was cleared quickly and the dinner resumed after the incident.
Surrogate Cohalan reserved decision in the Beck will dispute filed by Mrs. Alexander W. Beck widow of the German physician who died last October. She asked probate of a June 1901 will leaving her the entire estate while the 1907 will to his brothers and sisters was challenged. Ex Justice Goldfogle for the siblings argued the 1907 document is valid and Dr Beck could deprive his wife of rights.
In Owego New York Mrs Charlotte Arnot of Elmira withdrew objections to the will of Frederick C Hewitt the late millionaire and the will was admitted to probate. Heirs and beneficiaries agreed that 1 3 million dollars of the estate would be shared among the heirs instead of the 310 thousand dollars named previously. Details of the division remain undisclosed.
J P Morgan Co National Bank and National City Bank announce sale of 10 million first mortgage 4 1 4 percent gold bonds of the Florida East Coast Railway dated June 1 1909 due June 1 1959. Bankers Trust Co named trustee. Bonds to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Total issue 12 million with 2 million reserved under conservative restrictions.
In Killarney Ireland on Lower Killarney Lake a search party found three bodies from a tourist boat wreck near Muckross shore two miles from the sinking site. One victim was identified as Mrs. H. W. Coburn of Lowell Massachusetts who arrived June 22. The other two victims were Englishwomen.
Seismic shocks persist daily in Messina with twenty three tremors in the last twenty four hours. Although residents show alarm the earthquakes have caused little damage.
The training ship squadron of Admiral Ijichi consisting of the cruisers Aso and Soya reached Honolulu on June 24. A large crowd gathered at the waterfront to welcome the ships with enthusiastic cheers and patriotic demonstrations.
A June cablelog reports the Cunard Slavonia cannot be floated after ashore on Flores Island Azores. Other items include a new US navy attaché J H Gibbons in St Petersburg, USS Itasca arriving in Lisbon, Hamburg American freighter Calabria grounded near Matanzas, Nikitin indicted in Russia, and an Empire Council call to restrict Asiatic settlement in Amur Saghalin Kamchatka regions.
Berlin reports say the Reichstag defeated the Imperial Ministry's plan to extend inheritance taxes to direct heirs by 194 to 186. Rumors swirl of an autumn adjournment, possible dissolution, or resignation of Chancellor von Bülow as coalition tensions rise.
St Petersburg reported Russia will not withdraw troops from Northern Persia without safety guarantees for foreigners. No demand for immediate evacuation was received, and the stance hinges on securing lives and property. The new Persian governor Allah Douleh arrives with 300 Cossacks to help establish order at Tabriz.
Reports from Europe claim the United States plans to take 20 percent of the railroad loan for American financiers instead of an equal stake with Great Britain Germany France. Officials deny the claim and say the demand for equal participation remains unchanged.
R H Thompson, president of Edison Portland Cement Co, rebuts a Philadelphia lawyer’s notice of a receiver for the firm. He says the company is financially sound, profits fund improvements, and the cement market’s turmoil stems from price cutting among rivals. He notes daily production around 7 000 barrels and asserts no receiver is needed. Edison has invested nearly $2,000,000, with stockholders advised not to worry if returns are delayed.
At Newport on June 25 an auction will offer seventeen year old carriages from William K. Vanderbilt, bearing the Vanderbilt arms and monogram. The pieces, from the Vanderbilt stables, were gifted to his wife Mrs O H P Belmont before their divorce. Belcourt furnishings and harness are included in the sale, with a Summer resident consigning items valued at about 235000 dollars.
Cambridge England June 24 Cambridge University conferred several degrees during the centenary Darwin celebration. Among those announced are Doctor of Science for Jacques Loeb of the University of California, Edmund Becher Wilson of Columbia University, and Charles D Walcott secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Washington.
An advertisement urges readers to order the Sunday Times next Sunday with a refreshing liter salad and world news. It features a claim by Dr. Darlington recommending eating salad in hot weather and warns not to miss the issue.
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