Hamilton Found Dead in Albany After Lobbying Scandal
Andrew Hamilton, longtime Albany lobbyist tied to the yellow dog fund, was found dead in his bed in Albany at age 54. An autopsy cited acute heart failure. Hamilton's health had declined since the insurance inquiry, and he had testified lightly before investigators before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Andrew Hamilton
Yellow Dog Fund
Halmilton
George C. Hawley
Mr. Hawley
John A. Stephens
David B
Hill
Jacob H. Clute
Hamilton
Theddore Bailey
Andre Hamilton
Andrew Tramilton
K' Life Company
William H. Beers
Advertising as a Tool for Power in War Time Financing
An historical notice urges readers to consider advertising as a strategic instrument for expanding influence and capital during the war era. It cites Jay Cooke and argues the printed word can advance interests, urging inquiries to the Advertising Department of The Ladies Home Journal and naming Curtis Publishing Company with offices in Philadelphia New York Chicago and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Cooke
Washington dinner for women only shocks society
Mrs John R McLean entertained a women only dinner for Mrs James W Wadsworth with thirty five female guests in the McLean mansion. The event featured a Marine Band Orchestra, lavish gowns and diamonds, and a musical program ending at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. McLean
James W. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Thirty-fourth
New York
England
McLean
Marine Band
Philadelphia
Chicago
Meyer
Pink Ball Tonight At Plaza With Pink Decor And Door Tickets
Floor committees announce last minute ticket sales at the Plaza for the pink ball. Invitations may be bought at the door. pink decorations and accessories are available. Notables listed include Miss Julia Dodge, the Holt sisters, Gen Horace Porter, Col Schuyler, and Richard Watson Gilder with a midnight novelty and a rose colored dawn. Buffet supper at 12:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaza
C. Butler
Wall Street
Frederick W. Whitridge
East Eleventh Street
Mary V. Pyle
East Fiftythird Street
Julia Dodge
Winifred
Edith Holt
Horace Porter
Col. Schuyler
Richard Watson Gilder
New York Association For the Blind
Colony Club tableaux for St Katharine's Home benefit
The Colony Club hosts an 9 o'clock program arranged by Mrs J Borden Harriman and others for St Katharine's Home for Girls. Myron Whitney performs songs including The Kerry Dance, then tableaux vivants by a list of noted participants. Whitney returns with more songs, Ruth Draper recites monologues, followed by a buffet supper and informal dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Wright
Isbel Cowdin
Dorothy Bigelow
Sylvia Parsons
Edith Deacon
Lucy Brown
Gertrude Sheldon
Edith Clark
Frank Ward
Seton Henry
C. W. Ladd
Whitney
Ruth Draper
Mrs J S Bache and daughters sail for Europe
Mrs J S Bache of 8 East Sixty seventh Street will sail tomorrow on the Kaiser Wilhelm II with her daughters. They will spend the summer abroad and return in the fall. It is likely Mr Bache will join them on the continent in early summer.
Washington Society Note on Diplomatic Arrivals and Visits
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce plan to return to their embassy tomorrow after a two week Canada and New England sojourn. Baron Hengelmuller of Austro Hungary is due back from Cuba and the West Indies after recuperating from grip. The Baroness Hengelmuller cancels engagements in New York due to muscular rheumatism. Mrs Nicholas Tangworth travels to Cincinnati for the week. Kirken Porter and Mrs Porter move to a cottage on Jenkyl Island for a month and to their new home at 1600 I Street for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bryce
Canada
New England
Austro-Hungary
Baron Hengelmuller
Cuba
West Indies
Hengenmuller
New York
Gerry-Harriman
Nicholas Tangworth
Cincinnati
Kirken Porter
Pennsylvania
Horace Townsend Auction at Fifth Avenue Galleries
Horace Townsend the traveler and arts authority offers for sale in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries through James P. Silo auctioneer from March 2 to March 7 a collection of Italian Flemish and English household furnishings including Sheraton examples part of porcelains engravings and rare English mezzotints with Albrecht Durer copper engraving Saint Hubert Rembrandt and Bonington drawings and etchings in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Townsend
Fifth Avenue
James P. Silo
Sheraton
Albrecht Durer
Hubert
Rembrandt
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Bonington
Jerome's Staff Prepared Reply to Gov Hughes Charges
District Attorney Jerome arrived at the Criminal Courts Building with a large staff including assistants and stenographers. He did not discuss his work but sources say he and most of his team were drafting his response to charges filed against him by William E F King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Gov. Hill
State Board of Claims
Court of Claims
Hamilton
Europe
Jerome
John Co. McCall
McCall
New York Life
Tourope
Aew
Acember
Taxation and Legislation Bureau
Criminal Courts
Gov. Hughes
William EF. King
Calaveras Skull Not Very Ancient Cause for Debate
Berkeley March 1 The Calaveras skull long cited as proof of ancient human presence is deemed by UC Berkeley Anthropology to be of comparatively recent origin. Investigators contend gravel and breccia evidence show later material was mixed with old gravels during hydraulic mining, and the skull likely came from a cave or was mistakenly planted to deceive miners.
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New York Times
Berkeley
Cal
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Calaveras
Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Market Street
San Francisco
Broadway
New York
Sierra Nevada
California
Josiah Dwight Whitney
Whitney
Peabody Museum
Harvard
Terra Nevada
Bald Hill
Altavilla
Prof
Baldilfil
Aoets Camp
No Future Dividends Denied by Public Service Commission
Special to The New York Times Albany March 1 The Public Service Commission rules it cannot authorize future dividend payments Erie Railroad had sought approval for scrip dividends on its first and second preferred stock The decision cites law requiring capital to be secured used for stated purposes and dividends to come only from surplus profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Public Service Commission
Commission of
Second District
Erie Railroad Company
Scrip
Stevens
Beethoven Cycle Begins with New York Symphony Society at Carnegie Hall
The New York Symphony Society opened its Beethoven Cycle yesterday at Carnegie Hall under Mr. Damrosch. The program featured Beethoven's first and second symphonies, a rarely heard trio for two oboes and English horn, and vocal pieces sung by Mme Jomelli with piano accompaniment arranged by Leopold Damrosch. The performance drew the season’s largest audience and showcased early Beethoven with clarity, charm, and engaging instrumental timbre.
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Beethoven
New York
Mme. Jomeill
Mme
Nordica
Ah, Perfide
Leopold Damrosch
Mozart
Haydn
Mme. Jomelli
Messrs
Addimando
Labate
Tabuteau
Opera in Concert Form at the Met Shows Popular Demand
Oscar Hammerstein presents operas in concert on Sunday evenings. Pagliacci headlined last night with Agostinelli Zena tello Sammarco Venturini Crabbé. A preliminary miscellaneous concert featured Gilibert Dufranne and Gerville Réache under Campanini. Geraldine Farrar drew large crowds with Kirkby Lunn Stracciari Plancon. Bovy conducted the orchestra.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mme. Agostinelli
Messrs
Zenatello
Sammarco
Venturini
Crabbé
Gilibert
Dufranne
Mme. Gerville Réache
Ir. Campanini
Geraldine Farrar
Mme. Kirkby-Lunn
Messrs. Lucas
Stracciari
Plancon
Mr. Bovy
English cellist Miss May Mukle performs at Eldridge Street
Miss May Mukle, the English cellist, played at the Eldridge Street University Settlement on the east side at the request of Mrs. John R. MacArthur. A large audience heard her for nearly two hours with enthusiastic applause, following her recent Carnegie Hall appearance with the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
Weber Chorus Benefit Ball Held for Weber and Stowe
The Weber theatrical company held its twelfth annual benefit ball at Terrace Garden to support Max Weber and Robert B. Stowe. The event opened with a vau deville, followed by a grand march led by Pete Daily and Mrs. Stowe. Guests included E. R. Thomas and Frederic Gebhard. At 2 a.m. chorus girls competed for a $100 prize in the Merry Widow waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber Chorus
Weber Theatrical Company
Max Weber
Robert B. Stowe
Terrace Garden
Pete Daily
Russian Actress to Perform for Washington Society
Washington on March 1 reports a forthcoming performance for the diplomatic corps and Washington society by Mme. Vera F. Komisarzhevsky, Countess Muravieff, noted as the Russian actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Washington Society
Mme
Vera F. Komisarzhevsky
Muravieff
Simple Life play slated at Carnegie Lyceum for nursery benefit
John Travis's four act play The Simple Life will be staged at Carnegie Lyceum on Monday March 16 to aid Jewell Day Nursery. Mrs Hardin Burnley of Richmond Va provided recitations and songs at the Hotel Everett last Thursday. Kolb and Dill's Lonesome Town at New Circle Theatre shows Edythe Whitley replacing Edna Dorman and Charlotte Vidot taking Leah Young's role.
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John Travis
Carnegie Lyceum
Charlotte Vidot
Leah Young
Found Dead in a Swamp Near Calverton
Michael White, a Calverton area farmer, was found dead in a swamp hole with his wagon overturned and his team mired. William Reed discovered the body. coroner's verdict followed. Later inquest revealed farmhand Joseph Novack, recently hired, disappeared after a night of drinking. White carried $25 earlier.
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Reverhead
I. S
Michael White
Calverton
William Reed
White
Peterson
Joseph Novack
Novack
Katzenbach Pasters Found In Water Near Staten Island
A fisherman on Staten Island found a wooden box adrift containing 20,000 Katzenbach campaign circulars and pastes tied in bundles for voters. Time erased the box address, and hundreds were later shown in Newark. Some say rivals hid the circulars to damage Katzenbach after a prior election.
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Katzenbach
Staten Island
Newark
Blue Law Enforced In Roselle New Jersey
Roselle New Jersey observed a strict Sunday closure with stores and services shut except druggists for medicines and milkmen and news dealers exempted by special act. Livery stables barber shops fruit and candy stores were closed all day as the public demanded quiet observance.
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Roselle
N. J
Bohemian Nights at Circle Theatre Open Weekly
The Circle Theatre on Broadway and Sixtieth Street hosted the first in a series titled Nights in Bohemia an all vaudeville night with audience callouts by Max Freeman. Julian Rose told a Yiddish wedding tale Nina Gordon did impersonations Lucie Albini sang contralto tones Dorothy Jardin performed with help from volunteers James B Morton and Cliff ord Wylie performed with the Russian Imperial quartet George Whiting and the Melenote sisters also appeared Next Sunday Friars night Abbott of the Friars Wells Hawkes will be master of ceremonies.
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New Circle Theatre
Broadway
Sixtieth Street
Bohemia
Max Freeman
Julian Rose
Nina Gordon
Harry Lauder
Miss Gordon
Lucie Albini
Scotti
Dorothy Jardin
Thesle
Imperial Quartet
James B. Morton
Clifford Wylie
Charles Ince
George Whiting
Melenote Sisters
Wells Hawkes
Diamond importer James Hedges dies at 78 in New Jersey
James Hedges senior partner of William S. Hedges & Co., diamond importers of 170 Broadway, died yesterday at his Allenhurst NJ country home from heart disease at age 78. Born in the city he organized the firm in 1878 with his brother. He was a Chamber of Commerce member, New York Athletic Club patron, a Museum of Natural History trustee, a thirty third degree Mason, and part of the York and Scottish Rite orders. His townhouse was 272 Eighty-sixth Street. He leaves a widow and two children, James S. 19 and Ruth S. 21.
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James Hedges
William S. Hedges & Co
Broadway
Allenhurst
N. J
Mr. Hedges
Chamber of Commerce
New York Athletic Club
Museum of W Natural History
York and Scottish Nites
Thts
Eighty-sixth Street
James S
Ruth S
Health Commissioner Warns Ice Dealers Near Sewer Outlets
Albany March 1 Dr Eugene H Porter State Commissioner of Health sent letters to ice dealers along the Hudson River urging a change of supply after inspectors found probable contamination sources near sewer outlets The department cannot halt cutting but prosecution may follow if such ice is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Eugene H. Porter
State Commissioner of Health
Hunson River
University of Chicago Professor Mascke Dies After Operation
Chicago March 1 Professor Heinrich Mascke of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Chicago died today after an operation to remove a tumor. He was a noted figure in mathematical circles and his passing is mourned by colleagues and students alike.
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Chicago
Heinrich Mascke
Department of Mathematics
University of Chicago
Marquess of Linlithgow Dies in France at 82
John Adrian Louis Hope Marquess of Linlithgow died in PAU France on March 1. Born in 1860, he served as Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895, Paymaster General from 1895 to 1908, Governor General of Australia in 1902, and Secretary for Scotland in 1905.
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Marquess of
the Marquess of Linlithgow
Victoria
Australia
Scotland
Death of Sir Dominic Colnaghi British Consul General
London reports the death of Sir Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, who served as British Consul General at Boston from 1896 to 1899. He was born in 1884 and knighted in 1888.
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London
Dominic Ellis Colnaghi
Boston
Publisher Henry D. Noyes Dies in Boston at 73
Henry D. Noyes of H. D. Noyes & Co. publishers died of heart disease at his Boston home on Saturday at age 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Noyes
H. D. Noyes & Co., Publishers
Boston
Hot Biscuit and Grape-Nuts Health Claims
A discussion of hot biscuit, breakfast fare, and nutrition contrasts with white flour. A reader testimonial promotes Grape-Nuts for indigestion, mental clarity, steadier nerves, and muscle strength, claiming improved health and a 180 pound weight. The ad cites Postum Co. and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Multiple February Marriages From City and Abroad
A compendium of wedding notices lists pairs including Julia Woodyard to Rev John Nichols in Shanghai, Dorothy Revell to Cant. Wyndham Walker in London, Eliza Adamsky to Isaac Adamsky, A E Zeldenrust to S Bartels, Alice M Wells to Jesse A Cole, John B Elwood to Henrietta Hill, Jennie Chefetz to Harry Farowich, Anna Rosenblum to Jacob Harris, Corinne Steinert to Bernard Levis, Lilian Metcalfe to James Maclay, Grace Mackenzie to Stratford Miller, Minnie Alison to Charles Marshall, Flora Selkowitz to Henry Selkowitz, William Savage to Juliet Timmons. The notices also include Parowich-Chefetzy and others dated Feb 23–29.
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Nichols—Woodwarr
St John’s Church
Shanghai
Frederick, R. Graves
Julia Hunter
James Lawrence
Clara Reed Woodyard
John Williams Nichols
Walerfr-Revell
Dorothy Revell
New York
Cant
Wryndham Walker
London
England
Adamsky
Lakewood
Eliza Adamsky
Isaac Adamsnay
Bartels
Zeldunrus T
Misa A. E.zeldenrust
Mr. S. Bartels
Cole-Weles
Alice M. Wells
Jesse A. Cole
Elwood
John B. Elwood
Henrietta Hill
Parowich
Chefetz
Jennie Chefetz
Harry Farowich
Harris—Rosenblum
Anna Rosenblum
Jacob Harris
Lewis—Steinert
Corinne Ly Steinert
Bernard A. Levis
Mackay—Metcalfe
Lilian Metcalfe
James Maclay
Miller—Mackenzie
Grace E. Mackenzie
Stratford A. Miller
Marshall
Allison
Minnie E. Allison
Charles F. Marshall
Selkowitz
Rlosveren
Flora Blosveren
Henry Selkowitz
Savage
Timmons
William F. Savage
Juliet A, Timmons
Burials and Obituaries from City and Suburbs
A batch of death notices and funeral announcements dated Feb 1908 lists residents of New York City and nearby areas. Entries include Robert B Bolton J Q Vyse St West Farms NY, John J Brown 509 Marion Ave Fordham, George J Bush Kingman Kan, Thomas A Byrne 54 West 927 St NYC, William Gervais Cuttick East Orange NJ, Olivia Cushing Atlantic City, Catherine V Davis 74 West 51st St NYC, George Duncan 422 West 26th St NYC, James Everett 165 West 207th St NYC, William A Feely 1082 24 Ave NYC, Andrew Hamilton Thurlow Terrace Albany, and James Hedges Allenhurst NJ. Funeral times and locations noted with interment plans and memorial masses.
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Bolton
Robert B. Bolton
J.qui Vyse
West Farms
New York City
Brown
John J. Brown
Augusta E. Brown
Herdtfelder
Henry
Mary Brown
Lizzie
Marion “Av
Fordham
Woodlawn
Bush
Kingman
Kan
George J. Bush
Edwin C. Nush
Byrne
Sundenly
Sutamit ‘St
East Orange
N. J
West Sith St
Catherine V. Davis
Duncan
West 26Th St
George Duncan
Tarriet M. Duncan
Washville
Everett
West 207Th, St
James Everett
Church of Ascension
West 107Th St
Raymond's Cemetery
Westchester
Feely
William A. Feely
Thomas
Ann Feely
St. Gabriel's Church
East Ltth St
Calvari
Hamilton
Thurlow Terrace
Albany
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton
Hedges
Allenhurst
James Hedges
Rusch Rutzler Schiffer and Other Obituaries in Brooklyn and New York
A list of recent funeral notices and obituaries across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Names include William H. Rusch Frances Fauntleroy Rusch Alfred Schiffer Enoch Rutzler and many others, with addresses and service times through late February. Interments, memorials, and funeral details follow each entry, reflecting a dense public notice column.
In Memoriam Notices and Memorial Masses
In memory notices for Fulfa Becker and Anne Callahan, with mass dates. Unveiling of monuments for James Bennett, Yetta Emanuel, and Joseph Steinthal at local cemeteries. Masses for Esther Levy, John McCarthy, Margaret OBrien, Catherine Rice, Anna Stelling. Obituary dates and church details included.
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Yetta Emanuel
Washington Cemetery
Levy
Esther Richmond Levy
McCarthy
St. Thomas the Aposte
John Henry McCarthy
O'Brien
Margaret O'Brien
St. Paul's R. C
Brooklyn
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Hield
America
Legislative Committee
Assembly
Hudson River Transportation Company
Ide
Hugh Reilly
Christopher Columbus
Tus Laptgs’ Home Journal
Tue Curtis Pustis Hiing Company
Cwicaco Burra.o
Colony Club
St. Katharine’s
Townsend
Hunyadi
Janos
Symphony Society
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Miss Mukle
Farmer
France
Lh. P. Finlay & Co., Ltd
Chauvenet Burgundies
Hemia
Waters
Chester
Horace Waters & Co
Fifth Ave
1&Th St
West 42d St
Harlem
W. 125Th St
8Th Ave
Sir Dominic Ellis Colnaghi
Bird
Bae
New Orleans
Frank Kemble
Southern Pacific
Garde St
Hoboken
J. Libbey
Elizabeth Farrington
Bloomfield
James L. Neetus
Broad St
Delaware, Lackawanna
Nelson
Tin
Henry Momis Nelson
Williams
Wilamstown
Mass
March St
Empire State Express
Grand Central Station
Williamstown
Empire Site Express
Pickens
Emma L
Newburg
Ony
Charles A Rovinsim
West
Nd St
Deevy
South
Walter J. Deevy
Dempsey
Katherine V. Dempsey
A. Diescher
Grant Av
Richmond Hill
Elizabeth L. Diescher
Donnell
Helen Donnell
Dotzler
Cornelius J. Dotzler
William
Fisher
Mma
Kenny
West 129Th St
James Kenny
Kerley
East 10Th St
Edward F. Kerley
M. Leavy
East 15Th S T
John Leavy
M. McDonald
Union St
Maloney
Beare St
Imoxlyn
L. Maloney
Minsky
A. B. Minsky
Moench
Prospect Av
Brang
Fab
Caroline Moench
Oarrlein
Jersey City Heights
Katherina Oberlein
O'Briene
West 85Th St. Michael Dd
Osterholt
Geason Av
Unionport
Mary Osterholt
Perelman
Harry Perelman
Pfifferling
Yonkers
Lawrence Frifferling
Ripper
William Ripper
West 25Th St
Hilager Rogers
Salmenicht
Union Av
Bron
Frederick Saumenicht
Silverman
Louis Silverman
Stern
Harry A. Stern
Schilling
William Schilling
Simonson
Mary S. Simonson
Sommer
Nyack
Carolina F. Sommer
Smith
East 83Th St
M. Sutton
St. Nicholas Av
Sarah E. Sutton
Toner
East 88Th St
Mi‘cheel Tower
M. Vanselow
Carl Vanselow
M. Wallach
Jacob Wallach
Welb
Westfield
Marion S. Webb
Weiss
Ridgefield Park
Louis Weiss
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
East
Undertakers
Stephen Merritt
E. Campbell
Chelan
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