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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
7
A special committee of Aldermen reads testimony alleging managers connive at scalping and benefit from resale at high prices. Marc Klaw says public and press support will help push legislation to abolish the practice. Speculators counter with claims of public convenience and late-show access.
Percy G. Williams announces a large ground purchase in central Long Island City to build a high class vaudeville house named the Tanguay after Eva Tanguay. The theater opens early spring, likely February 1, with Miss Tanguay headlining the opening bill.
A cablegram from Emperor Wilhelm II to Director Baumfeld of the German Theatre in New York expresses sincere thanks for greetings. He wishes the institution success and hopes it fosters German art and culture across the Atlantic.
Daniel Frohman presents his second company of The Thief in Pittsfield Massachusetts with Jene Wilson star. Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson a San Francisco lumber merchant, recently graduated from the Sergeant Dramatic Academy and studied acting six months before signing with Frohman. She is 22.
Two Sunday concerts drew mixed crowds as David Bispham performed at Carnegie Hall with a diverse English text set, while Hermann inlein opened at the Deutsches Theater on Madison Avenue. The Mixed program featured Schubert, Schumann, Liszt and others with Olive Mead Quartet and Rosa Olitzka. impresario aims to blend classical and popular works in a novel series.
Charles B. Roberts will return to Baltimore with his wife from Atlantic City where he has been hospitalized since last August after a shooting. He shows daily improvement and will undergo surgery to remove a surface bullet once able to stand the shock. No arrests have been made and police suggest a motive beyond robbery. Roberts and Mrs Williams say they were held up by a masked man.
Miss Helen Ringland Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs J Boyce Smith married Pierre Nelson Aymar of New York last Saturday at the parents home in Woodcliff Lake Rev John A Billingsley officiated The wedding party included maid of honor Miss Dorothy K Pownall bridesmaids Miss Gertrude King Miss Hazel Stilwell Miss Katherine Walker Miss Grae Darley Best man Francis D Clar ushers J Boyce Smith and others A reception followed the ceremony Mr and Mrs Aymar will reside in Washington Heights New York City for the next month while away from town.
The cabinet met at night to address a threatened strike at St. Petersburg University. Education Minister M. Schwartz outlined the issues and approved closing the university to prevent clashes between conservative and radical student factions. Police intervention and closures have stirred political concern, with hopes the Duma can broker a compromise.
Philadelphia marks the 205th birthday with a day of religious services, open air meetings in six squares, and a papal blessing administered by Mgr Falconi. About 100,000 Catholics along Chestnut Street and 15,000 in Independence Hall area witness the event as thousands more fill streets and parade routes.
Thousands of German Americans gathered for Deutscher Tag at Terrace Garden on Fifty-eighth Street and Third Avenue. A 3 PM session featured an 800-voice chorus and white garlanded turnverein drills while Mathew Cummings of the Ancient Order of Hibernians spoke on American identity and unity among ethnic groups. Prof. Eugene Kahneman gave the evening address as dancing began after 11 PM. attendance estimated at 20,000 to 25,000.
Mrs Elizabeth Nochworth woke to a burglar in her bedroom at 898 Rockaway Ave Brooklyn. She wrestled the man, triggering her five year old son Edward to call neighbors. Police later identified the suspect as Charles Warner of Manhattan Greenpoint Ave. He was held for trial after arraignment at Brownsville court.
Right Rev. Michael Tierney Bishop of Hartford was stricken with apoplexy and in critical condition. Cerebral hemorrhages followed and physicians fear only hours remain. Close colleagues and family members, including Bishop Thomas Beaven and relatives in Greenwich New York and Baltic, gathered at his bedside.
Pittsburg reports Reginald Vanderbilt sent a note to President W W Willock thanking the city for its kindness at the Sewickley Heights Horse Show. He explained he followed doctors orders to rest with his grooms and horse, not snub society, and ensured objectionable characters were not entered.
Mrs. Alice Camp leads the 18 member family through Ellis Island to Pittsburgh aboard the New York liner. John Camp, a former coachman to Queen Victoria, now works for a Pittsburg millionaire while preparing to reunite with two remaining children left behind. The party includes ten children, a son in law, and five grandchildren, with thirteen of twenty six children having died.
Brooklyn physician Dr Frederick E Cook, famed for Mount McKinley ascent, is missing after venturing toward the North Pole. Friends fear his return route via Smiths Sound and Western Greenland may be blocked, with a rescue party considered for next summer if no word arrives. John R Bradley is sought to fund renewed searches.
The Church of the Transfiguration at 1 East Twenty-ninth Street marked its 60th anniversary with six services from morning to evening. Rector Rev. George Clarke Houghton led the day as congregants donated to a $2,500 current expenses collection. An altar society decorated the church with autumn flowers while James Potter Dod led music with the orchestra. Dr. Wilford L. Robbins preached on God’s abounding love referencing the church’s 1848 founding by Rev. Dr. George Hendric Houghton. The endowment has grown to about $200,000 benefiting the church’s expanding work.
H T Henshaw an 84 year old Missouri father of 28 children eyed West Texas farms. Capt Oliver donated 1,000 acres in Bexar County on condition that Henshaw and at least twenty children settle in Texas. Roosevelt praised him with a gold souvenir for promoting large families and youth. Fourteen sons already prosper in Missouri and Illinois and plan to move to Texas.
In Yonkers on various dates in September and October, multiple families announce births. Names listed include Goldberg, Goldstein, Hamn, Levy, Myers, Rothenberg, Schattman, and Zucker with newborn daughters or twins.
A sequence of marriage notices dated Sept 1908 to Oct 1908 from Arkville Delaware County and Jersey City list brides and grooms including Alice Platt to Henry Aplington and Harriet Sephton to William Christie among others. Names include Brereton Platt, Sanger Platt, Woodcut Lake residents, and multiple surnames such as Grinnell Novres Kingsweiler DoHinger Boissevain Bromberg Green Parmelee Krause Levy Sable Lidford Sparks O Callaghan Gardner Sykes Jackson Walker Preston and related couples. The notices appear as terse society record entries with officiants and locations noted.
Multiple brief funeral notices dated Oct 4 1908. Eliza Ann Andrews widow of James W. Andrews invited to St Lukers Matteawan service Oct 6 at 2:30 with train times from Grand Central. Other notices include Cornelia Cogswell in Albany and Jane Crawford in New York City. Edwin P Dassett of Ossining, Charles H De La Montaigne, Enste John, Leonard Jacob, Samuel W Megill, James Sheldon Merr, and Fanny Cummins Weightman with service details and interment plans.
Auction in town disperses the late James B Wilson collection with coins and curios. Highlights include a private mint issue once more valuable than face value and expected to fetch at least 700 dollars. Also offered is an ill-tollay piece tied to the New Orleans mint and Liberty.
A long list of death notices and funeral details dated Oct 2 to Oct 8. Names include Mary Rhines James Davies L. Davies and many others with ages and addresses across Brooklyn Jersey City Newark and Asbury Park. Funeral times and burial locations noted for St. James Methodist Episcopal Church Irvington and other venues.
In Memoriam notice compiles several obituaries and memorial masses. Brennan Sarah F E widow of George Staley Brennan died Oct 5 1906. Murphy ee died Oct 7 1904. Rooney Isabelle Cc mass at St Michael's Jersey City at 7 30 AM. Schellenberger John died Oct 3 100T. Henry Ceel Mass at St Church today 9 30 AM.
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