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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
10
Berlin reports the sultan plans to abolish the title Sultan and declare himself Emperor of the Moslems. Abdul Hamid attends mosque ceremonies amid cheering crowds. ambassadors offer congratulations as political turmoil and palace intrigues unfold in Constantinople.
Caracas reports President Castro withdraws exequaturs for Netherlands consuls in Venezuela. Foreign Minister transmits a note demanding satisfaction for injuries to Venezuela, citing a Dutch cruiser salute snub and a consulate attack. Gelderland departs Willemstad with report for German Dutch affairs envoy.
A series of rainstorms in the Austrian Tyrol, hitting the Bukowina district and Ziller Valley, caused extensive destruction and many deaths. Reports indicate about fifty dead in Bukowina, over twenty in the Ziller Valley, with a landslide near Brixlegg at Mebrn confirmed killing sixteen.
In Antony suburb last night two masked assailants beat to death Jeanne Larrieu, aged director of a girls boarding school, as two assistant sisters were attacked. Police say a nephew and four others confessed they joined in a plot to loot $4,000 believed hidden at the school.
Paris reports say government moves to arrest leaders of the General Federation of Labor and ban the organization as a threat to public order. Troops faced insults and stoning before firing as agitators urged bloodshed. Conservative papers demand suppression. In Porto Rico, voters register as Republicans convene at Mayaguez to nominate a resident commissioner candidate.
London July 31 government banquet for Universal Fence Congress delegates at the Hotel Cecil. Prime Minister Asquith urged international agreements and arbitration to reduce war, expressed cautious hope for universal disarmament, and noted airship use in warfare raises concerns while a resolution protested airships as war tools.
Oyster Bay report that a high level conference on conditions in the American canal zone and Panama relations was held at Sagamore Hill. Secretary Wright and Secretary Bishop arrived with Mrs Bishop and Gif ford Pinchot to confer with the President and will resume discussions tomorrow on canal zone policy. Loeb left for a Maine vacation.
Brooklyn sanitary chief Dr. Travis R. Maxfield visited the vast tent city between West 24th and 25th streets after two children died from intestinal diseases. He ordered immediate drainage work and warned that the camp may be removed if unsanitary conditions persist. Citizens have occupied the beach area without Park Board permission, often burying garbage in sand or dumping it along the shore.
State Commissioner Maynarde Clement writes to Ontario County leaders declaring no gubernatorial candidacy this year and backing Governor Hughes for renomination. He praises Hughes’s integrity and ability, urging delegates to support a second term and avoid actions hostile to Hughes at the July 21 convention in Canandaigua, New York, dated July 20, 1908.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Utica Herald-Dispatch report broad support for Governor Hughes amid calls for renomination. Editorials from multiple papers praise his firmness, moral strength, and reform record, while warning opponents and urging upstate independents to back his bid for another term.
A Tribune Fresh Air Fund feature highlights girls who raise money for younger children to visit the country. Mary, ten, plots an entertainment with peer aid, leading to a village show that yields funds for the cause. Eighty five children depart for Glens Falls and Saratoga as proceeds total 15,676 85 across donors and events.
Springfield July 31 The Rev Dr Charles Virden seeks to prosecute Mrs Charles Muggenberg wife of an Alton artist for brutal mistreatment of eight year old Marie Bessie adopting daughter. The child reportedly burned with a hot knife and cut injuries while the left eye sight is reported lost by an oculist. The case will be presented to the grand jury.
General James A. Drain, president of the American Rifle Association, leads the U S international team home to New York aboard the steamer New York after winning the Bisley match. He reports tentative entries from British and French associations for 1909 Palma trophy contests, with Norwegian and other European teams joining the continental system of short-range shooting.
Rev Samuel Chadwick and M Alexander English evangelists on their way to Northfield Conference arrived yesterday aboard the White Star liner Baltic. Alexander said the Punket Testament League he started in Philadelphia last March has about a million members. Essential requisite for membership is promising to read a chapter daily. on the Baltic the evangelists enrolled one hundred members, fifty seven of them being sworn.
Mrs Russell Sage visiting Cold Spring halts at a police station with chauffeur and a sick man found by the road. She arranges medical care for Everett Josselyn of Prince Edward Island, sends him to Albany, and provides funds. She also notes railroad property once owned by her husband and arranges an outing for Poughkeepsie children to Upton Lake.
The Brooklyn Arion Choral Society touring Bonn visited the house where Beethoven lived and later sang the Beethoven hymn in front of the Beethoven statue. They then went to Godesberg for a reception by the Cecilia Choral Society and attended a Kammers in Bonn honoring the singers.
Notable guests checked in include Dr. Roland Pope of Sydney Australia at the Hotels Belmont. Dr G H Jackson of La Rochelle France at Hoffman. F Gruck of Geneva at Hotel Astor. Cyrus H McCormick of Chicago at Manhattan. Dr H A Foote of Dublin at Plaza. Captain J M English listed at Bee at Sareia.
Washington July 31 Official Weather Bureau record notes the Atlantic coast storm centered near Hatteras with 29.22 inch pressure and 42 mph winds. Forecast shows east of north drift offshore, widespread rain across Atlantic coast and Gulf states, brisk northeast winds along New England, and cooler conditions and fair skies in mid-Atlantic and D.C. areas.
The Rev. Daniel F. McGillicuddy died Thursday in Cambridge Massachusetts at age about 56 after a malignant blood disease contracted during travels in the Far East. Born in Worcester in 1860 he was pastor of St Stephen Church since 1895 educated at Holy Cross and Montreal seminary ordained 1884. He accompanied English officers to Tibet in 19 and was the first American to enter and return alive. He led Catholic abstinence work and headed the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America and Springfield Diocesan Union. He fell ill after a troublesome tooth and was treated at Charles Gate Hospital.
Thomas J Gargan, a longtime Boston transit official and former Boston legislator, died in Berlin at age about sixty four after hypostatic pneumonia following stomach trouble surgery. He led early subway planning, helped found United States Trust Company, and served on the License Commission and Police Board.
Daniel Morgan Wells assistant division superintendent of the railway mail service died in Cleveland aged sixty three today. Entered service as a clerk in 1873 and promoted to assistant division superintendent in 1899 with oversight of the New York Central and Lake Shore lines from New York to Chicago and Michigan routes. Civil War veteran.
Westfield July 27 Lewis Rufus Norton president of the Hampden National Bank died today from acute nephritis. He was likely the oldest active bank president in New England and previously led the United States Whip Company. Norton also served as a Democrat in the Legislature town treasurer and as a director and trustee in various companies and banks.
Miss Fola La Follette daughter of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin filed in U S District Court yesterday to set aside the Will J Block Amusement Company bankruptcy. She claims she was hired to perform this season in a production that was never staged leaving her unpaid and without an engagement. She charges the company with bankruptcy without her knowledge and seeks damages.
Lotta Faust performs a chaste Salome in The Mimic World at the Casino last night. The debut drew a curious crowd and the show offered novelty acts, with Faust described as small, lithe, and dainty, akin to the biblical image of Salome.
Miss Billy Burke the leading woman for John Drew last season arrived on the White Star liner Baltic with the manuscript of a new play Love's Watches in which she will star this season. She travels with her mother and cousin Fred C Whitney theatrical manager who has been buying plays in Paris and Joseph Brooks another theatrical manager were passengers on the Baltic.
Joseph Brooks arrived aboard the Baltic and confirms engagement of tenor Joseph O'Mara to appear in Peggy Macree with O Mara to give Irish history lectures in the country. Donald Gallagher, nine, cast in A Mountain Boy, a season novelty. Harrison Rhoades arrives with The Gentleman from Mississippi manuscript. Thomas A Wise to star in St George Cohan work, manuscript burned, new plot to be rewritten for Gayety opening attraction.
Mrs Frances Bacon Paine of Colorado Springs won a divorce from Harry Gallup Paine in district court on grounds of desertion and non support. Mr Paine formerly served as assistant editor of Puck and later worked for Harper's Weekly The New York Daily News and The Chicago Tribune. The couple wed in June in Flew Kok.
Deputy Commissioner Bugher warned reporters he would transfer detectives into uniform duties if his name appeared in any story about a burglary probe. Detectives File, Sheppard, and Shay investigated at Mrs. Raymond Bell’s No 1 West 23d Street after two men were seen near a safe. Mrs. Bell identified one man as her husband and thanked police, choosing not to file a complaint.
Death notices list Edward V. Brown aged 70 at Cornelia Ireland and others with details of funerals, residencies, and interment plans. Names include Kate M Delius 43, Hamilton Laidlaw 30, John Laverty, William Martin 75, Charles Montgomery, Adelaide Townsend, Harris Tabor, Elizabeth Webb, and Sophie Young among others.
The New York Tribune lists diverse mailing plans for daily weekly and Sunday editions, detailing rates for 1, 3, 6, and 12 month terms, with separate pricing for domestic Mexico Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines and for foreign postal rates. Also notes class and delivery variations including the Tribune Almanac and Farmer editions.
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