Vigilant Leads Fleet First Into Newport
Telegraph report from Newport details the New York Yacht Club fleet racing from New London to Newport. Vigilant crossed Breeton’s Reef Lightship first at 4:58:43, beating Sybarita by over an hour as Aurora and Istalena trailed, with fog and shifting winds shaping the early finish order and later, dark conditions ending the day with several boats still not in view.
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Newport
Wham Iselir
Yertigent
New York
Clwr
New London
Brepton
Reef
Witz
Gould Brokaw
Sybarita
Gs Vanderbilt
Aurora
George M. Pynchon
Rogers Maxwell
Gorer
Watch Hill
Juaith
Elmina
Queen Ana
Sloep Aurora
Enshea
Cerone
da Breton
Sy 6
S M. Meson
T If Said
Vencedor
Benece
Addison G. Phrine
Hanan
Rosalie
Vanderbilt
Beth
Weetamoe
Irolita
Katrina
Miled
Eclipse
Queen
Corona
Race Rock
Point Jedith
Transatlantic Travellers and Arrivals List
A list of passengers set to sail today on ships bound for Southampton London Antwerp Hamburg and Liverpool including Mrs William Firne E M Treat Br C L Clover J Welsh Mrs Etescor J Gladstone A Parker and others. Travellers arriving include Mr Horace Les Waentugtes Colemen Jarnee Termpler Mrs George von L Meyer Major Moreton Foley Gage Colonel Forbes and others aboard the Cedric and Matreitania ships.
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THE
St. Paul
Southampton
William Firne
E. M Treat
Br. C. L. Clover Co
J. Welsh
Etescor J Gladstone
A. Parker
Minnetons
Anna
Caslin
John F
Eee
Liverpool
George von L. Meyer
Ogcer Mills
Moreton
Foley Gage
Colonel Forbes
Prominent Arrivals at Hotels in New York and Europe
The list records notable arrivals at major hotels including Sherman Miles and EB Sorsby in New York, George von L Meyer in Washington, Sir George Newnes in London, Count and Countess Prosenc from Paris, F Hitt in Washington, Sherlock Swann in Baltimore, Master S Weil in Paris, Sir Thomas Feirbanks and H Maur, Colonel James Temple, and more. It notes other guests such as Sir P J Fordburgh, Prince Peristokine, Major J S Wilson, Congressman C L Bartlett, and Elwina Algerman president of the University of Virginia, among various dignitaries and officials visiting.
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James Temple
Camein S . Gerdyne Stewart
London
Senia
Frank Hiscock
Syracuse
J. Prm
Florida ST Regis
Alexander Baring
ST. Denis
J. S. Wilson
S A. Gilsey
C. L. Bartlett
Georgia Woldcott
Elwina Algerman
University of Virginia
Weather report and forecast from Washington April 7
Official weather record notes showers in the Atlantic and East Gulf, the Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas valleys, with fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures vary with warmer spots in the Northwest and extreme West, cooler in the Arkansas Valley and Oklahoma, and chances of showers in the South Atlantic states Saturday. Winds: fresh west to northwest along New England, southwest to west along the South Atlantic coast, lighter west to northwest over the upper lakes. Eastern New York and New England expected fair, with coastal winds northerly to westerly. Forecast includes special localities and a comparison to last year’s temperatures.
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Washington
Atlantic
East Gulf
Lake
Ohio
Missouri
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Arkansas Valley
Oklahoma
New England
Middle Ar
Alantic
Guilt ‘Smarhs
Seth
New York
Omenterord
Jureae
Zee
Persture
Yesterias
Porecas
Morris to Fight On as Vaudeville Chain Expands
David Belasco offers no comment on the consolidation of major theatrical firms. William Morris states he backs better theatrical conditions, denies involvement with legitimate or film shows, and describes plans to control new playhouses, build more venues, and launch a Dollar Vaudeville season at Blaney's Lincoln Square Theatre in September, with the American Theatre following.
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David Belasco
Mr. Belasco
Werfield
Belasco
Independent
William Morris
Vesta Victoria
Alice Lierd
William Mortis, Incorporated
Blaney
Lincoln Square
American Theatre
Theatrical News: Fairbanks at Savoy August 20
Robert A Fischer engaged for Al for a Girl with Douglas Fairbanks at the Savoy on August 20. The Cohan and MWarris minstrels marched to the Polo Grounds yesterday and will parade on Broadway next Monday. Cecilia Rhoda succeeds Eliza Proctor Otis as leading woman in Richards Carley's musical Mary's Lamb. Frederic Thompson season productions rehearsed daily, including They featuring Mary Ryan.
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Robert A Fischer
Douglas Fairbanks
Savoy
Cohan
Mwarris
Polo Grounds
Broadwy
Cecilia Rhoda
Eliza Proctor Otis
Richard Carley
Mary's Lamb
Frederic Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Mary Ryan
Girl Gets Her Want In Fresh Air Gift
Rebecca Saffen, fourteen, waits at Bowery mission for Tribune Fresh Air Fund, then receives a silver pocketbook as she joins a later country excursion. She travels with a charity program to Cherry Valley and other points along the Lackawanna line.
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Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Hadley
Bowery
Bowery Mission
Rebecca Saffen
Rebecca
Grand
Orchard Streets
East Second Avenue
Shekan
Tribune
Grand Central Station
Shokan
The
Cherry Valley
Cooperstown
Sherbourne
Norwich
Parlville
Owego
Lackawanna Railroad
Dean Heftcut’s Legacy Moves From Binghamton to Ithaca
In Binghamton on August 7 Nas Deen, former legal adviser to Governor Hughes who shot himself on an Albany light boat last year, relocates from Binghamton to Ithaca as part of a quiet life change.
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Binghamton
Dean Heftcut
Hughes
Albany
Nas Deen
Ithaca
Cloudburst at Asbury Park floods streets and hotels
A cloudburst hit Asbury Park New Jersey August 7 submerging streets in the hotel district and West Side for nearly an hour. Three inches of rain caused basements to flood hotel dining rooms and boiler rooms while Ocean Grove and Deal Lake areas became lakes. Lightning struck a trolley car at Belmar and a woman was slightly hurt.
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N. J
Hotel
West Side
Ocean Grove
Second Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesley
Deal Lake
Marine Villa
Ocean View
Stratford
Broadway
Ocean Avenue
Belmar
Two Lakes
Two Die in Storm in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
A severe electrical storm across Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey killed two people Robert Heimbach near Lewisburg and Walter Cattell near Glassboro. Mariel Heimbach and Rebecca Turner were injured as buildings flooded and hail damaged property.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Robert Heimbach
Lewisburg
Penn
Walter Cattell
Glassboro
N. J
Mariel
Rebecca Turner
Boston’s Black Friday Storm Drenches City
Boston endured the heaviest electrical disturbance in years as a cyclonic storm dumped 1.65 inches of rain in about an hour. Lightning struck buildings, basements flooded, streetcars halted, and Jamaica Plain was cut off as tents and camp gear drenched during the sudden downpour.
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Boston
United States Weather Bureau
Washington Street
Jamaica Plain
Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythias
Franklin Field
Cooling shower strikes city and cools heat wave
A southwest storm passed over the city shortly after noon, drenching areas including Asbury Park and Boston with up to 1.72 inches. The city saw lights burn for twenty five minutes under a thick blackout while rainfall totaled 0.9 of an inch. Heat deaths and prostrations were reported, temperatures peaked at 77F, then fell to 70F by mid afternoon as fresh winds cleared in.
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Asbury Park
Boston
Knights of Pythias Convention Ends in Boston
Boston hosts the Knights of Pythias twenty fifth convention and uniformed rank encampment with Major General Arthur J. Strobbart named commander in chief of the uniformed rank. Milwaukee chosen as next encampment site. Cavalry and infantry drills concluded. awards announced. Company 4% of St Joseph Missouri won cavalry prize. Company TI of Georgia led infantry with 97.99 points earning 1500 dollars. Indiana and Michigan units won multiple prizes across classes A to D. traveling distance prize went to Mobile, Alabama. Smoky City Pittsburgh topped largest company count with 45 officers and men. Auburn New York second with 35.
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Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Arthur J. Strobbart
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Franklin Field
St. Joseph
Company TI
Georgia
Company
Indiana
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Alabama
District of Columbia
Ohio
Maryland
Mobile
Smoky City
Pittsburg
Auburn
N. Y
Obituary of Miss Mary Getzendanner of Ocean Grove
Miss Mary Getzendanner died yesterday in Ocean Grove New Jersey at ninety six. She was famed as the only resident in that coastal area who remembered Lafayette’s second visit in 1825. She lived much of her life in Tin Town township Pennsylvania where as a twelve year old she served as a flower girl for General Lafayette.
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Mary Getzendanner
Ocean Grove
N. J
Lafayette
E. A. Beacon
Edgar H. Holbrook
Mount Tabor Way
Italian statesman Marquis di Rudini dies in Rome
Rome reports the death of Antonio Starrabba Marquis di Rudini due to liver cancer. A longtime Italian leader, he served as Premier and Foreign Minister, headed the Interior Ministry briefly in 1889, and was a deputy since 1889. He was born April 6, 1839 in Palermo and died Aug 7 in Rome.
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Rome
Marquis di Rudini
Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Starrabba
Palermo
Naples
Crispi
New Orleans
Marquis di Rudin
Mrs Curtis Dies at 78 in York Harbor
Mrs Mary Ann Curtis mother of William Edmond Curtis a noted lawyer and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury died yesterday at York Harbor Missouri aged seventy eight. She leaves five children Kingsbury William Edmond Dr Holbrook Curtis Elizabeth and Mary E. Curtis. Funeral services will be held at the family home in Watertown on Tuesday afternoon.
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Mary Ann Curtis
William Edmond Curtis
the Treasury
York Harbor
Supreme Court
Superior Court
William Edmond
Kingsbury
Holbrook Curtis
Elizabeth
Mary E. Curtis
Watertown
J William Beekman Dies In Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay August 7 J William Beekman died at his home The Cliff after a long residency in the town He belonged to the historic Beekman family and was a Columbia Law School graduate of 1871 He served as trustee of New York Hospital New York Historical Society and New York Society Library among other clubs and societies
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Oyster Bay
J. William Beekman
the Cliff
James William Beekman
New York
Columbia Law School
Beekman
New York Hospital
New York Historical Society
New York Society Library
New York Dispensary
Holland Society
The
Sons of the Revolution
Society of Colonial Wars
Psi Upsilon
St. Nicholas Society
Union, Metropolitan, Knickerbocker and
University Clube
Mother Stewart Dies Temperance Pioneer Eliza Stewart
Springfield Ohio August 7 Miss Eliza Stewart known as Mother Stewart temperance advocate dies at Hicksville home aged ninety two Her body to be shipped to Springfield for burial She founded Ohio’s first Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Osborn 1873 She toured England 1876 organizing the union there After Civil War lectured in the South for war sufferers Later joined Alexander Dowie beliefs at Zion City remaining with friends in Hicksville
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Springfield
Ohio
Eliza Stewart
Obituary notes from Oklahoma and New Jersey
Obituary notices report Wilson Law a Cleveland Oklahoma oil operator died in Muskogee from sunstroke after moving from Pennsylvania. E. J. Sanford Kansas City Union Depot Company president died in Colorado Springs. Max Sibold of Brooklyn aged 48, long with Passavant Co. silk merchants, died at work. Mrs Ann Van Ness Smith wife of Mayor Robert T. Smith of Andover New Jersey died at her Newton home aged 69, survived by three daughters.
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Wilson Law
Cleveland
Okla
Muskogee
Mr. Law
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
E. J. Sanford
Kansas City Union Depot Company
Colorado Springs
Max Sibbold
Prospect Place
Brooklyn
Custom House
Passavant & Co
Silk Merchants
Greene Street
Ann van Ness Smith
Robert T. Smith
Andover
N. J
Newton
Warren County
Organists Form National Society in Ocean Grove
Organists attending the Ocean Grove conference establish the National Association of Organists. Officers include Honorary president Tali Esen Morgan and president Wil C. Macfarlane, with a vice president, secretary, treasurer, and an extensive advisory board across cities such as New York, Asbury Park, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington.
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Ocean Grove
N. J
National Association of Organists
Tali Esen Morgan
Wil C. Macfarlane
New York City
Bruce
Keator
Asbury Park
A. T. Webster
Buffalo
Henry S. Fry
Philadelphia
Charles Heinroth
Pittsburg
Archer Gibson
Scott Kidder
Millersville
Miles Farrow
Baltimore
H. H. Freeman
Washington
J. J. Miller
Norfolk
Ralph Kinder
Walter Gale
Scott Wheeler
Brooklyn
Critics urge fairer delegate rules for Hughes era
Edward R. Mason of Binghamton urges reform of county convention delegate allocation, arguing current rules favor minority nominations and overrepresent some towns. He criticizes the “favorite son” approach and says any Republican opposed to Governor Hughes’s platform risks electoral defeat. August 7, 18.
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Hughes
Artemus Ward
George Washington
Artemus
Edward R. Mason
Binghamton, N
Demand for Hughes renomination stirs Republican split in New York
A letter from Nelson G. Carman of Manchester Vermont dated August 4 1908 urges New York Republicans to renominate Governor Hughes. It accuses party leaders of clinging to old primary packing methods and claims the public demand favors Hughes Taft would suffer from a misaligned state nomination. The writer argues the era of boss control is waning and stresses the need for clean party progress.
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The
Tribune
Hughes
Republican Party
Taft
New York
Nelson G. Carman
Manchester, Vt
Strong for Hughes in the Republican ranks
A Brooklyn reader argues for Governor Hughes seeking the party nomination, citing widespread state support shown in editorials over the past week. He urges party leaders not to reject him and notes public opinion favorable to Hughes.
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The
Tribune
Hughes
Republican
Brooklyn
C. Cc. Sekilton
President Roosevelt and the Hughes nomination stance
Letter from New York dated August 7, 1906 argues Roosevelt should back Governor Hughes for the Republican nomination. It warns that choosing politics over principle could alienate voters nationwide and shift support to the opposition or abstentions. DAVID E. DAVIS.
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the Tribune
Roosevelt
Wiliam H. Taft
Hughes
New York
David E. Davis
Princeton men gain job aid via new employment committee
Princeton graduates in New York will be aided by a newly formed business opportunities committee of the Princeton Club. The panel will act as a go between for Princeton men seeking work and employers seeking Princeton graduates. A permanent bureau will handle confidential applications and employer statements, linking graduates with opportunities.
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Princeton Club
Yale Club
Yale
Princeton Cind
New York
Memorial for Bronson Howard by American Dramatists' Club
Public memorial service planned in Avon New Jersey for Bronson Howard who was buried yesterday. The American Dramatists' Club has named a committee to arrange the service and announce the date later this month.
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Bronson Howard
Avon, N. J
American Dramatists’ Club
Notable figures listed in early 20th century stage roster
A long list presents David Belasco George Backus G H Broadhurst C T Carey William De Mille Frankus Fyles Harrison Grey Fiske Clay Greene Joseph Grismer Rupert Hughes Victor Herbert Charles Klein E E Kidder H P Mawson Victor Mapes J F Milliken Milton Nobles Eugene Presbrey R A Purdy Sidney Rosenfeld Edward Milton Boyle Clinton Stuart Mark Swan T Burt Cayre Augustus Thomas B B Vallentine John Ernst Warren H H Winslow and J L C Clarke as prominent names.
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George Backus
G. H. Broadhurst
C. T. Carey
William C. de Mille
Frankus Fyles
Harrison Grey Fiske
Clay M. Greene
Joseph Grismer
Rupert Hughes
Victor Herbert
Charles Klein
E. E. Kidder
H. P. Mawson
Victor Mapes
J. F. Milliken
Milton Nobles
Eugene Presbrey
R. A. Purdy
Sidney Rosenfeld
Edward Milton Boyle
Clinton Stuart
Carter Draper Marriage Notice Published in Tribune
Marriage notice indicates Carter Draper wed May 5 in 1905 at Chris Darkharbdor Maine. Alice Olim, daughter of Dana Draper and William H. Draper, attended as bride. Edward Clark Carter of Andover Massachusetts lists as another party, with notices requiring full name and address for endorsement.
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Carter—Draper
William A. Huntington
Chris Darkharbdor
Maine
Alice Olim
Dana
William H. Draper
Edward Clark Carter
Andover
Mass
Death notices in The Tribune republished in The Tri-Weekly Tribune
A list of obituaries and funeral notices appears, naming Johanne Biehm Louisa Booth Bristol Lavius F Burns Jabez Cloire Mary E Cloke Mary A Curtis Joseph Fitzpatrick Mary A Getzendanger Johanna Blehm. The notices include service times, residences, and burial details for dates in August 1908. Also noted are church tributes for Edward Wallace Neil and funeral arrangements through local undertakers Frank E Camprese and others.
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Booth
Louisa
Bristol
Lavius F. Burns
Jabez
Cloire
Mary E. Curtis
Mary A Pizpatrick
Joseph
Lavius
Burns
Ande Deniy
James Burns
Agnes Burns
Cloke
Pacific St
Mary E. Cloke
Anna
Ant Siete
Thomas J. Cloke
St. Joseph's Church
Curtis
York Harbor
Maine
Mary Ann Curtis
Edmond Curtis
Watertown
Conn
Fitzpatrick
Lanecaster
Penn
Edgar H. Holbrook
Moun Tabor Way
Ocean Grove
N. J
Mary A. Getzene Danner
Uniontowing Penn
Desirable job applicants listed at Uptown Tribune office
The New York Tribune invites employers to consult newly installed file of applications for various positions at its Uptown Office No 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 am to 6 pm. Subscriptions and postage details are listed for daily, weekly, and sunday editions, with local NY charges incl. postage.
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