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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
10
The piece recounts a tangled web of European royalty including the Duc de Guise and the Orleans branch, profiling lineage, marriages, and rumored misdeeds. It notes an Austrian scandal involving Count Marcel Veith and a youthfully tragic diary, plus a Dover death of John Caldwell Lees, heir to a baronetcy, and ends with a meditation on destitute baronets and reform proposals.
City boys and girls, part of the Tribune Fresh Air Fund program, return from a two week country outing amid rain and cheer. About 81,000 have left the city with thousands more to go, aided by Auburn Seminary students and generous railroad support totaling 1,474 dollars for travel.
Unrestrained sorrow filled theaters nationwide over Tony Pastor’s death at his Elmhurst home on Wednesday night. Widow Mrs Pastor is exhausted after weeks at his bedside. Funeral plans place service at St Bartholomew’s on Saturday at 11, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Procession to include White Rats and Lambs delegates. pallbearers listed. Messages of condolence pour from United Booking Offices and Orpheum Circuit.
The Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay of New York, pastor of the Collegiate Reformed Church of St Nicholas, died at Union Station while en route to his Blue Hill summer home. A Scotsman by birth, he was a leading figure in the Reformed Church, having served in St Albans Newark and St Nicholas, with a noted career and marriage to Helen L Smith.
The Rev Dr Donald Sage Mackay metropolitan pastor and former General Synod president of the Reformed Church in America died suddenly on a train in Maine. He had revived revival services, spoke at memorials, held degrees from Rutgers and Hope College, and was beloved in New York City’s Dutch community. Funeral is set for Monday at 3 PM at the Collegiate Church of St Nicholas.
John Reynolds fifty eight years old died this morning at the Poly Clinic Hospital New York where he sought treatment for stomach cancer He long served as American consul to Florence Italy under President Cleveland since 1897 he lived at 60 Plymouth Street Montclair with his wife and four children An English born education included Brooklyn Harvard Göttingen Columbia He chaired a Brooklyn underground wire commission before resigning in 1838 to accept the Florence consulate
Dr Isaac L Millspaugh a longtime Staten Island physician died at his home on Stapm Avenue Richmond after a lingering illness He was born in Orange County New York and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City His death was announced yesterday morning reflecting a lengthy career and prominent local service
The physician from New York who joined the Physicians and Surgeons of New York at twenty five settled on Staten Island practicing there until illness forced retirement. An early member of the old Richmond County Board of Health, he served as an acting surgeon in the Civil War at Newdorp and cared for the New York City farm colony for over twenty five years. He is survived by two daughters and two sons.
Former U S Senator and cabinet figure William Freeman Vilas dies after five weeks of illness in Madison Wisconsin He had served as Postmaster General Secretary of the Interior and U S Senator and was born July 9 18 in Chelsea Vermont His career included law teaching state university regency and extensive public service at the national and state levels.
Miss Adelaide M Sheak formerly of New York City and Reading Mass died August 19 from heart disease. She was principal of Mount Hope School for almost thirty years. After retiring she moved to Reading where she was respected by the community. Funeral services were held at her home and at Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.
Richard Fisher Manning aged thirty five son of Henry S Manning vice president of Milli ken Brothers contractors 11 Broadway died yesterday at Lakewood New Jersey. Funeral will be held tomorrow at the home of his father 3 West 50th Street New York.
JR J M Uamme a Kansas Senate member died at Cottonwood Falls on Wednesday. He was a University of Pennsylvania graduate who played football and baseball and later professional baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics. E H Beckler a civil and construction engineer died Wednesday at West Tunnel camp of the St Paul Pass near Taft Montana. He directed the Pacific extension of the Great Northern Railroad. He was a native of Alabama.
The Lyceum Theatre reopened with Charles Frohman presenting Billie Burke in Love Watches a Parisian comedy adapted from the French. Burke and Ernest Lawford shine as Jacqueline and Augarde in a light cheerful performance, with Cyril Keightley Maude Odell and others in strong supporting roles. The piece delights with simple acting and tasteful staging as Burke connects with the audience.
In Memoriam notice from South Bristol Maine records the death of Fanny Wells Embree widow of Dr. George W. Embree aged last year of her age and daughter of Mary Ann and Ralph Wells. Also notices Harold Edgar Hamblin son of Edward and Daisy E Hamblin born August 26 1908. Funeral at 3515 Avenue I Flatbush with private interment and services Friday 8 am.
Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Society, denounces a Paris-cabled interview attributed to Mrs. Sheldon claiming New York lacks a great orchestra. He criticizes the portrayal as a perversion of facts and defends the NY Symphony as a permanent, noble ensemble that held over three hundred concerts last year.
The divorce petition filed by William H. Fisher against his wife, who allegedly left with William B. Rayner, son of Senator Rayner, is to be argued tomorrow if counsel returns before the court closes. The wife has not opposed the proceedings.
Relatives of missing New York attorney Faneuil D. S. Bethune concluded he was in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday, Aug 27, then left for the West Tuesday night. Brother-in-law Dr Einar Hansen said witnesses described him accurately and one said he boarded a westbound train at La Salle street station.
Rainfall has been light in the Atlantic states with cool, cloudy weather overall. Central areas see warmth and fair conditions with local showers in Kansas, Missouri, Florida, the Northwest, and the central West. Northeast winds, warmer conditions in the East, and ongoing river floods noted. District by district forecasts predict fair skies and rising temperatures, with variable winds and local showers continuing into Saturday. Highest yesterday reached 68 degrees.
In loving memory of Frances A Lane who died August 28 1907. The Woodlawn Cemetery access for Harlem trains from Grand Central Webster and Jerome Avenue and by carriage Lots priced from 150 dollars. Telephone Gramercy for Book of Views or representative Office 26 East 23d Street New York City. Frank Fe Campbell 2413 West 234th Street Chelsea private and public ambulances Tel 1324 Chelsea.
Special notices advertise time-saving advice for selecting aspirants for various positions. The text lists subscription rates for Daily Sunday Tribune and related publications, plus international and hotel reading-room access for overseas readers with a long roster of international hotel addresses.
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