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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
11
Society circles fill with debutante receptions, teas, and dinners as New York social season accelerates. Notables host events at the Waldorf Astoria and Delmonico's while engagements and weddings loom, including the Kip and Rhinelander families hosting christening and home parties for debutantes and guests.
Prominent figures including Mrs Astor Mrs George B Forbes Mr and Mrs Lewis Henop and others plan a Paris Egypt season. Debut of Sydney Jenee announced for December 17. Baron H Speck von Sternburg wed Miss Allian Ma Langham in Hanover. Lewis Witherbee Francis and Sarah Dimon Chapman wed at St Ann's Brooklyn with notable attendees.
Wall Street buzzed over a Welles, Herrick & Hicks ad seeking proxies on American Steel and Wire stock for a February 1 meeting. The move targets Gates, with Dolan and Widener named as lead organizers amid stock purchases.
Gilbert Travis a 76 year old from Stamford Connecticut reported being robbed of $100 in a taxi after meeting three people at the Fourth Avenue Hotel. They included Mamie West 20, Matiiya Rogers 28, and John West 21. West allegedly threw cash in the air and a police recovery of $5 occurred. The group was jailed at West Sixty eighth Street station and an intoxication charge was filed against Travis.
Catherine Lonagan thirty five of East Fifty first street gave birth to three sons in an ambulance last night en route to Flower Hospital. Dr Phillips delivered the babies as Patrolman Godley assisted at the scene where a distressed woman led him to a sick neighbor. Both mother and infants are reported well at the hospital. the father, John, is a cab driver out of work with two other children at home.
Yonkers health board records reveal William I Beacheston son of a brewer married quietly by Alderman John K Southwick to a handsome young woman. The ceremony occurred in Yonkers before July 12 169 and involved the Alderman conducting the nuptials for discreet clients.
Deputy Chief John MacKellar died at his home in Brooklyn at noon. He served the force since 1864, rising from sergeant to deputy chief, and held key posts in Brooklyn and Queens. He leaves a widow, a daughter, and a brother, former Alderman Robert F. MacKellar.
Judge Lacombe orders the Anglo-American Savings and Loan Association of New York to appear on December 7 to show cause why an injunction and receiver should not be granted. Shareholders James W. Carpenter and others seek repayment of 4445.46 and a pro rata share of assets. The case alleges long standing mispayments to withdrawing shareholders since 1891 and outlines a proposed plan to safeguard assets, including a real estate company and transfer of properties in Buffalo Brooklyn Philadelphia Washington Yonkers. The board reports ample assets and solvency despite withdrawals.
Nyack New York December 5 A 8S Guerber a South Nyack resident unveils an express Hudson River steamboat service linking Nyack Tarrytown Dobbs Ferry Yonkers and New York a thirty mile trip in one hour at about forty miles per hour Charles D Mosher designer of the Ellid and Charles R Flint Arrow prepared boat plans 130 feet long with 15 foot beam and 4 foot draft seating for passengers guaranteed many stops en route.
A broad display at the Wanamaker Store features gifts from Paris including pocketbooks chatelaines belts purses and frames along with fine furs jackets coats and overcoats and women’s suits. O Neill’s on Sixth Avenue offers silk portieres lace curtains and velour fabrics. George Flint & Co. lists furniture from carpets to curtains and novelties. Cammeier’s Shoe Store on Sixth Avenue carries a full line of shoes including a new Weander model for men. James McCreery & Co. highlights Alaska sable fur boas and muffs and fine fabrics in black dress goods silk and linen departments.
The second annual Pennsylvania Society of New York dinner will be at the Waldorf Astoria next Wednesday at 7 pm. Bishop Potter will preside. Speakers include Andrew Carnegie, ex-Governor Hastings, W. Pennypacker, Rev. Dr. Paxton, James M. Beck, John Wanamaker, and ex-Governor Beaver. Representing other societies are St George's, Ohio, New England Bochette, and St David's. Arrangements committee members Henry Foote, Richard E. Cochrane, and Edward A. Redding.
Albany December 5 Special The State Prison Commission led by President Lispenard Stewart urges a steel fireproof roof for Sing Sing cell building with twelve hundred cells and a central prison for death row inmates to reduce demoralization. Auburn Prison reports note cabinet chairs for the State Assembly Chamber. Monroe County reports convict farming yielding 2600 bushels potatoes 1053 tomatoes 55 tons cabbage and other produce suggesting expansion toward canning.
The annual fair for Maxwell House in the Navy Yard district Brook ly n will run tomorrow and Saturday from 2 to 11 pm at 245 Concord. The event supports the clubhouse serving 800 plus, with libraries classes and clubs for children and adults. Subscriptions to Edwin M Wheeler 121 Amity Brooklyn urged as fund needs rise beyond 3000 yearly. Raymond Y. Ingersoll chairs the fair committee.
The Queens County Grand Jury may widen its probe from the Democratic County Convention scandal to the lighting of the Queens County courthouse and jail. Judges, electricians, and officials linked to the Department of Buildings, Lighting and Supplies are expected to be examined as fuse failures and dim rooms hinder operations and nighttime work. The electric system allegedly differs from original design, risking further outages. The county has about forty thousand dollars tied to the electric setup.
The jury in the Queens County Court delivered a verdict for Professor Frank K. Monfort in the divorce suit late Tuesday night. The case moves to a special term of the Supreme Court for argument on the law questions involved.
Lieutenant-Commander Reynold Thomas Hall, struck by a falling timber at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, remained in precarious condition though doctors noted a fighting chance due to his strong constitution. He was briefly conscious but unable to speak as his parents stayed at his bedside while a board investigated the accident.
Mrs Flora L Paine administratrix of George Paine's estate won $6500 in Brooklyn Supreme Court against Electric Duminating and Power Company of Long Island City for the loss of her husband life.
Colonel Andrew D. Baird says Bert Reiss had no authority to place his name before the Republican County Committee as a candidate for chairman and expresses annoyance at the incident.
Otto Wolf a German nurse was sentenced by Judge Hurd in County Court Brooklyn to nineteen years at hard labor for manslaughter in the first degree. He killed Kate Knapp by slashing her throat at 113 Remsen St on September 30 after she left him.
The torpedo boat Foote, damaged last Saturday by a jammed steering gear near Hell Gate, was towed back to the yard and dry docked. Investigations showed its propellers were badly twisted, requiring new ones to be installed. The Foote will be in trim today.
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At Douglaston Queens the rector Rev Jean Baptiste Blanchett won a fight over voter qualifications and led elected officials including Howard Sperry Henry Sutphen and William B Page. Opponents remained but the rector gains a strong minority in the vestry as five members remain opposed.
Captain P. C. Asserson of the Brooklyn Navy Yard faces retirement January 5 1991 but Washington officials seek to keep him on under the personnel bill as a consulting engineer. Navy Department says his aid is needed amid major yard work and the new drydock project.
Fragmentary report notes debate over dock construction costs between Nos 1 and 2 at Whitney Basin. Officials claim White Basin site practice is useless and future costs may exceed initial estimates by substantial amounts.
Henry Athings a former Prudential clerk and William Seaman were held for the Grand Jury on charges they robbed the company of 33 percent. Athings alleged Seaman urged the crime promising a share. Raymond Ray testified he was a victim and Beil aided Seaman as a tool in the crime.
Horace C. Du Val, the largest individual stockholder in the Schermerhorn Bank at No 5 Schermerhorn St, denied yesterday that the bank plans management changes. President Charles H. Roberts said he was asked last spring about establishing a branch, and no consolidation with Hamilton Bank is noted.
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