Milton Birth Anniversary Celebrated At Ascension Church
The Milton birthday service at the Church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue and 10th Street drew over seven hundred guests. Speakers included Hamilton Mabie, Richard Watson Gilder, and William Dean Howells, with remarks on Milton’s epic scope and moral influence. James Bryce’s letter and music by Henry Lawes accompanied the ceremony, and Rev. Percival Grant delivered a short sermon on Milton as a modern preacher’s poet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
10Th Street
Church of
St. Maryye Bow
London
Henry Howland
James Bryce
Henry Lawes
Milton
Handel
Colmbia
Richard Watson Gilder
Furner
The
College of the City of New York
Wiliam Dean Howells
Riges
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Butler Duncan
E. R. A. Geligman
Columbia
Hughes
Treadwell
Germany
Italy
Greer
Cow
Mitchell and Fletcher
Raymond Knox
Mabie
Dante
Mery
Imp & Tegion
Famcy
Butler
Sten
Ilen
England
Watson Gilder
Perc
Stickney Grant
Gburch of the Ascension
Ant
Sophocles
Plu
Ryce
Milton 300th Birthday Observed by Brooklyn Institute
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences marked John Milton's 300th birth anniversary with a meeting at the Academy of Music. Rev Dr S Parkes presided at Central Congregational Church. An original poem was read by the author to the Bees, and Rev Dr George A Gordon spoke at Ol South Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Institute of Arts @20 Sciences
John Milton
Academy of Music
S. Parkes
Central Congregational Church
Bees
George A. Gordon
Ol South Church
Berton
Milton
Columbia Honors Milton Tercentenary at Earl Hall
Columbia University celebrated John Milton’s tercentenary with Exercises in Earl Hall attended by over five hundred. President Butler presided in Cambridge robes as George L. Rives and William P. Trent spoke on Milton’s influence and the Barnard foundation. Richard Watson Gilder read a commemorative poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
John Milton
Earl Hall
Department of
Butler
Cambridge
Milton
George L. Rives
William P. Trent
Columbia
Barnard Foundation
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Mr. Rives
Movement For Liberal
Canadians at Dinner in New York Delmonico’s Echo Unity
The Canadian Society of New York marked its twelfth annual dinner at Delmonico’s with flags of Britain and the United States, celebrating Canada’s future and close ties with America. Notables present included Robert Cooper Smith of Montreal, toastmaster Dr J J MacPhee, and leaders from Queen’s University, St. Andrew’s, McGill, and other Canadian societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Society of
New York
Delmonico
Canada
Edward
Blood Brothers
J. J. MacPhee
W. F. Marshall
New York Society of Queen’s University
Edward F. McKernon
Arthur H. Judge
Canadian Society
A. H. Evans
St. David's Society
David A. Munro
Robert Burns Society
E K. Red Gall
St. George's Society
Thomas G. Patton
Jobn E. Hedges
Robert Cooper Smith
Courtenay Walter Bennett
John Foord
Julius M. Mayer
Edwin A. Merritt, Jr
Robert Frater Munro
St. Andrew's Society
A. M. Stewart
Walter Eyre Lambert
British Schools and Universities Club
Henry F. Ballentine
University of Toronto Club
Neil MacPhatter
William Curtis Demorest
Pilgrims’ Society
T. H. Bacon
McGill Graduates’ Society
Goldfish Catch in Union Square Park Fountain
Three Aquarium employees fished in Union Square Park fountain yesterday as hundreds watched and hauled out about two thousand goldfish. The fountain was drained to two feet of water and ice broken to scoop the fish with nets. The fish originate from a dozen released last spring and help eat mosquito larvae in the fountain. Electric trains over the Rockies planned by Northern Pacific engineers in Livingston Montana with a Yellowstone River power plant envisioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aquarium
Union Square Park
Neta
Union Square
Rockies
Livingston, Mont
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Rocky Mountains
Yellowstone River
Old Driver Rewarded for Public Service in Kings County
Albany December 9 Joseph Eyana a van driver in the Kings County Sheriff’s office received a holiday gift of back pay and job security after a State Civil Service Commission action with Governor Hughes approval. Although Evans had been told to pass a Civil Service exam, the rule was suspended and he is declared entitled to his place with back salary since June 190%, at 1.20 a year. He has served since 1873, previously paid from funds for prisoner transportation. transfer to competitive schedule raised questions about his salaried status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Joseph Eyana
Kings County
State Civil Service Commission
Hughes
Evans
Unidentified man jumps to death from Washington Bridge
An unknown man about 25 years old died by suicide yesterday afternoon after leaping from the Washington Bridge near Sedgwick Avenue. He landed on car tracks in front of a passing car and was killed instantly. Police found the deceased wore two sack coats, two flannel shirts, a pink undershirt, dark trousers with overalls, and two pairs of socks. no identifying crew was found on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Bridge
Sedgwick Avenue
First Street
Auto speedster gets the limit in rare court ruling
Felix Droit, a chauffeur, was jailed thirty days and fined 250 dollars for a third speed offense in the Court of Special Sessions. He was arrested August 23 after witnesses said he sped along Broadway at forty mph and rode two blocks on the sidewalk. Assist. DA Whiteside said Jerome may push a bill to revoke licenses after three convictions if the Secretary of State lacks authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Droit
Court of Special Sessions
Droit
Broadway
34Th Street
H. P. Wilson
No. 25
Broad Street
California
Whiteside
Jerome
Secretary of State
Sherman and Hitchcock In Town At Hotel Manhattan
Frank H. Hitchcock head of the Republican National Committee and Vice-President-elect James S. Sherman are in town staying at the Hotel Manhattan. Hitchcock said private dinners are planned for the week and he will return to Washington on Saturday. Sherman was active in the financial district and Woodruff of the Republican State Committee spoke at state headquarters after four days away at his Adirondack camp. He denied rumors that organization men would stay aloof from the Governor, saying the state organization will cooperate and he would meet him soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
James S. Sherman
Manhattan
Hitchcock
Washington
Shermian
Financial District
Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Adirondacks
Dilkes Case Summation by Washburn at Army Court
Major W S Washburn, judge advocate, summed up the Dilkes court martial in the Veterans Room West Lith Street. He urged that absence without leave was the gravest charge and declared Dilkes had not told the truth, citing three officers from the 9th Regiment who testified Tompkins did not confer with Dilkes about leaving. Lieutenant John Cooper defended Dilkes arguing he is not a soldier and joined the regiment for patriotic reasons, deserving doubt in his favor. Shorty McCabe aids two millionaires. Sewell Ford’s story in Sunday’s Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Washburn
Tom P. Dilkes
Sth
Arthur M. Tompkins
Veterans’ Room
Armory
West Lith Street
Dilkes
9Th Regiment
Tompkins
John Cooper
Public Service Commission Urges Restoring School Rates
The Public Service Commission urged Staten Island Rapid Transit to restore the preexisting school rates two and four dollars monthly. It asked the company to file a new tariff promptly, noting the importance of affordable transport for students and citing an Interstate Commerce Commission decision deeming such rates preferential. The commission seeks immediate action to continue the previously available school-rate transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Stater Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Willcox
Tunnel Plan Opposed by City Property Owners
A public hearing in City Hall heard strong opposition to a proposed 42d street tunnel under Fifth avenue with a $250,000 price tag. Gov. Morton’s rep and others urged alternatives, while supporters from Carrere Hastings and City Improvement Commission backed the plan. The Board of Estimate will decide after a report due tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Board of Estimate
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Morgan J. O'Brien
Levi P. Morton
Jacob A. Cantor
City Improvement Commission
John M. Carrére
Carrére & Hastings
New York Public Library
Willcox
Public Service Commission
Relief for Flushing transfers ordered by PSC
The Public Service Commission ordered the New York and Queens County Railway to provide transfers from its short line cars to through cars to Flushing on the Corona line or extend the short line to Flushing. The ruling, by Commissioner Bassett, cites lack of valid excuse for not offering through service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
New York & Queens County Railway Company
Flushing
Corona
Elmhurst
Bassett
Long Island City
Bailey brothers in Honduran trip linked to alleged theft
Albert W. Bailey testified in Supreme Court before Justice Davis that he and his brother Francis G. Bailey of Export Shipping Company traveled to Monduras. They are accused of stealing about 39 000 dollars in merchandise and 40 000 dollars in cash through fraudulent means. Albert is charged with larceny of 1 926 08 from Keystone Driller Company. Francis escaped after arrest in Honduras. The trial continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Bailey
Supreme Court
Davis
Monduras
Francis G. Bailey
Keystone Driller Company
Honduras
Export Shipping Company
Sunken tug Anthracite raised after collision
The tugboat Anthracite sunk off the Battery after a collision with the ferry Maryland. It was raised by the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company and moved to Erie Basin. The cook Edward Hallenbach and engineer Edward Garvin died. Garvin’s body was found in the engine room kneeling as if searching for a tool, Hallenbach near a window suggesting a desperate escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company
Erie Basin
Cook
Edward Garvin
Edward Hallenbach
Riverside Drive opens new stretch from 135th to 143rd Street
Borough President Ahearn announced the completed Riverside Drive section will open this week after engineer Tillson advised removing contractor fences. The project, costing about 1,000,000, adds to city parkways while the 145th to 135th Street segment remains blocked by a property owner injunction. Shorty McCabe hosts a Christmas party inviting lonely millionaires. details in next Sunday edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
135Th
143Th Street
Ahearn
George W. Tillson
Ryan & Parker
145Th
135Th Street
Dist Street
Shorty McCabe
Tribune
Johnson will contested over alleged insanity
Mrs. Josephine W. Taylor challenges the will of Mrs. Caroline E. Johnson of New York claiming mental incompetence based on letters about Newport society and income of two million dollars. Nearly three hundred letters were read at the hearing detailing her social life and intent to dodge inheritance tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
Caroline E. Johnson
New York
Newport
Josephine W. Taylor
FE. P. Whitney
Sullivan Seeks Divorce After Twenty Four Years Separation
John L. Sullivan, former boxing champion, filed for divorce from Annie Bates Sullivan citing infidelity. He lists Chicago as residence while she lives in Centreville, Rhode Island, with her sister Mrs. Sarah Bates. The couple married in 188 and separated the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John L. Sullivan
Annie Bates Sullivan
Sarah Bates
Centreville
R. I
Sullivan
Wilmerding Divorce Suit Closed in Supreme Court
Justice Dowling reserved decision yesterday in a Supreme Court absolute divorce suit by John C. Wilmerding Jr. against Marie Fatima Wilmerding a Vanderbilt relative. The affidavit says they wed in Grace Church chantry in 1892, signed a separation agreement October 5, 1897, have lived apart since, and that she has lived with James Coates since November 10, 1907 at various places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
John C. Wilmerding, Jr
Marie Fatima Wlmerding
Commodore Vanderbilt
Grace Church
James Coates
London
Cities with higher October deaths than births in New York
Albany and multiple cities including Troy El mira Cohoes Gloversville Middletown Watervliet Corning Hudson Port Jervis and Oneida showed higher death rates than birth rates in October per the State Department of Health monthly bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Troy
Elmira
Cohoes
Gloversville
Middletown
Watervliet
Corning
Hudson
Port Jervis
Oneida
State Department of Health
Ingraham Will Contest Withdrawn In Nassau Probate
The will of Brooklyn lawyer William M. Ingraham, who died June 1, was admitted to probate by Surrogate Jackson in Nassau County after the contest was withdrawn. The estate is worth about 2,500,000. The decedent’s son William M. Ingraham, Jr. started the challenge but was cut off with 1. The will left two other sons and a daughter as residuary legatees with the daughter receiving 25,000 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Ingraham
Brooklyn
Jackson
Nassau County
Former Bottlers' Supply treasurer under arrest in bankruptcy case
Adolf B. Benesch former treasurer of the National Bottlers' Supply Company now in bankruptcy was arrested yesterday on a warrant from Magistrate Steinert in the Tombs court. He was held in three thousand dollars bail for examination Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf B. Benesch
National
Oppose Trunk Sewer Hearing on Passaic Valley Plan
New Yorkers protested a Pas saic Valley Sewage Commission trunk sewer discharge into upper Robbins Reef Bay at a New York Harbor Line Board hearing. Officials for and against the project cited harbor capacity, tidal delay, and costs while speakers from business groups and city engineers debated 배 next session continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
Francis Childs
Merchants’ Association
Edward Hatch
Chamber of Commerce
Foster Higgins
The
Produce Exchange
Welding Ring
Gustav Schwab
Michael Dunn
Paterson
John H. Eastwood
Belleville Board of Trade
Morris Sherrard
Newark
McBride
J. ©. Payne
Riparian Commission of
New Jersey
Eugene H. Porter
New York State
Dartington
New York City
C. B. Parson
Maritime Exchange
Maurice B. Dean
Fines Murphy's relative over prizefight ruling
Police Captain Patrick J Cray, brother in law of Charles F Murphy and head of East 35th street station, was fined fifteen days pay by Commissioner Bingham for failing to stop a prizefight at the Remain Athletic Club in Grand and Orchard streets on November 2. Witnesses testified agents obtained club tickets and Cray claimed five patrolmen could not enter. Bingham had ordered prizefighting suppression since October 2 and suggested charges against Cray for neglect of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Murphy
Patrick J. Cray
East 35Th Street
Bingham
Remain Athletic Club
Grand
Orchard Streets
Eldridge Street
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Cray
Higher Salaries for State Employes
Albany December 9 Increases in salaries from a few dollars a month to minor state charitable institution and reformatory staff will take effect January 1 Governor Hughes approved the salary classification commission readjustment of firemen stenographers cooks laborers seamstresses shoemakers and tinsmiths in these institutions The changes will raise the payroll by about 7.4 a year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Hughes
State
Prison Suit Rouses Interest in Sing Sing Project Battle
City architects rally around a suit against the State Commission of New Prisons filed by Warren & Wetmore. They claim the commission erred in selecting W. J. Beardsley’s Beardsley design as winning and seek Supreme Court annulment of the award and an injunction preventing the board from acting or spending any funds for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commission of New Prisons
Warren & Wetmore
Sing Sing
W. J. Beardsley
Poughkeepsig
Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gonor Milton
Poet
Learmer
Dr. Gordon
Assembly of Believers
Johnson
America
Bostonian
G. A. Gordon
Old South Outch
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
N.Y
Warren Street
Beit
Prof
Trent
Mr. Glider
Church of England
Cromwell
Westminster Assembly
Charles
Noris
Savoy
Alps
Wordsworth
Macaulay
World At Large
Sherman and Hitchcock
Sewell Ford
Meriden
the Meriden Co
International Silver Co
Fifuth Avenue
Madison Square
Wilmerding
Mr. Blackborne
Museum Collection of
Arthur Blackborne
Thomas ER. Kirby
American Art Association
Managers
East
Madison Square South
Ingraham
Murphy
Henry van Dyke
Palestine
Holy Land
Providence Journal
H. W. Mohé
Ladies’ Home Journal
Charles Scribner’s Sons
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!