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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
22
The Prime Minister solidifies support by direct electorate vote on the disputed measure after outmaneuvering the Lords. His position appears secure as he positions forces behind him to deter any destructive counterattack.
President elect Taft won the annual Christmas handicap golf tournament at Augusta Country Club with Major J. B. Cumming as his partner. He rode a dozen miles on horseback with his family and later dined at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lengdon Thomas amid festive greetings. The Tafts planned a 20 mile trip to Aiken S C to visit James A. Jackson and others, with more social engagements in the evening.
Washington historians prepare for the twenty fourth annual meeting of the American Historical Association from the 38th to the 8ist with 300 to 400 delegates. Sessions in Washington and Richmond include addresses by James Bryce and George B Adams and a joint session with the American Political Science Association at the New Willard and Hotel Jefferson.
Count Hans Munchow, a guest at Hotel Belvedere, was duped by a well dressed stranger in a coin match at Prince George and West 7th streets. The man won money, borrowed more, and left with a diamond ring and heirloom seal ring valued with the loan, the heirloom later returned but the ringed man remains missing. Police search continues at West 30th Street station for the confidence man and accomplice.
Miss Margeret Guegenheim, second daughter of Zencamin Guegenheim, was removed from her suite at the St Regis Hotel Wednesday and operated on for appendicitis at the semen Hospital. Reported last night to be recovering easily after a successful operation performed by Dr. William Myers.
Chicago news reports a mammoth clock placed in Mitchel Tower at the University of Chicago. Professor Earl B Forson designed the timepiece with a seven thousand pound bell whose chimes can be heard five miles away. Four dials will be illuminated at night and readable from half a mile.
The Boston Transcript notes poetry in a telephone directory with readers invited to enjoy verses. The piece critiques the selection as lacking charm and humor, suggesting a better anthology might please subscribers. It cites lines from KH Townsend Edmund Spenser Sir Richard Blackmore Shakespeare Colley Cibber and Addison and reflects on mischief and patience amid the era's telephony culture.
A clipped Chicago Tribune item shows Mrs Gewjuem-John asking about her sleep last night and Mr Gewiom-h responding with a declared Irish edgewise remark in a humorous, unfinished dialogue.
Festive services at St John’s Chapel in Varick Street masked a sorrowful mood as worshipers faced the upcoming February 1999 closing. The day drew large crowds from the city and New Jersey, marking the last Christmas without the church bell since Dr. Morgan Dix’s funeral. The Rev Charles E Gomph preached Isaiah’s prophecy amid plans for the chapel’s final days and the fate of its Georgian marble tablet to Bishop Wainwright.
The obituary recalls Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright a former Provisional Bishop of New York and long time Trinity Church minister who died September 21, 1854 at age 63. Vestry suggests moving memorials from St. John's to Trinity while a Greenwich Village resident reflects on the old church’s memory and impact amid threats to its destruction.
The first session of the Pan American Scientific Congress opened at the Grand Opera House with President Montt and cabinet, the diplomatic corps, and delegates from American republics present. Leo S Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania led the American delegation and praised the Bureau of American Republics. The congress aims to advance scientific research and closer hemispheric ties. Sessions run ten days with topics on international law, political economy, immigration, criminology, and more.
W Waldorf guests include G W Baxter of Bethlehem and Erastus Foote of Chicago. Wolucott brings Augustus Dilker from Washington. Manhattan hosts Dr. Br J Thomson of Spokane. Holland brings G Howard White from London. Grand welcomes H P McMillan of Baltimore and D E Gideon from Teuneville.
Free admission today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History and the Zoo logical Garden Dinner of the Audit Company MycMashacan Tea Dinner of the Alpha Iota Epsiion fraternity. Hotel Astor, 7 p.m. Dinner of the sigma Delta Pai fraternity, Hotel Manhattan, 70 yp.
Verdi Otello staged by Hammerstein at the Manhattan Opera House honors past Met disappointments. Zenatello and Melba share honors with Campanini as Otello while Sammarco and Doria deliver solid supporting roles. chorus work earns high praise. The piece marks a revived life for Otello with Melba’s scenes praised.
The Metropolitan revival of L Elisir d Amore features Mme Sembrich as Adina and Nemorino sung with charm by a lively tenor. Campanari and Paterna support in strong performances with Spetrino conducting. Cavalleria Rusticana followed with Destinn Gay Mattfeild Martin Amato under Toscanini.
In St Petersburg on December 25 Sarah Bernhardt, visiting actress, was received by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarkoe-Selo. A portrait of the Empress was presented to her during the audience.
Rio de Janeiro December 25 Lieutenant Conrado Heck appointed naval attaché to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington.
Official record notes storm moving to Atlantic while western and central states stay fair with cooler temps. Snow in lake districts and northern New England. colder in Atlantic coast Saturday, warmer in the West and likely the East Sunday. Local forecast: partly cloudy and colder with strong northwest winds on Sunday.
Ogden Pratcher once a Princeton football standout quietly marries Marian Slingerman of Trenton in a private ceremony. They plan to move to Idaho to seek gold in the Black Sand country after gaining parental forgiveness. The marriage, kept secret until yesterday, followed years of courtship and Catholic-Protestant family objections.
Charles West Spalding, a pioneer Kansas newspaper man, died in Kansas City Kansas at age seventy nine. He claimed to have first received a President's message by telegraph while an operator in Chicago. He played first violin at McVickar's Theatre and served as organist at St Marys Cathedral Chicago. He acted with the old Ben Cotton minstrel troupe and was Civil War era special correspondent for The Chicago Times. In 1873 he began newspaper work in Kansas.
Grenobie France Dec 25 General Ferter once grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor and a figure in the Panama scandals has died. He resigned July 13 1895 after a parliamentary censure over the canal question.
The Rev James F Mee longtime pastor of St Marys Rosebank Staten Island died after illness at the parsonage. He was born in Ireland in 183 and ordained in 1883 in Troy. Also Lemuel Hitchcock former Boston native died in Paris on December 21 from heart disease aged forty leaving a wife. Francis M Moore Brooklyn dentist died at home age fifty five leaving a wife and two sons. William Denny, longtime Western Maine insurance rate adjuster and former Shawmut Fire Insurance president, died in Portland aged eighty, descendant of John Alden.
Charles W Whitney designer of the Ironclad Keokuk and close associate of Ericsson and Herbert Spencer died at his sister Mrs Fleming Popham's home in Kinderhook New York after months of inflammatory rheumatism. Born in New York City seventy seven years ago he later worked with Horace Abbott Son Iron Furnishers and helped advance Keokuk's improvements. He leaves a sister and brother Alfred R Whitney of Morristown New Jersey.
Fireman David Mullen of Truck Company 18 risked his life by sliding along the outside of a burning building’s extension ladders to reach Mrs. Alice Looker at No 12 West 12th Street. He carried her to safety, suffering burns to hands and face while Mrs Looker was burned on the body. Hospital staff urged him to visit the patient, who had sought to thank him.
F. P. Bellamy, counsel for the Society for the Prevention of Abuse in Animal Experimentation, rebuts a Medical Society of the State of New York letter. He accuses vivisectors of secrecy, demands anesthetic use, and urges legislative safeguards. The piece cites Herbert Spencer and signals ongoing push for restrictive law, noting seven hundred doctors’ support.
G D Da Cunha of Montclair New Jersey argues public funds should keep the President and First Lady lavishly paid after office. He cites salaries and a $25 990 pension for the widow, and defends a sea level canal with costly tabs. He says Canada? no. He urges generous treatment by a wealthy nation despite long projects.
A letter comparing Mr Lambs proposal to plant trees along rail right of way with the Opalouses Railroad leaders uncomfortable car seats. The writer argues trees would ruin summer travel by blocking scenery, drafts, and airflow, contrasting summer heat and dust with potential passenger discomfort and clothing damage. The note envisions year round impact on travelers and politeness of ladies and gentlemen.
A snaring cut in which winds carve drifts across the roadbed would hinder a rotary plough and bend trees into telegraph wires along the right of way. The danger worries dispatchers and risks train wrecks amid spring and fall gales.
The Kalamasco area grows peppermint on farms with annual production of over 30 pounds per acre. Deep ink black soil in Southwestern Michigan supports the crop. Plants are three feet tall, bushes cut in late summer, with stilled processing through August. An acre yields about twenty five pounds of oil. The text notes high aroma and substantial profit potential.
A humorous antique spoof cites Eve’s drink and a Boston Transcript quip blaming drink for mankind’s loss of paradise. The piece frames a mock theory that Eve’s encounter with the apple sparked human fall, with pithy commentary about temptation and the role of drink.
Death notices list several individuals by surname including Bird Chidester Guindon Hitchcock Hitchcock McCord Miller Newhall Poole Rathborne Scannell Thorp Whitney Woodnutt. Dates December 1908 1909 and locations Brooklyn Peekskill Manhasset Long Island New York City and other locales are noted with funeral arrangements and interment details.
The Wooddlands Cemetery is accessible to Harem trade from Grand Central Station Webster and Jerome avenue trailers and tyr carriage. Lots $150 up Telephone 4553 Gramercyter Book of Views or representative Undertakers Frank E Campbell 2413 West 25th St Chapels private and public ambulances Tei 1324 Chelsea.
The New York Tribune announces a newly installed file of applications at its Uptown Office, 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm for employers seeking desirable help and time saving.
The Tribune outlines domestic and foreign subscription rates for daily, weekly, tri weekly, and Sunday editions, with various monthly and yearly plans. It lists multiple offices in New York City and major international locations for subscriptions and advertisements, including the Main Office at Nassau Street and other city branches, plus international agents in London Paris and beyond.
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