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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1908

Page

13

Medal for Mayor McClellan Honors By Beaux Arts Group

Mayor George B. McClellan received the Diplomé Architecte medal from the Société des Architectes Diplomes par le Gouvernement at a University Club dinner in New York City with Ambassador Jusserand in attendance. President J. H. Freedlander praised the Mayor for advancing civic beauty and architecture, while Jusserand extolled ties between France and America and lauded New York’s urban elegance from City Hall Park to the Post Office.

McClellan Société Des Architectes Diplomes Par le Gouvernement University Club M. Jusserand Purdon Clarke Ecole Des Beaux Arts Ith J. H. Freedlander Pars George B. McClellan City of New York City Hall Park Jusserand Brooklyn Bridge France James Stillman Ecole Des Beaux-Arts New York Lucas Cranach Welgemuth Gian Bellini Titian Venice Jersey City Hunt and Richardson McKim and White Beaux Arts Ambassador Republic Paris Ecole Des Beaux Arts Bay of Naples Parthenon Constantinople Cairo Niagara Paris America Rome Washington J. J. Jusser Pest Whitehall Street New York City U. S. Army Earves WM. S. Patten

Dinner celebrates international exchange of professors

A dinner at the Hotel Astor honored Dr. Rudolf Leonhard of Columbia and Dr. John W. Burgess of Berlin as Kaiser Wilhelm and Theodore Roosevelt professors. Bishop Potter presided, with guests including Nicholas Murray Butler, James Speyer, Felix Adler, and Edward Adams. Speakers praised scholarly exchange as a path to universal peace and good international understanding.

Hotel Astor Rudolf Leonhard Kaiser Wilhelm Columbia University John W. Burgess Theodore Roosevelt University of Berlin Henry C. Potter Nicholas Murray Butler James Speyer Ernst Richard Felix Adler S. M. Baldwin Edward D. Adams Hugo Reisinger George W. Kirchwey Bishop Potter Leonhard Professor Burress Die Wacht Am Rhein F. M. Burdick H. H. Benedict R. Fulton Cutting R. A. Cushing John Bassett Moore Walter H. Page James E. Russell Albert Shaw W. M. Sloan Theodore Sutro F. L. Underwood J. H. van Amringe George Vandewater Oswald G. Villard Horace White C. L. Wescott Potter United States Dr. Burgess Simeon E. Baldwin Yale Law School Columbia

Glowing tribute to James Speyer donor of professors' fund

A glowing tribute honors James Speyer for supplying the fund that enables the exchange of professors. The note highlights his generous contribution and its impact on scholarly exchanges between institutions.

James Speyer

Corset Makers Dine at Knickerbocker Dinner

Colonel Isaac M. Ullman of New Haven presided the first annual Corset Manufacturers' Association dinner at the Hotel Knickerbocker. Speakers urged stability, honest credit, and cooperation, stressing bankers' trust and the future expansion of trade associations and a national chamber of commerce.

Isaac M. Ullman New Haven Samuel B. Slater Republic Marcus M. Marks National Association of Clothing Manufactuers Clothiers’ Association Chamber of Commerce

Woman Found Dead on Staten Island Beach In Mystery Case

A well dressed woman about fifty was found on Nicholas Avenue beach near Kill von Kull Staten Island with a muff and boa. Coroner Cahill calls death self inflicted but police doubt how she drowned from a pier as tide would carry swimmers away. No jewelry found. umbrella and pocketbook located nearby. Body sent to Port Richmond morgue for identification.

Nicholas Avenue Edward Ford Mariner's Harbor Port Richmond

American Tobacco Co Disclaims Night Rides in Tobacco Areas

Official statement by the American Tobacco Company denies responsibility for night rides and disturbances in Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco regions. It cites Hopkinsville, Russellville, Clarksville and other points as main trouble sites and asserts high prices and no price-depressing conspiracy. Government probe noted. court-ordered document releases forced openness amid federal suit to dissolve the trust.

American Tobacco Company Kentucky Tennessee Hopkinsville Russellville Clarksville Green River Tobacco Trust Cincinnati

Carnations On Every Lapel On Carnation Day

Citizens nationwide wear carnations today in memory of President McKinley born January 29 1843. The flower his favorite, observed since 1992 after his assassination in 1904. Tributes mark the anniversary with school reminders and the Canton mausoleum dedication in 1903.

McKinley Monument Hill Canton Ohio Roosevelt

New York Life Insurance Firms Face New Law Costs

Interest grows in financial statements of New York State life insurers as laws limit annual expenses for acquiring new business. Firms report modest policy gains, higher assets by about 1.7 million dollars, and over 300 thousand paid as dividends to policyholders.

New York State Home Life Insurance Company George E. Ide

Banks gain more time to retire Clearing House certificates

Clearing House Committee extended the deadline for three banks still holding Clearing House loan certificates totaling just over 6 million dollars. Banks may take the time needed to retire their certificates. no new ones will be issued. One bank expects to retire today, another by week end. Rumors of further voluntary liquidations may fade as conditions remain stable.

Clearing House Clearing House Committee Panks National Bank of North America

Trust Companies Get Money Return In Two Week Period

Albany Jan 28 The State Banking Department released the two week tally of eighty five trust companies showing a rise in resources by nearly 11 million and deposits up 11 million with total deposits increasing to 732,278,3260 and total resources to 1,012,747,930 as of January 1 from December 19.

Albany State Banking Department Clark Williams

Reorganization Plan Approved for Gulf & Chicago and Mobile Railroads

A rep of L S Berg said bondholders with 9 per cent assent approved the consolidation plan of the Mobile Jackson & Kansas City Railroad with the Gulf & Chicago Railway. The plan requires 60 per cent assent to become operative on Feb 1 and contemplates forming the New Orleans Mobile & Chicago Railroad Company with expansion toward the Ohio River and New Orleans.

L. S. Berg Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Gulf & Chicago Railway Company New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago Railroad Company Ohio River New Orleans

W Gould Brokaw Recovering After Illness

W Gould Brokaw and his wife were reported gravely ill and taken to New York, but brother W W Brokaw denied the danger. He said Brokaw has typhoid fever for weeks at his North Carolina estate and is not in danger, while his wife remains well. The article notes a prior divorce from Caroline Coubert in Providence and a later marriage to Mary Morris Blair on September 16.

High Point N. C W. Gould Brokaw New York

Big Four dividend cut and Nickel Plate rise reported

Directors of two Vanderbilt roads adjusted dividends yesterday. The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway cut its common stock dividend from 2 to 1 percent, lowering the annual rate to 2 percent. The Nickel Plate line, by contrast, raised its second preferred stock dividend to 5 percent and maintained 5 percent on first preferred stock as earnings increased by 285,644 dollars last year.

Vanderbilt Roads Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company Big Four New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company Nickel Plate

Delaware & Judson Railroad Company loan update

It was reported yesterday that the proposed one year loan of 16 million dollars was revised. The Delaware and Judson Railroad Company has altered the terms from the initial high amount. Officials declined further comment pending negotiations.

Delaware & Judson Railroad Copany

Bank loan lined up for Quebec road financing

The company arranged a $6,000,000 bank loan for six months at 2 percent to finance a matching amount of Quebec, Montreal and Southern notes maturing in February. The First National Bank and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will underwrite the new issue. A more permanent financing was postponed, with a potential bond issue of up to $20,000,000 contemplated before the loan’s August maturity.

Quebec Montreal & Southern First National Bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co

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