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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
16
The Cunard steamer Mauretania arrived near Sandy Hook at 7 30 pm after a 2590 mile run from Daunt's Rock, averaging 24.56 knots and surpassing the Lusitania's record by 0.03 knots. The ship set a record single day 635 knots between noon Saturday and noon Sunday and maintained 26 knots for 15 hours despite propeller damage.
Celt, three year old son of Commanded Maid of Erin, defied odds to win the Brooklyn Handicap in track record time, with August Belmont's Fair Fly finishing second and Sam's Master Robert close behind. J R Keene praised trainer Jimmy Rowe and rider Notter as a large crowd cheered the popular favorite, amid mixed weather and crowded stands.
Richmond reports the North Carolina Superior Court authorized John Armstrong Chanler to change his name to Chaloner, a step toward securing his inheritance amid prior insanity rulings. Chaloner says the change ends indignities from the Chanler surname as he fights for control of a fortune valued at about one and a half million dollars.
Albany June 1 Senator William T O Neil denies reports that he will switch positions on Governor Hughes anti gambling measures and says he will back them more firmly. Meanwhile Foelker recovering in Staatsburg is expected back next week for the vote. Racing interests press to defeat the bills as legislature reconvenes.
The balloon Chicago with Charles A. Coey Charles H. Leichleiter and Captain G. H. Bumbaugh left Quincy at six PM. It carries 110000 cubic feet of gas and crossed the Mississippi within fifteen minutes. It climbs to about two thousand feet as night falls, aiming to surpass last year’s Pommern record from St. Louis.
A special train delivering Dr. John Murphy of Chicago to the bedside of Mrs. Thomas L. Crittenden in Pittsburg covered 468 miles in eight hours and thirty eight minutes with a lengthy Ohio stop. The patient is Amelia Oliver, daughter of James B. Oliver, a steel man, and is connected by marriage to a former Missouri governor. Relatives refuse to discuss her illness.
Eugene Jepson a fifty year old New York leading man in a Keith’s Theatre vaudeville sketch collapsed and died of heart disease in his dressing room as a theatre fire alarm sounded. Fire damaged the building and $0 was reported. audience and cast remained calm as play continued after the blaze was extinguished. Jepson previously acted with Maude Adams in a varied career.
Libson June 1. A French system for using alternating currents instead of continuous ones was proposed at the International Telegraph Conference by M Mercadier. The inventor claims the method would permit twelve instruments on a single wire and reduce tolls.
In Khabarovsk a barge laden with Chinese prisoners capsized in the Amoor River. Eighty nine persons were drowned. An advertisement promotes Dewey's Pure Grape Juice II as purifying the Blond and nourishing, from H. J. Dewey & Sons Co. New York.
Mrs Frank J Gould reported a lost trunk between Trenton and New Brunswick while traveling from Philadelphia to New York. The trunk contained dresses hats and shoes and was dropped from the automobile May 31. A reward is offered and Mrs Gould can be reached at 813 Fifth Avenue New York.
Secretary Taft and Ohio Attorney General Wade H. Ellis held a long morning conference in Washington to map the national platform for Chicago. Taft favors a Roosevelt platform with strong tariff revision and tight anti trust measures, while Ohio’s plank may shape the tariff declaration.
The Lusitania of the Cunard Line lowered the New York to Queenstown course time by 2 hours 43 minutes, covering 2932 miles in 5 days 4 hours 30 minutes. It arrived at 2:05 AM and then sailed on to Liverpool. former best was 5 days 7 hours 13 minutes.
The steamer Goldsboro, formerly under American and then British registry, arrived at Puerto Cortez on May 16 with farming machinery and road making gear valued at about 50000 dollars. It was chartered by General Supply Co. agents Batley. Buyers Meyers Bailey and Meyes bought a 2000 acre banana farm at Tela for 20000 dollars and plan oil and coal prospecting. The British register was cancelled and the ship reflagged Honduran, now Atlantida, and sailing to Tela to unload.
Catholic worship at St. Joseph's Church in Scranton is barred by Bishop Hoban after a Supreme Court ruling upheld a congregation challenge to his trusteeship. The church property ruling conflicts with church law, leading to the removal of Pastor Father J. J. Kirras and a ban on future Catholic services there.
Professor Brandl of the University of Berlin argues that educated Americans speak English as well as educated Englishmen. He blames England's education for neglecting modern languages and notes Cambridge lacks a chair of modern English. He cites Harvard and German studies to claim America leads in language cultivation and hints that nasal American pronunciations are fading.
President Georges T. Angell of the Massachusetts Humane Society denounces the Myopia Hunt Club for killing fifty two foxhounds as an outrage. He offers a standing reward for evidence against any club member for horse mutilation and says he is investigating the dog murder with plans to prosecute if evidence is found.
Barney Oldfield says the last night accident was enough and has quit racing. He has become a chauffeur for H. W. Whipple the Andover banker, and will drive a thirty horsepower car. Oldfield has cancelled all his racing engagements.
Omaha May 1 James Dahlman mayor and Nebraska Democratic committeeman says a New York published claim misstates the 1914 Nebraska campaign funds. He asserts he received 15000 in three payments from the national committee via Sheehan or Ryan, spent it entirely on the state race for Berge, and that no money went to Bryan or the national campaign.
Murphysboro Illinois June 1 James Nall, convict, released on a 300 bond after a five year sentence for conspiring to defraud Elkville State Bank. He and W B Smith were moved from Cheater Penitentiary March 12. Appellate Court review pending. Smith slated for release soon.
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