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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1906
Page
12
United States Senator from Maryland Arthur Pue Gorman died at his Washington home at 9 05 AM after months of illness. Heart trouble was the cause and he was conscious until shortly before death. His wife and daughter Ada Gorman were present as physicians were summoned.
The report details the death of Senator Arthur Pue Gorman in Washington D C after a period of illness. It notes his desire for a private funeral, his will to be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, and Senate actions including a memorial resolution and a special committee to arrange the funeral. Mourning colleagues pledge respect and honor for a longtime Maryland statesman.
A fragment praising a Senate leader as highly qualified and willing to discharge his responsibilities, noting it will be a long time before another man with such experience and readiness appears in the Senate.
Maryland Democratic factions teem with names as Governor Warfield contemplates appointing a temporary senator after Senator Gorman's death. Rumors circle about William Pinkney Whyte and young Gorman as potential successors, with leaders like I. Freeman Rasin and J. Fred Talbott weighing loyalties. Rayner courted as a future party chief, while Johns Hopkins President Remsen and other figures mourn the loss of a veteran leader.
A condensed biographical sketch of Arthur Pue Gorman United States Senator. Born March 11, in Woodstock Maryland he rose from page in the Senate to postmaster collector of internal revenue canal director and Speaker of the Maryland House. He became a long time Maryland state senator party leader and U S Senator known as a powerful campaign manager and reform era boss. The narrative notes his influence opposition to the Force Bill role in the Wilson Tariff bill and leadership in 1884 Cleveland Blaine election triumphs and later political shifts in Maryland.
The article traces John Gorman’s ascent in the Senate as a skilled organizer, his decisive role in passing the Force Bill, and his later break with President Cleveland over tariff policy and office distribution. It notes his 19th-century elections, to be explicit, his 1892 Maryland defeat, and his lingering ill health before death.
The longtime guest Senator Gorman visited the Fifth Avenue Hotel each year since its opening in 1959. He and William L. Scott once visited together. Gorman rose from Senate page to wealth, always seated at the same table, served by the same head waiter for over two decades.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana is ill due to stomach trouble and did not attend the Capitol today. He expects to be in the Senate before the week ends.
In New York, Battery Hill near the War of Independence battlefield hosted the unveiling of a memorial tablet designed by Albert Weinert. The event, led by Hugh Hastings and attended by NYU Chancellor MacCracken, honored brave Americans connected to Newark’s wartime role, with readings by John C. Tomlinson.
Governor Higgins signed the Carpenter-Wainwright bill extending Interstate Palisade Park from Piermont to Stony Point. Hook Mountain is saved from quarrymen as purchase money is pledged and Palisades Commission plans the extension. The park will span 35 miles from Fort Lee to Stony Point, including Palisade cliffs and key landmarks. A cliff highway will link to state roads at Stony Point amid lingering quarry opposition.
A column lists passengers sailing today on the Kronprinz Wilhelm for King Wilhelm and the Prins Oskar for Naples, with numerous named individuals including Mr and Mrs Philip J Brit, Miss Dorothy Patterson, Major G Creighton Webb, and Mr and Mrs J Walter Thompson. It also notes arrivals yesterday from London on the Minnetonka including Rear Admiral J V B French and Mrs Bleecker, plus other travellers from various surnames and titles.
Shakespeare at the Academy brings Sothern and Marlowe in a sparkling Beatrice Benedick pairing. Marlowe's wit and warmth universal praise, Sothern's Benedick praised for fluency and dignity, with Irving's influence noted on stagecraft and color. Other performances judged less notable.
Lawyers met at Joseph H. Choate’s office to form the Bar on Judicial Nominations and back a non partisan ticket. Ex Judge Alton B Parker chaired. The Citizens Union will name a 100 member slate in New York and Kings counties to vet candidates for the Supreme Court, Surrogate and other posts in November 1906.
The Cohan family and Truly Shattuck revived The Governor's Son at the Aerial Theatre roof garden. The show retains core elements from George M. Cohan's Broadway hit but adds new features and songs with lively music. Cast includes William Keogh Julius Tannen John Conroy Jack Webster Frank McNish Jr Cleveland Nicholson Nat Royster and Rose Green. The roof garden area has pink and gold refurnishings with palms for lounging.
Walter N. Lawrence and Henry E. Dixey end talks with Lee Shubert to present The Man on the Box at Waldorf Theatre London. Miss Hilda Spong signs to star under Lawrence with a three act comedy Lady Jim by Harold Heaton. After a week on tour, the company will move to New York for a September roadway theatre appearance.
A committee representing over a hundred German societies with 100000 members holds a memorial meeting for Carl Schurz at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday at 8 15 p m Hubert Cillis presides speakers include Nicholas Murray Butler A Jacobi George Von Ska and Emanuel Baruch German singing societies provide over a thousand voices Admission tickets not required after eight o clock
Oscar Hammerstein opened his Paradise Roof Garden last night to a packed house. The audience enjoyed La Belle Baigneuse and various popular acts including Rice and Prevost and Captain Woodward's trained sea lions. Lalla Selbini performed a dangerous midair routine and was praised, while Selma Braatz impressed with juggling. Hammerstein hopes for repeat crowds as the weather cooperates.
Cable dispatches report American grand opera singer Miss Lillian Heidelbach from this city sang before Director Mahler at the Imperial Opera in Vienna. Mahler urged a contract for leading roles, but Heidelbach requests time to decide.
A compact roundup lists Belmont Park racing today along with several New York civic and cultural happenings. Board of Aldermen session at City Hall at 1 p.m. NYU class day at 2 p.m. California Club meeting at Waldorf Astoria 2 p.m. Knickerbocker Relief Club party at 217 West 101st Street in the evening. New York Historical Society gathering at Second Avenue and 1th Street at 8:30 p.m. Edward Payson Weston lecture at 318 West 1th Street around 5 p.m. Barnard College senior dance in the gym in the evening. A Vita One event at the Museum of Art and the Zoological Park noted.
Miss Edith Bulkeley Ruggles daughter of the late Henry J. Ruggles wed Charles Herbert Langmuir son of a New York Life representative in Europe at St Mark's Church Bowery. Rev Hugh McC Birkhead officiated with the bride given away by her sister. Howard S. Mott served as best man. Daisy Beard Shults wed Frederic C. Brown in Holy Trinity Church Brooklyn. A sister’s breakfast followed at 110 Remsen Street before the couple sailed for Europe. Brown’s prior marriage to John H. Shults Jr. ended in divorce in 1961 with custody of two children. Shults later married Jeannette C. Miller in 1903 against the decree.
Fair weather in New England and the mid Atlantic with clearing in the central Rockies and Southwest. Showers and thunderstorms elsewhere with higher northern temperatures east of the Rockies. showers Tuesday in the lake and Mississippi valleys and Atlantic states, with more on Wednesday in the Atlantic states. Local notes include District of Columbia and Maryland cooler Wednesday, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania showers, and Eastern New York fair today with cooler Wednesday. last 24 hours temperature highs 78, lows 61, average 70.
Instruction notes taking Horsford's Acid Phosphate with half a teaspoonful in half a glass of water before bed to promote a refreshing sleep.
On Monday June 4 1906 at St Marks in the Bowery Rev Hugh Birch officiated Edith Bulkiey Ruggles daughter of the late Henry Joseph and Maria Adams Rugs to Mr Charles Herbert Langmuir both of New York indorsed notices require full name and address.
Death notices from Stamford and surrounding areas list Amelia Betts Katharine Geer Henry Bonwell Charles Kent Annie Brush F Sareesa Rowman Jennie Burtis Eliza Tresicher John Cary Howard Van Cleat J B Davidson Julia Wangemann A T EF Dickinson A G Westervelt Richard Francis Kellogg with details of residences funerals and interments at Strawberry Hill Perth Amboy Garden City Brooklyn South Portland and other locales noting service times and venues including Sunday June 3 to Tuesday June 6 observances in early June 1906.
Obituaries and funeral notices reported for June 1906 include Julia Berry Davidson. Colonel A G Dene. Kellogg Frandy Francis. Katharine Geer. Charles W Kent. George F Lord. Mary Elizabeth Bleecker Davidson. Benjamin B Pinkham. and others. Notices give birth/death dates, residences, church services, burial arrangements, and undertaker references, with location details across Brooklyn, Yonkers, New Brunswick, and New York City.
Postal information for incoming and outgoing mails appears with shipping news on page 12. The Tribune’s rates cover domestic and foreign destinations, with subscription options and mail service details. A list of hotels in London and Europe keeps the Daily Sunday Tribune on file for readers traveling abroad.
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