Rev Dr Richard Storrs Dies at 78 in Brooklyn
The Rev Dr Richard Salter Storrs died at his home 8 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn after months of frail health. He reached his 79th birthday next August and passed away quietly with family at his side. Funeral at the Church of the Pilgrims will be Friday at 3 oclock with a simple service conducted by pastors of nearby churches. Greenwood Cemetery will receive the burial.
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Brooklyn
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E. H. Byington
Pilgrim Chapel
Albert J. Lyman
South Congregational Church
Church of the Pilgrims
Greenwood Cemetery
Tribune
Montague St
Brooklin
Unats
Boston
International Congregational Council
Dewey
Colton
Spencer
Bird W. Spencer
Passaic
Pierrepont-st
Henry and Remsen
The Rev Dr Richard Storrs A Brooklyn Clergyman
A biographical sketch of Dr Richard Storrs, a Long Island and Brooklyn pastor, editor, and author. Born August 21 1821 in Brookline, his career spans Amherst College, Andover Seminary, The Independent, and leadership in the Long Island Historical Society.
Resignation Accepted of Longtime Pilgrims Pastor Storrs
Dr. Storrs announced his desire to resign the pastoral duties he had fulfilled for 53 years at the Church of the Pilgrims. His resignation was accepted on November 27. The Brooklyn Conference honored him on May 10, 1900, for his fifty three years of service. He was noted as a reader of history with interests in architecture and landscape gardening and served as a Park Commissioner for a period.
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New York
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Central Congregational Church
Boston
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Pra Menced
Church of the Pilgrims
Brook
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Hamilton Club
John Hall
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American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
E. B. Coe
Stephen Crane dies in Badenweiler at age 59
Stephen Crane died at Badenweiler in Baden on June 5. Born in Newark New Jersey on November 1 1871 he was the son of Rev J T Crane a Methodist minister. He wrote for The Tribune and The New York World among others and gained fame with The Red Badge of Courage.
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N. J
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Lafayette College
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New- York Journal
Cuba
Porto Rico
New-York World
Offic
Guantanamo
England
Maggie
Black Riders
Otter’ Ines
George
Violet
General Silas Hastings Died in Washington After Funeral Cold
General Silas Wright Hastings former colonel of the 142d New York Volunteer Infantry died in Washington Sunday night from a cold contracted at General Lawton's funeral. Born April 36 1846 in Franklin County New York he enlisted in 1862 at sixteen and ended the war as colonel. He was brevetted brigadier general for bravery. After the war he returned north then spent years in California before moving to New York City in 1889 to become agent and later general agent of Consolidation Coal Company. He left a wife and four children.
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New-York Volunteer Infantry
Washington
Lawton
Franklin County
N. Y
New York
California
Consolidation Coal Company
Rev Dr Charles Wood Dies After Long Brooklyn Ministry
The Rev Dr Charles Wood longtime pastor of City Park Chapel Brooklyn died at his home 535 Quincy Street Brooklyn He was 82 born in Salem N J educated at Lafayette College and Princeton Theological Seminary ordained in 186 He preached in Texas and led City Park Chapel from 1867 to 1888 later doing missionary work and serving as chaplain of the Presbyterian Home for Old Ladies He leaves a son and a daughter Funeral to be held at the house tonight.
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City Park Chapel
Concord St
Brooklyn
Quincyst
Salem
N. J
Lafayette College
Princeton Theological Seminary
Texas
Presbyterian Home For Old Ladies
Madison-ave
Seventy-third-st
Moeller Named Bishop of Columbus Ohio
Official notice from the Papal Legation states Rev. Henry Moeller chancellor and secretary of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is appointed Bishop of Columbus Ohio. The appointing brief reached Monsignor Martinelli in Portland Oregon on May 21 and was sent to Columbus.
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Henry Moeller
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Moeller
Rome
Martinelli
Portland
Ore
Weather report notes warm trend with scattered rain
United States crops show favorable conditions while Northwest Middle South Atlantic seek rain. Temperatures mostly above normal. 80 to 90 degrees from Texas to the Dakotas. Today and Thursday forecast fair and warmer for New England and Mid Atlantic regions with variable winds. Local Tribune observations recorded 68 to 76 yesterday.
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Maryland
Virginia
New York
Weather report notes slight drop in average temperature
The average temperature stands at 67 degrees, 2 percent lower than Monday and 13 percent lower than the same date last year. Today is forecast to be fair and warm.
Barnard College closes year with simple exercises
Barnard College held its closing exercises in the theater of the college building. The event was informal with a brief address by Acting Dean James H. Robinson and a speech by President Seth Low on Barnard’s ties to Columbia University. Forty-two graduates appeared in caps and gowns.
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Columbia University
James H. Robinson
Seth Low
Low
Columbia
Barnard
Vassar
MIT Class of 0 Graduation Exercises Held at Huntington Hall
The June 5 graduation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology featured an address of welcome by Dr. Crofts and readings by students from the institute's departments, celebrating the seniors and their families.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Huntington Hall
Crofts
Dickinson College Commencement Held in Carlisle
Carlisle Penn June 5 Special More than the usual visitors attended Dickinson College s 117th commencement. Law graduates totaled forty and received diplomas. The orator was Ex Judge George Greenwood Reynolds of Brooklyn NY. Ground broken for new dormitories. Class day exercises and reunions for classes of 50 and 70. Changes at the faculty included Dr Henry C Whiting resigning as Latin professor and Murrin G Filler elected as his successor. Leon C Prince Carlisle elected instructor. Dr Nathan P Stauffer resigned as physical director. successor unnamed.
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Penn
Dickinson College
Law School
George Greenwood Reynolds
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry C. Whiting
Murrin G. Filler
Leon C. Prince
Nathan P. Stauffer
Commencement at Horace Mann High School
The Horace Mann High School annual commencement took place in the Teachers College chapel at Morning Side Heights. Forty four graduates, including nineteen young women, received diplomas led by Principal Virgil Prettyman. Attending were James Earl Russell and Rev Dr Charles Cuthbert Hall. Dr Hall spoke on Reverence, the Strength of Our Younger Years.
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Horace Mann High School
Teachers College
Morningside Heights
Virgil Prettyman
James Earl Russell
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Union Theological Seminary
Hall
Walter Damrosch to lead Metropolitan opera next season
Official confirmation that Walter Damrosch will conduct German opera at the Metropolitan Opera House for the next season and also conduct Sunday concerts. J E Dodson plans to sail for England from Montreal in summer after touring in Because She Loved Him So. The Casino Girl closes after over a hundred performances and sails to London to perform at Shaftesbury Theatre in July.
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Maurice Grau
Metropolitan Opera House
Mr. Damrosch
J. E. Dodson
England
Montreal
Dodson
Casino
London
Shaftesbury Theatre
Missionary Union Devotional at Clifton Springs
The International Missionary Union gathered in Clifton Springs on June 5 with focus on the sanatorium and its founder Dr Henry Foster. Eugene Stock of London spoke on Missionary Work in England and led the question box while afternoon sessions featured Cushing of Italy and speakers Butler of Mexico Worley of China. Officers’ reports were presented and accepted at the business meeting.
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N. Y
International Missionary Union
Henry Foster
J. E. Gracey
Eugene Stock
London
England
Cc. W. Cushing
Italy
Mr. Cushing
J. W. Butler
Mexico
J. H. Worley
China
Transatlantic travellers head for steamers Kaiser's voyage and others
Expected Kaiser's Friedrich liner sails include Louis Sherry Raphael Joseffy and daughter Baron Moncheaur Belgian minister to Mexico. White Star Oceanic lists H Mortimer Brooks Major L D Drummond William Sloane Lispenard Stewart John Boyd Thacher Courtlandt Palmer T V Golch. St Paul to Southampton carries Alexander Graham Bell and others. crowd includes Judge Gray and family, Iddings party, McClellan and officialsessentials.
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Raphael Joseffy
Baron Moncheaur
Mexico
Hamburg-American Line
Oder
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Liverpool
H. Mortimer Brooks
L. D. Drummond
William Sloane
Lispenard Stewart
John Boyd Thacher
Courtlandt Palmer
T. V. S. Golch
St. Paul
Southampton
Alexander Graham Bell
Chicago
E. W. Dayton
Lewis Morris Iddings
Rome
Italy
George B. McClellan
Mc Waters
Theodore C. Marceau
Helene Mora
Henry W. Munroe
David O'Meara
Cincinnati
Leonid Schiappa-Pietra
San Francisco
Shallenberger
Koonigo
Washington
Floyd Hall White
Marshall P. Wilder
Letters on Africa and the British Empire in 1900
A reader defends Britain’s empire in Africa and Canada’s contentment under British rule. He cites Australia Egypt and U S as parallels, praises England’s education and protection of subjects, and laments war losses while hoping the conflict yields global benefit. Brooklyn May 73 1900 Cc. W. Brindley
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Canada
Australia
England
Africa
United States of America
Egypt
Cecil Rhodes
Dom Paul Kruger
Brooklyn
Cc. W. Brindley
The Quality of Milk And Public Health Reform
Letter from R. M. G. of New York dated May 26 1900 argues for licensing dairies and state regulation to ensure milk quality and purity The writer urges treating milk as a solid food by fixing price to solids and calls for public press advocacy to restore confidence and boost dairy consumption.
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New-York
Return of Secretary Iddings from vacation voyage to Rome
Lewis Morris Iddings secretary of the American Embassy to Italy sails today on the steamship St. Paul returning to Rome after a several year tenure at Rome. He helped oversee the embassy during Admiral Dewey Philippines visit and will briefly stop in Paris to view the Exposition with his wife and daughter.
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Italy
St. Paul
Iddings
Rome
State Department
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
General Draper
United States
Naples
Paris
Tolstoi Publishes New Work on Railway Laborers
St. Petersburg reports Count Leo Tolstoi has written a new book focusing on railway laborers. The title is The New Slavery.
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St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Married ROGERS Coe in New York and more in 1900 notices
Notices of marriages and deaths from the era list Coe Rogers at 26 East Fifty-seventh Street on June 4 with Rev Robert Collyer officiating. Other weddings include Dupigna c and Susskind Heilbrun June 5, plus Clarke, Deuscher, Earle, Haight and Howell obituaries with funeral times, venues, and interment details across hotels and towns.
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St. Thomas's Church
Mamaroneck
Frank F. German
F. Windsor Brathwaite
St. Andrew's Church
Stamford
Conn
Edith Seraphine
Frank Jay Dupignac
Mortimer Kennedy Susskind
Heilbrun
Raphael Benjamin
Rose Heilbrun
Michael Susskind
Kensico Cemetery Private Harlem Railroad Ride
Died notice noting Kensico Cemetery adjacent to Harlem Railroad line a 43 minute ride from Grand Depot with office located at 16 East 42d Street New York City.
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Harlem Railroad
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Special Notices and Rates for The Tribune Subscriptions and Foreign Offices
An assortment of subscription offers with various frequencies and prices for The Tribune including daily weekly tri weekly and Sunday editions. The notice lists payment methods and reminder of additional postage for New York City mail subscribers. It also provides office locations in Nassau Street Broadway Newark London Paris Geneva Florence Hamburg Bremen and more with names of agents and agencies for foreign distribution.
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London
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Paris
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John Wanamaker
Weekly Foretan Mails to Europe and Americas June 9 1900
Weekly foreign and domestic mail schedule ends June 9 1900. Parcels Post Mails close earlier than standard times at the General Postoffice. Transatlantic, Europe and other routes listed with specific sailings and directing phrases per vessel names and ports. Also outlines South and Central America West Indies and Cuba routes with days and cutoffs from Boston Philadelphia and North Sydney. Includes supplementary and direct mail instructions for Ireland Belgium France Italy Spain Portugal Turkey Egypt India Netherlands Norway and more.
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Europe
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Jamaica
Belize
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Per & Corean
Philadelphia
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Castilian Prince
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