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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
26
The Carnegie Foundation plans annual stipends for retiring professors, distributing about a year’s pay to renowned scholars from Columbia Yale Harvard Princeton and others. Notable names include John Krom Rees Henry H. Bowditch George Trumbull Ladd and William Packard among long careers and multiple academic posts.
At the Reformed Church General Synod session a disruption occurred as the committee on judicial business favored appeals by two ministers. Rev. C. Evans of Albany seeks a hearing after finances accusations, while Rev. Spitka Koster of Iowa appeals a Chicago Synod ruling. The debate grew heated as motions to proceed faced opposition and the hearing for Koster was postponed to today.
The Columbia College senior class held its annual class day exercises noting football’s hoped for return. President Robert W. Macbeth welcomed peers, Edwin T. Maynard led the roll, and William Leopold Essex recapped class deeds with a long history. Frank Frankenthal delivered the presentation oration and Charles Laiflow Williams read the class prophecy. Essex announced class statistics: about 21 years old, average weight 149 pounds, height 5 feet 9 inches. most born in New York, with New Jersey next. The class, mostly Republican with independents and Democrats, planted ivy on the chapel, and ended with a campus pilgrimage and singing Sans Souci on the library steps.
Washington June 11 Paul J Dashiell appointed professor of mathematics at Annapolis He rose to prominence as a Lehigh halfback and later coached Annapolis football and baseball He also served as an umpire and chairman of the Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee A native of Maryland his athletic and instructional work shaped Annapolis teams.
Meyer R. Bimberg will develop a music hall on West 42nd and 43rd streets after purchasing the No. 117 West 424 street and No. 106 to 118 West 43d street parcels from McVicker Gaillard Realty. George Keister draws plans. a 12 foot court surrounds the building. the project follows the new theatre building code requiring exits on each side.
Racing at Grevesend. Meeting of Woman's Boards of Missions of the Reformed Church at Collegiate Church on 48th Street and Fifth Avenue. Ell Cay Board of Aldermen at City Hall at 1 p.m. Commencement at New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at 8 p.m. Berkeley Institute commencement at First Reformed Church Brooklyn in the afternoon. De La Salle Institute commencement at De La Salle Hall 108 West 58th Street. Pioneer coach horses sale at Durland's at 8:30 p.m. Free day at the Museum of Art and the Zoological Park.
The official forecast from Washington notes a central Eastern Gulf storm with diminished intensity. High tides were seen in Tampa, and Southern Florida reports are incomplete. Showers affect the Pacific states and central West, with fair to rising temperatures elsewhere. Storm warnings extend from Jacksonville to Norfolk and along Washington and Oregon coasts. Winds vary regionally, and ships bound for European ports head north to northeast with partly cloudy skies toward the Grand Banks.
London May 30 The Red Cross movement gains momentum as the Geneva conference seeks to revise the original charter to fit extended battle ranges and new tactics. American delegates led by William Cary Sanger join surgeons general, naval leaders, and legal officers to craft a humane code for land and sea warfare, with aims to neutralize ambulances and protect the wounded amid rapid battlefield deliveries.
Delegates from thirty seven nations gathered for a Red Cross revision conference in Geneva. President of Switzerland M L Ferrer welcomed them and urged ratification of Hague peace conference resolutions extending Red Cross to naval warfare. Swiss Minister M Odler was elected conference president.
Post office inspectors trace threatening postal cards mailed from Indianapolis to Speaker Cannon in Washington. The cards, dated March and sent from towns including Elanch? South Bend and others, share handwriting and insinuate anger over the Pure Food bill.
Dr Mary Jacobi died at her East 47th Street home after four years of invalidism. A pioneer in women’s medicine, she helped win admission to the Paris Ecole de Médecine and influenced the medical education of women. Born 1842, she pursued extensive work in New York and Paris, authored medical and educational writings, and supported woman suffrage. Funeral will be private at her home with burial in the city.
The Right Rev. John B. Delaney Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester died in Sacred Heart Hospital Manchester New Hampshire after an appendectomy he was born August 9 1864 in Lowell Mass. He studied at Holy Cross College and Boston College ordained May 23 1891 in Saint Sulpice Paris and served at St Anne Manchester Immaculate Conception Portsmouth Hinsdale later becoming Manchester diocesan chancellor and secretary to Bishop Bradley He was consecrated bishop September 9 1H and is survived by his mother a brother Rev Frederick Delaney five sisters including Sister Florence Louise Notre Dame Trinity College secretary in Washington DC.
General Ralph Brandreth born 1860 Ossining New York died yesterday at his Bellport Long Island home. He helped found Ossining Hospital and Yacht Club serving as commodore and led Allcock Manufacturing Company as manager after his father’s death. A Democrat and expert marksman, he belonged to several clubs and married Margaret Stuyvesant. five children survive. Funeral planned at Bellport on Thursday.
Archibald Parkhurst longtime cashier of the St Nicholas National Bank in Manhattan died at his Newark residence 100 Broad Street after a ten month illness. He retired in 1882 and had been a Presbyterian elder and founder of South Park Church. Survived by his son Jacob Parkhurst of Kings Ferry.
Madrid reports the death of Senor Castellano, former Minister of Finance and later Governor of the Bank of Spain, who passed away today.
Beaton June 11. Lieutenant Commander Charles Wurtz Tracey retired from the U S S N died at his Brookline home today. Since retirement on October 22 1878 he had been detailed at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Cornelius Delano Wood financier and philanthropist died after eighteen months illness at his Brooklyn home on St Mark’s Avenue. Born in Northampton Massachusetts, 74 years ago, he came to New York at 18 and built Wood & Davis after earlier roles at Clarke Dodge and Vermilyve. He held roles as vice president of Union Trust and directorships at Brooklyn Trust, Bedford Bank, Manhattan Life, and London Assurance, and he funded charity including a Young Women’s Christian Association building in memory of his wife, sister of Robert C Ogden, leaving two daughters and three...
The season runs twenty weeks starting November 19 with Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday matinee performances. Subscription seats priced high and cheap seats available, Italian and French works listed, and Hammerstein's singer roster includes renowned sopranos and tenors from major European houses.
Playwright Augustus Thomas arrives with wife and two children aboard the Red Star Nner Zeeland after a three year abroad. He planned three new works, including a Western for Dustin Farnum and a light comedy for Lawrance D Orsay, while praising Cyril Maude's Shore Acres and noting his view of London theater. He will spend the summer at East Hampton.
Marc Klaw of Klaw and Erlanger signs five year deal with George Edwardes in London. The pact grants U S and Canadian rights to Edwardes musical productions at major London venues excluding Daly's Theatre. First American show will be The Spring Chickens from the Gaiety. Edwardes is regarded as a premier producer in musical theater.
London June 12 Ellen Terry will headline a jubilee benefit at Drury Lane with doors opening 11 30 am. Vast crowds queued from Monday, some 500 plus waited overnight to secure seats at low prices while sellers peddled food drinks and line keeps. Churchill to preside at Hotel Cecil dinner Sunday night as Miss Terry appears in person to greet her admirers.
King Sisawath of Cambodia arrived in Marseilles today and was greeted with military honors. He pledged fidelity to France in response to a welcome address, reaffirming Cambodia's protection by France.
Dr Edwin T Jones of Queens Long Island was found dead in his Utica home from apoplexy while en route to Saranac Lake to visit a sick son. Born in Wales he came to Brooklyn, supported his education, and married Rachel Herbert. Survived by two sons Herbert and Clifford and a daughter Mrs R W McClintock. Funeral planned in Utica with family departing.
Marriage notices appear in The Tribune and will be republished in The Tri-Weekly Tribune. Starr-Froctor at Plymouth Church Brooklyn on June 7 1808 by Rev Willard F Harmen. Hewlett to Phoebe Elizabeth daughter of Mrs Walter.
Multiple brief death notices and funeral arrangements from Portland Missouri to Brooklyn New York list names such as Donald McLean Harstow Marta Brandreth Margaret Burritt Sarah Catlin Mary Putnam Robert Shoemaker Ives Delano Wood and others with dates June 9 to June 12 1906. Details include ages families and funeral times with locations at churches and residences.
Readable lines note accessible Harlem trains from Grand Come au Station and trolley links Webster Jerome Aves. Lot prices from 125 dollars. Contact Gramercy for Book of Views or representative. Office at 20 East 73rd Street. Undertakers Frank E F Campbell Co at 2413 W 3d Su World known, old stand. Tel 1324 Chelsea.
Special notices describe where postal information is located and how to subscribe. It lists domestic and foreign rates, offices in New York and abroad, and multiple international hotel reading rooms and agent contacts for Tribune readers.
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