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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
5
Messages of sympathy arrive from figures like William Jennings Bryan Booker T. Washington Cardinal Gibbons and governors nationwide. They mourn the death of Grover Cleveland as a loss to the country and a respected friend to many institutions and communities.
Preparations by many groups for the president's funeral with closings of the New York Stock Exchange and Consolidated Stock Exchange at 1 pm, the Cotton Exchange staying open, and demonstrations of sympathy by Morgan J. O'Brien, George Westinghouse, and other leaders. Resolutions honor Cleveland's service. flags to half mast for 30 days. yacht club orders for half mast. Governor McClellan notes postponing a mass ceremony to fall due to warm weather.
The Manhattan Republican Club of the Diet Assembly District met at 8 Seventh Avenue last night to endorse Taft and Sherman with enthusiasm. They adopted resolutions mourning Grover Cleveland as a foremost citizen and ex-president, praising his patriotism and public service, and expressing sympathy to his family.
New York City leaders urged churches to toll bells for a half hour during Grover Cleveland’s funeral tomorrow afternoon. Mayor McClellan, unable to notify clergy in time, issued a statement requesting ministers to arrange tolling at the designated period from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.
The Taft Organization of New York postponed a Waldorf dinner for William H. Taft due to ex President Cleveland's death. Taft had accepted the invite, with date set by Louis C. Hay in New Haven, Friday the 2th was named. The postponement honors Cleveland and reflects the respect held for him by Taft and attendees.
Official tribute paid to Grover Cleveland with flags at halfmast in Annapolis and the Naval Academy. A twenty one gun salute fired from the shore battery at noon reflected the national mourning.
Washington notices urged half mast and mourning across Navy Army posts ships and diplomatic offices. Brazil honors Cleveland with wreaths and funeral salutes while officials attend Princeton services and leaders travel to Elberon and Maine. Sefer Calvo Costa Rican minister offers Condolences.
St Petersburg papers praise Grover Cleveland as a reformer and hard worker who revived the Democratic party after the Civil War. Paris journal Temps lauds his character and leadership, noting his firm resolve and integrity as influential for statesmen worldwide.
Princeton professor Dr Henry van Dyke visited Westland and assisted Mrs Cleveland with funeral rites. He released a statement praising Mr Cleveland as a generous friend and loyal man whose close ties to Princeton University and its traditions made his counsel valuable to the trustees.
In Hartford on June 25 the Connecticut Prohibition party, meeting at South Manchester, refused to praise Grover Cleveland. The party’s gubernatorial nominee Matthew J. O'Brien and Oliver W. Stewart defeated a resolution urging tribute to Cleveland, arguing he favored liquor interests.
Adjutant General Brienthall orders thirteen gun salute at sunrise on Cleveland’s funeral day and hourly salutes all day with a forty five gun sunset display from the river bank behind the State House. Andrew F. West informs Governor Fort of Mrs Cleveland’s wish for his attendance, and Fort accepts to join President Roosevelt at Princeton station at 4 45 PM. Fort issues a death proclamation for Mr Cleveland.
News brief notes several sisters of Grover Cleveland will not attend the funeral. Mrs. Susan Yeomans in Ann Arbor will stay with her son and grieve for her brother, Mrs. M. B. Bacon in Toledo will not attend but visit Princeton briefly, and Mrs. Mary Cleveland Hoyt in Omaha will remain at home with her son.
The text notes that Mrs. Anna Cleveland Hastings, an elder sister in Hartford, cannot attend due to age. Her daughter Miss Mary Louise Hastings will represent the Hartford branch, and it is possible that Mrs. I. F. Wood wife of Professor Wood of Smith College Northampton may also attend.
Governor Hughes departed for New York and will travel to Princeton for ex-President Cleveland's funeral. In New York he will join a 10 o'clock meeting of the board of trustees of state buildings at the Hotel Astor to evaluate nine bids for a proposed Albany state educational building near the Capitol, estimated at 3 million dollars.
Representative James Sherman Republican candidate for Vice President showed rapid improvement from illness in Cleveland Doctors reported no operation needed and expected his return home next Monday Mrs Sherman stayed by his side and private secretary Devendorf returned to Utica tonight
Washington reports that Representative Sherman plans to wait on national committee decisions before confirming whether he will continue as chairman or join the Republican Congressional Committee. In Chicago Tawney and McKinley urged him to stay at the helm, while Sherman weighs the choice after the national chair is selected and considers his illness. His friends expect he will remain a House member.
Washington June 25 Elmer Dover secretary of the Republican National Committee is expected here tomorrow morning to begin active campaign work. The National Committee rooms were opened again today in preparation for his return and the start of campaign activity.
Fargo dispatch reports early returns show the stalwart Republican wing likely naming the state ticket with the possible exception of the Supreme Court seat. United States Senate race figures include Marshall around 89 hundred, Johnson 66 hundred, Little 55 hundred, Hansbrough about 42 hundred, with results not expected to change materially as more counties report.
Frank L. Smith was nominated for the Assembly by the Oswego Republican convention held June 3. Delegates to the state convention were elected: John T. Mott Merrick Stowell F G Whitney Thomas D Lewis P W Cullinan T M Costello C L B Benson J S Parsons J W Burt Edward Quirk A D Corse and FE E Frost.
Governor Hughes laughed at a near miss when a bolt of lightning struck close to his automobile on the outskirts of Albany while returning from Cohoes. The machine’s isinglass fragment gave way as the bolt passed, with Adjutant General Nelson H. Henry and Colonel George C. Treadwell aboard.
The Public Service Commission dismissed West End Board of Trade complaints against the Brooklyn Union Elevated Company and others over trolley service at 65th street and Third avenue Brooklyn. Commissioner Bassett notes Bay Ridge terminal service is unsatisfactory but orders trains of at least three cars during rush hours and stricter connections with the elevated trains, with monitoring to ensure improvements.
L I R R announces several million dollars in upgrades over the coming months. A large terminal station will rise at Jamaica as the central hub for traffic from seventeen tracks. Two more tracks will be added between Long Island City and Jamaica, and the North Shore division will be double tracked from Flushing to Port Washington. Grade crossings will be removed and sharp curves altered.
In St Paul on June 2 a Milwaukee road freight train struck the Kagenbeck and Wallace circus train, injuring eight people early this morning in the St Paul parks.
Delegates praise Taft as the best product of American civilization and rally behind the Taftian ticket. Ex-Senator Elsberg and others hail Taft, Bryan’s renomination unlikely, while Fassett emphasizes party unity and organization in Chemung County. Parsons cites Cleveland’s admired traits as resolutions pass, Governor’s secretary reports absence.
The Republican group of the 12th Assembly District holds a ratification at Republican headquarters No. 28 Third Avenue. The Jacob A. Newstead Association, the regular GOP group of the 4th District, meets at No. 454 Grand Street to ratify nominations made in Chicago last week.
A Ninth District Municipal Court verdict for the Sommers Mercantile Company in favor of possession against Frances A. Harris centers on a lease dispute. Harris operated a millinery shop at 24 Street and Fifth Avenue, contested changes to her workspace when the firm moved her buying room to the basement beneath 23 Street side walk, amid rent protest.
Five people narrowly escaped serious injury when an overturned automobile trapped them at Avenue P and Ocean Avenue near Sheepshead Bay racetrack. Dr. J Birmingham, Dr. C A McConville, Dr. W H B Pratt, Mrs. Birmingham, and chauffeur John Fredericks suffered injuries including a broken ankle and clavicle. They were freed, treated at home of horseman E J Albright, and by Dr. Michaelis at Coney Island Reception Hospital. Motorman and conductor fled before police arrived.
Charles J. Gidden of Boston and A. Holland Forbes of New York ascended in Glidden's balloon Boston from North Adams Mass. They passed Northampton at 11 a.m. heading southeast and landed at Wilbraham Centre about sixty miles distant after two and a half hours aloft. Maximum height reached was 7 400 feet with no incidents reported.
Judge Ward granted release of Girolamo Asaro alias Vincenzo Fudera who faced Italian requests for extradition over a 1898 murder in Italy. Martino denied detention due to hearsay evidence. Italian government has ten days to appeal.
Nebraskans and Democratic leaders in Denver signal no government ownership plank in the party platform. Norman F Mack reiterates belief that Bryan will avoid government ownership mentions. Rumors also place Chanler as Bryan’s possible running mate with Kern as Indiana’s pick. Chairman Taggart says contests will be brief and he will not seek another term.
Theodore A. Bell attorney of Napa and former governor nominee will be temporary chairman of the National Democratic Convention in Denver. W J Bryan sent him a letter outlining platform issues including a strong plank against child slavery and rising illiteracy in America. Bell did not publish the full letter contents.
The Democratic Congressional Committee runs short of funds and plans a New York trip by Chairman Lloyd to solicit contributions. The committee started work two months early and must secure money immediately or halt mass literature campaigns.
Senator McCarren will leave Brooklyn for the Denver convention on Wednesday July 1 three days before the regular delegation to confer with state leaders. He filed with the DNC to contest the seating of delegates recognized at Carnegie Hall. Rumor says Borough President Coler may depart for Denver to pursue a possible Vice Presidential nomination.
Senator P H McCarren's Democratic Executive Committee faction had its list of election inspectors rejected by the Board of Elections in a two to one vote. Isaac M Kapper then filed an order in Supreme Court to compel recognition of the McCarren inspectors, arguing a clash between primary and election laws. The dispute centers on whether officers are chosen by county voters under the primary law or by convention seated factions under the election law.
The Summit Hill House, a large Catskills summer hotel, was destroyed by a fire that started in the tower shaft. No lives were lost, and most guests saved clothing and personal effects as they fled.
A fragment notes a hotel with space for two, yet mentions a forty year old structure erected by Milton Broker. The terse text references a fite event and uncertain details about accommodation and ownership.
James T Bennett once a prominent com trade figure and former owner of a chain of companies died at his home in John's Place Brooklyn last night. Family heard a gunshot as he was expected for dinner and found him in the bathtub with a smoking revolver. Doctor J B Kevin said death was instantaneous. Once wealthy after retiring in 1904, Bennett's finances and ill health are cited as likely causes.
Dederick D. Cristede, proprietor of Cristede Brothers grocery chain, perished in a fire that gutted his store at 112 East 110th Street just after midnight. Investigators found his burned body among the ruins after firefighters cleared the blaze, with damage estimated around 1900 dollars and cause still undetermined.
Seven year old Siri Meditich of 43 Christopher Avenue Brooklyn was struck by a car while playing in the street. His left leg was crushed and amputated at St Marys Hospital within two hours. Motorman George Beasley carried him to a drug store. Patrolman John Tomford applied a tourniquet, saving the boy's life.
William J Harriman, jailed at East 138th Street station, faces charges after a wild Lexington Avenue cab run. Raymond Leomie, a taxi company chauffeur from 2% Morningside Avenue, implicated by events leading to a chase through Harlem. Victims Morris Baker and William McGrath. Harriman blamed for grand larceny and malicious mischief amid seven other offenses.
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