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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
9
An honorary degree will be conferred by the university at Harvard's commencement. Bishop William Lavrie announces a $2,500,000 Harvard fund from Oman. The announcement will be made at the Memorial Hall dinner with President Roosevelt absent. The class of ’SO gave a day Rite fence project for the university. An alumni dinner and anniversary events mark the day.
Boston June 27 James E Hickey manager of the United States Hotel and James Martin Gray of New York named signees of Col Henry W Comstock property arrested on larceny charge. Receivers report 315000 in Colorado mine stocks and15 000 in notes secured by them with liabilities potentially 200000. Beta Alta mine the only operating property. Comstock invested 150000 in the last 18 months. He conducted a brokerage in standard stocks but no other securities found. About 65 creditors, nearly all women.
Friends of Rev Dr Cyrus Townsend Brady learned he faces financial difficulties after a 238.41 judgment filed in Kings County. The creditor is Dr Frederick Peterson of Manhattan for services from April 10 1901 to February 5 1903, with a second judgment by Brooks Brothers. Brady recently lectured in the West and resides at 453 East Withership Flatbush. he would not discuss the case.
Campbell White of Brooklyn and Emma Bradley a Bushwick Hospital nurse were married yesterday. White, a Troop A Cavalry veteran, survived typhoid and climatic fever in the Philippines after Mrs Bradley nursed him back to life. Rev. Warren M. Wilson officiated at Arlington Avenue Church with hospital nurses and doctors in attendance.
In a Rhode Island Supreme Court session Justice Gildersleeve presiding, Dr. Walter H. Maynard faced alimony claims from wife No. 3 who proved her case. The affair involved three marriages and disputed decrees with the British West Indies born Maynard, a Mary O Neill, Catherine Slavin, and Ferris connected, amid annulments and settlements.
Stewart Griffith of Brooklyn and Mrs Francis C Barlow of Boston seek guardianship of Cecile Bristed Griffith a New York artist and half sister of Charles Astor Bristed in Berkshire Probate Court. Griffiths claim she was treated in a Litchfield sanatorium after alleged burglaries and a night guard incident at her Stockbridge Lake MacKenna cottage and a contest over guardianship is anticipated.
A Yale alumni gathering featured talks on plans for an irrigation school and a colonial administration school building funded by gifts including $15,000 from Mrs. Charles P. Taft for an infirmary addition. Speakers included D. W. Richards and Senator Frank Brandegee. Reunions spanned classes from 1840 to 1902 with dinners, ball games, and a Yale-Harvard boat race preview.
Bay City confronts violent unrest after the Saginaw Valley street railway strike with mobs of around 1000 attacking a car, burning it by the river and clashing near shipyards. Police call up reinforcements, firing revolver displays to disperse crews. Women and children were seen among the rioters wielding clubs.
The text argues for national laws governing divorce and insurance oversight and rail transportation regulation by a unified national system. It emphasizes balancing local interests with a broader aim of a fuller, richer national life for Americans, urging cohesive national policy alongside local strategy.
Police guarded Mount Vernon High School graduates last night after a history of alumni hazing. Principal figures Professor A B Davie and Superintendent Charles A Nichols warned any interference would lead to arrest. Former graduates gathered but left after police notice. Hartford Trinity alumni meeting noted a million dollar fund drive with about 400 percent pledged. President Luther urged further contributions.
At a Aldermen meeting heated discussion focused on Alderman Morris's amendment to park regulations. The proposal would restrict or permit passenger cars for hire in Manhattan and Brooklyn parks and impose limits on carrying passengers. The issue was referred back to committee along with other park rules changes. The board adjourned until next Monday.
The article notes Wallace’s retirement and resignation shifting full responsibility to Governor Magoon. It describes Magoon handling canal affairs with praise, while Congress and the Canal Commission weigh sea level versus lock canal options. A Friday session aims to review construction details and shelve unlikely proposals, relying on technical advisers for needed work.
Newport Rhode Island June 27. Cottagers at Newport witnessed a brief snowstorm this afternoon lasting three or four minutes. The day featured rain wind sunshine and snow with a cold chill prompting wood fires. By evening the weather cleared and warmer conditions were anticipated.
Controller Grout asks surety companies doing business with New York City to present at a noon hearing and submit detailed collateral or reinsurance data within 30 days. The proposed order requires exact statements of collateral and indemnity for each bond and mandates consent before releasing any guarantees.
A dispute over Montauk Theatre valuation centers on a $250000 assessment, down from $350000, amid claims the city paid $500000 for two-thirds of the plot. Deputy in charge Thomas F Larkin cites 1902–1908 assessments. real estate figures and a 712 foot Fulton Street frontage project are referenced.
At Dartmouth College alumni events President Benjamin H. Wheeler of the University of California spoke on The Abundant Life warning that rapid wealth creation displaces humanity. He criticized the lifestyle of the ultra-wealthy, noting excessive villas yachts and schooling, and the social separation it creates. Marathon Ramsey, Johns Hopkins assistant professor of languages, was taken to Baltimore for psychiatric evaluation and will be sent to a sanatorium.
Secretary Taft arrived from New Haven and will meet President Roosevelt in Cambridge tomorrow to discuss Wallace’s resignation as Panama Canal chief engineer and canal commissioner. Taft also plans to address Wallace’s status with the Panama service, and later visits Harvard to receive a degree.
John B. McDonald states Wallace is not connected with the new subway. Theodore P. Shonts says he has no official knowledge of Wallace’s resignation and notes the President would appoint a new chief engineer possibly from the consulting board. The board includes Davin, Noble, Parsons, Burr, Abbott, Stearns, Ripley, Schussler, Randolph, Hunter, Tincauser, Guerard, and Quellenec.
James B. Forgan president of the First National Bank has been ill at his home and is now worse. The press notes he was forbidden from discussing business affairs during a Guiry inquiry into his possible resignation from the Equitable Life Assurance Society board.
The government of the United Netherlands will name the thirteenth member. Mr Wallace, vice-president and general manager of the Panama Railway Company, has not resigned and has not been at the company's offices since arriving from Panama. He was reportedly at the Engineers' Club, with morning mail retrieved, and not expected back.
In New York yesterday two children died after being struck by trucks and a trolley car injured another. Driver Harry Jones, colored, of West 3rd Street, was arrested on manslaughter charges. Frank Meany aged five was killed by a furniture van Jones drove. Bennie Pollock seven was struck by a milk wagon. his wheels passed over him. Kate Shay seven was fatally run down by an ice wagon at 50th Street and 10th Avenue. Ferdinand Aukschin six was seriously hurt after stepping onto car tracks and being hit by a passing car.
Panama June 27 There have been no new developments in the bubonic plague case at La Boca A strict quarantine is enforced with a canal zone police cordon preventing all communication with La Boca.
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