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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
19
Testimony in the Theodore Whitmore murder trial continues as he describes Christmas Day alibi and meetings with his wife. Prosecutor Vickers cross examines while Whitmore and Pulvers corroborate key parts of the defense.
The third annual mammoth circus by the West Side Y M C A drew a large crowd to the 5th Street end Raehth Avenue athletic field. An all amateur bill featured acts like Mr Picturesque Epidermic and the bearded lady Mme Le Lone Marr Slimpolecky with a menagerie and a marvelously odd parade of curiosities raising funds for the Emergency Fund and Camp West Side.
McDoweell Hawkes, former Dock Commissioner, has secured a marriage license with Miss Eva Van Cartlandt Morris. The couple, accompanied by Miss Morris to thelicense bureau in Wy Hall, disclosed ages of forty five and thirty nine. Hawkes stated a middle name Emile but said he did not see it on records. Marriage planned for June.
Hermen Rubine a Bayonne resident attempted suicide aboard the Washington on its 4 PM trip from Certian to Jersey City. A deckhand wrestled the revolver away after a scuffle, Rubine was detained by Detective Clark in Jersey City, and he appeared dazed with a note about a deer and a property conveyance found on him.
Paule Valley Oklahoma reports the Oklahoma Central Railroad from Lehigh to Chickasaw a 199 mile line was placed under a receiver yesterday. President A D Carter cites radical legislation that halted the road sale and blocked a loan of 830 already arranged in Philadelphia as the cause of the setback.
Delegates opening the third national Christian Socialist Fellowship conference in New York heard speakers attack Christianity and promote socialism as true righteousness. Algernon Lee and John Spargo addressed the gathering at Kalil's restaurant, with Spargo noting he is not a Christian. Eugene V. Debs was praised as a national figure. Phelps Stokes and Mrs. Stokes attended. A pastors’ informal meeting at the Church of the Ascension formed a manifesto outlining aims for the fellowship.
Mrs. W P Sullivan of 198 Clermont Avenue Brooklyn reports jewelry valued at 2500 dollars disappeared from a large purse left in the parlor while she and Dr Sullivan, a local dentist, visited the Clermont Avenue home. They had moved from the Clermont house and were staying at 166 Washington Park before summer travel. They found only about 119 dollars in small change missing with the jewelry, though the purse remained undisturbed.
The National Association of Manufacturers plans a meeting to pursue the missing steamer Goldsboro and its president F G Bailey. The Goldsboro, linked to the Export Shipping Company bankruptcy, left port May 2 for Belize with rumored passengers and a large unpaid cargo.
Cecil Pape of Scotland Yard, aboard the Lusitania, says Louis Waxenberg of 280 West 115th Street and two companions swindled him out of 200 during a dice game in a London related plot. Pape halted travel to prosecute and identified Waxenberg as a supposed detective in the scheme.
The Public Services Commission shifts stance on the Fourth Avenue subway as the Interborough Rapid Transit offers a Fulton Street to Manhattan Bridge route. Chairman Willcox says if city approves current contracts work will begin. Engineers draft BroadwayLexington plans and Brooklyn extension while operational control of the Brooklyn Bridge loop remains unsettled.
Portland May 28 Judge Hale told a U S District Court that George Fred Terry proprietor of the Waterville Mail Order Publishing House will be fined the maximum 19909 for conspiracy to defraud the government of postage. The case, the first under the Post Office Department second class mail ruling, involved falsifying classification and false circulation statements with intent to defraud.
The New York Athletic Club and Crescent Athletic Club faced off at the New York Athletic Club house with six players per side. After four hours of play the NYAC team won five games to one in a Brooklyn rivalry chess test of skill.
A carved mahogany sofa in silk motre topped the bids at Carroll and Graef Fifth Avenue Art Galleries yesterday. M. S. Dodd won it after spirited bidding. S. McDermott paid for an A Reyna oil painting, and H Wunderlich bought two artist proofs. A Van Brincek mahogany library table sold for 40 dollars and a mahogany harpsichord went to J Chester for 2 dollars. The sale continues this afternoon with more prized items.
Civic Dam on Current River burst causing disastrous flood in Port Arthur Ontario. Three engineers died when a Canadian Pacific freight engine toppled after running over submerged tracks. Property damage estimated at 506 000 dollars. several miles of track washed away.
French Lick Indiana May 2 governors office ordered raid on gambling places. Officers acted under Governor Hanly and Attorney General Bingham and found paraphernalia removed after a telegraphed warning from Indianapolis.
The Pennsylvania Special trains between New York and Chicago run in eighteen hours with remarkable on time performance. From March 21 to May 12 the schedule arrived on the minute in both directions all but three days, with only minor delays on those dates. The service hinges on skilled enginemen, alert dispatchers, and well maintained track over 908 miles, offering reliable rail travel for business engagements. It departs New York at 3.55 PM and arrives Chicago at 8.55 AM.
George T. Stockham announced he completed the purchase of the lease and furnishings of the Hotel Wolcott at Fifth avenue and 31st street and will take possession June 1. He has sold his interests in the Hotel Breslin and will not make major management changes though staff adjustments are expected.
John J. Tissen longtime Lambs superintendent was arrested on his wife’s complaint of non support. He posted 15 dollars weekly and the couple’s absolute divorce suit is pending. Tissen claims his salary of 225 dollars monthly leaves him dependent on income.
Victor Shanley a lawyer was found guilty of forgery by a jury in the Court of General Sessions and sentenced by Judge Foster to not less than five nor more than ten years in state prison. He forged Julia A. Smiths name to a $25 000 mortgage satisfaction and fled after receiving the money. he was later found in Philadelphia. This was his second trial after a hung jury in the first proceeding.
An excerpt argues for formal dress training for women, claiming knowledge of colors textures and styles can define individual character and save time. It envisions a varied, expressive wardrobe for a community of women and urges thoughtful, aesthetic self-presentation as a civic virtue.
Ex-pupils of Miss Margaret West who taught in Auburn New York public schools for fifty years will celebrate her jubilee on June 5. Thousands of former students will erect a statue in her honor and fellow teachers will present a purse of fifty gold dollars. The Mothers' Club president Mrs Florence Smith Hoyt launched the movement. her grandfather Josiah Litchwork helped found the first public school, Old No 1.
The text records Alice Freeman’s resignation as Wellesley College president to marry Professor George Herbert Palmer. Palmer defends the decision, arguing love and home enrich public leadership and enlarge talents rather than confine them. He says public worth mirrors personal wealth and growth.
Fashion note describes a small white hauste dressing jacket with embroidery details. It notes its prettiness and how the chosen material could enhance its charm, suggesting style possibilities.
An item describes preferred fabrics for dresses including flowered lawn, cross barred dimity, Japanese silks and cotton crepes. It lists material quantities for a medium size and pattern No 6003 with bust sizes from 34 to 42 inches and price details, available by mail from the New York Tribune Pattern Department.
The Gardner School commemorated its fiftieth year with commencement exercises at No. 67 Fifth Avenue. Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith delivered the address and Rev. Dr. John J. Allen presented diplomas to the graduates.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopts an amendment barring paid agents of church boards from serving on the executive commission directing church affairs. Debate centers on limiting concentrated power amid claims of a ring influencing governance. The report also notes temperance progress with eight million six hundred thousand people ending saloon existence last year.
The Treasury Department invites sealed proposals to furnish coin bags for the final year ending June 30, 1909. Bids will be received at the Treasury Office until Saturday, June 2, 1908 at 2 PM. Blank bidding forms and instructions are available upon application to Secretary George B. Cortelyou.
Brooklyn and Manhattan branches offer summer school duties. Teachers are sent to sites within a hundred miles including Asbury Park and Staten Island. Includes Madison Square and Harlem locations with listed addresses and rates.
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