The evening world. Newspaper, October 31, 1908, Page 4

eee MRS. ASTOR DEAD, 4r's. Astor, From the Painting by Duran and i PuBtéyfaphs: PERHAPS LAST SOCIAL RULER Aged Leader of New York Society Passes Away of Heart Trouble REIGNED THIRTY ‘YEARS. Changing Conditions », Any Successor to Her Power Improbable. It was announced to-< that the funeral of Mrs. William Astor, who died Jast evening, will be held from the resi- dence, No. 82 Vifth av o'clock Monday afternoon. will be for relatives and personal friends only. When Mrs. her bedside Wilson, the t Drs, Austin and J. C. Billings a Hade, who has been Mrs. As domo i Jacob’ Astor wer Astor di the day, but were not end came. Mrs. Ogilvie Hs h Gaughter, js expected to ar! o-mor- row from Europe. response to oxygen, Mrs. Astor during the day, rs of re- cuperation. One or more of the physl- cians were et her bedside continually | in an effort to prolong ife. Almost to the end Mrs, Astor retained con-| d made pa forts to | sicians. She recognized | her at different iol those during arour the day. Been Long Il. | tae Mrs. two years, fe result of an old heart trou walch recurred four weeks ago. The Astor fortune will not be affected by her death. Contrary the generai belief, Mrs. Astor possessed no great fortune in her own right, the bulk of her husband's immense estate having gone to his son, John Jacob Astor, But she was in receipt of an come of $70,000 yearly, and had a life &0 to her sons It has been the custom to keep the Astor fortun fact, and it is estimated of the several to $00,000,000. © Mrs. Astor's advanced ag eight years, her relatives nave| for some time her sickness She gave her last ball in 1904, and since then had discon- tinued even the large dinners of which she yearly gave three or four. For more than a vear she has been in her | Fifth avenue home and has received no- ody» but her physician and her daugh- ter, Mrs, Wilson. sign of life about her house since April last came from the windows of her room. Avoided Public Gaze. For several years Mrs. Astor was disinclined to be seen in the full light by the public. For two years she did not attend the opera. Before that time box No. 7 attracted the greate tention, and it was always Mrs. who gave the signal as to the proper lume to leave. s bore no relation to the famil. practically the ent members known would result fatally. Astor the stage to which the vpers 1a vanced, From the day of her first big ball, thirty years Mrs. Astor was the | deep Drs ASTON, S ReSIDeEPCE “. in wewnoe ssf acknowledged social leader and arbiter f New York and Newpa ‘BB 2S AStOP W017 POG ue when fe had her daugii her. APG Tp Street On > oceasions Mrs. Asto: Cost.ur7e dressed Guanine and bi: d with Jewels. Her street gowns were of b: d- cloth and her evening costumes of vet and purple green uvorite Her coll ana colors tion of emeralds is estimated to be worth $1,000,000, SLEUTHS MAKE were CAUGHT WITH THE GODS, BRYAN SAYS There with Mrs. who betleve 8 Passed that away th y York societ . ee OF REPUBLICAN | THREE HURT AS CARS CRASH. Two Women Victims of Jersey City HOTEL GOTHAM Support of Rockefeller and Trolley Accident, cal Camepi Aves) d amegie Clinches Case Tw Public Service _ trolley 4 mn x Tare Against Them. | nue and Gates avenue, Jersey City, yes- Passengers on both cars were d. Served With Whiskey in. | Buc Dining-Room. of No. 23 West Twen- Mr: ty-fourth street ribs broken and Mrs, ( 6 Paulmler place, Jers bruised and cut. John Delan 202 West Twelfth street, Bayonne, also cut and briised. Tlie accident ¢ ised by one of the cars Jumping “a w dressed ir switch hasiiaen Se a ae am Hote LIMIT FOR GEONGIA MULEW ae Saiyan) ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 31.—There is a at Fifth avenu and Fitty-f The otic edt night at 7 ing uate’ from J Umit to a weight a Georgia mule be made to ! f b v Ra 0 followed ie Inw which b as so handicapped the study qd; 000, 000 School Children Enter the Contest. oan Ot The Evening World for Handwriting Prizes eo ¢ and for Mr. Rocke- Carn stand f for Car- in supporting gratefu 1 not + for (THE EVENING WORLD'S WRITING CONTEST) « For the School Children of Greater New York, $500 in Prizes for th the Boys and Girls Who Write Sren of Grea » American people to ates against branch of their pupils; me because I fight for things that the And to interest gress of the young the Following Sentence in the Best Style: enand tem. 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SUPERFLUOUS DRAPERIES, FITTED KNICKERBOCKERS AND BLOOMERS OF SILK, SATIN, SERGE AND FLANNEL. promises, with th — PARADERS HEAR NAN FALL TO OEATH « gen Flaherty Pune Down Shaft | of Elevator Near Throng Forming on Street. b f 8 six-story N nce ut 1 Tr aS no one + at the time. Laborers de and man ) at a rendezvous for the Taft pa- ty's business | appliances on etl in the build neing paid off on the # overalls were found a-corner, It is supposed Was called to some hat while inves- MEETING OF THE ACORN FORUM The initial meeting of the Acorn Forum, under the auspices of the Acorn Social Club of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, will be held this evening in the big auditorium of that institution, The speaker will be Heber, and the subject nd,” Mr. Ernest Stagg Whitin, organizer and chairman of the Kepublican College Leagues of New York State, will be chairman, B. Altman & Cn; ARE SHOWING, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PREVAILING FASHIONS, WOMEN’S SILK AND WOOL MADE TO AVOID INCLUDING CLOSELY- COMBINATION SUITS AND TIGHTS OF SILK, AND SILK MIXED FABRICS, ETC. (MERINO UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT.) 34th Street, 35th Street and Sth Aven, New York. VONBUELOWQUITS, GARNSHEE LAW | Chancellor's Resignation Fol- lowing Talk of German Ruler Is Refused BERLIN, Oct 3! Norddeutsche A Prince von B According to the meine ung ow, the Imperial Chi cellor, to-day offered his resignation to ‘or William fn consequence of the | publication tn. London of the interview with the Emperor for which the Prince | | took responsibility The Emperor would not accept | Chancett resignation and at same time permitted Prince von Buelow sh a full explanation, so as to unjustifiable attacks that have the een Prince von explanation in the Norddeutsche Allgeme' eitung is as follows “A great pe internal rected tion of the foreign and feisms di+ relative to press pub nption that the Empe tion of the a for umpition is i article in w versations, between BALTIMORE, from ¢ Henry to the chooner ans of the breeches nembers of the Washwood and 5 ing crews. y miles out rin. off leak and it) Peary was she will o- HOLD UP WOMAN ON ROAD. | WINSTED, Conn., Oct. 31.—A message | from hefMfield, Mass., .o-day, says that Miss Eunice Burch, a clerk in the post p there was knocked down and oupeA torn cash belonging to the | post office, w ¢ M ch was somewh but managed to reach her home y after the robbery. eal ‘be greatest nerve and blood sablete overwork, Druin fag, exc Feaction. ' Hell teen, ni the bri Veet Neained, the i 7 Sy :guve ud tole from abeor uty gave ub tod ‘s exhaustion @ year ago, but Nevis: yous Genewed ime as tf?" geal better than the " dispatch york for le on her way home last B NERVES LIFE TABLETS WARD OFF OLD AGE 11,000 Inquiries for Them in September Residences in Newport and New York, and Her Daughters BUT KAISER WIL "ANGERS DR. DR. OHANLON NOT LET HIM a0 Writes {to Metz Protesting Against Deduction From His Salary. Dr. Philip F letter to O'Hanton to-day sent « Comptroller Metz protesting igainst the withholding of ten per cent. of his salary 8 physician, for default, ‘These as cor obtained by Ss, according to the udgments physician, were from years Ms before he en. tered the y of the city. In the letter to the Comptrotter he says “I protest against your withholding W per cent. of my salar judgment obtained by default contract can bes! test the right law whic debts incurred law might Atiol Reward A reward of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any junk dealer or other person guilty, under the provisions of Section 550 of the Penal Code of the State of New York, of criminally receiv undersigned Companies. $50. Reward, Fifty Dollars Reward will } be paid for the arrest and | conviction of any person who maliciously injures or interferes with the lines of either of the undersigned Companies. NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. and THEN. Y. & N. J, TELEPHONE CO, 2. 15 Dey St., New York JOHN H. CAHILL, May 1, 1908 Vice-Pres’t & Gen’! Counsel ‘ ea {or seven vears with. how! after” one months an done my oun housetork’ Without exaaustion.”w. sem FR ‘AN attack of the ‘erlope' left me pros. rated: nothing. seem rebuild me: ate 21 ER 4 a hen 30 years old. ona Wy, CHAPTER Y. Bill Jones received the wer ‘Of w friend he'd He wished to send own for years ‘a. present, but ‘He was very hard up, it appears, from “i bi t rete that he might buy, SUNDAY, WORLD SALEBY FO! PROVE 17,