- Ottilie Steinway obtains in North Dakota her divorce from George A. Steinway on the grounds of his “habitual intemperance”, and receives the custody of the children.
- William Steinway’s diary: “Am interviewed by Roeder, a World Reporter who showed me a despatch from Fargo about divorce of Ottilie C. Steinway from my son George. I am deeply pained at the publicity but explain matters to him.”