Carnegie Plan for Institution to Promote Scientific Research
Washington officials report the Carnegie Institution will be founded in Washington with a $10 million gift in 5 percent bonds. The corporators named include Grover Cleveland and Carroll D. Wright. trustees will organize Jan. 29 to advance research, education, and dissemination of scientific results nationwide.
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Washington
Board of Trustees
Carnegie Institution
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Board of ‘Trustees
Charles D. "Walcott
Abram
New Jersey
Henry I. Higginson
Massachusetts
Carroll D. Wright
District of Columbia
Tees
Promet
Princess of Monaco Seeks Divorce Through Pope Intercession
Monaco's prince sends a messenger to Rome seeking a Papal interview on divorce from Princess Mary Alice Heine de Richelieu de Aguillon and Fronsac. The princess, born in America, now with Isador de Lara in Algiers, vows never to return to Monaco.
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Monaco
Rome
Isador de Lara
Algiers
de Lara
Princess of
America
New Orleans
Michael Heine
Mary Alice Heine
France
Duc de Richelieu
Aguillon
Fronsac
Albert
Prince of
London
Department
Alsne
Vatican
Mary Hamilton
Tassilo Westellcs
Vienna
Thief Steals Jewelry After Window Break at Burgess Office
A well dressed youth on Sixth Avenue smashed Edward Burgess’s loan office show window and fled with a diamond necklace worth 2200 dollars and rings totaling 5000. The crowded street failed to trap the thief. President favors Lodge bill in Philippines governance debate as Senate differs from House measure.
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New York
Edward Burgess
Sixth Avenue
Philippines
House
Senate
War Department
Congress
Arnold death ruled a skull fracture in Maynard woods
Medical Examiner Hoyt of Marlboro viewed the body of George W. W. Arnold, killed in the W. A. White woods at Maynard last May, determining death came from a head cut causing a fractured skull. Hoyt’s report will go to Judge Boynton tomorrow, with no action expected until its public release.
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Hudson
Hoyt
Marlboro
George W. W. Arnold
W. A. White Woods
Maynard
Dowager Empress Forgoes Hall Ban in Forbidden City
In Pekin on January 9 the Dowager Empress held an audience in the Forbidden City's most sacred hall, breaking a dynastic rule that forbids women from entering. Officials say she seeks to supervise diplomatic contact, aims to keep ministers' advice at bay, and urges friendly ties with foreign powers while denouncing Boxer influence.
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Pekin
China
Forbidden City
Riot at Sal Hungary over Wilson Barrett play The Sign of the Cross
A riotous anti British demonstration erupted in Sal Hungary during the presentation of Wilson Barretts play The Sign of the Cross. Police forced an interruption and paper authorities approved the disruption.
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Vienna
Sal
Hungary
Wilson Barrett
Ham Reopens Famous Case Involving Trust and Divorces
Boston lawyers say the case before the Massachusetts Supreme Court features numerous peculiari ties tied to Foster Ham and his efforts to claim his father Cyrus Ham's estate. The matter centers on a 1891 will trust that would revert to Foster or his line if his wife Mary Jane Ham divorce or death occurred, with later related probate and custody of lands led to multiple appeals and disputes.
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Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Foster Ham
Cyrus Ham
Illinois
Mary Jane Ham
Ham
New Hampshire
Jennie 8
Twombly
Jennie
Edgar F. Twombly
Frank S. Ham
Middlesex Superior Court
Lowell
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Supreme Court
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Lodge
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T. P. Hoban
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