Amherst Elects Merrill Gates as President of College
The Amherst College board elected Merrill Edwards Gates, president of Rutgers College, to succeed Julius Seelye. Alumni and faculty responses are cautiously positive and hopeful he will accept. Gates, born 1848 in Warsaw New York, is noted for rigorous scholarship and a career in education, with prior leadership at Albany Academy Rutgers and other institutions.
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Republican nomination in the eleventh district
Public notices describe a rescue of six boys drifting at sea in a leak ing and oarless boat and announce a public meeting in the aldermanic chamber at noon today to aid the city of Lawrence.
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Vase and Lamp Department Specials From a 19th Century Store
The ad highlights patterns of Hungarian Zebra Ruby Alabaster and 1 Worcester vases priced at 87 dollars patterns. It features a pair of six inch Coral Vases with beaded gold decoration at 11 cents a pair. The lamp section offers parlor hanging and bracket lamps with a fancy parlor lamp marked by porcelain vase decorations, brass trimmings, tulip globe and a price of 1.19 dollars.
All Quiet in Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro Weather
Despatches report Buenos Ayres calm with banks and the Bourse to reopen. general amnesty granted to insurrection participants and Celman pressed to resign. Times bureau notes volatility, potential threats, and postponed settlements. Portland dispatch cites Hughes in London and stalled revelations. hides prices rising.
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British defence on the Pacific Coast and Newfoundland annexation talk
Ottawa reports plan for fall construction of Pacific Coast defenses with a $3 million price tag and one third expected from the Dominion government. Montreal hears J W Brayley says Newfoundland republicans mainly favor US annexation if issues unresolved.
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War rumors and diplomatic twists abroad reported
Dispatches from Salvador indicate General Rivas commands five to six thousand Indians and seeks unity with Ezeta with a neutral border. Guatemala may replace its minister in Washington amid possible presidential changes. The Times reports new Russian anti Jewish edicts affecting land, labor, and professions. A Paris fire disaster claims ninety eight lives. Newfoundland and Seattle schooner seizures spark border tension.
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Delagoa Bay Railway Seizure Prompted Portugal Payment Debate
In Lisbon's Chamber of Deputies Senhor Navarro denounced Portugal for paying 28 000 to England over the Delagoa Bay railway seizure. Minister Ribeiro said rescinding the contract harmed the railway company, while British Minister Glyn-Petre suggested the payment was a goodwill act. Portugal had advanced the sum to England, not to the company.
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Aldermen Approve 20000 for Elm Street Site Purchase
Brockton, July 30. The Board of Aldermen, with Mayor Douglas presiding, approved buying land on Elm Street owned by Isham Mitchell and Mrs. Dunbar and appropriated 20000 for the purchase. City laborers will work nine hours daily with ten hours pay from Aug. 1 to Dec. 31.
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Irish National League of America appeals for funds to Dublin
Lincoln Nebraska July 30 The Irish National League of America issues an urgent appeal after Parnell's letter. All funds in America should be sent directly to the league in Dublin via treasurer Dr Joseph Kenney M P 43 Upper O Connell Street Dublin. Signed by President John Fitzgerald Treasurer Charles O Reilly and secretary John H Sutton.
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Milton Special Town Meeting Ratifies Water Company Purchase
A special meeting in Milton elected J Walter Bradlee moderator. Voters unanimously ratified the Milton Water Company purchase and consolidation with Brush Hill Water Sampans. Town also confirmed Selectmen and school committee action cancelling the old Centre School lease.
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Australian uncle leaves apprentice $200000 fortune
BrinchPort Connecticut July 30 James Quick an apprentice with Dowling Bottomley builders has received word from England that an uncle in Australia has left him a fortune of 200000 providing he goes to Australia to take charge of a large ranch. A cablegram from England says he must be ready to sail at a moment's notice. He came to America from England about three years ago.
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Majestic Narrowly Misses Transatlantic Speed Record
The Majestic of the White Star line arrived from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in five days twenty two hours and fifty eight minutes tying near the record set by the City of Paris. Log details show daily runs and the prospect that City of Paris may lose the record when commissioned next October.
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Naval Vessel Drives Wreckers From Idaho Off Anticosti
Halifax reports Majesty's ship dispatched to Anticosti to deter pirate wreckers plundering the Idaho. The commander and crew faced a mob of around a hundred men and ordered to seize the wreck of the Comus amid tense actions. The Wakeham cruiser had been stationed at Ottawa dockyard and both vessel and crew prepared for daybreak sail.
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Weather forecast for New England and New York region
Forecast till 8 p m Thursday shows Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts with showers and cooler easterly winds. Rhode Island and Connecticut expect fair weather with southerly winds and steady temperatures. Eastern sections of New York see fair skies with warmer conditions in the south and cooler in the north and southwest winds.
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