Harvard Day of Days Commencement at Sanders Theatre
The Harvard class of near four hundred were conferred degrees in a grand commencement at Sanders Theatre led by President Eliot and featuring a mix of Latin to English salutations. Alumni dinner highlighted by speeches from Wetmore Wolcott Lodge and Booker T. Washington, with notable remarks on education, religion, and civic service.
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Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Eliot
Talcott
National Lancers
Eorge Henry Chase
Lynn
Arthur Cheney Train
Harvard College
William Ainsworth Parker
John Gorham Palfrey
R. Macdonald Alden
Harry McCabe Dowling
Law School
Wesley O. Holway
Germania Band
Glee Club
Wetmore
Harvard Alumni Association
C. W. Eliot
Nelson A. Miles
Roger Wolcott
Henry GC. Lodge
Minot J. Savage
D. D
William S. Farlow
John Muir
Thomas B. Aldrich
Booker T. Washington
J. V. Vincent
W. R. Ware
Nathan Wells
Alexander G. Bell
Edwin W. Hooper
William Ware
Columbia
Warren Locke
Samuel Hoar
Arthur Cabot
Nathan Matthews
William Duckson
H. P. Walcott
Solomon Lincoln
Board of Overseers
Henry Higginson
J. C. Carter
New York
Dean Bennett
Boston University Law School
Edw. L. Derrs
Worcester
Gordon McKay
Gene F
Mair
Lawrence
Phillips Brooks
Applied Science and Learning
Senator Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Washington
William G. Farlow
Corbett Draws Sharkey In Four Round Ring Fight
Ten thousand witnessed the San Francisco bout at Mechanics Pavilion as Jim Corbett and Tom Sharkey fought to a draw after a rough four rounds. Sharkey required three policemen to restrain him from Corbett, and Corbett complained the match was a wrestling affair with no real fighting.
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San Francisco
Jim Corbett
Tom Sharkey
Mechanics’ Pavilion
California
Washington
Ore
Utah
Corbett
Sharkey
Billy Delaney
Jim Carr
George Green
Danny Needham
Tim McGrath
Paddy Ryan
Vallejo
Peter Jackson
Charles Rochette
Ed Howard
Rochette
Billy Smith
Jack Davis
Omaha
Davis
Smith
Choynski
Carr
Corbet
Forecast for New England and Eastern New York
Washington reports for Thursday expect showers across New England and Eastern New York with continued low temperatures and southeasterly winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
For and Against Silver Servia Breaks Record Paratoga
The Democratic State convention declares support for gold and silver parity and a national bimetallic policy. It opposes silver monometallism and uncoordinated free coinage, urging international cooperation and maintenance of the gold standard until global agreement is reached.
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Paratoga
Jane
Anh
Senator Hill
Albans
Mr. Whitney
Govenor Flower
J. W. Hinckley
Cairman
State Committee
John Boyd Thacher
Albany
New York
UGH
Sanat
Ter
Democrats of
Tomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Europe
United States
Mexico
China
Chicago
Congress
Treasury
Ancients and Friends Set for Liverpool Voyage on Servia
The Cunard liner Servia arrives in Boston on a record trip of 7 days 17 hours 45 minutes as the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company prepares to depart for London. Officers praise the voyage. 20 aboard include Judge Burke and Mrs Burke. Departure from Faneuil Hall at 9 am for the noon steamer call, with a grand parade and a formal royal welcome in London.
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Cunard
Servia
Livfier
Liverpool
Boston
London
Judge Burke
Burke
J. W. Elson
Wison
John Ewing
Ewin Master
Emma Prost
R.S. Hale
Thomas Harlow
Quincy Market
J. & G. Thomson
Glasgow
Henry Walker
Faneuil Hall
Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of
Aggressive Assault in Fall River Leaves Man in Serious Condition
Two men named William Lloyd and George Hazard were identified as attackers of Josep Mello at his boarding house on Pearl Street. A stone and rusty pipe were found nearby, believed used in the attack. Mello suffered a fractured skull and remains in serious condition.
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Fall River
Mass
Josep Mello
Pearl Street
William Lloyd
George Hazard
DAR chapter visits grave of Gen Lincoln in Hingham
Members of the General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter of East Boston visited Hingham to see the general’s grave and the Lincoln homestead. After touring the cemetery and house, the group dined at the Cushing House where Mrs J A Barnes, regent, gave an address.
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Hingham
Mass
Benjamin Lincoln
Daughters of the American Revolution
Boston
Lincoln Homstead
Cushing House
J. A. Barnes
Storehouse Collapses in Saco Overburdened by Grain
In Saco Missouri on June 24 a storehouse and stable owned by grocer J. Q. Sawyer collapsed this afternoon due to an overload of grain and general merchandise. The loss is estimated at over 100 dollars.
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Saco
J. Q. Sawyer
More Men For Weyler
Madrid reports that 40,000 troops were to be sent to Cuba in September and another 40,000 in October plus 20,000 before January. War minister denies plans to call second reserves. Senate debates Spain US relations as Prof Comas seeks to abrogate the 1877 protocol. He cites seven American lawyers who deem it bad and argues one minister’s signature cannot bind a nation.
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Madrid
Cuba
War Office
Senate
Spain
United States
Comas
Cortes
Rumor Claims Matabele Capture Fort Salisbury and White Casualties
Despatches from Pretoria and Kimberley report a rumor that Matabele forces captured Fort Salisbury, killed and mutilated fifty whites, and destroyed Maxim guns. No confirmation yet. Fighting continues in the troubled district as Burnham the American scout reportedly kills Milmo, a famed Matabele god, in a move believed to quell the revolt.
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London
Pretoria
Kimberley
Fort Salisbury
Burnham
Milmo
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