Harvard Honors Cuban Heroes At Commencement
Harvard honored Admiral Sampson and General Leonard C. Wood during commencement with repeated cheers and a vivid display in Memorial Hall. The event celebrated the Santiago naval battle's tribute while noting Arthur Twining Hadley’s appointment as a doctor of laws and recalling alumni traditions.
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Cape Guluny Secedes as Loyalists Rally in Cape Town
A 4000 strong Loyalist meeting in Cape Town endorsed Sir Alfred Milner and his negotiations with President Kruger, thanking Canada and Australia for aid. Sir John Gordon Sprigg warned that Milner must be supported to avoid secession, with speeches by Johannesburg leaders and Sprigg.
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Alfred Milner
South Africa
Kruger
John Gordon Sprigg
Transvaal Arming Demands Arbitra tion and War Railway Control
London reports President Kruger insists on arbitration as essential in any settlement. The Transvaal continues buying provisions and war material and arranged with the Netherlands Railway Company to gain absolute control of Orange Free State railway lines in case of war.
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Newton School Board Ousts Aldrich Appoints Fifield
At the Newton School Board annual meeting June 28 the board ousted Superintendent George I Aldrich after a bitter re election controversy and named Alfred Baldwin Fifield of New Haven Conn as his successor, ending Aldrichs tenure.
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Pocketbook Snatch on Chelsea Train Brings Loss to Magegi
Alfred Magegi superintendent of streets at Chelsea had $180 cash and a $200 check stolen from his pocket when two men jostled him as he boarded the 6 49 train to the east. The conductor halted the train and he notified Palmer police. He believes the theft occurred during the boarding. Detectives hope to catch the thieves.
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Alfred Magegi
Chelsea
Somerville Aldermen Fail to Pass Sidewalk West Willow Plan
The Somerville Board of Aldermen criticized the highway committee after a sidewalk hearing on Willow avenue from Elm street to Highland avenue. Residents on the east side urged a sidewalk. the committee order was recommitted and Alderman Lapham's identical proposal was rejected.
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Harvard Graduates Honor Generations On Campus
Students flood campus with cheers as classes march through rain to honor alumni. Notables at the ceremony include President Eliot Ambassador Cambon Alexander Agassiz General Wood and other honorary degree recipients amid a crowd of governors and dignitaries.
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Yale Coach Predicts Victory Over Harvard in Four-Mile Race
Yale's coach Dr. Edson Gallaudet told the Post that Yale deserves to win and will lead Harvard all the way in the four mile race. He praised his crew as faster this year and said his men have worked hard, with no tiredness expected barring accidents.
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Harvard Assistant Coach Sees Crimson Victory in Sprint
Assistant Coach Youngman of Harvard told the Post that if Harvard wins the race it will be in a sprint. He claims Yale would only win in a long grind and argues Harvard's crew is the strongest the Crimson has had in years while Yale has deteriorated.
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Red-Top-On-The-Thames Prepares For Yale Harvard Race
Crowds at Harvard and Yale quarters drifted away after sundown as fifty oarsmen kept to practice in misty showers. Coaches Storrow and Tigginson offered no comments while Brown and Williams rejoined the crew after illness. Nervousness marked Yale, but the Crimson spirit remained. rain may continue, yet the three college beat races promise a record crowd on the Red Top course.
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Fire at Vauban building harms dozen. dentist room gas nearly fatal
Fire at 184 Boylston Street in the Vauban building caused $4000 to $6000 damage and flooded lower floors. Anesthetics in a dentist's fifth floor room filled air with chloroform ether and laughing gas, leaving several firefighters drowsy and needing rescue. one man slept on the floor before revival.
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Hitchborn
Shooting at Gley street car sparks stoppage in Cleveland
A non union conductor on the Cleveland avenue line fired four shots at a crowd of striking passengers at Pittsburg railroad tracks. The car was halted, passengers scattered as the shots struck windows but no one was reported killed.
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Pointer sails for Europe to study Cuba's future
Robert Ponter sails aboard the St Paul for Europe to study Russia and Cuba. He argues Cuba should become a U S state for annexation and opposes independent Cuban statehood citing U S responsibility and treaty clauses. He warns that a special Cuban independence accord would hinder capital and enterprise.
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Robert P. Pointer
St. Paul
Europe
Russia
Cuba
United States
Lang in Jail After Wife's Death Arraignment
Lang, aged man who killed his wife at 98 Waltham Street Tuesday morning, was arraigned in Municipal Court yesterday and held for the grand jury without bail. He was sent to Charles Street Jail and may be examined for sanity, though officials doubt insanity as the explanation for the crime.
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Charles Street
Berry
Jelly
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