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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1891

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New York College Plans Riverside Campus Expansion

The University of the City of New York approves a large expansion site the Mali homestead near Morris Dock and Kingsbridge to rival Princeton. The plan envisions a quadrangle with Science Hall Library Chapel and Philosophy Hall, plus a ten acre athletic grounds and club facilities. The council aims to raise 500000 by December 1 and keeps Washington Square as a core home for law pedagogy and graduate instruction while reorganizing the Law School with new chairs and appointments led by Dean Austin Abbott. The endowment funds include 20000 from Elizabeth Perkins Fors, and women will gain access to entrance exams for regular certificates.

New York Srrelar University of the City of Princeton Mali New York Central New York & Northern Morris Dock Kingsbridge Harlem University Science Washingington Square Austin Abbott Isaac F. Russell Christopher G. Tiedeman Henry Yuans Jessup David R. Jaques Law School Jaques Russell Boston Jacob Abbott Lyman Abbott Tiedeman Charleston College Charleston D. C Leipsic Gottingen Yale College Law School Jessup University Law School Elizabeth Perkins Fors

Testamentary and Trust Services Offered by the Bank

The institution can accept trusts created by a will or otherwise and assumes care of property and income for ladies and others. It receives bonds and securities for safekeeping, allows interest on deposits on demand or as agreed, rents safes from $10 to $700 per year, acts as trustee and transfer agent for railroads and other corporations, and serves as legal depository for executors, trustees and money in suit.

Manipur divided as murder case unfolds

May 5 dispatch from SimiLa reports British forces captured a wounded native claimed as the actual murderer of Chief Commissioner James W. Quinton. British officials in Manipur investigate. Scouts say the regent, Jabraj, has deserted the追t trail of Senaputty and moves toward British lines to surrender.

Simila Manipur James W. Quinton Senaputty Maharajah Jabraj

Council refuses to confirm railroad commissioner nominee

Coxcorp New Hampshire May 5 The Executive Council voted four to one to refuse Governor Tuttle's nomination of Colonel Thomas Cogswell as railroad commissioner.

Coxcorp N. H Executive Council Tuttle Thomas Cogswell

No One Guilty Fail to Find Facts to Justify Indictments

Grand jury reports after six weeks on the Hennessy case in New Orleans 1891. It condemns attempts to influence jurors and details the jury's secrecy, tensions, and challenges in indicting suspects tied to the parish prison killing of Italians and the homicide of Police Chief D C Hennessy. It notes the verdict date and calls for accountability amid public scrutiny.

New Orleans O’ Malley Talesmen Hennessy University of the City of New York, New Haven Hartford Rio Grande Indiana Portland Custom House Paget Carnegie Music Hall New York Boston Brooklyn Crisp House Page Edmunds Supreme Bench The Treasury New York Custom House Senate Committee On Canada American Medical Association Veazey Vermont Dartmouth Parish Grand Jury Robert H. Marr Criminal District Court Parish of Orleans D. C. Hennessy

Opening of the Carnegie Music Hall in New York City

The Carnegie Music Hall at Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue opened with a grand festival led by Walter Damrosch. The event featured the Symphony and Oratorio societies, a 100-voice boy choir, soloists, and Tchaikovsky conducting several works. Notables like ex-Mayor Hewitt and J. J. Rockefeller attended. The 3000-seat main hall and 1000 standing-room recital hall are fireproof and electrified. concerts run nightly this week.

New York Spectar Carnegie Music Hall Fifty-seventh Street Seventh Avenue Walter Damrosch Tschaikowsky Potter Berlioz Hewitt Seth Low N. Bliss J. W. Rockefeller Colonel Ingersoll J. J. McComb Isaac N Henry Seligman Arthur Nikisch Boston Symphony Orchestra Carl Zerrahn Handel & Haydn Society B. J. Lang Cecilia Apollo Henry Higginson Boston Orchestra Theodore Thomas Anton Seidl Frank von der Stucken Joseph Mosenthal Heinrich Zoellner Music Hall Andrew Carnegie John W. Aitken Sherman W. Knevals Williams. Hawk Architect Tuthill Morris Reno Stephen M. Knowles Frederick William Holls Symphony

New Storage System Promises Street Car Power Breakthrough

New York experts J B Entz W A Phillips and Montgomery Waddell claim a new storage system for street car propulsion yields remarkable results. Tests on a Philadelphia line from Second Street to Lehigh Road near Germantown Junction show potential near perpetual motion as a crank converts the motor to a dynamo to recharge the battery without energy loss. Patent reasons keep details private.

New York J.B. Entz W. A. Phillips Montgomery Waddell Edison Manufacturing Company Philadelphia Second Street Lehigh Road Germantown

Surprise at Harvard Yale letter over Princeton games

Harvard faces Yale dispute over arranged Princeton games and Yale's blunt reply. Harvard Athletic Committee rejects Princeton dates, citing faculty approval rules, while Yale threatens no Yale Harvard clash if Princeton is tied to the schedule. Yale and Harvard aim to keep dates, with Graduate Advisory Committee to decide soon.

Cambridge Dean Yale Baseball Management New Haven Yale Princeton Baseball Graduate Advisory Committee Harvard Athletic Committee Hartford Conn Messrs Winslow Thayer Smith Baseball Advisory Committee New York Haseen Cambridge Nine Ew Haven Harvard Athletic Committee Graduate Advisory Committee Harvard Baseball Management Haven Register Today Blue

English Sideboard Delivers Massive Dignity and Hospitality

A Victorian ad touts 165 designs of sideboards to choose from for dining rooms. It asserts that a strictly English sideboard offers lasting charm, simplicity in ornamentation, and suitability for Britisher hospitality, with options including French Buffets and combinations like Buffett with Side Serving Table.

Last Will of Mrs. Barnaby Bequeaths $25,000 to Dr Thacher Graves

The Providence probate filing lists a Jan 8 1891 will by Mrs. Josephine A. Barnaby witnessed by Florence M. Worrell and David F. Rose. It assigns sums to relatives and friends, 25 000 to Dr. T Thatcher Graves, and directs memorial windows for Grace Protestant Episcopal Church with the residue to Grace Church. Dr I Thatcher Graves is executor.

Providence Josephine A. Barnaby Florence M. Worrell David F. Rose Rose Chester, Penn Severa John Post Reynolds Testatrix Bennett Blue Mountain N. Y Ann Earle Samuel Arnold Theresa Cole Carigan Florence Conrad J. B. Conrad Edward I. Worrell Chester Penn Worrell Mabel Conrad Maud Barnaby T. Thatcher Graves M.D Grace Protestant Episcopal Church of I. Thatcher Graves

Set Aside Counts in New Haven Railroad Directors Indictment

Judge Van Brunt grants the directors motion to set aside counts five and seven for a misdemeanor in the New York New Haven Hartford indictment. He states the grand jury cannot indict without sufficient evidence and that the indictment must be supported by evidence to warrant conviction.

New York van Brunt New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company Grand Jury

Salem Cadets Elect Lieutenant for Company D

The Salem Corps of Cadets elected Sergeant Gregg of Lowell as lieutenant of Company D this evening in Salem on May 5.

Salem Cadets Salem Salem Corps of Cadets Sergeant Gregg of Lowell

Durant and His Money A Queer Tale of a Heir Pursuit

Lawyer Hollis R. Bailey seeks heirs of Thomas W. Durant who died in 1889 leaving a Massachusetts Bible Society fortune. Durant, a thrifty Boxford blacksmith turned trader and note broker, faced family disputes, Canadian residence, and later a tax fight in Haverhill as probate court records reveal a complex, transatlantic life and a dramatic struggle over the estate.

Hollis R. Bailey Thomas W. Durant Massachusetts Bible Society Suffolk County Thomas Wendell Durant Isaac Preston Durant Salem Eleanor Wendell Wendell Isaac Littleton Westford Thomas Boxford Durant Ann& Ayer Haverhill Samuel Ayer Perley Canada Susan Marston Salome Thomas Durant

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