Bowdoin Crew Defeats Boston Athletic Association
In New York today the Bowdoin eight oared crew defeated the Boston Athletic Association crew. The intercollegiate games are underway with Harvard men optimistic about a strong showing across events.
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Harvard
Matt Haven
New York
Bowdoin
Boston Athletic Association
Cowles Art School
Clyde Park
Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association
Naval
John C. Soley
Uss.n
South Boston Yacht Club
Pare
Christian Union Outing Number Promotes Gospel of Recreation
This issue features Appalachian Mountain Club piece by Prof E Fay, House-Boat on American Waters by Col C L Norton, Hasty Conclusions by John Burroughs, A Victim of Thoreau by C Abbott, and The Vacation Home in the Mountain by Dora Wheeler. For sale at Corner Book Store for 10c.
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Appalachian Mountain Club
E. Fay
Col
C. L. Norton
John Burroughs
Thoreau
C. Abbott
The
Mountain
Dora Wheeler
Defaulter Treasurer Linked to Orphans Home Funds
Philadelphia May 30 John C File late treasurer of the Lutheran Orphans Home is a defaulter for over 36000. He served as treasurer since 1872 and pilfered endowment funds to cover his thefts using mortgages bonds and stocks as investments in his annual reports.
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Philadelphia
John C. File
Lutheran Orphans’ Home
Unique ceremonies inaugurate Kimball Tennessee plans
In Kimball Tennessee on May 24 Sequatchee Valley hosted inaugural ceremonies for a future city on the Tennessee River. Logan H Roots presided as leaders spoke of strong finances and British backing, with ground broken by university representatives and local dignitaries. An initial lot sale is planned for June 10 and 11 with special trains organized for attendees and information via H T Sperry Hartford Conn.
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Kimball
Tenn
Sequatchee Valley
Marion County
Tennessee River
Lowry Place
Logan H. Roots
New York & New Orleans Coal & Iron Company
Roots
HL. J. Kimball
Parasion of
London
D. M. Key
United States
Logan H
Taylor
Nashville
Tennessee
Adair
Georgia
H. J. Kimball
Atlanta
Watkins
Chattanooga
Edward Hull
Geological Survey of Ireland
G. M. Stafford
Cumberland
Specia
Tme
Pullman
New England
New York
Washington
H.T. Sperry
Gettysburg Visit by Congressional Delegation and Arlington Rites
A congressional train arrived in Gettysburg drawing crowds from nearby cities. Senator Ingalls delivered an oration at the National Cemetery during Decoration Day ceremonies, with prayers, songs, and formalities led by Edward McPherson and Rev. W. H. Keith.
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Gettysburg
Arlington
Soldiers’ Cemetery
General Grant
Gettyspurg
Penn
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
New York
Western Maryland Railroad
Congressional
House and
Senate
Ion
Edward McPherson
National House
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Batchelder
Reynolds
Round Top
Little Round Top
Round Tops
Longstreet
Farnsworth
Hancock Station
Pickett
National Cemetery
Culp’s Hill
Baltimore Pike
Congress
Battle Field
Chambersburg Street
Centre Square
Baltimore Street
Grand Army of the Republic
W. H. Keith
Senator Ingalls
C. A. Hay
D.D
Services at General Grant's Tomb in New York
At the tomb in Riverside Park on May 30 Governor Hill General Alger and Grand Army leaders attended. U S steamers Pensacola Essex and Yantic fired minute guns opposite the Hudson while a national salute of twenty one guns marked the close. Floral tributes included a wreath from the Executive Mansion and a basket from the Confederate Camp of New York City among others. General Alger delivered the oration.
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General Grant
New York
Riverside Park
U.S. Grant
Governor Hill
Alger
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Pensacola
Essex
Yantic
Hudson
New York City
Loyal Legion
General Meade
Philadelphia
The
Memorial Day Observed Brightly in New York City
Memorial Day brought a large parade with General Louis Fitzgerald in command of seven regiments and two batteries. Charles Hyatt led the G A R posts and the Old Guard escorted the reviewing stand. Flowers were delivered to cemeteries by the eleventh division, and grand marshal Samuel Saxton supervised the flower-laden wagons noted at Maison Square. The reviewing officer was General Russell A. Alger. Flags flew at half mast, with the memorial arch cornerstone laid and the Stars and Stripes raised at Central Park fort. Prominent officials attended including Mayor Grant and others on the reviewing stand.
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New York City
New York
Louis Fitzgerald
Charles Hyatt
New York Mounted Rifles
Grant
Fremont
Franz Sigel
Carlton
J.C. Robinson
Arnold
Board of Aldermen
J. Edward Simmons
Crain
Myers
Metropolis
Old Fort
Central Park
Thomas Moore
Seventh Regiment
Washington Decoration Day Observances in Washington
Decoration Day was observed as a general holiday in Washington with banks and many businesses closed. The Arlington ceremonies began at noon with a Battery C salute, Marine Band music, and a dirge at the tomb of the unknown. Comrade Elijah A. Morse of Massachusetts delivered the oration.
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Washington
Pople
Fifteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Aqueduct Bridge
West Washington
Arlington
Battery C
Third
United States Artillery
Marine Band
Mozart Club
Committee of Arrangement
Arlington Mansion
Boutelle
Soldiers
General Logan
Faunce
Elijah A. Morse
M.C
Massachusetts
Old World
Memorial Day Observances Draw Large Crowds In Brooklyn
Governor Hill reviews Brooklyn Memorial Day parade with 10,000 troops and nine divisions. Crowds line sidewalks as veterans pass, with soldiers’ cemeteries decorated and bands performing. Public speeches emphasize education and the republic.
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Governor Hill
Brooklyn
New York
Abbott
New Jersey
Alger
Chapin
Decoration ceremonies mark Memorial Day in Philadelphia
May 30 in Philadelphia saw large turnout at cemetery ceremonies. Grand Army posts gathered at local cemeteries while no citywide parade occurred. In the afternoon the Knights of Labor held services at Mt Peace Cemetery for Uriah L Stevens with General Master Workman Powaurly delivering the address.
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MR. Powderly
Philadelphia
Prnaperruia
Knights of Labor
Uriah L. Stevens
Order
Mt. Peace Cemetery
Workman Powaurly
President's Son in Danger in Grand Palace Fire
Fort Worth May 30 The Spring Palace burned and Rus sell Harrison son of the President narrowly escaped death. One life lost and five injured. Property loss about 100000. Harrison and Frank Leslie's Weekly party members were touring when inflammable decorations ignited. Harrison helped women and tried to save a child before the stairway was blocked. Firefighters failed to halt the blaze as spectators fled.
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Tex
Spring Palace
Russell Harrison
Harrison
Frank Leslie
Sleicher
Burbage
Lieicher
Mr. Harrison
J. Sletcher
Lowen
Sherman & Manning
Prescott Street
A. W. Derbyshire & Co
Pike’s Market
Boston & Lowell Clothing House
Brooks’s Undertaking
Southwick
New York
World’s Special
St. Louis
Henry Hoffman
Laclede
Bruno Geevort
Conn
Fairfield
Savannah
M. Bolev & Son
Crocrsnall
Reading
Weiser
Ida
Ships Arrive and Sail From Major Ports in Late May
A sequence of vessel movements lists arrivals and departures at Boston New York Liverpool Glasgow Antwerp Montreal Halifax and other hubs from late May. Vessels include Virginian Gwent Normannia Chester Otbers England Bothnia Werkendam Smeaton Lower Christian Johnson Viking and others with origins Baracoa Hamburg Rio Janeiro London Montreal Baltimore and Philadelphia, reflecting busy transatlantic traffic and coastal trade.
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Virginian
Liverpool
Oston
Odin
Baracoa
Gwent
New York
Normannia
Hamburg
Chester
Rotterdan
Otbers
Rio Janeiro
England
Bothnia
Werkendam
Amsterdam
York
Smeaton Lower
St.ohn's
P. I
Christian Johnson
Holland
London
Agued
Haracos
Viking
Patras
Data
Philadelphia
Glasgow
Montreal
Carolina
Baltimore
Galileo
Belg
Kinsale
Lake Superior
Low Point
Tynedale
Newcastle
Eng
Sydney
Antwerp
Ripon City
Nova Scotian
Sarnia
Joe Southampton
Meya Columbia
Amburg
Minister Maybach
Scilly Islands
Ocean King
Fallen Comrades Honored By Naval Veterans At Chelsea
The Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association under Commodore Kendricken formed at Union Park and marched to Chelsea Naval Cemetery escorted by a Marine detachment. Lt Commander John C. Soley addressed the crowd praising sailors who secured Union and liberty, recalling Farragut Winslow Cushing and a host of heroes. The speech urged lifelong devotion to the navy, patriotism, and national unity, ending with a pledge to honor fallen comrades.
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Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association
Kendricken
Union Park Street
United States Marine Corps
Navy Yard
Fagan
Jackson and
Haines
Chelsea
Theodore Winthrop
First Regiment
Sons of Veterans
Naval Cemetery
Harris
John C. Soley
Naval Battalion
Eglar
Hilton Head
Beaufort
North Carolina
Charleston
Mobile
Hatteras Inlet
Hampton Roads
Fort Fisher
Farragut
Winslow
Cushing
Navy
Kearsorce
Old World
Star of Freedom
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Brotherhood of Nations
Hull
Decatur
Worden
Porter
Dupont
Cumberland
Congress
Hartford
Wabash
Minnesota
Kearsarge
Weehawken
Monitor
Banquet Honors Henry Stanley by American Colony in Portman Rooms
The American colony hosted 350 guests including Parliament members and American consuls to toast Henry M. Stanley. Consul-General New praised the unity of England and America and presented Stanley with an American flag and shield. Stanley shared humorous anecdotes and urged renewed African enterprise while praising colleagues and bearing medallions in tribute.
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Lonpoy
Portman Rooms
Henry M. Stanley
New
Gordon
Stanley
George Page
Charles Tupper
Harrison
Charles Dilke
England
America
Prince of Wales
Africa
Canan
Bennett
Gennett
Spain
The
Herald
Mr. Stanley
Paul du Chailly
Conspirators Sentenced In Bulgarian Government Plot
The Bulgarian trial of Major Panitza and nine others ended with convictions. Panitza received the death sentence, with possible commutation to fifteen years in prison. Captain Kalobknoff drew nine years, while Major Amandoff and Major Rizoff were each given six years. The remaining six acquitted.
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Sofia
Panitza
Bulgaria
Paniitza
Kalobknoff
Amandoff
Major Rizoff
Ferdinand
Major Amandoff
Russian thanks for French vigilance against Nihilist plot
In Paris Baron de Mohrenheim Russian ambassador thanked Interior Minister Constans for French police vigilance in uncovering a Nihilist plot against the Czar. Among arrestees is Dem sei, injured by a Zurich bomb explosion last March.
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Paris
Pettitt Wins World Champion Title in Court Tennis
Dustin, May 30. Thomas Pettitt of Boston defeats Charles Saunders of England in the world final by majority of thirteen sets. Pettitt wins three of today’s four sets to reach seven total. Saunders takes one to five. First today Pettitt 6 8, Saunders 6 1, Saunders 6 4, Pettitt 6 2.
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Henry M. Stanley
London
Russia
Thomas Pettitt
Boston
Dustin
Charles Saunders
England
Pettitt
Saunders
New Steamer Normannia Encounters Iceberg On Maiden Voyage
The Hamburg American Line steamship Normannia, arriving in New York from Hamburg on its maiden voyage, dodged a fatal iceberg in dense fog. Two plates were cracked and a rail damaged after a near collision, as Commander Hebich steered the ship to skim the berg. The ship logged 66 days from Southampton and the captain believes speed potential remains high.
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New York
Normannia
Hamburg-American Line
Hamburg
Southampton
Hebich
Phi Beta Kappa Dinner Speakers Named
The Phi Beta Kappa dinner lineup includes Bishop Potter of New York as orator, Richard W. Gilder editor and poet, Colonel T. W. Higginson presiding officer, and Ex-President Cleveland expected to attend the event the day after Commencement.
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PHI Beta Kappa
Bishop Potter
New York
Richard W. Gilder
The
One
T. W. Higginson
Cleveland
Five Fold Bedstead Promises Superior Quality
Five fold claims tout a bedstead surpassing ordinary patterns in beauty simplicity cleanliness ventilation and cost. Tubular iron construction allows easy disassembly and compact storage while open sided design ensures constant airing. Finishes include Ivory White with prices from 5.75 to 7.75 for bedstead and mattress, widths including 4 and 4% feet.
Tragedy on California Rail Bridge After Ferry Yacht Collision
A Calfornia train plunges through an open drawbridge into San Antonio Creek at Webster Street Oakland. Engineer Sam Dunne tries to stop the engine but momentum carries it to the river. Thirteen bodies are recovered and several passengers are saved by a passing yacht Juanita and local boats as authorities tally identifications and mourn the loss.
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San Francisco
Calfornia
Oakland
San Antonio Creek
Webster Street
Juanita
Alameda
Sam Dunne
Berath
Martin Kelly
A. H. Austin
Florence Austin
Bryan O'Connor
J. . Ewing
E. Ri. Robinson
Luigi Malesta
John Dwyer
Sacramento
Mr. Williams
H. W. Auld
Honolulu
Kennan
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Forecast till 8 p m Saturday. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut warmer with showers, southern coast steady. Maine fair with steady temps and westerly winds. New Hampshire Vermont slightly warmer with afternoon showers and variable winds. Eastern New York warmer with variable winds, generally southerly, frequent showers.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
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James A. Buck and A Dirge By the Soldiers’ Home
Soldiers’ Home Band
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