Harvard Defeats Yale in Annual Four-Mile Boat Race
Harvard defeated Yale in the annual varsity four-mile race on the Thames. The Crimson led from start to finish to win by six boat lengths with times around 22 minutes and 10 seconds. This marked Harvard's second consecutive win over Yale and added to a string of five victories since 1885.
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Bilindon
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Crimson
Ince Wray
Nat Cambridge
The
Captain Greene retires from Pennsylvania Railroad
Captain John P. Greene, former first vice president, retires at seventy under company rules. He will receive a pension around 13000 dollars yearly, based on an estimated final decade salary of 35600 dollars. Charlea J. Pugh succeeds him as second vice president.
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John P. Greene
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charlea J.pugh
Senator Crawford Dead After Illness in Allegheny County
State Senator John W. Crawford died at McKeesport hospital after eight weeks as a patient. He was admitted with appendicitis and underwent two operations. A bowel rupture followed, life hung on a thread after the first surgery, then he rallied briefly but sank rapidly.
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Allegheny County
Long Hiness
John W. Crawford
McKensport
Mayor Fires General Bingham in Police Shakeup
New York Mayor McClellan dismissed Police Commissioner T A Bingham for insubordination after he refused to follow revolutionary orders. The move followed an inquiry into alleged police persecution of Brooklyn youth George B Duffy and the retention of his photo in the rogues gallery. Supporters blame politics. critics call it a clash over independence before municipal elections.
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New York City
McClellan
T. A. Bingham
George B. Duffy
Brooklyn
Rogues’ Gallery
General Bingham
Gtumn
Bomb Kills Woman Spy In Cherry Basket Delivery
Marie Bakhtadze, agent of the political police at Tifiis, was killed by a bomb hidden in a basket of cherries. The widow of a former revolutionary turned traitor and police informer avenged her husband by pursuing those she blamed for his death.
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Marie Bakhtadze
Tifiis
Mme. Bakhtadze
Polce
Chigoes Bite Fatal to Picnicker in Greenfield Ind
In Greenfield Indiana Burleigh Hill Sled suffered severe chigoe bites and drugging while picnicking. The victim endured hours of agony in a grove before receiving drugs that led to convulsions and death. Lincoln pennies are now minted in Philadelphia with 140,000 in vaults ready for circulation upon orders. Three Italian laborers Fedele Desei Giscomo Saballi and Fileppo Stati drowned while bathing near Romney West Virginia.
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Greenfield
Ind
Burleigh Hill
Grove
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Washington
Brown
Fedele Desei
Giscomo Saballi
Fileppo Stati
Romney
W. Vax
Night Riders’ Neck Saved by Supreme Court Ruling
The Tennessee Supreme Court reversed murder case convictions against eight Reelfoot Lake night riders, granting new trials due to insufficient challenges and improper grand jury selection. Crowded Union City courtroom scenes showed elation as lawyers and families expressed relief.
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Reelfoot Lake
Caldwell
Jones
Supreme Court
Dread of Fourth Fatal to Veteran in Akron
Civil war veteran Gustav Thiese died last Wednesday, after predicting his death would occur between July 2 and 6 due to dread of the Fourth of July celebration. He had urged Akron W T U to press for a sane Fourth, hoping for calmer festivities.
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Akron
Gustav Thiese
Thiese
Akron W. ©. T. U
4 Sane
Great Grandfather Crowns in Canal Wager Attempt
Richard McKee, aged sixty eight, a great grandfather, tried to win a small wager by pointing across the canal at Maston, Pa., and was frowned.
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Crowns
Richard McKee
Eixty
Maston
Grand Jury Returns True Bills Against Sugar Refiner Directors
A federal grand jury indicted the American Sugar Refining Co and six of its directors along with two lawyers for conspiracy under the Sherman antitrust act. The case centers on controlling 90 percent of U S sugar and alleged schemes involving the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co and Adolf Segal. Evidence includes loans, stock transfers, and votes at directors and stockholder meetings linking Kissel and Segal to the alleged monopoly. The defendants face federal charges and potential fines or imprisonment.
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Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
United States
American Sugar Refining Company
Washington B. Thomas
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Senis
John #. Parsons
New York
John Mayer
Morristown
N. J
George H. Frazier
Philadelphia
Gustav EH. Kissel
Thomas B. Harnett
Adolf Segal
Pennsylvania Sugar’ Refining Company
Trust
Segal
Kissel
Kissel Power
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania’ Company
Sega
Wooster Millionaire Dies in German Hospital
Edward M. Quimby of Wooster Ohio a millionaire with vast holdings in Cleveland Columbus Toledo Wooster Warren and Pittsburg died in a Dresden Germany hospital after an appendicitis operation. His wife and eight children accompanied him on the trip. The property traced to his pioneer Ohio merchant father.
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Wooster
Germany
Edward M. Quimby
Dresden
Mr. Quimby
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Warren
Pittsburg
Ohio
Messina Aftershock Hits Sicilian City Hard Again
In the wake of the December 28 quake that devastated Calabria and Sicily, Messina and Reggio were struck by another strong tremor despite limited injuries. One woman died from a collapsing wall and a child was seriously hurt as rescue and safety efforts began anew.
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Sicilian
Calabria
Sicily
Mescalia
Reggio
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