Princeton Receives Land Gift and Faculty Changes
Princeton, N. J. June 11 After a board meeting it was announced nine friends donated 107 acres on the north side of Carnegie Lake boosting the grounds. Endowment gifts totaled 95206 and 31105 were assigned for current expenses. The class of 87 pledges 35000 for a boathouse on Carnegie Lake. George B. McClellan, former NY mayor, is promoted to professor of economic history. The annual sophomore reception drew 250 guests with a ban on certain dances and notable patronesses listed.
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N. J
Board of Trustees
Princeton University
Carnegie Lake
Printceton
George B. McClellan
New York
Andrew Carnegie
J. Morgan
Charles Scribner
L. Blair
C. H. Lodge
Parker D. Handy
Archibald L. Russell
John Grier Hibben
Cyrus McCormick
Henry van Dyke
George A. Armour
Robert Garrett
Henry J
M. T. Finney
Hibben
CARE FOR BACKWARD PUPILS STATE BOARDS TO COMPLY
New Jersey school boards must provide special classes for children three years or more below normal, as well as for the deaf and blind. The state education department, led by Dr. Calvin N. Kendall, issued a pamphlet outlining legal requirements and teacher qualifications after a conference with county and city superintendents. Local boards are obliged to act following the state guidance.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
State Board of Education
Calvin N. Kendall
Kendall
State Department
Man killed by train at Methuen station
James M. Burns thirty eight of New Bravewick N J was killed instantly on the Pennsylvania railroad at Methuen station while attempting to board a train. He had worked as a lineman for the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company and had been unemployed for months. He jumped for the step but missed his footing and was struck and thrown under the car.
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N. J
James M. Burns
Pennsylvania Railroad
Methuen
New York and New Jerey Telephone Company
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Viscount Haldane New Lord Chancellor of England
Viscount Haldane appointed as Lord Chancellor following prior role as Minister of War. The decision marks a significant shift in the cabinet and signals a new phase in governing leadership.
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England
Senate votes to curb General Wood in army staffing shakeup
Washington June 11 the senate approved by 27 to 24 a conference report on the army appropriation bill. The amendments bar any officer without ten years line service before becoming chief of staff after March 4 next, targeting Major General Leonard Wood and reflecting influence from Major General Fred C. Ainsworth amid war department controversy.
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Senate
Army
Leonard Wood
Fred C. Ainsworth
Stimson
Lunatic in Marlborough House Forces Alarm at Palace
Dowager Queen Alexandra escaped a disconcerting moment returning from the Danish king's funeral as a former palace servant, William Woolley, was ejected and handed to police after escaping Norwich asylum. Taft returns from Hampton and reviews Cuban situation. a garbled final line appears unrelated.
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Denmark
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Hampton
Navy Yard
White House
Turkey Trot Kills Woman At Atlantic City
Mrs Agnes Day died after a Turkey Trot incident while practicing the dance on a pier report. She collapsed from a blood vessel rupture and died within minutes, as family members watched. Also noted: Camden boy Herbert Durand, ten, drowned in a Mount Holly creek while boating. another small boy George Hults witnessed the event. Tristate League scores listed. Hermisth von Lila-Wernburg, Prussian lower house president, died of apoplexy at age sixty-seven.
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Eports
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Mount Holly
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Idaurand
Itincorcas
George Hults
Ded
Eight Found Slain in Villisca Murder Case
Villisca Iowa June 11 Mr and Mrs J B Moore their four children and two visiting girls were found murdered with their heads chopped by an ax Neighbors discovered the scene Bloodhounds were set to track a suspected insane killer who had similar crimes in Colorado Kansas and Illinois Misses Stellinger aged nineteen and twenty were the visitors Moore a prominent citizen ran a large implement store
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Moore Home
Moore
Colorado
Kansas
Ilinois
Police Quell Riot at Waldorf Astoria Dinner
In New York on June 11 striking waiters demonstrated in front of the Waldorf Astoria as a German fleet dinner proceeded inside. Lieutenant Becker and sixteen officers routed the disturbance, arresting groups of strikers totaling near 100 with guard plans at the hotel. Forty uniformed officers and thirty plainclothes men patrolled the hotel.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Becker
Waldo
Plaza
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