Welcome to French Rochambeau Mission in Boston
The French Rochambeau delegation, arriving from Newport, spends a day in Boston with honors from the Commonwealth, the City, and Harvard University. Major Berthelet slips at the navy yard breaking a leg. the party proceeds with official calls to Gov. Crane and Mayor Collins, tours Harvard, and ends with a banquet at the Somerset. The visit includes a Washington elm tribute, a Yale game sighting, and a cordial exchange of toasts between leaders.
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Commonwealth
CITY
Harvard University
Navy Yard
Berthelot
Gen. Brugere
Washington
Boston
Rochambeau
Newport
R.L
America
Berthe- Yot
Gen. Brugére
Berthelet
Admiral Fourchier
Admiral Johnson
Somerset
Natio Lancers
Frank C. Neal
Ministry of Public Instruction
State House
Collins
Boston School Regiment
Crane
P. A. Collins
Roosevelt
President Loubet
Ambassador Cambon
Massachusetts
Thenal
National Lancers
Brookline
Cambridge
Harvard
Cambridge Parkway
Brattle Street
Washington Elm
Garden Street
Army of France
Agassiz
Sanders Theatre
Charles W. Eliot
M. Croiset
Faculty of Letters
University of Paris
M. Jules Cambon
M. Cambon
Eliot
Phillips Brooks House
College Yard
Hotel Somerset
Minnesota Snake Farm extends its global snake trade
A Minnesota reptile proprietor shipped a box of rattlers to Dublin via the Saxonia on May 17 amid mutinous shipboard rumors and a Dublin contact Miss Anna Lewis. A New York express letter to the shipper notes ships refuse such shipments, while his illuminated letterhead touts fixable snakes and price lists for rattlers, milk snakes, cobras, and more with claims of twenty one years experience and guaranteed safety for handlers.
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Minnesota
Dublin
St. Patrick
Ireland
Anna Lewis
Saxonia
New York
United Stated Express Company
Steamship Company
Liverpool Lines
Express Company
United States Express Company
Snakes Sent to Treland Ar Not Yet Negotiated
A fragment notes plans to ship snakes to Treland ar and mentions not having begun talks with steamship companies. Even if the snakes reach Miss Anna Lewis ar, the speaker says there would be work enough for another St. Patrick.
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Treland Ar
Stemship Companies
Anna Lewis
St. . Patrick
Revolving six‑section table at Harvard Observatory dazzles scholars
Special to The New York Times Cambridge May 31 One of the first results of the Harvard Astronomical Observatory gift is a unique six‑table assembly forming a single revolving desk with integrated bookcases. Six sections provide writing, correspondence, photometry, spectroscopic records, and observatory publications.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
Pickering
W. P. Gerrish
Observatory
Steel stock conversion debated by reader from England
John Tr ehane of Upper Norwood England questions United States Steel Corporation directors about a proposed mortgage increase. He argues the plan lowers dividends and raises fixed charges, risking foreclosure and harming reserves. He contrasts interest payments with stock dividends to show the scheme reduces the company’s financial flexibility.
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Ne York Times
United States Steel Corporation
Daily Mail
Nipsee Morgan
Seno
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Perkins
Carnegie
John Trehane
Upper Norwood
England
Still Waving the Bloody Shirt
Sidney Herbert criticizes Bishop Keiley and lawmakers for harsh judgments on Gen. Miles over Jefferson Davis while overlooking past brutal treatment by Miles. The piece contrasts memorial rhetoric with military actions and questions consistency in congressional criticism of Chaffee regarding insurgents in the Philippines.
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Sidney Herbert
Savannah
Bishop Keiley
Miles
Congress
Jefferson Davis
Gen. Miles
Gen. Chaffee
Philippines
Mr. Davis
Hammond Recounts Rhodes Scholarships Aimed at Anglo American Ties
Mining expert John Hays Hammond arrives from England and details Cecil Rhodes's will guiding American scholarships to Oxford. Administrators Lord Grey, Lord Rosebery, and Dr. Jameson will ensure recipients are American in sentiment yet respected in England. He notes Rhodes’s death spurred no mining shift, peacetime expansion ahead, and Hammond plans to push South African mines with British capital.
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John Hays Hammond
Cecil Rhodes
England
Lucania
Rhodes
Mr. Hammond
Oxford
Mr. Rhodes
Lord Grey
Lord Rosebery
Dr. Jameson
London
South Africa
Sen
Ligaen
Hammond
Jongland
Europe
Eace
Camp Bird
Ouray
Col
Spitting in Smoking Cars Question for Public Decency
Letter to the editor urging The Times to take a stand on railroad rules and decency in passengers. Writer questions why all railroads out of New York should not ban spitting in smoking cars and seeks editorial action.
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The
New York Times
the Times
New York
Prohibition of Spitting in Public Places Suggested
A reader from Bayshore Long Island argues that due to the evils of promiscuous spitting, authorities should include a provision enforcing clean habits in ordinary smokers, urging action as overdue.
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M. A. Barnett
Bayshore, L.I
Attempt to Isolate Turkish Officials
Advices from Constantinople report new regulations driving discontent among military and civil officers. Officers are barred from cafés and beer halls to avoid foreign papers, high officials barred from Marmara islands, fishing licenses banned for natives and foreigners to curb flight risks, amid smuggling fears. Protests from powers followed treaties clash. notes exchanged between the Porte and overseas embassies.
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Constantinople
Marmara
Porte
New York and Chicago Millionaires and Urban Lifestyles
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues New York City lures Chicago millionaires with luxuries and social perks, while many stay in Chicago or divide time abroad. It notes leaders like Gates Carnegie Schwab Vanderbilt Depew and Sage spend long periods away, with the wealthiest often abroad in London Paris Berlin and other capitals.
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Chicago
New York City
Manhattan Island
New York
John W. Gates
Andrew Carnegie
Great Britain
Charles M. Schwab
Europe
Southampton
Russell Sage
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Hoboken
Long Island City
Pickle the Mystery Submarine Boat at City Island
Residents of City Island describe a cigar shaped submarine boat named Pickle. Inventor J C Carter and his guard known as Carter's Man Friday keep details hidden while Friday rests aboard under canvas. The craft, built in Connecticut, measures about fifty feet long with an eight foot draft and a turret deck, drawing interest from visitors and locals alike.
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City Island
Pickle
Kronstadt
Holland
Robert Jacob
J. C. Carter
Manhattan
Carter
Friday
Mysteri
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Morse
Franklin
Westinghouse
Eeiere
Oregon Vote In Tomorrow's State Elections
Oregon faces a statewide vote Monday on state officers two Congressmen and county posts The governor race pits Republican incumbent Geer against Democrat Chamberlain while Simon's Senate seat stirs party infighting The Oregonian notes party dynamics and the likelihood of Tongue and Williamson returning to Congress.
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Portland
Oregon
T. T. Geer
W. J. Furnish
Pendleton
Bryan
Furnish
George E. Chamberlain
Citizens
United States
Joseph Simon
Simon
Senator Mitchell
Mitchell
G. W. Mec-Bride
C. E. S. Wood
Geer
Wood
C. W. Fulton
Astoria
Sol Hirsch
H. W. Scott
Portland Oregonian
The
Oregonian
Scott
Tongue
J. N. Williamson
Moody
Accused Hotel Robbers Held by Police
Two men Henry Hubel age nineteen and John Forrer bakers of 88 Second Avenue are held on hotel theft charges. Prosecution says they gained hotel access, stole linen and 300 cakes of soap from Northwestern Hotel, and took Edward Cuthbert’s watch and chain. Arrested Friday, remanded for Monday examination at Jefferson Market Court.
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Henry Hubel
John Forrer
Bakers
Second Avenue
August Zimmerman
Northwestern
Chambers and
West Streets
Sergis
Summers
Edward Cuthbert
Jefferson Market Court
Hubel
Forrer
An Unexpected Result
Walter Schlichter relates a mid nineties bicycling craze tale about a friend obsessed with bikes. He planned names for a future child based on wheel peers and sent word to delay purchases until after birth. A telegram from the nurse later revealed a tandem all three doing well.
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Philadelphia Times
Walter Schlichter
Patterns
Chicago
Altoether
Victor
Columbia
Hide and Leather National Bank Plans Major Capital Rise
Clarence Foote, cashier, says no sale to another institution and no change in officers. The bank may raise capital from 500000 to 5,000,000 or 10,000,000, with deposits rising from 4 to 5 million to about 30 million. About half of the current board may resign for new interests. location is 1 William Street corner of John Street.
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Hide and Leather National Bank
Froot
Wall Street
Clarence Foote
Foote
D. S. Ramsay
National Bank
Charles A. Schieren
Brooklyn
William Street
John Street
An Important Personage In The Cleveland Thea tre
A theatrical audience buzzes as a distinguished man whispers to Mrs Giddypate, confirming a sighting. The exchange hints at intrigue and a striking resemblance to a stranger, leaving readers curious about the mystery surrounding the woman.
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chief usher requests hat removal during service
A journalist quotes a moment in a church service where a man recalls the chief usher asking a woman to remove her hat. The exchange is described with emphasis on the social tension and auditorium decorum.
Girl Immigrant with Dementia Arrives on Celtic
A twenty year old Galway Ireland girl Adela Glynn arrived in steerage aboard the Celtic showing an unusual mental illness. She has refused all food for five days claiming poisoning attempts and will be examined by Marine Hospital doctors to determine incurability and possible deportation.
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Celtic
Adela Glynn
Galway
Ireland
Marine Hospital
Lucane
A Philadelphia Man's Thrift Creates a Floral Faux Pas
In uptown Philadelphia a vain frugal suitor wooing a widow's daughter claimed to send expensive flowers. The mother revealed she sent the superb florals to herself, then to the daughter, leaving the would be beau mocked for his penny pinching and deception. The tale divides locals between admiration for the mother's nerve and puzzlement at her motive.
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The
Philadelphia Times
Seugiel
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Antace
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Seventh Aves
van Orden
Peouppett
Adelia Glynn
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