Yale Harvard Rowing Race Fans Pack New London
New London buzzes for Yale Harvard annual regatta on Thames with President Roosevelt expected to attend. Harbor filled with yachts. betting favors Yale at 2 to 1.
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New London
Conn
Yale-Harvard
Thames
Roosevelt
Boston
Harvard
Cambridge
Yale
Varico
Fanny
Egbert
Rosalie
New York
Rosalia
Mecham
Cuyahoga
Arline
Milicite
Montauk
Mayflower
Chanticleer
Shamrock
Zenita
Athlete
Mavis
Taunton
Eugene Liggins
Varuna
Raquois
Philadelphia
Katrina
Frank Gould
Helenita
Atlantic
Bridgeport
Sibyl
Hartford
United States Revenue
Rae
W. C. de Hart
August Belmont
Scout
Amoureuse
Admiral
Rusalka
Providence
Undercliff
Spokane
Dolphin
Meikleham
Canada’s Hopeful Future Promises Growth Across West
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, returns from a 7 500 mile inspection tour and declares strong optimism for Canada. He cites Westward prosperity, rising flax areas, and influx of American settlers from the Dakotas and Minnesota seeking cheap land and expansion opportunities.
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Montreal
Quebec
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
United States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Sir Thomas
Thomas
British Columbia
Street Car Upsets Wagon in Passaic Accident
A Passaic trolley struck a wagon at city limits injuring Mrs Martha Jurgen son owner and driver who was pinned beneath the wagon. The wagon cleared the tracks the car resumed and disappeared toward Paterson witnesses pulled the woman free ambulance was sent and the car returned twenty five minutes later. The company promised to dismiss the conductor and motorman after police were notified.
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Passaic
N.J
Paterson
Martha Jurgenson
Yale and Harvard Regatta Eve Practice on the Thames
Yale and Harvard crews completed final practice on the Thames amid overcast skies and windy confidence. A half mile scrimmage favored Harvard, while Yale won the coin toss for race courses. evening conditions promise favorable water for tomorrow’s program including a four mile varsity race.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Thames
Old Yale
Fair Harvard
Broadview
Yale
Harvard
Crimson
Cambridge
Kunzig
Bullard
Varsity
Higginson
Storrow
Red Top
Navy Yard
Ridge
Drawbridge
Reed Delivers Bowdoin Anniversary Oration
Thomas B. Reed of New York spoke at Bowdoin College’s centennial, arguing educated masses influence progress and that education encompasses all human progress. He urged widening knowledge, habit formation, and the power of individual effort within divine and societal aims.
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Brunswick
Thomas B. Reed
New York
Bowdoin College
Reed
Henry the Eighth
Abbey of
Westminster
England
Edward the Seventh
Marquis of Salisbury
Roosevelts Praise For Root Taft And Wood At Banquet
President Roosevelt lauds Elihu Root William H Taft and Henry M Wood for their wartime leadership at a Boston banquet. He stresses their disinterested service amid intricate policy decisions following the Spanish American War and notes Secretary Hay delivered remarks on American diplomacy and honesty in foreign affairs. The event ends with farewells as Roosevelt departs by midnight train.
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McKinley
Islands
Root
Abraham Lincoln
Taft
Wood
President Roosevelt Defends Army at Boston Banquet
At the Algonquin Club in Boston President Roosevelt addressed guests including Gov. W Murray Crane Major Patrick A Collins John D Long Rear Admiral Mortimer Johnson and Col. John L Tiernan. He praised U S soldiers and warned against torture in the Philippines while stressing duty and unity.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Somerset
Algonquin Club House
Commandery of
Massachusetts
Naval
W. Murray Crane
Patrick A. Collins
John D. Long
Mortimer L. Johnson
United States Navy
John L. Tiernan
United States Army
Curtis Guild
Santiago
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Chickamauga
Philippine Islands
United States
Manila Bay
Antlemen
President Roosevelt Visits Boston for Harvard Commencement
President Roosevelt arrives in Boston to attend Harvard University commencement and related events. Gov. W. Murray Crane and state officials greet him as he plans a full day including Harvard ceremonies alumni dinner Spanish war veterans banquet and later a Yale Harvard boat race in New London.
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Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Harvard University
W. Murray Crane
Commonwealth
Adjt
Dalton
W. H. Brigham
Curtis Guild, Jr
Harvard
Algonquin Club
International Association of Press Clubs
New London
Yale
Gov. Crane
Collins
Cambridge
Gov. Bates
Yale Commencement Grants Honorary Degrees at Battell Chapel
Yale held its formal commencement at Battell Chapel with degree conferrals across departments. Honorary Doctors included Roswell Park, Henry Cabot Lodge, Lanman, Butler, Whittlesey, and Huntington. Riley and Lodge drew enthusiastic reception. Masters and other degrees were awarded to numerous graduates, with prize recognitions announced for economics, journalism, forestry, and law.
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New Haven
Yale
Battell Chapel
Hadley
William R Huntington
D. C
Grace Church
New York
Samuel Hart
Berkeley Divinity School
William Blair Draves
Phillipps Academy
Andover
James Whitcomb Riley
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Henry Goslee Prout
Railroad Gazette
Robert Curtis Ogden
Amherst Awards Degrees At Commencement
Amherst College conferred honorary degrees on June 25. Recipients included Doctor of Divinity honorees Rev. Howard S Bliss and Rev. Lucius R Eastman with others from Smith College and Williams College, Doctor of Humanities recipient Joseph H Sawyer, Doctor of Laws honorees John M Clark and William Rutherford Mead, and Masters of Arts Clyde Fitch and Willis James.
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Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
Howard S
Bliss
Beirut
Syria
Lucius R. Eastman
Framingham
Hen M., Tyler
Smith College
Northampton
Joseph H. Sawyer
Williston Comnes
East Hampton
Benjamin E. Smith
New York
John M. Clark
Packing Plants May Merge In Big U.S. Pact
Kansas City dispatch notes a possible merger among meatpacking giants. Fowler plants in Kansas City and Chicago may be sold to Swifts, with formal purchase steps near. A Swift Armour alliance is favored by many, signaling a move toward independent stock yards in Kansas City and Chicago.
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Kansas City
Fowler
Chicago
Anglo-American Packing House
George Fowler & Son
Fowlers
Swifts
Swift and Armour
United States
Chautauqua Excursion on ERLE Railroad
Round trip fare set at 11 dollars for the Chautauqua excursion. Tickets issued for July travel and remain valid for return until August 8 as indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erle Railroad
The New York Times Sunday Edition Review
The Sunday issue of The New York Times provides full dispatches from European capitals and domestic correspondents. It highlights city news with fairness and includes valuable financial material on railways and industries for investors.
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THE
New York Times
Tut New York Times
Cuban Republic Army Structures and Key Leaders outlined
Foreign correspondent describes the Cuban Rural Guards numbering about 1500 with potential rise, and the Cuerpo de Artilleria formed Oct 1901 with Capt. Dwight Aultman. Gen Alexandre Rodriguez is Commander in Chief. Gen Maximo Gomez eyed as Chief with Gen Rodriguez overseeing Rural Guards.Dorothy Stanhope writes from Havana.
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NEW York Times
Havana
Cuba
Cavalry
Cuerpo de Artilleria
Artillery Corps
Maysi
San Antonio
Slocum
United States Cavalry
Cuerpo de Art
Wood
Cabana Fortress
Columbia Barracks
Alexandre Rodriguez
Maximo Gomez
Rodriguez
Castillo
Gomez
Dorothy Stanhope
Edgewater Ferry Lease Ratified by Sinking Fund Commission
The Sinking Fund Commission yesterday ratified a lease with the Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Company to operate the Edgewater route from West One. The agreement secures sailing rights and outlines terms for the ferry service duration and financial arrangements.
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Edgewater
Sinking Fund Commission
Riverside and Fort Lee Ferry Company
West One
Lease Proposal Sets City Revenue Share and Readjustment
A contract outlines that the company will pay Edgewater 5 percent of gross receipts with a guaranteed minimum of 5500 dollars annually. The lease runs twenty five years with a readjustment after ten years.
War of words over building code provisions in borough inquiry
The Board of Aldermen committee grilled Building Department chief Perez M. Stewart over alleged code violations in high rise construction. Chief friction centered on Stewart's use of counsel, discretionary powers, and calls to ban wood in fireproof buildings.
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Board of Aldermen
Chairman Wirth
Perez M. Stewart
Department of Buildings
Wirth
Stewart
Fleming
New York Times
Mr. Stewart
Mr Wirth
Mr. Wirth
Building Department
Tle
City Committee Ends Session Without Action
In executive session the committee took no action while Mr Wirth was ignored by the public but treated with courtesy by Aldermen Meyer Dietz and Goldwater. The passage notes his polite conduct toward colleagues as the session concluded without decisions.
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Mr. Wirth
Meyer, Dietz
Goldwater
Land Heap Saved as Syndicate Controls Cooper's Bluff
On Oyster Bay longshore operations shifted 32 acres of Cooper's Bluff into a syndicate linked to the North Shore Improvement Company. The land was bought from a New York contractor after a pier and sand digging setup. The price for the 32 acres is about 75000 dollars, with the syndicate spending nearly 200000 to save the bluff. Notables linked include George Bullock Le Roy Dresser Samuel Shaw Colgate Hoyt and other local owners near Sagamore Hill and President Roosevelt.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Cooper's Bluff
New York
North Shore Improvement Company
Howard Gould
George Bullock
le Roy Dresser
Samuel Shaw
Colgate Hoyt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Colored Tenant Excites Fashionable Jersey City Street
Residents near 18 Lexington Avenue in Jersey City report the Stires estate leased it for three years to Mrs. R. J. Henderson a colored woman who advertises as a test medium. Neighbors allege unwitting consent by Manning Stires Jr now abroad in Cuba. Henderson says he knew she was colored and a spiritualist. Henderson is wealthy with two horses and a carriage. a rear stable exists on the property. Stires is counsel for the Wireless Telegraph Company of America.
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Lexington Avenue
Jersey City
No. 18
Stires
Manning Stires, Jr
R. J. Henderson
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Columbia
George H. Mumford
P. L. Mitchell
D. Gregg
George St. John Sheffield
W.W. M. Welch
Hugh Auchincloss
E. S. Neilan
Canadian Pacific
Bowdoin
MR. Hay
Hay
Heaven
Gordon
Alpha Delta Phi
Edward Everett Hale
Tampa
Gov. Long
Col. Tiernan
Sanderson
Bernadette Perrin
Senator Lodge
Cobden Club
James A. Valentine
Breckinridge
James Gordon Bennet
Harry B. Chamberlin
Unionville
Franklin
the Rainier Company
Gen’s
Broadway
Artillery
Commander In Chief
R. H. Macy & Co.’s
Sixth Avenue
34Th
35Th Street
Peacedale Mills
Oxford
Melton
Aldermanic Committee
Horsford's _Aci Phosphate
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