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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
Harvard Cambridge June 6 1900 commencement includes honorary degrees to Adams Hemenway Grant Fairchild and others. Van Holleben German ambassador receives special honors and sits near the Governor in Sanders Theatre amid ceremonies and speeches by Law and government figures.
Yale University held its 199th commencement at Battell Chapel under clear skies. President Hadley spoke on curriculum changes and university improvements funded by recent gifts, noting the bicentennial significance. Prizes at the Sheffield Scientific School went to Harold A. Gilbert, Arthur K. Hubbard, Henderson Gilbert, and Belknap Frise in Natural History.
The exercises confer 576 degrees with 249 graduates. Honorary degrees include Doctors of Laws and Divinity from prominent institutions. Notable honorees: Frederic H. Betts, Edmund Wilson, W H P Faunce, J M Taylor, Williston Walker, Harlan P. Beach, Gifford Pinchot and others. Kin Feste Burg closed the service with singing and benediction.
At Yale annual dinner following graduation exercises Eli Whitney of New Haven was elected to succeed the late Buchanan Winthrop. Whitney received 3712 votes while Thomas Thacher of New York earned 1756 Taft of Cincinnati 214 and Judge Stanley Woodward of Wilkes Barre 138 votes.
Irving Bacheller author of Eben Holden received the degree of Master of Arts at St Lawrence University commencement in Canton New York. Rev Frank O Hall of Cambridge Mass earned the degree of Doctor of Divinity and praised Bachellers work and the novelist's ties to his alma mater.
Hanover June 26 Dartmouth College awarded honorary degrees at the alumni dinner. LL D went to John Henry Wright dean of Howard University Graduate School and Charles Daniel Tenny president of the Imperial University Tientsin China. D D to Rev. Charles Henry Morrill secretary of the Vermont Missionary Society and Rev. Charles I. Day president Andover Theological Seminary. A M to Major Henry McFarland, Concord William King Moore head of Archaeological Museum Andover Mass William Alden Smith Congressmen from Michigan and Benjamin Stevens London.
Wesleyan University held its annual commencement in Middletown on June 26 with sixty seven graduates. Doctor of Divinity was awarded to Hinckley G. T. Mitchell David H Tribou and Thomas B Wood. L L D honors went to David Brewer Supreme Court associate justice and Charles Emory Smith Postmaster General.
Amherst Mass June 26 At the eighty first commencement of Amherst College the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on sixty seven graduates and Bachelor of Science on sixteen by President Harris. Mason W. Tyler of New York elected trustee for five years by the General Association of Alumni. At the alumni annual meeting W. S. Washburne of New York elected President and J. E. Oldham of Boston President of the alumni athletic association.
Williams College in Williamstown hosts commencement exercises and an alumni dinner on June 26 with candidates for alumni Trustees nominated including the Rev. Dr. S. A. Dana J. E. Simmons M M ydeme and L B Hubbel and L L Lewis Jr Gen Merritt Barber guest of honor receives LL D degree.
Trinity College in Hartford marked its seventy fifth anniversary with commencement on campus for the first time. A large graduate turnout included a class of thirty completing their degrees.
At the annual commencement Villa nova College of Pennsylvania conferred Master of Arts on Sylvester A. Murphy superintendent of buildings for Manhattan and the Bronx and former president of the Musical Protective Union. The degrees were given by Cardinal Martinelli.
Burlington June 26 at the annual graduating exercises honorary degrees were conferred. LL D were Henry Holt of New York and Burlington and Waterman of Chicago. D D went to the Rev. W W B Atwell pastor of Trinity Church Shelburne Vermont.
The Advisory Committee of the Greater New York Democracy met at the Hoffman House to decide on city county borough Assembly and Aldermanic conventions across all districts. John C. Sheehan stated the group will run a full ticket in accordance with the law. Chairman Hanneman named Franklin Pierce Lyman Reddington N Taylor Phillips Joseph Hance P Chauncey Anderson and Edward Miehling to the Law Committee.
DA Philbin announces Edward Sanford as Deputy Assistant District Attorney to aid Gans and Schurman in preparing cases from Committee of Fifteen raids. Sanford, New York native, son of Thomas S. Sanford, Columbia College 1890 and Harvard Law School 1893 graduate, Harvard Law Review editor, Union League Club member.
In Paterson New Jersey on June 26 Vice Chancellor Pitney opened a two day chancery session for contempt against striking silk weavers from Frank and Dugan mill. The court ordered service of the enjoining order on five defendants and heard witnesses including Mary B Kinsey and May Farke who described being taunted by strikers. One defendant, Hughes, was fined 10 dollars for contempt. The proceeding continues tomorrow with more witnesses expected as the judge weighs punishment for the strikers.
About 1 000 marchers clashed with Rochester police at Mill and Commercial Streets. Eleven officers and twenty strikers were injured as bricks and shovels flew. A shot rang out and police fired over heads to disperse the mob, later held at City Hall Park before a mayoral proclamation warning of strict enforcement of state law.
A committee seeks restored six trips a day on the Broadway line under the cable system. A Monday schedule cut trips to about six and a half per day as a concession. Workers complain of thirteen hour days. Officials note no current strike but discontent lingers among a minority. Mr Vreeland is out of town. committee access limited to office hours.
In Paterson New Jersey on June 26 Mary Gussno a 22 year old silk weaver striker from Enterprise Mill was arrested and brought before Recorder Senior on charges of harassing non union mill workers. She received a twenty day jail sentence but was later released on bond after strikers caused a disturbance and the case was reopened.
In Matewan West Virginia on June 26 non union workers faced gunfire as strikers pressed demands at the Maritime mines. Both sides prepared for a fresh clash with Federal Marshals and Mine Superintendent Lambert en route from Charleston. Bloodshed feared as tensions rise.
In Cleveland on June 26 the conference between American Tin Plate Company officials and the Amal gamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers resulted in higher wage rates for tin plate workers. Details of the agreement and affected plants were outlined by both sides.
A wage scale agreement will raise wages by 2 percent starting July 1, benefitting nearly 30,000 men. Independent manufacturers are expected to follow the Cleveland conference action.
Chief Engineer Risse outlined a project for about fifty new streets four parks and related public works in Manhattan's Twelfth Ward at a City Hall hearing. Estimated cost 30 million dollars includes two western plazas bulkhead extension along Harlem River and a large park near Fort George. A second public hearing will be scheduled as taxpayers favored the plan.
The Mercury reached 90 degrees at 11 45 A M and set a new high for the year ahead of a day with 78 to 89 degree readings earlier. Humidity hovered in the 40s to 50s while an 8 to 10 mph southwest to east wind offered relief. Ten heat prostrations were reported and hospital staff treated the affected.
At State Camp Peekskill New York June 26 the First Regiment arrives after a 3 hour 15 minute trek from Lake Mohegan. Gov Odell visits and praises camp work. Six Battery marks surprise target accuracy while First Battery prepares for the Flanagan trophy. A trolley clash leads to a warrant and defense counsel for the accused militiaman.
Thirteen-year-old Samuel Brown faced the Gerry Society inquiry after seven-year-old witnesses alleged he took a teacher Miss Elizabeth Hughes pocketbook containing 109 dollars in checks. Judge Cowing found the boys’ testimony unreliable and discharged Samuel, who fled the courtroom with his hat.
Alderman Neufeld will sail for Europe today carrying the Board of Aldermen resolutions issued after the death of Empress Elizabeth of Austro-Hungary. The message was prepared with a ceremonial volume bound in black morocco and silver fittings, presented by Tammany colleagues. Neufeld seeks no honors beyond his office.
Gov White in Charleston says fatalities likely under fifty and home resources suffice. Roanoke reports no rise in deaths or hunger. coal fields damaged, outside help unnecessary as coal companies aid workers. Rail line repairs progress with Vivian to Eckman service, embankments washed at Keystone, and light trains possible next week.
A Washington man returning after inspecting West Virginia flood conditions believes total deaths will not exceed twenty. He notes the damage mainly hit mining areas where miners’ shanties were washed away, and asserts mining proprietors can and will support their employees with essentials.
Reports from Pocahontas Roanoke and Cooper indicate renewed heavy rainfall in West Virginia coal region. A cloudburst leaves three feet of water in a railroad yard washing away property and threatening railroad repairs and traffic delays. Mill Creek ree is washed out five.
Jacob Uhil of Flushing Avenue Long Island City took money to cut three headstones, finished two, but failed to deliver or refund. Ordered not to touch his yard, he risks punishment if he delivers stones. Magistrate Connorton postponed the case to July 24 for a hearing.
Graduates were hazed after commencement by eighteen Cornell students who forced them to drink soda then rode to Bronxville on a trolley. The victims were tied to a fence along Chesterfield Road and released hours later by fellow graduate George C. Appell Jr. The incident left the graduates in their formal attire after a rough late night.
United States District Attorney George H. Pettit received a deed from Abram S. Hewitt transferring 6140 acres of Plum Island to the government for 64700 dollars with stamps. The island now joins a prior 140 acre purchase forming a military reservation as part of fortifying Long Island Sound.
Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad sues Long Island Railroad Company and New York Brooklyn and Manhattan Railway Company in Brooklyn Supreme Court over possession of a line from East New York to Van Assie and across Jamaica Bay to Rockaway. Long Island claims only map possession and 20 years operation with recent interference.
The American steam yacht Carmen owned by Charles A. Starbuck left Halifax for Buffalo after repairs but towed back with a broken boiler tube. It sailed again last night and later was towed by a tug after being picked up off Beaver Light. One fireman, Karl L. Neilson, died from scalding after another tube burst.
A roster of prominent names visits various hotels including Waldorf Astoria Imperial and Savoy with figures such as ex Senators Col. Quay and A. T. Wood M P. Congressmen Lori mer Hopkins H R Woodruff and other officials from St Louis Baltimore Chicago and Winnipeg across multiple hotels. The document lists attendees by hotel and city with several international figures and naval officers among them.
A listing of merchants and buyers visiting New York hotels from Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Ithaca and other cities. Firms include Bacon rugs Ross notions Katz clothing Jordan Marsh dry goods and Wanamaker among others with representatives named and meeting spots at hotels such as St Denis Holland House and the Netherland.
William Jackson of 30 West Thirty-second Street faces a police report after a melee at Broadway and Thirty-second Street. He says Edward Carroll 65 of 185 Bowery, begged for alms and grabbed his coat. Jackson struck him twice. Police took both to the station. Carroll is said to be a repeat offender.
Variable winds and light to moderate seas across coast and gulf regions with rain and thunderstorms in the Middle and South Atlantic and Gulf States. Temperatures fall gradually from the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys toward the Rockies over 48 hours. Light variable winds along the Atlantic coast and southeast winds on the Gulf coast. lake region winds south to southeast. Steamers to European ports expect light variable winds and fair weather.
Fire in Mayfield Kentucky today destroyed seven tobacco rehandling houses, a cooper shop, thirty-two residences and stores, and left many homeless with an estimated total loss of 200000, partially insured. In Marshfield Massachusetts the Humarock Summer hotel at Sea View burned down with outbuildings, owner Frederick Merrill of Avon reporting a 30000 direct loss and 17500 insured.
A midnight to midnight log lists multiple New York incidents with owners and damaged property. Notable entries include George Schaffer at 45 East 135th Street with damage, Solomon Bernstein at 42 Essex Street, and Harper Brothers at 320 Pearl Street with slight damage. Several other properties report damages ranging from minor to substantial, including Cortlandt Street and Cortlandt addresses.
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