Yale Examinations to Stand In Absent Harvard Policy
President Hadley reported Yale will keep separate exams in mathematics and language to test student ability. He cited self support for the university, a reduced deficit, and substantial endowment fundraising. Gifts to the infirmary fund exceeded 40 000 dollars from New York benefactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale University
Alumni Hall
Hadley
Stokes
McClung
Harvard
Dimock
The Sad Isolation of the Rich in Public Talk
Dartmouth Alumni meeting in Hanover heard Benjamin Ide Wheeler of California condemn wealth caste. He warned abundance breeds isolation from humanity as the rich migrate between luxury havens and elites, with intermarriage and social segregation forming a golden caste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College Today
University’ of California
Many Degrees at Wellesley Commencement
Two hundred four graduates, the largest class yet at Wellesley College, received degrees in a June ceremony. Bowdoin College president William De Witt Hyde spoke on the choice of the college woman and happiness in relation to intellect and societal engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
Radcliffe College Grants Degrees to 63 Graduates
Cambridge Mass June 27 Radcliffe College conferred degrees on a class of 73 with 18 earning Master of Arts and one Eleanor H Rowland of Lee Mass receiving Doctor of Philosophy after three Radcliffe degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland
Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe College
Eleanor H. Rowland
Lee, Mass
Radcliffe
Morris High School Holds Sixth Commencement Ceremony
The sixth Morris High School commencement was held last evening. John J. Wright from Wadleigh High School and M. Dwight Collier spoke, while Associate Superintendent Jackson delivered the address to the graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris High School
John J. Wright
Wadleigh High School
M. Dwight Collier
Iwv
Jackson
Death of Capt Robert D Graham in Washington
Capt Robert D Graham sixty five year old lawyer and Civil War Confederate veteran died after leaping from a sixth floor window in an apartment house in Washington. He had been ill and despondent. He was a North Carolina native and a relative of William A Graham former North Carolina governor and Secretary of the Navy. He served as secretary of the Civil Service Commission during Cleveland's first administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert D. Graham
Graham
North Carolina
William A. Graham
Navy
Fillmore
Civil Service Commission Diuride
Cleveland
Stretched Youth Fails Mental Test for Naval Academy
Luther Welch of Kansas City Missouri sought admission by stretching to meet height rules but missed his mental examination and now awaits the physical test at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Timis
Annapolis
Luther Welch
Kansas City
Naval Academy
Russian naval activity and Baltic squadron plan
Paris reports say the Czar orders a fourth Baltic squadron and reopens talks to buy Argentine and Chilean ships. Admiral Abaza may be in Buenos Aires. The informant says the move is a last effort by some Russian officials to gain more money before peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
NEW York Times
Paris
Peace meeting in August in Russo Japanese talks
The Foreign Office says the first peace plenipotentiaries meeting should occur in early August with exact date pending Japanese arrival in Washington. Russia may know Japanese negotiators hew, likely no military man among Russian envoys. Lamsdorff recovered enough to discuss with the Emperor in Peterhoff. Ambassador Meyer delivered Washington’s note at the Chancellery. In Peking a claim China seeks representation in the Russo Japanese peace conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Washington
Japan
Lamsdorff
Peterhof
Meyer
Peking
Associated Press
China
Shea Not Yet Deposed In Teamsters Rift
In Chicago on June 27 the National Executive Board clashed between Shea loyalists and anti Shea factions as the union nears bankruptcy. The meeting saw heated exchanges and a claim that Shea would be deposed but his opponents allegedly lacked nerve. Charges included illegally calling the strike and overdrawn expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Teamsters
National Executive Board
Shea
anti-Shea
New York Merchant Detained In Collision Inquiry
Josiah H. De Witt a New York dry goods merchant staying at Monmouth Beach was held at police HQ for about an hour while investigators checked claims that his auto struck a boy named James Palfe. The boy suffered only minor injuries after stones on the repaired French Street caused the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
Josiah H. de Witt
West Fifty-ninth Street
New York
Monmouth Beach
James Palfe
de Witt
French Street
Put Me Away She Said A Despondent Girl Pleads For Shelter
A quiet hour at the Fifty-first Street Station leads Sergeant Breen to a twelve year old girl named Margaret Kempe seeking shelter and protection. She explains her mother died, siblings gone west, father in a saloon, and asks to be put away where she cannot trouble others. The girl accepts help from the Children's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. Breen
Fifty-first Street
Mister ‘Leeceman
Margaret Kempe
East Fifty-third Street
Pap
Children’s Society
Chairman Halpin Robbed of Precious Pocket Item
William Halpin chairman of the Republican County Committee sent his 18 year old valet Peter Cunningham from the Halpin home at 318 West Twenty ninth Street to a tailor shop with trousers to press. A gold Fleiss tie pin was stolen from the trousers. Thomas Joyce 20 of 478 Tenth Avenue was arrested and charged with larceny. They were arraigned in Jefferson Market Court and held on $1000 bail each. Halpin to testify at Thursday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Halpin
Republican County Committee
Peter Cunningham
Halpin
West Twenty-ninth Street
Fleiss
Gaukiogiach
Thomas Joyce
Tenth Avenue
Jefferson Market Court
Warrants Issued For Students In Trolley Vandalism
The Trenton Street Railway Company obtained warrants for the arrest of Ralph Langston a Pennington Theological Seminary student and Andrew L Tucker of Freeport Illinois owner of a chicken farm on charges of destroying signal lights and opening switches along the Trenton Pennington trolley line. Authorities say the acts endangered passengers and appear to be mischief rather than an attempt to cause a wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Trenton Street Railway Company
Ralph Langston
Pennington Theological Seminary
Andrew L. Tucker
Freeport
Ill
Seminary
Trenton- Pennington
Kang Yu Wei Arrives in New York with Flag Escort
Kang Yu Wei head of the Chinese Reform Association arrived in New York after traveling through Asia Europe and America. Seventy Chinese youths formed an armed flag bearing escort under Major McVickar, police and Epworth Band. He said he met President Roosevelt and discussed China's future while at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kang Yu Wei
China
Chinese Reform Association
Asia
Europe
America
Chinatown
Kang Yu
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Roosevelt
Mott Street
Empire Reform Association
McVickar
Sixty-ninth Regiment
Reform Association
Epworth
Cortlandt Street Ferry
Pennsylvania Station
Chee Koy Hean
Homer Lee
Ben C. Young
Frederick Poole
White House
New York
Japan
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Se Dowager
Juror protests as Speicher acquitted in trial
Jonathan Speicher former Jersey City Fire Alarm Telegraph superintendent faced a General Sessions Court trial on charges by two young girls. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after witnesses contradicted each other. Foreman Christian Volz objected and urged a jury verdict of guilty. Judge Blair refused and ordered acquittal. Volz later sought a meeting with Prosecutor Speer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Speicher
Jersey City
General Sessions
Blair
Christian Volz
Speicher
Volz
Speer
Runaway Horse Spooks Flatiron District as Policeman Grounds It
Policeman William D Kenealley heard wind and harness sounds near the Flatiron building and chased a wild horse down Broadway. He grabbed the bridle without being dragged, avoiding injury or damage, and returned the animal to John Cronin's stable at 148 West Twentieth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Kenealley
Flatiron
Broadway
Kenealley
John Cronin
West Twentieth Street
Air ship voyage over Toledo marks successful test flight
A. Roy Kna benshue piloted his newly completed air ship over Toledo. He launched from the city and spent forty five minutes aloft, navigating with and against the wind. The test was considered a successful demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
A. Roy Knabenshue
Dentifrice Purifies Mouth by Penetrating Tooth Crevices
A liquid dentifrice enters the tiny spaces between teeth to thoroughly purify and cleanse the mouth.
No Betting at Delmar Track as Sheriff Warns Off Odds
Sheriff Herpel and deputies attended the Delmar race track to deter betting. Races occurred with no wagering and the betting ring empty. Four men arrested on anti betting charges were bound over to the Grand Jury in $1,000 each. Another hearing for George Ehrlich was postponed to July 11. Gov Hanley urged canceling the contract with the Indianapolis Racing Association over pool selling at the State Fair Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Herpel
Delmar
Charles Cella
Max Gumperts
Minton Parker
Frank L. Williams
Court of Justice
Stobie
Wellston
Gh Grand Jury
George Ehrlich
Delmar Track
Indianapolis
Hanley
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis Racing Association
State Fair Grounds
Pool Selling
Undertakers Converge for New York State Convention at Coney Island
Several hundred undertakers from across New York state gathered at Coney Island for the twenty sixth annual New York State Undertakers Association convention. Health Commissioner Darlington welcomed delegates as Mayor McClellan was absent. Frederick W. Hinrichs spoke, and the Kings County Undertakers Association guided visitors to Luna Park and the Boer War spectacle. A banquet was planned for Thursday night at the Brighton Beach Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
New York State Undertakers’ Association
Brighton Beach
McClellan
Darlington
Frederick
W. Hinrichs
Kings County Undertakers’ Association
Luna Park
Bostock
Brighton Beachotel
Man with many keys nabbed after chase from Seventh Avenue room
Detective McIver arrested George Murray after Murray leaped from a window at 269 Seventh Avenue. Murray carried about fifteen keys and tools. accomplice George Lynes, nineteen, a clerk, remained in custody at Tenderloin Station. Murray and Lynes denied broader details of burglary activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIver
George Murray
Seventh Avenue
George
Murray
George Lynes
Tenderloin
Lynes
Largest Westchester mortgage filed in White Plains
The General Transmission Company of Buffalo mortgaged its White Plains property for 15 million dollars to Buffalo Loan Trust and Safe Deposit Company as trustee. The loan finances forty year gold bonds and saves about 75 thousand dollars in tax under the new mortgage tax law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Plains
Westchester County
General Transmission Company of
Buffalo
Buffalo Loan, Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Poolroom raid at Rockaway Beach targets illegal gaming
Inspectors and Kane's men raided 484 Boulevard Rockaway Beach seizing racing cards stamps and paraphernalia. Proprietor J T Price and several associates were arrested for aiding and abetting with the raid tying to a prior action by Capt Kreuscher. Acting Captain Cruise to assume command after Capt Cullom's brief tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Kane
Boulevard
Rockaway Beach
J. T. Price
H. Warring
J. Fox
William Townsend
William Murray
William Mills
William Broderick
Kreuscher
Cullom
Cruise
Barrel Explosion Injures Boy In East New York
Little Willie Lukas, 662 East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street, played near a demolished building when a barrel left with damp proofing composition erupted after he lit a match and pushed it through the bunghole. He was knocked about twenty feet, burned but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lukas
Lebanon Hospital
Willie
East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street
Knight-Donnelly Creditors Face Heavy Losses
Developments in the Knight, Donnelly & Co. failure show the firm and its customers will lose nearly all funds involved. The collapse stemmed from slow investments and tied capital as the firm attempted to profit by foiling John W. Gates in his May wheat deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Knight, Donnelly & Co
John W. Gates
Machinists Reach Erie Shops Piece Work Accord
The New York District of the International Association of Machinists announced a settlement on piece work in the Erie shops. An agreement signed provides for a mix of piece work and time work affecting about 2,000 men across ten shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Association of Machinists
Erie
Duchess of Norfolk Delivers Daughter
London reports the Duchess of Norfolk has given birth to a daughter. Lord Edmund Talbot remains heir presumptive to the dukedom. The Duke wed Hon. Gwendolen Mary Constable on February 15, 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Norfolk
London
Duchess of Norfolk
Edmund Talbot
Gwendolen Mary Constableee Well
Peary’s Arctic Ship Roosevelt Heads for New York
Commander Peary’s new arctic vessel the Roosevelt will sail from Portland to New York to stock provisions and finalize voyage preparations for the Far North. The ship’s trial trip showed an average speed of just over twelve knots and strong seaworthiness under a heavy blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Portland
Commander Peary
Roosevelt
New York
Far North
Mrs. Peary
Mamie Babb
Pearys
Minister Escapes Mob Attack During Casa Sermon
Rev. J. L. Gray, a Bottsville Methodist minister, was attacked by Casa citizens during a schoolhouse sermon. He fled through the mob aided by his daughter and protecting children as pistol shots rang out. motive unknown though Gray has an excellent reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Casa, Ark
J. L. Gray
Bottsville
Ark
Casa
Bhut
Gray
Mr. Gray
Mitchell Trial Closes in Land Fraud Case
United States Senator John H. Mitchell did not testify as the defense rested after one witness, J. A. Martin of Portland, testified he urged harbor lines for a wharf and that Mitchell refused compensation. Ex Senator Thurston argued the indictment involved indirect payments via Tanner, while Heney said the statute covers indirect receipts. Jurors are expected to hear verdict tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
United States
John H. Mitchell
J. A. Martin
John M. Thurston
Mitchell
Fred A. Kiibs
Tanner
Heney
Hoboken Man Rescues Woman From Battery Plunge
Gunder Andersen of 210 Bloomfield Street Hoboken a former sailor leaped into dangerous waters off the Battery yesterday afternoon to save Theresa Kelly forty nine from plunging overboard. He swam to the sea wall tied a rope to her and directed her rescue by ambulance. The crowd cheered as Andersen surfaced and dried his clothes in the Subway boiler house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunder Andersen
Bloomfield Street
Hoboken
Navy
Theresa Kelly
Atlantic Highlands
New York
Anderson
Andrsen
House of Relief
Andersen
Elderly nun Mother Liguori dies in Baltimore
Katherine Leigh of Philadelphia also known as Mother Liguori and a long time member of the Order of St. Joseph died at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church convent in Riverside Baltimore. She was 75 and a nun for more than 53 years with 15 years at the Riverside church. After illness two months she could not take nourishment for fifty days. Doctors were puzzled by her case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Baltimore
Mother Liguori
Katherine Leigh
Philadelphia
United States
Order of St. Joseph
St. Mary Star of the Sea Church
Riverside and
Battery Avenues
Italian Cruiser Dogali Visits Washington for Week
The Italian warship Dogali with 248 crew arrived at the Potomac and anchored below Washington for a week of training before heading to Annapolis Baltimore and Philadelphia. It followed the Amerigo Vespucci as the second foreign flag seen near the capital, prompting local alarm in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Dogali
Potomac
West Indies
Annapolis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Amerigo Vespucci
A SIMOON OF BANKNOTES
A woman crossing Broadway at Seventy first Street dropped a shopping bag containing banknotes. Bills in fives tens twenties and fifties spilled and some were blown away by wind. Onlookers helped recover many notes while passerby hurried away with some. The owner refused to disclose loss or name. Policeman Kupfman assisted in retrieval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Seventyfirst
Dorrilton
Policeman Kupfman
West Sixty-eighth Street
Gloucester Gasoline Seiner Burns Off Newport Harbor
The Gloucester gasoline vessel Columbia, crewed by Capt. Henry B. Pembroke and James Eler, caught fire about ten miles from the harbor entrance. After attempting to fight the blaze, the two men escaped in a dory and rowed twenty miles to Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Columbia
Henry B. Pembroke
James Eler
Mrs. Chadbourne Seeks Divorce Suit in Chicago
Mrs. Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne daughter of R. T. Crane has filed for divorce from her husband a New York lawyer at 74 Broadway charged with desertion. They wed in Chicago on November 7 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Emily Rockwell Crane Chadbourne
R. T. Crane
Broadway
New York
Yesterday's Fires List Many City Incidents
A night of fires records numerous incidents with addresses across Manhattan. Damages range from trifling to $500, with owners unknown or unlisted at several sites including Clinton Street and First Avenue locations. Notable names appear for Klein & Jacobson and Fleischer & Singer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Street
Herman Rosenblum
Western Street
William Smith
Veighith Street
First Avenue
UN- Rien
Henken & Willenbrook
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
East Seventy-seventh Street
Mary Mantel
Broome Street
Minnie Crencle
West Seventeenth Street
H. Z. Plleade
Cherry Street
Pitt Street
Louis Letoscot
Fleischer & Singer
Mulberry Street
Howells Inspires Miss Bellard in Summer Romance
A Harper’s Book News brief notes Mr. Howells uses an “inspiration” to resolve a heroine’s dilemma in a summer episode. The plot hinges on Miss Bellard and her lover, with the entrance of ill matched Mr. and Mrs. Mevison nearly spoiling the romance. Reviewers praise the novel as entertaining and engaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Howells
Miss Bellard
Mrs. Mevison
the World
the Times
Howells
Brooklyn Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
YALE
Fers
Lenox
Palm Beach
Hamburg
Hyde
Bowdoin
R. D. Graham
J. H. de Witt
The
Police
Foreman
St. Louis Track
Undertakers
Rockaway
Boy
Knight-Donnelly
Peary
Children Protect Minister
Little Girls
Arkansas
Liguori
Capital
Dogaili
ASTOR
PLACE
Mrs. Chadbourne
iFrom
John Callaghan
Duminy
Krug & Co
Walker’s
Brauneberger
Margaux
Chateau Margaux
Cortlandt
Harper’s Book News
W. D. Howells
Harper & Brothers
N. Y
Egraph
Oce
Irie
TIMES
Vogel Bros
Vogel Brothers
Cor
Londonderry
Lithia Water
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!