Macy's Elevator Fall Hurt Dozens And Trapped Women
An Otis hydraulic elevator at Macy & Co on Thirteenth Street collapsed from the fifth floor to the basement injuring at least fifteen women. Passengers were piled in a tight stack at the shaft bottom as rescuers freed them. Authorities cite unknown cause after inspecting the car and bottom hoisting machinery.
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R. H. Macy & Co
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Sts
Sixth-ave
Thirteenth-st
John Harrigan
St. Vincent's
Macy's
Chapman
Macy & Co
Otis
Otis Elevator Company
Harrigan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Nother
Uneasiness Over 2 Out Come In United States Steel Bonds
Wall Street fears the fate of sellers of United States Steel second mortgage bonds when and if issued and the impact of a New York injunction blocking conversion of 20000000 preferred stock into bonds. The market has tied up profits through selling bonds to investors and buying preferred stock, raising concerns about margins if issues proceed or are canceled and if buyers seek to retire bonds, leaving sellers with canceled positions.
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Wall Street
United States Steel Corporation
City Opinion on Removing Abandoned Manhattan Car Tracks
Borough President Cantor urged removal of unused tracks in Manhattan citing a municipal trust in streets and no franchise loss if tracks are abandoned. The Rives opinion says abandonment must be proven by unequivocal acts and notes most lines are bonded and not truly abandoned with only occasional service. Thirty eight streets are cited as virtually abandoned.
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Cantor
Rives
Manhattan
Foreclosure Action In Brooklyn Mortgage Case
Justice Gaynor grants service by publication in a National Broadway Bank suit against Kathryn McGarry widow of Councilman John J. McGarry and William F. Burke administrator to foreclose a $1 mortgage on the Lawrence Long Island residence and Warren Street Fourth Avenue assets. The note for $100 was secured by McGarrys and wife not recorded until after his death. Mrs McGarry and children reside in Green's Farms Conn. The mortgage is second. first mortgage of $75,000 is held by Title Guarantee and Trust Company.
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Supreme Court
Brooklyn
National Broadway Bank
Kathryn McGarry
John J. McGarry
William F. Burke
Founcilman
Lawrence
Long Island
Warren St
Fourth-ave
McGarry
Mount Vernon Republicans order city books examined
The Mount Vernon board of aldermen, newly elected on Tuesday, passed a resolution to hire experts and conduct a sweeping examination of city books and affairs for years. Democrats opposed earlier probes but Republicans vow to start immediately, aiming to uncover misconduct with Mayor Fiske’s stance offering aid.
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New Republican Board of Aldermen
Mount, Vernon
Fiske
Westchester County
Tammany Hall
C. O'Donnell Iselin
New Rochelle
Vacation Suggestions For Atlantic City Booklet
A Central Railroad of New Jersey passenger department booklet promotes Atlantic City with illustrated scenes of the beach and bathers. It notes easy access and includes boarding house listings, rates, and practical dates for travelers seeking the popular resort.
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Atlantic City
Central Reilroad
New Jersey
Long Beach
Smallpox Closes Westchester Schools Amid Precaution
Westchester County faces a smallpox outbreak with several schools closed as a precaution. Sacred Heart High in Mount Vernon shut down on Tuesday and will vaccinate pupils. Cases reported in Yonkers Mamaroneck Mount Vernon Pleasantville and Bronxville with health officials saying the disease is under control.
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Westchester County
of the Sacred Heart
Mount Vernon
Yonkers
Mamaroneck
Pleasantville
Bronxville
Amherst Year Endings Arrive With Reunion Week Traditions
Springfield reports Amherst’s eighty first commencement week starting Sunday with ten reunions and informal alumni gatherings. Seniors attend a Baccalaureate at the college church led by President George Harris. Diverse events include Leland drill, concerts, prize debates, and senior dramatics. Graduation day features diplomas for six top-ranked students and a president’s reception.
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Springfield
Mass
Ambherst
Hitchcock
Amherst House
Hitchcock Hall
Lttle
Northampton Road
College
George Harris
Pratt Gymnasium
Town Hall
College Hall
Stny
Harris
Washington and Lee Holds Graduation Exercises
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, held graduation ceremonies with 43 degrees conferred, twenty scholarships and fellowships, and two gold medals. E R Preston gave the law class oration, H R Keeble delivered the valedictory, and an oil portrait of William L Wilson was unveiled. Isidor Straus spoke about Wilson Tariff bill work and read a private Cleveland letter praising Wilson. John Goode presented the portrait of Judge J W Brockenbrough, founder of the university law school.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
E. R. Preston
H. R. Keeble
Abilene
Tex
William L. Wilson
Isidor St
Grover Cleveland
John Goode
Constitutional Convention of Virginia
J. W. Brockenbrough
The
University Law School
Inauguration of New Williamstown College President Draws Big Attendance
Indications point to the largest academic gathering for the inauguration next week of Dr Hopkins as college president in Williamstown. Nearly every available room is filled with accommodations extended to North Adams and nearby villages. Alumni trustees race narrows to two: Dr Henry P Dewey of Brooklyn and Lorrin C Lewis of Buffalo, with other nominees withdrawing.
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Mass
Hopkins
North Adams
Henry P. Dewey
Brooklyn
Lorrin C. Lewis
Buffalo
J. Edward Simmons
Tufts Graduation Ends Successful Year With Honors
Medford Massachusetts June 18 1902 Tufts College closes its most successful year with graduation of the class of 1902 Honorary degrees go to John D Long former Secretary of the Navy and eleven others Alumni and guests fill the event Honorary Masters and Doctors listed and the campus dinner for seven hundred amid speeches by John D Long Rev William H Rider Alston W Dana and Thomas Whittemore President Elmer H Capen presiding.
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Mass
Tufts College
John D. Long
Navy
Goddard Gymnasium
Elmer H. Capen
William H. Rider
Gloucester
Alston W. Dana
Topeka
Kan
Thomas Whittemore
Cambridge
Seton Hall College holds 46th commencement
In South Orange on June 18 the forty sixth annual Seton Hall College commencement took place with Bishop O Connor presiding. Albert John Reynaud of New York received an honorary doctor of laws and delivered the graduation address to the class. Trustees of the college met in annual session.
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South Orange
Seton Hall College
Bishop O'Connor
Albert John Reynaud
New York
Col
Clergy Changes Highlight Diocese Trustee Elections
The former bishop's resignation prompted a new vicar general Rev John A Shepard of Jersey City to be elected trustee replacing Bishop Wigger. Rev Charles H Mackel, a college professor, was chosen to succeed Rev William F Marshall who resigned.
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John A. Shepard
Jersey City
Wigger
Charles H. Mackel
William F. Marshall
Mount Holyoke College Honors Helen Gould. Dedication of Dwight Art Building
Miss Helen Gould, honorary class of '02 member, attends Mount Holyoke commencement. A $40 gift endows the Biblical history chair named Helen Day Gould professor ship. The Dwight Memorial Art Building is dedicated with gifts totaling $1.85 and other gifts reaching into thousands. George Herbert Palmer of Harvard delivers the morning oration as students receive BA, BL, and MA degrees.
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Dwight Memorial
John Dwight
New York
Mount Holyoke
M. E. Dwight
Judson Smith
Board of Trustees
Mount Holyoke College
Georgiana Hodgkins
John B. Wright
Gould
George Herbert Palmer
Harvard
Prospect Hill
Browning
Brown University marks milestone with gifts and prizes
Brown University celebrated its commencement with donors announcing gifts totaling major endowments and building funds. A Rockefeller gift to fund a new social and religious building reached the required endowment, plus a clock tower memorial gift from Paul Banjotti. Dozens of awards, prizes, and honorary degrees were conferred to faculty and students.
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Providence
R. L
Brown University
Faunce
John. Rocckefeller
Bancroft
Francis A. Gaskill
Worcester
University
T. Whiting Bancroft
Brown
First Baptist Meeting House
Commencement Honors at Fordham College Marked by Medals
Fordham College held its fifty seventh commencement on the college grounds with a large Alumni Association turnout. Rev Dr Thomas A Hendrick delivered the address. Graduates spoke on Rationalism in the Press Schoolroom and Pulpit. Degrees and medals were awarded to several pastors scholars and students including E T Swetnam and J J Dougherty.
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Fordham College
Thomas A. Hendrick
State University
Edward J. Mitchell
James H McDonald
Selden B. McLaughlin
Edward T. Swetnam
James J. Dougherty
Thomas B. Connery
Hugh Kelly
Joseph I. Kelly
Alphonse J. Edebohis
Gabriel Malhami
James P. Clark
William J. Fallon
Charles J. Murn
Fordham awards medals and prizes to students
The senior class presents a silver conduct medal to William Keane. William J. Murray wins a gold for the biographical essay. W. Henry Hoyt earns a gold for prose in the Fordham monthly. Selden B. McLaughlin receives the gold for the English literature essay. Alphonse J. Edebohls takes both the evidences of religion and mental philosophy medals.
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Armin J. Sibbel
Thomas A. Dillon
William Keane
William J. Murray
Fordham Monthly
W. Henry Hoyt
Selden B. McLaughlin
Jouin
Alphonse J. Edebohls
Hugnes
Rutgers College 136th Commencement Grants New Library Gift
Rutgers University in New Brunswick held its 136th commencement at Ballantine gymnasium with honors announced for multiple graduates. Alumni elected William S. Myers as trustee. Ralph Voorhees donated 330 dollars, boosting the 50 000 library fund started earlier, while oil paintings of Dr. David D. Demerest and Dr. Henry R. Baldwin were presented to the college.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers College
Ballantine Gymnasium
Blaise Pascal
Frederick Carl Hoth
Hackensack
James Francis Dilworth
Jersey City
Jonathan French Scott
Charles Ernest Pett
Elizabeth
Russell Woodward Leary
Orville Earl Fisher
Manito
William van Nest Garretson
Somerville
Frederick William Smith
Newark
Foster M. Voorhees
David D. Demerest
Henry R. Baldwin
Lehigh University 34th Commencement Honors Striking Topic
Lehigh University in South Bethlehem awarded degrees to 47 graduates at the 34th commencement. Salutatorian William Frank Roberts spoke on Strikes in the Anthracite Coal Regions, while Maximilian Showzo Haita of Japan delivered the valedictory. Several student papers and prizes were announced, and Dr. Thomas M. Brown presided.
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Penn
Lehigh University
Thomas M. Brown
J. Fred. Wolfe
Bach Choir Fame
William Frank Roberts
Freeland
Maximilian Showzo Ha Hita
Sanuki
Japan
Walter Savage Landis
Myron Jacob Luch
Henry LeRoy Fryer
A. Parker Smith
Georgetown University
Edward H. Williams, Jr
A. C
E- M
Wilbur
Oliver Jacon Haller
Pittsbore
Enish
George Kenury Shenberger
Manchester
Frank H. Browning
Washington
Ralph T. Kirk
Harrisburg
Frenen
Earle Phelps
Arthur F. Murray
William H. Hendricks
Hummelstown
Jacob H. Brillhart
Logansville
Edward H. Clark
Baltimore
Albert W. Zahniser
Mercer
Dean Crosa
D. c
Brown
Cornell Spring Meeting Names New Architecture Leadership
Ithaca N Y June 18 The Cornell spring meeting appointed New York firm Carrere Hastings architects for Rockefeller Hall of Physics. J V Van Pelt named professor of architecture and in charge of the College of Architecture. Several promotions and appointments in dairy history geology and related departments announced.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Carrere & Hastings
New York
Rockefeller
J. V. van Pelt
H. H. Wing
P. A. Fish
H. A. Sill
R. ¢. H. Catterall
Burr
H. Ries
Catterall
H. Morse Stephens
University of Chicago
Sill
Hobart
Governor Odell Heads to Ithaca for Cornell Commencement
Governor Odell departed Albany for Ithaca to attend Cornell University commencement exercises and deliver a short address. He will participate in fraternity receptions and then travel to New York tomorrow night, returning to Albany Friday night.
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Albany
Odell
Ithaca
Cornell University
Lehigh Valley
New York
Groton School Prize Winners Including Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Groton Mass June 18 graduation at Groton School saw New York boys win the majority of prizes. Addresses were delivered by Endicott Peabody and bishops and clergymen. Miss Alice Roosevelt attended and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was a prize recipient.
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Tribune
Groton
Mass
Groton Schol
New-York
Endicott Peabody
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Leighton Parks
Boston
Alice Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt,Jr
Degrees Given at Rochester Commencement Honoraries
Rochester June 18 Commencement at the University of Rochester closed with the awarding of 44 diplomas and three honorary LL D degrees. Alumni dinner featured speeches urging immediate funds to sustain instruction and growth. Honoraries included Dr. L Emmett Holt, George Barker Stevens, the Rev Dr Emeryne Granville, and Professor Walter Rauschenbusch.
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L. Emmett Holt
New York
George Barker Stevens
New Haven
Emeryne
Granville
Ohio
Walter Rauschenbusch
Wharton Increases Endowment at Penn Wharton School
At University of Pennsylvania commencement Provost Harrison announced Joseph Wharton has raised the Wharton School endowment from 200000 to 600000 dollars. The event honored graduates and conferred several honorary degrees while Nicholas Murray Butler delivered remarks on the role of universities in society and the need to support the state.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harrison
Joseph Wharton
Wharton School of Finance and Economy
University
Richard M. Jones
Penn Charter School
David Jayne Hill
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Hugh T. Henry
Roman Catholic High School
Willoughby Dayton Miller
University of Berlin
Edward MacDowell
Columbia, University
New York
Reason
Botsien Snall
Pericles
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