Gifts to Princeton Need of a Graduate School Adopted
Former President Grover Cleveland, chairing Princeton University’s graduate school committee, reports to trustees that the university must establish a thorough graduate school to bolster its prestige. Gifts include 36 acres of land near Carnegie Lake, a $100,000 income, plus a $300 recitation hall. Honorary degrees awarded to notable figures follow.
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Cleveland
Hope
Princeton
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Hnks
Princeton Golf Club
Washington Road
New Carnegie Lake
Oxford
Grover Cleveland
Graduate School
Fla
Columbia Commencement Honors Diverse AlumniAwards
Commencement at Columbia University featured honorary degrees to William Dean Howells Robert Simpson Woodward Brigham Williams Taft Henry Becquerel and Jacob Dickinson. The Barnard medal recognized Becquerel for radio activity work. John Barrett prize went to Walter Calhoun and Ruth Bell Young. second prize remained unawarded. An alumni luncheon and dinners for classes from 1875 to 1905 accompanied the day’s events.
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New York
Columbia University
South Field
William Dean Howelin
Robert Simpson Woodward
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Willams Tafts Brigham
Bishop Museum of
United States
Walter Calhoun
Western University
Pennsylvania
Ruth_ Bell Young
Near Washington University
Ashington
Portrait of Dr Osler at Pennsylvanias 1900s portrait gift
In Philadelphia on June 14 the University of Pennsylvania held its annual commencement at the Academy of Music. Rev Dr George Harris of Amherst College delivered the oration. After the hymn Hail Pennsylvania the portrait of Dr William Osler was presented by Prof How ard McFussett of the medical faculty. The gift came from the classes of 1880 to 1881 who studied under Osler when he held the chair of clinical medicine at the university.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
George Harris
Amherst College
Pennsylvania
William Osler
Howard McFussett
Osler
Degree for Gen Chaffee at Tufts Commencement
Medford Mass June 14 The honorary degree of LLD will be conferred by Tufts College upon Lieut Gen Adnan Chaffee on Commencement day June 21 The same honor as previously announced will be bestowed upon Japanese Minister Takahira at that time Monument to Col George Gowan Petersburg June 14 Survivors of the forty eighth Pennsylvania Regiment decide to erect a granite monument on the Gregory farm in Prince George County on the Jerusalem Plank road three miles from Petersburg It will be fourteen feet high and surmounted by a bronze statue of Col George Gowan who was killed there on April 21
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Gen. Chaffee
Medford
Mass
Tufts College
Adnan Chaffee
Takahira
George Gowan
Washington Post
Petersburg
Forty-Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers
Gregory Farm
Prince George County
Jerusalem Plank Road
Degree for Mr Fairbanks at Iowa City commencement
In Iowa City on June 14 Vice President Fairbanks delivered Towa Universitys annual commencement address titled A Chapter in American History. The degree of LLD was conferred on Mr Fairbanks who praised McKinleys restraint before the Spanish American War and stressed new duties after the war including governing the Philippines. He recalled voting for the war bill as an American citizen. He spoke of Philippine freedoms under American occupation and a lighter task ahead, then lunched with the County Bar Association alongside Wade Dawson Lowen.
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Iowa City
Towa
Hefors
Feirbanka
Towa University
Fairbanks
Wairbanks
Ita
William McKinley
McKinley
Congress
Dill
Philippines
County Bar Association
Wade
Dawson
Frank C. Lowen
Chicago
Lehigh appoints Drinker as university president after 86 graduates
After commencement exercises at Lehigh University eighty six graduates received diplomas. The board of trustees elected Henry Sandwith Drinker of Haverford Pa as president to succeed the late Dr Thomas M Brown. Drinker, a Lehigh alumnus and long time General Solicitor for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, has published rail law works and helped compile Pennsylvania railroad law.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh University
Rembrandt R Teale
New York City
Lehigh
Henry Sandwith Drinker
Haverford
Lehigh Vatley Railroad
Thomas M. Brown
Drinker
School of Mines
H. Drinker
New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Railroad and Coal Company
Presdent Wilbur
McLeod
Reading
Packer
Charles Hartshorne
P. B. Packer
E. FH. Wilbur
W. Walter
Bb, Thomas
Pennsylvania
Cleared Senator Martin Report Finds No Improper Election Methods
Richmond Virginia June 14 The legislative investigating committee reports no evidence that candidates for United States Senate used improper methods to influence votes in the 1893 caucus. The panel notes past practices were not endorsed by any candidate and found no proof of improper tactics in securing delegates. Fredericksburg and Petersburg briefs report a death and drowning near Appomattox River with local details.
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Senate
Washington
Richmond
Thomas
Boykin
United States Senate
General Assembly
House of Delegatea
United Staton
House of Delegates
Kia
Egg-O-See Advertises Health and Appetite Boost
A vintage ad urges thoughtful eating with Egg-O-See cereal. It extols whole wheat nutrition and fruit-flavored flakes, claiming the product strengthens the body, sharpens the mind, and saves money by replacing meats and heavy foods in meals.
Old Boys' Association Inaugurated at Episcopal High
Fairfax County leader R Walton Moore elected president at Liggett Hall as alumni of the school organize the Old Boys Association. The ceremony includes addressing the aims of the group, appointment of officers, and a return to campus for commencement exercises with medals and certificates awarded to top scholars and cadets.
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Old Boys’ Association
R W. Moore
Fairfax County
W. H. K. Pendleton
Mer. R. Colston Blackford
Henry C. Riely
Louis C. Barley
Arthur Barnwell, Jr
New York
Frank H Smith
Baltimore
Archibald HR. Hoxton
The
Episcopal High School
Mayo C. Brown
Charlottesville
John M. Daniel, Jr
R. Walton Moore
Arthur Barnwell
Frank 8. Smith
A. RB. Hoxton
Mayo
Liggett Hall
Jee
Hanging of Hansboro Nears at Bath County Jail
Special to une wasnugwe con Virginia Hot Springs June 14 William Hansboro was brought here today at 12 oclock by Charles A Gunn deputy Sheriff Bath county from Covington Va where he has been confined in jail since conviction Hansboro was convict lon in Bath Circuit Court in Aprif the murder of James R McKean steward of Homestead Hotel here and sentenced to be hanged June 15 Confederate Veteran Drops Dead
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Virginia Hot Springs
William Hansboro
Charles A. Gunn
Bath County
Covington
Hansboro
Bath
James R. McKean
Homestead Hotel
Norfolk County Fight Reaches State Democratic Committee
Norfolk County fusion faction seeks state party control of the upcoming primary for state officers and US senator, with August 10 or 12 eyed. Sheriff Cromwell, R. H. Bagby, and Capt. Dick Marshall arrive, while straightouts contest access to the vote.
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Apedal
Richmond
Norfolk County
State Democratic Committee
United States
Cromwell
R. H. Bagby
Dick Marshall
Menesta
A. Sinclair
William FE. Lipscomb
William N. Lipscomb
Ira E Cannon
Daniel H. Prescott
W. Hill Brown
H. D. Wenrich
Oliver Newman
A. 0. Portner
George F. Akers
Leesburg
W. Betner
G. G. Chancellor
BH. L. Pleasants
Joseph Wright
Charlottesville
Friends of Hon. Wm
Boas
House of Delegates
Lexington
Samuel Branch Walker
Jnr
W. P. Pierson
Old Christ Church Scene of Brilliant Marriage in City
Old Christ Episcopal Church hosted a high society wedding as Milas Elizabeth Magruder Danenhower became the bride of David Newton Rust Jr. The ceremony featured lavish decorations, a choral march, and notable attendees from Alexandria and Washington. A reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home, then the couple departed for a honeymoon. Also noted: death of Dr. P. McLean, former revenue official and legislator. Eva Lee Curtin wed John W. Riley at Christ Church rectory with their families present.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Old Christ Episcopal Church
Washington
Milas Elizabeth Magruder Danenhower
Mary ¥. Danenhower
David Newton Rust, Jr
Alexandria County
William J. Morton
Henry B. Lee
Chapter of
Presse
Frances Danenhower
Danenhower
Annie Voight
Norfolk
Kate Pretlow
Franklin
Lucy Rust
Besale Jones
Thomas L. Rust
John Rust
Angus McD. Crawford
Edgar Snowden
Phil Dawson
Gardner L. Boothe
Rust
P. McLean
Internal Revenue
Virginia
Alexandria Hospital
McLean
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Mecklenburg County
Wagon
McLonn
Eva Lee Curtin
Christopher Curtin
John W. Riley
Christ Episcopal Church
Wiliam J Morton
Katie Curcin
J. Albert Leonhardt
St. Mary’s Academy
Opera House
Mae McWilliams
Margaret Greene
M. Hellmuth
M. Brauner
Medal Awards In School Exhibits And Police Probe
The article lists numerous Misses and Masters awarded gold medals for attendance, drawing, penmanship, and high averages across senior, intermediate, and junior departments with names like M Hammill, M Crilly, and N Groh. It notes a U S collier Caesar arriving for coal for the fleet sunk by Fort Hunt and Fort Washington batteries, plus a grand jury inquiring into police department conditions and reconvening tonight at fixed time.
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M. McWilliams
M Greene
M Nugent
E. McDonald
M. Barlow
E. Hill
N. Groh
L. Perry
B Allen
F Cowing
A. Parnell
M. Fannon
M Harlow
M Hammill
Matthews
Gaines
M. Alexander
Cochrell
K Brill
A. Harlow
N. Grok
C Berrill
J. Allen
K. Bergin
L. Griffith
Mayer
C Mayer
B Nugent
A. Ale
J.ft Hivl
F Nugent
Jaffa Louise
Grifith
Masters O, Nugent
L Donnelly
J Gash
H. Chilly
H. Pohl
R Winston
B. Als
Lee Donnelly
United States
Caesar
Fort Hunt
Fort Washington
Grand Jury
Bethesda Constable Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Maryland June report states Constable Edward Bradley of Bethesda district is charged with disorderly conduct after being accused of drunken, boisterous behavior at Glen Echo. Mayor John A Garrett ordered Bradley to post security for a hearing. This marks his second arrest for the offense following an earlier Washington street car incident.
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Bethesda
Glen Echo
Washington Post
Rockville
John A. Garrett
Glencho
Edward Bradley
Bradley
George Mullean Bradley
Garrett
Washington
Dying Passenger Found in Freight Car in Wheeling
Special to The Washington Post reports James Gordon dying in a box car after a week of exposure in hot railroad yards across several states. He suffered typhoid fever and consumption, bedged by old newspapers filled with blood. Local authorities suspect prior work as a traveling salesman but health failed him.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
James Gordon
Gordon
Cleveland
New York
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Nebraska
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George M Conwell
Vineland NJ
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Springfield St
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Summit
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Jersey Ca
Donald & Durham
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Louisville
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Trenton
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Barrett
Miss Young
George Washington University
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MR. Fairbanks
Iowa University
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Legislative Investigating Committee
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P. Heath
Appomattox
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Dunlop
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Lara
Quisey
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Whittle
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Launcelot M. Blackford, Jr
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Maryland
Henry A Latane
Westmoreland County
Charles Randolph, Jr
Campbell County
George Parker Swift
Georgia
Jonns Prise
Forrest A Brown
West Virginia
Garland J Hopkin
Richard P. Johnson
Richard P Jones
Mleelectppi
Talcot T. Pendleton
Henry S. Smith, Jr
Walter Herron Taylor
Robert Liew
Ellyn Whittle
Peterabure
Meade Price-Baall K Conway
Misatexippi
William J. Mann, Jr
Fauquier County
John ¥. McDonala
Farrell Miner
Texas
Alexander R Beamon
Francia Fortescue Whittle
JT. T. Kennedy
C J. Gibson
A. M. Black
Randolph Fairfax
Newfolk
Robert Taylor Wilson
Williamr Jackson Mann, Jr
Fouquier County
Liewalius Hoxton Memorial
Willan Garrett Bibb
Tagbeth
Gloria ‘Ini Arcelatx
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Mmo
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W. Va
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State Committee
Alexandria News
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David N. Rust
Old Christ Church
Eadache
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street
Corner 11Th
Arlington Carbon
Bond Typewriter
R.P. Andrews Paper Co
Louisiana Ave
D St
Sunday Post
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Frederic Emory
Canal Zone
Leslie J. Perry
Japan
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Washington People
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G and
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Beeen
the Palais Royal
Enth Streets
U.S. Realty CO
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Hollins Institute
Yung
Matty L Cocke
Frea
Hollins
Vamaylo
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Strayer
Business College
Fats
Mme
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Wachera
Gomar
Prin
Walter T. Holt
Parma
Washington College OF Music
Purmas
Renee Gunomer
Jessie E Hodgkins
Mt ‘Westminster St
Tauget
Seu Bomme
Mele
Eel Yaa
Berlitz School OF Languages
Coward
Prine
Iiland
Fred
Leonhardt
Shad Line
Merchant of Venice
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St. H.W. U
Serrie
U. S. Marine Band
American League Park
Pla. Ave
Privaty
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Ninth Street N. W
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