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...recently made plain it would do. The wisest course, but perhaps not safer than signing the bill, would be to refer the whole question to a referendum of the people, many of whom, however, would be incapable of expressing an intelligent opinion on the problem. But each moment of Royal indecision may be fatal; meanwhile, the Dynasty trembles...
...received this year the Kelvin Gold Medal from) the Royal Society, at the Kelvin Centenary in London, "in recognition of his preeminence in those branches of engineering with which Baron Kelvin's* scientific work and researches were identified...
...substance-and that it can follow an undeviating course, in whatever direction it may be started, with no need for a wire or other conductor. In 1897 he won a great triumph-he succeeded in sending a message from Queen Victoria, ashore, to Edward of Wales aboard the royal yacht. Two years later he first came to the U. S., and has visited this country from time to time ever since. The amazing new wireless was used in reporting the 1900 U. S. Presidential elections...
...British Walker Cup Team, to play in the U. S. in September at Garden City, L. I., was named: Cyril Tolley, onetime amateur champion; O. B. Bristowe, West Byfleet; C. O. Hezlet, Royal of Portrush, Ireland; W. L. Hope, Turnfoerry; D. H. Kyle, Roehampton; W. A. Murray, West Hill; Robert Scott Jr., Glasgow; Michael Scott, Royal St. George; T. A. Torrance, Sandy Lodge, and E. F. Storey, Captain of the Cambridge University team...
...face of such criticism (well-nigh unanimous), Current Opinion ignorantly entitled its reproduction: "The Most Human Royal Portrait Within Living Memory" (a phrase quoted from the critic of the Illustrated London News...