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...WEDNESDAY.Overseers. Stated meeting at No. 70 Water street, Boston...
...senior class elections in Yale College resulted as follows : Henry M. Wolf of Chicago, Ill., was elected class orator, Edward Wells, Jr., of Petkskill, N. Y., class poet, and Charles E. Holmes of Weeping Water, Neb., statistician...
...Mystery is rather heavily sparred for a vessel of her size. She was carrying considerable ballast. The sea was running high and the wind was freshening; she began to ship water and fill her cockpit, and before one sea could be bailed out she shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such...
...flag, union down, the life boat would have proceeded to the spot at once; or if he had sailed by the light ship and shouted a warning, Rupert would have been promptly rescued. But the Ridgeway proceeded to Newport and left Rupert on the rocks. At high water the rocks are entirely submerged and in a high wind it is impossible for anyone to live upon them. Finding that he had a fight for life before him, Rupert saved his pocket knife and threw away all his clothing but his drawers and undershirt. His drawers he tore into strips about...
...regard to the track, owing to a misinterpretation of the contract. The specifications called for a layer of coarse cinders and gravel upon the foundation, and then upon this a layer three inches thick of fine cinders and sand. This would make a porous covering through which any water could easily pass to the foundation and be drained off. But instead of this being done a layer of small rocks and gravel was laid, and this covered with a layer of ashes and fine gravel. Of course this would tend to form a concrete and become very hard and would...