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...Anselmo Bonin, accustomed to boasting that he had a great fortune in gold and who was always ready to lend to his neighbors, was disturbed by a visit from four masked bandits. Bonin refused to divulge the hiding place of his gold hoard and the bandits first beat him " until his body was a mass of blood and bruises," then broke his bones. The victim was reported unwilling to speak, so the bandits roasted him over a fire in the kitchen hearth; then left him for dead. Bonin was not dead! No trace of the inquisitioners was found...
...American soprano, niece of the late President William McKinley, long a popular adornment of the vaudeville stage, has formed her own concert company and scheduled her concert debut for Oct. 7 in Aeolian Hall, Manhattan. Later she will tour. Her accompanist will be Charles Gilbert Spross; her violinist, Michael Anselmo...
...Oxford; C. D. Clifton '12, of Jackson, Miss., for research in Music in Europe; S. H. Cross '12, of New Bedford, for study and travel in Europe; H. W. L. Dana '03, of Cambridge, for research in Comparative Literature in Europe; E. C. Day A.M. '08, of San Anselmo, Cal., for research in Zoology at Berlin; J. G. Gilkey '12, of Watertown, for study and travel in Europe; W. C. Graustein '10, of Cambridge, for research in Mathematics at Bonn; G. L. Kelley S. B. '07, of Somerville, for research in Chemistry in Europe; R. H. Keniston '04, of Cambridge...
...Wicks, caught the spirit of Webster's "Against Secession." but his voice lacked the power to give it adequate expression. C. M. Thayer gave an intelligent, but not very forcible rendering of Hoar's "The Ordinances of 1787." W. L. Monro, who followed him, delivered Mrs. Runcie's "Anselmo the Priest." a piece which calls for considerable dramatic ability; his rendering of it was an excellent effort. W. H. Warren spoke Henry Clay's, "The Greek Revolution," in a remarkably intelligent manner. He thoroughly entered into the sarcastically indignant spirit of the oration, and gave it an almost perfect expression...
...Boston Kidnapping.- Theodore Parker. 2, William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Invective against Mr. Flood.- Henry Grattan. 3, Harry Edwin Burton, The Battle of Gettysburg. G. W. Curtis. 4, Asaph Swift Wicks, Against Secession.- Daniel Webster. 5, Charles Martin Thayer, The Ordinance of 1787.- G. F. Hoar. 6, William Loftus Monro, Anselmo, the Priest.- Mrs. Constance Runcie. 7, William Homer Warren, The Greek revolution.- Henry Clay. (Intermission of five minutes). 8, Clement Garnett Morgan, The Emancipation proclamation.- Carl Schurz. 9, Thornton Woodbury, The Memories of Middlesex.- Rufus Choate. 10, Robert John Cary, Toussaint L' Ouverture.- Wendell Phillips. 11, Charles Washington Luck...