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...shall promote efficient secretaries and consuls to vacancies arising in the rank of Minister. If this is done it will give the incentive which is now absent for ambitious men to enter the service with the full realization that successful secreteries or consuls may hope in time to a rive at the important and responsible position of Minister, and later, Ambassador. It will also remove from party politics these places and indirectly eliminate one of those stains which has, for many years, frequently marred our foreign service...
...bumping races held yesterday afternoon the Grays, Waverley Craigie, and Westmorly crews will move up one place at the start of the final races this afternoon. The noticeable features of the races yesterday were, the marked improvement of the Perkins-Conant eight which nearly regained its position on the rive, the ease with which Matthews kept its place at the head of the river, and the confusion in the second race which followed the failure of the Dunster. Drayton crew to obey the judge's pistol...
...best skating today in the vicinity of Cambridge, is on the Arlington Reservoir. The condition of the ice at some other places is as follows: Charles Rive at Riverside, good; Spy Pond at Arlington, fair: Hammond's at Chestnut Hill, rough: Charles River near Dedham poor: Scarboro, in Franklin Far very, rough...
Interest in rowing this fall at Pennsylvania has been remarkable. Eighty-four men have been in training for the last three weeks, and next week an interclass regatta will be held on the Schuylkill Rive. About eight crews will compete...
...circulation of Lippincott's Magazine has been more than doubled since the publication of Miss Rive's story, "The Quick or the Dead?" and orders for the number containing that story are pouring in so fast that it is almost impossible for the presses to keep up with the demand...