The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-10
New York Letter.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Elaborate plans
nave been prepared for the installation Of
FfoI- Nicholas Murray Butler as president
OF Columbia university en- Saturday, April
~. Although the official cerem 1nies VIII
be confined TO Saturday, the celebration
Will really last three days, as Dr. Buffers
classmates of 1882 and the students of the
university have plans of their own for
adding to the occasion.
On the evening Of Thursday. April III.
the class of 81 viii give a dinner to Presi-
dent Butler at the CIaremont MOTEL, ana
at its conclusion all Will go to the stu
dents ball in the gymnasium, when
promises to be the finest of its KIND ever
given at the university. On Friday, April
Is, the students viii celebrate all day.
with field sports, athletics. baseball etc.
on South field, closing with a regatta On
the Harlem in the afternoon. In the even
ing there Will be a vaudeville perform
ance in the gymnasium. The programme
for Saturday provides for the whole day,
from 10 a. m. until midnight.
President Roosevelt will be present to
express his welcome to President Butler
and will be escorted to the university by
Troop A, and Mayor Low VIII be present
lumbia.
Vanderbilts Coaching Record
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt made a boid
dash to beat the coaching record from
Manhattan to Oakdale L. l. He didn't
succeed in doing it, but he made a re-
markable run.
He had calculated upon covering this
run OF forty-five miles oyer the level Long
Island roads in five and a half hours, with
four changes of horses and the cleverest
whips in the millionaire set to handle
them, but the result was Disappointing.
Six hours were occupied in making the
trip, although no accident occurred te
cause moment Of delay.
Still the young multi-mnnona1re mas
nothing to be ashamed of in the days
performance, for the time of the hot run
equaled the schedule Of his famous trip to
Philadelphia and return in twenty-tour
hours.
Italian Emigrants Are Slaves
Stirred by recent allegations that ItaI-
ians are being held in slavery at Pom
Pom, S. c., and that the matter mad been
referred to Commissioner of Immigration
E. f. McSweeney at this port, the Society
for the Protection Of Italian Immigrants,
of which Eliot Norton is president, mas
made Investigations and has found APP
at Pom Pom.
The report of committee which IN
vestigated a particular case has just been
made.
This case is interesting not only as
bearing upon the conditions existing ct
Pom Pom" says. Mr.. Norton but also as
bearing upon the dangers to which italian
immigrants are exposed on landing at .his
city from the runners employed by board
ing houses, who capture them as they
land at the battery.
Largest Steel Vault in World
At a cost of $1S5,OOO downtown safe de-
post company has just completed a steel
vault fifty-three feet six inches wide, thlr-
ty-eight feet six inches deep and eight
feet six inches high-the largest In the
world.
The entrance to this great fire and bur-
glar proof room is fortified by a gigantic
circular steel door This monster bar
rier, behind which will repose millions,
though it weighs 1900 pounds and the
hinges themselves tip the scales at sew