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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
12
The 45th annual G. A. R. encampment ended in Rochester with the installation of Judge Henry M. Trimble and national officers. Los Angeles was chosen for the 1912 encampment by near unanimous vote. General orders establish G. A. R. headquarters at Memorial Hall in Chicago.
The encampment backed a five minute universal observance of Menio ri Day starting at noon with labor and traffic halted bells tolled and people standing bareheaded Judge Trimble announced these ap-
The adjutant general and staff from Chicago Buffalo Indianapolis and Philadelphia voted to postpone a resolution calling on Congress to remove the statue of Robert E Lee from the Hall of Fame in Washington. A measure to erect a Lee monument in Vicksburg National Park was defeated. The encampment rejected reimbursing Bulgarian ransom contributors for Hellen M Stone. The Song of Veterans was designated the official escort for Civil War veterans. A pension bill was urged based on Sherwood and Sulloway schemes. National council meeting ended Rochester encampment business. National officers of the Ladies of the G A R were elected with Catherine Rose as president and a council including Sarah Ehrmann Josie Slicker and Martha Gillmore.
Waltham Newton Watertown Wellesley and Weston communities agree to spend 25000 to beautify the Charles River from Concord Street Bridge Newton to Galen Street Bridge Watertown A five member citizen committee will plan the project Mayor Charles E B Hatfield Newton and Mayor Edward A Walker Waltham lead the initiative A legislative bill was postponed to the next session while the Metropolitan Park Commission will present a broader plan.
A school of whales escorted the liner Minnewaska into Ambrose channel near New York. The whales swam beside the vessel for miles, spouting and sounding, then disappeared as the ship entered the channel.
William S. Hutchins known as Col Hutch in show circles died yesterday at his West End residence. A lecturer and announcer for 50 years, he spent 29 at Austin Stone's Museum Tremont Row where his famed declarations drew crowds. He subscribed to temperance topics and was praised for oratory once likened to John B. Gough.
Prominent lecturer and announcer for Barnum shows, Col Hutchins, who introduced Jennie Lind and Tom Thumb to Queen Victoria, died after two weeks of illness. He preached at Tremont Temple Boston and toured 60 years with Barnum and later George B. Bunnell, famed for mental feats and powerful oratory. He leaves a widow and daughter Ida Estalva Hutchins. funeral planned near Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Princeton August reports Miss Ping Hsia Hu of Wellesley college as the star of the Chinese Students Alliance gathering in Princeton. She led the session for a day among delegates, one of the first Chinese women sent abroad by their government, with few peers present in the audience.
A massive wreck on a Canandaigua outlet trestle near Manchester kills many Civil War veterans aged veterans and civilians. The Lehigh Valley train plunges 40 feet, several cars pile crumpled, and a large rescue effort unfolds with hospitals, coroner inquiries, and death toll rising to at least 23 with dozens injured.
A long roster from Sho ville morgue lists dead including T. C. Madden Trenton N J E Pan bun Brooklyn A M Hunsick Vineland Ontario and others with identifying details. Injured persons remain at Rochester Hahnemann Homeopathic and other facilities with names including Mrs J A Green Welland Ont and several Philadelphia and New York residents.
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