Newport Celebrates Last Historic Governor Inauguration
The Newport crowd witnessed the 263rd and final governor inauguration in the city with a grand display of flags arches and illuminations. Navy officers led the parade for Governor Dyer as Rear Admiral Sampson and ship crews received civic honors amid festive receptions and a stag party at the Casino.
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Newport
Rhode Island
Charles SI
Old State House
Dyer
Providence
Sampson
Uncle Sam
Torpedo Station
Bureau of Ordnance
Iowa
Maine
C. D. Sigsbee
Texas
Washington Square
Sampson Santiago
Times Street
Board of Trade
North Atlantic Squadron
Newport Artillery
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Admiral Sampson
Favors Large Standing Army Service at Mt. Auburn Cemetery
John A. Andrew Post 15 of the G. A. R. held services in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Assistant Adjutant-General Edward P. Preble delivered an address praising strong national defense and a large standing army, while James McKenzie read Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
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John A. Andrew Post
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Edward P. Preble
Lincoln
James McKenzie
Praises E. W. Kinsley Post in Grand Army Letter
General Henry B. Carrington of Hyde Park writes to Comrade Stillings praising W. Kinsley Post 114 G A R for its fraternity charity and loyalty. He says the post has honored itself the state and the Grand Army and sounded the bugle note calling the nation to perpetual unity and enduring peace.
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Henry B. Carrington
Hyde Park
Grand Army
Stillings
W. Kinsley
Tay State
Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas G. Stevenson Memorial Service Held in Roxbury
The Thomas Stevens on Post No. 26 Roxbury held memorial services at Forest Hills Cemetery in the morning. Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton delivered the address and John E. Gilman department commander read Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.
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Thomas (. Stevenson
Roxbury
Forest Hills Cemetery
Frederick W. Hamilton
Lincoln
John E. Gilman
Veterans Memorial Day address sparks protest over Confederate general
Comrade Farnham of Peabody denounces schools for omitting Civil War causes and for inviting a Confederate general to speak on Memorial Day. Chelsea veterans’ group honors comrades while Farnham criticizes President for wearing a badge of treason and urges preservation of Union memory.
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W. S. Hancock
Union Veterans’ Union
Chelsea
First Unitarian Church
George E. Mitchell
Frank E. Farnham
Yeabody
Farnham
Dammers
Tihie
United States
Lee
Jackson
South
South Boston yacht contests thrill crowds with wins
Spectators packed the docks as the day showcased close and exciting yacht races. The crowd roared for the winning vessels in a lively display of seamanship and competitive spirit.
Shaw Veterans Honor Attucks Statue and Beacon Street Shaw Monu ment
Veterans of the Robert G Shaw Veterans Association decorated the Attucks statue and the Shaw monument on Beacon Street in a parade joined by a band and the Women’s Aid Society. Captain G Henry Power spoke on colored lynchings in the South, urging equal rights and guarding the flag while praising the colored race. Floral tributes were laid at the Attucks statue. The South Toosten Yacht Club held races at City Point with many boats, several mishaps, and a record crowd, as Heiress and Thordis shone in various classes.
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Robert G. Shaw
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Rough Riders
South Toosten
Cow Pasture
Upper
Dorchester Bay
Boulevard
Association
Alfreda
Aschumet
Thordis
Little Peter
Windard
Hermes
Bud
Heiress
Harriet
Memorial Exercises Mark Lowell Post Remembrance Day
Charles Russell Lowell Post 7 G A R led memorial services at Mt Hope Cemetery assisted by Women's Relief Corps No 28. Veterans paraded from headquarters to the cemetery as the State military band played a dirge and chaplain T Maxwell opened with prayer.
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Mt. Hope Cemetery
Charles Russell Lowell
Women's Relief Corps No
Northampton Street
Chanlain T. Maxwell
Herbert Smith
Patrick Hanley
8. J. Simmons
America
Burglary at 141 Leve Errett Street Strips Home
Thieves used fake keys yesterday afternoon to enter the rooms of Jacob Landor at 141 Leve Errett Street and stole four pillow cases, a silk cape, and a frayed shawl among other items.
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Jacob Landor
Leve Erett Street
Motor Car on Chicago L Runs Away Injuring 40
A Chicago elevated rail car runaway injures about 40 riders amid a busy day. In Lawrence Massachusetts a separate baseball game incident ends in the death of Edward Connor, 20, a catcher for the Monmouths, struck by a foul tip. Connor, of Elm Street, Pemberton mills, died in the arms of a teammate.
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Chicago
Lawrence
Spicket
Riversides
Monmouths
Edward Connor
Connor
Plnte
Pemberton Mills
Elm Street
Harlem special crashes into Lake Street Elevated train
Forty people were injured in a rear end collision on the Lake Street Elevated line in Chicago. The Harlem race track special, near Oakland Avenue, could not stop and struck the Forty-eighth Street train at the station. Most injuries are fractures with no expected deaths.
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Chicago
Lake Street
Oakland Avenue
Boy Dies in Electric Shock Incident at Sports Game
Charles Wilkins aged 16 was watching a game in St Johnsbury Vermont when he stood on a wood pile and touched a live electric wire. He was severely burned and expected to die.
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ST. Johnsbury
Charles Wilkins
Roxbury man suffers scalp wound in streetcar accident
Michael J. Cappelle, 50, of 15 Worcester Street, was riding on the running board of a Roxbury electric car on Dover Street yesterday afternoon when he was thrown off and sustained a severe scalp wound. He was hospitalized at City Hospital.
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Michael J. Cappelle
Worcester Street
Roxbury
Dover Street
City Hospital
Plymouth Yacht Club Regatta Opens Season With Wins
Plymouth May 30 The Plymouth Yacht Club opened its regatta season under favorable conditions with a westerly breeze. First class special Grace owned by Hi Weston won in 1 49 27. Second class special Veritas owned by Alexander Holmes finished in 1 24 28.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Yacht Club
Grace
Weston
Veritas
Alexander Holmes
Dahlgren Post 2 Memorial Day Observance Details
Dahlgren Post 2 of South East held Memorial Day observances for about 600 comrades buried in various cemeteries. A morning ceremony moved from the hall on IS street to Calvary cemeteries with a dinner afterward. A Spanish War veteran’s son, a veteran of the 1898 war, attended as a guest. Addresses were delivered by Willian quet Sawyer, Rev. Roscoe J. Green, and others.
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Spain
Willian Quet
Sk. Sawyer
St. Takin
Church
Memorial Day Address at Sanders Theatre Harvard
Professor Ira N. Hollis of the United States Navy delivered the Memorial Day address at Sanders Theatre Cambridge with the Grand Army post of Cambridge in attendance and a crowd of school children in the balcony. He recalled Harvard ties to wars since independence, praised the Fisher tablets and the Shaw memorial, urged unity and loyalty to democratic traditions, discussed peace prospects at The Hague, and urged support for a clear policy on the Philippines and continued faith in the administration.
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United States Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Harvard
Sanders Theatre
Memorial Hall
Cambridge
Grand Army
Hollis
Robert Gould Shaw
State House
the Hague
Philippines
Congress
McKinley
Aguinaldo
America
Stage Gossip and Summer Theater Moves Across Cities
The Boston Theatre lobby launches a new novelty under George Milbank while Tremont plans three months of Barnet extravaganzas. Willie Collier starts Buffalo season with Mr Smooth and The Man From Mexico as Madge Lessing heads to Europe for Lederer’s London piece.
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Boston Theatre
George Milbank
Tremont Theatre
Robert A. Barnet
Willie Collier
Buffalo
Mr. Smooth
Mexico
Madge “Lessing
Europe
George W. Lederer
London
Jolly Musketeer
New York
Hilda Clarke
Queenie Vassar
Bertha Waltzinger
Maud Hollins
Leo Deitrichstelvs
Providence
E. H. Sothern
Captain Egalite
Virginia Harned
Bertha Galland
Miss Galland
Joseph Haworth
Peace Conference At The Hague Debates War Prisoner Rules
The Brussels conference section of the international peace congress adopts the second reading of Articles 28 to 34 on prisoners of war and discusses flags of truce capitulations and armistice.
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the Hague
Brussels
International Peace Congress
Farragut Naval Veterans honor fallen comrades in cemeteries
The Farragut Naval Veterans Association decorated graves in Forest Hills Mt Auburn and Mt Hope cemeteries in the morning and visited Admiral Farragut’s monument at City Point. Chaplain Tribou and ex Mayor Ramsdell spoke at the afternoon Association Hall meeting and Gunner John H Westfall spoke on the Spanish war.
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Farragut Naval Veteran Associations
Forest Hills
Mt. Auburn
Mt. Hope
Admiral Farragut
City Point
Association Hall
Tribou
Navy Yard
Ramsdell
Lynn
John H. Westfall
Norumbega Park Opens Third Season With Record Attendance
Norumbega Park welcomed a record crowd with 18 171 visitors for its opening day exceeding last year by over 6000. The Commonwealth line ran about sixty cars per hour to handle the rush while the Indian village, the electric fountain, the rustic theatre and London Vaudeville drew crowds. St Augustine's Band performed all day as boating and rides filled the park. Puma gave birth to three cubs and will soon be exhibited with her litter.
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Boston
Adélaide
Leon Herrmann
Jacob Litt
Sporting Life
Kellar
Hollis
Joseph Wagner
Vincent Fetherston
Tremont
Erminie
Castle Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Hilda Thomas
Milton
Dollie Nobles
Royal Burlesquers
the Howard
Arthur Yule
Will Galpin
Adele Reno
Austin & Stone
Norumbega Park
Commonwealth Line
London Vaudeville Company
St. Augustine's Band
Hamit
Zoological Garden
Rustic Theatre
Puma
Pumas
Decoration Day Observed Amid Harbor Fleet Display
A large harbor filled with steam and sailing vessels observed Decoration Day with wide shipboard honors. The Hildegarde yacht displayed a festive flags display from bow to mast, while Willard Mudgett and Gate City lowered colors half mast. Coasting steamers ferries tow boats and docks joined the tribute with many vessels in the harbor.
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Rowe
Taffrall
Willard Mudgett
Gate City
Lewis
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