Death of Gen H V Boynton Broad Shaper of Capital Affairs
Gen H V Boynton of Washington died in Atlantic City at nearly 70 after a long illness. He won a Civil War brigadier general’s star and the Medal of Honor at Missionary Ridge, later served as a war correspondent and correspondent for Cincinnati newspapers, and directed Park and education efforts in the capital. Funeral plans await arrangements with Washington burial. He had led Chickamauga Chattanooga park efforts and chaired the District of Columbia board of education before illness forced resignation.
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Atlgnde City
N. J
H. V. Boynton
Washington, D
Chickamauge Park Commission
Boynton
Atlantic City
Washington
Arington
Boynton Nan Jong Peen
Bort
Gen. Boynton
Charles Brandon
Maria van Bunkirk Boynton
West Stockbridge
Massly
Woodward College
Cincinnati
Kentucky Military Institute
United States Miltary Academy
West Point
Military Academy
Kentucky
Academs
Kentucky Willury Institute
Thirty-fifth
Ohio Regiment
Corinth
Perryville
Hoovers Gap
Tullahoma
Chickamauga
Missionary
Missionary Ridge
Cincinnati Gagsette
Whitelaw Reid
Cincinnati Gazette
The
Commercial Gazette
National Capital
Rock Creek
Wwra
Phi Delta Theta
Quidiron Club
Army of the Cumberland
Military Order of the
General Henry V Boynton Death and Washington News Trade
Gen Henry V Boynton, longtime Washington newspaper correspondent and figure in military circles, dies in Atlantic City after a long career marked by combativeness, loyalty to friends, and influential roles with historical societies. Obituary notes his leadership on the Capitol press gallery committee and a life of fearless reporting. Public notices call for memorial services, funeral participation, and meetings of correspondents and veteran groups.
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Helen
Timothy Hattelle Magon
Boynton
Nazi
R Street
Maria Boynton
Col
Charles A Boynton
Southern Associated Press
Louisville Courtier-Journal
Col O
Stealey
Henry V Boynton
Atlantic City
Washington
Capitol
Ao Moon
Mife
Helfer
Blaine
H. Boynton
M. Miey
Associated Press
Star
Ansociatea
Portner
Commercial League Smoker At Club House
Commercial League last night held its first smoker at 147 Pennsylvania Avenue. A large turnout of members and friends enjoyed a literary and musical program. Messrs Watson and Ayres led the proceedings. Performers included Walter Humphreys with a bass solo, Al Griffith with imitations, Billy Morsel with coon songs, Ernest Ayres with humorous stories, George Washington McKay with the Coster Song, A Idttle and Mexican Mike in a sherpahooters turn, and Arthur Middleton with several songs.
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Commercial League
Pennsylvania Avenue
Forthwest
Messrs .Watson and Ayres
Walter Humphreys
al Griffith
Billy Morsel
Ernest A
Fell from electric pole at Cabin John Bridge injures man
Benjamin Donohue, twenty seven, fell from a pole while working near Cabin John Bridge for Circum Car Company yesterday. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital unconscious with brain concussion and an apparent electric shock. He resides at 1263 Thirty fifth Street NW.
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Circum Car Company
Cabin John Bridge
Benjamin Donohue
Georgetown University Hospital
O'Donohue
Thirty-fifth Street
Isthmian Canal Zone Deaths Reported by Governor
War Department received cable from Gov Magoon reporting Edward Green, an American, died of malaria on May 8 at the Isthmus. Two new yellow fever cases appeared on the 28th at Colon and Cristobal. Wille O'Brien, six, and L Mannons, thirty-two, are Americans. Gorgas notes all previously reported cases are convalescing.
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War Department
Gov Magoon
Canal Zone
Edward Green
Wille O'Brien
L Mannons
Cristobal Col Gorgas
Testimonial to Editor Chase at Odd Fellows Hall
Citizens of the city honor editor Chase a native Washingtonian with a testimonial noting the Washington section’s June 1 188 milestone. The event tomorrow at 7 30 pm is chaired by W C Martin with 200 expected attendees from trades and professions. Committee members include Stewart Lewis C C Curtis Prof L M Hershaw Dr Samuel M Pierce and A W Boott. 20 covers, ladies invited.
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Washington Sec
Calvin’ Chase
Stewart Lewis
C. C. Curtis
L. M. Hershaw
Samuel M. Pierce
A. W. Boott
Negro Accused of Larceny at Connecticut Avenue Firm
Jamey H. Hartman a twenty year old Negro was arrested by Policeman Empton and Van Horn for petty larceny. The arrest followed identification of a gold framed pair of eye glasses and an umbrella found in Hartman’s possession. The alleged theft occurred at the Cook Broddard Automobile Company, located at 1028 Connecticut avenue, where he had been employed by Julius the bookkeeper and Mr Stoddard.
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Jamey H. Hartman
Empton and
van Horn
Julius
Stoddard
Orm
Cook & Broddard Automobile Company
Connecticcut Avenue
Ju- Mus
Hartman
Funeral Delegation Named for Illinois Representative Marsh
The Illinois lawmaker Marsh dies in Warsaw and a delegation including Linotype Meundele and others from Iowa Missouri Kentucky and Indiana is designated to represent Congress at his funeral. Also reports of a separate knife attack on Betah Clark in Knox alley and a dog bite on Nathan Bookrack near the Columbia Hotel, plus John W. Foster returning to Indiana University for commencement and Belgian minister Moncheur sailing to Dover.
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Lino Meundele
Tae
United States
Hopkina
Ilinois
Dolliver
Iowa
Burkett
Nebraska
Blackburn
Kentucky
Clarke
Arkansas
Carmack
Tennessee
Hull
Wisconssn
Clark
Missouri
Walter I. Gr
Crumpacker
Indiana
Copgreas
Marsh
Oflinois
Warsaw
Karlie
Betah Clark
Knox Alley
AdreHan
Nathan Bookrack
Atrest Northwest
Pennsylvania Avenue
Columbia Note
Jerge
Tim
Foster
Brats
John W. Foster
Univeral
Blooming On
Ind
Prisoner Wise Attempted Suicide During Arrest in G Street Northeast
Rosa Wine a suspected robber and thief in the northeast city flats attempted suicide with laudanum as police neared his room at 118 G Street. He was saved, captured, and faces charges of larceny and housebreaking while denying talk of the other robberies connected to him.
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Rosa Wine
Om Suspisior
G Street
Rogs Wise
Auartera
Flata
Wise
Hartigan
Cornwell
Amelia Levitt
la Grande
Mise May Cady
Stanhope
Orders Lynchings Probed in Morganza Killing
Gov Blanchard ordered Pointe Coupee Parish officials to file full reports on the Morganza lynching of Henry Washington and to protect four other jailed Negroes. He will pursue the mob participants and has offered troops to ensure order. The incident followed a dispute between Natchez musicians and a Lacour plantation worker, leading to an accidental killing of Ernest Lacour.
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New Orleans
Gov Blanchard
Pointe Coupee Parish
Henry Washington
Morganza
New Roads
Washington
Natchez
Misa
Lacour
Ernest Lacour
Barrett Prizes Awarded For Essays On US Latin Relations
The Washington Post reports three Barrett prizes for essays on The Relations of the United States with the Latin American Republic. Arthur Wallace Calhoun of Western University of Pennsylvania won first prize, Ruth Belle Young of Columbia College won third, with no second prize awarded.
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Ibi
United States
Latin America
Washington Post
New York
John Barrett
Panama
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Arthur Wallace Calhourn
Western University of Pennsylvania
Mias Ruth Belle Young
Columbian College
Washington
Barrett
EXPERIMENTS WITH EATS Above the Trade Winds
Experiments with eats recounts K H Clayton awaiting the steamer Romenic to cross the Atlantic with self recording kites to study high atmospheric conditions above the trade winds then aboard the French yacht Gtarla to the equator for soundings. The plan aims to reveal currents and thermal states as yet largely unknown.
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Boston
Mass
K. H. Clayton
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory
Mediterranean
Romenic
Atlantic
Clayton
Tesueano de Bort
Equator
Mayor Weavers Platform Calls Civic Reform in Philadelphia
Philadelphia June statement from Mayor Weaver denounces Republican ties and urges loyalty to principle. He announces removal of Rollo Dance from the civil service board and suspension of most civil service applicants, notes inquiry into contractors and subcontracting for street cleaning, and references the Ware Brothers contract amid penalties for noncompliance.
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Philadelphia
Philadephia
Renant
Weaver
Rollo Dance
Civil Warvice Board
Lst
Dance
Tenth Ward
James McNichol
McNichol
Samuel Sutcliff
Ware Brothers
MISS ROOSEVELT AT RACES AT LATOMA DERBY
Miss Alice Roosevelt guest of the Longworths in Cincinnati attends the Latoma race track Derby. She is escorted in a balcony box as crowds, including Mayor Julius Fielschmann, gather. she bets on the fifth race, then later visits the Zoological Garden with Congressman Longworth and a small party.
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Washington
Gineinnati
Alice Roosevelt
Longworths
Latoma Race Track
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Misa Roosevelt
Mra Julius Fielschmann
G. B. Cox
Bliss Roosevelt
Zoological Garden
Castro Re-Elected as Venezuela’s Six-Year President
A Washington Post dispatch from Caracas reports Gen Cipriano Castro re-elected as Venezuela’s president for six years. If he serves the full term, he will have led for twelve years, longest in the country’s history, following a revolution that ousted Ignacio Andrade. Castro, nicknamed the Little Corporal, has faced revolutions and international disputes and has virtually dissolved the Nationalist party led by Jose Manuel Hernandez El Mocho. Born in Capacho in Los Andes, Castro was a rancher before his rise and served in Congress prior to the revolution.
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Hae
Bpecia
Washington Post
New York
Caracas
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Gen Castro
Invas
Ignacio Andrade
Jose Manuel Hernandez
el Mocho
Washington
Frealdent Castro
Hi Capacho
State of
Los Andes
Andrade
Congress
Mexico Appoints Joaquin d Casagues Ambassador to U S
Mexico City June 5 President Diaz named Joaquin d Casagues to be ambassador to the United States succeeding the late Manuel Aspiros. Casagues is a jurist writer and economist who served as general secretary of the Pan American Conference held here in 190. His work on currency matters influenced the government’s monetary reform and gold standard policy.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Joaquin d’Cazasus
Mexico
United States
Manuel Aspiros
Casague
Cakarne
King Edward Declines Messages to Confederate Veterans
The King refuses to send messages to the United Confederate Veterans for their Louisville reunion on June 14. Buckingham Palace notes it goes against the monarch's rule to deliver such messages at public gatherings. President Roosevelt also declines, via Secretary Logic, saying it would be a perfunctory act and unnecessary if he cannot speak personally.
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Louisville
Thomas D Osburne
The
Confederate Reunion
King Edward of
England
Roosevelt
United Confederate Veterans
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Thomas D. Osborne
Tin
Air
Owborne
Heying
United
Robbery on Chicago rail car ends with fleeing thief
Edward De Forest of New York became a victim of an unusual robbery while seated in a Pulmnen car as a train entered La Salle Street station in Chicago. A negro thief walked along the tracks and grabbed a watch and teapot from an open window as trainmen chased but did not catch him.
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Chicago
Edward de Forant
New York
la Balle Ar
Mr. de Forest
London matinee brings riot of talent and tragedy to Holloway Empire
Special correspondent reports Oswald Stoll hosted a benefit matinee for provincial music hall artists in London. Arthur Croxon and the Minosa trio won immediate contracts while others failed to excite. Rejections sparked stampede and complaints as actors and their families crowded the venue, with stage chaos and dramatic misreadings producing comic tragedy rather than artistry.
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London
Oswald Stoll
Holloway Empire
Provinci Music Hall
Artiata
Stoll
Arthur Croxon
Mr Stoll
Croxon
Minosa
Stall
Relics of mound builders found near Montezuma Iowa
Bloomington reports June discoveries of mound relics by N D McAvern near Montezuma on the Minoy River. In a mound eighty feet high he unearthed war implements and about 1250 dice of pearl, each three or four inches. McAvern tunneled thirty forty feet, with B R Bushnell and Dr MacGee confirming the mound builders as the source.
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Bloomington
N. D McAvern
Montezuma
Minoy River
McKivern
B. R. Bushnell
Missouri State Historical Society
Dr. Mac
Catarrh of Kidneys and Bladder Cited in Text
The passage explains that catarrh can affect both kidneys and bladder. It notes urine acidity rises due to kidney catarrh, irritating the bladder mucosa and leading to cystitis. This describes a chain from kidney dysfunction to bladder inflammation.
Senator Burton Bond Set for September Trial
United States Senator J R Burton of Kansas posted bond in St Louis to appear in U S Circuit Court on the third Monday in September. He faces an indictment accusing him of using his influence as a senator illegally with the Post Office Department in favor of Rialto Grain and Securities Company during a government investigation. Burton was tried and convicted, but an appeal led to a new trial.
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St Louis
United States
J R Burton
Kansas
Bond
Rogers
United States Circuit Court
Burton
Post Office Department
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Attack on Paper Trust: Wisconsin Moves to Revoke Charter
Milwaukee June 4 State Attorney General Sturtevant declared he may begin an action to revoke the General Paper Company's charter after the current legislative session. He said federal investigations and a federal suit do not bar Wisconsin jurisdiction and the company must defend in court. United States Judge Reaman ordered officers to show cause next Tuesday regarding the questions from federal investigators.
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Milwaukee
Wis
General Paper Company
Sturtevant
Wisconsin
United States
Reaman Haa
Weather Digest From U S Weather Bureau Bulletin
Long weather summary notes low pressure and high temperatures across the Northwest and Central West with thunderstorms in Minnesota and the Rockies. Clear conditions prevail in much of the county, with showers in New England and the Midwest. Forecast calls for more showers Sunday in the Northwest and Central Rockies, then fair weather Monday, with varying regional temperatures and winds.
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U. S. Dept. of Agrionifera Weather Bureau
Washington
Kaness
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain Rester
New ‘England
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Medium
Atlantic States
Rocky
Upper Lake
Rastorm Floris
Ohid
Lake Ragion
New Englend
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
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New York City
M. W. Aoac
Tratnoy Gatarrh
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Piatia
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