Confederate Veterans Reach Richmond for Reunion Opening
Thousands pour into Richmond as United Confederate Veterans begin sessions with a Lea Camp Hall reception honoring distinguished Southern women including Margaret Howell Hayes and Mary Custis Lee. The city flies Stars and Stripes beside Confederate colors. The first parade features the unveiling of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart statues and a Memorial Day ceremony at Hollywood Cemetery.
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Gen
J. E. B. Stuart
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans’ Reunion
Lea Camp Hall
Daughters of the Confederacy
Margaret Howell Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Mary Custis Lee
Robert HE. Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Sons
John W. Gordon
Gen. J. KE. J. Stuart
Cavalry Veterans of the South
Hollywood Cemetery
South
Cannot Unveil Statue Delayed by Illness in Boy
Grandson of General Hl in Newport News hospital with appendicitis. J E B Stuart Jr ten year old son of Col lector of Customs was to unveil his grandfather’s Confederate cavalry monument in Richmond tomorrow but is ill and facing surgery.
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General Hl
Newport News
Washington Post
J. E. B. Stuart, Jr
J. E. B. Stuart
Richmond
Elizabeth Buxton Hospital
Two Injured on Virginia at Norfolk Navy Yard
Boatswain John Griffin was severely injured aboard the battleship Virginian at the Norfolk Navy Yard and is in serious condition at the Naval Hospital. Seaman Kinley, injured in the same incident, is not yet hospitalized and is in less critical condition as drills caused the topmast to telescope downward striking them.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
John Griffin
Norfolk Navy Yard
Naval Hospital
Kinley
Griffin
Veterans off to Richmond encampment for Confederate groups
More than 150 members of the Confederate Veterans Association from this city and the Winchester camp joined a delegation sailing from Washington to Richmond to attend the national encampment. The gathering will run from May 30 to June 2 with delegates from across the Union, including about 120 from the United Confederate Veterans Union and members from Turner Ashby Camp Winchester.
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Confederate Veterans’ Association
Winchester
Confederate Veterans
Washington
Richmond-Washington
National Organization
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans’ Union
Turner Ashby
Union
Infant prodigy dies after remarkable nine day speech
Grayson County reports the infant prodigy of Mr. and Mrs. Leftwich Brewer of Fox Post Office died yesterday in Roanoke Wisconsin. The child reportedly spoke comprehensively at nine days old while in a neighbor's arms. The family physician Dr. G B Halsey verified the event. Every utterance was repeated three times and named Heaven after each parental or grand parental address. The astonishing talent frightened several visitors who fled the house.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Grayson County
Leftwich Brewer
Fox Post Office
G. B. Halsey
Deputies Acquitted in Moonshine Case Trial
Federal court in Raleigh acquitted Deputy Revenue Collectors D. C. Downing and J. C. Stancell who testified they shot moonshiner Watson Jernigan in self defense during a raid. The defense argued Jernigan pointed a shotgun. the state claimed a shot from behind, with doctors noting a through bullet traces.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
D. C
Jernigan
Dep
Boy Avenger Pardoned After Fifteen Years In Prison
Special to The Washington Post from Charleston West Virginia May 29. Lewis Lambert of Braxton County was pardoned after serving fifteen years of a life sentence for killing his father who had abused his mother. The case raised questions about trial misdirection and mercy, with Lambert's conduct in prison spotless and a conditional pardon secured by Pardon Attorney Lively following an investigation.
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Washington
Charleston
W. Va
Lewis Lambert
Braxton County
Lambert
Lively
Pool selling doomed in Rockville fair fights license
Rockville Md May 29 petitions circulate to urge Judge James B Henderson to refuse a license for pool selling at the county fair believing the practice is a thing of the past. It is understood he will respect the petitioners wishes and deny permission.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Rockville Fair
James B. Henderson
Third Victim of Tragedy Charles Fair Dies at Home
Charles Fair, paralyzed after his daughter Emma Beavers was murdered, died two hours after returning from her grave. He fell ill again when informed of Sunday’s death, rallied at first, then collapsed at the grave. Funeral set for 2 PM at his Manassas residence, burial beside his daughter. He leaves a wife and several children. Earlier Silas Putnam fatally shot Mrs Beavers at Munson's Hill, then killed himself.
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Charles Fair
Emma Beavers
Manassas
Mr. Fair
Munson's Hill
Silas Putnam
Mrs. Beavers
Wreck injures two officers as patrol wagon clashes with Capital Traction car
A Second precinct patrol wagon was struck by a Capital Traction Company car at Seventh and N streets NW yesterday morning. Officers J H Gibson and J Hariing were injured, rider Mary Fudd burned, and the wagon horse Charlie euthanized. Gibson later hospitalized. Harding bruised. Kelly tearful.
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Capital Traction Company
Seventh
N Streets
J. H. Gibson
Charlie
J. J. Kelly
Freedman's Hospital
Gibson
Harding
Pennsylvania Avenue
L Street
Kelly
45 000 Realty Deal Involving Florida Ave Lot And Clayton House
Deeds recorded for a 170 by 160 foot Florida avenue lot and the Clayton apartment house on I street between Nineteenth and Twentieth. Lewis H Coleman of Chicago exchanged his Florida avenue lot for the Clayton house owned by John R. Dos Passos of New York. Stone & Fairfax and William Corcoran Hill represented the parties. Dos Passos bought the Clayton house as an investment and Coleman plans to build a large apartment house on the Florida avenue site.
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Florida Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Clayton
I Street
Lewis H. Coleman
Chicago
John R. Dos Passos
New York
Coleman
Stone & Fairfax
Mr. Dos Passos
William Corcoran Hill
Dos Passos
Movements of Ocean Steamers and Sailings Reported
Movements of ships listed include New York Oceanic Caronia Laura and Genoa lines, Cherbourg Graf Waldersee, and others bound for Hamburg Liverpool Queenstown Genoa Naples Plymouth Havre Rotterdam and more. Reported expected arrivals at Havre Plymouth and Southampton outline late Thursday times.
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New York
Oceanic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Caronia
Queenstow
Liguria
Genoa
Naples
Laura
Trieste
Havre—La Gascogne
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Vis Boulogne
Cittlad Milano
Teutonic
Cherbourgs
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Majestic
Raples
Bremen
Cherbourg
Genos—Cretic
Palermo
Browhead
la Provence
Havre
Lizerd
Adriatic
Plymouth
Southampton
Despondent Confederate veteran ends life in rooming house
William W. Skinner seventy a Confederate veteran committed death by own action by inhaling illuminating gas early yesterday morning The body was found in a room at 301 E street northwest Miss Pittman roomer and Mrs Feltner notified Dr Lewis J Battle pronounced death Skinner who came to the city twenty five years ago from Fairfax Va had for some time been in government employ He and his wife of nine years had estrangements over his drinking He pledged to reform but resumed drinking and after a final failed reconciliation wrote a final unread letter to his wife The body was sent to a local undertaker for burial with interment planned today in Fairfax Va
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William W. Skinner
E. W. Feltner
E Street
Miss Pittman
Skinner
Stonewall
Feltner
Nevitt
Veteran's
Fairfax
Woman and pet die after quarrel over dog
In Toledo on May 29 Lucille Weaver after a quarrel with her suitor procured carbolic acid and poured some down the little black dog's throat then swallowed the rest. Both she and the dog died of the poison.
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Washington Post
Toledo
Ohio
Lucille Weaver
Whl Soom Restore Health After 54 Years
An old promotional blurb claims a remedy called Whl Soom set things right again for over 54 years. It purports to cure ailments including Poor Appetite Heartburn Sour Feelings Dyspepsia Indigestion Constive fevers or Material Fever and invites readers to try it.
Say Woman Passed Bad Checks
Mrs Minnie M Hayes alias Mrs H M Crumb was arrested at her home 423 Sixth Street NW yesterday by Detectives O'Brien and Parham charged with fake pretenses Police allege she deposited a worthless 324 check with Lewis Johnson Co for collection then drew three checks on her account at the tacit bank the last two were cashed by the same person
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Minnie M. Hayes
H. M Crumb
Sixth Street Northwest
O'Brien
Parham
Lewis Johnson & Co
Tile Roofers Win Fight Over Station Roofing Jurisdiction
International boards ruled bricklayers have no say in roofing at the new union station. Tile roofers resumed work after weeks of pressure when an agreement assigned roofing duties to them. The dispute arose from who held jurisdiction, with both unions initially at odds before Tuesday's decision.
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International Boards of the
Tile Roofers’ and
Union Station
Physician's Wife Die In Washington Lady Florence Booraem Leech
Mrs Florence Booraem Leech wife of Dr Frank Leech of 1448 Rhode Island avenue northwest died after a two week illness at the Union Protestant Infirmary Baltimore md The funeral will be from 1008 Q street northwest the home of her father Edgar I Booraem pallbearers include Drs Staveley Holland Mason Bell Clark and Wall Services by Rev Robert M Moore of Foundry Methodist Church.
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Florence Booraem Leech
Frank Leech
Rhode Island Avenue
Union Protestant Infirmary
Baltimore
Washington
Leech
Edgar I. Booraem
Q Street Northwest
Mrs. Solomon Kann Dies in Baltimore Suburb
Mrs. Solomon Kann mother of Louis Simon and Sigman Hann of 3 Kaanng Sons & Co died yesterday at her suburban Baltimore home after illness. Wife of Solomon Kann founder of Kann's department store. She was about seventy. Funeral from family residence tomorrow afternoon. store in city to be closed until Saturday morning.
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Solomon Kann
Louis, Simon, and Sigman Hann
Kaanng Sons & Co
Baltimore
Death stalks at wedding at St Mark's Church
C M Pryor of 310 Tenth street southeast collapsed at the door of St Mark's Episcopal Church as the wedding of Misa Gertrude Nally and Henry F. Riedel began. He died within moments from valvular heart trouble, with his wife inside the church. The bride and groom were not told of the death.
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St Mark's Episcopal Church
C. M. Pryor
Tenth Street
Mr. Pryor
Misa Gertrude Nally
Henry F. Riedel
Pittsburg
Poling Wins Large Damages in Capital Traction Suits
Virgil Poling was awarded 17 500 dollars by a jury in Circuit Court No 2 for two injuries against the Capital Traction Company. The first injury occurred June 1 1883 at Seventh and M streets with a dislocated condition. the second involved a fall from a car at Four and a Half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Prior awards included 127 000 on the first suit and 5 500 on the second, with the trial ongoing for four weeks before Judge Anderson.
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Virgil Poling
Capital Traction
Virgil Polling
Capital Traction Company
Seventh
M Streets
Pennsylvania Avenue
Poling
Anderson
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Chevy Chase
Capital Traction Co
New York Avenue
15Th Street
Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase Circle
Chevy Chase, D.C
Thos. J. Fisher & Co., Inc
F Street N. W
Chevy Chase, D. C
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Edward B. Matthews
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Bessemer
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Cincinnati
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Martin J Griffin
Sedley Park
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Marietta
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J. C. Mosier
Harrisburg
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Altoona
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Norristown
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M. B. Rose
Johnstown
Tennessee
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Trenton
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Morristown
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Knoxville
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Katherine Lynch
Chattanooga
Jessin ‘Thomas
Nashville
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Horsee Henson
Texas
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Houston
L. D. Passau, Jr
Warrenton
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Hampton
L. Miner
Fredricksburg
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Mise
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Chatham
Abbitt
Wisconsin
A. I. Sackett
Milwaukee
Regent
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C. S. Estering
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J. K Crain
D. W. Richardson
R. Wilton
B. M. Walters
N. H. Walters
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Choris de Houme
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