Vanderbilts Stunning Newport Wedding At St John Church
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Miss Elsie French wed at noon in Newport Newport County R I in the Zabriski Memorial church of St John the Evangelist The ceremony followed an elaborate Episcopal service with a lavish breakfast and a floral display featuring globre de la Reine Bengoras golden gate roses and white azaleas The bridal party included Pauline French Elss Bronson Isabel Stillman and Edith Grey The couple stood before the altar and were pronounced husband and wife by Dr Beattie The Mendelssohn march marked the couple’s exit after a seven minute ceremony
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Newport
R. L
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Elsie French
Frederick Orme French
Zabriski Memorial
St. John, the Evangelist
Narragansett Bay
Bellevue Avenue
Miss French
Pauline French
Elss Bronson
Frederick Bronson
Isabel ©. Stillman
James Stillman
New York
Pe Avery Rockefeller
Edith Y
Judge Gray
Albany
Troops to Change Posts From Fort McPherson to New London
Artillery Battery B of the First Artillery has been ordered from Fort McPherson to New London Connecticut. Recruits increased by ten in Atlanta while at the post. Ten recruits joined as the battery departed for the north. Companies K and T of the Eleventh Infantry arrived from San Juan Puerto Rico and will stay at Fort McPherson through winter. Mormon elders conference holds session in Savannah with Elder David Elston presiding and 27 elders present. most arrived on foot with others traveling downriver.
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Fort McPherson
New London
Savannah
Savanna
Conference of the
Mormon Elders
David Elston
Chattanooga
City
DeWet Infuriated by Botha Book in Boer War News
London war office reports describe movements of Boer forces as klar Uprising and refugee camps grow near Kroonstad while 2,000 flee. Lord Kitchener notes British reinforcements and returns of rebels to the Orange River Colony as 10,000 fresh troops and 8,000 horses are prepared for South Africa within weeks.
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Lord Kitchener
British War Office
Kroonstadt
Orange River Colony
Burgher Peace Commission
Paul Botha
DeWet
Rhenoster
Lindley
de Wet
London
War Office
Pretoria
Byers
Kallfontein
Orange River
New York
South Africa
the Tribune
on-Powell
Cape
Imperial Yeomanry
Collision on Southern Trains Near Ellerslie
Atlanta January 15 A night collision on the Southern railroad near Ellerslie left Engineer Keene badly injured aboard passenger train No 22 bound from Atlanta to Columbus. Extra freight No 442 in misunderstanding orders approached too late to avert the crash, no other casualties reported.
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Atlanta
Southern Railroad
Ellerslie
Columbus
Ward
Keene
North
Calloway
Lieupo
Elmerslie
Birdsong Murder Case Proves No Trace of Suspect Found
In Macos on January 15 the grand jury examined many witnesses as it nears closing the Birdsong murder inquiry. Officials report no trace of John Dixon alias Jackson and Battle, the man accused of killing Mrs Birdsong, has been found.
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Macos
Birdsong
John Dixon
Jackson
Battle
Pension Bill Passes Senate for Mrs Crenshaw in Atlanta
In Atlanta on January 16 a Washington dispatch reports the senate passed a bill to grant Mrs Julia Crenshaw a pension of $50 monthly. The note adds a separate entry that a man wounded in a pene died in Atlanta, with the case slated for House action soon, signaling early passage.
Livestock Interests Booming for U S Industrial Power
At a National Live Stock Association meeting in Santa City on January 16, L. G. Powers of the U S Census spoke on wealth in live stock. He argued cattle, steers, and hogs power America and undermine European vested interests by supplying cheap meat to workers, asserting livestock may outpace steam engines as the nation’s seat of power in the opening twentieth century.
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Santago City
National Live Stock Association
L. G. Powers
Washington
America
Europe
Fifth respite granted in James L. Baker case
Governor Candler signed a fifth respite delaying Baker's execution to March 1 while the insanity question is argued in court. The case, a mistrial on Baker’s sanity, follows the prison commission's lack of clemency recommendation and Baker's attorneys request for more time to prove or disprove insanity. The governor stated if sane he should be hanged, but if insane, the asylum is proper.
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Atlanta
Candler
James L. Baker
Baker
Prison Commission
Continental Gin Company Holds Annual Meet in Montgomery
Officers and directors of the Continental Gin company, which controls all U S gin manufacturers, gather in Montgomery for their annual meeting. Attendees include W T Northington and Daniel Pratt of Prattville, P Gates of Bridgewater, George Winship and R Winship of Atlanta, F Gammon of Bridgewater, Walter Connolly of Tyler, and R Munger and A W Smith of Birmingham. The executive said the company has conducted splendid business since organizing and has ample orders to keep plants busy, noting the combined plants produce more guns than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montoomery
Ala
Continental Gin Company
United States
W. T. Northington
Daniel Pratt
Prattville
3. P. Gates
Bridgewater
Mass
George Winship
R. Winship
Atlanta
F. ©. Gammon
Walter Connolly
Tyler
Tex
R. Munger
A. W. Smith
Birmingham
Resources of Tennessee Timber and Mineral Lands Developed
F L Andrews and associates of Condersport Pennsylvania have acquired 40000 acres of timber and mineral lands in Monroe County Tennessee near Knoxville. They plan to bring axemen from Pennsylvania to harvest timber and install an engineering team to survey a 15 mile railroad extension from Tellaco Plains into the timber mineral belt, with plans to develop mineral deposits as well as timber.
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Northern Capitalista
Exoxville
F. L. Andrews
Condersport
Monroe County
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Nashville, Tellico and Charleston
Tellico Plains
Vaccine distribution debate moves to private channels
Jan 16 lines report producers urge agricultural committees to strike government vaccine provisions from the forthcoming appropriation bill arguing government distribution is unnecessary and interferes with private enterprise. In Florida, 100 baggage agents begin a three day meeting of the American Association of Baggage Agents as part of a long conference.
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Wasnixotox
Con
Forthcom Ficultural
Baggage Smashers In Council
Avausting, Fla
American Association of Baggage Agents
Ieee Ead
Trial in New Jersey court over Jennie Bosschieter case begins
Paterson January 16 crowds gather as defense presents its case in the murder trial of Jennie Bosschieter. Defense argues death not caused by criminal assault and that charges of willful murder cannot stand. Testimony describes girl drinking and later dying in a hack ride, with defense asserting the death was accidental and not the result of assault. Oil fever and other regional items follow in brief notices from Dallas and Chicago.
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McAllister
Campbell
Parissades
Somoerdy
Pitchael N. Sor
Jennie Bosschieter
Hackman
Desig
Jennie Bossschieter
Texas
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W.H. Glover
Opera House
el Tete
Cotton
Hudson's
MR. Vanderbilt
Church of St. John
Dr. Bull
Botha
Atlaxta
United States District Court
J. W. Christian
Elbert
Newman
Shiner
Oor
Christian
Hoga Power
Dallas
Lucas Oil
Lucas
Beaumont
Port Arthur
District Court
Paris
M. Urbain Gohir
M. Latapie
M. DeGiers
Latapie
Cutcago
Aberdeen
Frank Crowell
Swift
Admiral Dewey ,Botter
Wastixaroy
Admiral Dewey
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