Gray Heroes Gather for Creed Revision at Memphis Veterans Meet
Eleventh annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans opens in Memphis with forecasts of huge attendance. Event includes memorial services, floral parade, and fireworks on the Mississippi River. Notables arriving include General Fitzhugh Lee and General John B Gordon as crowds descend on the city.
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Memphis Tonn
The
United Confederate Veterans
Memphis
George W Gordon
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Bishop Gatlor
T B Turley
Afp Stewart
Chattanooga
T . Cooper
John B Gordon
Veterans’ Association
Bennett H Young
Louisville
Jefferson Davis
Bishan Galler
Sons of Veterans
Forrest Park
Mississippi River
Merrimac
Cumberland
Fitzhugh Lee
Moorman
New Orleans
W T Cameron
Division
Mississippi
G French
Pen Sacois
Pia
Stephen D Lee
Army of ‘Tennessee
Joseph Wheeler
RP Hobson
Confederate ‘Veterans
Atlanta
Court of Honor
Wain Street
Convention Hall
Texas
Arkansas
Atl antees in Chattanooga veterans reach city after fast train run
Georgia veterans from Atlanta camps 159 Camp Walker and Jefferson Lamar camp arrive Chattanooga aboard a Western and Atlantic special train. The Atlanta fire department drum and bugle corps entertained the group during the journey and left high spirits after a successful run.
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Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlanta
Camp Walker
Atlanta Fire Department
Jefferson Lamar Camp
Atlantic
First View of the Shattered Trestle at Blacksburg NC Tragedy
At Buffalo Creek two miles from Blacksburg a south line wreck killed Engineer Jake Metcalf and severely injured Fireman Fred Rhyne. The trestle gave way under a mixed freight and passenger train as the engineer warned the conductor. passengers escaped as the car brake was released. Metcalf perished, Rhyne survived with injuries. The engine and two box cars were left in the creek and will be raised. The accident prompted expected lawsuits and drew visitors from North and South Carolina. Metcalf, a ten-year veteran, was a respected Mason of high honors and planned retirement.
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Herfordton
May
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company
Buffalo Creek
Blacksburg
Jake Metcalf
Fred Rhyne
Metcalf
Rhyne
Engineer Metcalf
Pasenger
Blacksburg St
North End
South Carolina
Merion NC
D. C
Rayne
General Assembly Ends With Support for New Doctrinal Statement
The General Assembly approved a new doctrinal statement aimed at clarifying belief for ministers elders and congregants while preserving the Calvinistic system and not replacing the Westminster confession. The vote was nearly unanimous with minor opposition and debate focused on timing and wording of the revision. The assembly also set next meeting sites and discussed ongoing church governance issues.
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Shiladelphia
Westminster Confess of Faith
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Senatos Assembly
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Los Angeles
Robinson
Assembly
Denver
Milwaukee
Saratoga Springs
Janes D Moffat
Washington and Jefferson University
Dr Moffat
Ambleulty
Dr Moffatt
Moffatts
Niccatla
St Louis
Pitpacelon
Veterans Train Trip Sparks Cheers at Stations
The party arrives amid cheers and good wishes as a train carrying veterans is welcomed at each stop. Officials emphasize proper care and comfort for the veterans. Chief Joynera leads the group with Evelyn Harris noted among those involved.
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Joynera
Evelyn Harris
Confederate Veterans Train To Memphis Reunion From Macon
Nine cars carried Confederate veterans from Macon and south Georgia to the Memphis reunion. About 209 veterans rode the Central of Georgia train, with R A Smith Camp flag carried by Captain R J Anders. The Macon gate honored Colonel RA Smith with a photo. the train bore flags and streamers. The commissary car stocked provisions for the trip. cannon salutes greeted departures as fourteen veterans left earlier over the Southern.
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R A
Smith Cary
Macon
RA Smith
Abder
Fat arsenic in the coffee in Montgomery ends in jail
In Montgomery Alabama on May 27 two young brothers Jim and Hut Redmond were jailed for suspected arsenic poisoning of elderly Mr and Mrs W W O’Verritt. Hut had recently been discharged from work by Merritt’s son in law Merritts, prompting the deadly act. The elderly couple narrowly survived after prompt medical care.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jim
Hut Redmond
Hut
Mi’ Lex
Murder of Peden in Memphis prison cell shocks city
Memphis authorities report the murder of eight year old Alexander Peden in a police detention cell. N A Gillis of Cumby Hopkins County Texas is under arrest for the killing after both men were detained for intoxication and placed in the same cell. A guard found Peden dead with a crushed head. Gillis claimed innocence and incoherent talk. Both were reunion visitors.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alexander Peden
Pulaski
Enn
James J PB Oakes
Citizens Natonal Bank
N A Gillis
Cumby
Hopkins County
Texas
Peden
Gillis
Gills
Valuable watch found linked to English officer theft in China
A diamond studded gold watch valued at 5000 dollars, stolen from an English army officer in Tien Tsin, China, was recovered in Woodlawn, Alabama. US postal inspectors allege a Birmingham soldier, a watchmaker, took and repaired it with another English lady’s timepiece, then fled. The watch was sent to Washington to be returned, but names of the soldier and recipient remain withheld.
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Birmingham
Tien Tsin
China
Woodlawn
United States Post Ofice
Maila
Ala
Washington
United States
Contract Awarded For Macon Dublin Savannah Road Extension
A contract was let in Macon for extending the Macon Dublin and Savannah road from Dublin to Vidalia over about forty miles. W J Oliver & Co of Indiana won, with work to complete in three months. The Vidalia connection will join Seaboard tracks, shortening Dublin to Savannah distance by about fifty miles.
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Macon
Dobin
Savannah
Bublim
Dublin
Vidalia
Montgomery
Vidaila
Seaboard
Maron
Fine Mies Acording
Futemmnes
Togleors
Woman Suffragists Adopt Eagle Motto in Address
Boston activist Alice Stone Blackwell urged delegates in Chicago to embrace the eagle as the female emblem. She said the American woman must shed the hen and nightingale roles and become the eagle mother, warning against male meddling in her offspring.
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Sayers Blackwell
Chicago
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Lucy Stone
Minneapolis
Abe
A Happy Child Health Claim for Scott's Emulsion
An ad praising Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil as a moral boost for children’s health over 26 years. It asserts the product prevents interruptions in health, acts as immediate food when regular meals fail, and claims widespread effectiveness. The closing line includes garbled brand details and a New York address.
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Scott
Revision of Faith Confession and Judicial Reform Moves
A diverse group of commissioners including Dr Herrick Johnson of Chicago and Dr E M McKibbon of Philadelphia backed amendments to a confession of faith and a permanent judicial commission plan. The assembly adopted Recommendations A B and C, expanded the revision committee to seventeen with Moderator Minton, and approved continuing the committee. The judicial report proposes a court of last resort called the permanent indiiial communion of the general assembly, eight ministers and seven ruling elders, with staggered three year terms.
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Lr Baker
Philadelphia
Moffatt
Paker
Minton
Dickey
WH “Roberts
Assembly
Judicial Commission
General Assembly
Special Committee On Judicial Committees
Court of Last Resort
Permanent Judicial Commission of the
General Assembl
Uns
Armour Plant to Be Established at Local Depot
Armour Fertilizer Works plans a new Atlanta branch to process and market by products from packing houses. No local capital involved. 7 to 130 workers to be hired in winter peak. D B Osborne named resident manager. warehouse construction by Kramer expands local storage and cotton trade.
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Armour Company
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Baltimore
Atlanta
Hinds
Osborne
Kansas City
Islands of Sea Given to Congress in Philippines Case
A historical legal note discusses whether duties on goods brought from Porto Rico (Puerto Rico) are imposed by the Dingley act and if Puerto Rico is domestic to the United States. The court's decisions are seen as clarifications of statutory interpretation and administration, without ruling on all questions from the Dooley case.
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Philippines
Porto Rico
United States
Dooley
Porto Fico
Political debate over Foraker act ruling echoed in Washington
In Washington on May 27 a Democratic senator likened the court’s Foraker act ruling to the income tax decision. Administration officials hailed the decision as sustaining policy toward Porto Rico, while some Democrats criticized the court for letting politics override constitutional principles. The Downs case framed the central issue of the act’s constitutionality, with Congress granted broad powers beyond traditional constitutional limits.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Porto Rico
Brown
Congress
Bryan Reacts To Insular Cases Ruling In Exultation And Dejection
Lincoln May 27 reports show William Jennings Bryan receiving word of the U S Supreme Court insular cases decision. He exults that the constitution follows the flag yet notes disappointment over the ruling’s implications. The day’s papers further discuss possible political impacts and future statements.
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Krosy
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