Beauvoir sold for ten thousand dollars to Sons of Veterans
The Beauvoir home of Jefferson Davis was sold for $10,000 to the Sons of Veterans. Mrs. Davis approved the offer after a higher bid had been declined. The property will pass to the state under legislative support, with officers and directors elected for the coming year. A future board will govern Beauvoir with Daughters of the Confederacy seeking representation.
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Jefferson Davis
Sons OF Veterans
Jackson
Miss
A. C. McHimbrough
Beauvoir
Davis
New York
O. L. Molliny
Meridian
George C. Meyers
Holly Springs
W. H L. Coot
Nat
Uesburs
W. Webb
George €. Meyers
W. A. Martin
R. K. Jayne
T. R. Henderson
Greenwood
J. M. Stephens
Hattiesburg
W. Q. Cole
A. C. McKimbrough
E. A. Miller
J. H. McGehee
Little Springs
United Daughters of the Confederacy
H. D. Bell
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Veterans
Lefleur Club
Dodging Mobs Ends as Buchanan Is Hotelled for Trial
After a week of mob pressure, Jim Buchanan the Hicks family murderer was moved to the east Texas penitentiary. Henderson military company was reinforced by three more and the special train carried him to Nacogdoches for trial next week under guard. Governor directs two companies to escort him.
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Rusk
Tex
Jim Buchanan
Hicks
East Texas
Henderson
Nacogdoches
Captain Carters Spoils Embezzlement Case In Chicago
Government seeks to recover 700000 traced to Captain Oberlin M. Carter through alleged conspiracy with Savannah contractors. Judge Kohlsaat appoints William M. Booth as special master to hear evidence. Funds already traced to Lorenzo and Stanton Carter, uncles and brother of the officer, who deny them part of the embezzled sums.
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Chicago
Kohlsaat
William M. Booth
Oberlin M. Carter
Savannah
Lorenzo
Stanton Carter
The G A. B.'s Mistake
The looters misread the retirement of Commissioner Evans as a treasury windfall. The piece argues the public grows weary of paying millions annually to malingerers and burns whose bounty claims rest on perjury.
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G A. B
Chattanooga Times
Evans
Treasury
Burns
Alexander found guilty in Georgia murder trial
Blakely Ga October 16 W Alexander was tried for the killing of George W Cherry in May 2900. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Sentence five years in the penitentiary. This is the second trial. first verdict was the same. Supreme court granted a new trial in the initial case. A motion has been made for a new trial again.
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Blakely
W. Alexander
Wwegk
George W. Cherry
Supreme Court
National Implement Dealers Elect Officers in Cleveland Meet
The National Implement Dealers and Vehicle Manufacturers Association today elected officers. President Martin Kingman Peoria first vice president O W Johnson Racine chairman executive committee F E Myers Ashland treasurer Robert H Forus Springfield Ohio. In Newell Sanders address, manufacturers urged sending a congressman to represent farm implement interests. The association will meet in Cleveland next year.
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Newell , Sanders
Minneapolis
Minn
National Implement Dealers and Vehicle Manufacturers’Association
Martin .Kingman
Peoria
Fils
O. W
Newell Sanders
Chattanooga, Tenn
Congress
Upset Lamp Causes Fatal Fire in Tennessee Home
In Chattanooga on October 16 a 15 year old colored girl Hattie Johnson rose from prayer, knocked a lamp, it exploded and ignited her clothing, she died from burns. In Mexico City on October 16 Otto Heckelmann, a St Louis assayer and mining engineer, committed suicide by shooting himself due to prolonged illness.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Hattie. Johnson
Mexico City
Otto Hecklemann
St Louis
Four Laborers Die in Alabama Dynamite Blast
An Advertiser dispatch from Talladega says four laborers were killed by a premature dynamite explosion while blasting on the Eastern Railway of Alabama. Foreman John A. Berger and workers Joe Martin Hern Valley, William Wilson Goodwater, Sam Donald colored were killed. scene 12 miles southeast of Talladega. Exact cause unknown.
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Montgomery
Ala
Talladega
John A. Berger
Joe Martin
Hern Valley
William Wilson
Goodwater
Sam Donald
Eastern
Alabama
Treasury Secretary Purchases 15 Million in Government Bonds
New York October 16 report on the stock exchange said the secretary of the treasury bought government bonds totaling 15 million dollars. A syndicate planned to sell a block of 10 to 15 million dollars in 4 percent bonds to the treasury at about 1271 2.
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New York
Stock Exchange Today
Secretary of the Treasury
Planing Mill Destroyed in Blakely Georgia Fire
The Flowers Bren Lumber Company planing mill and five dry houses in Blakely suburbs burned last night. A spark from the mill engine likely started the blaze. Losses include buildings lumber and machinery estimated at 20 000 to 25 000 with 13 000 insured. Bucket brigade saved more damage.
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Blakely
Flowers Brea
Lumber. Company
Bucket Brigade
Party views on race split in southern Republicans
Charleston October 16 U S district attorney and Republican national committeeman Captain John G Capers says political parties should not be organized on racial lines. He cites northern influence as weakening protests against white party dominance and argues the Republican South need not be all white nor all black.
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Republican Party
South
Charleston
S. C
Alabama
North Carolina
John G. Capers
United States
South Carolina
Sawmill firms to form Hardwood Manufacturers Association
Memphis Tenn sources report a strong drive in Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas to unify major sawmill firms into the Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the United States. The move aims to bypass wholesale dealers and adopt uniform inspection, potentially letting manufacturers sell directly to consumers without necessarily raising prices. Lumber interests nationwide are meeting to advance this effort.
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Memphis, Tenn
Getoeber
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of
United States
Democrats Fail to Nominate in Boston District
In Boston on October 164 the Ninth Congressional District Democratic convention broke up without a nomination after boisterous closing scenes. With filing deadline at 5 p m today the delegates will not reconvene and must rely on nomination papers due by 6 p m tomorrow. The district, long held by John J. Fitzgerald, was remolded from the old ninth amid three candidates.
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Boston
John J. Fitzgerald
New England
Poison Berries Cause of Death Near Clayhatchie
A man named Busby was found dead in a corn crib at Clayhatchie, Dada county, after being discovered unconscious in the road by locals. Poison berries found near the site suggest he ate them, leading to his death.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clayhatchie
Dada County
Busby
Damage suit in courts ends with $20000 verdict
In Hamilton Georgia a jury awarded Mrs J O Christian $20000 in damages against the Columbus and Rome Railroad Company for the 1883 death of her husband Mia Christian killed at Chipley while transacting railroad business. The case has wound through the courts multiple times and the railroad is described as financially depleted and long standing in the Central of Georgia system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ga
J. O. Christan
Columbus and Rome Railroad Company
Hamilton
Mia
Christian
Chipley
Columbus and Rome
Supreme Court
Columbus and
Rome
Central of Georgia
Coal at Bottom of River Sinks 150,000 Bushels in Ohio
Catlettsburg Kentucky October 16 A collision between tow boats near the twelve pole dike caused 150000 bushels of coal to sink along with eleven barges. The Gleaner and Fred Wilson tows broke loose and scattered downstream while crews worked to recover the sunken cargo and salvage afloat barges.
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Catlettsburg
Pittsburg
Ohio River
Here
Frea Wilson
Gleaner
Fred Wilson
Wilson
No Free Ballot in Porto Rico Election Farce
San Juan Puerto Rico October 16 federal election registers a complete farce. Federals barred from most precincts by executive council orders. Guards stationed at Viques kept federals out and no registrations occurred. In several towns federals withdrew from elections including Cayey. Extra registration day failed to improve turnout amid disorder. Shooting incidents at Aguadilla Corozal Viques and Mayaguez wounded several. Wholesale federal arrests and thousands of protests filed.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Executive Council
Viques
Insular
Cayey
Aguadilla
Corozal
Mayazuez
Irving Urges Municipal Theaters To Curb High Kicking
Sir Henry Irving told Manchester's lord mayor luncheon that municipal theaters would combat high kicking and discreditable performances. He argued state of entertain ment in villages fuels weariness and that city control of venues would improve view of life in these times.
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Manchester
Henry Irving
Ripon
Attack on Preached Rev Bruce Brown Faces Resignation
The general board of the Christian church requests Rev Bruce Brown pastor of Central Christian Denver to resign over sensationalism. He invited sermon guests including an avowed enemy to speak and discussed labor matters, drawing criticism. Seven thousand attended the convention's opening session with welcomes and responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Brown
Omaha
Nebr
Christian Church Convention
General Board
Central Christian Church of
Denver
Brown
Emerton
Kansas
Mysterious Woman Appears In Assault Case In Greensboro
In Greensboro on October 16 a mysterious woman appeared at the Woody assault case. She refused to name herself or origin but promised a later statement likely to surprise the public. Woody faces trial next week as details unfold amid the unusual witness.
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Greensboro
N._C
J. W. Woody
Woody
Convention of the W C T U Opens in Portland
The National W C T U convention opens in Portland Maine with 800 state delegates expected. Public church meetings featured Mrs Greenwood of New York and Mrs Clara Parisa Wright of Illinois addressing evangelical work and related topics.
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Portland
Morrow
Greenwood
New York
Evazstellcal Work
Clara -Parisa
Wright
Ilinois
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St. Les
Avery
Syracuse
Rochester
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison
Seybold
Ontario
Fingland
West Indies
Apair
Texas Penitentiary
Captain Carter
R. W. Alexander
G. W. Cherry
Stacy
Ams & Co
Fine Ideal
Aniel’s
Whitehall Street
Talladega, Ala
SHAW
Republican
Clayhatchee
Irving
Dalny
Pacific Ocean
Siberia
Tailenwan
E. Gardners
Hilectric Ugshis
I ‘Tt
Damon
Pythias
Cheney
R. T. Edwards
Leatherman
Atlanta
Austell
Fe & i
Malta
Vita Pure Food Co
Toronto
Canada
Burwe
Alg
King Hardwage
Peachtree
Peters Streets
Robe
Cotton States Belting & Supply Co
Ta, Ga
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