Gen J B Gordon Re-elected At Confederate Reunion
The Confederate reunion closed with Gen J B Gordon re elected as commander in chief and department leaders Lee Walker and Cabell also re elected. Next reunion set for Louisville Nashville or St Louis with aims to ease travel to the World Fair. Parade through New Orleans drew about 10 000 veterans over four hours amid patriotic displays.
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New Orleans
Gordon
Lee
Walker
Cabell
Louisville
Nashville
St. Louis
S. D. Lee
General Gordon
Committee On Credentials
A. P. Stewart
Uth
Wheeler
Evans
Battle Abbey
Reuss
Richmond
G. H. Tichenor
Southern Memorial Association
The
United Veterans
Confederacy
Andhors
Canal Street
Whch
St. Charles Street
Marcks
Lee Monument
St.Charles Avenue
Felicity Street
St. Charles Avenue
Camp Street
Canal
Ger. J. B. Levert
Memphis Bugle Corps
Company A
Confederate Veterans of
Memphis
Eunice Michie
Virginia
Willie Henry
Louisiana
Maryland
Julia Alexander
North Carolina
M .K. Watrouse
South Carolina
Elsie Vance
Tennessee
Francis Midrim
Georgia
Willie Harlson
Alabama
Ethel Lively
Mississippi
Elliot Teahunter
Missouri
Elizabeth Fleming
Florida
Estelle Cartwright
Texas
Bessie Rogers
Arkansas
Madeline Bridgeford
Kentucky
Bessie Utz
Bennetta Coleman
Indian Territory
Rede
Stonewall Jackson
E. Kirby Smith
Braxton Bragg
Thomas J. Semmes
John H. Reagan
Judge Ryasen
G.I. Walker
Cabel
Trans-Mississippi
Oklahoma
Sons of Veterans
Be(g)kham orders guards for Jackson investigation forces
Governor Beckham designates 30 members from Lexington and 30 from Shelbyville and 40 from Louisville with one Gatling gun to duty for Jackson during the grand jury investigation of the Marcum assassination. The order cites Guarded by Gallants and Gatling Gun.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Lexington
Shelbyville Company
Louisville, Battery
Jackson
Murder Conviction in Huamaco Riot in Puerto Rico
Pedro Diaz was convicted of murder in the Huamaco district court of first degree for killing a boy named Octavio Reyes during a political riot last August. He was sentenced to be hanged sixty days later, the first conviction under the new code, with the hanging to occur in Porto Rico.
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Pedro Diaz
Huamaco
Octavio Reyes
Diaz
Porto Rico
Corean governor proclaims boycott of Japanese residents on island
The Corean governor of Quetport issued a proclamation boycotting Japanese residents and denying them residence. He ordered that any Corean attending a Japanese school should be beheaded. The Japanese consul at Mokpo received police and a Japanese warship. matters were reportedly arranged satisfactorily. The move is linked to French influence. Russia disputes over a timber-cutting contract on the Yalu border trigger troop imports, with Japan seeking similar concessions amid ongoing negotiations.
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Tokio
San Francisco
Quetport
Mokpo
Corea
Yalu
Russia
Japan
Mrs. Curry Dead in Atlantic City Telegram
Mrs. Mary W. Curry widow of Dr. Jabez L. Curry former U S minister to Spain died in Atlantic City New Jersey A telegram from there announces the death Capt Manley B Curry paymaster in the U S Army stationed in Atlanta is her son The body will be buried in Richmond Virginia
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Mrs. Curry
Atlanta
Atlantic City
N. J
Mary W. Curry
Jabez L. Curry
United States
Spain
Manley B. Curry
United States Army
Richmond
Rumor of Mass Hangings in Agram Under Martial Law
A Trieste report claims 38 people were hanged and 40 killed at Agram under martial law on Wednesday, with troops allegedly refusing to fire on the crowd. The premier denies any truth in the sensational tale.
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Vienna
Triest
Agram
Bantam Hen and Grand Children Light Up a Georgia Letter
Bill Arp recalls a bantam hen hatching three grand children and cherishes their daily visits as life’s biggest joy. He riffs on Grant, Lincoln, and Booker T Washington, then denounces freed slaves and cites census crime data to criticize northern philanthropy, closing with a punchline about toothbrush reform.
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Java
Clark Howell
Grant
General Grant
Lincolnn
Booker Washington
Carnegie
Booker
Riverside
New York
Bob Lee
Appomattox
Lee
Old Bob
Dixie
New England
South
Sam Henderson
Georgia
Seale Harris
Alabama
Desire for a Child and Warning on Nurses in Modern Life
Excerpt discusses tuberculosis and other diseases becoming common, warns hiring nurses may require medical certificates, and contrasts with a hopeful view of children. Ends with two quoted poems praising a four year old child.
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Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Humorous exchanges and quips from a lively crowd
A collage of jokes and banter featuring Wigg misreads, Miss Chicago and Miss Fairmount fashion quips, Sharpes and Whealtons wordplay, prison behavior jokes, a Paris money line, auto misadventures, a Texan cyclone quip, an artist shopper joke, and a minister deacon exchange about attracting feminine eyes with a pulpit hat.
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Plum
George
A Defence of the Spanish Woman from the Mexican Herald
An excerpt defending Spanish women against harsh stereotypes, praising varied regional types such as Andalusia Castile Valencia Asturias Galicia Catalonia Aragon and praising their vitality and character despite widespread prejudice.
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Andalusia
Castiles
Asturia
Galicia
Mexican Herald
A Deep Laid Scheme About a Wedding Present
Towne confronts Browne about a supposed bid to be invited to a wedding next month. Browne confirms a desire not to be cut out and explains his aim is to save a wedding present.
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Towne
Browne
Philadelphia Press
Tilt Cove Fire Nearly Destroys Village
Telegrams report Tilt Cove Nova Scotia nearly wiped out by fire. Carmen Oklahoma also wiped off the map by a tornado with three dead and forty five injured. Other notes mention weather in London and Lancashire, political moves in New Orleans, Cuba annexation efforts, and court martial actions at Fort Lawton.
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Tilt Cove
London
Pennsylvania Road
Goulds
Wall Street
New York
Tanner's Creek
Ind
Wynne
Payne
Postoifica
Carmen
O. T
Br. Souchon
Louisiana Board of Health
Capdevielle
New Orleans
Camp Street
Newlands
Nevada
Cuba
Colombia
Foraker
Washington
Ohto
Roosevelt
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Gray Heroes
J. B. Gordon
Veterans and Sons
San Juan, P. R.—In the
Bill
Mary
Katharine Tynon
London Spectator
Paw
Paris
Newrich
Cinders
Timothy Ties
Sharpe
Whealton
Globe
E. Benjamin Andrews
Marshall
Kishener
Lancashire
Germany
War Department
Funston
Llewllyn Bushfield
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Lawton
Wash
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Coban
Sidney
Montreal
Quebec
Montreal Street Railway
Hankow
China
Canton
Major McBryde
Maud Gonne
Mond Harrington
Sion
Colum
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