Death of Varina Davis Highlighted by Confederate Veterans
General Robert Lowry of the Mississippi Division UCV announces the death of Mrs Varina Davis widow of Jefferson Davis aged nearly eighty. The Mississippi leaders note her life with respect and honor, recounting her support of her husband during his trials and her Southern ladyhood. Varina Howell Davis was born in Adams County and linked to prominent Mississippi and Louisiana families. Her memory will be mourned by the Southern states and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davis
Robert Lowry
Missisippi Division
United Confederate Veterans
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
United Confederate Veterans of Mississippi
Variana Jefferson Davis
J. Addison Hayes
Confederate States
Davis
Varina Howell
Adams County
Louisiana
James ‘Kempse
Adams
Hinds
New Orleans
E. H. Facvar
Girl and buggy scheme ends in arrest near Summit
Minnie Lawson, a young girl, tried to sell a Gardner livery horse and buggy after hiring it in McCambry. She claimed to buy it, charged George Chapman with instigating the plot and planning marriage. Gardner recovered the team and Chapman is jailed. In Whitestown a convict escaped Louisiana and was shot by Policeman Blount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lawson
E. R. Gardner
McCambry
Summit
Gardner
Monticello
George Chapman
Chapman
Miss Lawson
Whitestown
Blount
Louisiana
Ees
Gift of Mrs. Davis Unveils Dated Memorial Windows
Mrs Davis gifts two memorial windows by Mayer & Co from Munich and New York City for the Church of the Redeemer Biloxi Mississippi. Dedication Saturday afternoon the 27th with memorial address by Rev Dr Beverly Warner of New Orleans and clergy from Mississippi. The windows will be dedicated by Bishop Theo Bratton. Daughters of the Confederacy and Beauvoir veterans attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer & Co
Munich
New York City
W. Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Winnie
Church of the Redeemer
Biloxi
Miss
Beverly Warner
New Orleans
Fenn
Wichita
Kan
Mississippi
County courthouse contract awarded to J B Carr and Co
Covington county Board of Supervisors awarded the county courthouse erection contract to J B Carr & Co of Atlanta Ga for 51000 Four bids were submitted with the highest at 63000
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Board of Supervisors of
Covington County
J. B. Carr & Co
Atlanta, Ga
Veterans Reunion Honors Manassas Battlefield History
Union and Confederate veterans gathered in Manassas Virginia for a reunion on the battlefield. Attendees recalled Civil War clashes and shared stories of comradeship and national reconciliation.
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Manassas
Yazoo City Compromise With Telephone Company Reached
City officials led by E R Holmes reached a compromise with Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph to move poles away from electric lines The agreement requires long crossarms at crossings and boxing in guy wires eight feet above ground at no cost to the city The Telephone Company was represented by Hon J Boumar Harris of Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Ange E.R. Holmes
Tte
Cumberland Telephone
Tele
Failure Graph Company
Telephone Company
Ihs
J. Boumar Harris
Jackson
Parage Collision Injures Seven in Marietta Parade
In Marietta Ohio a parade escorting Vice President Fairbanks and Congressman Longworth and spouses to Marietta College ended in a crash near the college. A motorman lost control of a car sending it into the procession injuring seven, four likely fatally. Chief J H Dick, following the carriage, was injured and others, including veterans, were hurt.
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Longworth
Marietta
Ohio
Fairbanks
Marietta College
Dawes
J. H. Dick
Probaly
William Devel
Henry Wendleken
Richard Beebe
John Amos
Russian Ruse in Prussia at Kopentek Berlin
A man in a colonel’s uniform with soldiers arrested the mayor and treasurer of Kopentek, Berlin suburb, and seized about $1000 from the municipal treasury. He claimed orders from superior authorities, proved a forged order, and fled toward Berlin with the swindlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Kopentek
Poland
Crimea
Kopenick
Skewering Hat Pin Incident Reported in London Theater
A London theater letter to the editor recounts a woman in a stall skewering her hat to the back of another stall with a hat pin. The pin’s point pierced the writer’s back near the spine causing pain.
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London
England
Court
Congressman Davey Assures Fair Canal Trade for New Orleans
Congressman Davey said he had assurances that New Orleans would not face discrimination in the Isthmian canal trade, stressing commitment to equal treatment amid ongoing navigation and commerce arrangements.
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Davey
New Orleans
Five Die in San Francisco Wall Collapse in High Wind
Five men were killed and two injured when walls collapsed during a strong wind in San Francisco. The Countess of Carlisle was elected president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Boston. Bud Caron and Hayes, convicted of murder at Amite City, were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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San Francisco
Bud Caron
Hines
Hayes
Amite City
New Orleans Seeks Fair Play on Canal Zone Trade
Judge Davey met Canal Commission officials and pressed for New Orleans to receive the Panama trade benefits. He discussed how the new policy could nullify local hopes, noting orders and perishable supplies move via New York. Philippine tariff reform also looms as Del La Torres argues for market access and financial aids to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Davey
Canal Commission
Commission
New Orleans
Shonts
West
Washington
C. C. Ross
Leon Pepperman
Wehn Davey
Panama Steamship Co
New York
Isthmus
Panama
Colony
Canal Zone
Mr. Ross
Ross
Anderson
Davey
Porch
Board of Trade
Panama Steamship Company
Phillippine
United States
Eufronio del la Torres
Manila
Philippines
United
Japanese Want Damages for Raided Schooner Crew
Directors of Toyi Fishing Company Wakayama seek damages from the American government after the Toyi Maru No 2 schooner raid in the Bering Sea last July left five crew dead and twelve captured. They presented the claim Sept 28 to Viscount Hayashi at the Foreign Office for forwarding to Washington. The Foreign Minister deferred action until Washington’s report from the investigating legation due back from Juneau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japa
Toyi Fishing Company
Wakayama
St.Paul Rookery
Bering Sea
Foreign Office
Viscount Hayashi
Washington
Washington Legation
Clash at Illinois Central stockholders meeting in Chicago
A clash erupted between President Stuyve sant Fish and William Nelson Cromwell, representing Harriman interests, during the annual Illinois Central stockholders meeting in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant Fish
William Nelson Cromwell
Harriman
Illinois Central Stockholders
Chicago
New York Central Convicted Over Sugar Shipments
The New York Central Railroad and its general manager were found guilty by a jury in Federal Court at New York for granting shipments of sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
New York
Complaint Filed Against Rock Island by Shipper
James B. Mapen filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway over baled straw shipments from Center Point Indiana to Chicago. He contends 14 cents per hundred pounds on 24 000 pounds per car was unreasonable since actual weight was 19 230 pounds and seeks reparation plus a ruling that railroads supply cars promptly and rescind delays in unloading with reciprocal demurrage charges.
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Interstate, Commerce Commission
James B. Mapen
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Center Point
Chicago
Line
Fire Fighting Progress On Canal Zone Needs Clarification
The Isthmian Canal Commission reports volunteer fire departments on the canal strip have been unusually effective with 24 fires and total loss under 1000 dollars in seven months. Cristobal and Ancon will gain paid departments with American firefighters and modern equipment as the dry season approaches.
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Canal Zone
Isthmian ‘Canal’ Commission
Canal Strip
Cristobal and
Tancon
United States
Cristobal Department
Ancon
Texas
New Orleans
Department of Justice
Russell
President Roosevelt sends sympathy on Mrs. Davis death
The White House telegram dated October 17 expresses Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt’s condolences to Mrs. J Addison Hayes over the death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis. The President and wife also sent flowers for the funeral.
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Roosevelt
J. Addison Hayes
Railroad Commission Orders New Passenger Train Route
The Mississippi Railroad Commission ordered Southern to add a passenger train between Winona and Greenville. The Amite City murder trial jury found Caron and Hughes guilty without capital punishment. Treasury officials worry over rapid advances in silver theories.
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The
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Southern
Winona
Greenville
Miss
Caron-Hughes
Amite City
Treasury
Diversified Farming Special train tours Mississippi to Louisiana
A long Mississippi Louisiana rail tour by the Diversified Farming Special impressed farmers and officials with interest in crop diversification. The 12 day itinerary covered 80 Mississippi stations and 14 in Louisiana, drawing large crowds despite rain and muddy tracks. Speakers highlighted agricultural reform as a regional benefit, with stopovers from Grenada to Baton Rouge and a finale at Lake Cormorant before returning to Memphis.
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I. C
South
Mississippi
Louisiana
Memphis
Captain Merry
Durant
Aberdeen
Alabama
Mississippi River
Harnando
Holly Springs
Grenada
S O
Opera House
Jackson
Natchez
Greenwood
Torgents
Yazoo City
Brookhaven
Magnolia
Osyka
Osaka
Kentwood
Tangipahoa
Roseland
Amite
New Orleans
Hammond
Garig Hall
University
Baton Rouge
Zachary
Slaughter
Woodville
Ethel
Clinton
Centerville
Roxie
Vicksburg
Delis
Mississppi
Rosling Fork
Mound Bayou
Hows
Greenville
Benoit
Riverside
Lake Cormorant
Merry
Pary
Raila Eee Eee
Ial
Amory lithographic stone quarry company organized
A new $100000 lithographic stone quarry company is organized at Amory to market a stone touted as the purest in the world besides a depleted Bavarian quarry. The piece hopes for great success and wide profits. Charleston organizes a large lumber concern with H H Womble C G Cossair J R Oakes among incorporators as rail developments boost Mississippi momentum.
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Amory
Bavaria
Germany
Charleston
H. H. Womble
C. G. Cossair
J. R. Oakes
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Mrs. Davis
Prussia
Paris
France
Morocco
Algeria
Ain-Sefra
Mouly A’bou
Washington News
Pepperman
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