Memorial services close Confederate reunion with prayer
The Confederate reunion in New Orleans held memorial services for fallen leaders with a prayer led by General Gordon and remarks by General Young, J. J. Finley, and others. The day included a sermon, the music of The Vacant Chair, and a formal report on finances and history.
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New Orleans
General Gordon
J. J. Finley
Fisherville
South
Jones
Mickle
J. J. Horner
S. D. Leegturn
W. P. Lane
Texas
Sons of Veterans
C. I. Walker
Virginia
Gordon
B. H. Young
Robert White
J. A. Webb
W. P. Tarry
Cabell
Transmississippi Department
General van Zandt
Felix Robertson
Alabama
Lucy L. Hill
Chicago
A. P. Hill
Confederate reunion opens as Wheeler arrives to address
General 8 D Lee presided at the opening in New Orleans with General Gordon absent. Attendance ran small though the hall filled. 1523 camps and 23 delegates reported. Wheeler urged aid for needy soldiers as Evans announced $204,471 on hand with $200,000 needed for the abbey. Officers re-elected. meeting adjourned sine die.
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New Orleans
D. Lee
Gordon
Committee On Credentials
Committee On
Battle Abbey
Clement A. Evans
Joseph Wheeler
W Wheeler
Confederacy
Wheeler
Evans
Reuss
Richmond
Morissey Praises Mobile and Ohio Settlement
Grand Master Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Denver hails the Mobile and Ohio railroad settlement as a major victory. He notes common ground was found for claim adjustments and a stoppage of the dispute with wage scales matching their request.
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Morissey
Mobile and
Ohio
Denver
Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Rosebery defends free trade stance amid Chamberlain tariff talk
London report states Lord Rosebery dismissed any interpretation that his Birmingham speech endorses Chamberlain’s colonial tariff plan. He says he spoke non controversially to a non political audience and remains committed to free trade with the Liberal party. Constantinople dispatch notes Hilmi Pasha’s plan to relocate Bulgarians to Anatolia and to exile Macedonian prisoners, uncertainly due to potential powers’ opposition.
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London
Lord Rosebery
Burnely
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Mr. Chamberlain
Great Britain
Liberal Party
Constantinople
Hilmi Pasha
Turkey
Anatolia
Macedonia
Hilmi
Port health orders cattle slaughter over foot and mouth disease
Foot and mouth disease aboard British steamers Abbey Molmne and Anglo Chilean entering Durban prompts authorities to require slaughter of livestock before harbor entry. Meanwhile at Benton Missouri the U S monitor Arkansas anchors near Commerce awaiting river rise to pass Atherton and reach Cairo.
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Durban
Natal
Abbey Molmne
Buenos Ayres
Benton
United States Monitor
Arkansas
Commerce
Here
Atherton
Cairo
Papal Briefs Sent to American Archbishops
The apostolic delegation in Washington reports briefs from Rome naming Mer. Henry Moeller as coadjutor to the Archbishop of Cincinnati and Mer. J. J. Glennon as coadjutor to the Archbishop of St. Louis.
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Washington
Rome
Mer
Henry Moeller
Cincinnati
J. J. Glennon
St. Louis
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