General Stephen D. Lee Dies at 6 Morning in Vicksburg
Gen Stephen D Lee commander in chief United Confederate Veterans and one of three surviving Confederate lieutenant generals died at 6 this morning at Capt Wm T Rigbys home in Vicksburg after indigestion and cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving lieutenants include Gen Alexander P Stewart and Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner. Public schools dismissed and flags half mast as the South mourns the defeat of a famed Confederate leader.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Stephen PD. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg National Park
Wm. T. Rigby
Lee
Lawler
Wisconsin
J. A. K. Birchett
Gen. Lee
Blewett
Chicago
Confederacy
Alex P. Stewart
Chattanooga
Tenn
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Columbus
Board of Trade
Capt. Rigby
Gen.Lee
Gen. Graham
Stephen Oil Lee
Alexander P. Stewart
Mumfordsville
Revolutionary Stock Figures in Confederate General Stephen Lee
The article outlines General Stephen Lee’s Southern roots tracing to Revolutionary stock and South Carolina blood. It notes his birth in 1832, Charleston schools, West Point admission, and 1854 graduation with peers who later joined Confederate or federal ranks, highlighting his faithfulness to country and effort to rebuild the South after the Civil War.
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Trenton
Omnes
Miseiaalppi
General Lee
South Carolina
Charleston
West Point Academy
J.B. B. Stewart
Curtis Lee
Pender
Pegram
Gracie
Peace Comes to Clarksville Ends Local Boycott
Peace is restored between Clarksville merchants and nearby farmers after a conference led to a mutual agreement. The pact prohibits armed street presence beyond regular police and city appointed officers, limits private guards, and restricts armed bands from leaving town without sheriff command. It also sets rules for civil posse members and required arming only on duty.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Patterson
Cashier Confesses Bank Embezzlement at Fayetteville
Capt J R Feeney cashier of the First National Bank Fayetteville Tenn admits to a National Bank Examiner that he stole 7950 dollars since 1892 with no officer or director knowledge. Directors fire him and place President H K Bryon in charge. Bank remains solvent and business continues.
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Fayetteville, Tenn
First National Bank
National Bank
Capt
Feeney
H. K. Bryron
Permanen
Eishier
Be & Fine
Endorsed Doan's Ointment for Piles Relief
A Columbia Tennessee reader reports long standing piles with itching and sleepless nights improved by Doan's Ointment. He bought it at Adams & Martin's drug store, praises its relief, and endorses Foster Milburn Co as the U S sole agents. Price 60 cents. Remember the name.
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RE. P. Fraser
Garden Street
Columbia
Tenn
Save
Dean
Doan
Adama & Martin's
A Dramatic Hearing Ends in Scathing Jerome Remarks
Elizabethtown Nova Scotia May 27 In a tense session Commissioner Hand heard William T Jerome defend his stewardship of New York County District Attorney's Office The closing arguments blasted Jerome's actions toward the Metropolitan Street Railway case the George W Perkins inquiry and grand jury influence The hearing adjourned with supplemental briefs due June 10 and Pierce criticizing Jerome's conduct throughout Nashville Tennessee June 1 Ben Smith was killed by John Terry at the Nashville Chattanooga & St Louis Railway shops Terry claimed self defense after a confrontation at James Donnelly's home He fired multiple shots killing Smith a 27 year old grocer.
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Pierce
Ben Smith
John Terry
Fense
Elizabethtown
Smewhat
New York County
Willam T. Jerome
Richard T. Hand
Franklin Pierce
Jerome
Metropolitan Street Railway
Seabury
Jeromé
George W. Perkins
Grand Jury
Mr. Pierce
la Follette
BH. R. Thoman
Edward Lauterbach
John M. Davis
Nashville
Holder € Smith
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
James Donnelly
Terry
Smith
Donnelly
Smiths
Carmack Men in High Glee After Debate
In Memphis Tennessee on May 81 the debate aftermath shows Patterson forces jubilant while Carmack allies feel stunned and disheartened. Supporters tore off white ribbons for red ones, signaling shifting loyalties as the crowd appeared more favorable to Carmack than to the governor’s faction.
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Memphis
Tenn
Patterson
Cormack
Carmart
Norhim
Senate
Dixon Lynch Mob Slays Negro. Two Traveling Men Shot
In Hendrson Kentucky a mob of about fifty masked men seized Jake McDowell on a Dixon road and shot him after he was accused of shooting town marshal Smith Childers. J. B. Barry was killed and Paul B. Carter wounded in follow up violence as eight Black suspects are held in Dixon jail.
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Hendreson
Dixon
Jaller Thomas Page
Jake McDowell
McDowell
Smith Childers
Providence
Webster County
J. B. Barry
Louisville
Paul B.carter
Chattanooga
Tenn
River
Barry
Carter
Car runs away down steep hill in Montgomery
Montgomery May 29 A street car on Madison avenue trestle ran beyond the motorman control as it descended a steep hill. More than 100 passengers were aboard from a baseball game and several were injured, some seriously. Eyewitnesses say the motorman of car 36 failed to slow and passengers leaped off as cars collided and people rushed to safety.
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Montgomery
Ala
Madison Avenue
Central Georgia
Cara
Tme
Guidnet
Wim Rom
Peranas
Billion Dollar Appropriations Bill Reported in Senate
In the absence of Senator Allison, Senator Hale outlined the Sixtieth Congress appropriations total at 1 008 804 891 dollars the highest ever. He argued revenues 878 128 011 dollars would cover next year expenditures about 852 117 8M leaving a 26 006 116 dollar surplus after adjusting for prior deferrals and Panama Canal payments with major increases listed for navy army fortifications pensions post office canal public buildings agriculture and militia.
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Washington
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Senator Hale
Hale
Panama Canal
Boat Held Up in Western Style Near Gallipolis
Pirates aboard the Pittshire and Cinem Watt steamer Queen City robed several passengers in a wild west style robbery miles below Dobie Jatt melt. They took several hundred dollars in money and valuables. The heaviest losses were by J Sullivan of New York City and Mr and Mrs Harry A Strauss of Wheeling W Va. The thieves escaped.
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Gallipolis
Queen City
Sullivan
New York City
Harry A. Strauss
Wheeling
W. Va
Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Commission Organizes in Washington
The Cur reier Commission appointed by Vice President Palrbunke and Speaker Cannon under the Aldrich Vreeland bill held its first meeting to organize. Aldrich was named chairman Vreeland vice chairman with 18 members. A six member planning committee was formed Hale Aldrich Teller Burton Padgett Bailey, to draft action plans for a lengthy investigation into currency and banking, with European centers to be studied. The group will meet in New York mid June and present plans for a full commission meeting in New England around July 15.
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Washington
Curreier Commission
Palrbunke
Cannon
Aldrich-Vreelang
Aldrich
Thorouel
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Hale
Teller
Vreeland
Burton
Padgett
Bailey
New York
New England
Regulets Promised Easy Bowel Passages After Heavy Meals
A vintage advisory urges taking a couple of Deans Regulets after heavy meals to aid the stomach liver and bowels. It claims Regulets provide gentle regularity for the digestive tract and daily relief.
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Vicksburg, Miss
the Veterans
Striken
Cobra
Grim Reaper
J. R. Feeney
Fayetteville
R. R. Shops
Carmack
Shelby Capital
MR. Padgett
Currency Reform Commission
Our
Maury National Bank
The
Phoenix National Bank
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