Monument to Jefferson Davis Unveiled in Richmond Parade Marks Reunion
In Richmond Virginia a towering shaft to Jefferson Davis was unveiled during the Confederate veterans reunion. Officers and bands led a grand procession along Monument Avenue as descendants of Davis appeared and were recognized. Crowd cheers and calls for speeches were halted by organizers.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Richmond
Maryland
Virginia
Monument Avenue
Dixie Land
South
Hward William Jennings Bryan
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Stephen D. Lee
Bryan
Mr. Davis
J. Davis Hayes
Colorado Springs
Colo
President Davis
Alice Hayes
Jefferson Ayes Davis
William Davis Hayes
Three Die In Newark Fire At Turnverein Hall
A fire at Newark Turn Verein hall in Newark New Jersey killed a man his wife and child. The blaze began just before 2 am Monday and thousands of dollars in damage occurred. Police rescued women and children from eight occupied floors above the hall.
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Newark
Verein Hall
N. J
Fred Bush Freed in Not Guilty Bomb Case
In Atlanta a jury acquitted Fred Bush, find ing him not guilty of sending an infernal bomb to the McCarthy home on May 8. The trial featured a heated, largely lawyer driven defense and limited new evidence from the state. The verdict was welcomed by some spectators but the judge urged decorum in the courtroom.
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Atlanta
Fred Bush
McCarthy
Patrolman
McGill
John Ballinger
Ed McGill
Bush
North Forsyth Street
Ballinger
Doolittle
Katie McCarthy
Mr. Hill
Hill
Goodwin
Rosser
Ryan
Man Die From Balcony Fall Impaled On Fence
B C Peters an employee of Southern Bell fell from a second story porch balcony at Bell hotel Cartersville Georgia. His body was impaled on a picket fence as he dropped to the ground dying an hour later.
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B. C. Peters
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Cartersville
Flooded Rice Lands Drive Refugees to Lake Charles
Flood refugees pour into Lake Charles Louisiana from Cameron Parish as record rains and rising rivers flood outlying districts. Nine families on a special train arrived from the Sulphur Mine district where about ten thousand dollars in damages is reported. No loss of life is recorded.
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Louisiana
Lake Charles
Cameron Parish
Gulf of Mexico
Sulphur
Richmond Confederates Gather for 17th Veteran Reunion
The 17th annual Confederate Veterans reunion opened in Richmond Va with a large turnout the largest since the war. General Stephen O Lee assumed command and addressed the crowd as 125000 to 150000 lined the parade route while 75000 to 80000 watched the equestrian Stuart statue ceremony.
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Richmond
Stith Bolling
Lee
Bolling
J. William Jones
Grand Camp
J. J. Gravatt
Swanson
Virginia
Old Dominion
McCarthy
Burnside
Pope
McClellan
Sheridan
Grant
LB. B. Morgan
Sons of Veterans
Calais
England
J. E. B. Stuart
Cavalry Association
Army of Northern Virginia
Military, &c
Forty Thousand Idle In San Francisco Labor Troubles
Harbour Commissioner Stafford reports about forty thousand men idle in San Francisco due to ongoing labor troubles. The figure reflects the economic impact of disputes and strikes on city employment.
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Stafford
San Francisco
Snow Flurry Over New York Marks Unseasonable Weather
Snow fell in New York on Sunday though not reaching pavements, swirled above skyscrapers, and dissolved leaving a midwinter feel in June. In the Catskills, New Yorkers in summer quarters endured two heavy snow squalls during the day.
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Gotham
New York
Catskills
Greene and Gaynor Lose Appeal in Extradition Case
The United States circuit court of appeals in New Orleans affirms four year prison terms and a combined $575000 fine for Benjamin Greene and John F Gaynor in the long running Greene Gamynor government contract fraud case. The decision addresses extradition issues and limits on statute of limitations with Judge Pardee dissenting on legal grounds. The case began with indictments in Savannah in 1899 and enveloped seven years of appeals ending now.
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Greene and Gaynor
Greene-Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Shelby and McCormick
Pardee
Benjamin Greene
John F. Gaynor
Canada
Privy Council of England
Savannah
Greene
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Woman Poses as Note Rasier Is Sentenced in Baltimore
In Baltimore a 26 year old woman, Miss Bessie L Bond, pled guilty in a United States court to note raising. She a church treasurer, raised a ten dollar bank note to one hundred by cutting ciphers from other notes and passed the bill to the church pastor for the conference fund. The crime was discovered when the pastor tried to deposit the money.
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Baltimore
Bessie L. Bond
Miss Bond
Heavy hail storm devastates Texas farmland and crops
A severe hailstorm hit a district near Liane Friday night tearing down wire fences and killing many cattle sheep hogs and chickens. Trees were stripped of leaves and limbs and ten thousand acres of growing crops were ruined. The hail measured more than a foot deep in the affected area.
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Texas
Liane
Next Reunion in Birmingham Next Reunion in Birmingham See Still at the Helm
The United Confederate Veterans re elected its officers at Richmond with General Stephen D Lee as Commander in Chief and others by acclamation. Birmingham was chosen for the eighteenth annual reunion over San Antonio and Nashville by about 1600 to 600 votes. Resolutions endorse printing speeches and Arlington monuments and support preserving Confederate papers, plus a Confederate hospital endowment at Stonewall Jackson’s Lexington home.
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Grand Camp, United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Ste
Birmingham
San Antonio
Nashville
Alabama
Committee On
S. D. Lee
Juo. M. Daniel
Robert E. Lee, Jr
Arlington Confederate Monument
Arlington National Cemetery
Tenn
Stonewall” Jackson
Lexington
Congress
Lt Like
Wise
Twenty-third
New Jersey Infantry
Salem Church
Pugh
South
L. S. Gore
Northwest Division
ER. K. Goree
Texas
Samuel Pasco
Florida
O. L. Schumpert
South Carolina
Ground broken for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle
Seattle held a holiday celebration as ground was broken for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition to be opened in 1909. A gala pageant and speeches accompanied the start of active work amid trumpet blares and a military procession.
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Seattle
Fnty
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Jeff Davis
Eeat Richmond
Vomon
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Phen D. Lee
Department Army of Northern Virginia
Irvine Walker
Lieutenant General Department of
Tennessee
Clement A. Hy
Mississip
Pi Department
W. L. Cabell
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
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