States Rights Threshed Out in Neale Address to Virginia Veterans
A review profile of Wal ly Neale's oration on states rights and sovereignty delivered to Confederate veterans. The commentary praises his courage and research while critiquing his abrasive tone. It notes his attack on the income tax amendment and his vigorous defense of Southern constitutional views, with detailed excerpts and figures from the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Neale
County
New York
Washington
Walter Neale
Mr. Neale
Nese
John Marshall
United States
Benedict Arnold
New England
Judas Iscariot
Neale
Sherman
Grant
Alexander Hamilton
John Marshal
Logical Popular Appointment Prompts State Satisfaction
Governor Mann names ex Governor Swanson to fill the late United States Senator Daniel’s unexpired term. The Petersburg Progress notes Swanson is the logical successor and the most popular Democrat connected with the senatorship. The choice pleases the state and reflects broad support.
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Mann
Swanson
United States
Daniel
Petersburg
Negroes Battle With the Sheriff Near Pelham
A Pelham report says two Negroes were killed and three fatally wounded after a night battle with Sheriff Shockley and a posse near Pelham Georgia. The house was riddled with bullets after the outlaws fired on the officers, and four others were unharmed.
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Savannah
Pelham
Shockley
Hedis
Crapa
Cholera spreads over Russia prompts quarantine action
Cholera deaths rise in Southern Russia as authorities move to stamp out the outbreak. Foreign nations threaten to block Russian exports if action lags. Quarantine measures to be established, despite resistance from Donets miners fleeing the region. Reinforcements sent to district garrisons as authorities tighten control.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Donets River
Not to Disturb the Lee Statue in the Capitol
Opinion by Attorney General Wickersham finds no law to move Gen Robert E Lee from Statuary Hall in the Capitol, drawing mixed reactions from Union veterans and Confederate groups. Virginia officials, Davis statue advocates, and local veterans express cautious relief and renewed calls for policy clarity amid Senate and White House positions.
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Washington, RD. C
Wickersham
Ral
R. E. Lee
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Grand Arm
Taft
Warrel
Wil
Congress
Lee
Colon
Juting G
Menore
United Confederate Veteran Camp
Sof
Robert FF. Lee
Virginia
Lynchburg Man Commits Death by Own Action
Washington D C Special Howard Glenmore Rocke forty four a member of a prominent Lynchburg Virginia family committed death by his own action by using gas and laudanum at the Hartford Hotel corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Four and a Half Street Sunday morning. His body found Monday afternoon after hotel proprietor forced open the door. Coroner says he had been dead twenty four hours. He lay on a bed with a gas tube end in his mouth and an emptied laudanum bottle nearby, the room sealed and doors locked. Rocke had brought the gas tube himself and consumed six ounces of laudanum before inhaling the gas. He was a frequent visitor to the city.
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Washington, D. C
Howard Glenmore Rocke
Lynchburg
Hartford Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rocke
Potomac Flats
Potomac River
A. J. Desner
Monroe Street
Baltimore
Desner
New Commuters Train Inaugurated Today
The new commuters train, promised by President Finley of the Southern Railway, begins service today from Richmond at 3 PM, reaches Mosey at 3:55 PM, then returns to Richmond by 6:05 PM. Residents beyond Mosey’s Junction protest any loss of access and schemes to accommodate them have been proposed.
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Finley
Southern Railway
Chamber of Commerce and Businessmen of
Richmond
Mosely
Pierce
Southern
Mosely’s Junction
May Release Ethel Le Neve
London reports say Ethel Le Neve may be released from Canadian proceedings and deported to Quebec on Crippen related charges. Scotland Yard officials would not confirm. Government hopes her testimony aids in Crippen’s case while her return could affect standing and jury perception.
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London
Clare le Neve
HH. H. Crippen
Canada
Scotland Yard
Quebec
Crippen
Home Secretary
Dew
Herbera
Man Found Dead Hanged On Potomac Flats Near Bridge
A man identified as William J. Thorpe of Manassas Va. was found hung from a tree on Potomac flats near the railroad bridge after a spree in Washington. Thorpe, about 30, formerly at the National Soldiers' Home and St Elizabeth's Hospital, confessed to receiving $27, was robbed of his outer clothing, and had been jailed after a disorderly conduct arrest.
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C. A. Massie
The
Prisoners’ Aid Society
William J. Thorpe
Manassas
Massie
Thorpe
National Soldiers’ Home
Government Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St. Elizabeth's
Manassas Agent Reports Death of Thorn Thorpe
An associate refused money but accepted clothes and said the man could reach Alexandria, Virginia, via friends who would help him. Massie last saw Thorn before the body was found in the morgue. Officials estimate Thorpe died over forty eight hours earlier. Friends in Manassas have been notified of the death by his own actions.
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Alexandria
Massie
Thorn
Thorpe
Manassas
Was to Marry a Virginia Girl Was to Marry a Virginia Girl
Pittsburg police revealed an anonymous letter prompted a double tragedy. Dr George Murray Stewart killed by Edna Wallace, a half world woman, and she died by suicide. The letter claimed the doctor planned to wed Miss Alice Pauline Simpson of Laws Virginia. The wedding suit torn at the scene dated August 10. The home at 65604 Pennsylvania Avenue showed wedding arrangements for a ceremony at Rockland Virginia Methodist Church. Stewart's body to be shipped to White Post Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Pittsrg
George Murray Stewart
Edna Wallace
Alice Pauline Simpson
Laws
Bertha Newland
Miss Simpson
Virginia
Stewart
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rockland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank Stewart
Winchester
White Post
Lawful stop ends in unclear road justice in Henrico
John Armstrong Chaloner’s doctrine, urging drivers to act as law enforcers when others refuse to stop on request, gains traction in Henrico and Hanover. In Laburnum, St George Bryan involved in a near confrontation when Hanover farmer T Tignor waved a warning and drew a pistol as Bryan sped past. County Officer Tiller observed and both men declined action, saying they were satisfied.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
Henrico
Hanover
St. George Bryan
Laburnum
Bryan
Chamberlayne Avenue
T. Tignor
Tiller
Clarence Minnis Seized After Train Car Break-In Attempt
Clarence Minnis, a colored man, who fled last summer with two others after breaking into a Chesapeake and Ohio train car, was arrested last night by city police officers Wilshire and Wrenn and turned over to Detective Mr. 8. Angelo of the Chesapeake and Ohio. Detective Angle confirmed the arrest this morning and Minnis was taken to the county jail. Angle credits his efforts for the capture. The Chesapeake and Ohio cars were involved.
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Clarence Minnis
Chesapeake and Ohio
Omcers Wilshire and
Wrenn
Angelo
Angle
Pollce
Eorta
Beresford Calls for Navy War Staff in London Talk
Lord Charles Beresford told the Cecil Club in London that England cannot be prepared without a war staff and a unified fighting organization from torpedo craft to big guns. He criticized massive Dreadnought spending and was met with enthusiastic reactions and cries of Condor.
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Charles Beresford
England
Cecil Club
London
Fragmentary crime note hints at trial outcomes
A damaged OCR fragment references a long jury involvement, a third man at large, and the role of seized articles in proving guilt. It mentions attempts to fight for a claim, a penitentiary escape, and possession of items linked to a case. The text is unclear but centers on legal proceedings and suspects.
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Lar
Minnis Feex
Brest
Ogle
Crippen Case Advances With Inquest Under Way
Coroner Danford confirms Belle Elmore’s body identity amid Crippen and Ethel Le Neve custody. London authorities plan August 15 inquest resumption as Scotland Yard expands staff and gathers testimony from friends and colleagues, including members of the London Music Hall Artists Guild.
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Belle Elmore
H. H. Crippen
Quebec
Danford
Islington
Crippen
Thomas
Ethel le Neve
England
London
Dew
Montrose
Polce
Garraneing
Froest
Scotland Yard
Wilhemmem
Helle Elmore
London Music Hall Artists’ Guild
Malinda May
Beil Elmore
Mme. Ginnett
America
Paul Martinetti
Eugenes Stratton
George Smythson
John E. Nash
Lil Hawthorne
Uebec
Maile
Ginmett
Robert Mills
Walter Neave
Lothe Neave
Canada
Neave
Ethel Le Neve Cleared In Crippen Case Say Girl Innocent
Quebec report says Ethel Le Neve declares innocence and provides a full story aiding Scotland Yard and English detectives. Inspector Dew says she shields Crippen and remains convinced of his innocence while Crippen shows nervous, restrained behavior amid prison routine and recent visitors.
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Quebec
Ethel le Neve
Belle Elmore
Scotland Yard
England
Inspector Dew
Crippen
Dew
Montrose
Parliament House
Jeffrey Hale Hospital
Chief McCarthy
St. Stuvler
McCarthy’s
London
Senne
Mme
Mme. Ginnett
Belle Crippen
Grand Trunk Railway Trainmen Reach End of Strike
An agreement was announced today between the Grand Trunk Railway and striking trainmen. The employees are expected to return to work within forty eight hours on the Montreal line, ending the labor stoppage.
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Grand Trunk Line
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Lynchburg Releases Fielder Hoffman
Lynchburg Va Special Harry Hoffman, left fielder for the locals until Morrison was secured, has been released. He returns to the Eastern Carolina League. Hoffman is a hard worker but not fast enough for the Virginia League.
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Lynchburg
Harry Hoffman
Morrison
Heller
Hoffman
Motorman Dies From Trolley Crash Injuries
In Newport News Virginia motorman H. B. Riley of Hampton died at Dixie Hospital after a rear end trolley collision near Buckroe Beach at about 10 pm. Several injured passengers are reported to be doing well today.
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Newport News
H. 8. Riley
Hampton
Buckroe Beach
Dixie Hospital
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W Dom We
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Don P. Halsey
Virginia Commission
G. R
Davis
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Attorney Generals
Satrenay
Edgar Rocke
EF Street
Leonard Rocke
Hicks & Co
Roche
Elis
Lynchborg
Thomas F. Ryan
Mauretania
Europe
Dr. Stewart
Belle of Laws
Miss le Neve
Fielder Hoffman
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