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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
6
Captain Araham Dee died suddenly at his Selma residence on Tuesday after angina pectoris attacks. He edited the Selma Journal and was widely known. he would have turned sixty on July 11. A Confederate veteran, he bore bullet scars as proof of his valor. The town mourns a prominent figure and state-wide figure.
At Springs Arkansas the Southern Baptist convention witnessed Charles S Morris a young African missionary to the Kiueka in Africa deliver a stirring appeal. Hundreds donated money to support mission work after his eloquent plea directing funds to African outreach. Delegates chose New Orleans as next meeting site with dates set for May.
After a five day discussion the senate approved the naval appropriation bill. The secretary of the navy may buy armor at 15 per ton or up to 545 per ton if necessary for Maine Ohio and Missouri, and build an armor factory with costs to 4 million, half immediately available. The committee’s plan won 81 to 29. Also authorized five Holland torpedo boats at up to 170 600 each. Nelson of Minnesota urged the free homes bill, passed without debate. The house sent the deficiency appropriation bill totaling 3 839 021 with minimal changes.
In Dyersburg Tennessee on Monday L D McAllister a wealthy Heloise citizen shot and killed his wife. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill his brother in law he turned the revolver on himself and died.
London reports say General Roberts captured Kroonstadt on May 12 with little opposition. The occupation effectively puts most of the Orange Free State under British control as Boers retreat to homes and Lindley. War chiefs predict the end of the war with demoralized Boer forces and swift British progress.
Alexander Whitney, a prominent Augusta social figure, was shot by William Willis, an African American, with Lieutenant Pinckney Steiner wounded in the hand while trying to intervene. Willis was moved toward Savannah Atlanta but a mob abducted him near Groveton. reports say he was lynched or held by the mob awaiting identification.
News from the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke company reports a mine explosion at Tome Creek Virginia killing six workers. Details are scarce due to isolation. ten days earlier two men suffocated in the same mines.
The United Confederate Veterans announce from New Orleans that Mrs. Margaret Jefferson Davis Hayes, Jefferson Davis’s surviving child, will sponsor the Louisville reunion. General Gordon also names Miss Varina Howell Davis Hayes, Jefferson Davis’s granddaughter, as sponsor for the south and Miss Mary Watts Woods of Charlottesville as chief maid of honor for the south.
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