Richmond chosen for next reunion of Confederate Veterans
At New Orleans the sixteenth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans neared its end with Richmond, Virginia selected by acclamation as the site of the next gathering, Birmingham was the sole rival but withdrew. Officers were re elected and plans included paying pensions to former slaves who followed masters and dedicating a memorial day for Confederate dead. The parade tomorrow is expected to feature over 10,000 marchers and a large children’s formation forming a Confederate flag.
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New Orleans
United Confede
Richmond
Birmingham
Jefferson Davis
Canal
St Charles
Lee Circle
Camp Street
Lee
Les Circle
Itz
Hine
Cabell
Veterans of
Arkansas
S& D
Moss Alice W Parks
Texas
Nis
Confederate Memorial Association
Clement A Evans
Georgia
Historical Committee
South
Confederacy
United States
Department of Virginia
Petersburg
J Jackson
George E Pickett
Buchner
Marcus J Wright
Basil W Duke
John H Regan
Davis
Generi
S DB Lee
Brax
Bragg
Sons of Veterans
Thomas M Owen
Montgomery Aly
Army of Tennissee
L. Bynum Army of
Northern Virginia
Wo Wyman
Louisvelie Trais Wisslaipp
JM Tisdale
Greer Vie Tex
Maning Company Elects Directors in Butte Meeting
At a stockholders meeting in Butte on April 26 the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Oliver Mining Company elected directors Sidney Chase and James Philips Jr of Boston, John Bryan of Butte, Daniel B. Hennessy of New York, and A B Grafius of New York.
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Maning Company
Butte Mont Apri
Boston and
Wontana Consolidated Copper
Oliver Mining Company
Sidney Chase
Boston
James Philips Jr
John Bryan
Butte
Daniel B Henness
New ‘York
A B
Grafius
York
Memorial to the French Cornerstone Laid at St Johns College
Miss Amelia de Pau Fowler laid the cornerstone of a monument to French soldiers and sailors who died for the Revolution. The ceremony at St Johns College, Annapolis, featured remarks by French Ambassador Jusserand and Maryland leaders including ex Gov John Lee Carroll and Oswald Tilghman, noting unprecedented American honoring of pirate soldiers from France and sacrifices by all ages.
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Annapolis
M Jusserand
Amelia de Pau Fowler
Baltimore
Admiral de Grasse
France
St Johns College
Guy
Contempt in Her Plea Maid Tells of Incidents
New York April 26 The Washington Post reports in Newark James B Duke divorce case Vice Chancellor P. received a letter alleging an attempt to influence the court in favor of Mrs Duke The letter claimed Mrs Duke said she still loved her husband and that her relations with Huntoon were only friendly The maid Ne the Sands testified that Huntoon often visited Duke’s residence at 11 West Sixty-seventh Street while Duke was abroad and that Mrs Duke called him Dearest and Sweetheart She described dresses hard to fasten and nights gowns gifted by Huntoon Champagne was sent to the house and Mrs Duke appeared intoxicated on such occasions The witness recounted secret correspondence and parting scenes between Huntoon and Mrs Duke as the European trip approached She said Huntoon would intervene as maid while others left the house and that she sometimes left the couple alone after hours A number of witnesses corroborated Huntoon’s visits to Mrs Duke
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Sreeial
Washington Post
New York
James B Duke
Newark
Duke
Mrs Duke
MS Duke
Luan Y Duke
Maj Frank T Hontoon
Neille Sands
Duke Huntoon
Huntean
West Sixty-erath Street
Mr Duke
Europe
Ino
Wre Duke
Huntoon
Phegit
Mra Duke
Maj Huntoon
Virs
Vrs Duke
Woman Suspect Luttrell In Murder Case at Bristol
Special to The Washington Post Bristol Va April 26 A coroner inquiry probes the murder of Letitia Glover as Luttrell claims innocence and Janie Ramsey is arrested after testifying about Luttrells former relations and a quarrel prior to the fatal night Maggie Norman testifies Luttrell and Letitia quarreled Ramsey had warned of police trouble as authorities plan to resume the investigation.
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Jame Ramsey
Bristol
Woman
Luttrell
Washington Post
Letitia Glover
Sylvester Littrell
Janie Ramsey
Ramsey
Caldwell
Luttrel
Letitia
Glover Maggie Norman Snother
Judge Gregory
Richmond
Roger Gregory
Richmond College Law School
Iis
Richmond Primary election yields new council slate in Virginia
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Virginia April 24 quiet primary votes totalled about three thousand five hundred. Eleven new common council members and two board of aldermen seats selected. Incumbents re elected as presidents of branches. Turpin backed ticket. Peters narrowly re elected in council. New candidate Jamies Cannon named for council presidency. Gilbert defeated amid Republican era dispute. Mills supported lower chamber. Williams faced criticism for health department remarks and led ticket BPI. Donohoe beat Maj E T Christian. New aldermen named Rio Masurier and T H Dillett.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
William M. Turpin
Peters
Jamies
Cannon
Henry Gilbert
Morgan RE Mills
Dy LG G
Willams
Health Department
BPI
Donohoe
Maj E T Christian
Rio Masurier
T H Dllett
Passenger Depot Planned in Alexandria by Southern Railway
Alexandria reports Southern Railway negotiating to buy Washington Southern tracks on Henry Street and consider a passenger station within city limits. Also notes paving Lee Street with vitrified brick, plus multiple brief local items including a pawned revolver find, liquor license rulings, police inquiry, a fatal derailment, a store fire, and other news briefs.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Southern Railway Company
Washington-Southern
Henry Letreet
Union
Sagné
Fawfex County
L Imits
Lee Street
King and
Prince Streets
Conflicting Laws Spur Mandamus On Prince George Liquor Licenses
In Marlboro April 26 a mandamus suit is filed in Circut Court to compel Clerk B D Stephen to issue liquor licenses. The case tests which of two late session laws prevails: Chapter 245 creating a liquor license board or Chapter 298 mandating clerk issuance. Several dealers join the action. hearing set for tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Marlboro
Prince George County
Board of Liquor License Commissioners
Three Killed on Track in Railroad Tragedy
In Bluefield West Virginia on April 26 Mr and Mrs Mark Wilson and Edgar Smith were struck and killed while walking on the Norfolk and Western Railway tracks. The trio stepped from one line to another to dodge an approaching train and were hit by a freight train traveling in the opposite direction.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
W Va
Mark Wilson
Edgar Smith
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Firemen Cut Through Doors to Reach Chinatown Gambling Den
Firemen forced entry through two four inch doors to reach a Chinese gambling joint beneath densely packed tenements at 15 and 17 Doyers Street. A small blaze in the ceiling of the chop suey cafe on ground floor led to discovery of opium smoking occupants and a cache of gambling tables. Damage described as slight despite heavy entry effort by three engines and ladder wagons as officers reported the scene near Chinatown.
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Washington Post
New York
Doyers Street
No 15
Coll Doyers Street
Chinatown
Wing Kee’s
Hope Naasion School
Morning Star Mission
New York Mission Rescue Bank
Fighting appropriation fight in Jamestown contest
Boston Senator Cox pressed an order asking the governor to confirm that if the appropriation passes the Massachusetts colored men will not be discriminated against in Virginia. The measure, tied to the Jamestown Exposition, faces a Friday vote after a near tie of 17 to 18. In Danvers Gaithersburg, Md. Ernest Calvin Boswell and Mary Alice Farrall wed with Rev. Henry C. Hrolth officiating.
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Boston
Jamestown
Massachusetts
Senate
Washington Post
Cox
Virginia
Friends of the Colored Men
Gaithersburg
Ernest Calvin Boswell
Ashton
Mary Alice Fasrall
Alford F Farrall
Sandy
Virginia Weddings and Local Marriages Across States
Virginia weddings and social events dominate this period page with multiple ceremonies across cities. Notable unions include Miss Eva Coréelia Will in Charlotte. Miss Mary Strayer of Shepherdstown wedding in Harpers Ferry. Miss Clarence Garett and Richard Nelson wed in Newport News. Miss Mary A Lewis at Gore in Frederick County. Miss Elizabeth Lewis and Mayor Samuel Buxton’s son wed in Newport News. Miss Bessie Wade and Mark Slasson in Christiansburg. The notices highlight church ceremonies, officiants, and local engagement details.
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Newport News
St Pauls Episcopal Church
Clarence Garett
Richard M Nelson
Sykes
Winchester
F Kerns
Frederick County
Misa
Mary ‘A. Lewis
Katharine Lewis
Gore
William Pearson
Samuel & Buxton
Pilz
Abeth Lewis Simmock
Sherwood
Gloucester County
Frank Lee
Abingdon Episcopal Church
Christiansburg
Bessie = Wade
H D Wade
Mark Slasson
Blacksburg
Wane
Stonewall Jacksons
Virginia Obituary Notices From Caroline and Stafford Counties
Mrs R H Eager of Caroline County died Wednesday at her Bowling Green home. She is survived by her husband. Mrs Albert Wine of Stafford County near Roseville died Wednesday night after a brief illness at age seventy five. She is survived by her husband and several children.
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Fredericksburg
R H Eager
Caroline County
Bowling Green
Mirs Albert Wine
Stafford County
Roseville
Washington Woman Loses Finck Will Case
A Washington woman loses the Finck will dispute after a three day trial in Norfolk Virginia. The jury finds the 1883 instrument is the true will of Mrs Catherine Finck and excludes a Washington DC dated will urged by Pauline Heinz and her son. Handwriting expert I B Hay testified that the 1883 signature matches Mrs Finck while the 1830s dated document does not.
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Bacelal
Washington
Norfolk
Finck
Worfall
Catherine Finck
Henry Finck
Pauline Hemnz
Winck
Washington DC
Heinz
I. B Hay
Apitezo Endorsement Promises Energy Boosts
A promotional note extols a friend’s radiant smile and boundless energy, linking vitality to eating Apitezo. The message urges readers to gain energy by choosing the product.
Apitezo Biscuit Promises Nourished Energy Boost
An ad claims Apitezo biscuits deliver vegetable iron to the blood and build red matter for a thoroughly nourished body. One biscuit constitutes a meal with milk or cream, recommended for breakfast or luncheon for a month, available at grocers everywhere.
Maryland Obituary Chronicle of Gaithersburg Area Deaths
Rockville mourns Boward L Heim age 61 dies of heart failure at home. Laurel reports William H Cole merchant of Garage Howard County found dead in bed after illness. Cumberland notes John Mc Cabe former Baltimore Onion trackman killed by tram near Oakland, struck on westbound track while unaware of eastbound tram.
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Rockville
Boward L. Heim
Gaithersburg
Laurel
William H Cole
Howard County
Saiege
Tratk
Oakland
Washington
Cumberland
John McCabe
Baltimore and Onion
Oak
Street Car Jumps Track on Emory Grove Line
A Baltimore street car on the Emory Grove line ran away on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fulton Street at 8:45 this morning. The rear trucks left the track at Putton and Pennsylvania and struck a telegraph pole. Ten passengers were aboard, eight injured. Nathan Johnson, 26, of George Street, was the most seriously hurt, pinned between seats, carried to Maryland General Hospital in a coma, with a crushed head and slim chance of recovery.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Emory Grove
Browns Bill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fulton Avenue
Putton
Pennsylvania
Nathan Johnson
George Street
Maryland
Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Get Rich Quick Scheme
Baltimore April 2 Norman Parker and WD Elliott faced charges of using mails to defraud. Parker pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year in jail by Judge Morris in U S District Court. The men ran B L Parker & Co in Baltimore and were arrested in Philadelphia.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Roward Parker
WD Elliott
Morris
United States District Court
Parker
Elliott
B. L. Parker & Go
Philadelpha J
Speedl Fone Wasaingion Ros
Hivening Herald
Bounday Herald
Forest Fires Rage on North Mountain and South Mountain
Destructive fires sweep North Mountain near Big Pool burning hundreds of acres of timber over two days. Fifty workers saved the Hagerstown stave mine as flames threaten nearby timbered lands. South Mountain fires at the State reservation between Mont Alto and Graeffenburg burn toward Caledonia near Pondtown as Forestry Academy students join officials in the fight.
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Washingtons
Hagerstown
North Mountain
Big Pool
Hagerstownerage Company
South Mountain
Mont Alto
Graeffenburg
Pondtown
Caledonia
Forestry Academy
Despondent salesman ends life at Baltimore home
Alexander W Edelen a 54 year old vent ventilating apparatus salesman, in a nervous condition for weeks, shot himself in his East Lanvale street home this morning. His wife died three years ago and he had resided with his parents and sisters. He had previously threatened self harm and once turned on gas in his room.
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Thomas Greene
Detwald
Lonacaning
Old Hampshire
Franklin
Baltimore
Alexander W Edelen
East
Lanvale Street
Edelen
Virgina
Tme
Masses Camnelita
Mary Exde
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United Confederates
James B. Duke
the Sands
Wichita Hans
Bone
Kansas
Chicago
Frank Atterbury
Atterbury
Kennington
London
England
Countess of Suffolk
Daisy Leiter
Sunday Post
Professional Men OF
Paul W. Evans
D. D
Southern Railway
Washington Southern
Alexandra
Laquor
Barley
Corporation Court of
J J Kelly
M. Garvey
R Gilmore
Fehice
Board of Police Commissioners
Patt
Washington Fort Hagerstown
Charlea J .Tohnson
Baltimore and Ohio
Sandy Hook
Charlottesville
James T. Madison
Chatham
Southern
Blue Ridge Summit
Spencer
John P Wingate
Bilis Davis
Pomona
Winfate
Ringten Rest
Charles Sellers
Quemahoning Junction
Onio
Terra Alta
Drugelsts
Prince George
Prat
Webatera International
Kimball
Kinball Plang
Regwar
Kimball Co
Kimbed
Pasai Webster
Kimball Piano
Sac
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Washington, D
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T. P. Culley
The
E. C. Boswell
M. A. Fasrall
Virginia Weddings
Charlotte
Amerian Cotton Manufacturing Association
Eva
Coréelia
Sheppard
George Sterling Wray
Asheville
Grave Avenue
Kenilworth Inn
Mrudaick
Lathan Capi
Cola Dube Ane
William Asaby Prosser
Fulton Baptist Church
Davia Hepbure
T. Reynolds
M S. Strayer
Harpers Ferry
Henry Reynolds
Shepherdstown
Mary 8 Strayer
Ees Eat
Day Reberts
Wil
Mrs
Pauline Heinz
Ebaltimore
Baltamare Berala
Forestigg
W. Edelen
Deal
Pocahontas Coal Field
Waa
Pocahontas Coal
Pocahontas Consolidated Company
Pocahontas Collerkes Company
Pocahontas
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