Lee Thrills Veterans at Richmond Confederate Reunion
The Richmond Confederate reunion drew 12 000 to 15 000 visiting veterans and 50 000 to 60 000 sightseers despite rain and cool weather. Gen Lee introduced Senator John W Daniel who praised Confederate valor and noted Yankee courage. Mrs Hayes, Jefferson Davis’s granddaughter, received cheers. Col Lee Jr defended the South, arguing Northern traders helped end slavery. A future meeting place, likely Nashville, was to be announced. trains paused Monday for Jefferson Davis birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Camp Hall
Committee On Credentials
Lee
J William Jones
Gen. Stone
Missouri
Edna Pearl Jewell
Kansas City
Dr. Jones
Daniel
John W Daniel
Confederacy
Gen Lee
Davis
Hayes
Gen Iich
Fierlid
Confederate Veterans
Robert E Lee Jr
Col Lee
South
New England
Congress
United States
Dent
W . Cabell
Texas
Cabell
Nashville
Tenn
Cat ‘Bob’ Lee
Judge Richard B Chew Dead at Ellerslie Home
Former Seventh Judicial Circuit associate judge Richard Berry Chew died at his home Ellerslie in Upper Marlboro Maryland He was born May 14 1828 in Nottingham Prince George County He served in the Maryland legislature early in life and was appointed to the bench February 20 1881 though he served only briefly He practiced law across the southern counties and is survived by four children Mrs Erantfinger Miss A M Chew Philp W Chew and Richard Berry Chew Also Rockville Maryland reports a marriage license issued to William Elmer Robbins aged 21 and Jessie Garfield aged 23 both of Tahoma Park for a ceremony in the county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M .B. Chew
Philp W. Chew
Richard Berry Chew
Rockville
Washington Post
William Elmer Robbins
Jessie Garfield
Tahoma Park
Maryland University celebrates centennial with Dr Hall speech
Dr G Stanley Hall led the Maryland University centennial celebration noting concern over rising celibacy and declining birthrates among whites. He urged support for wedlock and maternity, cited breastfeeding benefits, and warned of future social and biological risks. Honorary degrees were awarded to several notable figures including Rev Dr Francis Patton and Dr Charles P Noble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Francis Patton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Masa
Simon Fletnher
Philadelphia
William T Cousselman
Boston
Walter Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Murder Charge Arrest Shocks Salisbury Community
G M Patterson of Mooresville Iredell County was arrested on a murder charge alleged to have occurred near Chester in 1898. Police in South Carolina advised the arrest. Patterson is held by Iredell authorities for investigation. The case has stirred local sentiment as Patterson, a well known resident, claims innocence. Nancy Klutz, 95, oldest Rowan County woman, died at her Salisbury area home after a paralytic stroke, leaving four children.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
MN. C
G. M. Patterson
Mooresville
Iredell County
Chester
South Carols
Patterson
Iredell
South Carolina
Nancy Klutz
Rowan
North Carolina
Nome
Sine
Virginia primary rules set for June 19 white Democratic voters only
The Democratic Congressional committee of the Eighth Virginia district released a circular detailing who may participate in the June 19 Democratic primary. Requirements include being a white Democrat, proper registration, and proof of tax payments or transfers. The document also outlines voting procedures and a list of officials elected at a local Alexandria kindergarten meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Congressional Committee
Virginia
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Eighth District
George 8. Shackelford
Thomas H. Lion
POUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE AT ABINGDON
Special to The Washington Fest from Abingdon Virginia May 31 a jury found Noah Fulton guilty of murder in the first degree in the case Commonwealth against Fulton charged with shooting King John Johnson near Abingdon on April 20th. Johnson died an hour after being shot Fulton is twenty and Johnson twenty two a quarrel in West Virginia and Johnsons accusation that Fulton was a coward led to the fatal encounter. The court did not impose a death sentence as a motion for a new trial was announced by Fultons counsel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan C. Yochum
Courgieterda
Assaustins
John H. Bellamy
North Patrick Street
Bellamy
Mr. Yochum
Iiaray
Yochum
Effie
Jim
Ers
Nim
Anne County
Aton
Vadhum
Washington
Norfolk
Abingdon
Noah Fulton
King John Johnson
Fulton
Johnson
Momber
West Virginia
Wagner Arrest After Maryland Car Crash Involving Catonsville Boys
Baltimore May 31. Howard G. Wagner of Washington, D C, drove an automobile that struck a carriage carrying six Catonsville youths. Arthur Foard Vimery Peddicord and Frederick F Wynn were among the injured. Wagner was arrested and freed on 600 bail to appear June 2. Wagner claims moderate speed and darkness caused the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Howard G. Wagner
Washington, D. C
Catonsville
Frederick and
Mewburg Avenues
Arthur
Foard
Charles
Vimery Peddicord
H. EB. Peddicord
Frederick F. Wynn
Washington
The
Southern Railway
Wagner
Veteran Bruce Dies at 107 in Richmond Almshouse
Robert Ambier Bruce, aged 107, died today in Richmond at the city almshouse. Born in West Overhall, Accomac County, Virginia, he was son of Wallace Bruce. His wife Perita Argentine hailed from Chiapas Mexico. A veteran of many wars, he claimed to have met Napoleon Bonaparte in 1817 and that Napoleon gave him a cross of honor at St. Helena. He traveled widely, met numerous celebrities, and said he was a Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Ambier Bruce
West Overhall
Accomac County
Wallace Bruce
Virginia
Perita Argentine
Chiapas
Mexico
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
St. Helena
Barringer Accepts Virginia Tech Presidency
Dr Paul Brandon Barringer accepted the presidency of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Charlottesville stating his move aims to serve public needs amid a rising industrial uplift in Virginia. He cited better opportunities for public service and personal readiness for the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Charlottesville
Paul Brandon Barringer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Barringer
Virginia
Eskimo Arrested in Jamestown Exposition Break in
Zachariah Zad an Eskimo was arraigned in a Pine Beach magistrate's court on charges of breaking into the room of Misa May Floyd a waitress at the Swiss village at the Jamestown Exposition with intent to commit assault. He was bound over to the grand jury for indictment.
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Peter Kitts
Dean & Breen
Fairfax and
Princess Streets
Kitts
Washington Post
Norfolk
Zachariah Zad
Pine Beach
Misa May Floyd
Miss Floyd
Zach
Time-Table Changes On Baltimore and Ohio Rail Lines
The spring time table on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad takes effect tomorrow. Train No 55 the daylight train to Pittsburg Cincinnati and Chicago departs Washington at 6 10 a m daily with better connections to Fre districts trains. Train No 59 local to valley division points leaves at 8 20 a m and runs through to Frederick. No changes to Royal Blue Line past bound trains to Philadelphia and New York except the 2 57 p m train which now leaves five minutes earlier. Every hour service to Baltimore remains unchanged and the 8 30 a m local train runs daily instead of daily except Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
Fiageratown
Frederick
Valley Division
Washington Junction
Valley of Virginia
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Want Garrisons Continued In West Despite Protests
Telegrams and letters from Minnesota and Montana protest reduction of military garrisons. Senators and Representatives oppose withdrawal of artillery from Fort Snelling and forts Assiniboine and Keogh. War Department says moves indispensable for gradual relinquishment of small posts and creation of brigade posts and regimental Coast Field Artillery reorganizations.
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Washington
Taft
West
Minnesota
Montana
Artilery
Fort Snelling
Minn
Assiniboine
Keogh
Mont
War Department
Navy Officers Meet to Weed Out for Personnel Act
Admiral Evans to preside at the Navy Department meeting of senior naval officers tasked with trimming through the personnel act. Twenty two vacancies must be created this year, with five captains four commanders four lieutenant commanders and two lieutenants to be relieved from active service before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Evans
Navy Department
Naval Personnel Act
Lucky Bag Published by Naval Academy Midshipmen
The Washington Post notes the fourteenth Lucky Bag issue issued by the Naval Academy midshipmen. Dedicated to Prof. William Woodbury Hendrickson, it features national artist illustrations by Christy Barratt and Quines and includes a memorial to James R. Brandt, whose death amid a hazing incident spurred reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Midshipmen
Naval Academy
William Woodbury Hendrckson
U. N
Howard Chandler Christy
George W. Barratt
Cupid
Clyde Quines
James R. Brandt
Meriwether
Army Leave and Transfer Orders Across Coast Artillery and Infantry
Military notices list leaves of absence for First Lieutenants Cordwell Geary Bugze Kilburn Hunt Ho Terrell Guthrie Bennett and others, transfers within Engineers, duties at Jamestown Exposition, and examinations and promotions. Also includes naval officers with home and sick leave statuses, transfers to naval hospitals, and multiple assistant surgeon assignments and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C Cordwell
Coast Artillery Corps
John T Geary
Jens Bugze
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Dana W Kilburn
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Cra B Hunt
Eighteenth Infantry
Edward HO Morris
Lisut
George Ho ‘Terrell
Hermann Schumm
Charles A Bennett
Wiliam GL Guthrie
Ernest Graves
Corps of Engineers
Engineers
Russell ©. Langdon
Third Infantry
Norfolk
Frederick F. Russell
Washington Barracks
John E. Greer
Ordnance Department
Fort du Pont
Fort Delaware
Del
Fort Mott
Clarence G. Nettles
District of Columbia
John ©. Steger
Fort Monroe
Richmond P Davis
Schoul
Joseph B. Girard
San Antonio
Tex
William W .Gray
Department of the Gulf
James A Shipton
Coast Artillery
Lynn
Fort Howard
William K. Moore
Signal Corps
David Beck
Coast Artillery, Corp
Walter G. Penfield
Fourteenth Infantry
Charles M. Wesson
Eighth Cavalry
W. Platt
Guy B. Carleton
D. W. Coffman
F. Beatty
Albany
BE. A. Brooks
D. A Weaver
C. F. Cooper
Naval Hospital
New York
N. Y
E H H. Marsteller
W. Fremgen
Maitfa
W. F. C'€onnel
Chicago
J. Stokes
Chisago
R. Morgan
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
Department of Construction and Repair of
E. F. Greene
E. EB. Streges
W. D. Owens
C. T. Grégoon
Enelen
W. H H. Lasaing
C. K. Winn
Villalotos
T. W. Raison
West V
W. B. Smith
Helena
Great bargains in second hand carriages and car sales
Storage and sale of diplomats and Senators lots of equipment. Widely described carriages include grand two horse extension front, family six seat, glass top, 1 horse coupe, Rockaways, station wagons, broughams, golf trap for two, morning wagon, phaetons, trolleys, carts, harness and saddles. Also a touring automobile for five with top in daily use. Willard Storage Office Speedway Stables 400 to 410 14th St NW.
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Washington
McClellan Army Aad
Victoria
Brewster
Phaeton
Willard
Speedway
Probey Carriage Co
T. E Rusk
Barcroft
Alexandria
Fairview Farm
Lewinaville
Van
MITRE
Joseph Hush
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LEE Thrills Veterans
Jefferson Davis
Robert E Lee
Wilmington
N. Oc
W .N. Rovall
Atlantic Coast Line
Richard B. Chew
Maryland
Dr. Hall
Maryland University
G. Stanley Hall
Galton
France
Europe
Alexandria Free Kindergarten Association
Lea Camp Hall
Prince Street
E. R. Stabler
Worth Halfish
R. S. Jones
E. C. McKnight
John Headbeater
M. W. O'Brien
L. E. Abler
Charles T. Lindgay
Joseph R. Bevier
Mary Carlin
Fannie M. Burke
Anna M. Roberts
Constance Boush
James
F. Muir
R. W M. Greene
Frank L. Slaymater
Andrews
Seminary Hill
Jessie Holman
Mr. Mneight
Pree Neighborhood House
0. Carter
Emma Carter
Christian Kemper
Samuel House
Burkittsville
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Knoxville
Cousix
Judge Crump
Beverly T. Crump
State Corporation Commission
Bageratown
Benjamin F Winger
Lynders
Grand Army
Raleigh
N. C
Glenh
Alonzo P Marsh
Union County
Bright's Court
Marsh
Carrell County
Frederick Ps
Groff House
Istern Conducted & Restaurant
Naval Gun Factory
Randle Highlands
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Fredericksburg
Gay
B. Dodd
Statord County
Bi Wale
Virginia Weddings
Leesburg
Henry 5. Athey
W. W. Athey
Sarah Putnam
Newark
N. J
Athey
Baltiore
Alexandria Alumni ‘Association of the
University of Virginia
Iman
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
Vir‘gina
Thin Ely
Willex
Jules Provost
Students’ Missionary Society
Esays
R. A. Gibson
Board of Treatees
E L. Goodwin
Fairfax County
Corporation Court
Alexandria Library
Margaret Ann Strader
Hev
S. A. Walls
D. D
Epiacopal Theological Seminary of
Bethel Cemetery
Levi Welch
Lizzie Welch
Wash. Jackson
King and
Peyton Streets
Welch
City Democratic Committee
Fleischmann
Carter
Pound
Nigiwe Bay
H. G. Wagner
Catonsville, Md
Polytechnic Institute
Jamestown Grounds
Castoria
Will
NAVY
Midshipmen’s Annual
ARMY
the Phoenix
Jackson
Ste
Loreens
Dar Lith
Hfarvard
Taylor
Mitton
Fur
the Cumberland
Kirby Nw
Mass
Ston
Phoenix
McLean
Werner Hw
Ontario
Cambridge
Corcoran
Eskiy Bulletin
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Schmid
Tif 12Th St
Lee‘s
Sth
Canaries
Burton & Son
Baun
North 13
Ath & U Apao Tl
G. Nolte
Robert Smart
Smart Wes
Georgetown University
Army Medical School
Worden
North River
Wolverine
Erie
Sterling
Irie
Chefoo
Sylph
Nanshan
Cavite
Yankton
Oyater Bay
Princeton
San Diego
St. Louis
Santa Lucia
Puget Bound
Elcano
Olongapo
Hongkong
Rainbow
Dubuque
Guantanamo Bay
Fuerte Cortez
Pagoda Anchorage
Amoy
Noa
Newport
Annapolis
Pompey
Guam
Concord
Niagpo
Shanghai
Cortelyou
Canton
Ohio
Westfield
Maas
State Normal School
Tien Tae Rer
Jamestown
Exposition Department
Post Building
Mane
Lincoln Park
Wright & Hopkins
F St
Riverdale Park
Riverdale Park Company
Claude Warren
Riverdale
Seventeenth Street
Farragut Square
Joseph 1
Weller
13Th ST &E
Rooma
Bath
Morton St
Sherman
Kenyon
Worthington
T ST
Joseph R Atkinson
Atkinson & Billar Company
Zantzinger
G St
Lamont St
Mount Pleasant
Ralph W. Lee
Y Ave
John Quinn
Este Sw
Gadultey
Northwest
Picasa
GC Cartor
AK Anderson
Treasury
13Th St
All Conventem
Stewart
Helf Bock
Municipel
Irving St
Bet Bightwood Ave
Tait, Omwake & CO
Colorado
Cathedral Highlands
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Cleveland Park
Friendship
John R McLean
William F Matteson
Park Road
16Th St
Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate Company
Wisconsin Ave
Wilson
City
Atington
Destrader
James Martin
Sour Capitol
Greencastle
Adarees
Last Chance
Eas
Berwyn
Greater Washington Realty Corps
T. J. Giles
Tennallytown
D. C
Hollywood
Edward Daniels
Ste. Aw
Great Falls and
Old Dominion Electric Railroad
Lewinsille
Jackson St
Brightwood Axe
Dailey & Hill
Muncey
Sabr
Connecticut
City Post Office
Braden
Gare
Campbell
Cazah
Vguirs
Gardin
Meloty
Marcy Dwaeres
Emfort Latzs
Medern
Blue Reisen
Pura Mountain
John D. Normoyle
Alexandria Rational Bank
Oral Bank
J Darling
28Th St
Folk
Ucan OY
DiamosGs
Horning
Nor
Beast Corver
N. W
Inter
Secu Frank Trawlings CO
PA. Ave
Artington Five Insurances Company
Harrison Realty Company
Columbia
J. H. Bradley Company, Inc
Itis
Building Association
L. C. A. Baker
Metzeratt Bldg
F. H Smith CO
Bord Bldg
Privilesce Wien
Retler & Rutherford {Incorporated
Nee Estate Deter
SocLinis Cba CO
Causibia
Geo
Bare Saunders & CO
Burnstinis Loan Office
Ies
Pennsilvania Ave
Dala
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