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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1905

Page

8

Senator Bate dies after inauguration illness in Washington

Senator William Bate of Tennessee died at 6 30 am after a brief illness following the inauguration day cold. A Confederate veteran and long-time U S senator, he was 79. Funeral services will be held in the Senate chamber at 2 pm with a Nashville burial planned.

Chamber of the Senate Congress Washington William Brimage Bate Tennessee United States Senate Ten Nesses Bate Capitol Roosevelt the Ebbitt Z. T. Sowers Mount Olivet Robert W. Cantrell Bate Mastin Carmack Senator Carmack Ells Gallatin Tenn Sr. Sowers Thomas F. Mastin Grand View Tex Childs Los Angeles Cal van Williams Memphis Capt Blumphrey Bate Shiloh J A. Bate Galatin Tyree California Senator Bate Ashvillle Gorman Sarsow William Supreme Court Diplomatic Corps House of Representatives Army Navy Fairbanks Morgan Proctor Blackburn Alger Daniel Berry Foraker Mallory Spooner Culberson Scott House Brownlow Hale Moon Gutter Houston Gaines Padgett Sims Garrett Patterson Willear Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co Norfolk Fort Moiroe Portsmouth Newport News Alexandria Monroe General Ticket 11Th St Colorado 6Th Pa. Ave OLD Dominion Steamship CO New York Boston 7Th St 14Th St John Callahan W. Pres Callahan Pass

Senator From Washington Died In Office In 1905

The article notes a senator elected in 1834 and re-elected multiple times, entering the Senate in 1887 and serving through a fourth term that was interrupted by death. It also mentions a Confederate Veterans group and the Daughters of the Confederacy meeting at the Ebbitt House in Washington at 10 this morning to plan funeral participation.

United States Senate Washington White Thorne Confederate Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy Ebbitt House

Senator Bate Recounts Saving His Leg At Shiloh

In a Senate lobby chat, Senator Bate recalls the Shiloh battle episode where his servant Jim loaded his pistols and warned surgeons against amputating his leg. He refused to yield, fired a pistol at a surgeon if needed, and eventually saved his leg though it remained crooked with a hole. He continued to limp, using a heavy cane.

Bate Senate Shiloh Jim

Bitter contest for seat in Tennessee Senate race after Bate death

Knoxville reports a bitter three cornered bid for the U S Senate seat to succeed Senator Bate, with Gov James B Frazier ex Gov Robert J Taylor and ex Gov Benton McMillin as front runners. Nashville notes adjournment of the legislature as a mark of respect upon Bate's death and outlines possible successors and political moves.

Washington Post Knoxville Tenn Bate Tennessee United States Senate McMillin James B. Frazier Robert J. Taylor Benton Meck Millin Taylor Senator Bate Senate Benton McMillin United States General Assembly Frank Cheatham Livonac United Confederate Veterans

Praised as an officer Gen Bate praised by Senators

Senator Daniel and several Southern lawmakers lauded Gen. Bate for his Confederate service. They noted his early Civil War role as colonel of the Second Tennessee Infantry, command of batteries at Aquia Creek, participation at Manassas, Shiloh wounds, and ascent to brigadier and major general with a division through the war.

Senate Edward Everett Hale Samuel H. Greene Calvary Baptist Church J. Prettyman Mount Vernon Place M. E Bate Washington Confederate Veterans’ Association Potomac River Aquila Creek Twenty-second Tennessee Tennessee Nashville Southern Railway House Cantrell Congress Arizona New Mexico Agriculture Weather Bureau Signal Service Asm War Department Agricultural Department Lafayette Jackson Lafayette Park White House Old Hickory Evarts Tiie Department of Agriculture William Grimage Bate Castalian Springs Tenn New Orleans Union Louisiana Mexico Scott Lee Lebanon Breckinridge Lane Lynchburg Fredericksburg Brooks Station Aquia Creek Pawnee Live Yankee Freeborn Shiloh Arkansas Beauregard Manassas Hull Run Chickamauga Democratic Executive Committee Tilden and Hendricks Thomas Jefferson Daniel Blackburn Virginia Second Tennessee Infantry Potomac Holmes Army of the Tennessee

Plans for Coming Congress and DR Congress Election

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held an adjourned meeting and committees prepared Continental Hall for the April 17 congress. Three candidates seek president general on April 11 with Mrs George M Sternberg favored by many board members. Mrs Sternberg is a Continental Hall organizer and former vice president general. Mrs Warren Lippitt and Mrs Donald C McLean also run. Mrs Fairbanks is praised for her administration though she declines to back any candidate. Temporary alterations to Continental Hall will allow the congress before completion with window openings boarded up and stairways added. A steam heating plant is recommended over a hot air furnace.

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Hall National Congress of the Daughters Congress Charles W. Fairbanks Society George M. Sternberg Charles Warren Lippitt Donald C. McLean Army National Board of Management of the Daughters Donald ©.McLean New York City Fairbanks Sternberg Daughters of the American Revolution Ashford Richardson & Burgess Company

Mothers Congress Opens Eight Day National Meeting

Delegates from twenty states attend the triennial National Congress of Mothers at the Hotel Raleigh. The program includes education topics, religious home training, Roosevelt's address, and sessions featuring leaders from education religion and reform. A model nursery and a White House reception for delegates are planned, with international day speakers and a closing focus on home and childhood legislation.

Raleigh Shearer Elizabeth N. J William L. Tomlings Chicago Sherman Davis Columbia College Schick Reformed Church National Congress of Mothers Frederic Schoff Philadelphia Schoff United States Stanley Hall Margaret Dye Hillis Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Senator DuBois Idaho Herman H. Birney Marie Shedlock London Congress Eton S. Massey Washington College of Law Dr. Wiley Department of Agriculture Frederic T. DuBois Washington Roosevelt White Houses Mortimer Durand Great Britain Kicks Legation Samuel McCune Lindsay Monday Evening Club C. D. Merwin Vermont Avenue Frederick Schoff Congress of Mothers M. E Mary 8. Lockwood Horatio Taplin Ellen S. Massey Zinkhan Zed H. Copp Harry McLean B. J. Miles C. H. Skinner John Wesley Douglass Girlow J. H. Harris Charles ._ Weiler Frederick D. Power Bettie A. Bailey

Wreck injures crew in Georgia collision near Smarts

In Macon Georgia March 9 a year end collision between a Central Railroad passenger train and a wrecking train at Smarts leaves foreman B F Bray fatally injured and engineer Louis Rebb along with his fireman badly hurt Mail Clerk Hamilton and Baggagemaster Roberts also injured. Dr Ivan Amison of Chicago commits suicide amid life insurance losses. Hoods Sarsaparilla touted as curing scrofula.

Georgia Macon Central Railroad Smarts B. F. Bray Louis Rebb T. M. Hamilton W. C. Roberts

News of the Railroads Boosts and Boardroom Shifts

Robert H. Large named coal freight agent for West Jersey and Seashore as rail traffic flows and earnings rise. numerous railroad executives updated. Edison, Lake Shore, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, and others report appointments, retirements, dividend declarations, and expansion plans amid year trends.

Robert H. Large West Jersey and Seashore Birmingham Lake Shore Michigan Southern E. H. Middleton Durham and Charlotte Frankford Lt. Fisher Cleveland Ohio Taylor Southern Railway Colorado Springs Cola J. R. Anderson Savannah States Comptroller’s Department of the Pennsylvania

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