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Senator senatorSlount Stount Voted
Against Measure Sflr Be Believing Belitiving Believing ¬
lieving it Unconstitutional UflCOflStitut1Ofljjy Will WilllJn WilllJndoubtedly Un Undoubtedly tindoubtedly ¬
doubtedly Pass House
HOT DEBATE DEBATWPROPR1ATIONS OVER OVERAPPROPRIATIONS OVERAPPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS APPROPRIATIONSSum
Sum Voted V td from Con ConvictHire Conviet ConvctHIie ¬
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Make Good GoodDeficit GoodDef GOodDeficIt
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SENATOR SAlLY OFFERED RESO RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ¬
LUTION OF INQUIRY REGARD REGARDING
ING SENATqR BROWN RIDING RIDINGON
ON RAILROAD PASSES PASSEsIM PASSEsIMMENSE IM IMMENSE
MENSE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSTRANSACTED BUSINESS BUSINESSTRANSACTED B SINESS SINESSTRANSACTED
TRANSACTED BY HOUSE OF OFREPREENTATIVES OFREPREENT OFREPREENTATIVES
REPREENTATIVES REPREENTATIVESSpecial REPREENT REPREENTATIVESSpecial A TIVES TIVESSpecial
Special to The Journal JournalTallahassee JournalTallahassee JournalTa11ahassee
Tallahassee April 26 26The The East EastCoast EastC EastCoast
Coast C < last extension bill passed thlrreading third thirdreading thirTeading
reading in the senate today as asamended asamended asamended
amended by a vote of 25 to 2 MrBlount Mr MrBlount
Blount voted against the bill blllbellev blllbelleving believ believing ¬
ing it unconstitutional but b t saying sayingThat sayingthat
That were his vote necesSar necessary t to Its Itspassage Itspassage
passage he would vote aye ayeThe ayeThe ye yeThe
The amended bill will wlllundQubtedlY wlllundQubtedlYpass undoubtedly undoubtedlypass
pass the house and become a law lawThe lawThe lawThe
The introduction of the theapproprIa theapproprIaton appropria appropriation ¬
ton bill in the senate t tpday to Q ay y precipi precipitated preclplUtM precipiflied ¬
flied a hot debate In which whlc the th last lastadministration lastdmlnistration lastdmioistration
administration was wa s censured < ens ured for re reducing ret1ucing retIucing ¬
ducing tax ta levy for general revenue revenuepurposes revenue11u
I IiurpoSeS
purposes 11u poses to onehalf onehalfml1l mill Crill and andCrane andCrmc andCrane
Crane defended the administration administrationwhile administrationwhile
while vhIl Humphries and Raney led the theopposition theopposition theopposition
opposition oppositionSenator oppositionScnaor
Senator Adams of the appropriation appropriationcommittee appropriationcommittee approprlaUoncommittee
committee presented = a minority re report reIOrt report ¬
port IOrt authorizing auth rlzlngthetaklng the taMngof tai ingof ot14 3140 3140ooT 140 0 0W
000 W from the th cohvictlilre c victhli fund fUn to tonalte tonake toia1e
nalte good the 140TOpu 140000 deficiency deficl nc in inthe 1nhe Inhe
the he pension fiifld f 1d His eport wasdoprell was wassdopted
adopTed by ba a decisive vote voteSenator voteSenator i iSenator
Senator Bailey introduced a aresolu aresoluHon resolu resolution resoluton ¬
Hon which was unanimously adopted adoptedproviding adopteJproriding adoptedproviding
providing for an investigation of the thecharge thecbarge thecharge
charge that Sen Senator tor Brown rides on onrailroad onrairoa onairoa
railroad rairoa passes passesMr passesMr I IIr
Mr Ir Brown said in explanation that thatlie thatllf thatlie
lie was a land agent of othe the East EastCo3St EastCo3Stnanwar Coast CoastHallway CoastRailway
Hallway and that his contract called calledfor calledfor calledfor
for passesas passes as a part of f his remunera remuneraIn remuneration
Zion
In the House HouseA
A communication from the county countycommissioners count countiommissionersof countyommissiouers
commissioners of Datie county John JoanSewell Johneell JohnSewell
Sewell not participating par clp Ung addressed addr ssed to tothe tothe tothe
the house of representatives protest protestins
ins in against the passage of Senator Senatorbill SenatorCrillss
Crillss Key Vest railroad extension extensionb1 I Ibm
bill was wastead read at the opening of yesterIIa yester yesterdays
days Ia session of the house A pell1 pcti pctitlon
tion in favor of the same bill was re rereived reicd reCEIVCl
reived icd and read from the Miami Board Boardof
of Trade I
A protest against the bilL to protibit pro proilJit prehibit
tibit ilJit the shooting shooUn of ofllve live pigeons was wasreceived I
received from citizens of West Palm PalmBeach PalmBeach PalmEcach
Beach The protest was was based on the theinjury theblur theinjury
injury the measure would woul Wo l do to the theEiooting theE theoOting
Eiooting E ooing clubs of the state stateMr stateIr stateMr
Mr Ir Oven of Franklin FrankllnofIered offered a aresolution aresolItion are3oltion
resolution requiring that the hoqse hoqseshould hoqsefhod houseshod
should be in session from 9 a am m to
1 p m As Mr Ir Kirklands resolution resolutionfix resolutionfung reso1utontlLng i
fix fung ng the same hours had just been beenJoined beenJotlCd been2ioetI
Joined Mr Oven withdrew wlthdrewhls wlthdrewhlsIr his hisMr hisMr
Mr Ir Wells of Hillsboro introduced introduceda
a memorial to congress to Increase Increasepensions IncreasEJ1nsions increaseIsions
pensions to veterans of the Seminole Seminolears
ars from 8 to 12 per month montbThls montbThlst3s This Thisvas Thiss
vas s adopted adoptedGeneral adoptedGeneral I
General Jewell of Orange offered offereda
a resolution asking Floridas Floridas reprej reprejfftatives reprcIHtatics repre represztatives
fftatives in congress to work in aid aidnaional ailit ahiaiona1
t < naional aid for the good roads roadscovecierit roadsIJremeJit roadsXvement
covecierit I INew
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New Bills Introduced IntroducedThe
The following new bills were introj intro introdited
feed daledlJy ditedby I
Uy Mr Ir Matthews of Bradford BradfordTo BradfordTorptI To Torfeal Torfveal
rfeal the law allowing sheriffs aiulj and aIlL1Nhfr andether
ether IKT police officers offi ers to carry conceal concealweapons concealej
ej weapons cIons without giving bond bondE bondBy I
E By Mr Ir King of Bade DadeTo To amencJ amencJtse amenQt amencte i
tse t e law aw organizing county court of ofIfcJe ofD ofD t
IfcJe D J
county onnt I I
ET Mr Kirkland of Lake LakeTo To regu reguke regula regulae I
ke la e rrying of concealed conceaIedweapons conceaIedweaponstlj weapons weaponsa
a tlj 3 providing a penalty therefor thereforB
B 3 Mr Ir Wells of Hillsboro HlllsborcrTo To fix fixwnrs fixtF3
wnrs tft > of f trustees of special school dis dislr distf dislrr
lr lrr > and to provide the time man manfr mant
t fr r J3 rJ conditions for holding elec eleco eleetJos elecsuch
tJos o s fr r such trustees and an for voting votinga
a ElHage ag upon the taxable property propertyLn
JD se < rh districts for school purposes purposesB
B Ilv Committee on Appropriations Appropriationse
Tie e scncral < Dral appropriation act to meet meetCurrent meetcr mee meeCTrt
Current cr fnt expenses of state government governmentrm
frnn rm July i 1905 to June 301907 30 1907
Bv B Mr Ir Sistrunk of Clarion IarionTo To pro provide JlrotIde protide ¬
tIde for ir official reporters in circuit circuitwarrs cIrcuitJJfS
warrs JJfS ts and repeal existing law on thatjCt that thatVjC thatjc
VjC jCt jCtBr jc jcB 1 1By
By B Mr r Carter of Polk polkprovldlng Providing
tre se 1n which shall
express companies companlesshal1 companlesshal1f
tele f Je claims for goods lost or dam damHPl damaged damtgel
aged in transit
By Mr Ir Dorman of Suwannee SuwanneeTo SuwanneeTor5hlbit To Toinhibit Toshibit
inhibit certain games and nd sports on on onaces oncrdays
tIdars Baseballfootba1l1Uldhorse Baseball football and horse horsecs
aces ta cs are the prohibited sports
By Mr lr Hall of Suwannee SuwanneeTo To re
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BRITISH AUTHORITIESWATetf JUJJU AUTHORITIES ALJJI1ORIULSg ALJJI1ORIULSWATCh RITIES 1 1WAT
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WATCh WAT I RUSSIAN RUSSIANFourth RJSSIANtttt flELT flELTFourth 1f 1fFourth
Fourth Division Dilsion01 of OtPacfflC Pacific Squadron Sii quadroitExp ldron Expect Expected Expcte C CCd
ed e to Pass Penangy penn6StritsSettln Straits StritsSCffIflCfltS StritsSCffIflCfltSGuard Settlements SettlementsGuard t tGUllrdllptsPtroIAll
Guard GUllrdllptsPtroIAll Boats Patrol AH Approaches 5
ALMOST ALMO ALMOSOPLN r OPEN OPfNMUTINYON MUTINY MUTINYON ON ONU 1 I
U us S CRUISER IM IMMEN CALVESTON CALVESTONIM GALVSJON GALVSJONMEN
MEN DENOUNCE DENO DENOUNCECOMMANDER rCE CpMMANpER OMMArH ER BUTLER BU TLER AND CLAIM CLAIMO TO BE B BEdVEF BEdVEFWORKED OVER OVERWORKED oVE oVEWORKED
WORKED WORKED AND UNDERFED UNDER UNDERFEDSIXTy FEDSIXTY SIXTY MEN ARE NOW IN INIRONS INIRONS INIRONS
IRONS ON BOARD BOARDTHE THE CRUISER CRUISERBy C UISER UISERBy
By Associated AssoclaledPr Press s ph on board tod today y state that a condition
Galveston Tex e April 26 26A A stare
bordering on Onmutlny mutiny exists on the
or offrlctlonb o os f friction bordering upon uponmutlny mutiny is ship Many Manyot of the men denounce Corn
said s aid to exist on oa
board the United mander Butler state
and that hat they are
States S Sh cruiser Galveston The be cruiser overworked and underfed under fed They T ej as
nad h ad been sent here h re to receive
the sil serf that for the most trivial offenses ot nses
ver verservlce v er service from local citizens Men they are are re given the extreme penalty
ov of o f long service who wh came from the and an that thatslxty sixty men are now in irons
vessel v and the th local liJ al police who wflowere were The cruiser sailed for Norfolk today todayTen todayTen odayTen
Ten Miners M ners Fel550Feet Fell SSO Feet Feetand Feetand I Ianti
and Were Killed lledlnstatly Instantly i
B By Br > Associated ssociatedPress ssociatedPressWilkesbarre Press PressWilkesbarre PressWilkesbarre
Wilkesbarre J Pa > a April AprlI26 26 26While 26Whileen While
ten t en miners were being lo lowered ered into Intohe
the theCunnlngbammiIe t he Cunningham mine this morning
toe t he broke bro1
rope e precipitating the car carrlage ¬
riage r to the bottom of the shaft five
Pawnbroker PawnbrokerFaiJedfo PawnbrokerFaiJedfoItl Failed Failedto FailedtoIdentify to toIdentify
Identify Itl ntifytlforgan Morgan Smith
By Associated Press PressNew PressNew PressNew
New York April 26 26The The longp long ex expected oxected
pected p ctedmeetlng meeting In open court of By Hymari BymaltSt3rn Byman
mari maltSt3rn man Stern the pawnbroker t > 8wn roker who Vbosold Vbosoldthe sold soldthe soldthe
the revolver with which Caesar Young Youngwas Youngwas
was was killed 1dll dand and J Morgan MoiganSmitbwho MoiganSmitbwhofhe Smith who whotie whothe
tie prosecution alliigedj al ged bought b n1g l the theweapon theweapoa he heweapon
weapon for N Nan Patterson Patt rsonoccur occurred occurredtofday occuftedoday ed edt
t tofday day and Stfern Jailed J r d to identify the theweapon theweapon e eweapon
weapon The Theco confronting froItln Of Smith Smithwith Smithwith Smithwith
with the pawnbroker has been looked
By Associated Press PressShreveport PressShreveport PressShreveport
Shreveport La April 20 2fJMter 2fJMterworking 2LAIterworking After Afterworking
working three hours with sledge sledgebam sledgebammers ham hammers hammets ¬
mers and pickaxes plckaxesamob a mob of twenty twentyfive twentymen twentyfive
five men broke into the parish jailt jailtHomer jail at atHomer atHomer
Homer La five miles northeast of ofShreveport ofShreveport
Shreveport today and shot shotQlck Dick Craig
head inflicting wounds which will like likely lIk likely ¬
ly prove fatal fatalc Cralghead ra Ighead was waScharged waSchargedwltn charged chargedwith chargedwlth
with the murder of Mrs Ike lkeMcKee McKee McKeewife McKeewife
wife of his half brother and her littleson little littleson littleson
son The Theaulhorltles authorities were unaware unawareof
of the designs of the th mob until unUlto too
forward i 1Ward to as likely to t be b va a sensa ¬
tional feature of the trIalbutinste trial but instead d
it was tame and commonplace
There was a Wild scene In the cor corridor corrldor corrldor ¬
rldor around the thec courtroom this thlSaftet thlSaftetIlootMen after ¬
noon IlootMen Men andwpmen and women fought fOUiht10r or ad admission admission ¬
mission after fter the noonrecessblbckcd no noon n Te Tecessbrockd ess wck d
the passageway tore each eachothers eachothersclothesand others otherscloches othersclothes
cloches clothesand and so 0 jammed the theentranc entrance dj
that th at Recorder Goff had ha d great greatdlffi difficulty Uny
in getting into the he court cpurt room
Mob Broke SrokePrsonWalls Prison Walls Wallsand
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and adSh Shot ShotDown t Down DoflnMurdere Murderer
late to protest Every telephone and
telegraph wire out of Homer was cut cutand cutand cutand
and the rifles of the local military com company cornpany ¬
pany seized before the mob mobmade made a amove amove a amove
move More Mor than twenty shots sh tstook tstooketrect took tookeffect tookeffect
effect in Craigheads body arms rms and
legs and the mob left him for dead Jt It
is asserted that he was ale a1 > le to tell
Sheriff KIrkpatrIck the names names of sev several seVeeral severa ¬
eral era of the lynchers The mob dug du dua
a hole In the prison wall and probably
intended Int nded to drag dr g the victim outbut outbutwere outbutwere outrbutwere
were thwarted by the Iron bars
Five Bears Killed dBy dByRoosevefandParty By ByRoosevelt ByRoOseveft
Roosevelt RoosevefandParty and Party P rty
By Associated Assocla ed Press PressGlenwood Press PresGlenwood
Glenwood Springs S ring5 Colo Cob April Apt1126 Apt1126Secretar 26 26Secretary 26Secretary
Secretary Loeb left ef herd today t < to pay paya paya
a second visit Jo to Presrdent t Roosevelt Rooseveltat Roosevelt1 Roosevelt1at
at his camp In the bear beak country of ofthe ofherockles ofthe
the herockles rookies He carried cartleda a number of ofdocuments ofdocuments
documents needingthe n needing eqlngthei1resfdents the presidents slg slgnatura zignature
nature naturaquire 1laturequire I Iqulre
quire railroad companies to construct constructand c constructand nstruct nstructand
and keep in repair crossings < rosslngsof of high highways highways highways ¬
ways and to t guard 1 the same In towns townsand
and citiesx citiesxBy cltiesBy
By Mr OlrSmlth Smith of Volusia Vol VolusiaTo usiaTo To regu regulate regulateshoQUng regulate ¬
lateshoQUng late shooting of wild ducks in this thisstate thisstate thisstate
state stateBy stateBy stateBy
By Mr Bryan of Washington WashingtonTol WashingtonTo To j
amend law relative t laUve to local loc lo telections telectionsreJaUye j elections electionsrelative
relative to the tbesaleot sale of liquors liquorsCounty j
County Coun Treasurers Treasu Treasurrs rs Fees f FeesThe es esThe I
The bill by Mr lrP Ptd Pejideri deI n of Santa SantaRosa SantaRosa SantaRosa
Rosa to prohibit pro l1jft county treasurers treasurersfrom treasurersfrom I Ifrom
from charging commissions on ox money moneyborrowed moneyborrowed moneyborrowed =
borrowed by byt the e county ountJoroD or on money itaoneytransferred Doneytransfened moneytninsferred
transferred from one fund ta toanother toanotherfund another anotherfund anotherfund
fund was read the third tirlrdtlme time and andpassed andpasseci andpasse
passed passe 60 to toO toOMr Q QMr 0Mr
Mr McColIumff lcColl mS bl1reqi1iringn bl1reqi1iringndes bill requiring nota notaries notaries ¬
ries public to tahaye haye their appointment appointmententered appolntIJ1ententered appointmententered
entered in the clerks clerksoffice office of th thcounty the thecounty thecounty
county in which wilichthetresld they reside and d pre prescribing prescrlbinga prescribing ¬
scribing a fee KKcenfs therefor and andrequiring andequlring andequir1ng
requiring the county cquntYC9mjrilssoners commissioners commIsso erS to tofurnish tofurnWl tofurnLth
furnish a book boo for that purpose was wasread las I Itead
read the second tIn time and ordered en engrossed ¬
grossed
College Trustees T steesB Bill BillWhen ll 7 I
When the bill bySir by Mr 1 Wall of r Put Putnam Putnam putnam ¬
nam to control controlmanage manage and maintain maintaincertain mmtalrierulin maintaincertain
certain education institutions of the thestate thestate
state was re reached hed ed on the cajerwJar cajerwJarMr ca1eit caenoar caenoarMr < ia iaIr
Mr Ir Wall moved that hat the bill be print printed ¬
ed and made a special aspeclalordeforThur aspeclalordeforThurday order f forThur forThurday prThurs prThursday
day morning at 10 oclocfe ocloc ocloclcWhlCh which WhI h was wasagreed w wasgeed s sgieed
agreed to This Is the bill bl ft to provide providea
a Board of t Regents t to manage man gehe the coT colleges coTleges ol oleg ¬
leges eg of the stat statea < a measure lIl mEf which whichhas Wl1lchh whichhas
has h S aroused exceptlbnally exc x ptlona1lygreat pti naily j jre4 eat Inter lnerest
est 1rt among iegislabrsand legIS titorS d < fiiead8 SO SOJ of oft
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hundred and fifty feet All of the th men menwere m menwere n
were killed km d and their bodies buried buriedunder burledunder
under a mass of wreckage There Therewere Therewere Therewere I
were several hundred men in intlIe the mine mineat mineat mineat
at the t1l time but they all escaped escapedthrough escapedthrough S
through other openings
When a story reached here by rumor
yesterday that three bears had been
killed and two the
day before
no nocredance nocredance iu
credance was given it li l Not until Cou ¬
rier Chapman arrived and showed the theskins theskins th thskins
skins were the people satisfied of the b
truth or the 1estOl story This is unusual I
luck It is definitely definlte1Yknown known tbatPresl that Presl
dent Roosevelt killed one of the bearsthe bears bearsthe be rs rsthe
the several colleges collegesMr collegesMr
Mr Wellss bill to amendthe amen amend the re ¬
vised statutes relating to provisions 3 i
to recovery of possession from fr m tenant t t
was indefinitely postponed po tponed the objec objeconbelng
tlon onbelng being that It was unconstitutional unconstitutionalState t tState
State Board of ofAccountpcy Accountancy ccoun tcy
The bill of Mn Noble of Lake to tocreate t D Dcreat >
create creat a State Board ofAccountancy of AecounbmCYiand Aecountanc V r i
and to prescribe its powers and du I ¬
ties to provide for f r the examination of o oqualified t t
qualified accountants accou tants and to provide providepenalty a apenalty apenalty
penalty for the violation of the tlieact tlieactwas act actwas ad adwas I
was read the second time Mr Yr jr Wall WalUof Wallof Wal Walof
of Putnam moved its Itsindefln indefinite te post postponement postponement poslponement ¬
ponement urging that the state al already a1ready a aready ¬
ready had too many examining boards boardsofone boardsof boardofone
ofone of one sort branother ranother That Th t if the Lb Lbthing
thing kept on we w would soon soopbe be hav having ¬
Inga Jug a board of three farmers of o three threeblacksmiths threeblacksmUI threblacksmiths
blacksmiths s and of three bootblacks bootblacksand bootblacksand bdotbJackand
and without a acertl certificate cate from the ap appropriate ip aj ajpropriate ¬
propriate board boardnoinan no man can plow plownor plownorshoe nor norshoe no ir irshoe c
shoe a horse nor norsblneshoeS shine shoes wItho withoutincurring without withoutincurring it itincurring
incurring a penalty under the t law lawMr
Mr Guardeau of o Jefferson c coul coulsee uIQl uIQlsee
see no sense In the bilL He termed d dit
it a trustb trust bfll UaaJid and wanted wa 1te to k4ow k4owif kItowfIt kjo v vif
if fIt it would not 1lotprohIblt prohibit any anyperson person personwithout a awithout
without a certificate certlfi ate from asserting assertingthat asseJtlngthat azsertth g gthat
that 2 plus 2 are 4 4Mr 4Mr
Mr Noble N oble of Lake strongly st r > ngIY sup supand supported sn snported R
ported his bill snowing itsobj Ita objeci objeciand cts ctsanapnrpos
and anapnrpos purposes purposesMr purposesMr s sMr
Mr Buckman of Duval also spoke spokeforcibly spokeforclbI11n spo1 e eforcibly
forcibly forclbI11n In favor favoIo of the bilL He HeCIear clear clearly ¬
ly explained the opjerations ratlons pfc of certi certiCoBtiHtied con 1
CoBtiHtied CotIi e4 on ouT ird P eh ehw ehIf
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Be Awaiting A the theComing th0Coming I IComing
Coming of oflffn oflffnforcemerits J ICfn ICfnforcemeAtsa efn efnforcemehts
forcemehts forcemehtsLARGE
LARGE RUSSIAN FORCE FORCEROUTED FORCEROUTEDBY ROUTED cROUTEDBY ROUTEDBY
BY JAPANESE IN INACTIOI4NEM INACTIOI4NEMKAIYUANFIVE ACTION A TI N NEAR NEARKAIYUAN NEARt NEARKAIYUANFIVE
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KAIYUAN KAIYUANFIVE FIVE BRITISH WAR WARSHIPS WARSHIPS WARSHIPS ¬
SHIPS SIGHTED SIGHTEDJN IN THEvCHINA lNTHECHlNASEA THECHINASEA
1 1SEA
SEA STEAMING SOUTHEAST SOUTHEASTBy SOUT iEAST iEASTBy
By Associated Assoc ated Press PressPenangStralts PressPenang
PenangStralts Penang Straits SetUementAprll SettiemQnt April 2 2The 26 26The
The fourth division of fthe Je Russian Russianfleet RussIanfieet L Lfleet
fleet commanded by Admiral Nebo Nebogatot Nebogatoff
gatoffis gatot Is expected to pass here and andenter andenter I
enter the straits of ofMalacca Malacca todaY todaYThe
The British authorities are ar on the thealert thealert
alert and guardboats guardboatsarepatrolllng guardboatsarepatrolllngall are ar Patrolling Patrollingall
all approaches to Penangjat penang at night nightRUSSIAN ght ghtRUSSIAN
RUSSIAN ADMIRAL IS ISAWAITING v vAWAITING
AWAITING 4TH 4TH1 DIVISION DIVISIONSt > IVISIONSt
St Petersburg April 265tr fls Js s Inti Intimated intimated Intlniated
mated in Jlinaal naval circles tfeajt aJ Admiral AdmiralRojestyensky d nf a1 a1Rojestvensky I IRojestvensky
Rojestvensky Is now no in he Gulf G GUI of ofTonquui Qi
Tonquin where under the th shelter of ofthe ofthe oi r
the Island of Halnan be her outside outsIQeo outsIQeoferrltory oir of ofterritory ol olterritory r
territory waters and andcan caaawalt awa1tthe awa1tthecoming the thecoming th thcoming
coming of the fourth fOPcrth TJIviston lrlst Ivlsn n of ot1i ot1isquad his hissquadron h1 h1squadro
squadron squad 9J commanded commamIedby by Admiral AamIraNe AamIraNeogatoff Adnt1raNelogatoff
bbgatoff This is iiot iiotonIrmed confrmed by bythe
the admlrallty r f
ift iftHlSSIAN 1 s > j jRlJ
RuSSIAN RlJ IAN FORCES FORCESROUTz13YJ pRCES < > v vTokio
0 ROUJ ROUTz13YJ = E bvJAPs bvJAPsrroklo
Tokio April 26 26Th The following ollowlngom ollowlngomcial offi official official
cial report was was received today On OnAprl1 OrApril
April 24th the th Russian forces orc s con conslstlng
sisting of five battalions of infantry infanttYsixteen infantrysixteen infantrysixteen
sixteen squadrons of o oZ cavalry and annone annonebattery an one onebattery on onbattery
battery of artillery were ere attacked by byour byour b bour
our advanced cavalry cavalryInthe inthe In the vicinity vicinityof v1cIn1t v1cIn1tof
of Kaiyuan Our force attacked the theenemy theenemy th
thD
enemy defeated and pursued them to toMienhuachieh t tMienhuachieh 0 0Jollen D
Mienhuachieh Jollen uacl1leh Our casualties casualtleswere were
38 The enemy left two hundred dead deatfon deadon dea deaon
on the field fieldBRITISH fieldBRITlSH fieldBRITISH
BRITISH WARSHIPS WARSHIPSOFF WARSHIPSFF WARSHIPSOFF
OFF FF CHINESE COAST COASTHong COASTHong COASIHOng
Hong Kong April 26 26The The British Britishsteamer Bnitisisteamer
steamer Calchas from Glasgow to toYpkahorna toYokahoma t tYokahoma 1
Yokahoma which put Inhere in here today todayreported toda todareported
reported having sighted three Russian Russianbattleships Russianbattleshlps Russiaibattleships a 1
battleships and nd two cruisers this morn morning mornIng morrIng ¬
ing steaming southeast of o Linting Is Island Islnnd I Iland
land It later developed that they theywere theywere the
were English warships warshipsBIGELOW warshipsBIGELOW
BIGELOW WILL BE BEGIVEN BEGIVEN
GIVEN THE LIMIT LIMITDIRECTORS LIMITDIRECTORS LIMI r
DIRECTORS OF MILWAUKEE BANK BANKWILL BANKWILL BANIWILL K
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Milwaukee April 26 26Frank Frank G GBige GBigelow Bige Bigelow Big 0 0low
low the defaulting bank president hassevered h
severed his connection with all alltDe
the many different concerns with withwhich wit 11 11whIch
which he was connected as a directort
or official officialIt
It can be stated positively that Mr MrBlgelow MI MIBigelow M MBlgelow
Blgelow will be prosecuted to the fulleJCtentot ft ftextent
extent eJCtentot of the law This statementwas statemewas
was made by one of the th directors directorsthe l lthe
the bank tonight Everything at th thbank U
bank was normal today todayVICTIMSBROJER todayVICTIMS
VICTIMS VICTIMSBROJER VICTIMSBROJERWANTED BROTHER BROTHERWANTED BROTHERWANTED
WANTED REVENGEREQUESTED RVN61REQUESTED
REQUESTED TO BE ALLOWED TOSPRING i
SPRING DEATH TRAP AT AT ATMURDE ATMURDERERS
MURDERERS MURDE MURDERERSTJON EHS EECU E Etu EtuTJON
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Memphis April is B Commercial CommercialAppeal CommercIalAppeal al alAppeal 1
Appeal special from fromTunlc Tunic Miss Iss says saysLse 3Ys 3YsVeT a aLe >
VeT Lse Thomas jm3s a negro > was washange washangebexe hangei hangeihere iianghere
here today UHiaylor for the murder mufder of a whir whirman wh1 wh1maun3m
man maun3m named d Boswell sweU on Peters PeterslsJan PeterslsJanJW5t Islam Islamlast Isla
last November Nov mber R N l Boswell o oTexas 0rrexa oTexas
Texas brother brJtherof of Thomass vi victi victim victimcame Um Umcame rn rncame
came here to towJtness witnessthe witness the execution executionHe executionB an anBe n
He B requasted regu93tedpenillssfOn0 permission of of the offi officials ofitcIaIs o
dais to toaIlow allow him tospring to spring ihe Ihedeatl Ihedeatltrap deatl deatltrap de ith ithtrapbut
trap trapbut but the request ref rcquestwas uest Was ref read ased
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Atlanta At1a ltaAprr April ioJ da Games mes played playedIn playedin
In I n the theSouthTrnLeague Southeri South rn League today t day result resulted resulted
ed as fdllowi f llow Atlanta 7 Montgomery
0 Birmingham 5 Nashville NashvJ1lelLittIe 1 Little LittleRock
I I Rock 0 Shreveport 3 Memphis 4 New NeWOrleans
Orleans 3 I IAmerican
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I NewYork Nov York Apri126F April 26FOlowIng lowlng are arethe arethe
I the scores of games played lin In the thej theAmerican I
American League today Boston 11 11Washington 11I 1 1WaiIngtoa
I Washington Wa ainglon 2 New York 4 Phnad PhiIadlphia I1
phla 3 DetroIt 5 Cleveland 0 St StLou1sCh1cago
LouisChicago game postponed on onac onaccount ac
count of wet wetgro grounds groundsNational groundsNational nds
National League LeaguePhiladelphia LeaguePhlladelpbla LeagueThiladeiphia
I Philadelphia April 26 26Phlladelphla 26Phlladelphlaand Philadelphia Philadelphiaand
and Boston played a tie game here hereten heretoday
t t today da the gamebelng game being called after afterten ter
1 ten in innings nlngs had ai been played Pl a edon on ac account accpuntot account ¬
count cpuntot of rain r Tie T scorgkat s scprQ r at the 1in1sh 1in1shwas finlshwas nish nishwas
was 3 to 3 Scores in other otner1 league leaguegames leaguemes ague aguemesplay
games mesplay mes played d today were as follows followsBrooklyn followstqoklyn foll ws wsBqcklyn
Brooklyn 3 New York 2 Plttsbnrg 1 1postponed
Chicago ica o 28t 2 St L i8CIncinnaU game gamepostpbqedon
postponed postpbqedon Pn accoupt of wet w tgrounci grounds
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Savannah April 26 26Results Results of pfprunes
prunes fl5 tod today y Iri Ii the South S ilth Atlantic AtlanticLeagua
Leagua Leai e ate a1 fOlloysSavannah31 follpsys Savannaii3 Savannaii3l
l aisolvU1iit ksoavtlld5Auguta Augusta Augusta4 4 Cl GhinIton itrl tbn
JO I 0 Macon Macon4C Maco4 i columbia CblnmbiaWALTER columbiaWALTR11ANN lnmbitL lnmbitLI
I I I 1 WALTER WALTR11ANN WALTR11ANNBADLY MANN MANNBADLY MANNBADlY
BADLY INJURED INJUREDSTRUCKBY INJUREDTRUCK iNJUREDSTRUCKBY
STRUCKBY TRUCK BY A BLUEJACKET BLU JACKET LAST LASTNIGHT LASTNIGHT LASTNIGHTAND
NIGHT NIGHTAND AND ND IS NOW NoW1N NWjNTHE N THEr THErHOSP1TAL THEj THEjHOSPITAL
HOSPITAL HOSP1TALJ HOSPITALWalter HOSPITALWalter
J Walter Mann Ianna a young man well wellknown wellknown wellknown
known about the city was wasserlouslY wasserlouslYand seriously seriouslyand
and perhaps fatally Injured injuredlast last night nightabout nightabout nightabout
about midnight when he was struck struckby struckby
by a bluejacket on West Zarragossa Zarragossastreet Za Zarragossastreet Tagossa Tagossastreet
street streetl streetSeveral streetSeveral
l Several bluejackets bIuejacketsit It was stated statedleft statedI statedhad
I had engageQ1 In a difficulty and had hadleft hadleft
t left a saloon to renew their fight upon uponann uponthe uponthe
tI the street One of the number seeing seeingMann
I I Mann ann standing stan ing near delivered deUveredhlma deUveredhlmaterrific him a aterrific a
terrific blow ln in the tl eface face which felled felledhim felledhim aI I
felledI
him to the stone pavement pavem nt His head headstruck headstruck headstruck I
struck the stone walk and he herem remain remained remaInl In Ind ¬
ed d l there thereuneonsclous unconscious until the thepoll thepollarrived police policearrived polrcarrived
arrived when he was taken t ken to t the thehospital tlehospital thEhospital
hospital for treatment treatmentIt
It was stated that Mann lI nn had no eon connection eonnectlonwhatever ¬
nection nectlonwhatever whatever with the fight eonI In Inwhich Inwllich hr hrwhich I
which the bluejackets b uej ckets were engaged engagedIn
In fact he was wa several yards away awayfrom awayfrom awa r
from the < doorway where the fight is issupposed Issupposed h hI 3
supposed to have originated and did didnot didnot dicnot I
not even know that any trouble ex existed exI oxIsted ¬
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The injured man was taken to the thehospital thehospital th thhospital
hospital for examination and treat treatment treatment ¬ 1 1ment
ment but up to an early hour this thismorning thl thlmorning thLmorning
morning hadnot had not regained conscious consciousness consciousness consciousness
ness l lOfficer i iOmcer
nessOfficer Officer Burnham arrested L Lee Leewho Leewho
who Is held as befqg being 1 the man who de de1lver de1Ivere i iliveretf
liveretf 1lver the blow although ttiere t1ereare t1erearebut are arehut an anbut
but few witnesses to prove this fact factODDfftlOWS factODD
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THE 86TH ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEORDER THEORD THIORDERSCOTT
ORDER ORD ORDERSCOTT RSCOTT SCOTT M LOFTIN LOFTINDELIVERED LOFTINDELJVERED LOFTINDELIVERED
DELIVERED ADDRESS ADDRESSThe ADDR ADDRESSThe SS SSTheeighty
The Theeighty eightysixth eighty slith anniversary dt f the thefounding th thfoundlngpfthe e efounding
founding foundlngpfthe of the Independent Order of ofOdd otOdd f fOdd
Odd Fellows F l1owJiwaS was celebrated eebr < te4 ted last night nightby nJghtby nigi t tby
by the 1h local lodges IOdg s when the mem members members me 1 1hers ¬
bers assembled at Rafford Hall Hal on onWest onWest o oWest
West Garden street streetThe streetThe streetThe
The attendance attendance tteI dance of members was wasvery w wvr3 Wasvery
very largeand large and the th occasion very veryeu en enjoyable e ejoyable
j01abIeTh joyable The meeting m eUng wa was presided presidedover presidEover
over by Thos ThosCWatsOn C cL Watson grand grandrep grandrepresentat rep representatlve re reresentative
resentatlve resentat ve who Introduced Hon Sco ScoIMftIn
M Loftini Loftln as s th t1Q ie speaker of U Uevening
evening The l latter tterwas was most cprdi cori U Uay
ally ay received recelvedand and delivered a most mo
eloquent eloquqntand oqu Itana and lnst Instructive ructha address upon uponf11e upon upc
tlbe f11e history ot the order or er and Its ts o ob objects > b bjects
jects jectsAfter jectsAfter
After the Tenditlon of Q the program
deUCfous dei1dusereshrneatsere refreshments were were served to totnosegather8dAt toU
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MemoriaDay Memorial Day Observed ObeIVIIQ Under Underinteresting ParfiiSm ParfiiSmInteresting P rflt j o oMemorial rIY f fInteresting
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EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONALCONFERENCE EDUCATIONALONfE E
CONFERENCE CONFERENCELARGE ONfE ONftRENC ONftRENCARGE ENCE ENCEL
LARGE L ARGE RGE PARTY ARTYOF OF bISTINGUISHED bISTINGUISHEDEDUCA bISTINGUISHEDEDUCATORS DISTINGUISHEDEDUCATORS
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Columbia S C April 26 26Ta 26Taouth The TheSouthern e eSouth
Southern South S outh rn Educational Conference < e be began bagan ¬
gan g Sg Sa an here h re today Robert C < X Ogden andj andja and anda andparty
a a party of distinguished educators dn tors and andliterary andlIterary anditerary
literary l men and women from tr mthe mthenorth the thenorth theorth
north n and nd east slarrlved arrived this afternoon afternoonon
on o n a chartered train of ten Pullman Pullmancars PullmanC2rsMembes Pullmanars
cars C2rsMembes c ars Members of the party will be beMr beMr beMr
Mr Ogdens guests for ninety days daysThe daysThecoIiference dayshe
The ThecoIiference T he conference will be in session here herefor herefor hereo1
for f o1 three days daysNO daysNO
NO NOEXCITEMNJ NOEXCITEMNJATIIMPSTEAD EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENTAT EXCITEMENTATUEMPSTEAD
AT ATUEMPSTEADIMMENSE HEMPSTEAD HEMPSTEADIMMENSE
IMMENSE I CROWD ATTENDED FU FUNERAL FUNE
NERAL NE L OF CONGRESSMAN CONGRESSMANPINCKNEY CONGRESsMANPINCKNEY
PINCKNEY AND HIS HISBROTHER HISBROTHER
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By Associated Ass ciat d Press PressHempateadVTex PressHe PressBenteadTex
HempateadVTex He 1itead < lcx April Aprll26Therel Aprll26Therelno 26 26There There is isno i io
no n o excitement here today but the theangers I Ira
ra r angers gers Vim remain for several days
yet y et Congressman Pinckney and his hisbrother
brother wer vere burled this afternoon atternoo1An afternoonS J
An immense i m nsecroWdtrom crowd from all allpa partsofi partsofithe pats sot sote oZ S
the t e district dIstrlclatten attended ed the funerals funeralsTHE jun 1unca 1uncaNj1sOi a1s a1s11S
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LARGE L LARGENUMBER RGEN NUMBER r aEft OFBULEJACKETS OFBULEJACKETSWERE OFBULEJACKETSYERE
WERE YERE ASHORE ASH9RE LAST NIGHT NIGHTrAND NIGHTAND NIGHT NIGHTAN
AND AN STREETS STREETSWERE STREETSWEREtIVELY STREETSWERELIVELY WERE WERELIVELY
LIVELY LIVELYThe tIVELYThe LIVELYThe
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The largest crowd of bluejack bluejackets ¬
ets Xet vet et to visit the hec1ty city in one onesince < y ysince ysince
since the arrival of the combined combinedfleet combinedfleet combinedfleet
fleet was ashore late yesterday after afternoon alternoon afternoon ¬
noon and andlast last night A great many of ofthem ofthem olthem
them were attracted by the minstrel minstrelperformance minstrelperformance minstrelperformance
performance given in the opera house houseby houseb housEtw
by b the th crew of the Alabama lr while whileothers whUeothers whilEothers
others only wished to see the sights sightsof sightsof I Iof
of the city cityTJie clt clthe S SThe
The he day ar previous was pay payday day on onmost onmost onmost
most of the ships and as a a conse consequence consequence consequence ¬
quence the jackiis all had well filled filledpockets llll d dpockets I Ipockets
pockets and they did not J ot neglect to tospend tospen tc tcpendj
spend their coin coinThe colnThe coinThe
The crowd at the Y M 1 C CA A build buildIng buUdng building
Ing ng was exceptIonally ex eptl nally largeand large and thesecretary the thesecretary thEsecretary
secretary and his assistants were werekept werek wer werkept
kept k U > l busy handling the th men That Thatthe Thatthe Thaithe
the jackles spent their money moneyfreelr moneyfreelrwas freely freelywas freeI freeIwas
was clearly shOwn by b the numerous numerouspackages numerouspackageswbicl1were numeronpackages
packages packageswbicl1were which were checked at thebranch the thebranch tInbranch
branch and held for the men menThe menThe
The coming rowing races between betweenthe betweenthe I
the various vaous crews of the battleships battleshipswas batt1eshipt S
was a subject of much discussion discussionamong discussionamong discuzsioamong t
among the men last night and quite quitea qultia
a number of wagers were w re made dur during during duxlog ¬
ing the night between betw n them thenuDOCK themDOCK them themDOCK
DOCK LABORERS LABORERSGO
GO ON STRIKE STRIKESERIOUS STRIKSERIOUS
SERIOUS SE IOUS CONDITIONS IN TOWNS TOWNSALONG TOWNSALONG TOWNALONG >
ALONG VOLGA VOLGARIVER RIVER IN INRUSSIA INRUSSIA INRUSSIA
RUSSIA RUSSIABy RUSSIABy RUSSIABy
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St Petersburg April 26Pn1v 26Pn1vd1spatciea 25 26Privata 26Privatadisp3tci Private Privatedispatcaes s
dispatcaes disp3tci eb of an alarming nature have havebeen haveeen iav eLS e
been een received from cities and towns townsalong town1alongth townalong LS a
along alongth the li Volga river saying s ring that al aldeck aldeck a I Idock
deck laborers have struck The ordl ordltary ordlIary I Inary L
nary accumulation of winter freight freighthas treIghtbasbeenau frelgi Lt Lthas t
has basbeenau been augmented IIlented by railroad r i1roadblock i1roadblockades block blockades bloc blocades c
ades and the failure tal1ureto to move th this thisfreight is isfreight s sfrelght
freight now with the opening of the theriver therIver Lb a eriver
river navigation creates < a most se serious S Sri ssituation
rious ri us situation situationMEMORIAL SituationMEMORIAtDAY situationMEMORIAL
MEMORIAL MEMORIAtDAY MEMORIAtDAYIN DAY DAYIN DAYIN
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By Associated Press PressAtlanta Presstlanta PressAtlanta
Atlanta tlanta Ga April APriI26 26 26Confedera Confederate nfederateMemorial
Memorial Day was generally celebrat celebrated celeirne It
ed e in Geo Georgia gI Alabama ban aad d HIssIssiprii HIssIssipriitoday Misaisaip MisaisaipI J
1 I today tod tocIn T Governor GdernorJoseph tkfrethorJb Joseph ph MTerrell NTen M Ferrell II of 01l
Georgia zgla spoke at at LaGrange LaG ge GaJ Ga am aml nd
l General GE Gen ed rni Clement T Evaks was as oratof oratofoff oat oatotthedavhCre
l off otthedavhCre otthedavhCreS = the theday dar here herel so soot jV
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At A l MRAL M RAlEV RAL EVANS EVANSSENT VANSNT ANS t tSENT
SENT NT FLOWERS FLOWERSW
W A Blount Blountj Jr JrDe JrDeliveredan De Deliveredan Doliveredan
liveredan Eloquent Eloquentand EloquentndApproprjate Eloquentand <
and Appropriate ndApproprjateAddress AppropriateAddress AppropriateAddr
Address AddressCONFEDERATE AddressCONFEDERAE Addr ss ssONFEDERATE
CONFEDERATE C MONUMENT MONUMENTINR MONUMENTINRELEE IN R RE RE
E ELEE LEE LEESQUARE SQUARE WAS w S DECKED DECKEDWITH DECKEDWITH DECKEDWITH
WITH FLOWERS BROUGHT BROUGHTB BROUGHTBLOVING BY BYLOVING BVLOVING
LOVING HANDS IN HONOR OF OFDEPARTED orDEPARTED 0FDEPARTED
DEPARTED HEROES HEROESMEMBERS HEROESMEMBERSOF MEMBERS MEMBERSOF MEMBEaSOF
OF G A AR R JOINED iN IN OBSERV OBSERVANCE OBSE OBSERVANCE V VANCEOF
a ANCE ANCEOF OF THE DAY DAYMemorial DAYMemorial DAYMenorial
Memorial day in ionor ionor of othe the lie Tiar6es l liebes 9 9rhes
r6es r bes of the Confederacy Con cderacywas was observed observedunder observelunder l lnder
under u particularly memorable circum circumstances c4cnmstances clrctuntances ¬
stances s in Pensacola yesterday In Inaddition InaddlUo1 InddiUoii
a addition to the regular features of oftbe oftbeccaslon the theoccasion theccasion
occasion o there were present from the thabattleships thebattleships theattleships
battleships b now in the harbor a anum anumber num number numei ¬
bb
ber b ei of of o officers high in command co mand and andthey andthey andthey
they occupied seats of honor while the tbeexercises thexercIses le leexerclses
exercises e at the monument in It E ELee ELee ELee
Lee square squarewere were being carried out outThe ontTJle outThe
The Confederate Confedert monument In the ihasquare thequare Iiieuare
square uare was richly decorated with the theby thechoicest th thhoicest
choicest c Or Rom I enrhtems prep prepat1 prepat1y tjd tjdby
by b y the tl e Ladies Memorial Association AssocIationand Associationd
and d the Daughters of the theConfederaey theConfederaeyand Confederacy Confederacyanithe
arid anithe the base of the stately shaft was wascompletely wis wiscompletely wascompletely
completely burled beneath eneath the weali weaI weaIo weahzhf
of o f floral tributeS b by which their love 10afor lovefor
for the heroic herolcdead dead was attested attestedhalred attestedy attestedhe
he y vetrn lm lmha1rd tt < gtz gtzhaIr
haIr halred d bent bento of c lonn and sadly thiu thiuneiaTit thiniedlii
neiaTit i ea 1i mumbers < numb rs since the thet time me theywere they theywere theywere
were were wont to assemble assem le in sucB sucBstrength si1c si1cstrength sueRstre
strength stre gth on onsimUar similar occasions formed formedat formedat
at the court house and there in com company corrpany company ¬
pany with the members of the local localG 10 a1
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G A JL R Post marched to the square squareSeated squareSeated squareSeated
Seated upon the stand with wlt the oth others otheis othens ¬
eis ers were were the following officers from fromthe fromthe froathe
the fleet now in the th harbor Admiral AdmiralC AdmlralCH
C CH H > Davis D vls Admiral Royal B Brad Bradford Bradford Bradford ¬
ford with wlththe their r aides Capt C pt Raymond RaymondP
P Rodgers of the l Kearsarge Captain CaptainBenJ CaptainBenj captainSBenj
BenJ F Tilley of the Iowa Captain CaptainW CaptainW Captainw
W S Cowles of the Missouri Captain CaptainEdward CaptainEdkvard aptainEdward
Edward < D Taussig of the Massachu Massachusetts Massaciiusetts assaC1Usetts ¬
setts Captain H G O Colby of the theOlympia theOIYD1pia theOlympia
Olympia OlympiaRev OIYD1piaRev OlympiaRev
Rev Percival H Whaley presided presidedduring p presidedduring sided sidedduring
during the exercises and Introduce Introducethe 1ntroducelthe troduce1 troduce1the
the speakers Prayer was wasofIeredbY wasofIeredbYRev offered by byRev byRev
Rev Fred Jones and the orator of otthe ottheday the theday theday
day Mr Ir W V A Blount Jr was then thenintroduced thenIntroduced thenintroduced
introduced This was was Mr Blountd BJountsfirst Blountsfirst Blountdfirst
first effort of the kind before a Pen Pensacola Pensaco1a Peitsacola ¬
sacola gathering and he acquitted him himself hi hImself pt ptself ¬
self most creditably His address ddressw ws wsan s san san
an elegant effort and it won him ap applause aIr aIrplailse appianse ¬
plause on Qnevery every hand handAt bandAt handAt
At the th conclusion c of Mr Biounts Biountsaddress B BIountsaddress ounts ountsaddress
address Dr Whaley Whaleymade made a brief ad address address address ¬
dress In which he referred referredmost most mostelQ mostelQquently elo eloquently eloquently ¬
quently to the naval officers exempli exemplifying exemplifying exemplifying ¬
fying as it did the feeling of good win winhat wlilthat wiThthat
that now existed exIstebota hoth t11 north and south south3e RouthHe aoutbRe
3e then Introduced Admiral C H HDavis HDavi IL ILDavis
Davis Davi who in beautifully chosen lan language 1aiiguagepresented la laguage ¬
guage guagepresented presented to to the members of ofthe o othe ofThe
the Ladies Memorial Association a alovely alovely alovely
lovely wreath of ofllowers flowers from Admiral AdmiralRobley AdlnIrc11 AdlnIrc11Robler AdmiralRobley
Robley D Evans to ti be placed with withthe withthe withthe
the other otherlloral floral tributes on themonu themonument the monu monument monumoot ¬
ment mentThe mentTiie mootThe
The benediction was pronounced bYby byby by byby
by Rev J S Sibley The Confederate ConfederateVeterans Conf C nfederate nfederateVeterans derate derateVeterans
Veterans and the members of the th G GAJL GARwith Gwith
AJL ARwith with the high naval navalofilc officers rs be between betw between
tween tw en them were w r then thenphotogr photographed photographedMr photogr phM phMMrBlounls ph d dMr
Mr MrBlounls BlounVs Addjress AddjressMr Ad Ad4ressMr < ress ressrr
Mr rr Blounts address was widelycomplimented widelyC9mplimented widely widelycomplimented
complimented as one tJI e of the best ever everdelivered eVerd everdelivered
delivered d on a a slmflajr 3hnll r occasion in inPensacola ta taPensacola u
Pensacola Pensacola3ir PensacOlaMt13Iounts v vMr
Mr Mt13Iounts Blount spoke oke asfonowsLadles as asfonows asfollowsLadles follows followsLadies
Ladles of the Memorial lemoriarAssoclatIon lemoriarAssoclatIonConfederateVeterans Association AssociationConfederate AzzociatooConfederat
Confederate ConfederateVeterans Veterans VeteranseUow fellow Ameri Americans Anuilians Amercans ¬
cans cansWe < cansWe ans ansWe
We are re met together today to com commemorat cornrnemorat
memorate and perpetuate the th memory memorye
of those who from trom 1860 to 1865 fought foughta
so bravely in defense of this our r1 b beg > ef efloved f floved T
loved southland soUthlandTb1s soithiandThis
This occasion has all the solemnity solemnityof
of funeral rites without their theirsadnesa theirsadnesaWe sadness sadnessWe
We meet not ot at a newly opened grave graVebut gravebut
but neath the shadow of yonder shaft s S211terected at atected
erected ected by loving hands bandsaI and d garlanded garlandedtoday garI garlandedtoday nd8d nd8dtoday
today with fragrant blossoms in hona honaof hOMof horxof
of those who wore the gray and an < 1 wfco wfcoare WJtoare woare
are now now no more Sature Nature also has haspaid hupaid hazpaid
paid her glorious glorio s tribute to the dead deadfor deadfor 7 7for
for around the monuments base mEt IdncLly mEtly kindly
ly grasses graSs s nestle warmed by th thgenial thgenL11sunUg thgenial
genial genL11sunUg sunlight t and wet by the geafle geaflerain geDf1erain gentierain
rain while wl l about a out its it summit sumD ttbe1lIt ttbe1lItterfiy the bai baiterfly btterfiy ¬
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