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The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
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On May 26 in Jackson, Mississippi, a large crowd gathered for the corner stone laying of the Confederate monument on Capitol grounds. A procession including National Guard, Confederate veterans like S.D. Lee and Gen. Martin, Masons, Governor Lowery, and Miss Winnie Davis marched from City Hall. Congressman Col. Hooker addressed the event, Masons laid the stone, and festivities ended with a National Guard parade.
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Jackson, Miss., May 26.—At an early hour Friday morning visitors from all parts of the surrounding country began to fill the town, and excursion trains brought hundreds of people to Jackson to witness the laying of the corner stone of the Confederate monument, which is being erected on the Capitol grounds.
The procession formed at 11 o'clock at the City hall, consisting of seven companies of the National Guard, Confederate veterans, and Masonic bodies of the state, and grand lodge officers, under the command of Adjutant Gen. Henry and staff. Among the Confederate veterans were many distinguished soldiers of the lost cause—S. D. Lee, Gen. Martin, Samuel Ferguson, Col. S. B. Thomas, John S. Hamilton, Nugent Hoskins and others. The procession was headed by Governor Lowery and State Auditor Stone, who accompanied Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of ex-President Jefferson Davis, the latter not being able to be present, on account of ill-health. The line of march was crowded. Col. Hooker, congressman from this district, made the address, and the Grand Lodge of Masons deposited memorials and laid the corner stone. The festivities were concluded at the fair grounds in the evening by a dress parade of the National Guards.
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May 26
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Visitors filled Jackson for the corner stone laying of the Confederate monument. A procession of National Guard, veterans, Masons, led by Governor Lowery and Miss Winnie Davis, marched to the site. Col. Hooker gave the address, Masons laid the stone with memorials, ending with a National Guard parade at the fair grounds.