Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-22
EX.cONFEDERAZE SURGEONS.

The Association of Ex- Confederate Surgeons
met at Richmond, Va, on Tuesday, 10th. The
association was formed at Atlanta, Ga, on the
20th OF May, 1874, when a number OF medical
gentlemen organized the Association of Medical
OHicers Of the late Confederate Army and Navy
with Dr.. 8. P. Moore, of Richmond, formerly
Surgeon General Of the Confederate Army, as
Prevalent, and prominent medical gentlemen in
the other official positions. The objects Of the
association were declared to be "the collection
and preservation Of the medical records and sta
tistics Of the late Confederate Army and Navy,
and the collection and publication of such scien-
tic facts Is may be useful to the association and
ths medical profession; the preparation and pub
ication Of biographical notices Of deceased men,
befs Of the medical staff, and the cultivation Of
social and friendly intercourse" The session at
Atlanta continued two days, during which COM
mittee was appointed to prepare and report 10 the
next annual meeting form Of permanent consti-
tuition end bylaws, and various standing commit
tees were appointed. A committee was also ap-
pointed TO confer with the Surgeon General Of the
United States Army in reference to the captured
archives Of the Confederate medical department,
and q to the extent that they can be used by the
association. The association was called to order
BY the President, Dr. s. P. Moore of Richmond,
Va, who welcomed the members. The former
Secretary having resigned, DR.. Landen B. Ed
wards, Of Richmond, was elected to the position
The session continued two days.
TRAGIC END OF 4 SPORTING MN.
Charles E. Revere, q well-known wholesale
I..A~ Il II
Of Twenty-eighth street and Broadway, New
York city, committed suicide early Tuesday morn
ing, 18th, by shooting himself through the head
with pistol at the residence of Annie Stiles, alias
Starr, his mistress, No. 1855 West Forty-sixth
street. Revere succeeded his father in business,
was at one time reputed to be worth $500 900, and
although at the time Of his death be was finan.
cially embarrassed, was doing thriving trade, as
he had the monopoly Of all the first hotels and res.
taurants in New York. lie once was part owner
of the Fashion Course, had at various times both
running and trotting horses, and was when he
died the proprietor Of the stallion Genet. few
years ago he conceived the idea of breeding
horses, and purchased and stocked large farm in
New Jersey, which he disposed Of few DAYS
ago, having sunk, according TO his own estimate,
100000 in the venture. Reveres liaison with
the woman Stiles began about three years ago,
and up to within q month Of his death, when they
had sort of separation, he had spent some $780,
900 on her. She was a woman of some education,
good-looking and respectfully connected; but she
did not care straw for Revere and lstterly, when
she found that she could not get more money out
of him, she treated him brutally. Upon the sepa-
ration she furnished the premises. No les West
Forty-sixth street sumptuously, intending to keep
an sssignation house, and hung out brass sign.
inscribed "Stsrrs, Dentist" Reveres body was
taken 10 Greenpoint. where his brother.in law
resides. Revere was about foity-fve years old
and unmarried.