: . i - - - ?. v T t . , - f" ' -
jjjTciiatljam fttcorb.
S. A. LONDON,
Editor and Proprielot,
IeTms of subscription,
$i.so Per Year.
Strictly fin Advance
Nil Of
1 11 - -!Ti.
m
Veterans of the Lost Cause Splendidly
Entertained in Richmond, Virginia
OLD SOLDI ERARE HAPPY
Governor Swanson and Mayor Mc
Carthy Welcome the Veterans to
the State and Richmond, Both Be
ing Received with Enthusiastic Ap
plause Old Soldiers Rise to Their
Feet ond Greet General Lee With
the Utmost Enthusiasm.
liulitnond, Ya., Special. With th;
lamest number of Confederate Vet
erans gathered together since the Avar,
and the vast horse show building, iu
which the convention was held, beau
tiful with flags and bunting and por
traits of the leaders of the Confeder
acy, the twelfth annual reunion of
the Confederate veterans began here
uiulor the most auspicious conditions.
General Boiling introduced Rev. J.
William Jones, chaplain general of
the grand camp, who presented Rev. j
l)r. J. it. uravatr, 01 tms city, ami
the latter offered the opening prayer!
Governor Swanson of Virginia,
irid the wildest enthusiasm, wel
comed the veterans to the Old Do
minion. Mayor McCarthy, of Richmond,
welcomed the visitors to the city
which 43 years ago they defended
against the armies of Burnside, Pope,
McClellan. Sheridan and Grant.
B.'B. Morgan, of the local camp
Sons of Veterans, added the welcome
of those he represents to the wel
comes, which alreacly had been ex
pressed. General Boiling introduced the commander-in-chief
of the Confederate
veterans, Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and
the old soldiers rose to their feet and J
received him Avith the utmost enthus
iasm. General Lee assumed the gavel
of the presiding officer and delivered
his annual address.
He said among other things, that
the coming of a Confederate veteran
to Richmond was like the" return of a
inijo -absent child to its mother that
Richmond is to the Confederacy what
Calais was to that French Prince,
who compelled to live in England,
said : ' ' When I die, you will find en
craved on my heart the . one word
Calais.'"
At noon the first session of the re
union adjourned for the veterans lo
lake part in the" unveiling of the
equestrian statue of Gen. J. E. B.
Stuart, erected by the cavalry asso
ciation of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. .
The parade incident to this cere
mony started at 2 p. m. and was a
brilliant pageant. The weather wais
beautiful, and the display was wit
nessed by a vast concourse, estimated
to number 75,000 to 80,000.
The people were packed along the
whole course of the parade, a dis
tance of about-two miles, on the side
walks, on the porches and in the
windows of the buildings on both
sides of the street.
The whole number in line and on
the sidewalks is estimated at from
12.5.000 to 150,000. There are about
10.000 actual veterans in the city.
Of sons of veterans and other aux
iliary bodies, military and so on,
there are about 20,000 and in addi
tion to these, there are about 20,000
visitors drawn hither by the reunion
ceremonies.
Monument Unveiled.
The grand serenade at 2 p. m. at
the unveiling ceremonies at the
Stuart monument were all that could
be desired, both from a scenic view
and the elegant manner of its being
carried out.
Veterans Stirred By Col. Le.
Richmond, Va., Special. In his
speech, which aroused the Confeder
ate veterans' convention and which
proved to be the leading feature of
the reunion thus far, Col. "Bob"
Lee said in part:
"There never has been a more
critical period of American history
than that which ushered the year
1SG0 upon the world's stage of act
ion. The trouble was of recent or
igin, it was not the spasmodic out
burst of an hour, nor the stubborn
and senseless resistance of a factious
maintenance of groundless opinions,
but was the result of the existence
of antagonizing forces operating for
a long time in the country, the seeds
being first eown by the forefathers,
some in the fertile valley of the
James, and some fell down on the
rock -bound coatof New England.
Sectional differences exhibited them
Bush Acquitted at Atlanta. . 4
Atlanta, Ga., Special. Fied- Bush,
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder, was acquitted. ' Bush
was charged with sending an infer
nal machine to the home of Mrs.
Julia McCarthy, on May 8th, the
opening of which seriously injured
Mrs. McCarthy and wreeeked her
home and the store over which the
lived. - . v '
I VUL. AAlA. PITTISBORO -nHA'TTIAM" nOTTNTTV M 0. TVf mifln A V ITTitfl? a J0rt7
V "W -VW - - - - mmmm
selves long before the adpotion of
the Federal constitution.
"For the purpose of this occasion
we care not how the African slave
first placed his unhallowed feet on
Southern soil. Suffice it to say that
although the South-had at one time
no inconsiderable career of maritime
adventure, 'no "ship or shipmaster oi
hers had ever in a single case been
implicated in the illicit African slave
maintained slavery to be the most
dangerous element in, the country.
From the beginning the statesman of
the South scented danger in the great
race problem with which they were
being saddled and the question that
was uppermost in their minds was,
what shall be done with the emanci
pated serf?
The Evils of Slavery.
'Much as I deplore slavery,' said
Patrick Henry, 'I see that prudence
forbids its abolition.' Henry Clay
asserted that 'The evils of slavery
are absolutely nothing in compari
son with the far greater eyils which
would inevitably follow from sud
den emancipation.' And again he
saysi -If I were to invoke - the
greatest blessing on earth which
heaven, in its mercy, could bestow
cn this nation, it would be the sep
aration of the most numeroits
races of its population and their
comfortable establishment in distant
and distinct countries.' Mr. Mason,,
of Virginia, went farther in declar
ing -The traffic is infernal. To per
mit it is against every principle of
honorand safety.' Mr. Calhoun was
of the"opnion that the existing rela
tions between master and servant
cannot be destroyed without subject
ing the- two races to the greatest ca
lamity and the section to poverty,
desolation and wretchedness.'
Virginia in October, 1778, and
Georgia, in 1798, passed acts pro
hibiting the importation of slaves.
The former act provided for a pen
alty of 1,000 pounds, and also 'every
slave imported contrary to the true
interest and meaning of this act
shall, upon such importation become
free.' thus, to the everlasting- credit
of the South, upon whose devoted
head the vials of holy wrath have
been so unjustly and brutally pour
ed out for propagating, nourishing
and harboring slavery, she leads lhb
world vi an earnest attempt to pre
vent the very thing of which she is
accused.
" 'How can the Union be saved?
thundered Mr. Calhoun from the floor
of the Senate 11 years before the be
ginning of hostilities. 'There i? but
one way by whieh it can be, with
certainty, and that is by a full anct
final settlement on the principles of
justice, of all the questions at issue
between the two sections. The South
asks for justice, simple justice, and
less she ought not to take. She has
no compromise to offer but the Con
stitution.' " "When the red eurtain of war
rolled upon the American stage it
revealed the South in arms ready
and willing to defend all that
makes life worth living, the Free
dom of country, .the honor of tb? peo
ple, the sanctity of home."
To Meet Next at Birmingham.
The Grand Camp, United Confeder
ate Veterans re-electedd its general
officers as followins: '
Commander-in-chief GeneraJ Steph
en D. Lee...
Lieutenant General, Department
Army of Nortehrn Virginia, Gen. Ir
vine Walker;
Lieutenant General Department of
Tennessee, General Clement A. Ev
ans. -
Lieutenant General, Trans-Mississippi
Department, Gen. W. L. Ca
bell. ' .
All the officers were chosen by ac
clamation. Birmingham, was chosen as the
city for the next, the eighteen, an
nual reunion of the veterans. Other
cities competing .ere San Antonio
and Nashville. The vote at 'first
stood about 1,600 to 800 in favor of
the Alabama town. .
The report of the committee on
resolutions was adopted without de
bate. It recommends that the speech
es of -Gen. S. D. Lee, Senator John
W. Daniel and Col. R. E. Lee, Jr., be
printed in pamphlet form for distri
bution and endorses the objects and
aims of the Arlington Confederate
monument in Arlington National
Cemetery.
On the correct representation of
the Confederate battle flag the reso
lutions committee submitted as a sub
stitute "that the action of this as
sociation, at ifs convention held in
Nashhville, Tenn., in 3904, be, en
dorsed end reaffirmed.
Negro Tenant Killed by Farmer.
Americas, Ga., Special Charles
Grant, a prominent farmer of Sumter
county, in an altercation with a ne
gro .tenant, shot and instantly killed
the latter after being struck with a
brick. The tenant abused Grant be
cause of being reprimanded for not
properly working his crop.
WORTH STATE NEWS
Items of Interest Gleaned From
Various Sections
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE
Minor Occurrences of the Week oX
Interest to Tar Heels Told in Para
graphs. A. & M. Trustees Meet. .
Raleigh, Special. The trustees of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege here elected Dr. Henry McK.
Tucker, physician; increased the sal
aries of Professors Hill, Thompson
and Riddick; appointed J. T. Elling
ton, T. T. Ballinsrer. R.. H. Hicks and
0. L. Clark, all practical farmers a
eommittee to supervise the agricul
tural department of the college aad
the farm; chose D. A. Thompkins,
W. H. Ragan, C. W. Gold, M. B.
Stickley andd N. B. Broughton as t.ht
executive committee. W. H. Ragan
will serve as chairman whenever the
Governor is absent.
The trustees, uponjhe recommend
ation of President George T. Winston
established a department of . modern
languages, which the alumni and stu
dents have long desired and in whieh
German, -French and Spanish will
be taught. Four instructors were ad
ded in electrical engineering, math
ematics, enthomology and poultry
breeding. The expenditure of $5,000
for needed repairs of buildings was
authorized and $8,000 for equipping
the various departments, particular
ly that of mechanical and electrical
engineering.
Oratory at Davidson.
Davidson, Special. Probably
there is no other feature of Davidson
commencemnt which is of more inter
est to the students and others closely
associated with the college than the
oratorical contest between the two
literary societies. The contest this
year showed no decrease in interest
since there was considerable doubt
as to who the successful contestant
would be. It was also shown that
Davidson yet produces orators who
perpetuate the fame won by her illus
trious sons of former days. Mr. O.
Anderson, of Jackson, Miss., named
the characteristics of the ideal .states
man; Mr. L. T. Newland, of Chad
bourn, made an appeal for the maj
esty of the law; Mr. J. E. Hemphill,
spoke of out country; Mr. W. W.
Pharr, of Charlotte, spoke on the fa
ture of the Old North State; Mr. G.
S. Stokes, Manning, S. C., on the hid
den life, and Mr. R. M. Stinson, of
Climax, Ga. The medal was award
ed to Mr. O. M. Anderson, of the
Eumerean Society.
Bickett Commission to Meet.
Morgan ton, Special. The Bick
ett commission, which has charge of
all the insane, is called to meet June
6 at the Western Hospital at Mor
ganton. This is at the request of
Superintendent Murphy of the in
stitution, who has invited Dr. Drury,
Hospital at Staunton to be present.
The commission will especially con
fer with Dr. Murphy and with Dr.
Drury, who. is regarded as an eminent
authority. It will consider matters
appertaining to all hospitals, new
buildings, repairs and any other
need sof the present buildings and
also new buildings for the epileptics,
who are all to be colonized at Raleigh
where provision is to be made for
400. This will enable many more in
sane to be received in the present
hospitals.
Millions of Locusts.
Lexington, Special. The 13-yeai
locust is abroad in Davidson county.
Millions and millions of these locusts
wings, making a long, unceasing, and
not musical note. The inhabitants of
the flat swamp regions and at Den
ton say that, the locusts have been
out "several days, and will continue
for about a month. The people there
believe that the multitude of these
flies portends bad crops and disaster.
They say that on heir wings is toic
seen the ; letter "P" and that the
song they sing is "Pharaoh, Pharaoh,
Pharaoh," with due appology, no
doubt, lo the pi ague-visited Eypt of
old.
Tar Heel Items.
A charter is granted the
nanoa Valley Bank and Trust Com
pany, of Black Mountain, Buncombe
county, to do a commercial and sav
ing business, the amount of capital
stock being $10,000. F. T. Mem
weather and others are the stock
holders. A New Jersey corporation is en
gaged in dredging the Catawba river
in Gaston county, for gold. It is said
that they are getting quantities of
ore worth $20.00 per ton from the
river bottom.
Speaker Cannon of the National
house .of representatives delivered
the address at Guilford College last
week. This point is right near where
Mr. Cannon was born. x ,
Lexington authorities - are encour
aging an ice trust on a small scale.
In order to protect the local ice fac
tory they have made it a crime, pun
ishable by a fine of ten dollars to sell
any ice in that town which is not
made out of Lexington citywatf".
ROOSEVELT ORATOR
President Makes a Memorial
- Day Address
TALKS OF INDIANA SOLDIERS
Ihe Executive Pays Warm Tribute
to Oliver Morton, the War Govern
or of Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind., Special. Presi
dent Roosevelt delivered the principal
address here at the unveiling of a
monument to Gen. Henry W. Law
ton. He discussed railway problems
and incidehtly paid warm tribute
to Oliver Morton, the war Governor
of Indiana.
At the conclusion of the address
the President and Vice President
were driverf to Grove Hill Cemetery,
vvheer the President placed a wreath
on the grave former President Ben
jamin Harrison.
The programme of exercises In
cluded an invocation by Rew D. R.
Lewis an address by Gov. J. Frank
Hanly, music by the Seventh Regi
ment Band, the reading of a poem
dedicated to General Lawton by
James Whitcomb Riley, the introduc
tion of the President by Governoi
Hanly and President Roosevelt's ad
dress. The President said in part:
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
"For more than one reason I am
pecularliarly glad that this year 1
speak-on Memorial Day in the State
of Indiana. There is no other class of
our citizens to whom we owe so
much as to the veterans of the great
war. To them it was given , to per
form the one feat with which no
other feat can be compared, for lo
them it was given to preserve the
Union. Moreover, you men who wore
the blue, blessed beyond the victors
in any other war of recent times,
have left to j'our countrymen more
thai! ihe .material results of the
triumph, more even than the achiev
ing the triumph itself. You have
left a country so genuinely reunited
that all of us now, in whatever part
of this Union we live, have a right
to feel the keenest pride, not only in
the valor and self-devotion of you.
the gallant men who wore the blue,
but also in the valor and self-devotion
of your gallant opponent who
wore the gray. The hero whose mon
ument we to-day unveil, by his life
bore singular testimony to the com
pleteness of the reunion. General
Lawton in his youth fought gallantly
in the civil war. Thirty-three years
afterward he again marched to war.
this time against a foreign foe, and
served wilh distinguished ability and
success as general officer, both iv.
Cuba and in the Philippines. When
he thus served it was in an army
whose generals included not onlj
many of his old comrades in arras,
but some of his old opponents also,
as General Wheeler and General Fitz
hugh Lee. . Under him, both among
the commissioned officers and in the
ranks, were many men whose fathers
had worn the blue serving side by
side with others whose fathers had
worn the gray; but all Americans
now, and nothing but Americans, all
united in their fealty and-"devotion
to their common flag and their com
mon eountry, and each knowing onlv
the generous rivalry with his fellows
as to who could best serve the cause
for which each was ready to lay dowij
life itself. To General Lawton it be
fell actually to lay down his life; s
tragedy, but one of those noble trage
dies where our pride rises above oui
sorrow. For he died in the fullness
of time, serving his country with en
tire devotion a death that every"
man may well envy."
At Other Points. -
National Memorial day was genei
ally observed throughout" the country.
In the principal cities, both North
and South, the graves of the dead
were srown with flowers, and all the
public addresses breathed of patriot
ism and with kindly references tc
the fallen heroes who fell upon both
sides of the memoriable struggle
Seaboard Takes Initial Step.
Norfolk, - Special. At- the office
of President Garrett, of the-' Seaboard
Air Line Railway "it was stated that
the Seaboard has officially announced
its willingness to comply with the re
quest of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, com
manding the Confederate veterans
of the South, that all trainsron Sou
thern roads be stopped for five minu
tes at 2 P- TO. June 3d, the birthdaj
anniversary of Jefferson Davis, and
the hour of the unveiling of the Davis
monument at Richmond providing
pther roads will join in and comply
with General Lee's request,
Frominent Railroad Man Dead
Atlanta, Ga., Special. 7 At dis
patch from El Paso, Tex., announeet'
the death there of P. J. McGovern.
of Atlanta, chairman of the Southern
classification committee one of the
best known railroad men in the South
eflitern territory. Death resulted
from pulmonary trouble for the re
lief of which Mr. McGowern went tc
Texas several months ago. He was
born in Cincinnati 51 years ago.
Late fletv
In Urief 4A
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Secretary Metcalf demands of
Governor Swanson and President
Tucker that the exclusion of sailors
from pleasure resorts near the James
town Exposition be ended at once.
Admiral Evans threatened to with
draw the fleet.
The Cabinet discussed the recent
raids on Japanese restaurant in San
Francisco, and the protest of Ambas
sador Aoki.
President Roosevelt and party left
on the trip to Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan.
The (Democrats carried the muni
cipal election in Martinsburg for the
fourth consecutive tim.
A poposition was made to the Nat
ional Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation at Jamestown by Treasurer
Freeman that the association open
its books to the National Bureau ot
Corporations.
Henry Wright and his nephew,
Claude Newman, were mortally
wounded by Clell Perkins and
Thomas Lyons, trespassers, near
Huntingdon, W. Va.
The People's National Bank was
organized at Strasburg, Va., with
$25,000 capital.
Commander-in!hief Stephen D.
Lee, of the United Confederate Vet
erans, arrived in Richmond to attend
the big reunion.
Thousands of persons passed by
the coffin of Mrs. McKinley.
. Dr. William J. Long, the writer
on animals called on President Roose
velt for a retraction.
A continuation of abnormal weath
er conditions is predicted by the offi
cial forecaster.
Mayor McClellan, of New York,
vetoed the utilities bill which was
advocated by Governor Hughes, and
admits that he did so mainly for po
litical reasons.
The assembly bill providing for a
recount of the votes cast at the Mc-Clellan-Hearst
election was passed by
the New York State Senate.
Joseph L. Stickney, the war cor
respondent who was with Dewey on
the bridge of the Olympia at the
battle of Manila bay is dead.
Four rich Guatemalans committed
suicide -when about to be arrested
charged with complicity in a plot
against President Cabrera.
An attempt will be nade to settle
the strike at -Santiago, Cuba, by ar
bitration. -
General Methuen has been appoint
ed to command the British forces in
South Africa. ..
Complete accord has been reached
by France and Japan on the proposed
treaty.
Father James Hayes, assistant gen
eral of the Jesuits, died in Rome.
The trial of Judge W. G. Loving
for killing Theodore Estes will be
held at special tenn of court at Hous
ton, Halifax county, June 24, Judge
Barksdale granting a change of venue
from Lovingston.
Edward Pendleton was elected a
member" of the Virginia Library
Board to succeed Charles V. Mere
dith. This is said to foreshadow the
early removal from office of Libra
rian Kennedy.
The Virginia Supreme Court re
fused to grant a new trial to the ne
gro John Hardy who murdered a Ro
anoke , policeman, and his death sen
tence stands.
The ruHior that the brother of Mc
Kinley 's assasin was in Canton, Ohio,
caused a strict guard to be kept over
the President at the funeral of Mrs.
McKinley. Queen Maud of Norway and Mme.
Fallieres narrowly escaped being
dragged into a lake at Versailles by
fractious horses.
-
The Protestant Episcopal Council
of "the Diocese of Southern Virginia
met at Staunton.
At E. H. Harriman's request his
secretary F. W. Hill, who hade pub
lic a. letter involving President Roose
velt in a campaign scandal, was re
leeasd under a suspension of sentence
Quick trial at Marlinton, W. Va.,
is promised for the men accused of
assaulting Miss Ona Bird, a 16-year-old
girl, who was torn from her sweeu
heart, with whom she was" attempting
to elope.
Father Kasper Vartarian 's mur
derers . are believed to be in hiding
in New York.
Judge Judson made a plea fot
tariff revision "by the friends of the
people."
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert
praises the New Jersey veterans v.iiu
erected a battle jnoument pot only (o
their own regiment, but to the Ala
bamans, who fought them.
The Birmingham, the navy's first
scout crusier, was - successfully laun
ched. An effort will be. made to have
Dowie's Zion City estate sold and tie
city's affairs reorganized.
The steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, after spending a night stuck
in the mud backed off apparently un
damaged. Chinese rebels compelled a gener
al's family to drown themselves in a
well.
NO. 43
A general strike order issued to the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad's
machinists resulted in less than half
of them going out.
What might Eave been a lynching
on Long Island was prevented by a
policeman with a gun after an attack
on a little girl. ; . - i -
- The text of - the treaty of Amapala
shows that all the Central American
States have agreed upon the Presi
dents of the United States and Mex
ico as permanent arbitrators.
Warlike preparations on the part
if Gautcmala are rumored.
Lads Meet Tragic Death. .
Asheville, N. C, Special. Stanley
Ferris, ; a lad probably 14 years of
age, was run over and killed on the
local yards of the Southern Railway
The boy's home was in Bridgewater
and it is said that he was in some
manner identified with ' one of the
crews of the division. At the time
the lad met his tragie death he was
on one engine and, in attempting to
jump from that engine to another,
fell and was run over and killed.
The remains will be sent to the for
xer home, t
Found Guilty on Circumstantial Evi
dence. Buchanan, Ga., Special. After
deliberatign all night, the jury in
the case of Ben Adams, white, and
Milliard Lee, colored, charged with
the murder of Reese- Jones, a white
man,' February 11 last, "returned ;
verdict of guilty and recommended
life imprisonment for both men
The evidence against the defendent:
was entrely circumstantirj. Motion?
for a new .trial were made for both
tuisoners.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Manchuria now has 50,000 Jap
anese settlers.
Erysipelas has again become mild
ly epidemic in New York City.
Native unrest in India is giving the
Brici6li Government serious anxiety.
British Exchequer returns for the
year showed an increase of $5,787,
960. The United States now ranks third
among the world's exporters of man
ufactures. " . .
The Vatican has a scheme for
financial reform; no longer to rely on
Peter's Pence. -
Very cold a.nd unseasonable weath
er in England has brought about a
great increase of influenza.
Dr. William J. Long produced affi
davits to support one of his "nature"
stories which President Roosevelt has
called impossible. -
Army officers are disturbed by the
large number of desertions, failure
of enlisted men to re-enMst and .fall
ing off in recruiting.
Whisky rectifiers protested against
Attorney-General Bonaparte's ruling
barring the label "whisky" on any
but "straight goods."
A dispatch from Maracaibo to Wil
lemstad says that the revolutionary
movement in Venezuela is spread
ing, and that the Government is call
ing for recruits.
It was estimated that while the
rich have curtailed expenditures for
luxuries' by $50,000,000 in the last
few weeks, savings bank depositors
have invested $75,000,000 " in mort
gages and Wall Street securities.
Consul-General Sarria, of Colom
bia, said that his Government had
raised the import duty on flour to
protect the native wheat industry;
he said, also, that, duties on other
products imported from the UniteJ
States had been lowered in compensa
tion. PROMINENT PEOPLE.
T. P. O'Connor, M. P., was re-elected
president of the , United Irish
League. ,
W. E.: Corey was re-elected Presi
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration. - King Edward, desircus of relieving
the dullness of male attire, is wear
ing a pink shirt.
Baron Rosen, the Russian Ambas
sador, Is one of the finest piano play
ers In Washington.
Jack London arrived at Honolulu,
In his dory, twenty-seven days out
from San Francisco.
The Duke of the Abruzzi visited
the Port of New York on board the
Italian flagship the Varese.
President Jordan, of Stanford Uni
versity, Cal., is on his way to Aus
tralia and New Zealand, where he
will" lecture.
Beggars have sent a thousand let
ters to William Smith Mason, one of
"Silent" Smith's heirs, asking for aid
cn many pretexts.
Senator O'Neil, from Idaho, once
an East. Side newsboy, addressed the
"newsies" at their lodging house, in
New York City, and advised them to
"Go West."
To William R. Smith, head of the
National Botanic Garden in Washing
ton, belongs the distinction of hav
ing the .largest collection of Burns'
poetry in the world.
Dr. Harrison G. Dyer, who is a
wealthy man and is said to know
more about mosquitoes than any
other living man, devotes much of his
time to the Government, for which
he receives $25 a month.
The Prince of Wales is taking
much interest in the attempts of San-tos-Dumont
and others to- solve the
problem of navigation of the "air. He
possesses an expert knowledge of the
various aeroplanes and their mech
anism. Merely a Theory
"Of course, I don't know," begat
the sarcastic fcoarder, "but it strike
me this chicken "
"Now, what's the" matter with the
chicken?" interrpied the landlady. .
"Oh, nothing," answered the s. b.
-"only It is evidently the offspring o:
a hard boiled egg." Chicago News.
: .
4ljc l)all)am VLttoxb
. -
I
RATES OF ADYERTISINdr
On tqcar, on innrtioa
On sqaar two inortion
On iqaare, on month v
$1.00
1.60
For Larger Advertise
ments .Liberal Con
tracts will be 1 made.
SHE RESTS IN PEACE
Funeral of Mrs. McKinley Was
Simple But Solemn i
ASSEMBLAGE OF FAMOUS MEN
Funeral at Old-Fashioned Home Ex
tremely Simple, But Pour Songs
Being Sung and the Service the
Simple Ritual of the Methodist
Church, Conducted by Bev. Drs.
Buxton and Holmes.
Canton, O., Special. The body of
Ida Saxton McKinley rests beside
that of her distinguished husband in"
Woodlawn Cemetery. Her last words,
"Oh, God why should I losger wait
let me lie beside him," have been
answered.
. The funeral services at the old
fashioned McKinley home were ex
tremly simple. Four songs were sung
at the funeral of President McKinley
and the services was the shiipie
ritual of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The house on its Market and Louis
streets sides was ropetl off to restrain
the crowds which thronged neigh
boring thoroughfares. A broad laven
der ribbon fluttered from the door to
indicate a house of mourning and
only a few intimate friends visited
the house during the forenoon. Aside
from the ropes .strung along the
streets there was nothing to indicate
that a ceremony of unusual import
was ab.out to take 'place. It was not
until the funeral services were act
ually being performed that the streets
became crowded and the crowds were
held under excellent check by the lo
ea,. police.
President Roosevelt , arrived at
12:45 p. m. and was driven immed
iately to the residence of Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court Day
for luncheon. Amongst others at the
table were Secretaries Root, Cortel
you and Wilson, Governor Harris and
ex-Governor Herrick, of Ohio.
Immediately after the luncheon the
President and party were driven to
the McKinley home on North Market
street. The body in its black casket
rested in its flower-embowered place
in the so-called "campaign office" in
the identical spot where President
McKinley 's body lay after the Buffalo
tragedy.
Flowers in pieces and merely fast
ened together by ribbon with the
roses, which M- ilcKinley favored,
predominating, ui3 room, while
many more for which there was not
room in the house were sent to the
Woodlawn Cemetery ahead of the
cortege.
President Roosevelt, Vfce President
Fairbanks and Cabinet Members Root
Wilson and Cartelyou oeeapitd seats,
in the parlor across the hall. In this
room also were Governor Harris and
Former Governor Herrick. Relatives
and immediate friends of the family
were. seated in the hall and adjoining
rooms.
While services were being conduct
ed by the Rev. Dr. Buxton, of the
First Methodist Episcopal church,
and the Rev. Dr. Holmes, former
pastor of the same church, all busi
nesss and amusement places in Can
ton stopped.
Thousands of people lined the side
walks and were pressed behind the ;
ropes along North Market and Louis
streets, and all along the route lo
Woodlawn Cemeterv flags were at
half mast and men and women in
sombre garb lined the way.
' The pall-bearers were: Judge Hen
ry W. Harter, Jobi Dueben, Joseph
Biechele, Robert A. Cassidy and Geo.
B. Freas, who were honora.ry pall
bearers' at the funeral of President
McKinley and Austin Lynch R.
Shields and Judge C. C. Bow.
,When the services in the cemetery
were over, the presidential party re
turned immediately to the Baltimore
& Ohio depot where the 4:35 train for
Indianapolis was taken.
Railroads Asked for Information.
Washington, Special. Letters have
been sent by the inter-state commerce
commission to the officios of all the
railroads in the country doing an inter-State'
business requesting infor
mation as to the commission 's order,
on bonuses paid to those Avho solicit
or route freight or passenger business
The commission is engaged in com
piling information respecting these
matters so that it may issue a ruling
covering the entire subject. It is
desired that the information be in
the hands of tl" .:mmission by the
loth of June.
Atlanta's May Festival Opens.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. The May
Musical Festival began here to close
Saturday and includes four concerts.
The soloist include Madame Schu-mann-Hcink,
Claude Cunningham,
baritone, Madam Del Kendell-Werth-ner,
Guiseppe Campanaii, Miss Bessie
Abott, Thomas Evans Greene, vocal
ists, and Madame Wunlerile. harpUt.
A large chorus and orchestra will sup-,
port the artists. The conductor is
Dr. J. Lewis Browne.
An Araed Uprising Reported.
Washington, SpecialThe State
Department has received a cable
gram from Harry L. Paddock, Amer
ican consul at Ambov, China, stating
that an armed uprising had been im
ported at Joan, . 50 miles south of
Amoy. Mr. Paddock says that sev
eral officials had been killed by a miu.
tiny of soldiers, and that the cause of
the trouble is unknowu
u
. 1
M
W
it 1
5
i ?
'i
I'.
I
1 ii
f
- i
1:1
' -1;
R