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CHARLOTTE, N. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1907.
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The Lee Anniversary is
Appropriately Kepi at
Virgin a University
N o War in His tory Ever
Developed Two Chiefs
Like Lee and Jackson
liTTE
MEWS
Mr. Charles Francis
Adams of Boston De
livers Principal Address
at the Services at Lex
ington in Memory of Lee
President Denny Intro
duced Mr. Adams. Gen.
Lee the Greatest Man
who Ever Adorned Pre
sidency of Institution.
By Associated Press.
Lexington, Va., January 19. Presi
dent Denny, introducing Mr. Charles
Francis Adams, declared it would be
impossible to picture in the imagina
tion a more appropriate spot in which
to celebrate the centennial of the birth
rt Robert E. Lee than on the campus
of Washington and Lee University
He referred to General Lee as the
greatest man who has ever adorned
the presidency of an institution of
learning, not merely within Virginia,
not merely within the South, but I
declare also to say within the limits
of The American republic."
The life of Robert E. Lee," he said,
' is this institution's largest asset, it's
richest tradition, it's noblest memory."
The president referred to the fact
that today all sectional strife. and all
sectional hate had ended and that the
students were now in attendance at
the university from every section of
the country and declared that it was
the genuine pleasure of the institution
to welcome the frreat citizen of Mas
sachusetts, the gallant soldier and
officer in the Union army.
The coming of the man, distinguish
ed in the services of his country," he
said, "fiom the capital of New Eng
land, at midwinter, a thousand miles,
to the tomb of Robert E. Lee, in order
tc strew fresh flowers upon his grave,
is a sure evidence that Virginia is
loyal to the national flag."
President Denny then conferred up
on Mr. Adams the degree of Doctor of
Law and presented him to the audience
as, "The son of Washington and Lee,
therefore the son of Virginia.".
Mr. Adams, was the prinefpai speak
er here today. He said, in part:
"Here to commemorate the centen
nial of the birth of Lee, I do not propose
to enter into any eulogium of the man,
to recount the well known events of
his career, or to estimate the final
place to be assigned him among great
military characters. All this has been
sufficiently done by others far bet
ter qualified for the task. Eschewing
superlatives also, I shall institute no
comparisons. One of a community
which then looked upon Lee as a ren
egade from the flag he had sworn to
serve, and a traitor to the Nation
which had nurtured him, in my sub
ordinate place I directly confronted
Lee throughout the "larger portion cf
the War of Secession. During all these
years there was not a day in which
my heart would not have been glad-
dened had I heard that his also had
been the fate which at Chancellorsville
befell his great litutenant; and yet
more glad had it been the fortune of
the command in which I served to visit
that fate upon him. Forty more years
have since gone. Their close finds me
heie today certainly a much older,
and: in my own belief at least,, a wiser
man. Nay, more! A distinguished
representative of Massachusetts,
speaking in the Senate of the United
States, shortly after Lee's death, Upon
the question of a return to Lee's family
of the ancestral estate at Arlington,
used these words: 'Eloquent Senators
have already characterized the prop
osition and the traitor it seeks to com
memorate. I am not disposed to speak
of General Lee. It is enough to say
he stands high in the catalogue of
those who have imbrued their hands
in their country's blood. I hand him
over to the avenging pen or History!'
It so chances that not only am I also
from the State of Massachusetts, but,
for more than a dozen years, I have
been the chosen head cf its typical
historical society the society charter
ed under the name and seal of the
Commonwealth, considerably more
than a, century ago, the parent of all
similar societies. By no means would
I on that account seem to ascribe my
self my representative character as
respects the employment of History's
pen, whether avenging- or otherwise;
nor do I appear here as representa
tive cf the Massachusetts Historical
Society, but, a whole generation hav
ing passed away since Charles Sumner
uttered the words I have quoted, I
do, on your,invitation, chance to stand
here today, as I have said, both a
Massachusetts man and the head of
the Massachusetts Historical Society,
to pass judgment upon General Lee.
The situation is thus to a degree dra
matic. "So far as I am aware, never until
now has one born and nurtured in
Massachusetts a typical bred-in-the-bone
Yankee, if you pleases addrepsed
at its invitation a Virginia audience,
on torices relating to the War of Se
cession and its foremost Confederate!
military character.
"The charge still most commonly
made against Lee that section of the
common country to which I belong
and with which I sympathize, is that
in plain language he was false Jto his
flag educated at the national acade-
my, an officer of the United States Ar
my, he abjured his allegiance and
bore arms against the government he
had srorn to uphold. In other words
he was a military traitor. I state the
charge in the tercest language possi
ble.- Having done so, and admitting
tneacts as techincally true, I add as
the result of much patient study and
most mature reflection, that under sim
ilar conditions I would myself have
done exactly what Lee did.
"Coming directly to the point,
maintain that every man in the elev
en States seceding from the Union had
in 1SG1, whether he would or no, to do-
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THREATS OF THE NEGROES.
General Taylor Says He Is Prepared
For Any Contingency.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, January 19.
General Taylor, commanding Fort Sill
in a statement as to the rumored
threats of negroes to forcibly release
corporal Knowles of the 25th In
fantry, (colored) awaiting court mar
tial on the charge of assaulting Can-
tain Macklin said:
"I have heard of plans purported
to he well materialized but I want to
say emphatically we are prepared for
any such contingency. I do not an
ticipate any trouble at all.
STEAMER WRECKED.
Three Out of The Crew of Twenty
Are Missing.
By Associated Press.
Dover, England, January 19. The
Red Star steamer Vaderland from New
York for Antwerp collided with and
sank the Dundee steamer Naworth
Castle, four miles east of the South
goodwin lightship during last night.
So far as known only three of the
Naworth Castle's crew of 20 are miss
ing. . ,-
The Foraker Resolution.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 19. Sena
tor Lodge talked with the President
about the Blackburn amendment to
the Foraker resolution.
Senator Lodge said that the Foraker
resolution appeared to be satisfactory
to all concerned.
"What are you going to do about
the Blackburn amendment?" he was
asked. . . . - . ...
"Well you can't get It off the track,"
he replied.
Demurrers
Overruled
Judge Boyd Today Over
ruled the Demurrers in
Cases Against Char
lotte Cotton Mill Men
One to be Tried Soon.
Special to The News.
Greensboro, Jan. 19. The demur
rers were over-ruled by Judge Boyd in
the Federal court here today in the
cases against the Charlotte cotton mill
men charging them with violating the
contract labor laws.
The argument of the counsel was
concluded at noon and in over-ruling
the demurrers Judge Boyd gave an
oral opinion of some length, stating
that the guilt or innocence of the
parties were in no way affected by
this ruling, but that as a matter of
such great importance as the constru
ing of the statute should be left to the
higher court in the land.
One of the cases will be taken up for
trial at an early date, to be named af
ter a conference between the counsel
here the first of the week; at which
time District Attorney Holton will give
the counsel for the defense a bill of
particulars so that the arrangements
for the trial may be made as fast as
possible.
In the meantime the English par
ty cf operatives will be kept under sur
veiiance here.
The case to be tried is one of the
civil suits prescribing penalties of one
thousand dollars if decided in favor of
the government.
"AN ENEMY TO THE SOUTH.".
Governor Comer Comes Out Clear in
Denunciation of the New York Cot
ton Exchange.
By Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 19. The
Southern Cotton Association conven
tion was addressed by Governor Com
er, of Alabama, who characterized
the New York Cotton Exchange as
"an enemy of the South."
"If you can drive the New York Cot
ton Exchange io the courts," he add
ed, "you can have me as a witness."
"There is no cotton about it. The
whole thing is fraud. I cannot be
quoted too strongly and I can give
names. We ought to. enforce the law
which will at least force them to fur
nish cotton on contracts.
Governor Comer . said Alabamians
proposed by law to take a hand in
mminsr the freisrht rates.
"Wo am primer to heln name the
price which helps to send cotton across
the deep, blue sea," he aeciarea.
Capt. W. A. Davis Dead.
Rv Associated Press.
Ma rein, fia.. Jan. 19. Capt. W. A.
Davis, a leading cotton man of this
city and former grand master of the
State Grand Lodge of Masons, died
here today. . .
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A SUGGESTION TO THE RAILROADS FOR RELIEVING THE PRESENT
Fast Passenger Train, Running
50 Miles
Over 5,000 are
Nozv Homeless
No Sign of Relief From
the Flood Appears. One
Town Reported Inun
dated. Great Suffering
Among People.
By Associated Press.
V Cincinnati, Jam -19.-There - is no
sign or relief from the flood.
On stage at this point is 62 feet, the
highest since 1SS4.
The lower portions of the city are
flooded.
Bridges are cut off except the nar
row foot passages and a few more
inches will close the gap.
This effects seriously several thous
and people.
The town of California is reported
completely under water.
In Newport it is estimated that 5,
000 people are homeless and almost
destitute. "'- '.
No Improvement.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19. The flood
situation showed no improvementr
The dike which protects the upper
east end of the city is weakening, but
repairs are being made.
CORONATION OF THE SHAH.
Shah of Persia Was Crowned This
i Afternoon The Ceremonies
By Associated Press.
Teheran, Persia, January 19. Mo
hammed Ali Mirza was crowned the
Shah of Persia in the palace this af
ternoon. There will be general illuminations
in Teheran to-night.
The American and other legations
have arranged to make special dis
plays. WILL PRESIDENT INTERVENE?.
Governor Glenn Asks President toln
terven in Behalf of North Carolina
Mill Men.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 19. Governor
Glenn of North Carolina has asked the
intervention of the President in be
half of the mill owners of his state,
threatened with civil action in connec
tion with bringing women mill work
eers to the United States. The Pres
ident asks for a written statement,
which he will examine.
Taft Party at Charleston.
Charleston, S. C, Jan. 19. Secreta
ry Taft, with a party cf Red Cross
workers was the guest of the South
Carolina branch of the Red Cross, be
ing entertained by promient citizens
of Charleston. The party was given
breakfast by the South Carolina Med
ical Society. A visit was made to the
navy yard and an excursion taken
about the harbor and a reception giv
en at Fort Moultrie.
At Norfolk.
By Associated Press.
Norfolk, Jan. 19. Gen. Lee's birth
day anniversary was observed here.
Rev. C. S. Blackwell in addressing th'
children's celebration said he thought
the Civil .War was a mistake and be
lieved most of the people of the
South now agree with him.
Jordan Accepts.
By Associated Press.
: Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 19. Harvie
Jordan has accepted the presidency of
the Cotton Growers' Association.
Mrs. C. B.- King left yesterday for
Durham, where she will visit relatives.
Freight, Killing
an Hour, Crashes Into
"Queen Ci ty Special'
Wrecked at Fowler, Ind.
on Big Four Railway
7 o-day. All Coaches
Except Special Car Loss
Number of Dead Placed
a t Between 1 2 and 2 5.
Dead and Injured Car
ried to : IZankakee. Ef
fects of ; Crash,
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., January 19. A mes
sage from - LaFayette, Ind., reports a
serious wreck on the Big Four rail
road at Fowler, Indiana.
Passenger train No. 38, eastbound,
collided with a freight train .at that
station. .
The" number of the killed is various
ly estimated at from 12 to 25.
A passenger train known as "the
Queen City Special," was running at
the rate of about 50 miles an hour
when the collision came.
The force of the collision was so
great that the tender of the passenger
engine was driven the entire length
of the combination baggage and day
coach, in which were a number of
passengers, estimated at from 15 to
25.
All the dead and injured were tak
en from this car.
None of those in the sleepers were
injured.
The wreckage, caught fire and all the
coaches except the private car of Vice
President Schaffs was destroyed.
The dead and injured were placed
first in the Cincinnati sleeper.
This too caught fire and they were
hastily removed to another sleeper to
which the fire also spread, when they
were placed in the private car and
taken to Kankakee. .
The fireman on one of the engines
was crushed to death.
Indianapolis. Ind., January 19. The
general superintendent of the Big 4
said his information was that between
10 and 15 persons were killed at Fow
ler. '
The list of the injured is not large.
Not Operator's Fault.
Kankakee, Ills., Jan. 19.--A report
from Fowler says the operator there
because of a dense fog, waved a lan
tern and fired several shots, failing,
however, to attract the attention of
the trainmen of the passenger train.
Another Report.
The official statement says it is re
ported that 13 people were in the
crmbination car, all killed except
two.
Up to Oliver & Co.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19. W. J
Olive and Anson M. Bangs, lowest bid
ders for the construction of the Pan
ama Canal, will be given an opportuni
ty Monday to make a statement as to
their financial responsibility and quali
fications to carry out the contract to
the Canal Commission.
Celebration at Charleston.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 19. The cen
tennial of General Robert E. Lee's
birthday was celebrated under the
auspices of the Daughters of the Con
federacy. A large memorial meeting
was held and the day observed as a
public holiday, municipal offices and
banks being closed and "business gen
erally suspended.
CONGESTION OF FREIGHT.
Twenty-five Persons
700 are Dead,
500 Injured
Casualty List Now Com
paratively Po siti v e.
Dead Bodies Buried and
Burned. Relief Ships
Going.
By Associated Press.
JNew- York, ;Jan. .19. News . from
Kinston is still filtering in slowly, 24
hours late, but the worst Is now
apparently known. The town itself
:"s a wreck, the populace living in the
open.
Food and medical supplies are
scarce, but relief ships are hurrying
to the stricken city and will soon
alleviate the trouble.
The death list is probably about
700 and the seriously injured In the
hospitals in the neighborhood of 500.
Many others of the injured are be
ing cared for at temporary homes.
Good order prevails. Admiral
Davis was called on for help in the
work of policing the city and prompt
ly responded, landing the marines.
These are now picketing the streets
and assisting the British authorities
in the maintainance of order.
Americans Are Safe.
Kingston Jan. 17 (Delayed in
transmission.) Many of the Ameri
cans who are in Kingston at the
time of the disaster have been taken
aboard the warship. They intended
to take passage for the United States
on board the Prinz Eitel Freiderich,
but that vessel ran ashore near the
wreck of the steamer Prinzessin
Luiz last night.
Plum Point lighthouse was smash
ed by the earthquake and the vessels
arriving at night have no lights to
steer by.
The steamer Prinz Al Waldemar
is also hard ashore. The wrecker
Premier has gone to the aid of the
stranded vessel.
Several slight shocks were felt
iast night. -
Four- hundred and twenty of the
dead were buried up to last night.
The remaining bodies are being
burned. The death list it is now be
lieved will be about 700.
The work of clearing the streets
is being pushed.
, Dynamite is being used to blow
down some of the ruins.
The people greatly appreciate the
action of the American government
in sending warships and supplies. .
The water supply has been im
proved, but food is very scarce and
prices are exorbitant.
A remarkable incident of the earth
auake has just come to light. An
English clerk in a store was buried
under the falling walls following
the ' earthquake and over this for
many hours great fires swept. Wed
resday the clerk was dug out alive.
His injuries are not severe.
Five hundred - persons are still
under treatment in the hospitals. No
Americans lost their lives in the dis-
tster. -
A Larger Estimate.
: London, Jan. 19. A -special to The
Evening News, official report just is
sued, states that over 700 bodies have
been buried at Kingston-, that the re
mains of 1,017 other victims have been
identified and a larger number are still
missing. ' - ' '
There is no- confirmation of this
large total of the dead elsewhere and
it is believed that the figures "1,017"
may be a cable error.
" At Port Antonio.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 19. A dispatch
reaching the department from Consul
Snyder at Port Antonio, says: "No
casualties at Port Antonia; all Ameri
cans safe; some property damaged
here; people terrified; business sus
pended." Blue Jackets Busy.
Washington, Jan. 19. The navy de
partment has received a dispatch from
Admiral Evans, giving the news
brought to Guantonamo . by the Whip
ple. He said the blue jackets were
guarding the consulate archives. The
Indiana landed 50. It is reported there
was a mutiny at the penitentiary.
About 440 of the dead are accounted
for., More bodies are in the ruins.
Declined Relief.
Norfolk, Jan. 19. A wireless from
Admiral Evans picked up by the
Cape eHnry station says the governor
of Jamaica practically declined every
form of relief offered by Admiral Da
vis, although it is believed to be great
ly needed.
The Frances Adrift.
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 19. A dis
patch from the Diamond Shoals
lightship reports the barkentine, sup
posed to be the Frances, drifting in
almost a helpless condition. It is
evident she had been , in collision.
The Frances was bound to Savannah
lrom New York.
Negroes for Philippines.
By Associated Press.
Fort Reno, Okla., Jan. 19. It is
announced at the fort that the battal
ion of the 25th Infantry colored, is
slated to serve in the Philippines,
would sail March 15th.
The negroes are pleased with the In
structions.
Dr. Lingle Going to Atlanta.
By Bell Telephone.
Rock Hill, S. C. Jan. 19. Rev. Dr.
Walter Lingle, pastor of tMe Presbyte
rian church here, has accepted the
call to the First Presbyterian church
of Atlanta to succeed Dr. Bridewell,
resigned. He will leave here the 1st
of February. He announced his decis
ion last night.
Negro Alleged
Barn Burner
Castle's Tracks Appar-
en tly Same as Those of
a Shoe-Print Found near
One of
Stables.
the Burned
Gary Castle, a middle-aged negro
tenant on the plantation of Mr. D. M.
Garrison in Steele Creek, was brought
to the city this morning on the
charge of burning, or being an ac
complice in the. burning of, the three
barns, in Steele Creek, those of Mrs.
Fannie Grier and Mrs. Agaes
Knox on Tuesday night and that of
Mr. W. B. Choate on Wednesday
night.
The warrant was issued yesterday
by a magistrate in the township and
given to Constable J. S. Dixon for
execution, on evidence submitted by
a committee of three of Steele
Creek's prominent citizens, who were
appointed at a mass meeting to
make an investigation. This com
mittee whose names are withheld,
thoroughly looked into the matter
nj made a complete investigation
of the burnings as to whether any
persons stalling horses carried
matches or were . smoking at the
time when feeding was done on the
nights of tue burning. No satisfac
tory trace of accidental firing was
found. A
Found Tracks.
In conducting its investigation,
the committee found 1 tracks of a
man and asmaller person leading to
and from the barn of Mrs. Grier. The
heaviness of the atmosphere damp
ened the soil sufficiently to make the
impression plain and unmistakable.
The tracks were followed to within
SO yards of Castile's house. Leading
to the barn the foot-prints Indicated
that the persons were walking but
the - width between the tracks going
from the barn indicated that the
parties were running at full speed.
The print of an iron heel on the left
shoe of the man was visible on the
soil. The committee having this evi
dence as a working basis approached
Castle, took him to the tracks in the
field near the barn of Mrs. Grier and
measured his foot. The iron clasp on
his shoe apeared the same as made
the indentation in the footprints. The
committee was satisfied that the shoe
worn then by Castle was identical with
that which made the footprints.
Castle Cried When Barn Burned.
Wednesday night when the fire was
discovered in the barn of Mr. Choate,
Castle was present among a gathering
of whites and blacks who rushed to
the assistance of Mr. Choate to Help
extinguish the flames. It is alleged
that he cried like a baby , when the
flames enveloped the building, lament
ing the fact that the mules of Mrs.
Grier, which he had worked last year
(he having been a tenant of Mrs.
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Dr. Henry E. Shepard
Warns South Against
Allowing the Glory of
Southern Past to be
Ruled Out.
Masterly Address in Cele
bration of One Hun
dredth Anniversary of
Lee's Birthday by
Daughters Confederacy.
While Dr. Henry E. Shepard, at the
Academy of Music today, was describ
ing the commencement exercises of
the cadets of the old Charlotte Mili
tary Institute in the First Presbyter
ian Church here in 1860, in which he
participated, as Major D. H. Hill and
Major Charles C. Lee, with the cadets,
sat about; and while he was picturing
his leaving the city in his gray jacket
to enter the Confederate service, a ray
of light fell suddenly from some sky
light window in the theatre as the
radiance fell upon the" Holy Grail and
lingered to kiss the folds of the old
Stars and Bars, which draped the
large picture of General Robert E.
Lee on the stage, as if It would re
store for a moment the splendid glory
of the flag before it was trailed in the
dust of defeat. The occasion was the
one-hundredth anniversary of the birth
of General Lee and the event was be
ing celebrated under the auspices of
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
Stonewall Jackson chapter, who had
invited Dr. Shepard to deliver his mag
nificent address on Lee and Jackson,
under which he served.
It was a masterly address, indeed,
and was delivered with almost impas
sioned utterance the evident out
come of intense convictioi. The speak
er made much of the remarkable fact
that no other war in history ever de
veloped two such chieftains as Lee
and Jackson, who have become the ad
miration of the world and that, too,
on the side of the defeated. He spoke
from a sense of conviction, he said, in
solemn waring to the South lest the
North be allowed "to wipe out, as she
was seeking to do, the glorious light
of the Southern past." -
The veterans marched to the front
seats of the Academy in a body from
their hall. They were greeted at the
door by Mrs, J. L. Sexton, the veter
an's truest friend, and by others of the
Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson was oie of the most
interested- auditors of the masterly
eloquence of Dr. Shepard, who is
slightly bent with the passing years,
but whose Jealous love for his nativo
State of North Carolina and for the
South are undimmed.
On the. stage sat with him Judge
Burwell, and Messrs. W. B. Taylor, II.
C. Duekworth, J. P. Sossamon, Chap
lain R. C. Holland and Rev. Mr. Wheel
er. Beside the Confederate flag that
draped the portrait of General Lee on
the stage there were other draperis
and decorations in the colors of the
Lost Cause.
A Prayer and a Song.
Rev. Dr. R. C. Holland, chaplain of
of the local veterans, opened with a
prayer in which he commended the
remnant of the men of '61-'65 to
God's keeping, referring beautifully
to those whose ranks were thinning
so fast.
Miss Hazel Brown sang sweetly
the "Bonnie Blue Flag," and for an
enthusiastically demanded encore
fang "Dixie," which, as usual, called
tor applause with the first strains.
Judge Burwell, in an ideal intro
duction speech, referred to Dr. Shep
ard as one who had, as a student
here, seen Gen. D. H. Hill pass from
being the quiet student of mathe
matics and the commentator on the
Beatitudes to the masterly soldier
who held in check the forces of Mc-Clellan-
while Lee was vanquishing
the enemy elsewhere. The orator of
the day, he added, would doubtless
find many of the old faces missing,
as he came here now to speak of the
matchless man, the princely gentle
man and the great soldier who had
been assigned a place high in the
annals of fame.
Dr. Shepard paid an exquisite tri
bute to the people of this city, whoso
hospitality he had partaken of during
the war. He pictured scenes of his
old boyhood days here, describing the
parade and the artillery practice;
speaking of the familiar sound of
the voice of his old college mate at
Davidson, reminding him of the de
lating society there; speaking also
of his accomplished friend, Prof. Alex
ander Graham, head of the graded
school system, one of the schools
being situated in the old building of
the C. M. I. He further drew a
poetic parallel between the warmth
of Southern hospitality ana the
bright sunshine of the day, which
contrasted with the blizzard prevail
ing when he took the train at Balti
more for Charlotte.
A Remarkable Pair.
Paralleling the birth of Lee and
Washington, both in Westmoreland
county, Virginia, the speaker said he
did not purpose to go into any ex
si ve rehearsal of the career of Lee.
"I have lived on the border between
the civilazations of the North and the
South from 1867 to 1907 and I want to
say that I stand more intensely a Con
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